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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
A Surprise

There is considerable hard work at
tached TO fishing up a stream. What
With climbing over rocks and crawling
under overhanEing boughs and breaking
through underbr7ish and keeping her rod
light though il was out Of tsngies, NIL
drsd found herself quite tired after they
had been at II for three hours In that
time they had covered nearly three miles
q water and their creeis showed good
evidences Of their skill. At last they ap-
preached a bridge where the brook
PASSED under the road and Just beyond
10 they saw a clump Of fine oaks. Nil
dred proposed that they eat their lunch
in the shade ~ the big trees
An right said Elmer. who could
never get enough ~ hshinE. you nsh
rsGht On to en- and IN - with ycu
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Kinky Hair
~ II SOFT
\T1IU1I and
All ~ASh SILKY

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10

ried winding of a reel. Then she saw
a landing net and the hand that held
II came into view. Then the figure Of
a young man leaped from behind the
edge Of the bridge masonry to the
waters edge.
Mildred gave little scream and her
rod fell from her hand and clattered on
the stones at her feet. The young man
glanced through the opening under the
bridge. The rod and line and landing net
fell from his hand too. In six jumps
he was through the opening and stood 10y
the girls side. Misty brown eyes looked
into steady blue gray eyes for a moment
Then Mildred swayed slightly and fell
into the outstretched arms of Gordon
Kelly.
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
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SYNOPSIS

Gordon Kelly. mountain boy Of
Georgia, goes 10 atlanta He be
comes the sensation Of the ba sebali
world through his marvellous playing,
although he said that he had never
PLAYED a game before arriving in At
ianta He is bought 10y the Boston
American League Club for $4,000.
Kelly incurs the enmiry u Forrest
Cain. q wealthy re er-do- well, at
the same time winning the friend
shlp and love Of Mildred Deery,
daughter Of an Atlanta banker, KEEL
Is Is hurt in a game and Mildred
runs To his assistance. lie RECEIVERS,
leaves the hospital and mysteriously
disappears He is not heard from
for months Mildred admits 10 her
self that she loves Kelly Her faith
er dislikes the publicity given MI
dred's assistance 10 Kelly on the
baseball field lie gets Mildred TO
agree 10 go To- the mountains.
Now go on with the story.
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Stretching Curtains

were criss- crossed with scratches
from the murderous movable pins on
which you stick the curtains I laid
the frame down on the grass and
started to readiust it, and caught the
lace Of my petticoat twice and tore
great rents each time II | showed up
one end Of the frame and hauled down
the other and made IT look like a
Shanghai rooster with a game leg
found l could get it screwed together
They Collapsed.
Il leaned It up against the fence. ne
cause my back was broken bending
over, and just al I got II adjusted and
measured CORRECTLY the dog next door
playfully careened into my yard and
jumped a me-
THE curtain stretchers collapsed. car
rying the dog and myself down with
them to destruction. l don't know the
sausage making process, but think
that dog got a fair sample Of it. There
were curtain pins to the left Of him
and to the right and fore and aft. and
he missed never a one. Those he was
not engaged with at the moment took
turn at / know just how the early
Christian martyrs felt when the torture
chamber was working full force.
THE laundress came out presently
and rescued me And the dog She
seemed surprised that the curtain
stretchers weren't all fixed hours be
fore and filled with the snowy product
Of her toll That was the FIRST time !
had ramon hered the snowy pro1uct-
and then we found that when the dog
and the stretchers and I had done our
gymnastic act the freshly washed cur
tains occupied the exact spot upon
which he had landed. There weren't
enough Of those lace things left to make
a sash curtain Of,
I'm on my way to Ellen's now" said
the young married woman. I'm going
TO drag her downtown to a curtain sale
with me by way Of punishment"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
An Invitation

wen. I do" said Cain. with scowl
as II la mockery OF his words, but
never get a chance 10 say single word
to YOU unless he IS within earshot.' They
were talking in low tone.
when are YOU going back to Allan
"a he asked after pause.
- really don't know" replied Mil
dred ITS getting hot in the city and
it's cool and delightful and restful M
here Unless my mother has some other
plans for me. ! would like TO stay here
an summer When do YOU expect to
return@
I've got TO go back In few days. but
/ want you 90 promise me that before /
10 YOU viii 60 driving with me alone,
Mildred did not answer Immediately.
I'm think II over" she said al length
~ don't know as / ought 10. This isn't
like the city. YOU know, and my parents
are not with me"
-Oh. shucks." exclaimed Cain using
"a word he had not employed since he
was a boy What difference does that
make. I'm not going 10 eat YOU up. am
!. as though YOU were LittAe Red Rid
ing Hood
Mildred had 20 laugh. although her
spirits were troubled. \ womaus intu-
itiou told her what was on Forrest
Gains mind. Suddenly she resolved 20
have it over with. Why should he stay
around and make her unhappy After a
pause she said.
An right. Forrest. will take a ride
with YOU. whenever you like
Cain went away I'm better spirits than
az any time since he had been in the
mountains
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CHAPTER XIII.

