Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
| L T. IT EveyL O National Game

of the busy attendant Tor moment
and then said:
please tell me your name. Looks
like you would have me on your
hands for a while, and we might as
well get acquainted right now.
NV name is Elston. Mary Ei5ton'
Mr.. Kelly"
Glad to know you, Miss Elston.
NAV he calling you Mary before long,
| II you'll allow it, but | promise not TO
| try and flirt with you
You'd better not, unless you want
me to get my hair pulled"
why, who would pull your hair2
Not me- trust?"
Not you. Of course. Oh, l guess
Won don't know Who laughed the
nurse with an arch look.
Haven't the faintest idea, assure
Won" said Kelly, smiling in turn.
Certainly not; a thousand times
no" bantered the nurse, who busted
herself about the room as she talked.
please tell me, pleaded the pa
tient.
all in the newspapers. I'll save them
for you, anyway. Now then, what
would you like for breakfast, The
doctor says you may have" and
allowed by the physician.
1t was not until the swelling in his
Ileg had disappeared and the fracture
| had been set and the limb placed in
plaster cast and he was pronounced
| to be in a generally fine condition
that Gordon Kelly was allowed to see
the newspapers his nurse had care
| fully saved for him. Then he learned
| for the first time of the part Mildred
! Deery had taken in that scene around
the home plate when he was stretch
ed out unconscious A thrill of rap
! ture passed through him and his eyes
filled and grew dim He laid the
newspapers aside, and gazed out of
the open window for a full half hour.
Then he pressed the button on ball
tcord and his nurse appeared
rs there any way l can get to a
telephone?" he asked
Il can place one here in your room,
! If the doctor will allow it," she re-
piled. Returning a moment later she
made the proper connection and re-
tired. Gordon called up the Deery
residence and asked for Miss Deery.
Miss Deery Out of Town.
Miss Deery is out Of town and it
is not known when she will return"
wa, all the maid who answered the
call would say.
He laid the telephone instrument
on the table, picked up the newspa-
pers again and read them carefully.
It seemed as if the entire edition Of
all the papers had been given over
to Gordon Kelly and the scenes and
the excitement and the final accident
/ of that game Of baseball. There was
large picture of the crash at the
| home plate, taken so soon after the
play, that even the umpires gesture
signifying safe was shown. Cor
| don saw himself stretched out on the
ground, with the opposing catcher
nearby and the useless baseball be-
| tween them. Another picture, evil
IDENTIFY taken Immediately after, show
| ed Mildred Deery holding his head in
/ her lap with the players grouped
around them. There was still another
| large picture of Mildred Deery her
| self with a caption which read, AT
| lanta Society Girl Who Rushed to Aid
of the $4,000 Player"
There were columns and columns
of type fully describing every play.
every incident of the afternoon at
Ponce DeLeon Park The gathering
of the crowds, the beginning of the
game, the struggle on the diamond
and the sensational ending of the con-
test were set forth in detail Gordon
Kelly read every word and then read
and reread the part that told Of Mil
dred. Deery.
To Be Continued Tomorrow.