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The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE NOTES

The Agricultural team stiu leads by a
safe margin in the Independence League.
winning their sixth straight game from
Advent Thursday. and have bright pros
poets for the flag.
Charlie limbaugh was transferred from
Twining 10 Manhattan last week and
should prove a worthy addition to the
Rhode Island Church boys team
Brewer, OF Wausch. was given a weeks
suspension OF the alternative of fine
for his threatening attitude toward I'm
pire Finnegan In the Agricultural-Wal-
ZACH game Of Tuesday.
with the acquisition OF Brady. McLau-
ren. and Miles. Ninth is bound to show
decided improvement. With Brady on the
slab they played a tie game with the
leaders recently.
'Snsggs" Wynkoop has Joined the
Twining aggregation and is pulling OF
startling plays In the left garden for last
years champs. Hoover, Riddle. Marce-
ron. and Mckee were also tackled on the
Twining roster, and the New York ave
nue. lads have great hopes OF pulling to
the top ere the season ends.
Graham's sensational One-hand catch
OF skippon's wild heave TO first In the
Observation-Disclosures game Of Thursday
was remarkable. The tall first baseman
Of the leaders is also doing some heavy
stick work.
Barry and Maloney are having hard
luck on the slab for W2llach. but the
cellar champs are confident OF making a
better showing with the acquisition %
Miller and Kelsey.
Advent had practically a new team in
the neld Thursday ana fought hard to
down the Aggies in a heayy-hittins con-
test, losing by one lone tally.
"Rubeo Morgan has at last found mis-
batting eye and registered two home
run drives and several clean singles for
the Aggies in the last two games played.
Mawhfney. Twinings midget third
saeker. IS one Of the best in the Inae-
pendence League. His fast fielding and
heavy batting are bound 10 keep him in
the game throughout the season
Eddie Lsith has been appointed Official
scorer Of the independence League and
win keep the doee sheet burning, begin
ming Monday.
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GALLAUDET FINISHES STRONG
Terrific Batting Rally Results In
victory In Final Game.

By a terrific batting rally in the eighth.
wherein three singles and Bricks double
10 deep left petted three earned runs, Gal
laudet College closed its baseball season
with a weI-earned victory over Mount s..
Joseph College. at Baltimore. yesterday
afternoon by the score Of : 20 5
On account Of the faculty regulations
governing studies. four Gallaudet players
Bell. shortstop; Craven, first base; Nor
riS. catcher. and Horn, second base-were
out Of the game. but that did not dis
courage the much-weakened team. which
won in spite OF It's ragged fielding and
changed lineup
For Mount ST. Joseph, Tracey starred
II the keystone sack. and Stone. al the
bat. the latter making three singles at the
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G0NzAGA ALL PREPS WIN.
Take One-sided Game from Wash
ingtOn A. c. by 10 to 2.

Gonzaga's All Prep team won one
sided game from Washington A c. on
Gonzaga's campus yesterday afternoon.
The Prep boys swatted the horsehide al
al stages Of the game, while their opPo-
nents touched Hummer for only three
scattered hits Msrsden, Of Gonzaga.
starred with the willow, getting a triple,
double. and single out OF four trips
TO the pan. Triplett put % q good article
OF ball at first base. and connected for
two safe blngles. The losers put Up a
good game. but were completely out
cIassad IN hatfing and fielding. Score-
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LANGD0N DROPS ANOTHER.
Peck wins from Cellar Pennant
Chasers, Who Field Poorly.

Peek showed IanEd0n under yesterday
in the Sunday School League, p 70 ,
The subUrbanites booted the bali al
around the diamond. the contest resulting
in farce after the second inning. when
nine Of the Georgetown players crossed
the plate.
Norris pitched a consistent game for
the winners, but Mason and Cruickshanks
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Teams Compete for Pennant.

The first pennant ever offered colored
amateur ball teams Of this city viii be
awarded the winner OF q series Of games
TO be played at Union League Park. be
ginning May - All cOlOTed amateur
teams Of this city are eligible 70 compete
for the prize. which is offered bx the Ma
tionsl Athletic Club. Each team viii be
compelled TO play twenty-one games.
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TRAINMEN ANNEX ANOTHER.
Beat B. & o. Outfit by Big Score in
Railroad League.

