Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Z Story for Baseball Fans That Wll interest
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of the busy attendant for moment
and then said
please tell me your name. Looks
like YOU would have me on your
hands for a while, and we might az
well get acquainted right now"
My name Is Elston. Mary Eiston,
Mr. Kelly"
Glad TO know you, Miss Elston. I
NAV be calling you Mary before long,
If you'll allow it, but I 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 hair?
Not me, I 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
tent.
IN ask the doctor about 1t. It's
all in the newspapers. III save them
for you, anyway. Now then, what
would you like for breakfast The
doctor SAYS you may have" and
allowed by the physician.
It was not until the swelling in his
I 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
I ~. L. h, ~ nd
| 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 full half hour.
| Then he pressed the button on a ball
cord and his nurse appeared.
rs there any way l can get to a
telephone?" he asked.
Il can place one here in your room,
| II the doctor will allow It," she re-
piled, Returning a moment later she
made the proper connection and re-
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"
" as ali the maui WIN dlloNtLt 'A lll1
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 az tho
| home plate, taken so soon after the
play, that even the umpircs 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 woTdNand then read
and reread the part that told of Nil
bred Deery,
To Be Continued To morrow. ..