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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-18
N OUR SCI
Being Little Stories
OF Sporting Folks
Gathered Every. s,
where.
-,
Bp u.s. q.

Has anyone here seen Honus Wag-
ner's batting average?
Portland is good guess to cop the
Pacific Coast league championship.
Jack McCarthy's Danville team Is
carrying the banner in the Three |
League.
Pat Newman. the Houston first
baseman, is making good with the St.
Louis Browns.
Simon Nichols, formerly Of the Ath-
letics, is playing short for Jack
Dunn's Baltimore team.
Manager Chance Of the Cubs has
been trying hard to get Third Base
man Boucher from st. Paul.
Vancouver, Tacoma, Spokane and
Seattle are we'll punched in the North
western league race.
Manager Danny Shea has broken
into the game himself in order to
help out his Kansas City team.
In Speaker, Hooper and Lewis, the
Boston Red Sox have an outfield trio
as fine as they come.
Catcher Block is doing great back
stopping for the Chicago White Sox.
His whip is sure death to base steal
ing.
The Athletics have been slipped a
few jolts during their western trip.
but the team is not out by any
means.
Garry Herman says that he can
hire booze fighters for 81 day, but
his Cincinnati team can't use them.
Vaughn, Ford and Quinn are doing
nothing but winning games for the
Highlanders. These three babies are
sure some pitchers.
II doesn't matter in which direction
you go in Greater New York you will
see some swell baseball. The High
landers, Giants and Oh! you Dodgers.
Catcher Edwin Ainsmith of the
Lawrence team has been sold to the
Washington club and will report to
Manager McAleer at the close ef the
New England League season
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BASEBALL IS
Great INDUSTRY
GARRY HERMANN GIVES IDEA
p OF IMMENSELY OF THE
NATIONAL GAME.
MILLIONS EXPENDED
Sport Which Originated From "Round-
ers" Growing More and More In
Favor-Growth 10 Due to
Organization.
MILLIONS EXPENDED

Baseball is great business indus
try and the national pastime which
originated from town ball or round
ers, today represents an expenditure
Of $5,0O0,000 in salaries to players
alone for the six months from April
to October, inclusive. each year"
said Chairman Garry Hermann Of
the National Commission. II want to
say something about baseball as an
Institution" continued the big mag
nate, II want to give the outsider
some Idea of the games immensely.
"The game Is played on an organ
lied basis In 207 American cities. It
gives employment to 1900 players, to
say nothing Of the men employed as
managers, trainers, scouts, secretaries,
ground keepers, box Office men, ticket
takers and others
Last year, taking the attendance
OF the minor leagues as $4,000, 900,
which were the 1908 figures, the total
paid admissions to organized league
games were 32,303,O94. The total ma
jor league paid admissions for the
years from 1901 to 1909, inclusive,
were SO, 134,235. Think Of it! In nine
years more than half Of the present
population Of the United States at
tended ball games. No wonder baseball
Is called the great national sport
Has Grown Rapidly.
Il have seen baseball grow from an
unorganized pastin1e to an organized
business, but all through this develop
ment the spirit Of the game has out.
weighed the business interest. I don't
believe, there is club. owner who
would not rather Bee his team win q
hard fought contest than know his
park was breaking attendance rec
ords.
Where few years ago, we played
ball, even In the major leagues best
cities, in parks which, II larger, did
not offer much better facilities than a
majority of the parks you will now.
find in the minor league clubs today,
we have many major league clubs.
and even minor league organizations.
playing on commodioug grounds, with
immense grandstAnds, payilions and
bleachers capable Of seating from 12.-
900 to 10000 spectators. Some OF the
plants are wonderfully complete ana
ornate, notably Pittsburg. Chicago.
Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Cleve.
lands grounds, the value OF which
runs up into hundreds OF thousands
each.
1T was the first national agree
men, drawn up and signed by Presi-
dent n E. Young Of the National
League and President w. c. Wikoff OF
the American Association, February L.
1887, which placed the major leagues
upon business basis, stopped con.
tract jumping by players Of both
leagues, and led to prosperity.
Since the signing OF the national
agreement there has been one major
league war-that which followed the
rehabilitation Of the American League.
For a time both leagues were bidding
high for the services Of star players
and contract jumping was rife, Club
owners spent hundreds Of thousands or
dollars during this war;
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shea 10 Victor.

