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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
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1 EuryLu of HeNd HonH Game
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Kelly, a young man from
| the noun tains. who says that he
never played on any baseball club
and that he has never seen a game
IN his life. induces Manager Bill
Smith, Of the Atlanta club. To give
him try-out At batting and field
ing practice he creates a sensation,
The Atlanta Georgian prints a whole
page Of snapshots Of him and his
fame spreads throughout the coun-
try.
In the meantime he has become
very friendly with Mildred Deery,
daughter Of Galen Deery, a wealthy
timber Spectator Forrest Cain, an
sdmirer Of Mildred, becomes Jealous
OF Gordon and attempts to play him
a trick and gets soundly thrashed
Gordon owns a large tract Of land in
the mountains. between two tracts
owned by Mr. Deery and Cain, who
need Gordon's property 10 carry out a
land scheme
The Boston Nationals and other
big league clubs stop ~ Atlanta for
exhibition games on their way North
and Gordon Kelly becomes the base
ball sensation Of the hour. Scouts
who come TO see him work try TO get
him away from the Atlanta club, and
then send wild kilograms to their
owners. imploring them TO come to
Atlanta BY the first train and do their
own bidding Nearly all the big
ltd uF llth EidltS ftlIlts anu tleHlNtllA
Galloway Of the Atlanta club. an
nounces that. while disposed 10 re-
ject all offers, his club felt the ne
cessity Of living up to the obligations
Of organized baseball and would sell
Gordon Kelly's release TO the best ad-
vantage Of the stockholders Of the
club, In practice game with big
league team, Kelly covers himself
with glory. He Is injured and Mil
bred rushes on the field to his aid
The newspapers are filled with &C
counts Of the AFFAIR
Now go on with the story.
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Three or four miles to the east the
creek was paralleled by smaller
stream, which finally turned to the west
and flowed into the creek. One solitary
road wound up through the whole Sec
ton in about the center Of it, hitting
the brook in two or three places.
Returning to his rooms, Cain ordered
his man to pack suitable clothing in a
trunk for hunting trip. and, selecting
couple Of guns and as many revolvers
from the rack. he ordered the requisite
supplies. not forgetting the liquids, sent
up TO Pew Creek station by express. He
boarded the train next day for that
place, taking his man George along with
him
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Thought of Gordon.

In the calm and peaceful mountain
region. where the only sounds we're
those Of the wind through the trees and
the quiet hum Of insects and the twit-
tering Of birds. Mildred Deery had time
a-plenty for her Utmost thoughts. At
odd moments. perhaps to divert her
thoughts, she would pick up one Of her
many books her father had given her,
but nothing in the reading line seemed
to interest her and her mind would 60
back to a certain tall. broad shouldered,
lean limbed young man she had last
seen borne away in the arms Of his
teammate. And she thought of the soft
brown hair OF his head and Of his clear
cut features, and his charming smile
that displayed rows Of dazzling white
teeth, and of his gentleness Of speech
and action and Of the hundred and one
little things about him that appealed
20 her. They were happy thoughts Are
not these the thoughts Of a woman who
loves a man? She longed 10 see him. She
longed TO go to him. yet that would be
unwomanly II was he that must seek
ner, II he cared 10 do so. The thoughts
Of that scene on the ball field troubled
her What could he have thought Of
IL all. she wondered. All, well, some
thing told her. things would come out
all right.
Her mother came and the days that
followed seemed TO be the most delight
H.l Of her life. She roamed the woods
with Elmer. She whipped the brook with
her flyrod in her smart suit Of khaki.
and under Elmer's tutelage she quickly
became an expert flsherwoman She
drove her mother over the one road of
the mountains and in other ways en-
loved every minute Of her time.
Mother. you are becoming younger
every day." she exclaimed. First thing
YOU know people viii be taking you for
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A MATTER OF TASTE.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- When you go out with a girl
and her friend meets her 20 escort
her home, Is IL proper for you 20
offer him your fare or not?
AGATHA
Women are growing so independent
that there is objection 20 accepting
car fare from a casual escort, though
not many years ago such attention
was the woman's due
Keep up with the times and offer
the car fare. and trust he win have
enough Of the old-fashioned courtesy
10 refuse Il.
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Big Mistake

Buffers bounced into the club.
jammed his hat down on a table with
a fierce. resounding bang and tlung
him ELF into an easy chair.
What's wrong to-day Buffers
You look bad
"Tu never forgive myself I kicked
a man ous Of ms house last night"
"Humph, I've kicked out many a
one Young fellow. I suppose
NO past middle age
Well. these old dodgers have no
business 10 be coming round counting
young girls I would have kicked him
out myself
Yes. but I have found out since
that this man wasn't counting my
daughter He was after my mother
fn-8aW"
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Recognized Kelly.

