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CHAPTER XXI.
The JUDGE Takes Charge.

The Judge Takes Charge.
All work on the plantation had
stopped, and the hundreds OF slaves
men. women and children gath
cred about the house. Among these
moved the members Of the dominant
race. The Judge would have attached
himself to the first group, but he
heard a whispered question, and the
answer:
Miss Malroy's lawyer"
Clearly it was not for him to mix
with these outsiders, these curiosity
seekers. He crossed the lawn to the
house. and mounted the steps. In the
doorway was big Steve, while groups
OF men stood about in the hall, the
hum of busy purposeless talk pervad-
ing the place The judge frowned.
This was all wrong.
HAS Mr.. Ware returned from Mem
phis?" he asked of Steve.
mo, sab; not yet
Then show me into the library"
said the Judge with bland authority,
surrendering his hat to the butler.
"Come along, Mahaffy!' he added.
They entered the library. and the
Judge motioned Steve to close the
door Nov, boy, you'll kindly ask
those people to withdraw-you may
say 1t is Judge Prices orders. Allow
no one to enter the house unless they
have business with me, or as send
for them-you understand? After you
have cleared the house, you may
bring me a decanter Of corn whisky
stop bit-you may ask the sherin
to step here"
Yes, sah.'' And Steve withdrew.
The Judge drew an 0hsy-chair up to
the fat-topped desk that stood in the
center OF the room, and seated him
self.
The door opened, and the sheriff
slouched into the room. He was chew
ing long wheat straw, and his whole
appearance was one of troubled weak
ness.
Morning" he said briefly.
..Sit down, sheriff. and the Judge
indicated meek seat for the official
in a distant corner Have you learned
anything?" he asked.
The sheriff SHOOK his head.
What you turning all these neigh
bors out OF doors for?" he questioned.
I'VE don't want people tracking In
and out the house. sheriff. Important
evidence may be destroyed. propose
examining. the slaves firstdoes that
meet with your approval?"
oh. I've talked with them; they
don't know nothing, said the sherin
mo one don't know nothing"
Please God. we may yet put our
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She Has just Turned Twenty and ls
. Beauty Of the First
Water.

Nikolai, the Gypsy king. is dead.
and his queen. Anastasia. reigns in his
place in the world that amuses itself.
says q st. Petersburg correspondent.
For thirty years Nikolai was the hero
of the variety and concert stage. Of
after dinner entertainments and pri-
vate cabaret shows. He was com
poser as well as q singer. virtuoao
on the guitar and graceful dancer.
His troupe usually consisted OF thirty
to forty Gypsies. whose gorgeous cos
tunes were the delight Of St Peters
burg. He himself was always dressed
In red silk with plenty Of gold lace.
his breast covered with medals. coins
and decorations. He wore . sword and
Z sabretasche and IN the latter he
stuffed the paper money. gold and sill
yer thrown at him during his perform
ances
The Russian Gypsy has musical
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saro :l.r That Must Have Hurt.

Henry W. Paine. the eminent Bos-
ton lawyer. once went tp one OF the
interior towns Of Maine. where boy
was on trial for arson. He had no
counsel. and NJ. Paine was assigned
by the court to take charge OF his
case. He discovered. after . brief In
terview with the boy. that he was
half-witted The jury. however. was
composed OF farmers who owned
barns such as the defendant was IL
legged to have set on fire. and. In spite
of the boys evident weakness Of In
tellect. they brought in verdict Of
guilty. The presiding judge turned to
Mr.. Paine. and remarked: Have ron
any motion to maker Mr. Paine arose
and. in his dry and weighty manner.
answered: mo. your honor; believe
i hare secured for this idiot boy ali
that the laws Of Maine and the consti-
tuition of the United States allows
,erial Of his peers.
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Anatasia Is Gypsy Queen

field Of his own. He doesn't use the
fiddle, but he plays the guitar and
sings better than any troubadour Of
old.
Anastasia was his third or fourth
queen. She has Just turned twenty
and is full-hedged Gypsy. She Is a
beauty of the first water. All St
Petersburg calls her diva or queen.
but since she attained popularity and
wealth she has never appeared In the
national costume The latest from
Paris is hardly good enough for her.
She has i high pitched mezzo soprano
voice and makes her hearers laugh
and cry at will.
And she sits there blazing with dia-
mends from the buckles Of her satin
slippers to the top Of her head. hum
dred ruhIe notes, silver. gold and cop
per ~ about her from boxes. stalls
and galleries. These volunteer centrt
buttons she calls her taxes At the
end Of her act her majesty collects
them with broom and woe to the
Gypsy who dares sneak single 10
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when was Miss Malroy seen last7'

