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whoop scared the birds. Hence It can
hardly be considered startling or even
remarkable to ind good games in full
blast upon the Rio Grande-games
which may not be played with big
league skill. but which arc filled with
hveliness and pepper. loud outcries
and troubles for the umpire.
The second game Of the great So
ries between the Fourth cavalry and
the common citizens promised to be
the warmest battle seen on the banks
OF the big river In several moons.
While the cavalry had won the first
contest II to 8 on heavier hitting.
the common citizens-war correspond
ents and camera artists in the main
had been reinforced the night before
the second tussle. Two 1.-the, sinewy
youngsters had blown into camp, as
sorting that they had some small. un-
important business with the com
mander. As that official had tempo
rary business at San Antonio. the
boys had been made welcome and CIV
en- quarters while awaiting his return.
Baseball, Of course, had been one OF
the earliest topics Of conversation, and
the newcomers showed intense eager.
ness to break into the game. AS any.
one outside OF army circles was eNgi
BILE and the common citizens we're
short-handed, the new arrivals were
promptly drafted into service. Brock
EFT was detailed to guard %centerleld
while Ramon Solano was listed fol
third base. Both youngsters, while
wild to have at least one day of diver
sion, were modest and difident when
asked to play, and declared that they
didn't want to crowd any other fel
lows of the team. It was explained
however, that Sanborn, the estimable
war correspondent of the New Yorl
Whfrl, had counted himself out with
charley-horse, while Summers. kodak
man of the Chicago Blizzard, had beer
stung by a .scorpion-not seriously
but squarely on the right wrist, dis
aiding him from further baseball do
ings. That left two vacancies, an<
the appearance Of the boys was
blessing to the common citizens ar
ray.
Brockett and Solano warmed I'll
with real delight when the teams wer,
summoned to the field. They ha,
found friends-a jovial crowd Of news
paper men and Photographic expert
and the minor officers OF the regi
ment had likewise extended them ,
warm welcome. The Polo Grounds
as the troopers proudly styled the bal
yard, vas somewhat humpy in places
and rather diversified with cactus II
others, but everybody concerned ha,
seen far worse arenas for the game
Grandstand there was none, but lont
lines of cracker-boxes, beer cases ant
brush heaps afforded sitting room
while hundreds Of the enthusiast,
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ears open-all tell me that no jap
anese gentlemen have been seer In
this vicinity"
Solano smiled, significantly. That
may be-but did It ever occur to you
that the average Chinaman looks very
much like the average Japanese? And
there are quite a few Cinnamon along
the river. SO I'm told"
The boys looked out Of the tent and
gazed upon the dreary panorama OF
brush. rock, sand and turbid river,
Then, smitten with the pangs OF ex.
cellent appetites and remembering an
invitation to the eating-place of the
war correspondents, they stepped over
the threshold. A Mexican-poorly
clad, miserable Of appearance. inter
cepted them.
Il beg pardon. s%enores."
Tell it in Spanish. If you can't IN
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That would be possible, wouldn't ny
The baron is still locked up at
Little Rock" objected Solano. He
would have considerable difficulty In
directing any operations from the cell
where We last saw him. l can't see
anyone in this but the gentle Jap.
Can you?"
1T appears to be some Of his play
full doings," said Brockett. HE has
kept himself we'll under cover, though.
The oficers-who keep their eyes and
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citizens. and seemed fairly capable.
He stopped the cavalry hitless for
two innings, pop flies and strikeouts
quickly disposing of the warriors: The
common citizens were equally help
less with the stick. Brcckett and So
lano, the newcomers. on whom the
common citizens were counting for
material batting help. failed in the
pinch on their first times up. Brock
cit raised a foul fly to the fat SCI.
geant, who was catching, and Solano
grounded to q farrier who was play
ing short.
In the third inning the troopers be-
gan to land on the moving-picture
man and two hits were followed by .
tumble on the part Of a contractors
agent. who was covering second. With
the bases full, the moving picture man
put on the steam, struck out the chap
lain Of the regiment-usually q cork
ing good batter-and made the bugler
pop to the first baseman. The next
man up was the captain Of Company
G. a portly gentleman who had struck
out on his last previous appearance.
He barely grazed the ball and raised
a tiny fly that lowered over third.
