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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
4 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 fin the news
papers-au these things are paid for by
the brides family.
The bridegroom is not allowed to pay
for anything but the wedding ring, the
bouquets for bride and bridesmaids. gifts
TO ushers and best man and the fee 10
the clergyman He may have the priv
uege Of providing the carriage or motor
to take the bride and himself 70 the train
when leaving for the wedding jgurneg-
OF course he provides the conveyance
eor the best Ussa and hs--.salf 20 90 f
the church or house for the wedding
In all the wedding preparations sem
sible ana e1nsiderate girl will saep The
expenditures fur her trousseau strictly
within the amount her parents can give
ana viii never be so selfish as 20 involve
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my young sister"
THAT is sweet OF you to say so, dear, o.
smiled her mother. but you always
we're a little flatterer. We old folks like
to hear IT, though. But seriously. Nil
red, never saw you looking better
than you do this minute, You were a
bit pale. especially the day you left
I've city. but this mountain air has driv-
en- all that away So you don't think
sou win get tired Of the mountains"
A Surprise.
Never mother dear Please don't
make me go back to the city for long
long time"
In the midst Of her contentment, some
thing happened that upset her She had
undertaken to teach the French language
to Elmer Shepard Ia 20 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 the voice before she looked up.
Forrest Cain was coming up the road
that led to the bungalow He was
dressed as though for an afternoon stroll
in Peachtree Street
To Be Continued To- morrow.
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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 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 a drum
ken moment, one Of them becomes i'm
bued with the idea that he can whip
a 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 few
boyhood scraps, which all boys have
Cain had gone through life without hav-
ing q real fight II is true he always
had his own way IN everything. but
some men get that without having to
fight for IT,
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
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Three or four miles 10 the east the
creek was paralleied 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
a 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
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Soyfr Baseball Fans Interest
II 1t IL II eSS eSS Euay Lmu the Honh Game
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Kelly, a young man from
the mountains. who says that he
never played on any baseball club
and that he has never seen a game
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 speoulator. 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 10 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
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
L6ds ut ludSHaleS come ana fTSStu6ul
Galloway, Of the Atlanta club, an
nounces that, while disposed to 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 a practice game with a big
league team, Kelly covers himself
with glory. He is injured and Mil
dred rushes on the field to his aid.
The newspapers are filled with ac-
counts of the affair.
Now go on with the story.
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CHAPTER XXI.

FORREST CAIN returned TO Atlanta
on April 10 after a months wild
and riotous sojourn 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 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 ac-
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 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 10 consider that he was en-
tirely to blame for the humiliation Of
himself The episode had ranked in his
breast ever since 1t had happened, and
doubtless had not a little 10 do with the
threatened attack Of delirium tremens,
for the thoughts OF It 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
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
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Families Intimate.

Cain had known Mildred ever since
she was a 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 20
him that she had developed into an un-
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 10
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 fnau-
Cial reasons for wishing to be on good
terms with the young man from the
mountains However this might be,
Kelly was now incapacitated from TAX
ing part in any social matters and so,
with a clear Geld as # were. Cain re-
solved to patch his fences and begin
a systematic siege Of the heart Of Mil
bred Deery.
He had. Of course. read all about
me part MldFeH mao pioFea NtleH heL-
lv was knocked unconscious at the FIN
ish Of the ball game, but he charged
that up TO overwrouEht 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-
aence that evening, and being informed
by the maid that answered the ring,
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Big Mistake.

Buffers bounced into the club,
tammed his hat down on table with
a fierce, resounding bang, and flung
himself into an easy chair.
What's wrong to-day Buffers
You look bad"
"TU never forgive myself I kicked
a man out of my house last night!
"Humph. I've kicked out many a
one. Young fellow, I suppose"
mo: past middle age
We'll, these old codgers have no
business to be coming round counting
young girls. I would have kicked him
out myself
yes: but 1 have found out since
that this man wasn't counting my
daughter. He was after my mother
in-law."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
CERTAINLY NOT!

TNEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- ! am 16 and | love a young
man II 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 great2 F. r.
He is not too old for you. The diff
ficulty is not his years, but yours. A
girl Of Is is too young TO know what
love really is.
Tell him TO wait, but don't BIND
yourself to any engagement. In foul
years, II you still love each other, yog
can consider the question seriously.
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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 pestle into a 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 bali players are?'
He stepped out of the car. Now get
the hell 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, fun of anger
and muttering TO 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
paign. he had received two severe set
blackstone at the hands OF Kelly him
self and the other from HamiI, 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,
TO get on good terms again with Mildred
Deery, whom ne 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 modern?) plan Of hiring someone
else to 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 skill, the WIS.,
iting pitcher. was a tall raw-boned,
strong looking man, with a particularly
gloomy and depressing cast of counte-
nance When Kelly finally won the
game with 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 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 n game Of ball. Most players
rely on their batting average TO keep
them on the salary lNl, Btt PtttiiCi'
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 to 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. II 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 a swelled-
headed guy"
The dismal pitcher whose name was
HamIl, grunted.
And a mean cuss, too" Cain went
on He manufactured two or three lies
to prove hts assertion. He did me a
dirty trick awhile ago he continued.
He faxed proof for this assertion, too,
His gloomy companion shifted his feet,
but made no answer. Cain beat around
the bush for awhile longer and then
came out fiat footed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
A FOOLISH PAIR.
R MISS FATRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
II 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 II TO him.
I have not seen him since. Do
YOU think I should send an apol-
ogy? ANXIOUS.
You do not owe him an apology He
owes you one for making such a silly
dare.
However, his folly should not ex-
ouse you to yourself. and I hone you
will never be so foolish again.
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is the way Forrest Cain felt about 1t.
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 his previous experience with KEEL
", when he was like a rat in the jaws
Of an Airedale terrier.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
A MATTER oE TASTE.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- When you go out with girl
and her friend meets her to escort
her home, is it proper for you to
offer him your fare or not?
AGATHA.
-romen are growing so Independent
mat there is objection to accepting
car 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 fashioned courtesy
10 refuse H.
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Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
THERE is NO REMEDY.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l am 20 and about feet 10.
l keep company occasionally with
very pretty girl about my age,
Who is only 5 feet tall Our ac-
Ss2aintances 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 a matter of inches
take your love elsewhere. Believe
me, true love takes no account OF
stature.
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Bad Judgment.

