Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21

see a soul. And ne longed for things
ne couldn't have Finally he was
rescued and almost the first words ne
said to the one he saw first were
these know them by heart, ! have
read the book so often-he said
Mate. my heart is sore for christian
diet. You mightn't happen to have
piece Of cheese about you now NO.
Wei. many's the long night I've
dreamed of cheese--toasted, mostly
and woke up again, and here
were
Mildred laughed at this
What's the connection between
this man wanting cheese and your
bail playing i'm Atlanta2' she asked.
Don't you see2 / had been ma
rooncd up here In the mountains an
NV life. ] shouldn't use the word
maroon. as ] had everything until
my sorrows came. But anyway, !
became crazy about baseball. 1t be
came my hobby. We haG all the New
York papers every day and de-
voured every line Of baseball there
was printed In them / sent for all
the books and Literature on base
bali. ] came to know the great play
ers through reading about them, IS
IL 1 had met them personally.
knew their batting averages and their
fielding averages and their strength
and weakness From the time ! was
old enough 10 wear short pants l
was tossing a ball around, and Wnen
I / was fifteen years old my father
built this field for me I spent hour
after hour on the field and ! learned
| to do everything that ball can do
/ I'll tell YOU how I did II in a minute.
| I found I could make the most diff
cult kind Of catches. ! found that I
could bat the ball where no fielder
could ever reach 1t, and against
speodier pitching than they have IN
/ the big leagues; ] knew from timing
myself that there was no ball player
living that could run as fast as l
could. and ! made up my mind that
none of the great players had any
! thing on me- as the saying goes, eN-
! cept experience
Was Crazy to Play,
All this was said in an easy ana
matter Of fact way, not boastfully
Gordon continued
And when ! became convinced Of
! this / was Just crazy to join some
team and travel around and play ball
and hear the cheers Of the crowds
! and be mixed up in the excitement
In dreamed about baseball Mildred,
and | craved for it, Just as poor Ben
Gum dreamed about the cheese he
craved for. When my father died, OF
/ course Il made great change with
me. The restraint, il it can be called
such. was off and was free to do as
/ pleased. In fact, It was my fathers
| wish that / get out in the world when
/ his DAYS were over. So l thought II
all out during the winter and early
] I'm the spring ] went TO Atlanta to
satisfy my craving for baseball
! II think / understand now said NIL
dred Il know hardly anything about
/ baseball but Elmer says you are real
/ ly the best player in the world. Is
that 500"
Gordon laughed.
THAT is far from being proven.
| Mildred he replied. Il did have phe-
uomenal success at Atlanta, but l was
about to join supposedly higher
class league and | don't know how l
would have succeeded there. They
/ say il is much harder to make good
I i'm the big leagues than it is in minor
/ league. The newspapers were very
/ kind to me- but they played me up
! far more than ! deserve, In my opin-
/ ion"
Mildred was silent for a moment.
| Then she said.
so much for baseball But ! have
/ been thinking a great deal about what
YOU told me yesterday Gordon, and
( there are several things not quite
I clear 10 me"
. What are they, Mildred?' asked
] Gordon Elmer was amusing himself
I I'm the gymnasium and they were
alone.
Well for one thing. how was it
, that no one around here, even your
servants. knew that your name Is
J Gordon Kelly? How was 1t they had
never heard the name Of Kelly
A Changed Madness.
when my father and mother left
New York il was with the idea of
losing themselves To the world, as ii
were. The name of Kelly was left in
New York This whole property was
bought I'M the name of the Prescott
Trust Company An account was
l opened with the banking firm owned
! bv my father and his brothers and
I an bills were paid in New York by
my uncle on the Prescott Trust Com
/ panys account My parents We're
known here ana to the servants as
Mr. and Mrs. Prescott My father
and mother called me Bud and the
! servants called me Mr. Bud. What's
/ the next question:
Don't think I'm curious, but /
/ would just like To understand. that's
ALL Gordon How were you eduCat-
/ ed2"
Tutors came from the North, but
my mother taught me more than all
! the tutoRg ] had"
Il can well understand why You
Z talk ike q Northerner. but how is it
I you know all the common expressions
3 and some s.ang?''
Reading the New York papers,