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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
SYNOPSIS

Gordon Kelly, a mountain boy Of
Georgia, goes to Atlanta. He be-
comes the sensation OF the baseball
world through his marvellous playing,
although he said that he had never
played game before arriving in At
lanta. He is bought by the Boston
American League Club for $50, 900.
Kelly incurs the enmity Of Forrest
Cain, a wealthy ne'er-do-weH, at
the same time winning the friend
ship and love Of Mildred Deery,
daughter of an Atlanta banker. KEEL
~ is hurt in game and Mildred
runs to his assistance. He RECEIVERS,
leaves the hospital and mysteriously
disappears. He is not heard from
for months. Mildred admits to her
self that she loves Kelly. Her faith
er dislikes the publicity given Mil
dred's assistance to Kelly on the
baseball field. He gets Mildred to
agree to go to the mountains. Cain
follows Mildred and calls upon her.
While Mildred is fishing she suddenly
comes upon Gordon Kelly. In the
meeting each learns Of the others
love. Kelly is sought everywhere by
the. press. Cain proposes to Mildred
the latter tries to shoot Kelly. Elmer
saves Kelly's life. Mildred visits
Gordon Kelly's home in the mountains
and is astonished at the evidences Of
luxury and refinement she finds there.
Gordon is caught In a storm and Is
made prisoner by four strange men.
He Is forced to write a letter to Mil
dred. In it he tries to convey a
hint Of his whereabouts.
Now go on with the story.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

had swept close to where he had left
his master and that when he returned
to the spot Gordon had disappeared.
Fearing his master had been caught
In the cyclone, Steve had hurried back
to the mansion and searching parties
were sent out They worked until
late In the night without success. On
the chance that Gordon might be at
the bungalow Ut turned out that the
telephone between the mansion and
the bungalow was out of order) Steve
had driven there in the car to make
inquiries.
Mildred was almost frantic when
Steve finished his story.
Hasn't anything peen done this
morning to find him2' she cried.
"Oh, yes, Mis- Mildred, dey was jes'
start'n out to hunt when All lef," re-
piled the colored boy. IF Mr.. Gordon
amt we're, all mus go right on back.
Mis- Mildred" he added.
Watt" exclaimed the girl, very
much excited. I'm going back with
you"
Hurriedly informing her mother Of
what she had just heard, Mildred has
tiliy dressed and ran to the door Just
outside the doorsill she saw a piece OF
paper under a stone. She seized II and
read the note Gordon had written to
her on the first night of his captivity.
She uttered glad cry and rushed into
the house to tell her mother Return
ing In a few moments she leaped into
the car and ordered Steve to drive
to the mansion as fast as possible.
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
By GARRETT P. sERvIss.

q UPPOSE that some traveller in a
y remote land should come upon q
living animal bearing unmis-
taxable indications Of being lineal
descendant of the famous "diplodo-
Gus" whose gigantic skeleton is the
most astonishing thing to be seen In
Mr. Carnegies Pittsburg Museum.
There would be a great stir in the
scientific world over such an appari-
ton from the abyss OF time, and a
corresponding arousal of popular in
terest in the wonders and mysteries
of natural history.
Hardly less interesting is the news
from London that a young Samaritan
elephant in the 400" there has de-
veloped the long, coarse, red hair of
the extinct mammoth.
1t has a mop hanging over its fore
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
CHAPTER XIII.
The Confession.

