The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-07-07
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In : Baseball Game.
3, MARTHA 3. MONROE
Copyright. 1910. BY American Press
Association.

Charlie, let me tell you something.
think know where you can get a
frst class twirler for the match game"
Don't want any twirler. Dan Simp-
son IL good enough"
How about hitterr'
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
vas infatuated with the game and a
member Of girls team that occa-
1sionally played on the diamond Of the
gymnasium club.
There was more between Wilkins
and Miss Hathaway than common
interest in baseball. A lawsuit Of long
standing between their respective fam.
lilies over property acquired by Viii
kins three generations before was 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. 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 Ringo!ds.
would require an intielder 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
friction emitted more sparks than a
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-
Ign on account of its dry air. For a
couple CT 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 he bloomed into a 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 BERTHE"
BERTHE Courtenay seemed more in.
o1@ Il; ko
Hathaway 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 great game soon
anything else. But one day when
Courtenay, who drawled his words.
was sitting chatting with Kate and
watching game of tennis wilkins
came up. Courtenay drawled on. Will
kins 'butted In" mimicking Courte.
Jays speech. Courtenay imperturb-
ably changed from English to Latin.
Neither Kate nor Wilkins understood
a word he said until Kate caught the
meaning of ''carissfma Katherine"
dear Katherine, and blushed. Will
kins. with a growl. trrned ON his heel
and left them.
This incident when repeated-that is,
that BERTHE Courtenay could speak Lat
in-occasioned a halt in the opinion the
young people of Roslyn were forming
Of him. Then one day. having ap-
peared in flannel tennis suit. white
as IN angels wing, to play game
with member Of the Country club,
he soon collected a 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.
gan to show an interest in him. As
soon 20 Wt!kins poaced that tho
'dude," as be called Courtenay, had
found any favor whatever in Kath.
crimes eyes he ceased his own atten-
lions, Indicating to her that a girl who
could see anything interesting in
(Schump like that" was of no use to
him. As for Courtenay himself. VIII
kins treated him with supreme con-
tempt.
: ''He's one Of these college men," said
wilkins. ''they make professors OLA
great capacity for taking in knowledge
and never making any practical use
81 It."
"But he's remarkable at tennis" sug-
sested one who had seen Courtenay
make fireworks Of the balls over the
net.
"oh. that's sort Of slight Of hand.
like billiards. There's nothing manly
IN the game"
By thls dine nobody seemed to know
what to make Of Mr.. Courtenay. He
didn't seem to be q fool, though he
sometimes acted like one. He wasn't
exactly efEeminate, though he appear
cd 20. What cough was left to him
was certainly affected. Some said he
kept It up to gain the sympathy due