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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-17

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The team will be home tomorrow to
remain six days. That mere state
ment should be sufficient to pack the
Myrtle street grounds the rest of the
week, but to make Il stronger, 1t
might be added that two new pitchers
will be, among the JOY squad to dazzle
the blinks of the natives. These are .
tall gent with a sidewheel motion,
named Tonges, and Licking Lauder
milk, brother of the former st. Louis
flingest. Where the two new beavers
come from is mystery, but letters IN
the possession Of Boss Egan give both
men SUFFICIENT laudatOry eulogies to
make 1t worth while giving them q
chance to receive bi-monthly> pay.
checks from the Ottumwa club.
The directors urge upon the fans
to welcome the team home tomorrow
in truly patriotic manner. This can
only be done by goodly number OF
the faithful registered at the foot OF
Myrtle street. It is Ladies' Day and
the fair ones will be admitted at the
gate free of cost. Let's see II the
men will be outnumbered by the la
dies tomorrow.
Those who wish box seats should
reserve them in advance at the Palace
billiard hall. Monmouth is booked for
three games, tomorrow, Wednesday
and Thursday, and Keokuk follows
the balance Of the week.
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THERE'S A kNocKER IN EVERY
BUNCH.

When team that's won begins to
lose,
Then a lot of things are said;
lie they didn't do this and didn't do
that
Then they still would be ahead.
Because the SOx are having hard luck
why get all the hammers out?
They'll get together and play good ball
That'll make the knockers shout.
It's sad, sad thing, but it's always
true,
And you Just follow my hunch-
C.. Comiskey, just take 1t from me,
There's knocker in every bunch.
When good horse loses the rappers
And the same is true Of man
When champion team goes down
the grade,
The worst knocks come from the
fan
Who cheered the most when the team
was ahead
And told what they would do;
And made mouth bets, unbacked by
coin, :
And boosted how he knew.
There's nothing novel in baseball dope
And just you follow my hunch--
It's simply the history Of all the world,
There's a knocker in every bunch.
oh. the human race is measly lot,
Take no pride in the name Of man,
He's only great when he's at the top;
He's dog when he gets the can.
The same Is true Of d baseball team,
And Just you follow my hunch-
They begin to 1ose--all the rappers
rap,
And there's a knocker in every
burch.
Chicago Evening Post.
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ECAN'S men PUT
KE0kuk ON BLINK
oTTUMWA CLUB 9Y FORCING IN
SIX RUNS IN FIRST YESTERDAY, I
WON EASILY
EDLlck WAS A TARGET
Lanky Pitcher Of the Redskins Failed
to Locate the Plate and When
ha Did. the Pill Was
Smacked.

Keokuk, May 16.-(special) Pa
Belt insisted upon a game yesterday
despite the steady downpour IT aqua,
and the invaders from Ottumwa made
the elderly gent sorrow Of his insist
ence. Right OF the real the Ottumwa
men scored six runs, and this lead
was sufficient to place the Keokuk
club in the a1so-rans class. Edlick,
the big fellow whom Manager Belt
thought had some smoke and other
things an effective pitcher is sup
posed to possess, was lacking In
everything from control down TO
curves that fool. Two walks in the
opener and a half dozen safe smacks,
sent six Ottumwa runs home. In the
fifth and sixth, the visitors again cot
toned to the saliva ball of the Edlick
gent and four more scores were reg
istered, making total of ten. The
home squad tagged Jimmie Dunn's Of
fering nine times for five runs. Man.
ager Belt implOred Umpire O'Brien
after the first inning to call the
game. but the local foreman's in
sistence earlier in the day. prompted
the arbiter to let the game go nine
innings.
ottumwa 10; keokuk 5.
Keokuk, May 16.-Ottumwa beat
Keokuk. 10 to 5, in q listless game
played In the rain. The winners scor-
ed six runs in the first inning. Score:
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N OUR SCI
Being Little Stories
OF Sporting Folks
Gathered Every
where.
Bp rs q.