When Cain saw in Gordon Kelly the
man who had caused him SO much men
tai anguish. his thoughts reverted at
once 70 the matter Of revenge Now
Cain had lived the thirty years OF his
life in comparative peacefulness. Young
men 81 his wealth and social position
seldom get into serious trouble Their
mode Of life and their environments
serve as a preventative against that
sort Of thing Occasionally in a drum
ken moment, one of them becomes inn
hued with the idea that he can whip
& policeman. or something like that,
but a stiff fine in court next morning is
usually the end of such an attempt
Men Of Gains class spend most 81 their
time seeking pleasure and there is M.
tie chance. or opportunity, or occasion
hovhood scraps. which all boys have,
Cain had gone through life without hav-
ing a real tight Il Is true he always
had his own way IN everything but
some men get that without having 10
tight for IL
What happened between Forrest Cain
and Gordon Kelly could never have hap
peued between Forrest Cain and one Of
his own friends but here was a stranger
who had crossed his path. brought about
a Misunderstanding between Mildred
Dsery and himself. and Inundated him
out on that lonely. rain-soaked road.
Gordon Kelly must be made to see that
he had tackled the wrong man. That
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CHAPTER xxi.

NH EAREST mother" wrote NIL
dred, II haven't been here "a
hours, yet / am simply in
love with the mountains and Just at
this minute | feel as though l never
wanted to go back to the city again.
Do hurry and come up.
Dad brought up everything he
thought could possibly need, but
find there are one or two things he
didn't think Of that l would like to
have II II isn't too much trouble. In
the first place, want TO go fishing and
Elmer dad will tell you all about FL
mer) says I must have a flyrod and a
book OF flies, and in the second place
please get me a khaki skirt and a
khaki blouse and khaki leggins (you
know the sizes) and khaki hat If they
have them for women. Get short skirt
n you can find one; II not, a long one,
and ] can shorten II here. Also please
have the Georgian" sent up here ev-
cry day I think 1 will begin to read the
newspapers and learn what is going on. "
(She wanted the Georgian" to keep
posted on the condition of Gordon
KeIlyD There was more to the letter,
mostly Of an intimate nature, and it
closed: Now. mother. please come as
soon as you can From your loving
daughter Mildred"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
CERTAINLY MOTT

TEAR MISS FAIRFAX;
- am IS and ! love a young
man II years my senior This
Young man loves me and has told
me So He is willing 20 wait
few years on account of my youth
DO YOU think the difference In our
ages is too great? r R
He is not too old for you The dit,
hculty is not his years. but yours \
girl Of Is is too young TO know what
love really is.
Tell him 70 walt. but don't bind
yourself 20 any engagement In four
years. II you still love each other you
can consider the question seriously
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Families Intimate.

Cain had known Mildred ever since
she was little girl. Their families had
been intimate socially for many years
Il was only within the past few months
however, that he had taken Mildred
seriously. II had suddenly come to
him that she had developed into an IN
commonly beautiful and attractive
young woman and he became seized
with the idea that he wanted her for
his own. He had no means Of knowing
how well Kelly had become known to
the Deery family, he was inclined to
believe that the Deerys had simply
been kind 10 him as a favor to old
Judge Barbee. bearing in mind. Of
course. the fact that Deery had imam
cial reasons for wishing 10 be on good
terms with the young man from the
mountains However this might be.
Kelly was now incapacltated from TAX
ing part in any social matters and so,
with a clear field as Il were, Cain re-
solved to patch his fences and begin
a systematic siege Of the heart Of MI
dred Deery.
He had. Of course. read all about
the part Mildred had PLAYED when KEEL
IL was knocked unconscious at the I'm
ish Of the ball game. but he charged
that up 20 overwrought nerves. The
thought never once entered his mind
that Mildred had any feeling for Kel-
ly other than she would have for any
person who had met with a misfortune
Forrest Cain called at the Deery resi-
dence that evening. and being informed
| by the maid that answered the ring.
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A FOOLISH PAIR.

TEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
II A young man called on me
and while sitting I'm the parlor
holding his derby hat on my lap,
he dared me 10 crush IT, So for
joke I pushed IN the crown,
crushed Il and handed 10 10 him
I have not seen him since DO
you think I should send an apol-
ogye ANXIOUS.
You do not owe him an apology. H.
owes you one for making such a silly
dare
However his folly should not eN.
cuse you 10 yourself and / hope YOU
will never be SO foolish again
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is the way Forrest Cain felt about II.
While in his states OF intoxication the
only scheme TO get square" that Cain
could evolve was that Of walking up to
Kelly. handing him a punch in the jaw
and repeating the operation as fast as
the recipient could arise to his feet until
at last he cried for mercy. But now
that he was perfectly sober he realized
that plan would not do at all. He re-
called hts previous experience with KEEL
~, when he was Ike rat in the jaws
Of an Airedale terrier
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
BY A. H. G. MITCHELL.
Copyright. 1918. by international News
Service.
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
CHAPTER XXI.

rNORREST CAIN returned TO Atlanta
on April 10 after a months wild
and riotous soiourn in New York.
He left that city on the verge Of de-
lirium tremens and even when he reach
ed home It was a question as 10 wheth-
er the services Of snake charmer would
be required For several days, he re-
NAMED IN the seclusion Of his rooms,
being in no condition TO seek his &C
customed haunts When. at last. he
ventured visit 10 his club he found
everybody talking about Gordon Kelly
II had become quite fad among the
smart set TO attend the ball games. so
he motored out To the park that after
noon with some Of his friends and was
chagrined as well as angered TO dis
cover that the hero Of the hour was
the same person who had chastised
him and left him alone far from town
on that rainy night a month back
Like most men Of his nature, he did
not stop 70 consider that he was en-
tirely 10 blame for the humiliation Of
himself The episode had ranked In his
breast ever since IT had happened. and
doubtless had not a little TO do with the
threatened attack Of delirium tremens,
for the thoughts Of ii drove him TO drink
at frequent intervals In his drunken
moments which Is to say, most OF the
time he spent In New York-he tried
10 form some plan Of revenge. some
scheme 10 get square They say that
strong drink stimulates the mind May
he so. In the case Of Forrest Cain. how.
ever, his brain was so continually soaked
IN strong drink that he could not evolve
any method, except an impossible one,
that would bring about the desired re-
suit
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What do you think I ann And what do

that Mildred was out Of town, he asked
for Mr.. and Mrs. Deery and was usn-
cred into the living room where NIL
dred's mother was seated.
Mrs. Deery told him that Mildred had
gone on a little trip with her father and
that she did not know exactly when she
would return Truth TO tell. Mildred's
mother did not care particularly for
Forrest Cain. There was a vague some
thing about him that was repellent to
her While he was considered one Of
the greatest. n not the greatest catch"
in Atlanta, she was perfectly willing
that some young woman other than her
own daughter should do the catch
iur
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
THERE IS NO REMEDY,

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- am % and about feet 10.
I keep company occasionally with
a very pretty girl about my age,
who IS only 8 feet tall Our &C
auaintances ridIcule US and by so
doing have hurt her feelings I'll
she has ceased 70 care for me and
has even refused me the privilege
Of calling on her. ! love her very
much A II. r
You can not reduce your height, nor
nav she increase hers. and II her re-
gard for YOU IS lessened by the sense
less Jokes OF alleged friends. It hadn't
a firm foundation in the beginning.
Ten her you love her. II she rejects
YOU because Of a matter Of inches,
take your love elsewhere. Believe
me. true love takes no account Of
stature
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
You dirty low lived skunk, - said Hamil
you think ball players are?"

