The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-07-15
Berthe
COurtenay'.
The Stranger Who Took Part
In a Baseball Game.
BY MARTHA b. MONROE
Copyright. 1910. by American Presss
Association.

Association,
Charlie. let INC tell you something.
| think | know where you can get IL
first cluss Iwirler for tho mahh game"
Don't wiut any twIrler. Dan Simp-
son IL good enough"
How about II hltter?"
Don, want ANY hitter either"
THIS dialogue wns spoken between
Charles wilkins. captain of tho lioslyn
Athletic clubs bnscbnii team, ind hls
cousin. kaie Hathaway. Kate was IN
enthusiastic baseball glrl-that IL. she
wns Infatuated with tho game and II
member OF II girls tenn thnt occn-
sionnlly plnyed ON tho diamond OF tho
gymnasium club.
There was more between wilkins
aud Miss Hathaway than II common
interest In baseball A lawsuit Of long
sinnding between their Respective fam
HES over property acquired by VII
kins three generations before was to
no settled by their union -thnr IL, II
wns hoped by their parents thit the
Interest might be united In them.
Tho match refcIied To was 10 tnke
pincc between tho IiOslyn ciub,nnd the
HingOlds chnmpl0n game. 10th
teams wero training hard, and both
managers were testing and picking up
tho best men they could find, Ned
Paddock, manager OF the ltingolds,
would require an iniielder and wilkins
nm outHclder. This wns smooth snll-
Ing. But when both men wanted nm
Ouiiielder and there WINS just ono good
mnn IN TINT line to be secured the
friction emIctcd moro SPARKS than
skyrockel.
an invalid named Albert Courtenny.
lilo WINS suffering from bronchitis and
hud been recommended TO como to ltos
Ign on account OF It's dry mir. For
couple OF months no went about cough
Ing and hnwking. looking M though.
having one foot IN the grave, he wns
struggling to keep out the other. Then
no began to get better aud tho flesh
to come bnck on his bones. Ono could
tell OF his Improvement by his clothes
the better his hslIth tho finer Ills gar.
ments. At Inst when he was quite re-
covered he blooIn"d into II first clnSs
dude. lie nmnifrsi@ mn Interest In
ih" society OF ltoslyh. Joined the KOS
Ign Country club md showed II mild
interest IN the young indies OF the
plnrc Thcy were inclined to make
fun of him. calling him "iicrlle"
BERTHE Courienny seemed more In
| cIInrd to bc1iow hls attentions on KITE
Hathaway thnn any other girl. Charlie
wilkins didn't object to his preference.
for he considered him altogether TOO
contemplate for II rivni BESIDES.
ChnrlIe wns too much absorbed In
preparations for the grcnt game soon
to come or to tnkc any interest In
anything else. Hut one day when
Courtcnay, who druwicd his words.
was sitting chatting with Knte and
watching II game OF tennis wilkins
came up Courienuy drnwlcd on. WI.
kIns "buticd H." mlmicking Courie.
uny's speech Couricnny impcrturb
nlIy chuup.J from English to Latin
Neither Kuto nor wilkins understood
n word he said until KITE cnught the
meaning OF ''cnrissimn KATHERINE"
d.nr Katherine, md blushed. WI.
kius. with growI, turned on his heel
md left them.
ThIs Incident when repentcd TINT IL.
| TINT BERTHE COurtcnny could sp"nk lnt-
- a.. hat. d I,..
young people Of I,osiyn were forming
Of him. Then one dry. having mp.
prnrcd In flannel tennis suit, white
ny nm angels wing. 10 play n game
| with u member Of the Country club.