Solano settled with eager hands for
the catch. Just as the ball landed in
his glove. the trooper who was coach.
ing at third beloved. like a foghorn:
The spider! Look out for the taran'
tula. boy-look out for the spider!"
With a startled yell solano sprans
nimbly backward. The ball fell with
a chugging thud and rolled away. Two
runs crossed the platter, and the
whole regiment gave vent to wild and
woolly bowls of glee. Solano. a bright
crimson suffusing his olive counte
nance, said never a word, but Brock
EFT, far out, shrieked at the absurdity
Of the thing.
After this the tide of battle ebbet
and flowed. The common citizens be
gan to hit the distinguished marks
man who was pitching, and got bacl
those two runs in the fifth inning
They accumulated two more In tn
sixth, thanks to a neat drive b,
Brockett. and Solano got some meas
ure of revenge In the seventh when h
caught a liner and stepped IN thir,
before q rune could get back. Tn
cavalry rallied In the eighth, but coul,
push In only one man. They turne'
into the ninth with the score I to
in favor of the common citizens, an
the audience roofing like wild men.
The moving-picture man fed tn
first batsman q high. fast ball, and 1
whizzed past first for two bases. !
strikeout disposed of the next mar
while the next drew four balls. Tn
chaplain came up. tried to catch tn
infleld mapping with a bunt, and wa
thrown out at first, leaving men o
third and second. with two down.
The bugler caught a slow, tantali,
ing curve squarely on the trademark
and it scared out over center felt
Brockett ran back, back and kept o
travelling. At the very edge of a mo-
} quite clump far behind his position b
gathered in the ball and heard a tr,
mendous outburst of applause frol
: the assemblage. He arched the ba
back into the inf1eld. started to wal
back to the bench-and then som,
thing swished through the air, and
loop settled round his shoulders. Th
lasso was pulled in with rapid hands
and Brockett vanished behind th
mesquite clump before he could eve
give q warning cry.
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lance between the home plate and CEN
terleld. Az Brockett disappeared be-
hind the mesquite. half . dozen ball
players, with q yell Of surprise and
rage. dashed across the diamond. It
was less than half q minute before
they reached the point where the las
seed youngster had last been visible.
but all that they found was Brockett
himself. stu mixed up with the coils
OF Z lariat, his shirt half-torn OIL. the
wsistband Of his trousers ripped. and
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bugs stood as close to the base lines
as they dared. Mexican ranchers,
Mexican poems. rurales on short fur
loughs. "lungers" who had sought that
region for their health. and soldiers by
the hundred-such vas the assembly,
and It is doubtful II any ball game
ever was played before . more up
roarious crowd.
A college man who was directing
things for . moving-picture concern
went in "a pitcher for the common
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There : % many ways Of becom-
ing unpopular II 10 . wonder the AZ.
craze man hs any friends At IN.
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CHAPTER xxln.-(contInued.)

CHAPTER xxlu.-(continued.)
mo. son. they don't look that way,
and they ain't," gurgled the Delighted
Mr.. Morgan. whats more. there
never was no m%an-eatin' dawgs used
ter chase nobody, not even niggers.
In the old slavery days. when a mig
ger run away, the thing to do was tuh
catch him. but not tub kill him. XIII
a 1000 niger? Son, that would be
plumb idiotic, wouldn't it? The hounds
was simply used tub foller him, To-
cate him, an make a racket till the
hunters could come up an get the
man."
I'm Cuba" put in Solano. the Span
iards used real bloodhounds. and
fierce ones too, to run down n Kill
the Indians"
"well." assented Mr.. Morgan. that
would be plumb diffrunt. An Injun is
a diffrunt beast from a Niger. Your
Niger was mighty valuable-you had
to look out fer his hide. Your 1njun
was mighty dangerous, an better dead
than livin'. See the d%iffrunce, sonny?
Tell me, whar did you pick up that
pepper trick?"
"Cuban scheme" explained Solano'
I'm the Ten Years war, my father
and his friends threw the Spaniards
of the trail a dozen times that way"
Great idee," quoth Mr.. Morgan. Il
don't bear you boys the least ill-will
fer it-but somebody's got tub make
good fer them dawgs, an I reckon It'll
have tub be the German"
The travellers RI accustomed to
receiving notes by now and they were
hardly surprised when Brockett, as
the train moved out, received a small
white envelope from the hand Of the
friendly sheriff.