clutch in the back Of Gains collar Then
he ground his left fist into the nose of
his host-not a blow, but as a druggist
would grind a pestle into mortar-and
followed this with a resounding slap on
Gains face that Jared the teeth Of that
individual. Cain took it without lifting
a finger. A previous experience with
a husky athlete had proved to him the
uselessness Of resistance.
you dirty, low-lived skunk" said
HamiL What do you think am? And
what do you think ball players are?'
He stepped out Of the car. Now get
the he'll out Of here" he Numbered,
and II you ever speak to me again. III
break every bone in your body"
The morose pitcher stood on the side
walk, while Cain put the car in motion
and sped away Then he started to
walk back 10 his hotel, full Of anger
and muttering 10 himself
AS for Cain, he drove at once to the
garage and retired to his rooms. feeling
that he had made another botch in the
matter OF dealing with Gordon Kelly.
Instead Of making progress in his cam
psign, he had received two severe set
blackstone at the hands Of Kelly him
self and the other from Hamn. the
gloomy pitcher.
Cain kept under cover for a few days,
nursing his fancied grievances, and at
the end Of that time Kelly met with
the accident on the ball field Cain
was the only person who took pleasure
out Of that unfortunate occurrence. II
gave him a little leeway. as he thought.
10 get on good terms again with Mildred
Deery, whom he had not seen since the
morning Of the rainstorm, when his
car had so nearly run over Gordon
Kelly
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Stop ALSO.
MISE FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
l. have been spending
with a young man for a couple OF
months Lately he stopped writ
ing. What shall / dO2 K. S.
Your course is plain. Let the mat
ter end. His action indicates he does
not want TO continue the correspond
ence.
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Wits Worked Overtime.

While the game was in progress,
Gains wits were working overtime and
al length he hit upon the primitive cor
is Il modern7) plan Of hiring someone
else 10 punish his enemy. He noticed
that Gordon Kelly was having field day
with the bat And he noticed further
that the victim Of Kelly's skill, the Wis
lting pitcher, was tail, raw boned'
strong looking man. with a particularly
gloomy and depressing cast Of counte-
nance When Kelly finally won the
game with a solid drive In the last in
ming and the pitcher walked of the
field looking daggers, Cain felt that he
had found the right man to do his dirty
work
After dining al his club Cain took his
car out Of the garage and ran II around
10 the hotel where the visiting team was
stopping Cain knew nearly everybody
in town and he had no difficulty in oh
tanning an introduction TO the sad-faced
pitcher. who sat off by himself in the
hotel lobby, as pitchers sometimes do
after losing a game Of bah. Most players
rely on their batting average to keep
them on the salary list, but pitchers
must win games or quit the business,
Cain made himself very agreeable to
the gloomy pitcher, as he well knew
how to do and succeeded IN getting his
man to accept an invitation 10 ride in
the automobile. They rode slowly out
on the boulevard. Cain casting about In
his mind for the proper way to approach
the subject Il was something new TO
him. this trying TO get someone to play
the thug and he didn't know exactly
how TO start in Finally he remarked:
THAT Gordon Kelly is swelled-
headed guy"
The dismal pitcher, whose name was
Hamil, grunted
And a mean cuss too Cain went
on lie manufactured two or three lies
10 prove his assertion He did me a
dirty trick awhile ago he continued.
He faxed a proof for this assertion. too,
His gloomy companion shifted his feet,
hut made no answer Cain beat around
the bush for awhile longer and then
came out flat-tooted.
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He Is MOI 100 OLD.
nFAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nFAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Ii am 10 and have been keeping
company with a gentleman II
years my senior He asked me 10
be his wife. and 7 believe that he
win make me a good husband ]
dearly love him, but my parents
are opposed to him on account OF
the difference In our ages
G.. II l. VI.
He Is not day too old for you
Time deals so much more harshly
with a woman that every year will
make this difference less.
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Mother Sensible.

