Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-05-06

Bertie
COurtenay
The Stranger Who Took Part
In Baseball Game.
BY MARTHA B. MONROE
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

Charlie, let me tell you something.
| think | know where you can get a
tirst class twlrler for the match game"
Don't want any twirler. Dan Simp-
SOU Is good enough"
How about hitterg"
Don't want any hitter either"
This dialogue was spoken between
Charles wilkins. captain of the Roslyn
Athletic clubs baseball team, and his
cousin, Kate Hathaway Kate was an
enthusiastic baseball girl that is, she
was infatuated with the game and a
sionally played on the diamond Of the
gymnasium club.
There was more between Wilkins
and Miss Hathaway than a common
interest IN baseball. A lawsuit of long
standing bet ween their respective fam
lilies over property acquired by a Will
kins three generations before was to
be settled by their unlon-that is, 1t
was hoped by their parents that the
Interest might be united In them.
The match referred to was to take
place between the Roslyn club and the
Ringolds. champion game. Both
teams were training hard, and both
managers we're testing and picking up
the best men they could find. Ned
Paddock. manager Of the Ringolds.
would require an intlelder and wilkins
an outiielder This was smooth sail
ing But when both men wanted an
outfielder and there was just one good
man In that line to be secured the
friction emitted more sparks than q
skyrocket.
There had come to Roslyn that spring
an invalid named Albert Courtenny.
lie was suffering from bronchitis and
had been recommended to come to Ros-
Ign on account Of Its dry air, For a
couple of months he went about cough
Ing and ha viking. looking as though,
having one foot In the grave, he was
struggling to keep out the other. Then
he began to get better and the flesh
to come back on his bones. One could
The better his health the finer his gar
ments. At lust when he was quite re-
covered he bloomed into first class
dude. He manifested an interest in
the society OF Roslyn. Joined the Ros'
Iyn Country club and showed mild
interest in the young ladies OF the
place. They were inclined to make
fun OF him. calling him BERTHE"
BERTHE Courtenay seemed more In
clined to besiow his attentions on Kate
Hatha way than any other girl. Charlie
wilkins didn't object to his preference,
for he considered him altogether too
contemplate for rival. Besides,
Charlie was too much absorbed In
preparations for the grent game soon
to come OF 10 take any interest In
anything else. But one day when
Courtenay, who ORA wed his words,
was sitting chatting with Kate and
watching guIne OF tennis wilkins
anne up. Courtenay awled on. VIII
kins 'butted H." mImicking Courte-
nay's speech Courtenay lmperturb-
ably changed from English to Latin.
Neither Kate nor wilkins understood
WOIu uG buiu uhNh NNhN NNNbht N1N
meaning OF ''carisslmu Katherine"
dear Katherine) and blushed VIII
kins. with o growl, turned on his heel
and left them.
This incident when repen ted that ID,
that BERTHE Courtenay could speak Lat
in-oecasioDed a halt In the opinion the
young people OF Rosyn were forming
Of him Then one day. having APP
peared In q flannel tennis suit, white
as an angels wing. to play q game
with d member OF the Country club,
be soon collected crowd by sending
had been nred from q roman candle.
Here was q second gain. BERTHE
could not only talk Latin. but he was
a marvel at tennis.
From this point Kate Hathaway be-
gan to show an interest In him. AZ
dude as he called CouTtenay, had
found any favor whatever In Kath-
crimes eyes he ceased his own atten-
tons. indicating TO her that II girl who
could see anything interesting in q
"chump like that was Of no use to
him. As for Courtenay himself. VII
kins treated him with supreme con-
tempt
He's one OF these college men," said
wilkins. they make professors OFF,
great capacity for taking In knowledge
and never making any practical use
Of IT,"
But he's remarkable at tennis" sug
gested one who had seen COurtenay
make fireworks Of the balls over the
net.
"Oh, that's a sort Of slight Of hand
like billiards. There's nothing manly
10 the game"
BY this time nobody seemed 10 know
what to make OF Mr.. Courtenay. He
didn't seem to be fool. though ht
sometimes acted like one. He wasn'i
exactly effemInate. though he appear
ed so. What cough was left to hin
was certainly affected. Some said he
kept It up to gain the sympathy due
an invalid. Then his dress was toe
elegant for anything. his neckweal
now representing the blue field Of
heaven studded with bright stars, now
a snow squat. now the green waves Of
the sea and finally the red flames OF q
connagration.
i a a. A.