New York, June 17.-One of the
biggest surprises Of the year was
sprung last night at the Fairmont Ath-
letic club when Joe (Kid) Shea OF
Waterbury, Conn, defeated Pal Moore
of Philadelphia in their scheduled 10
round bout. The bell saved Moore in
the eighth and when the ninth sound
ed, Moore refused to come out Of his
corner and his seconds threw up the
sponge. At no stage Of the game was
Moore in the running. Shea proved to
be a veritable cyclone and won all the
way. Moore was the heavier.
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Decatur has finally taken back its
Northern association team and given
1t home, raising enough money to do
so. Jack Campbell has been
elected president Of the new associ.
alton and Charley O'Day installed as
manager In place Of Dial Williams, the
faithful old war horse, who has
stood by the town all season through
thick and thin. To help things along
Kinsella has recalled Pitcher Middle
ton, who belongs to him, and who
made good showing Sunday
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RENO, NEVADA
WANTS BIG NIX
COAST Is CLEAR IN THAT STATE
AND CITIZENS PREPARE FOR
JULY FOURTH MILL.

Reno, New, June IA committee
representing business interests of the
CITY, appointed at an enthusiastic
meeting Of business men yesterday,
began the preliminary plans toward
securing t., Jeffries-Johnson fight for
Reno.
Reno is prepared to make substan-
tial offer for the fight. One Of the
things which Reno will guarantee will
be absolute immunity from interior
ence by state officials. The Nevada
law requires only one thousand dol
lar license fee.
Richard G. Goddard, attorney gener-
al OF Nevada, has issued the following
statement regarding glove contests in
Nevada:
"The legislature having prescribed
certain conditions which, If properly
complied with, permit glove contests.
it is beyond the functions Of any ex-
ecutive officer to prevent such a con-
test. The license is one thousand dol
lars, and when accompanied by a ply
sician's certificate as to the condition
Of the men, the county clerk Is bound
to issue the license. The legislature
made it lawful to conduct glove con-
tests in Nevada, and no power. except
the legislature, can prevent them"
According to the Galesburg Mail,
Louis Cook, who formerly played
shortstop with the Galesbu-gers, is
managing the Adrian team In the
Southern Michigan league. The
l,lor <oov~n 10, v,1oxy{nr ppOJ ho ov,N
a letter from Louis says that the
Michigan league plays faster ball
than the Central association.
Three Fingered" Brown, the Inn
periol finger Of the Cub staff, is ex-
perimenting with new kind Of twist
er. The three-fingered marvel has In
vented a rubber glove to be worn on
the throwing hand Brown says 1t en-
ables him to get firmer grip on
the ball on days when it is rainy, and
that he can moisten the ball to suit
himself without any Inconvenience.
The fans TO whom he has told the
yarn do not question his statement
that he Is experimenting. but don't ex-
actly know how to take the rubber
glove" yarn.
Two colored baseball fans were dis.
cussing the age Of the great national
game. One said he had traced it back
to 1850.
81 can trace it back to the beginning
of the world, said his companion.
1.-THE Bible tells us that Eve stole
first. Adam got put out at the Garden
OF Eden, David struck out Goliath, the
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Denver. q: ST. Joseph, 0.