Someone ought 10 beat that fellow mp
good and plenty" he exclaimed. He
made a sucker out Of you to-day Hamil.
III tell you what I'll do. I'll give you
a thousand dollars right now if You viii
give Kelly a good licking. and I'll 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. HamI reached up his right hand
and inserted his fingers in a death-like
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09

that Mildred was out Of town, he asked
for Mr.. and Mrs Deery and was usn-
cred into the living room where Mil
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 to tell. Mldred's
mother did not care particularly for
Forrest Cain There was 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
Inc
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Thought of Gordon.

In the calm and peaceful mountain
region, where the only sounds were
hose 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 Al
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 20
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
20 her They were happy thoughts. Are
not these the thoughts Of a woman who
loves man. She longed 10 see him, She
longed 10 go TO him. yet that would be
unwomanIy. II was he that must seek
her, II he cared TO do So The thoughts
Of that scene on the ball field troubled
her. What could he have thought Of
all. che wondered All. well. some
hing told her, things would come out
~ right
Her mother came and the days that
followed seemed 70 be the most delight
'uI OF her life She roamed the woods
with Elmer. She whipped the brook with
her fyrod In her smart suit OF khaki.
and under Elmer's tutelage she quickly
became an expert fsherwoman. She
drove her mother over the one road Of
he mountains and in other ways en-
owed every minute Of her time
Mother. you are becoming younger
every day" she exclaimed First thing
on know people will be taking you for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
HE is NOT TOO OLD.

NEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
III am 10 and have Geen keeping
company with a gentleman IA
years my senior He asked me to
be his wife, and l believe that he
j. viii make me a good husband. l
dearly love him, but my parents
are opposed to him on account of
the difference In our ages.
c. H. L. NJ.
He is not a 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
Up-to-Date Jokes

Mr. and Mrs. Dawson held an Eat
home" on their return from the Con
tinent They were very proud Of the
trip. and Mrs. Dawson could not stop
talking about It,
And. Oh. the gorge al Audermatti
she exclaimed. You haven't forgot
ten that lovely gorge, have you,
Fred2"
The gorge ut the Grand Hotel2'
draWled Fred YEARLY by no
means. III remember that gorge to
my diving day. Why, bless me, it was
the only square meal we got in Switz-
erlandl"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09

At a time when work was scarce
and there was much distress i'm the
South Lancashire coal fields, parson
met collier who was taking his dog
for a walk.
Come come, my mani" he said
DO YOU think # is right 10 keep that
dog when your wife and children are
half starving il would be great
deal better for them and for YOU IL
you sold the dog and bought a pig"
An a bonny foo | should look
gooin rattin' wi a pig" answered thu
indignant collier.
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Mother Sensible.

OF a very sensible turn OF mind was
MiIdred'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 did yesterday,
don't you. mother"
Yes. dear"
"weu, / just couldn't help doing H.
mother. When l saw that poor man ly-
ing there as though he was dead, a
feeling Of pity, or something like H.
came over me and I felt, for just that
minute. as though Gordon Kelly was
my own brother, and | ran TO him JUST
as though he was my own brother
OF course, 1 am sorry for all Of US that
II got IN the papers. Do you feel hurt
because / did II. MOTHER
mo. dear"
That was all that was said.
Feeling "a she did toward Forrest
Cain, Mrs Deery did not propose to tell
him where her daughter was, or how
long she would be absent Cain threw
out one feeler, 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 day in the mountains
with his surveyor and his superintendent
and then, making sure that Mildred was
comfortably settled and apparently en-
ioinR herself he returned to Atlanta.
cain called at his office soon after he
arrived, ostensibly 10 inquire II Deery
mad made any progress in securing the
Kelly property in the mountains, but in
reality TO find out where Mildred was.
lie 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 to use as head
quarters for hunting trips, but he had
never utilized #; in fact. he had never
visited his property for any purpose. He
resolved now 10 go TO the mountains on
an alleged hunting trip Visiting Deery' $
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
Deery, Kelly and Cain properties To-
gether they extended ten miles north and
south and thirteen miles east and west.
making a huge section OF 100 square
miles. The peery property, the smallest
of the three. began five miles north Of
the railroad and extended three miles to
the Kelly property. East and west II
measured ten miles. The Kelly proper
IS was nearly twice as large as Deery's
being four miles from north 10 south
and thirteen miles from east TO west. be-
sides a section that cut down 70 the
right Of the Deery land. the whole form
ing a piece shaped like a carpenters
square. Beyond the Kelly domain was
the Cain property, which was long,
narrow strip three miles north and south
by thirteen miles east and west. Pew
Greek flowed north and south through
the whole section, sometimes placidly
and al others tumbling over waterfalls