"Came by mail this afternoon"
cried the sheriff as the station receded
into distance. Mote to me with it.
Note said to give it to you as the
train started. Goodbye. boys. and
good luck go with you!"
And the note bore, in the same mys-
FERROUS code, simply these directions:
"SBH Fin w w WP Pos Pc TIC e
2BH PB PO TIC TIC BA TIC Fin TO
sB TIC w TO w TIC Fin Alb Pc sH."
Hurry along and look out for
trouble" Brockett translated. I'D risk
something that there's plenty Of that
lrticls still ahead OF us."
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CHAPTER XIV.

It doesn't take long for a crowd of
husky athletes to traverse the dis
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SYNOPSIS.

.v ssef e. t Service g; Oh Chief ssx, w,1k!n:;. p s,assx
calls to his aid Detective Pinkwen. They
knink they have discovered q new cipher.
Wnen the office boy, Brockett: tells them
the ball park. Brockett. Chula Lon Kan.
. Siamese, Ramon Solano, q Cuban. to-
gether with some twenty other youngsters.
p WiSs,a ne'sball, playing until y. ias DARK * n 0ns
outcome Of BrocEett's cipher. tic bali
player n solano are engaged by gov
Brockett.. falls into STtazimoto's trap. .
d9ht follows. Brockett coming out on
rescue. McKane was bearer Of the mys-
FERROUS cipher: is also q ball player. YAK
imoto returns to headquarters n re-
ports to Baron ze!lern his failure re-. to e OBJ
iographer. also reports to the baron:
iBrockett and solano have encounter with
the baron in which the latter comes u
meet Indemnity. the Iron Man baseball
manager. Brockett n solano arrive IN
; ;Nsy: 1 rscx ana b. run a White 1nte m a Gh'r Tss piaes
!!of. refuge. found to be a trap; find hem.
selves prisoners Of Yazimoto. Kelly 70
rescue. Kelly turns $4,000 Jap T9ney
have encounter with tough gang. but are
protected by Kelly's men. On sleeper
cleveland bound: the baron detected IN
act of rining solano's berth. jumps from
train. At Detroit the messengers go to
ball game. receive hieroglyphg in myste-
Gious manner and depart for Chicago. Ar
Robbed by a "transom thief the baron
again appears. The baron agrees to as
sist in recovering the stolen papers; the me
possession of a giant negro. After 9
knerce battle with negroes Brockett and
.solano wake up in tail: The messengers ,a myers
Iof the stolen property. The thief is found
hi a chop Joint" a light follows, and part
Eof the booty" is recovered; Mysterious n @es-
ths west st. and are later arrested by bogus
Arkansas sheriff: B.oe exc a and sG 9own
and taEe to the woods. The genuine
sheriff arrests Baron Zollern. and the
boye resume their journey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-21
SALUTING THE FLAG
Not Arbitrary Ruling but Acknowl
adpmant of the Authority Of Law.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune OF the 18th inst
you publish a letter whose caption ID Al
legiance or Exclusion" and your CORE
spondent goes on to say that Cedar Grove
n. j., contains school children of foreign
born parents who refuse to salute the
stars and Stripes under the rule of com
mon schools In The land OF the free.
1t is evident that that towns Board OF
Education is made Of the right stun, as
its members evidently are determined
that such a patriotic rule shall be OBJ
served by the children OF foreign
born parents as we'll as those OF native
birth. Half a century ago the influx OF
foreigners to this country began In only
q small measure, and, therefore, safety
laws, safety guides and safety rules did
not at that time need to be improvised
Emigration to this land was at first grad
ual, then increasing as the years multi
piled, until our country was flooded by
the nations Of Europe. Then II was that
our common school system, through It's
officers and teachers, began TO realize the
vast responsibility resting upon their
shoulders, because year by year those OF
foreign extraction and Of school age were
coming to our cities and towns at an I'M
looked for ratio. SO with the individual
whose memory recalls the diminutive red
schoolhoUse In the cities. towns and VII
lagos OF New England and the Middle
states fifty years ago. when, with scarce
~ an exception, the school children were
Of American birth. At that period In our
history the overwhelming difficulty was
OF a financial matter
At the present the best and ablest minds
are continually enlisted In solving ques-
lions OF great perplexity, and the difficulty
is largely augmented by the foreign igno-
rance OF our language. our methods, our
obseryances, our rules and our ways OF
life.