st. Joseph, June 17.-Schreiber OF
the Denver club was invincible and
the visitors won in holly contested
game. In the fifth inning McChesney
of the locals made the first unassisted
double play made by a center fielder
in the Western league this season by
catching Cranstons fly and tagging
Kelley out at second. Score.
R. H. E.
Denver .0OOOO1111-4 8 l
st. Joseph ...0O0000000-0 4 3
Batteries-Schreiber and McMurray
Baker and Wolfe Umpire-Mullin.
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YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League

Philadelphia, June 1.-THE home
team hit deliveries of Beebe and Doyle
hard, while Ewing was a complete
puzzle to former team mates. r. H. E.
Philadelphia .10111O42'-1O IL 0
Cincinnati ..O00OO0O0O- 0 6 2
Batteries = Ewing, and Moran;
Beebe, Doyle and Mclean.
All other games in the National
League were postponed on account of
rain.
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Cincinnati Enquirer: Manager Grit.
nth looked over Arthur Phslan Ia
practice and was pleased with his
style, but decided that he would rath-
er trust to more experienced man
and 80 sent Woodruff to the bag when
the game started. Woody accepted
six chances in each game. He will
continue to clay the bag for the pres
emit"
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0UHW0Ty'
Two base hits-Reichle, Bresnahan.
Bluejacket. Base on balls-Off Blue
jacket 3, off Noe 8. Struck out by
Bluejacket Z, by Noe 4. Stolen bases
-Overaker 2, Lewis, Noe, Airing
Miller, Grodnick, Bresnahan 2, Hide
brand Sacrifice hits-Morris, Clair.
Passed ball-Dilger Time of game
2:10. Umpire-Eddinger. Attendance
Ito.
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WESTERN LEAGUE GAMES.
Sioux City, 10; Des Moines, 4.

Des Moines, June 17.-Sioux City
took the lead in the first inning be-
cause of Gates wildness and won
easily. Biersdorfer. substituted in the
fourth inning for Gates, did better,
but lead Of eight runs could not be
overcome Score: R.H. E.
Des Moines ..00O02O1O1-4 8 8
Sioux City 4O00O11-10 IL 2
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BLUEJACkET WEAKENED IN Ex.
IRA INNING AND coNNoR's
MEN DRIVE HOME GAME

KeokuR, June 17.-For ten innings
Bluejacket pitched remarkable ball,
holding Kewanee to one hit, and then
weakened. Three hits in the eleventh
netted two runs and beat the Indians
3 to 1. Keokuk hit Noe hard but the
eleven hits were scattered through
ten innings. A great catch by Lewis
in the seventh saved Kewanee from
dafoat
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Sum m airy

Stolen base-Senno. Sacrifice hit
tDonahue. Two-base hits-Rouse, Gard,
iDonahue, Bottorf. Double play-Clark
to Burg. Bases on balls-Off Tretter
2, off Dunn i. Struck out-By Tret-
ter 4, by Dunn 5. Hit by pitcher
Myers. Time of game-1:35 Attend.
ance-596,
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Meooorty to BOX Jack Twin"

McGoorty 70 BOX JacK TWIn.
Milwaukee, June fiddle NC
Goorty and Jack Twin Sullivan were
matched yesterday to meet here In a
ten-round bout on July 4. The men
will scale at 1855 In the afternoon. Nc
Goorty leaves today for Thermopolts,
Wyo., where he will meet Tony Cap
oni on June 20
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Northern Association.
1hree.I LEAGUE.

Springfield II, Davenport 4.
Bloomington s, Waterloo 4.
Rock ISLAND 5, Danville 3.
Dubuque 7, Peoria s. =
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Lincoln, 8; Omaha, o.