W THATENER was on Gains mind
VA had 90 remain there a while
longer. In the FIRST place
furious storm swept over the mountains
THAT night and lasted the better part q
three days. A storm Of its magnitude
and length had no business there At
any time q wear but the weather had
been queer al winter and spring Il
kept Cain bottled up in his shack and
also forced Mildred and the Shepard
family 20 remain indoors
The morning Of the fourth 6sy broke
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Some Toast. This.

At a dinner Of fremen recently. the
following sentiment was proposed:
THE LADIES' Their eyes kindle the
only fame which we can not extin-
guish, and against which there is no
Insurance"
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bred he did not notice 1t. She treated
him the same as she always had treated
i'm. The hours he spent with her were
pleasant enough. but he didn't feel as II
he was making much progress in his
campo ign For one thing, Mildred never
seemed willing to go with him alone,
-he either took her mother or Elmer
with her when they went driving, or
hing. or on q little excursion into the
woods. or roamed the hills The time
had TO himself was torture TO him.
lie missed the gay life Of the city He
missed his club friends. Under the cir
instances he could invite none OF his
friends to spend a while with him In the
mountains He made his mans life mis-
cradle. Cursing him out al the slightest
provocation There was no escape Tor
George and that worthy was on the
point more than once Of throwing up his
10 and going back to the Pullman
Company
Things went along and finally Mrs,
leery had 20 go 20 Atlanta, promising
inbred she would return to the noun
tains az soon as possible, Deery himself
,ns ND for a week end and took his
VIE back with him Thereupon Cain
renewed his attentions two-fold. But II
.eemed that Elmer was always around
a the lad began 10 get on his nerves
why is that kid forever hanging
round" he demanded impatentiy OF
dred one day.
You mean Elmer she replied quiet
Is why. I thought YOU liked him, For
Vagf
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On My Nerves

'Wen. lately De has seemed 10 get on
ss nerves There is something about
VII that doesn't seem Just right try
treat him as always have treated
H. but I cant get rid of that feel
-You may be right dear. hut ] think
RE- need not worry about Forrest Cain. Do
This little talk left them both serious.
airs Deery went indoors 90 mix a salad
-essing she said and Mildred was LEFT
H her own troubled thoughts.
cain came 20 see Mildred every day.
living 90 the bungalow in his automo-
To- If there was any change in Mil
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Like to Meet Him.

Il hope / will meet the man some
time who invented the, curtain stretch
er Of commerce. because I am anxious
to know what shaped head he has. Any
how he's own cousin to the man who
invented railway folders.
You would think it was quite
simple thing to take four long sticks
Of wood and saw Sits down the middle
Of them to move the screw fasteners up
and down and adjust the length and
width. wouldn't you? Well il would be-
except when a curtain stretcher manu-
facturer attempts the job He proceeds
by the cubist method. making some
thing that is exactly opposite to what
you want. II by any possibility any one
can guess what the work Of art is, II is
a failure from a cubist point of view.
Curtain stretchers are great success,
because they might just as well be q
horse and buggy as what they are
called
Il had measured my curtains be-
fore they we're washed Perfectly sim
pie" caroled TO myself, as ! carried the
bundle Of pine sticks out into the back
yard All have 10 do is measure the
width on the cross STICKS ana the length
on the long ones. and screw EN- togeth-
err
Yes. tits true. that was all l meas
ured one end and one side and firmly
screwed en- together. and ! measured
the others and did the same, and then,
instead OF looking like a nice oblong, IL
resembled something like a hexagon,
because the long sticks bent in the mid
die. Then 1 counted the inches marked
on the sticks and found I had one side
six inches shorter than il should be and
one end FIVE inches longer though they
read right according 10 the marks.
When ! moved them straight the Sits
down the center OF the wood stopped too
soon and couldn't run the screws
through.
BY this time my hands and arms
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
A Fascinating Nymph.

Surely a more fascinating nymph new
inhabited mountains. woods or
,reams than the light. graceful. hand
,ome, young woman that set OF with
Elmer Shepard to whip the roaring
ok that tumbled past the bungalow
these Georgia mountains. Mildred not
Ny knew how to wear dry goods, as
.,imer's father expressed il. but she had
face and figure to embellish any
ing she put on. And her charm Of
manner, her serene good nature-no
wonder Gordon Kelly dreamed OF her
nd no wonder Forrest Cain wanted her
FOR himself.
Mildred Deery was thinking Of them
both as she started of with her youth
full comparison Cain occupied her
thoughts for only an instant, however
she dismissing him with troubled 1T
tie frown. But Of Gordon Kelly her
thoughts fingered long and earnestly.
The newspaper she had read that morn
ing said he had left the hospital and
nA0 zone away bAbps-@AF - 49,
Red sox. What 3 queer name for a ball
club thought Mildred. Her reading oil
The newspapers that come to her con
sisted OF turning at once to the sporting
makes and finding the item or the col
umu about Gordon Kelly. Then she
would put the paper aside.
What do you know about baseball
suddenly asked Elmer just as they
reached the brook
Nothing at all. replied Mildred
Whyg"
Il notice you don't read anything but
the sports, and not much Of that was
the lads answer.
You are very observing, young man.
said Mildred with a blush. "A day be-
fore / came here | saw baseball game
in Atlanta and there was an accident
and one Of the players was hurt and
"Oh. l know" exclaimed Elmer jump
ing I'D and down And YOU rushed out
on the field to help Gordon Kelly. Oh
know now. read all about 1t, but
didn't imagine II was you. Say, dc
YOU know Gordon Kelly? Hes great
isn't he? Gee, wish ! was a ball player
like him"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
BY A. H. G. MITCHELL.
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Copyright. 1913. by International News
Service