The telegraph reports of Satur.
days games contained the following Of
interest to Ottumwans: Aurora
BANKED Fond du Lac today, to O.
Rusty Owens pitched great ball for
Aurora and was given good support. !"
Saturday evening, before the result
Of the game was made known, the
Quincy Herald used the following
relative to the auburn topped twirler::
Snapper" Kennedy is looking for
pitchers. His old friend and side
kicker, Rusty" Owens, has proven as
much of fizzle as he was last year
and as much as Albert Sidney hates
to do 1t, he is obliged to tie a can to
RUSTY and turn him loose. There
are some who are chirping II told you
So"
The Monmouth Atlas sporting writ
er MARBLES thusly about Ottumwa
players:
The Ottumwans are good stickers.
They hit hard, often and Justify.
The visitors pitchers gave 9 bases
on balls and the Browns staff gave
out four.
While in the city the Ottumwa team
conducted themselves in gentleman
~ way and made friends. Naturally
they were little vexed at losing three
straights.i
Harle Wagner, late Of the Rock Is
land team is no longer a member OF
the Packers. He WAS cut loose last
evening. Miller the port side finger
secured from Springfield was also
given his blue slip. last evening by
Egan.
Egan chided his hirelings after the
game. Many were the growls that
came from the denizens Of the dog
kennel, too, but Cleary only gave
them at three-quarter view Of his
shoulders when they parked.
SEVERED the visitors catcher is only
a kid, but at that he Is some catcher.
He Is barely 20 years old yet. He
works nice, pegs hard and meets the
ball viciously.
Wagner the. first. pitcher for the
Packers was wild enough. He forced
In two runs with his bases on balls
and soaking the batsman.
Two colored baseball fans were dis
cussing the age Of the great national
game. One said he had traced 1t back
to 1850. 81 can trace it back to the be-
ginning of the world said his COM
panion. 1.-THE Bible tells us that Eve
stole first, Adam got put out at the
garden Of Eden, David struck out Go
Hath, the Prodigal Son made a home
run and Moses shut out the Egyptians
at the Red Sea"
The fans who would view the COM
ing games with Monmouth and Keo-
kuk at, the Myrtle street park from
the best seats in the ground would
show wisdom by reserving seats at
Hutchison's palace billiard hall. These
can be reserved several days In adj
vance II desired
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Summary.
Stolen bases ensenback; two
base hits Hildebrand, Wise, Senno,
Finney; three base hits--Hildebrand,
Miller; struck out-by Dunn 5, by Ed
lick o: bases on balls-off Dunn 8, off
Edlick 6. Umpire-O' Brien.<
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RuTLEDeE TIGERS LOSE.
EIdon Amateur Aggregation Defeat.
Fast Bunch Of Visitors by

Eldon, May 16.-(speciaD- The
Eldon aggregation of ball players de-
feated the Rutledge Tigers Sunday by
the score Of 2 to 1 in seven In
ming mix The visitors played bril-
liant ball. earning their one run. Err
rors by Simpson and Howard enabled
the locals to cop the battle. Elliott
and Box pitched great ball, and the
conflict could be termed fingers
battle. Each man allowed only two
singles. Box was more liberal than
Elliott, allowing three walks, but he
whitfield more than the invading OPP
ponent. Eikkt men bowed to Box's
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FEED LAKE, LEADER OF HE BOSTON NATIONALS.

Fred Lakes Boston National club
will come in for some rather close
watching this season. Not that the
Doves are going to threaten the pen
nant winning chances of a4.y club,
but simply because Lake made such
good showing with the Boston
Americans last season.
There was time when Boston was
ace high in baseball circles, and Ma
tional league pennants were won with
regularity in the nineties with such
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Sioux City 8; Denver 5.

Sioux City 3; Denver 5.
Sioux City, May 16.--Sioux City
won yesterdays game, to 5. Weather
conditions were bad
The score r. III. e.
Sioux City =. .060011 COS Q
Denver 80. HOO 0012 O-5 II .
Batteries-McLean and Miller;
Hammond and McMurray.
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ERROR WON FOR oTTUMWA.
sensenback's Bobble in Saturdays
Mix at keokuk Gave Locals
the Game.

Keokuk, May 16.-Sensenbacks
error in the tenth inning spoiled the
brilliant pitching of Jaeger Saturday
and gave Ottumwa victory Of / to O..
Keokuk outplayed the visitors in every
department Of the game but failed to
hit with men on bases. Both Jaeger
and Reiss were In great form, espec-
tally with men on bases. Cavanaugh's
throwing to second featured the game.
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Summary

Stolen base Green; two base hits
-Geier 2, Wood, Copeland; three base
hits Green, Williams; home runs ~
Siner Q; struck out-by Wood Z; bases
on balls of Wood 4. off Stanley l..
Umpire Cleary.
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LEAGUE GAMES.