Lincoln, June 17.-Hagerman held
Omaha to three hits and shut them
out, Lincoln winning by TO o.
Score: r. H. p.
Lincoln ......O00O30OO'-3 8 1
Omaha .OOO00OOO0-0 3 l
Batteries-Hagerman and Clarke;
Hollenback and Gonding. Umpire =
Clarke.
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Ottumwa passengers Yesterday were
Fred Walker, l. E. Cawley and DR..
Bay.
Mrs. Pearl Hall has secured en-
ployment in Oskaloosa and will move
there at once.
The following delegates were chosen
to attend the Epworth league conven-
ton at Grinnell June % and "a: Louise
Ward, Jennie Shields, Geneva Shaw
yer, Ed Kussart.
Mrs. Chas. Kussart mad Ruth Kus-
sart Mrs. Eva Ott Miss Bernice
Shinn went to Ottumwa to attend the
graduation exercises OF the st. Jos
eph's academy. Helen Butcher gradu-
ated from the Sth grade.
Mrs. Chas. Stuber Of Waterloo 10
visiting relatives In Eddyville this
week.
Mrs. Aggie Dweer and daughter Of
Ottumwa are visiting at the home OF
VIM. Cook this week.
Miss Ida Moline is visiting in Oska-
loosa this week at the ]. Hoogendom
home.
Miss Jennie Tune Is entertaining
her friend Miss Annie Ryan Of Ottum-
wa this week.
j. H. Miller Of Cedar Falls arrived
in Eddyville to visit friends and trans
act business.
Harry Miller and wife are attending
commencement exercises In Cedar
Falls this week.
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Central Association.
Quincy /, Ottumwa 0.
Kewanee 8, Keokuk l.
Monmouth 3. Galesburg 1.
Hannibal 5, Burlington 0.
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summary
Two-base hits-Lage, Fowler Struck
out-By Clark Z, by TONES 3. Bases
on balls-Off TONES 5. Double play
Irmscher to Siner to Fowler. Attend
ance-SO0. Umpire-Lippert.
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Wichita. s: Topeka, 1.

Topeka, June 17.-Topeka was I'm.
able to hit Jarnigan successfully and
Wichita won Wright was batted out
of the box in the fifth. The regular
umpire did not appear and there was
much wrangling. Score: r. H. e.
Wichita ...... % 0300O01-5 10 3
Topeka ....000000100 6
Batteries-Jarnigan and Shaw;
Wright, Fugate and Kerns.
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Observation-Disclosures League.
Appleton 2, Aurora 0.
Oshkosh 2, Rockford l.
Fond du Lac 6, Racine 5.
Madison 4, Green Bay 8.
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Central League.

Wheeling 3, Terre Haute l. i
Fort Wayne 5, Grand Rapids 1.
Dayton 10, South Bend 8.
Evansville 8, GAINESVILLE l.
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Prodigal Son made home run and
Moses shut out the Egyptians at the
Red Sea-
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1t is said that Manager Geier has
purchased First Basenan Fred Clark
Of the st. Joseph baseball club, but no
details of the transaction are at
hand.
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American League.

Chicago, June 17.-Coombs held Chi
caso to one scratch hit. The score:
r. H. E.
Chicago ..0O000O10O-1 1 8
Philadelphia ..000O1OO01-2 6 2
Batteries-Young, Scott and Payne;
Coombs and Donahue.
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American AssocIaton.

Milwaukee 8, Columbus 2, (ten In
nings).
indianapolis 4, St. Paul 8.
Toledo 4, Kansas City 3.
Minneapolis 9, Louisville 3.
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Three l League.

Springfield, June 17.-Springfeld
hit the ball hard and easily defeated
Davenport's crippled aggregation. The
score by innings: R. H. E.
Springfield ia IL 4
Davenport ..1O1200OOO-4 4 2
Batteries Willis. Laudermilk and
johnson; Nelson and Waters.
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Western League.