The trainmen took an easy game from
the Baltimore and Ohio outfit yesterday
afternoon. "A 10 ?
The game looked ike q good one until
the fifth. when the Trsinmen found the
Baltimore and Ohio twirler for seven
hits. and FIVE runs resulted
Hanvey played a star game FOR tie
Trainmen. making three hits-a triple, a
double, and a single. Boswell played
best for his team, his fielding proving 10
be the feature Of the game. Score.
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BALTICS DEFEAT ATHLETICS.

Battles defeated the Athletics yester-
day By 8 score Of 70 . Lampkin won
the game n the twelfth. After Keane
singiee and Dowden sacrificed him 70 sec
ond. Lampkfn knocked two-bagger,
tying the score. ard stole third and home,
winning the game. Score
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Two-hasc hit-YeaEgT Th7eC-ozse hirs-HolbIr1eT
lsroup- Hone rJn-Eellihes. stolen bases-Wortsn-
DIXIE e., NcCarty. 8Iace g. keith Sacrifice hit
King Double piay-BaTres 20 Kellher. Kits made
OF summerriIle. 7: OF King Z First base on
baIlz-OH Slsrn1rsrviIIe /; of Barnes. L hit by
ri.ched bsll-Ry King ]. struck oUt-By Sumner
Vie. I; b Barnes. 6: b. King. L Left or tasss-
Peusioa oAsce, e; CoaEressionals : Passed ball
Wo-eH Umrsre-8Ir Msyers- Tine Of gzme-e
hours
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AMATEUR LEAGUES.
YEsTERpAY.s REsULTs.

capital City Leavls-BTenswood. "a S. ste
phsu's g
Departmental Lessne-Ppst-ofsce, Is: Nzvy, L
Marquette Leagae-CouETessionsls 70; Pension Of
6ce. &C.
SUNDAY School Leams-Peck. a: Lanzdoa. 3
IudcYvndenCe LcagTe-T. a C., = Ninth I.
Suburban Lsazue-PetSorth. ?; Reed. L
r. r. Y. u c. A. Lsagle-Trairnen. 4; g.
O..
Bankers' Lesgue-MeTchaDts and 8fechznics' IS;
american National. /. Washiagton Loan and Trzss
4; Banks q Washington 4
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r.stopi Moxe, seeona 80.
CHAMPIONS WIN ANOTHER.
Twining Athletic Club Takes Ninth
Team Into Camp.

The Twining Athletic Club defeated the
Ninth street team in a game replete with
errors and heavy hitting yesterday, Z 20 L
Brady pitched a GHe game for the
Ninth b0ys. but received miserable sup
port. Powell. who served them up for
the Twining team, was very effective
with men on bases. striking out eleven
and passing only two
The feature Of the game was q running
catch OF a fly hack Of third base By
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EaTned T1ns-(iallagdet, 5. First base b TToTs-
Gzllaudet. 8, Nount ST. Joseph. 6. Left on AK
Gzllzudet. g. Mount St joseph. e. First bass on
bslls-OH Dillon, 2 od sSchsub 4 St-aek cut
Rv DIiop, 3 bv Schaub, T. Tsc-hsse hit-Bisck,
Hover. Cooper. SaeriEce hlt-Ceoper. s,1sen boses
-Bain. Cooper. Wild pitch-Dlnon- Passed ball
keenan,. UuaFire-Nr. Lsiich % Mosut s. Joseph-
Tine q gaDs-l hour and $ minutes-
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Earned T1Ls+TUiu-IE I. FITst tGsc b CTT175-
Ninth. s. Twinirz. s. left or hases-Ninth, 3;
Tzinins. T. First bass on baIls-O7 Brady. .: os
P0Eei . Struck cut-By Rra6y. G. b. Powell Il
Hc-ne r1n-(issbIe. Threehase hir-GsTins-- Two
base hit-Burke Sacrifice hits-klcLarrgn. Heise
stolen bases-Ds1apier AIawbinney. Burke. Doghls
nlag-Brsdy % Heise Wild ritch-Brsdy. Passed
bzIl-1Iiles- I-mpt7e-Air. Fl1nsgan. Tine % Fame-
hour ard 50 u.iuutrs.
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FERGUSON IN FORM.
Holds Navy Team 70 Three Hits and
Fans Eight.

