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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09

THE only sort Of wedding which is
consistent with true dignity is
L planned so that the expenses may
not exceed what the brides parents can
afford Etiquette requires that the
brides family shall pay all the expenses.
The cost OF the trousseau, invitations,
music floral decorations for church or
house. arrangements about opening the
church, carriages or motors for the
bridal party. marriage announcements.
marriage notices published I'm the news
papers-au these things are paid for by
the brides family.
The bridegroom is not allowed 20 pay
for anything but the wedding ring. the
bouquets for bride and bridesmaids, gifts
to ushers and best man and the fee 90
the clergyman He may have the priv
uege OF providing the carriage or motor
TO take the bride and himself 20 the train
when leaving for the wedding journey
OF course. he provides the conveyance
for the best man aud himself 10 60 t.
the church or house for the wedding
In all the wedding preparations "a sen-
s.ble and considerable girl will keep she
expenditures for her trolsseau strictly
within the amount her parents can give
and viii never be So selfish as to involve
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09

my young sister"
THAT is sweet Of you to say so, dear"
smiled her mother, but you always
were a little fatterer. We old folks like
TO hear II, though. But seriously, MI
red, 1 never saw you looking better
than you do this minute. You were a
bit pale. especially the day you left
ne city. but this mountain air has driv-
en- all that away So you don't think
you win get tired OF the mountains"
A Surprise.
Never. mother dear. Please don't
make me go back TO tho city for long.
long time"
In the midst Of her contentment. some
thing happened that upset her. She had
undertaken 10 teach the French language
to Elmer Shepard in so far as she re-
membered It from her schooldays. and
was engaged In this occupation with the
lad on the porch one morning, when she
heard a mans voice say;
Hello, Mildred"
Mildred bit her lip quickly. for she
knew tho voice before she looked up.
Forrest Cain was coming up the road
that led 10 the bungalow. He was
dressed as though for an afternoon stroll
in Peachtree Street
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
CERTAINLY NOT!

TEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- I am Is and I love a young
man ~ years my senior. This
young man loves me and has told
me so. He is willing to wait
few years on account Of my youth.
Do you think the difference in our
ages Is too great? F. r.
He is not too old for you. The diff
flculty is not his years, but yours. \
girl Of 16 is too young to know what
love really is.
Tell him 70 wait, but don't bind
yourself to any engagement. In -four
years, If you still love each other, you
can consider the question seriously,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
IT TDUOT = TIL - Story to Fans viii
! | l EuuyL wu@ the nHndG Game
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Kelly, a young man from
the mountains, who says that he
never played on any baseball club
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 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, wealthy
timber Spectator. Forrest Cain, an
admirer of Mildred, becomes jealous
Of Gordon and attempts to play him
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 to carry out
land scheme.
The Boston Nationals and other
big league clubs stop at Atlanta for
exhibition games on their way North
and Gordon Kelly becomes the base
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
own bidding. Nearly all the big
league magnates come, and President
Galloway, of the Atlanta club, an
nounceS that, while disposed to re-
iect 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 a practice game with a big
league team, Kelly covers himself
with glory. He is injured and MIL
bred rushes on the field to his aid
The newspapers are filed with ac-
counts of the affair.
Now go on with the story.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09

Three or four miles to the east the
creek was psralleled by a 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 a 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
Big Mistake.

Buffers bounced into the club,
TANNED his hat down on table with
q fierce. resounding bang, and flung
himself into an easy chair
What's wrong to-day, Buffers
You look bad"
"TU never forgive myself ! kicked
a man out of my house last night!
"Humph! I've kicked out many
one. Young fellow, I suppose
mo: past middle age
well. these old codgers have no
business TO 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
in-law"
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A FOOLISH PAIR.

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- A young man called on me
and while sitting in the parlor
holding his derby hat on my lap,
he dared me to crush it, So for
Joke I pushed in the crown,
crushed II and handed 1t to him.
l have not seen him since. Do
YOU think ] should send an apol
ogy? ANXIOUS.
You do not owe him an apology. Hs
owes YOU one for making such a silly
dare.
However. his folly should not ex-
ouse you to yourself, and I hope you
will never be so foolish again.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
What do you think 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 little trip with her father and
that she did not know exactly when she
would return Truth 20 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, II not the greatest catch"
in Atlanta, she was perfectly willing
that some young woman other than her
own daughter should do the catch
ing
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You dirty, low lived skunk, " said Hamil.
you think ball players are?"

is the way Forrest Cain felt about IT,
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'unti
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 his previous experience with Kel-
ly, when he was like a rat in the jaws
OF an AiredaIe terrier.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Families Intimate.