Western League.
Lincoln 3, Omaha 0.
Denver 4, st. Joseph 0.
Wichita 5, Topeka 1.
Sioux City 10, Des Moines 4.
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Bloomington. June 1.-THE locals
won on superior fielding. Roger was
hit hard and relieved by Davidson in
the firth. r. H. e.
Bloomington ..o1osooo1.-5 2
Waterloo .....120O0O10O-4 II 2
Batteries - Roger, Davidson and
Nunamaker; Patton and Harrington.
Peoria, June 17.-Ovitz strained the
muscles of his pitching arm in the
seventh and before relief could be
sent Dubuque had the game well in
hand The score by innings: r. H. e.
Peoria .30OOO21O0-61 3 I
Dubuque .....001o00eO0-7 II 2
Batteries-Ovitz. Gilbert and Anus
sen; Miller, Faber and Boucher.
Danville, June 17.-Reynolds' error
in the ninth, after two were out let
one run in and the locals went wild,
letting in two more. r. H. e.
Danyille .....00'200001 0-3 10 1
r. Island .....020000030--5 II 0
Batteries-Reynolds. Hildebrand and
Wolfe; Dick and Strake.
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Northern Association.
Joliet 8, Muscatine 1.
Elgin 8, Decatur O.
Kankakee s, Clinton 4.
Freeport 3, Jacksonville 3.
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SUMMARY.
Two base hits -Bateman, Ebert.
Struck out-by Spencer 8; by Wolver-
ton 4. Bases on balls-Off Spencer
8: of Wolverton 8. Stolen bases -
Hamilton, Geier, Gray. Umpire -
Johnson.
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Cleveland, June 17-Koestner start
ed his first American league game
and kept hits scattered. r. H. E.
Cleveland 20OO210"-5 Z o
New York .O00O11010-3 Z 2
Observation-Disclosures and Easterly;
Quinn, Hughes and Sweeney.
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RAIL ROAD NOFE9
Five Burlington trainmen are among
those reported off this morning at the
yard office. They are Conductors JAS
Long, W. Ruckman and Brakemen O.
B. Smyth, E. MCGEE and C. E. Lynch.
The pay car made its second visit
to Ottumwa this morning over the
Burlington and those who missed out
Wednesday were given chance to Sc
cure their pay checks.
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American League.
Philadelphia 2, Chicago !.
Washington 6, st. Louis 2.
Detroit IL, Boston 8.
Cleveland 5, New York 8.
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Detroit, June 17.-Boston played
ragged game in the field and Detroit
hit both pitchers hard. r. H. e.
Detroit ......1300413O Is 8
boston 100000 s 8
Batteries-Killian and Stanage; Ar
ellanes, Barberich, Carigan and
Kleinow.
st. Louis, June 1.-THE visitors
outplayed the local team. r. H. e.
St. Louis .....0OOO11000-3 9 4
washington ..024O0OO00-6 7 o
Batteries-Bailey, Gilligan and Ste
phens; Reisling and Street.
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YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

National League.
Brooklyn Chicago game postponed;
rain.
Philadelphia; Cincinnati 0.
Pittsburg-New York game post
poned; rain.
Boston-St. Louis game postponed;
rain.
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Catcher Edwin Ainsmith of the
Lawrence team has been sold to the
Washington club and will report to
Manager McAleer at the close "f the
New England League season
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JUNE 1s. 1910
This Diminutive World
Continued from page
Continued from page 4