Burke was a persistent man, and
he had set himself to getting the MUIR
derer of Griggs. Fooled in his efforts
thus far by the opposition of Mary,
he now gave himself over to careful
thought as to a means of procedure
that might offer the best possibilities
of success. His beetling brows were
drawn in a frown of perplexity for a
full quarter of an hour, while he rest
ed motionless in his chair. an unlight-
ed cigar between his lips. Then, at
last, his face cleared; a grin of sat
isfaction twisted his heavy mouth,
and he smote the desk joyously.
IT'S a cinch it'll get 'iml" he rum
hled in glee.
He pressed the button call and or
dered the doorman to send in Cassidy
When the detective appeared a min
ute later, he went directly to his sub
ject with a straightforward energy
usual to him in his work.
docs Carson know we've arrested
the Turner girl and young Gilder%
And, when he had been answered in
the negative: "Or that we've got
Chicago Red and Dacey here?"
mo" Cassidy replied. He hasn't
been spoken to since we made the
collar. He seems worried" the
detective volunteered.
Burkes broad jowIs shook from the
force with which he snapped his jaws
together.
Burke Reflected.
He'll be more worried before l get
through with him!" he growled. He
regarded Cassidy speculatively. DO
you remember the Third Degree In
spector Burns worked on McGloin?
Well" he went on. as the detective
nodded assent that's what I'm going
to do to Carson. He's got magma
ton. that crook! The things he don't
know about are the things he's afraid
Of After he gets in here, | want you
to take his pals one after the other,
and lock them up In the cells there
in the corridor The shades on the
corridor windows here will be UP,
and Carson Will see them taken in.
The fact of their being there will set
his Imagination to working overtime,
all right"
Burke reflected for a moment, and
then issued the final directions for the
execution of his latest plot
when you get the buzzer from me.
you have young Glider and the Tur-
ner woman sent in. Then after a
while, you'll get another buzzer
When you hear that, come right in
here. and tell that the gang has
squealed I'll do the rest. Bring Cor
don here in just five minutes.
| Tell Dan to come in"
AS the detective went out, the door
man promptly entered. and thereat
/ Burke proceeded with the further in
/ structions necessary to the carrying
4 out Of his scheme.
| To Be Continued Tomorrow
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

head that would suffice for twenty
college sophomores; 1t wears trailing
whiskers on its chin, and sports NAM
moth mutton chops" in front of its
ears. It's whole body is more or less
hairy. and it proclaims in many ways
that 1t belongs to a different species
from the ordinary Indian elephant, and
approaches nearer than any other ex-
listing animal to those Brobdingnagian
beasts which, ages ago, roamed over
Europe and Asia, occasionally fright
ening cave men and women and leav-
ing their huge hairy bodies, and
mighty ivory tusks, imbedded in the
prehistoric swamps of Siberia and
Alaska.
This elephantine baby with its ear
marks Of mammoth descent, is only
eighteen months old. and 1t is be-
lieved, as it grows older and bigger,
the traces of its ancient ancestry will
gradually disappear, and it will
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

by the influence of it's highly devel-
oped brain, that it is only very rarely
that a striking likeness to our simian
ancestors is seen after the early
formative stages of life are passed,
but the Sumatran elephants appear
to retain their ancestral marks dur
ing their babyhood, or beyond, and
this may be taken as an indication
that, comparatively speaking, but a
short time has elapsed since they
were a race of real mammoths.
The elephant baby that is now at
tracing the attention of naturalists
in London is as great a curiosity in
his way as would be a hairy, ape-like
man, found living in some tropical
jungle, and If his family had pos
sessed any means of handing down
its traditions since the Glacial Period
what an astonishing revelation of
strange globe history would be placed
before u.s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

flashed by. Farnsworth walked to the
spot whence came that horrid screech,
and his foot came in contact with a
shapeIess mass He struck match
and gazed down on the crushed and
lifeless body of Forrest Cain.
Turning suddenly, Farnsworth saw
black whiskered man peering over
his shoulder. The match was struck
from his hand, and the stranger,
mounting his foam -flecked horse, rode
off in the darkness
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
WITHIN TLE I ANW Powerful Story of
w IL lin IL LA w Adventure Intrigue and LoOe

ing at him through the window. Con-
sternation beset MIN. He knew that
somehow, he had bungled fatally. A
groan of distress burst from him, and
he fled the place in ignominious rout.
There was another whose spirit was
equally DESTROYS Of fight-Burke! Yet
once again he was beaten at his own
game, his cunning made of no avail
against the clever Interpretation Of
this woman whom he assailed. He
had no defense to offer. He did not
care to meet her gaze just then, since
he was learning to respect her as one
wronged, where he had regarded her
Hitherto merely as Of the fiOtsam and
jetsam of the criminal class. So he
avoided her eyes as she stood by the
window regarding him quizzically. In
a panic of confusion quite new to him
in his years of experience, he pressed
the button on his desk.
Dan, Take Her Back. -
The doorman appeared with that
automatic precision which made him
valuable in his position, and the In
spector hailed the ready presence
with a feeling of profound relief.
Dan, take her back" he said, fee
bly,.
Mary was smiling still as she went
TO the door. But she could not resist
the impulse toward retort.
"Oh, yes she said, suavely; you
were right on the level with me
weren't YOU, Burke? Nobody here but
YOU and mel" The words came in
sing-song Of mockery.
The Inspector had nothing IN the
way of answer-only sat motionless
until the door closed after her. Then
left alone, his sole audible comment
was a single word-one he had learn
ed, perhaps, from Aggie Lynch:
He'll"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
By MARVIN DANA from the
Play by BAYARD WELLER.