When was Miss Malroy seen last Z"
asked the Judge.
she and the young gemman you
fetched heah were seen in the gyar-
den along about shutdown. seen them
myself ~
They had had support"
Eyes, sah.''
who sleeps here?"
"Just little Steve and three OF the
women; they sleeps at the back OF
the house, sab"
mo sounds were heard during the
night?"
mo, sab
.'I'n see the overseer- what's his
name Hicks? Suppose you go for
him!" said the Judge, addressing the
sheriff
The sheriff was gone from the room
only few moments, and returned
with the information that Hicks was
down at, the bayou. which was to be
dragged
,'Why?" inquired the Judge.
..Hicks says Miss Malroy's been act
ing mighty queer ever since Charley
Norton was shot distracted like! He
says he noticed it. and that Tom Ware
noticed it.
How does he explain the boys dis
appearance"
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aside from that she was quite as she
has always BEEN
We'll. what do you want to see
Hicks for? What do you expect to
learn from him ~
Il don't like his insistence on the
idea that Miss Malroy Is mentally I'M
balanced It's a question OF some
delicacy-the law. sir. fully recog-
nizes that. It seems to me he is over
anxious to account for her disappear
ance in manner that can compro-
mise no one"
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CHATTER xxlll.
The Judge Finds Allies.

The Judge Finds AIIles.
They were interrupted by the open
Ing of the door, and big Steve admit
ted Darlington and the two men OF
whom the sheriM had spoken.
"A shocking condition OF affairs,
Mr.. Carrington!" said the Judge by
way of greeting.
Yes" said Darlington shortly.
You left these parts some time ago.
/ believe7" continued the judge.
THE day before Norton was shot.
lad started home for Kentucky. /
heard Of his death when preached
Randolph on the second blum ex-
planned Darlington. from whose cheeks
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TWO centuries before Christ, fires
had been lighted on tower near
alexandria Egypt a. warning =
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peck. for Anastasia has the eye of an
eagle and Is as suspicious as Turk.
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WASHINGTON 10
HAVE BIG SOCCER
FOOTBALL TEAM
COLLEGE STARS ARE m LINE

There viii be a special meeting Of
the Washington Cricket Club. held in the
Commerce and Labor psriors tomorrow
evening at s o'clock, for the purpose
OF forming soccer eleven to compete
with teams Of other cities. who are en-
gased In the innocuous sport Of associa-
tion football during the winter months.
( There are q great many citizens OF our
town who were formerly afiHated with
soccer football elevens In the United
Kingdom. and some who have played the
game at Harvard. Princeton. University
Of Pennsylvania. and Amherst. Many Of
these players, among whom are several
cracks. have signihed their intention OF
becoming members Of the washington
Cricket Club soccer team. and Capt
Jimmy Rose feels that enough good tall
ent can be gotten in this town to FORM
club that will give the best OF the
visiting elevens a hard rub.
1t Is Intended to bring to this city, dur
ing the winter. several OF the crack col
iege teams, and Washingtonians win be
treated to the rare sight OF exhibitions
Of the sport that british brethren
rave about. -
President w. Edward Calender an
nounced last night that all who were
interested In the soccer game would be
welcome to attend the meeting. and he
trusted that advocates OF the game would
attend In good force
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AND PAGER