With Ferguson In the box, displaying
excellent form for the POst-ofice nine.
the Navy team was waIloped by the Of
fee lads on the White Lot Ellipse yes
terday afternoon, IS TO !. Besides fan
ming eight men, Ferguson held his op-
ponents to three hits Score:
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Legal Department. wins,

The Southern Railway Legal Depart
ment defeated the Southern Railway
Operating Department baseball team yes
terday afternoon, by the one-sided score
Of IS to 3 TIE feature Of the game was
the battery work OF De Farges and Plstz.
FOR the Legal DEPARTMENT. Score:
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Left % bsss--f- ete01ens y brll-Hl1l- 8
First bsse On hslls-Of Griffn. L. Of Sanders. ?;
of Holman. l. TuninEs pitched-By G-l7ln- 4; by
Hoffman. 3 Hits ma5e-OH Grifla. %; 90 Holman,
: Strucz ocr-By Griffin 3. b. Sanders. 2. b
Hoffman, 2 TEc-base hits-U UptAsgTO5e, HciuTick.
Eaves. Hessler Sacrifice hits-Ksnny Noriarity.
HessIer Stoien base-Becsett o.. Carroll ~ san
GERS g. Heinrick e. HCTTinE MoridTitT q
Moves. Docble pisy-Payne 70 C1r7oH HIt b
ritche--By tsrifan. L Wild TitChes-Grifn, L
Umpire-Sfr Setlcy. Tine q game-l ho,- and s.
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Le1t Cl casee-~sntEa-- o tcSas l. Esfst case OF
bsIls-Oa Srsy. 5; ed Menefee. . StrueS cut
i,By Gray. g: - Menofee z TWo-base hits
Thonas. zfTsy. Sacrifice hit-RaE3nEs Stolen
basas-Cill. Falccner g. Thomas. RICHARDSON. Raw
Ines- Dou5le play-HeFrimsn 70 Macdonald
Passed bsus-Rhseu, UH.Dire-Mr. Hughes. Tine
Of gane-I hour and $ minutes
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Earned uIns-M NJ. {; American, First
base b eToTs-M & NJ. S: American. J. Let
On hases-M. x M.. 3. American. L Esrst base on
baiis-OH Qui1n .. a Livingstoue. J. Struck oat
by Quinn, :, b Lirngstone. s. Stolen bases
B08les. Quinn. Aing. HSncty. Hines Burke Hit
~ pi1cher-By Quinn. 2 Passed haIls-DaFT. q:
King J. Uupire-Nr- Stsarne. Tine & sNme-l
hosrT ard s. rrfurreS
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-POst-OfiCs. s; Navy. 3 First base OF balis-O1
Boreland 3 Struck out-By Borel2nd s; by Fcrgl-
son g Two-bass hit-WslleT. sacrifice hits-Erxft
Vaughn stolen bases-WallsT e. Baoon. Fenton
% Bangs o. Kraft. Double plays-B0-eland 70
Hanna, Anis0n 10 Fenton- Hit by pifcher-By
Ferguson. Passed hals-Graes. UzpHe-Nr.
Bets, Tiras q ssne-I hour and z5 minutes.
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FIRST base o. er-os-Petsorth, 2: Reed 3 Left
on bsses-Petuorfh. 5; Reed. 6 First base On
baIls-Od Clayton. 2. OF Huchssns. 2 Struck out
by Clayton. = b Huchacals. :. SsoiiCs hits
Rausen. Parker. stolen hzses-Clayton -. Ran
son. McDcEald. johns, Casey g.. Double play-
Dempsey 70 Ransom % Alayue Passed hali-Par-
ksr. Unpire-Nlr Rsagsn. Tine Of szme-2 hours.
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SUBURBAN LEAGUE.
2 N . HAGrE
SCORE TEN IN SECOND INNING.
Warrington l. & T. Co. Team De-
feats Bank Of Washington.