Cain had known Mildred ever since
she was little girl Their families had
been intimate socially for many years
II 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 lie had no means Of knowing
how well Kelly had become known TO
the Deery family; he was inclined 10
believe that the Deerys had simply
been kind 20 him as a favor 10 old
Judge Barbee, bearing IN mind. Of
course. the fact that Deery had finau-
cial reasons for wishing to be on good
terms with tho young man from the
mountains However this might be,
Kelly was now incapacltated from tax
ing part I'm any social matters and so,
with a clear field as II were, Cain re-
solved 70 patch his fences and begin
a systematic siege Of the heart Of MI
dred Deery
lie had, Of course, read all about
the part Mildred had played when KEEL
ly was knocked unconscious at the fin
ish Of the ball game. but he charged
that up to overweight nerves The
thought never once entered his mind
that Mildred had any feeling for KEEL
~ other than she would have for any
person who had met with misfortune
Forrest Cain called At the Deery resi-
Ferre that evening and being informed
bv the maid that answered the ring
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
HE is NOT TOO OLD.
NEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
IL am 10 and have been keeping
company with a gentleman IA
years my senior He asked me to
be his wife. and I believe that he
will make me a good husband. I
dearly love him, but my parents
are opposed 10 him on account of
the difference in our ages.
c. H. l. NJ.
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.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Thought of Gordon.

In the calm and peaceful mountain
region, where the only sounds were
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 inmost thoughts. At
odd moments, perhaps 10 divert her
thoughts. she would pick up one Of her
many books her father had given her
but nothing in the reading line seemed
10 interest her and her mind would go
back TO a certain tall. broad shouldered,
clean 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
% her. They we're happy thoughts. Are
not these the thoughts Of q woman who
loves a man? She longed 70 see him. She
lonEed 20 go 10 him, yet that would be
unwomanly II was he that must seek
her. II he cared 70 do 50. The thoughts
Of that scene on the ball field troubled
her. What could he have thought Of
u all. she wondered. An. well some
hing told her. things would come out
Iu right
Her mother came and the DAYS that
followed seemed 20 be the most delight
srI OF her life. She roamsd the woods
with Elmer. She whipped the brook with
her fiyrod in her smart SUIT Of khaki,
and under Elmer's tutelage she quickly
became an expert fsherw0man. She
drove her mother over the one road OF
tho mountains and in other ways en-
.0yed every minute Of her time.
Mother. you are becoming younger
every day" she exclaimed. First thing
YOU know people win he taking you for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
THERE Is No REMEDY.

i1EhE 10 NJ hEm ELY.
nFAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- am 20 and about feet 10.
Keep company occasionally with
: very pretty girl about my age,
vac IS only feet tall. Our &C
auaintances ridicule US, and by so
doing have hurt her feelings till
she has ceased to care for me and
has even refused me the privilege
Of calling on her. I love her very
much. A, D. F.
You can not reduce your height. nor
may she increase hers, and If her re-
gard for you is lessened by the sense
less jokes of alleged friends, it hadn't
a firm foundation in the beginning.
Tell her you love her. If she rejects
you because of 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
A MATTER OF TASTE.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- When you go out with girl
and her friend meets her to escort
her home. is IL proper for you to
offer him your fare or not?
AGATHA.
Women are growing so independent
that there is objection to accepting
var fare from a casual escort, though
not many years ago such attention
was the woman's due.
Keep mp with the times and offer
the car fare. and trust he win have
enough of the old-f fashioned courtesy
TO refuse il.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Recognized Kelly.

When Cain saw IN Gordon Kelly the
man who had caused him so much men
tai anguish. his thoughts reverted at
once to the matter OF revenge Now
Cain had lived the thirty years OF his
life in comparative peacefulness. Young
men OF 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 drum
ken moment, one Of them becomes i'm
bued 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 Of their
time seeking pleasure and there Is lit
tie chance. or opportunity, or occasion
to look for trouble. Aside from a few
boyhood scraps, which all boys have,
Cain had gone through life without hav-
ing a real fight. Il is true he always
had his own way in everything. but
some men get that without having 10
fight for f.
What happened between Forrest Cain
and Gordon Kelly could never have hap
pened 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
Deery 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
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
STOP ALSO.
NEAR MISS FAIRFAX.

NEAR MISS F'AlRFAA:
- I have been corresponding
with a young man for q couple of
months. Lately he stopped writ
ing What shall I do? X. S.
Your course is plain. Let the mat
ter end His action indicates he does
not want to continue the correspond
ence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
CHAPTER XXI.

