The Washington times., 1904-07-24

lion dollars an a red autOmObilly Wen
she says.
" 'Fee-fi-fo-fum-or some witch talk
like that; | don't remember just her
exact words, but they We're some kind
o giDberish like that-'fee-fi-fo-fum. I
read yer thoughts. / read yer thoughts
You can't wish for money nor red
whizzin' things. Wish fer somethin'
yer need in yer business.
with money barred. IL didn't know
wOt he wanted. He thought an thought,
an first he was goin' 10 wish fer a rich
wife, an then he recollected he couldn't
play ball If he was married. An that
brought him back TO reel business. an
the first thing you know he busted out
that what he wanted TO be was the fast
est base runner in the COTndrOppeT5
League.
d" Double. double. toll an trouble,
says the witch. Yer wish shall be
granted tomorrer night The sandal
maker O. the witches conclave sh Il
fashion you I'm the dun deers hide
the fastest shoes you ever tried, an as
YOU dash adOwn the vale. the grass will
smoke along your trail. Fire burn
an. An just then there was bang
an a cloud o. smoke. an IL jumped up
an the witch had disappeared, leavin
no trace but the smell o. burnt matches
in the air. Then he went to bed an
wondered over the strange happenln.
Release For "Iz."
THAT afternoon Il got ketched tryin'
to go I'm second to third on a drive
over the left fieIder's head. he should
a-got home easy, an his slowness 50
disguised Tapley that he handed him
I = H. n roll
made Il more downcast than ever.
! But the next morning after when he
| got up. 10 an behold, there was new
pair O. shoes. just his size. number
/ elevens. sittin' side by side ut the foot
I o. his bed. An they were gallu9. Green
! leather they was made out o., an as soft
as a glove. but toughern'n iron; the
/ soIes was thin, strong and pliable. an
riveted in EN- was a set O. glis-
TENN steel spikes as sharp as niger 5
razor.
Pinned on to the shoes was piece
o. paper. an On the paper WAS this:
&c Use in heat. use in cold,
/ Use them when they're worn and DID,
| Run in dust. clay lime or blood,
! But never run them in the mud
Not mud runners. hey7' says IL,
as he critically examined EN-. Well,
7 guess they are all TO the wei. even
IL / can't IL they'll only 90 WOt her
/ witchness says an he puts en- on an
gifts into the stage fer the Dall grounds
Retrieves His Fault.
"Iz batted down near the tail O. the
hattin order. he was such a bum run
ner. an he didn't git up TIL the second
| inning he trotted up 10 the plate live
iier than his team mates had seen him
do IT in many day an he faced the
! WirCErass pitcher. lie was anxious
though. an hit the ball too high an
dribbled il along the ground 70 the
pitcher lie KNOWN LIS Tunnin' ability
7 Ioped forward easily 10 pick the ball VI
an snap IL to first. but before he reached
the ball there was a twinkle o. SHARP
spikes. a confused murmur I'm th6
grandstand, an Il was past first an
/ tearin' for second, an the pitcher was
so surprised ne made a high throw an
LIS spikes punched second an ne swung
fer third. an the center fielder gObbleC
the hall an threw TO third, an by the
time the third basenan had ithe ball Il
was quarter ways home. Then it lOOket
like they had him. but half ways from
home he riZ up in the air, maxim =
graceful curve. an come down with q
thump an slid an snaked into the par
I'm a whirlin' cloud O. dust. with every
body yellin' like time, an eluded IN,
ketchCT's attempt to tag him an wa.
safe. An after that there was no doub
as to who was the Corndropper's hes
baserunner.
He'd steal second or third on an
ketcher; he'd steal home with the bal
In the pitchers hands. He'd steal al