Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-02

Charlie, let me tell you something.
think l know where you can get
first class twirler for the match game"
Don't want any twirler. Dan Simp-
son is good enough"
How about a hitterT'
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
member of a girls team that occa-
siouaIly 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 between their respective fam
lilies over property acquired h. VII
kins three generations before TO
be settled by their union-that is, it
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. a champion game. Both
teams were training hard, and both
managers were testing and picking up
the best men they could find Ned
Paddock, manager of the Ringolds,
would require an inielder and wilkins
an outfielder. 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
Ty-l1 Sno r-c Than q
skyrocket.
There had come to Roslyn that spring
an invalid named Albert Courtenay.
He was suffering from bronchitis and
had been recommended to come to Ros-
lyn on account of its dry air. For
couple of months he went about cough
ing and hawking, 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
tell of his Improvement by his clothes
the better his health the finer his gar
ments. At last when he was quite re-
covered be bloomed into first class
dude. He manifested an interest in
the society of Roslyn. joined the Ros-
Ign Country club and showed mild
interest in the young ladies of the
place They were inclined to make
fun of him, calling him 'Bertie."
BERTHE Courtenay seemed more in
clined to bestow his attentions on Kate
Hathaway than any other girl. Charlie
wilkins didn't object to his preference
for he considered him altogether too
contemplate for a rival. Besides,
Charlie was too much absorbed In
preparations for the great game soon
to come off to take any interest In
anything else. But one day when
Courtenay, who drawled his words,
was sitting chatting with Kate and
watching a game of tennis Wilkins
came up. Courtenay drawled on. VIII
kins ''butted in,'' minicking Courte-
nays speech. Courtenay imperturo'
ably changed from English to Latin.
Neither Kate nor wilkins understood
word he said until Kate caught the
meaning of ''carissima Katherine"
dear Katherine, and blushed. VIII
kins, with a growl, turned on his heel
and left them.
This incident when repeated-that is.
that BERTHE Courtenay could speak Lat
in-occasioned halt in the opinion the
young people of Roslyn were forming
of him. Then one day. having APP
peared in a flannel tennis suit. white
as an angels wing, to play game
with a member of the Country club.
he soon collected crowd by sending
the balls from his racket as IL they
had been fred from a roman candle
Here was a second gain. BERTHE
could not only talk Latin. but he was
a marvel at tennis.
From this point Kate Hathaway be-
~an to show an interest in him. AS