Colima was not far from Acapulco, Mexico,
an American cruiser bound from southern
waters for the Mare Island navy yard, pulled
up alongside of US to get her mail The
steamer was bearing the cruisers s mail TO
Acapulco; but the man-O'-war had left that
port bit ahead of time.
So the ship of war and the steamer paused
alongside of each other in mid sea while a
spick and span, handsome young Lieutenant
came over the whipping waters in one OF the
cruisers boats and boarded the COllma to
get his ships mail. He spent fifteen minutes
on board the Coli1na while the mail was be-
ing assembled, and met a number of pas
sengers. Among the passengers was pretty
American girl whose brother was conducting
a big coffee plantation in Guatemala. The
young Lieutenant seemed to be nightly
taken with the GIRL and they were exChang-
ing cryptic glances by the time he had re-
luctantly to go over the steamer gangway
to reboard the ship of war.
Ten wears and more later | met this fine
young officer of the navy and his wife at a
Washington hotel. His wife was the pretty
girl he had met when he boarded the Colima
to get his ships mail. There had been no
communication between them after that.
But two years after the COlima incident he
had gone ashore in Yokohama to get his
personal mail at a Yokohama service club,
and, while leaving the club with his mail IN
his hand, he had come smack dab upon the
pretty girl he had met on board the Colima.
She was with her brother, making tour of
the world with him. The three young folks
dined together at a Yokohama hotel. and
the Lieutenant returned to his ship. He had
not communicated with the Young woman
even after that.
But three years later he was inquiring for
his mail at the desk of a New York hotel,
when who should trip up to the desk of the
hotel, also in quest of mail, but the same
young woman he had met on board the Coli
ma and at Yokohama, on both of which
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

in the barking back humor, swimming in a
strange and beautiful glamour. And all this,
mind you, at Glenns Ferry, Idaho, in little
shack of a hall, on Saint Patrick's Evel
After one o'clock, when Ysaye had FIN
ished, it was the idea of the committee on
arrangements that the great fiddler =
they knew him not. except as they heard of
him from the passengers present-should be
properly rewarded for his contribution to the
evenings entertainment. And so, knowing
no better, the good people, they gave Ysaye
a five-dollar gold piece, with their sincere
thanks and amid the thunderous applause
of all hands. Ysaye, knowing that it would
offend them if he refused the coin, accepted
it with his wide, dreaming smile.
Many years later met Ysaye at a New
York racetrack, where smoking big rneer-
schaum pipe and enjoying himself inordi-
nately, he was betting huge sums of money,
and generally losing, on the horses-for the
great violinist, amazingly enough, consider
ing his temperament, became what we call
a most avid "horse bug" while on his later
visits to this country. recalled the Glenns
Ferry incident to him, and he reached into
his pocket and produced the five-dollar gold
piece-his pocket piece for all time to come,
he told me-that he had earned" at Glenns
Ferry.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19
Even China Is Nearby

TWENTY years ago the late William E
= S. Fales, an able writing man Tor News
papers and magazines, was called TIE
Prince of BohemianS" by those who kneT
him in New York. He became tired Of ne
title, and of the too flowing lie that We-.
with it, early in the COS, and got himself ap-
pointed Vice Consul az Annoy, in CHINA
When he reached China. Fales adop,e-
Chinese dress and set himself aSsiduousy %
the Job of learning the Chinese languass
A taciturn American merchant IN AHoy
who had been in China for fifteen years an
had mastered the Chinese language taof
Oughlv. was the man 70 whom Nj. F-@
was sent when he began TO search tor an II
structor in Chinese. The TWO men had 0esl
fOrgathering as tutor and pupil Tor more I1--
a wear. when one day FaleS happened % Il.
drop a remark about the little Long E4--
town in which he was born.
Il was born in that town myself o.
served the Vice Consul's reserved precepio'
What was YOUR nickname: asked '-7
keenlv interested Vice Consul, knowing IT,
if he was to remember his townSnan a. :.
he would have a better chance 10 recaI ---
by his bows nickname. -.
They called me Smoke, because -: -;
to make EN- corn-shuck cigarettes, 1s9l7-
the quiet American Amoyan- 10
Not Smoke Smith, Great Casar. yG-@ E
not Smoke Smith, are YOU: yelled 'ns =,
Consul. jumping to his feet and OeginA-'
to wiring the other hand. -.
That's who | am-o- was. rather en-
Smith. all right. replied the other, srl1l-'
~, cr,i+a OF his -acTtrr-r'r-y-
a few days later Smoke smith nIpg'-ss =
to drop into the Annoy Consulate Wat- <.
Vice Consul was addressing a letter - -