Copyright, 1913 by the H. X Fly Com
pany. The play Within the Law" is
copyrighted by Mr. WELLER and this
novelization OF 1t is published by his
permission. The American Play Com
pany is the sole proprietor of the ex-
elusive rights of the representation
and performance Of within the Law
in all languages.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
mo, ma'am. not quite"

NO, ma am, not quite.
Mary laughed aloud, while Burke
sat dumfounded. She rose swiftly,
and went to the nearest window, and,
with a pull at the cord, sent the shade
flying upward For seconds there
was revealed the busy stenographer,
bent over his pad Then the noise Of
the ascending shade, which had been
hammering on his consciousness, pen
Grated, and he looked up. Realization
came, as he beheld the woman laugh
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
A Wild Ride.

At last, when his horse seemed
about to drop from exhaustion, Cain
allowed him to come to a walk. He
slipped from the saddle and, secur-
ing the strips of leather that dan
gled from the bit he tied a knot in
them and then stopped to listen. At
first he could hear no sound, but soon,
in the stiffness of the night he heard
the four distinct hoofbeats of a walk
ing horse. The black bearded man
was in close pursuit, but he, too, was
giving his horse a breathing spell.
Cain vaulted in the saddle and forced
his horse to the iimi
II seemed to Cam as If the race
would never end, but at last he heard
the screech of a locomotive and he
knew he was quite near the railroad.
But a moment later he heard the clat-
ter Of hoofs behind him. He drew
his knife from his pocket, opened it
and cruelty jabbed the ribs and quiv-
ering TANKS of his horse. The ami
NAL, ready to drop from fatigue,
sprang forward under the pain. Cain
saw the flashing headlight of the 10
comotive. The train was approaching
the crossing. Horses and horsemen
were nearing the track. Cain maze
one supreme effort to get his mount
over the crossing before the train
could get there. He was too late.
Despite the roar Of the passing train,
he heard the pounding of horses hoofs
close behind him.
Dashing up to the crossing. Cain
leaped from the saddle and ran to the
slow moving train. Three cars paint
ed white came along together Cain
reached up and clutched a grab han
die and was jerked from the ground
At the same instant came the crash
Of a six shooter. Gains grip loosened
and he fell An unearthly Shrek rose
high above the roar Of the train and
ended suddenly, as though not half
spent. The train passed on and then
all was quiet.
Farnsworth, the Atlanta newspaper
man, saw all this and heard the pierre
ing scream that came from under the
rumbling cars. He heard, too, the
loud breathing of horses and was
aware that a man was standing near
him; the man who had fired the shot,
doubtless. The train seemed an age
in passing. but finally the tail lights
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
A Dash to Escape.

The three mer arose from the
bench. One of them went indoors to
start a fire, another took a pail and
went to a nearby spring for water,
and the third began gathering an
armful of wood from a small Pile a
few feet behind the cabin. The black
bearded man, rating Cain an arrant
coward (Which he was), but choosing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

the wrong time. picked up the bench
and carried 1t through the door of
the cabin. Cain dropped book and
pencil, whipped out his knife, ran to
where his horse was tied, cut the
bride, jumped in the saddle and dug
his heels in the side of the animal.
He was over the brow Of the incline
that he had flown. With an oath, the
black bearded man FASTENED to his
own horse and started in pursuit
Gains horse probably knew the way
he came better than Cain himself did.
At any rate, the man had no means
Of guiding the animal and was
forced to let the brute take his own
course, as the ends of the bride were
dangling from the bit He urged him
all he could with his heels, and by
pounding him in the ribs with his
fist. Despite the poor going under
him, the horse covered the distance 10
where the road crossed Pew Creek in
fast time Once Strengthened out on
the main road, Cain urged his horse
all the harder, and only after they
had covered a quarter of a mile did
Cain venture to look around to see II
there was a pursuer.
One glance was enough. Cain re-
turned to the beating of his horse
with redoubled vigor.
Night was coming on and soon it
was so dark that Cain could hardly
see his hand before him. But the
horse kept plunging ahead, urged by
the frightened rider Cain feared to
stop and listen. He feared to turn
his horse aside and let his pursusr
pass him by lest the heavy breathing
Of his faded horse should be heard.
Surely Tam O'Shanter, in his flight
from the ghosts of Alloway, had no
more fearsome ride than did For
rest Cain down the mountain road
that NIGHT
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
A Rare Occurrence.