|, Wolverine. Don Cozine. jr., and Herbert
Cozine. are all entered In the Fcrestville
Labor Day races.
One of the many features that viii at
tract crowd TO Forestville Labor Day
Is a race between Harvest Hall. Hal Har-
din. WIN Fields Mckinney iliy. and a
crack two-year-old from Baltimore.
Will Richardson has found the key
to old Caricita's speed. The game old
mare acted as II she was backing up
the first heat Thursday at Marlboro.
but she came TO life in the second and
third heats, and made everything In
front Of her stretch their necks.
DR.. Sansbury expects 1000 people at
Forestville Labor Day. The motorcy-
Gle races alone he thinks, should at
tract a big crowd.
T. W. Dunworth has contracted to
race Gentle John against an ostrich
Labor Day at Benning. II will be al
most as funny as Pat o'Keefe's pre-
dicament in the sleeping berth. on his
return from the Cory races
The story of how Norman Corbin, p
J. OKeefe. and T. w. Dunworth did not
get TO the Eastern races is worthy OF a
place in a comic almanac. Dunworth win
tell all about It for the asking.
w. E. Miller arrived in town yester-
day. His string OF horses are at Rock
Vile. The great pacing mare Alice NJ. Is
reported to be In fine shape. In fact,
all Of his horses are doing well
The good PAGER Black Patchen, 20 Ia
will race at the Rockville fair on We'd
nesday. A number of crack trotters and
PAGERS will be over from the recent Bal
timore meet during the fair, and Corbin
will be on hand with Alcyne, Berka, and
Koroni, II is said.
The weil-known horseman. c. F. Duck
EFT, Is now proprietor OF the Farmers
Hotel, the crack hotel of Upper MARI
boro. where his numerous friends will
md him on tap at all hours. Ben Is as
sleek and as corpulent as ever. and Just
as obliging. He put a number OF good
meals over on the boys during the race
meet
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the records as vet which some of the
other hurlers have. But as have said
before, ] look for him to equal II this
year In spite of the fact that he is go
Ing to have some rough going.
What has made johnson better than
ever is the fact that he has mastered q
curve ball. and slow one It's hard to
call the turn on him.. and II you do when
he is using the fast ball 1t makes no
difference. Baseball fans throughout
the United States have been watching
johnson for a long time. but they passed
him up when he did not have a good club
to work with him. Now there is q good
nine In Washington. and he Is going to
hang up great record.
There Is great deal In the dope that
Johnson has something on q club before
he starts. What is more, he can be
worked against any ball club. Some
pitchers are only effective against GER
tain clubs but not johnson. I do not
think there viii be another pitcher pro-
duced who has the speed that the Wash
ington hurler has. think most Of the
players In the American League will
tell you the same thing"
Here is a story that is now going the
rounds that concerns Bradley Kocher.
who caught for Bridgeport two years
ago and who Is now backstopping for
the Detroit Tigers. says the Springfield
(Massj Union: 1T Is the merest bit Of
luck that gave Kocher his start in base
ball. Kocher lived at White Haven.
near Philadelphia. and short distance
from Easton. A big. husky farmers
boy drifted into Easton to, visit his cous-
in. said boy being Kocher. on a day
when the Easton team was playing
doubie-header against Sunbury. another
Atlantic League team
The cousin suggested that they spend
the afternoon at the AL game and
Kocher. who was somethihg of a catcher
in White Haven, agreed to go along. In
the seventh inning OF the first game
Catcher Barret was put out with a bune-
ed finger and the game was about to be
called on when the cousin tipped the
manager on to. the fact that Kocher
could -catch.-,,s- - u 3 -
'Kocher didn't want Is catch game
that he had paid to zee. and 90 Informed
the manager. making the proposition
that he would catch II he received his
quarter back. An agreement reached, he
put on Barret's uniform and caught
eleven innings NJ star baseball. The fol-
lowing day Lave Cross, the old Athletic
and washington third baseman, signed
him. = 8
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LADYRUSSBLL WINS
FEATURE EVENT At
UPPER MARLBORO.
PRINCE REDWOOD SHINES.