The idea OF the public school authort-
ties In iustituting such a rule was 10 instill
the principle OF obedience 10 law and au-
thority, which is really preparation ana
an integral part OF good citizenship.
To that end tho father and mother or
foreign blood who come 10 this country
avowing the intention Of spending their
DAYS in this land should teach among
the first lessons 10 their children respect
for the American flag. When school for
malities call for a salute to the flag there
should be no dissenters. Should there be,
depend upon It the parents are at fault
and when their identity IS disclosed public
sentiment in all cases should express IT.
self in no uncertain tones.
GEORGE F. TINKER
New London, Conn, Oct II, 1912.
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NOT THEIR FOLLOWER.

Governor Wilson, posing as the
wearer of the nantes Of William
Mckinley and James G. Blaine, GER
tainly gives a comic relief to his timid
and ColOrlesS discussions Of the tariff
At Canton, Ohio, the home Of Presl-
dent Mckinley, he took occasion the
other day to call attention to Mr..
McKinley'S appeal just before his
death for the adjustment Of our tariff
system to the new age and the world
markets, and to Mr.. Blaine's well
known advocacy Of reciprocity, as the
justification Of his own tariff theories
and plans, whatever they may prove
to be
How will that strike Governor Will
sons Democratic friends who never
failed to denounce both Mr. MCKin-
ley's and Mr.. Blaines tariff policies
Reciprocity, for instance, was bitterly
opposed in Mr.. Blaine's time by the
Democrats. They could see in it only
a handmade of protection, carrying out
the protective idea, as Mr.. Blaine
meant it to. His desire was not to
open up our markets 10 TIE products of
cheap foreign labor for ruinous COM
petition with our manufacturers, but
to open them 10 articles produced in
other climes, not competing with our
products, and 10 exchange these for our
manufactures. That policy was the
antithesis Of the tariff for revenue
only doctrine OF the Democrats. So
was Mr. McKinley's view. He saw
that our industries had Outgrown old
conditions and wished to modify our
tariff accordingly, but he was a firm
prOtectionist, and his notifications
would have been made with a view TO
just so much protection as was needed
in any particular case, which is ex-
actly the policy advocated by Mr..
Taft.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
insist that the levying of duties with
any view to protection is unconstitu-
tional. That is the platform on which
Governor Wilson is running. Try to
conceal it as he may with promises
that he will make no violent changes
to upset industry, the fact remains
that though he and his party may for
polite reasons go slow about Obeying
the Constitution as they are bound by
their platform to construe It, they must
as fast as they move at all, and ulti-
mately altogether, abolish the protec-
tive element in the tariff and bring it
nearer and nearer to tariff for rev.
enue only. To quote Mr.. Mckinley and
Mr.. Blaine as authorities for such a
policy is a travesty of history and a
deception Of the public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-21
IN HONOR OF E. M. SHEPARD
Memorial Park To Be Decided
to Lake George Authorities.

Lake George, y. Y, Oct. 20.-The deed
OF q memorial park IN honor Of Edward
NJ Shepard, the Brooklyn lawyer, who
had a summer home here. will be de!iy-
cred TO the town authorities tomorrow
by persons who during the last year have
been engaged in raising $4,000 with which
TO purchase property for the memorial
The new park faces on the lake for
distance Of several hundred feet.
open air festivals, pageant held re-
Gently and personal subscriptions are the
sources Of the fund which was made up
largely OF comparatively small amounts
including donations from many Of Mr
Shepard's former employees and from ths
young people OF the village.
The park Will be under the jurisdiction
Of the village corporation and will be
public at all times. AS further memorial
10 Mr.. Shepard a pipe organ has been IN
stalled in ST. James's Episcopal Church
~ which Mr.. Shepard was a member ana
ofscer for many years. The organ is tlo
GIFT OF Mrs. Agnes Hewitt and Cnar'e,
8 sbepard. sister and brother OF Eo"a'1
NJ. Shepard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-21
THE RECALL IN SEATTLE
Unemployed Refomers at 1t Again IL
Northwestern City.

