Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07

see something" replied Elmer hOarse-
ly His eyes glistened and he was
pale, but game.
They circled around cautiously,
keeping close together. Suddenly e.
mer stopped and dropped to the
ground Mildred, her heart beating
wildly, sank behind him.
Il see him, I see him." exclaimed
the lad excitedly. He pointed and
Mildred saw, not more than so yards
away, a man seated upon a tree read
ing a newspaper. It was Gordon
Kelly. She would have known him as
far as her eyes could reach. She felt
as if she were on the point Of scream
ing, or crying, or fainting-she knew
not what She hastily opened the
handbag and reached for her hand
kerchief-a woman's weapon, wom-
ans protector.
Keep Quiet"
Keep quieti" Kissed Elmer. There's
another man there and he'll see US"
Mildred looked again and saw a man
looking on the ground fifteen or TWEEN
ty feet in front of Gordon.
What shall We do; what shall we
do?" was all she could whisper.
There was long silence. Finally
Elmer said:
1 L
sneak down behind that bush and at
tract his attention"
why, l have a little mirror" ex-
claimed Mildred, reaching for her
handbag again. She produced the ar
ticle and handed it to the boy.
You crawl behind that tree and
wait there" whispered Elmer. A mo-
ment later he began worming his way
toward the bush he had indicated.
This brought him to within less than
$50 feet of where Gordon was sit
ting Carefully getting his range, he
! flashed a streak Of sunlight across the
and repeated the operation imme-
diately.
Gordon cautiously glanced over his
shoulder. He saw little Elmer peer
ing from behind a bush and beyond
the lad he saw a white handkerchief
fiutter. Mildred could not resist the
temptation to signal Gordon waved
an answering sign and then arose. He
walked to the log cabin, followed by
his armed guard He took baseball
slit the seam with his knife; then
saying to his guard, 81 want to do
little figuring" took a little book of
cigarette papers belonging to the
youngest of the mOuntaineers and
wrote these words:
IF you have a gun, place it 90 feet
beyond where this ball lands; If not
bring help noon tomorrow"
Guard Did Not Call.
He folded the tissue paper three
times lOngways and once shortways,
tucked it into the ripped seam of the
baseball with his knife, leaving the
| edge sticking out (the guard was pay
in RI a fp tp1A
and then announced that he guessed
he would take a little exercise.
This time the guard did not call a
companion, as was the custom when
Gordon practiced with bat and ball.
The idea of two guards was doubtless
| originally suggeste- oy the danger
Gus looking baseball bat that Gordon
| swung with such ease. He had be-
come such cheerful and inoffensive
| captive, however, that on this occa-
| sion his guard decided not to trouble
any of his companions, who were at
| that time on the shady side of the
! cabin, discussing a letter that had
| been received that morning from For
| rest Cain.
Going out in the open, followed by
| his guard, pistol in hand. Gordon
| hit several high flies, catching the
| ball when it came down. Then. as IL
| inadvertently, he drove ii In such a
manner that It fell 200 feet away from
| him and beyond a little clump of
! bushes
What do you think of that?" he
| exclaimed to his guard I'm losing
| my batting eye, l guess. Let's get a
! drink of water and then Wen go and
| get that ball, 1t cost $l.25."
| 1t took Gordon fifteen minutes to
get his drink of water and fuss
around the cabin before he started
after the ball, with his guard follow
| ing closely. He had carefully marked
the spot where it fell, and when he
| reached Ii his eyes beamed for TWEEN
! ty feet beyond was what he wanted
| far more than he wanted the ball.
Picking up the white object, he