Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
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Of the busy attendant for a moment
and then said;
please tell me your name. Looks
like Won would have me on your
hands for a while, and we might as
well get acquainted right new"
MY name Is Elston. Mary Ei5ton,
Mr.. Kelly"
Glad to know you, Miss Elston. l
NAV be calling you Mary before long,
If you'll allow it, but promise not to
try and fiirt with you.
You'd better not, unless you want
me to get my hair pulled
why, who would pull your hair
Not me, / trust?"
Not you. Of course, Oh, I guess
Won don't know who" laughed the
nurse with an arch look
Haven't the faintest idea, / assure
YOU" 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. 80,
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
she enumerated the articles of diet
allowed by the physician.
1t was not until the swelling in his
leg 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
filed and grew dim. He laid the
newspapers aside, and gazed out OF
the open window for full half hour.
Then he pressed the button on ball
cord and his nurse appeared.
is there any way / can get to a
telephone ?" he asked.
! 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"
was 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.
/ II 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
La large picture of the crash AT the
home plate, taken so soon after the
play, that even the umpiTe's gesture
sfgnifying 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 or 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 Mill
| dred Deery.
To Be Continued To morrow.