or very sensible turn Of mind was
Mndred's mother She had not even
questioned Mildred on the happenings
on the ball field She knew her daugh-
ter would tell her in her own way.
And Mildred did tell her as she was
making ready to accompany her father
TO the mountains. This is what she had
said:
You know what l did yesterday,
don't you, MOTHER
Yes, dear"
well. I just couldn't help doing H.
mother When saw that poor man ~
ing there as though he was dead
feeling Of pity, or something like It,
came over me and felt, for just that
minute, as though Gordon Kelly was
my own brother, and I ran to him just
as though he was my own brother.
OF course, I am sorry for all OF us that
it got in the papers. DO you feel hurt
because did It, MOTHER
mo, dear"
That was all that was said.
Feeling as she did toward Forrest
cain Mrs Deery did not propose 10 tell
him where her daughter was or no"
long she would be absent. Cain threw
ont one feeIer, but he quickly discovered
that Mrs. Deery did not care TO inform
him so he did not refer to the subject
again. After half an hour Of conventional
talk he took his departure.
Deery spent a day in the mountains
with his surveyor and his superintendent
and then, making sure that Mildred was
comfortably settled and apparently en-
ioing herself he returned TO Atlanta.
cain called at his office soon after ne
arrived. ostensibly 20 inquire IL Deery
had made any progress in securing the
Kelly property in the mountains, but in
reality 70 find out where Mildred was.
He secured his information, Mildred S
father looking upon Cain with consider
ably more favor than her mother did,
and laid his plans accordingly,
Remembered Shack.
He recalled having built on HIS noun
| tain property. three years back, shack
which he had intended 10 use as head
quarters for hunting trips. but he had
never utilized IL, in fact. he had never
visited his property for any purpose. He
resolved now TO go 10 the mountains on
an alleged hunting trip. Visiting Deery's
office again, he was shown maps Of the
region and got the lay OF the land. He
examined the maps with interest. as
| Deery unfolded his plan for turning the
whole section into commercial purposes.
The tract Of land Deery had mapped
ont for his undertaking consisted OF the
| peery, Kelly and Cain properties. To-
gsther they extended ten miles north and
south and thirteen miles east and west,
making a huge section Of 100 square
miles The Deery property, the smallest
l If the three began five miles north Of
the railroad and extended three miles to
the Kelly property East and west IL
I measured ten miles The Kelly proper
I rv was nearly twice as large as peery' :.
being four miles from north 20 south
and thirteen miles from east 20 west. be-
sides a section that cut down 20 the
right Of the Deery land. the whole form
ing a piece shaped like a carpenter :
T square. Beyond the Kelly domain was
the cain property. which vas a long.
narrow strip three miles north and south
by thirteen miles east and west. Pew
/ creek flowed north and south through
the whole section. sometimes plscidly
and at others tumbling over waterfalls
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Bad Judgment.

Someone ought 90 beat that fellow up
good and plenty" he exclaimed. He
made sucker out Of you to-day Hami.
IN tell YOU what tn do I'm give YOU
a thousand dollars right now II YOU viii
give Kelly a good licking. and TN pay
all the fines that may come out Of it
The gloomy pitcher Strengthened up
IN the car.
stop her" he said
The car came to a stop close TO the
curb. Hamr reached up his right hand
and inserted his fingers in a death like
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Up-to-Date Jokes

Mr. and Mrs. Dawson held an "at
home" on their return from the Con-
tinent They were very proud of the
trip, and Mrs. Dawson could not stop
talking about II,
And. oh. the gorge at Andermatt!
she exclaimed. You haven't forgot
ten that lovely gorge, have you,
Fred?"
THE gorge at the Grand Hotel?"
drawled Fred YEARLY by no
means, I'll remember that gorge to
my dying day. Why, bless me, it was
the only square meal We got in Switz-
erland!"
At a time when work was scarce
and there was much distress in the
South Lancashire coal fields. a parson
met a collier who was taking his dog
for a walk.
Come, come, my mani" he said.
20 you think it is right to keep that
dog when your wife and children are
half starving? II would be a great
deal better for them and for you if
you sold the dog and bought a pig"
An a bonny foo | should look
gooin' rattin' wi a pig" answered the
indignant collier.
Professional: Il hope you don't as
sociate with that man I saw you
speak to in the street just now"
Associate with him2 What do YOU
take me for? That man. sir. is one
of the most rascally, corrupt sneak
ing. underhand low-down. villainous
and depraved scoundrels that ever
managed to keep out of Jail
Il know IT, But why are YOU or
speaking terms with him at alp"
why Tm-er-his lawyer"
Who's that impressive looking
woman over yonder?"
That's Mrs Peckum. She's a re-
markedly strong minded woman, and
they do say that she commands a
large salary"
How does she earn it2"
"She doesn't earn il. Her husband
earns Il, and she commands it,"
The Small Chap-Papa. what is the
race prohlem2
Papa-Picking winners
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A Surprise.

To Be Continued Tomorrow.