Mans remote ancestors were evil
IDENTIFY as hairy as the mammoth itself,
but nature has pretty effectuallS bar
bered him. except as to his head, and
his hair seems to be rapidly going
even there as he finds less use for it,
Our race has advanced so far, aided
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

To Be Continued morrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
A Descendant of the Mammoth
Inc A0N"4 ZOO Hasa BABY Elephant From Samah That
From Exfnt Monsters o. Pre- Glacial Times

come more and more to resemble the
modern members of the elephant fam
lily
But, as 1t is to-day. it offers a
startling proof of the persistence of
heredity through hundreds of thou
sands of years 1t is only an exag-
gerated example of what occurs ev-
erywhere in the life history of the
globe. One Of the strangest facts of
natural history is that every animal
in the earliest stages of its life, while
its body iE still in embryo, bears the
most astonishing resemblances to the
earlier types from which the principle
Of evolution has developed it, This
is true of man, who, before he has
taken the form of a human infant can
hardly be distinguished from an en-
bryonic ape or monkey.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-12-19

its Of the City of Starkville,
isS., and providing for the
enforcement of same,
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen of the City of
SrarkyilIe, Miss,
Section |. That all dogs within
the corporate limits of the City of
StarkyiIle, Miss, shall be and the
same are hereby declared to he
quarantined for a period of 1O5
days from this the 18th day of
December, 1913.
Section ,. That it shall be un-
lawful for the owner of any uog
to allow or permit any dog to run
at large within the corporate lin
its Of the City Of S.arkville, with
in said peroid Of time.
Section 3. That any person
guilty of violating this ordinance
shall upon conviction be fined in
amy amount not exceeding 500. 90,
or By Imprisonment not exceeding
30 days, or both.
Section 4. Tha' any dog found
running at large within the copo,
rate limits Of the City of Stark.
vile, Miss, within the limit of
time set forth shall be DESTROYED
by any police officer Of the City of
Starkville.
Section >. That Of necessity
and good cause shown. this ordi-
nance shall be in force and take
effect from aud after date of its
passage.
Howard moved and Turner sec
onded that the foregoing ordinance
be adopted and enforced. All vot.
ing
~oN~-~~~-o
a. Ferguson, CT Abeer.
de, ,lends in Starkville
this
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-12-19
CITY COUNCIL
Called Meeting.

Starkville, Miss, De-. -.
The following order was issued
upon the above date:
To l. r Howard, Geo S Turner. II
& Bridges, III Cunningham and X
l. Howell, members of the Board
of Aldermen of the City Of Stalk
vile, Miss.
Gentlemen:
You and each Of you are hereby
respectfully called to meet in the
Mayors Hall on the 18th day of
December, 1913 at 7 o'clock p m.
t. consider the passage of an ordi-
nance prohibiting dogs from run
ming at large without first being
muzzled.
Witness my hand and official
seal this. the 10Th day Of Decem.
ber 1913.
p. G. Sudduth, Mayor.
We, the undersized members OF
the Board of Aldermen of the City
Of Starkville, Miss, accept notice
and will be present at the time and
place above mentioned.
Il l. Howell
Ii Cunningham
Signed q 5 Turner
l. Il Howard
Il Z Bndges
The Board met in complain, Q
with tho above call at the City
Hall at 1880 o clock.
The following ordinance was
adopted by sections all voting aye:
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for the quarautining
oi ali dogs i'll the corporate lin.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-28
PRESIDENT CHEERED
IN VARIOUS TOWNS