st. Joseph s; Omaha q.
Omaha, Neb., May 16.-Omaha lost
to st. Joseph yesterday by score OF
to 4. Errors bv the locals contr1but-
ed principally to the defeat.
rho scnre- r. H. Z.
st. Joseph =. .e11o102o0-5 8 8
omaha ......OOO0O1O3 8
Galgano and Shea; Mel
ter and Cadman.
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summary
Two base hits Donahue, Cava-
naugh, Grodnick, Shea; three base
hits-Rouse; struck out-by Tretter
4, by Mailman L, by Tanning 3; bases
on balls-off Mailman 8, of Tanning
l. Umpire Hanley.
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Summary

Two base hit-Severeid; bases on
balls-off Reiss 6, off Jaeger Q; struck
out-bv Reiss 4, by Jaeger 4 sacrifice
hits Borton, SEVERED, Reiss, Sensen-
back Q; stolen bases-Bresnahan,
Thomas 2, Miller; double play-Re iss
to Borton to Wise. Umpire-Lippert.
Time Of game-1:40. Attendance
600.
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Summary.

Struck out-by Delair, s; by Plymp-
ton, 4. Bases on balls-offi Delair,
Is; of Plympton, 1. Stolen bases
Green, Miller (2), johnson, Williams
(2). -Cleary. Time of
game-1 80.
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Eicke, Sacrifice hits-Ragan, Webster
Phelan, Kench. Hit by pitched ball
by Grimes, 3; by Kench, /; by
Swain, 2. UmpireO Brien. Time Of
game-2:20.
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Summary: Two base hits-Owens
Marks ~, Donahue, Lotshaw. BaseH
on balls-off Reyes, 1; of Marks, 3.
Struck out--by Keyes, Q; by Marks
2. Wild pitches-Marks, 1. Hit by
pitcher-Lotshaw, Nickel. Time OF
game-1:55. Umpire-Hanley. Attend
ance--736.
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Lincoln q; Wichita 8

Lincoln d; Wichita 8.
Lincoln, Neb., May 16.-Playing a
brilliant fielding game, Lincoln won
from Wichita yesterday, 4 to 8.
The score- r. H. E..
Lincoln .......O 20 O1OO -
Wichita ..... i 90 90 Ol-3 ~
Batteries Farthing and Clark; sha-
ner and Shaw.
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QUINCY WINS IN
A BIG transform
JUP PLUv CONSTANTLY AT
WORK DID NOT PREVENT GEMS
FROM SPANKING uALEsBuRc.

Quincy, May 16.-It rained from the
time Sundays game began until it was
called. Cavanaugh's hitting and
Rouse's fielding We're the features. The
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slashed Win : .axor.

wounded With gun, or pierced by a
rusty nail; Buck1en's Arnica Salve
heals the wound. Guaranteed 25c.
F. B. Clark.
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DELAIR WAS EFFECTIVE.
Monmouth TWlrier Had Burlington
Tagged As . Loser in Sat
~ urdaH Mix.

Monmouth, May 1.-THE Browns
won the opening game with Burling-
ton Saturday, 4 to / by consecutive
Lifting in the first and fifth innings.
Belair for Monmouth, allowed but two
hits, although giving six passess, one
of which allowed the Pathfinders
their. lone tally " The score:
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Two base hits--Hamilton, Clair,
Prout, Swain. Hits-off Swain. s.;
OF Kench, g.. Struck out-by Swain,
s; by Kench,s I; by Cranes, l. Bases
on balls-off Grimes, 4. Wild pitches
Grimes, i. Stolen bases--D bowers.
slapnicka, Overtaker. Rhelan (2l.
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way In East Ottumwa on the way to
Agency when teams are met. A car IN
operation is likely to scare any team
and damage result.
Where roads are bad in the county,
autoists should not hog the good part
to the annoyance OF farmers with
teams. On the other hand farmers
should not occupy the whole road. and
refuse to let autos pass.
The practice OF smao boys endeav.
oring to board autos on West Seconu
street should be discontinued. A bad
accident might result and injury to
little ones is certainly not the aim OF
careful machine owners.
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eALEsBuRe WINS IN 10TH.
PAYERS Take First Game From Quincy
Saturday by 2 TO o by Bunch
s.a. LA

Quincy, May 6.-Galesburg broke
open an air. tight game here Satur-
day in the tenth inning and punched
hits on Keyes, winning by q to Q
score. and going into tie for first
place with the locals. The score:
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Notes Of the AutoIsts.