IN the first game Of q doubIe-header
yesterday in the Bankers League, the
feated the Bank OF Washington, IS 10 4
Score.
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FIRST base b. eFors-Peck s. Lzna5on. / Left
OF bsses-Peck. s, Lans5on. g. First base on balls
or alEs0n J.. CT trIickshsDs 8. or Norris. 3
Innings 7t;ehed-5y Mason g; b CrfisekshanEs, =
Kits made-OS Mason, (: OF Cruickshanks. T.
Struok oCf-By Mason ?. ~ CrIlckshankS. 3: hy
NCTEls s ThTsetsss hit-R. E7ans Tro-base bits
-8lcDonouEh. Norris, SsciEcs hies-Lewis Norris
Stolen hases-Rapp. Meyers. Rozsr a.. Broure
o. McDonouEh -. Norris r. Kause, Sautmyers.
Hit h pitchcr-By Mason. J. Wild pitcheS-AlGson
Cs. CrsIickshanks Passed baIls-LOTc- J. Lewis, 3
Urapire-8f-. Mcconnell. Tine q game-I hour and
I q r1frutgz
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BEATEN BY BIG SCORE.
Brentwood Crew Whitewashes the
GeorgetOwnerS in BatfeSt-

Brentwood blanked the St Stephen 5
aggregation yesterday, in the Capital
City League. u 70 G.
Sanders was on the firing line for the
winners, and pitched an excellent game,
striking out twelve batsmen and allowing
but two hits
Noyes and Hessler carried OF the bat
ting honOrs. with three bingies apiece.
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LIVINGSTONE DOES WELL.
Holds American National Bank Team
to Two TaIIies.

The Merchants and Mechanics out
played ands outbatted the American Ma
tionai, and annexed their first victory IN
the Bankers League yesterday, Is 20 l.
Livingstone pitched a good game. allow
Irr nrlr- ru-n his Scnra-
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LeIt O oases-Iralnr1el, > 3 3 o. y tlrsl
base On baIls-OH BisehoF, ?; OF Han5y, L stracs
Uut-By BischoF, s: b Handy. &. Thrse-bass hits
HanEsy. smith. TFObzse hit-HsuTsy Sacrifice
hits-Peck. Stewart. White Stolen bases-Peck N
Stewart q. Ryon o.. Handy Roth, Shznahan.
Williams. Mirau gZl. Hit b. pitcher-By Handy. I
Wild pitchcS-Bischof, Unpire-Alr FIynr TSuss
OF Eans-I hour and 10 minutes
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LsTuec rzrs-blflcS. 3 -Atnief1cS. : Ff1sl oass
p s-roz-Baltics. : Left On h2ses-AthIstics. ?;
Bsltics. l. Fsrss bzss 81 balis-Of 1Iusiler. 4
stTuck cut-By Mueusr. ls: b LS-upkin. =. Two
haze hit-TGrrkin SzcTifcs hit-TAuEterS. Stolen
bases-Keane LzmpE1n -. Passed hsII-zEelsT.
Umpirc-3lr Whitney. Tins q szns-l hour ard
IS minutes
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RESULTS IN a TIE.
Darkness Ends Battle Between Con-
gressEonaIs and Pension office.

The CongTessionsls rallied in the latter
part OF yesterdays contest and tied the
score with the Pension Office nine. the
game being called al the end OF the ninth
inning on account OF darkness, with the
score 10 TO 10
DHsaver. Wortendyke, and Keliher
L.--e1 Ill Co...
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E1Tnel T1Il- v asnIlEt1r Ian and Irlst- u BElk
0f Washington. first hase hy eTTuTs-H aS1inS-
ton Lean 80 Tr-sst. 3: Bank q Washington. /
Left On bsSes-Wssainetol Loan and rus 5; Bs2k
y Washington, s Ffrst hzse o. bsIls-O1 Nfler.
Z: Of Robertson 2 St7JCk out-By MIllsT. q by
RoheT-sen, E. T-o-hase hits-Clzztoz q. Moore,
Taysa- Sacifcs hit-F1sther. Stolen basss-HflI.
Car. Hanna Upton. Hitz. s0botkR- D01bls play
TAyIoT 70 Car 70 SturEiS Wiid pitch-NiiIer.
Passed baIl-Flzsher. Unpire-Nfr stssrus. Tine
4 Esme-7 hours.
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GAMES MONDAY.

Indepeuasncs Leagus-Ho O'Clock a n. wsHaeh
rs Advent
suburban Leagle-QO O'Clock a H.. Tzk0ma u
PaTkvisW. ts-D .. H.. W0odburn Vs- Reed
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ALLOWS BUT TWO HITS.
Huchaeans, of Reed, Pitches Good
Ball. but Loses Game.