From, The Argolaut, san frahcIseo'
rba unemployed reformers OF Seattle u"u-
Ing that time hangs somewhat hea'1l' w.
their hands, have decided TO recaI' w.
S,,,,.r,u who for twenty years has uph9'u
,he hammer OF social purity and tousn' -
,uuv for the good. the beautiful anu
,rue. II is now several weeks s'h0' nv
was a recall election In Seattle ana 'hN =
nswad activity is therefore pleasant eN'"'"
that the wheels OF the new mechanism w"
No, be allowed 20 rust The nature OF NV
MAYORS offence is little dubious but Ws"
otter all Is a minor consideration. II ~
has not done the things charged against "'A
he has probably done others not ye'
closed, bus Just as bad. and II bis eons'''
is not troubling him that merely shows W."
. scared conscience he must have % -.
as tho facts can be ascertained IL seems
tho MAYOR has given offence by his enor"
make Seattle uninhabitable by every one W.
cannot persuade the police that me- OF
ia pure Not that Seattle bankers atte' 20
nutity Far from It. Purity Is Seatue ~
suit, but there should be moderation !"
things. and Seattle does not want 20 %
pure. Moreover. there is some well founN
doubt whether the police are quailnsu
look into the human heart and ptoho
upon It's purity. There have been
where their omnisciencs has led them HS"
and where men and women have peen
rested under suspicion of lurking impui''
and have then been found TO be pure. May.
Cotterin is therefore attacked not onS :.
those abandoned and shameless ones VINO
avowedly impure and proud Of It, but o' '-'
others who wish to be pure but not too ps'.'
who favor sort of neutral tint, so 10 speas'
and who therefore resent the rigid lhSy orrs
ton OF a compulsory virtue by police siry
distinguished for a fanatical and unoeTn
virtue. Doubtless there ara other co ounce.
but what do they matter, any OF them asa
The fact remains that a gallows hs -
built and therefore some one mu''
hanged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-21
CANADIAN RATES.
LOWER PRICES.

The prosperity at stake IN this cleo
ton is not merely nominal. If indus
try is not threatened there will be not
only more employment for the people
but their wages will buy more than
they have bought in recent years. Big
crops have at last brought a check to
the advance In the cost Of living, ana
President Taft, with the statistics pre-
pared by the Secretary Of Agriculture
before him, is able to announce the be-
lief that the upward tendency is at an
end. Government estimates show that
the household bills of the nation will
be S50O.OOO,OOO lower this year than
last. Flour is already 50 cents q bar
rel lower at the mills than it was
year ago. A record corn crop and the
consequent lower price for that cereal
is expected to bring cheaper meat Po-
tatoes are so much more plentiful than
they were last year that the consumers
will save S1OOOOO,0OO on them in the
course Of the year.
If, therefore. nothing is done TO dis
turb the confidence Of business, the
wage earners Of the country will soon
be more generally employed. and at a
time when their money will go further
than it has gone in recent years. Thus
it is a very real prosperity that is
threatened by the uncertainty which
will prevail if the Democratic party IS
placed in power and begins its work
OF destroying the protection which
American industries enjoy. With the
cost Of living coming down, the one
element Of weakness in the economic
situation is clearing up. Lower prices,
which seem at last in sight, will afford
a sound basis for lasting prosperity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-21

addresses TO do their nesttng7 Natural
history articles almost invariably contain
such errors, and as the general public
consider such articles correct they are
often the means of implanting erroneous
ideas.
One recent article said the bluebird laid
white eggs, whereas its eggs are blue.
Another said a red-headed woodpecker
lined its nest with grasses, etc, whereas
It does not line its nest. Another said
various neIghboring birds came 10 the
aid OF pair OF robins and aggressively
helped them defend their nest, whereas
they would not do anything Of the sort.
A New York paper recently said the
American cuckoos laid their eggs in other
birds nests, which they do not do, as can
be proved by any American book on
ornithology.
l believe in giving the facts about
birds, and not crediting them with won
derful stunts which they do not do This
slight error in your unusually good article
Is not seriously harmful. but just men,
ton II to put the writer on his guard
JAMES PILLOW.
New York. oct. g. 1872