ON BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON S
SPECIAL TRAIN. OPELJKA. Ala, Oct.
2T.-Seldom has Woodrow Wilson been
given the demonstration OF enthusiasm
with which Alabama today welcomed him,
not only at Mobile, where seemingly the
ciry's entire population turned out, but
at all points en- route. AS his train
tonight. the reception was one of con-
tlnuous cheering. 1t was like a huge
froic TO the people OF Alabama They
came hooking 10 the stations In happy
Ihrongs, eager 10 hear the president make
a speech, but he refraincd, preferrinG to
reach over the rail of his car and shake
hands with men. women and children
everywhere.
The president enjoyed II immensely.
particularly the good -natured banter with
the crowd
please make a speech" implcred some
man in The great crowd at Montgomery.
I'm not much OF hand at speeches
from the train, laughed the president,
I'm admit I'm not much to look at.
either
But you look good to u.s." chorused
tho crowd
1--WE wish Mrs, Wilson could come
along came from feminine contingent
Il wish she could. too" replied the
The people Jammed the station yard
at Montgomery and gave the preside emf
rousing cheer as his train pulled out,
at Opcllka and at other stations along
the way. The crowds waited until long
Into the night for the presidents train.
InFoGgn receipt messages on the Mex
lean situation, the president made no
announcement nor had ne anything to
add tonight with reference to his speecb
al Mobile earlier In the day.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-28
FARMER TO BE GIVEN
EVERY OPPORTUNITY
Judge Witten, Who Is Conducting Land
Drawing III Nebraska, Tells Of
Governments Policy.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct ~
Judge James W. Witten, who is con"
ducting the drawing Of the Nebraska
forest and military lands TO be dis
tributed by lot tomorrow, tonight de
livered an address which indicated the
policy OF the administration, as it con"
Germs the populating of the public do"
main thus far not under cultivation,
Although he did not make specific
statement TO that effect, Judge Wit.
ten indicated that 1t was the policy OF
the government to give prospective set.
ers on unoccupied lands still subject
to entry an opportunity to occupy them
without regard to technical problems
which have to do with the so-called
mineral and forest reservations. The
policy will be to give the farmer every
opportunity to enter upon and cnlti-
vate such lands as are available for
that purpose, he declared.
He eulogized Congressman Kinkaid
for the federal land law which enable
entrymen to file on entire sections and
thus develop grazing and similar land
which former laws kept from settle
ment.
"Kinkaid is n Republican and I am
a Democrat, said the judge, but the
law which bears his name is the saliva
tion OF semi-arid lands Of the west and
will result in the so-called great west
ern desert becoming an oasis Of yet un-
defined areas -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-28

contend with that not only within
their borders, but from outside also.
I know what the response OF the
thought and heart OF America to a
programme like that will be, because
America was created 10 realize pro-
gramme Ike that. This is not Amer
lea because II is rich This Is not
America because II has set up for
great population great opportunities
of prosperity. America is name
which sounds in the ears of men
everywhere as synonym OF lndi-
vidual opportunity as a synonym Of
Individual liberty, / would rather be-
long TO q poor nation that was free
than to a rich nation that has ceased
10 be In love with liberty. But we
shall not he poor II we love liberty,
because the nation that loves liberty
truly sets every man free to do his
best and be hts best and that means
the' release Of all the splendid ener-
gles OF a great people. who think for
themselves.
A nation OF employees cannot be
free any more than a nation OF en-
ployers can be, So in emphasizing the
points which must unite us in SYM
pathy and in spiritual interest with
the Latin a merican people. we are
only emphasizing the points OF our
own life. and we should prove our
selves untrue to our own traditions
II we proved ourselves untrue friends
today. Do not think, therefore, that
questions OF the day are mere ques-
tions of policy and diplomacy. They
are shot through with the principles
OF life. We dare not turn from the
principle that morality and not eX-
pediency is the thing that must guide
us. and that We will never condone
iniquity because II is most convenient
TO do so.
So II seems to me that this is day
OF infinite hope. of confidence in
future greater than the past has been
For l am fain to believe that In spite
OF all the things that we wish TO
correct. the nineteenth century that
lies behind us has brought us a long
stage toward the time when. slowly
ascending the tedious climb that leads
to the final uplands. upon which we
shall get the ultimate view OF the
beauties OF mankind. we. nevertheless.
have breasted n considerable part OF
that climb and shall presently--it may
be In generation or two-come out
upon those great heights. where
there shines unobstructed. the light
OF the justice OF God