Despite the fact that Pitcher Huchacans
OF the Reed team, allowed but two hits,
his team was beaten by Petworth yesteT-
day by 10 L Klopfer and Garrett played
fne ball for the winners. Score:
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Struck out-By Kunme-, 70, by Prce, s. Three
bose hit-Mzrsden. TT0-tase hits-King. NLarsdel
Sa0ifce hits-Fe-nell. G0Tmsu. Stols1 bsses-(i0n-
zasa, 70; y. A G.. 3 Hit by pitchez-By Price,
Umpire-1fr McCsbe. Tine of gams-2 h0uTs.
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Thrye-aass hit-De Fsrges. T7To-bsze hiss-Piatz
u. Rosenthal. GoldbsrE, Creyke, Toplsy- Struck
out-By De Fsrges, g; by Tanns-, ;. Elrst base On
baIs-OF De FsrEss, ?: OF Tanner. Hit BY
pitched hsIl-Y01ng- Passed baII-CrsyEe Umpire
Mr. Nauck. Tine q g7me-s hours.
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other Game Postponed.

The game scheduled between Business
and Eastern was called of because Of
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WITH The AMATEURS
News and Gossip of the Yari-
Gus Leagues.
SETBACK FOR COLUMBIA A. C.

CIubmeR Loses Games During Week
aud Forfeit Lead in CapitaI city
League to Brentsyood's Aggregation
of SIuggers-St. Martins Springs n
Surprise in Marquette League.
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NEWS NOTES AND GOSSIP OF THE AMATEUR LEAGUES

an appearance The game win probably
be played next Tuesday afternoon at
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Richardson. OF St Martins. Is proving
to be a terror with the stick He made
three hits in Thursdays game.
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Fats Harding is popular with the
crowd. especially the smaller generation
From the way the kids come out 70 see
the game, and always get in the way,
one would think that there were several
generations represented.
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Totzls...-..,, 4 7-0u 81 Totals-.
'Gahls oct. bit by batteC bal.
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With the acquisition OF Brady. McLau-
ren. and Miles. Ninth Is bound to show
decided Improvement. With Brady on the
slab they played a tie game with the
lenders recently.
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Langdon has yet 70 win q game in tbs
Sunday School League. having lost six,
and the directors had better put their
noses together and help the Suburban
aggregation out OF the rUck into which
they have fallen
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Two oat uhen winning mn was sso1ed
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The SaengeTbund viii donate q cup 20
the winning team in the MarQuetts
League, the only stipulation being that
the league play a game down the river
when they give their annual blowout
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Bethany is still winning. but look at
Hamline! Losing 10 the second division
teams is getting 70 Be q Pet trick OF the
leading mines nowadays. and IT IS 10 be
hoped that the Hsniine lads VIII profit
by their narrowing experience Of last
week
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Another week ike last, and Hsmlins
VIII be down and out
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28

i;tt aga a .'cAng fnan whose name was
given as Aubrey Wallace
Anne Haswell had married car
penter in her native town and was
widow. For three months everything
went fairly well. Aubrey took his
bride to Chicago, where they lived at
a hotel Perhaps the very unsorhisti-
cation that had charmed him in Val
ley Mill Jared on him in the city. He
had been far from model husband,
even for the three months, and when
he disappeared Anne was almost
thankful. 1t was different with the
young wife, however. She dropped
and fretted, and on the birth of her
baby boy she had died. Anne took the
child and named him Lucien.
Anne had had no children of her
own, and on Lucien she had lavished
all her aborted maternal instinct. On
one thing she was determined, how
ever: That was that Aubrey Wallace
should educate his boy. 1t was part
of her devotion to the child that she
| should be ambitious for him; he
must have every opportunity. And Sc
she came east She drifted around
doing plain sewing and keeping {
home somewhere always for the boy
Finally, however, she realized tina
her only training had been domestic
and she put the boy in an Episco
plalian home, and secured the posi-
ton of housekeeper to the Arm
strongs. There she found Lucien'
father, this time under his own name
1t was Arnold Armstrong
gathered that there was no pal
ticular enmity at that time in Anne
mind. She told him of the boy, an
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28

