The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-10

' +'' tAfAat'ARtIht tt'aItIttl4It% .IAH Ills testimony be taken.
 "Ast me whut An kuoNs," cried Pete. "As' me. Kunncl Randolph. An was the frs has man on that same ole club Two years An know. ed this Bud Buckner-au' never knowed -o good of him neither. An knows him yeti fifty doneh's wuth ~hut he ;oHeh me fo' when he quit the club las July in Bell. . fontaine, Ono, an An alwuz says that straight hair Q his would git h.m in troublc--''
 "Thatn do. Pete" sad the C To. nol
 "kunncl jus one mo w5rd," pleaded Pete. An kin prove il right here how well An knows this coon All these cen-clmcn seen Il IT stripped in the dressin' room Well, then" Pete appsalei directly to .hc ball players. "yo' kin tell me wheth TT hes got two scars on his lef arm below the elbow. Am Ah right. gen elmen? An An kuoAs where lie got them sears. to :" II got um down on the leyee at Memphis. in a ra-azor ructiaH. thass where he g5f them marks. Hadn't been fo' me
 hey'd ha' cut his fool head of that might An then he beats me out O fifty
 Shut up!" said the colonel.
 The ball payers ex, hanged start led glances: then they turned as one man to the late Senor Ramon Oly- cras Pete had, indeed. clincheI th case against the Mexican marvel Every ne of the men had seen scar. -Olveras hal explained th III as rifling souvenirs of love affair in Nallado,id To ehe Orphans tho chain Of evidence was complete te he last damaing link. f anything more were needed, tha cringing att tude of the eulprit supplied i,. X nasty growl ran around the table. some of the players pushed back their chairs There was q threat If vol nee in the very air Colonel Rand lPh's voice checked the gath cring storm.
 q do not know who is responsi- ble for rhis-this outrage uao4 southern feeling. gentlemen. II | knew, he should answer to me-to me. \ nieeah ia my hotel pass n himself off as Mexican an creat- in scandal in a decent community, But I do know one thing." Again the deadly menace backed up tho low-sp ken words as they fell one by one, cold and rhr atening If this man is on my premises thirty sec onds from now Colonel Ran Io!ph paused significantly, and reached back under the skirt of his long-ta.led coat.
 Out of the corner of one eye. Bud Buckner caught and interpreted the motion of the gray sleeve-he was always cd at catching signs" was Bud. For three terrible. choking sec onds he hesita,ed; then his chair crashed backward 10 the floor. 1t as i'll Bulls mind to d-part through the door. thus making as graceful an exit as poss ble under painful circumstances; but once on his feet there came to him a swift realZa- ton of what manner of man stood between him and the dcor, with one hand under the skirt of his gray coat. Southern gentlemen have been known, out of the pure exuber, ance of feeling to risk a wing shot. and this Bud knew, so he passed out through the nearest window, taking the sash with him.
 Thar goes my fifty bucks! Run yo' wolf, run! To may be a MeNl- can up Moth buc yo' up against the real thing down here."
 Thus passed With a jing,ing win dow sash about his neck. and many conflicting emotions ill his soul. Sen- or Ramon Oliveras from the roster Of big-league ball club
 When Dick Kelly returned from the telegraph office, Colonel Ran dolph was disposed to be very stiff N th him. but wh5n the cd old gentleman learned how grossly Mir. Kelly had been deceived he forgaye him everything-and opened a bot ile of venerable port
 T appreciate yo' feelings, sub" said the colonel, lifting his blass. Any gentleman will. My rega' 'ds. suh."
 As for poor old Gumshoe Bill Cart. CT, unanimously elected the goat, he is still explaining; and to men tion Mexico in the presence Of certain ball club is exactly the same thing as reserving cot in the emer- gency ward of the nearest hospital.
 TIT FOR TAT.
 A few days ago two young ladies