!. Special 70 ms washington Herald,
Upper Marlboro. Nd. Aug. s4.-The cur
tain was iung down on light-harness
events for the year 1872 at the grounds
of the Southern Maryland Fair Associa-
ton this afternoon. The attendance was
fairly good. but not as good as the card
OF the days sport The association ex-
poets to give running meeting in No
vember.
The feature of the afternoons sport
was a three-minute trot or pace. In
which seven horses responded to the call
of the starters bell. with Lady Russell
as the favorite. and the hopes of her
hackers were realized. She won In
straight heats, chased out In the first
and third heats by Charles Viewers re-
cent purchase, Herbert Cozine. one Of
tee few trotters got by Don Cozine. 2:lo.
This fellow lie classy colt, and as his
dam was one of the greatest road mares
that ever looked through a bride. he
will be heard from in the near future.
Leonardtown Piikerton teamed him with
rare good judgment.
Another colt that made distinct Inn
preston on racegoers as coming race
horse Of high class. when he has more
experience, was Don Cozine. jr.; racy
looking black colt. who has a right to be
as fast as his dead sire. The distinguish
ed st. Mary County breeder. Frank &.
Combs, has the honor of having bred
him. and he also bred Herbert Cozine.
Mr. Combs was In great form this after
noon. and what he. did with Don, jr, In
the stretch finishes brought the grand
stand occupants to their toes.
Prince Redwood shines.
Old Prince Redwood. the veteran Of a
hundred hard. conflicts. covered himself
with glory. and so did Kemp, who tip
toed his weary miles through the sand
Peter Ford was so sore that his known
speed awaited him nothing, and no one
but Andrews would have had the courage
10 pilot him.
special race between DIR. ]. e.
Sansbury's Harvest Hall, T. F. Tip
pett's Hal Hardin. and Mr.. Sweeny's
Bessie Harrison. excited much interest.
The race, from the sound of the bell.
was between the two-year-olds, Hal
Hardin and Harvest Hall. The first
named won the first heat by length.
and Harvest Hall the second by the
same distance: and, although the time
hung out does not Indicate II, the Sec
ond heat was as good as 2:40 over any
decent track. Hal Hardin trotted his
two heats well within himself, without
a skip. and with that bold. free round
action that pleases veteran racegoers.
With age he will make a race horse
that any man may well be proud to
own Harvest Hall warmed out of his
soreness after the first heat. and
trottef like game old campaigner.
When DR.. Sansbury dismounted from
his sulky after the second heat his
friends had to seize him and bind him
with steel hoops to keep him from
bursting a bellyband The summarizes:
ThTee-minute class; purse SIS:
Lady Russell, blk. m. BY Happy Russell
lMop .-.---.'.---.'-
Herbert Cozine, b. C. Pilkertoul, .-....--..-- 9
Prince Redwood b. g. (Kernp). .,....-....... 4 2 )
Don Cozine- r.. blk. C. (Combsl .....-.----...
Pleasantou. b. e. (Bowlingl
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BY L. ID. SALE.

Old Happy Russell. though dead, still
speaketh.
Lady Russell. his daughter, IL q COM
ing candidate for turf honors.
Not all the good drivers camp in and
around Washington.
You ought 10 see Frank Combs and
Al Fullerton make a stretch drive.
All the buzzards in Prince George took
to the woods yesterday.
Under the impression that Mount
Vesuvius was enjoying another eruption.
Dr.. Salisbury and his long-tail linen
ulster. and Joe Turner'S briar pipe. that
smells to heaven. are features no race
goer should miss
Joe Mott has lost none of his nerve
since he pitched his tent In La Plata
In the show classes he trotted out an
old black mare. so corpulent that she
looked as IL she had swallowed bale
Of hay. Then. when the stallion class
was called. Mott was again on the job
with that same old black mare. And
swore to the judges that she was Palm
Cozine that he drove to his record last
&2son.
Austin LOTUS was At the Upper MARI
boro trots on Thursday. VIII some one
ask him who was his companion
Ed Daniels. who drove Wolverine on
Thursday, and who will drive Red Rock
this week at Rockville, is now called
Pop" Geers. Eds goggles are a dream.
Frank Coombs calls them a nightmare.
= Perhaps that Russell Cozine boss is
not some PAGER! He is as sound as a
piece of granite. and how he can pillow
through sand.
Russell faced a last quarter in his race
on Thursday in deep sand In 80 1-e seconds
and Palm Cozine had his nose at his
sulky wheel at the finish.
Do
cita hit the trail this morning for Rock
Vile. where they will be seen in action
during the fair.
Labor Day they will be seen in the
free for all at the sansbury Driving Park.
Forestville.
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worked for years at Cleveland His
natural position is at second base He
never had much opportunity to shine
there at Cleveland, because Lajoie had
the place riyeted down. So Ball was
finally placed on the market, and Jim
mic McAleer snapped him up at a good
price to complete his second string in
field
Ball Fast ON Feet.
Ball has been playing since Yerkes
was injured. He covers more ground
to, his left than Yerkes does, and other
wise fields as well as Steve. He made
some remarkably brilliant plays that
were reminiscent Of the day some years
ago when he completed a triple play,
unassisted, against the Red Sox, and
became known as Triple Play" Ball.
Hugh Bradley is another Hugh can
catch and play first base. He substi-
tuted for Jake stahi when stahI was
on the injured list. and the Red sox
stayed right in front Hugh began his
work as regular by driving a home
run over the left field fence at the crit
ical point Of the game with the Athletics,
winning the contest. and being the first
man TO drive one over the fence He
became known as Home Run" bradley
then and there-his initials being H. r.,
anyway -
Hugh has not shone as batter since
then. but he hits well enough to be able
TO MI Stahl's place sufficiently well to
keep up the sox record.
Krus Is Wagner Substitute.
Last is Krug. this seasons newcomer.
When McAleer was in doubts as to
WHISTLER "Heinie" wagners arm would
come back. he gathered in three or four
substitutes that looked promising. when
'Heinie" came back" McAIeer. dis
pensed with all OF them but Krug. and
this fellow Is now wagner's regular un.
derstudy. He fields well. is learning big
league ways all OF the time, and, upon
his first appearance in regular games,
set up a batting record of more than
700 He's clouter.. Krug can also play
the second and third base positions
Stahl has sent all OF these men into
games that were either won beyond
all doubt or hopelessiy lost. and they
played together as wen as most sirstI
division teams do With finish, they
could carry the Red sox through tol
the end of the season. and PRESIDENT
McAleer Is confident that whatever hap-I
pens to his regulars'' now. his second
string can win the penu9nt for him.
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pEET's.sP@esI:c ohAENT
nor n.vs @ Byrv,s.s'