opening l saw precisely what nae
seen on the other side OF the chimney
"a space between the true wall and
the false one, possibly seven feet long
and about three feet wide. 1t was In
no sense of the word a secret cham
her, and it was evident it had not
been disturbed since the house was
built. 1t was supreme disappoint-
ment.
1t had been Mr.. Jamieson's idea
that the hidden room, If there was
one, would be found somewhere near
the circular staircase. In fact, knew
that he had once investigated the en-
tire length of the clothes chute, hang
ing to a rope, with this in view.
was reluctantly about to concede that
he had been right, when my eyes fell
on the mantel and fireplace. The lat
ted had evidently never been used;
it was closed with metal fire front,
and only when the front refused to
move, and investigation showed that
1t was not intended to be moved did
my spirits revive.
sure enough, there was similar man.
tel and fireplace there, similarly
closed. In both rooms the chimney
| fiue extended we'll out from the wall
I measured with the tape-line, my
hands trembling so that l could
scarcely hold it. They extended two
feet and half into each room, which
with tae three feet of space between
the two partitions, made eight feet tt
be accounted for. Eight feet in one
direction and almost seven in the 9th
er-what chimney it was!
But had only located the bidder
room. I was not in it, and no amour
of pressing on the carving OF thu
wooden mantels, no search of tn
floors for loose boards, none Of tn
customary methods awaited at al
That there was a means of entrance
and probably simple one, could b
certain. But what? What would
find if I did get in? Was the detec
i've right, and were the bonds an
money from the Traders bank there
Or was our whole theory wrong
Would not Paul Armstrong have take
his booty with him? If he had no
and If DR.. Walker was in the secre
he would have known how to ente
) the chimney room. Then-who ha
dug the other hole in the false part
ticn?
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iHE siATTIESBU RG NEWS

ever tod. when sne Iound the Ranu
arnold had injured was growing
worse, she gave the address of Lucien
az Richfield to the old man and almost
$780, The money was for Lucien's
board until she recovered. She had
sent for me to ask me if | would try
to interest the Armstrong; in the
child. When she found herself grow
ing worse she had written to Mrs.
Armstrong, telling her nothing but
that Arnold's legitimate child was at
Rchfield, and irnploring her to recog-
nize him. She was dying; the boy
was an Armstrong, and entitled to his
| fathers share of the estate. The pa
pers were in her trunk at Sunnyside,
with letters from the dead man that
would prove what she said. 1t was
she who had crePt down the circular
staircase, drawn by a magnet, that
night Mr.. Jameson had heard some
one there. Pursued, she had fled
madly nywhere-through the first
door she came to. She had fallen
down the clothes chute, and been
saved by the basket beneath. | could
have cried with relief; then it had not
been Gertrude, after all!
That was the story. Sad and tragic
though IL was, the very telling of II
seemed to relieve the dying woman
She did not know that Thomas was
dead and I did not tell her. l prom
Used TO look after little Lucien, ant
sat with her until the intervals of con
seriousness grew shorter and finally
ceased altogether. She died that night
Continued Tomorrow
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STRUCK HIS FINAL BALANCE
Old Bookkeeper Ended Lies Work
In Company with the Beloved
ledgers.

In silence he walked up and down
the main office where the click, click
of the typewriters almost made him
dizzy; but every head bobbed up from
its work as he passed with pleasant
smile or friendly nod
He must now take leave of the be-
loved volumes over which ne had
pored days, months. years-yea. more
than the quarter of century; they
were his comrades, his inspiration,
his SOUL Inanimate things occasion
ally become a sort of major part OF
human being until it seems almost
brutal to eliminate enc from the oth-
| err. He was Of the past, but the vol
umes must be handed down to the
present-the future. Silently he ca
ressed the huge worn covers; with
unshed tears, he pored over the ng
ures as II they were human and knew
of his grief. He leaned forward and
laid his tired head, with its thin gray
locks. on one of the open books and
with one emaciated. bloodless Aaat
clasped the cover Of another. HI
closed his eyes YEARLY and heavel
sigh like the soft sough Of the wint
through some deserted garden.
The noise In the main office ha'
ceased; the typewriter girls ha
gone one by one; the men had take
their departure. The man who swep
and busted and saw to turning on
, the lights was making hasty tou
of the different offices and opened N
door of the aged accountants room
, 1t was nothing unusual to see hiI
at his desk at this late hour.
n Hello there, Uncle Still
work."
The white head never moved frol
the table. There was an ominous q
lence. Awe-struck, the attendar
- moved closer to the desk and gent
. shook his shoulder The old man we
cold and rigid. He had balanced
. earthly accountable Bookkeeper.