Roads in Wapello county out Of OF
tumwa to the north, southeast and
west are in excellent condition for
auto driving.
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Burlington, May Burlington won
Sundays game by consistent slug
eing. The game was called in the
.a..AnAh 4, air.. 81, - nnnS1nf nf rain
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players as Lowe, Tenney, Long, Col
Inns, Lewis and CAMEL in their prime
That time isn't going to return this
season for the club won't do, but 1t
will be popular In Boston because OF
its mayager.5 Lake made the Bos
ton Americans last season, but
couldn't come to terms with Taylor
this year and went to the opposition
He hasn't tha material he had with
the Red Sox, but he can be depended
upon to get out the best there is in
hat club Of his.
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a Fierce Attack

Of malaria, liver arrangement and
kidney trouble. Is easily cured by
Electric Bitters, the guaranteed rem.
edy. soc. F. B. Clark.
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ii INNINGS At HANNIBAL.
CannibaIs Win Over kewanee In a
Long Game by Score OF

; Hannibal, May 16.Swalm and
Prout doubled in the eleventh and
Hannibal won from Kewaree 4 to 3
Saturday. snappy fielding BY both
sides was the feature Of the game.
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while Elliott
effectiveness.

effectiveness, while Elliott only
struck out five.
The Rutledge Tigers open the base
ball season in Mystic next Sunday,
when they will battle with the fast
amateur players OF the mining town.
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Central Association

Galesburg, 2; Quincy, 0 (ten IN
nings)..
Ottumwa, 1; Keokuk, O..
Monmouth, A; Burlington. l.
Hannibal, 4; Kewanee, 3.
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Careful drivers have come to the
conclusion that cars should stop while
driving over the narrow piece OF road
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Three y League.
THE RESULTS YESTERDAY.

National League.
Chicago 4, Boston 0.
st. Louis 8, New York s.
Cincinnati 2, Brookly i.
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RESULTS SATURDAY.
National League.

National League.
Boston, 4; Chicago. 1.
st. Louis, 8; New York, 3.
Philadelphia, 6; Pittsburg, 2.
Cincinnati, g.; Brooklyn, 0.
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Central Association.
Ottumwa 10. keokuk 5.
Hannibal Kewanee game postponed;
rain.
Burlington II, Monmouth s. q in
nings.)
Quincy Z, Galesburg e innings.)
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Northern Association.
Freeport 8, Elgin 2.
Muscatine 8, Clinton 8.
jacksonville 8. Joliet 2.
Kankakee 5, Decatur L.
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American LEAGUE.

Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 8 (elevel
innings). n
Detroit, 5; Boston, 8.
New York, IA; st. Louis, Q.
Washington, 1; Cleveland, 0.
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Western League.
st. Joseph s., Omaha 4.
Des Moines-Topeka game postpon-
ed; rain.
sioux City s, Denver S.
Lincoln 4, wichita 3.
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hre0.I League.
Davenport 2. Danville Go innings)
Peoria 5, Waterloo 2.
Bloomington 1, Dubuque 90 in
nings.)
Springfield Z, Rock Island 2.
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Western League

Washington, i; Cleveland 0.
Western League.
Sioux City, 10; Denver, 5.
Wichita, 4; Lincoln, l.
Omaha, 20; st. Joseph, 8.
Des Moines, 4; Topeka, l.
Three I League.
Waterloo, 6; Bloomington, 5.
Peoria, 8; Dubuque, 5.
Springfield, 8; Davenport, 2.
Rock Island, 1; Danville, Q.
Northern Association.
Joliet, II; Jacksonville, 4.
Elgin, A; Freeport, 8.
Decatur, 6; Kankakee, 0.
Clinton, O.; Museatine, IA.
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Where they Play Today.
Burlington at Monmouth.
Ottumwa at Keokuk.
Kewarlee at Hannibal.
Galesburg at Quincy.
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Western Leaau,

American League.
No games scheduled.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-06-16