FORREST CAIN returned TO Atlanta
II 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 question as to wheth
er the services Of a snake charmer would
be required. For several days, he re-
manned in the seclusion Of his rooms,
being in no condition to seek his &C
customed haunts. When. at last, he
ventured a visit to his club he found
everybody talking about Gordon Kelly.
II had become quite a fad among the
smart set 70 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 to consider that he was en-
tirely to blame for the humiliation Of
himself The episode had rank,sd in his
breast ever since it had happened. and
doubtless had not a little 10 do with the
threatened attack OF delrium tremens,
for the thoughts Of II drove him to drink
at frequent intervals. In his drunken
momenrs-which is TO say, most OF the
time he spent in New York-he tried
to form some plan Of revenge, some
scheme to get square" They say that
strong drink stimulates the mind. May
be 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
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
CHAPTER xxi.

l(H EAREsT mother" wrote NIL
dred, Il haven't been here "a
hours, yet / am simply in
love with the mountains and Just at
this minute 1 feel as though 1 never
wanted to go back to the city again.
DO hurry and come up.
Dad brought up everything he
thought l could possibly need, but l
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. I want 10 go fishing and
Elmer dad win tell you all about Ell
mer) says I must have a flyrod and a
book Of flies. and in the second place
please get me a khaki skirt and q
khaki blouse and khaki leggins (you
know the sizes) and a khaki hat II they
have them for women. Get short skirt
II you can find one: II not a long one,
and I can shorten n here. Also please
have the Georgian" sent up here ev-
cry day. I think will begin TO read the
newspapers and learn what Is going on. &"
Cshe wanted the Georgian" to keep
posted on the condition OF Gordon
Kelly) There was more to the letter,
mostly Of an intimate nature. and II
closed: Now, mother, please come as
soon as you can. From your loving
daughter. Mildred"
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of "The Triple Tie''

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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 IL.
And. oh, the gorge at Andermatt!"
she exclaimed. You haven't forgot
ten that lovely gorge, have you,
Fred2"
The gorge at the Grand Hotele"
drawled Fred YEARLY. by no
meansl I'll remember that gorge TO
my dying day Why, bless me, IL was
the only square meal we got In Swift
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
DO you think Il Is right 10 keep that
dog when your wife and children are
half starving? II would be great
deal better for them and for you ii
you sold the dog and bought 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 10 In the street just now"
Associate with him. What do you
take me for7 That man, sir IS one
OF the most rascallv, corrupt, sneak
ing. underhand, low -dOwn, villainous
and deprayed scoundrels that ever
managed to keep out OF jail
Il know g. But why are YOU or
speaking terms with him at alI2"
why. rm-er-hls lawyer"
Who's that impressive looking
woman over yonder2"
That's Mrs Peckum. She's a re-
markably strong-m woman and
they do say that she commands
large salary"
How does che earn III"
"She doesn't earn 10. Her husband
earns Il. and she commands IT,"
The Small Chap-Papa, what IS the
race problem
Pspa-Picking winners.
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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 a mortar-and
followed this with a resounding slap on
Gains face that Jared the teeth Of that
individual. Cain took II without lifting
finger. 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 hen 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 to his hotel, full Of anger
and muttering TO himself.
AS for Cain. he drove at once TO the
garage and retired 10 his rooms, feeling
that he had made another botch in the
matter OF dealing with Gordon Kelly.
Instead Of making progress in his cam
paign, he had received two severe set
blackstone at the hands of Kelly him
self and the other from Hami, the
gloomy pitcher
Cain kept under cover for 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. It
gave him a LITTLE lepWay as he Thought
to 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.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Wits Worked Overtime.

While the game was in progress,
Gains wits were working overtime and
at length he hit upon the primitive Cor
is It modern9 plan Of hiring someone
else 10 punish his enemy. He noticed
that Gordon Kelly was having a field day
with the bat And he noticed further
that the victim of Kelly's skin, the WIS.,
lting pitcher, was tall 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 off the
field looking daggers, Cain felt that he
had found the right man TO do his dirty
work.
After dining at his club Cain took his
car out of the garage and ran It around
to the hotel where the visiting team was
stopping. Cain knew nearly everybody
in town and he had no difficulty I'm OBJ
tanning an introduction to the sad-f faced
pitcher, who sat off by himself in the
hotel lobby, as pitchers sometimes do
after losing a game Of ball 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 10
the gloomy pitcher. as he well knew
how to do and succeeded in getting his
man TO accept an invitation 10 a 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. It was something new to
him. this trying TO get someone to play
the thug and he didn't know exactly
how 10 start in. Finally he remarked:
THAT Gordon Kelly is a swelled-
headed guy"
The dismal pitcher, whose name was
Hamil grunted.
And mean cuss, too" Cain went
on. He manufactured two or three lies
to prove his assertion. "He did me a
dirty trick awhile ago" he continued.
He faxed 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 fat-footed