President Jim McAleer. Of the Boston
Red Sox. who was In the Capital yes
terday to attend the funeral Of the late
President Thomas c. Noyes. cannot see
anything to II but his club for the Amer
lean League championship.
McAleer smiles when anybody suggests
that the Red Sox are due for a slump
before the season closes. and yehemently
declares that the present lead of eight
Gent TO carry his club through TO the
championship.
Says Jim wray In the St., Louis Post
Dispatch: Here's chance TO hedge
that early season bet on the Athletics!
Hughey Fullerton rays Washington has
q good chance to win the American
League pennant That makes Boston the
one best wager"
In an interview with Mark Roth, Of the
New York Globe. Hal Chase paid Wal
ter johnson the following compliment:
Although there have been many ar
guments as to who Is the best pitcher in
baseball. IN my opinion Walter johnson.
OF the Washington club. Is the king of
pitchers past or present" So said Hal
Chase yesterday. "Of course" he add
~ Aha tsOt SSc my W tiic Sftul piltif-
ers Of the past. but can't imagine how
any pitcher could have any more. or even
as much. speed as johnson. At the pace
the big Swede Is going II would not
surprise me if~he knocked all the pitch
ing records to smithereens He has the
club backing him up now. They are maxi
ing runs for him. and that is when he
VIII show. ! have hit against johnson
and most Of the great pitchers. and there
isn't any who comes close to him for
speed How they do rush by that PLATED
It's an old saying In baseball, when you
can't see 'em you can't hit EN- That 10
the case with batters who face johnson.
They can talk about Richard De
Marquis, Matty. Wood. Walsh, and
Gregg. who are all great pitchers. but
they are not in Johnson,s class. His
success as q pitcher 10 due to his great
rpeed. The bail is on top of the batter
before he knows Il II We could use hats
that are bigger there would be some
chance to hit fast ball. That ball has
q wonderful hop on It. It rushes UP to
the home depot inviting you to take
nice healthy swing at IL Then II hops,
and You look around At the catcher and
laugh. IT'S Just % easy for him to pitch
q ball game as It II to SIT IN ne rocker
and smoke pipe. It's a wide statement
to make, hut consider Johnson the best
pitcher q N tims sithcugh he has not
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scant.

Frum Judgr.
! They were leaving Eden.
'"The laugh" exclaimed Adam, sis on
u.s.
"And that" rejoined Eve, with sudden
consciousness. lis about all