leaving the room. as she probably
would have done. Margaret did not
like II. She was dying to ask him
questions about his lessons in Tartar
and especially about his teacher. and
she probably meant to cast her in
quirles in such form as would make
IL preferable to examine him alone
rather than before Mrs. Rushmore;
but he talked on and on. only pausing
an instant for the good lady's express
sions Of interest or approval.
He was telling her what a prime
minister had told an ambassador
about the pope, when Margaret rose
rather abruptly.
I'm awfully sorry" she said to Mrs
Rushmore. by way OF apology. but
really must have little air. I've not
been out Of the house all day"
Mrs. Rushmore understood. and was
not hurt. though she was sorry not to
hear more. The dear child" should
go out. by all means. Would Mons
Logotheti stay to dinner? No? She
was sorry. She had forgotten that
she had a letter to write in time for
the afternoon post. So she went on
and left the two together.
Margaret led the way out upon the
lawn. and they sat down on garden
chairs under a big elm tree. She said
nothing while she settled herself very
deliberately, avoiding her compan-
ions eyes till she was quite ready, and
then she suddenly looked at him with
a sort OF blank stare that would
have disconnected any one less SUI
perlatively self-possessed than he was.
1t was most distinctly Nine. de Cor
dova. the offended prima donna. that
spoke at last. and not Miss Margaret
Dome, the mice English girl"
What In the world has got into
your" she inquired in a chilly tone.
He opened his almond shaped eyes
a little wider with an excellent af-
fectation of establishment at her words
and manner.
Have ! done anything you don't
like?" he asked in tone of anxiety
and concern. WAS / rude to Mrs.
Rushmorer
Margaret looked at him a moment
longer. and then turned her head
away In silence. as II scorning to an
swer such q silly question. The look
of surprise disappeared from his face,
and he became very gloomy and
thoughtful but said nothing more.
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Decline OF Ancient EnaI,sb Fair.

After being held annually for mo
years Stow Green pleasure fair has
practically ceased TO exist
Established by charter OF Henry ILL.,.
It ranked as one of the largest fairs
In England for merchandise and last.
ed three weeks. All the large travel
ing shows in the country used to at
tend and they covered nearly four
acres OF ground. The fair is now
limited to two days and when It CON-
menced 1t only consisted Of q few
catchpenny devices.
This year the magistrates curtailsd
the hours for drinking and It is ex-
pected the fair wiz soon collapse alto.
gethey.--Londan standard
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-06-16
"Potts," She Said Suddenly, and Then
Stopped.


You are quite sure that II was
your brother who was speaking, sup
pose" she said.
"Oh, yes, ma'am! I looked down
over the banisters. and there he vast"
Margaret had the solid health Of a
great singer. and It would have been
serious trouble indeed THAI could
have interfered with her unbroken
and dreamless sleep during at least
eight hours; but when she closed her
eyes that night she was quite sure
that she could not have slept at all
but for Potts comforting little story
about the brother with the Counter
tenor" voice. Yet even so, at the mo-
ment before waking In the morning.
she dreamt that she was at the tele-
phone again. and that words in a
strange language came to her along
the wire IN a soft and caressing tone
that could only be a womans, and
that for the first time In all her life
she knew what It was to be jealous
The sensation was not an agreeable
one.
The dream-voice was silent as soon
as she opened her eyes, but she had
not been awake long without reallz-
ing that she wished very much to see
Logotheti at once, and was profoundly
thankful that she had torn up her let
ter to Lady Maud. She was not pre-
pared to admit. even now, that Kon-
stantin was the ideal she should have
chosen for a husband, and whom she
had been describing from imagination
when she had suddenly stopped writ
ing. But, on the other hand. the mere
thought that he had perhaps been
amusing himself IN the society OF an
other woman all yesterday afternoon
made her so angry that she took
refuge in trying to believe that he had
spoken the truth and that she had
really been mistaken about the voice.
1t was all very well to talk about
learning Tartar How could she be
sure that 1t was not modern Greek. or
Turkish? She could not have known
the difference. Was 1t so very unlikely
that some charming compatriot Of his
should have come from Constantine
pie to spend few weeks In Paris!
She remembered the mysterious house
In the Boulevard Pereire where he
lived. the beautiful upper hall where
the statue of Aphrodite stood, the
doors that would not open like other
doors, the strangely-disturbing en-
caustic painting of Cleopatra in the
drawing room-many things which she
distrusted.
Besides. supposing that the language
was really Tartar-were there not
Russians who spoke It? She. thought
there must be, because she had
vague idea that all Russians were
more or less Tartars. There was a
proverb about II. Moreover, to the
English as well as to the French. Rus
SLAMS represent romance and wicked
ness.
She would not go to the telephone
herself, but she sent a message to Lo-
gotheti. and he came out in the cool
time of the afternoon. She thought
he had never looked SO handsome and
SO little exotic since she had known
him.
He was received by Mrs Rushmore
and Margaret together. and he took
noticeable gains to make himself
agreeable to the mistress of the house.
At first Margaret was pleased at this:
but when she saw that he was doing
his best to keep Mrs. Rushmore from