Good morning. Forrest" she said,
not insincerely. as he came to the
porch She held out her hand What
brings you away up here in the noun
,ains?"
Just up on little hunting trip"
he returned lightly
Hunting trip, with those clothes?"
she laughed aloud Besides. don't you
know you can't hunt at this season Of
the year."
We'll. then, ! came up TO look over
the property your father and are in
rerested in"
That's better Elmer. this is Mr.
cain, from Atlanta, an old friend or
ours VIII you please tell my mother
that Mr. Cain has come to see us?"
Cain was on the point Of saying she
needn't be in hurry about that, but
he thought better Of It,
How did you get here, Walk" asked
Mildred
81 had my car sent up. left It out
on the main road A few days Of travel
ing around in wagon was enough for
me When you once start in on an auto
mobile YOU can never go back to a
horse"
Going TO stay up here long2"
1T all depends" said Cain with
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mountains again in day or two. She
wrinkled her little brow at this and
then resolved TO have one more good
DAYS fun before Cain made his appear
ance and spoiled il al
Elmer" she called. Il propose that
-ou and | make a day of it tomorrow.
let your fishing tackle all ready and
We will FISH up the brook, instead OF
ling down stream as We have always
one before We viii take our lunch
with US and we won't come back until
ye have filled our creels. What do you
ayE"
You know me. Mildred" replied the
ad
Mildred made a charming picture
her she was arrayed for her littl
xcursion next morning. With femi-
line eve for the fitness Of things, she
fad. with the assistance Of her mai0,
,Itered her khaki suit so that it looked
though II had come from the hands
4 a ladies' tailor when she finished
IN II. The trim fitting skirt ended
lust below the knees and she wore tan
,oIored leather, waterproof Logging
boots. with straps on the side. She
,irew on a pair Of tan gloves and pro
bounced herself ready.
Gee whiz, Mildred" exclaimed Ell
ner. who had a Juvenile eve for beau
n, what chance have l got? When the
n see us coming they will all rush
p and take your hook. They won't
ave anything to do with me"
stop talking nonsense, Elmer. and
ct your rod" commanded Mildred, with
pretty smile.
Il heard Dad tell Ma you knew how
wear dry goods, and I guess he's
ght," observed the lad
If you don't stop talking foolish
iess." replied Mildred over her shout
er. "Tn go off by myself and leave
ii behind" But her eyes twinkled as
said IT,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Cain Met on Road.

quite so, the doctor says" He told
her some particulars and said in conclu-
sion: Now hurry and get hold OF For
rest"
Within FIVE minutes Mildred was on
her way, with Elmer for a companion
and not Mr. shepard Half way up to
where Gains shack was supposed to be
located a particularly well kept private
road branched Of to the left from the
main thoroughfare II led off through
two large granite pillars and was soon
lost in the woods.
Il wonder where that road leads to-
said Mildred. 1T looks like the en-
trance to some big private estate"
I don't know replied Elmer p;
have never been this far up the main
road before"
Neither have We must investi-
gate some day"
\ mile further along they met Cain
in his car He was on his way Go see
Mildred They recognized each other at
distance and came to a stop close to-
gether
This is an unexpected pleasure, 90
cried Cain, pleasantly. Whittier away
so early in the morning
Il was looking for you.' replied Mil
bred and then she told him Of her
errand II was decided that Elmer
should return with Cain to his shack
while he packed a suit case and got his
man. George. Mildred was to return
home and wait for them, after which
they would all drive 10 Pew Creek sta
tion and then Mildred would return with
Elmer 20 her house and look after the
car dnrlnE GAINS absence
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Neither Liked Nor Disliked.

Mildred was glad her mother Joined
them at that moment She did not dis
like Forrest Cain, For that matter there
was no one she disliked II was her ma
ture to be nice 20 her friends. She was
provoked with Cain for a time when he
acted so rudely TO Gordon Kelly that
stormy morning. but she had forgiven
him without his asking She had known
him for many years, but she had never
had any feeling for him other than she
had for any friend of the family She
didn't like him particularly, Vet she did
not dislike him. Intuition told her.
some months since. that Forrest Cain
was trying To make himself agreeable
20 her She neither encouraged nor dis.
couraged him. She simply treated him
ne she had always treated him That
WAS all there was to a.
Yet. within herself she felt annoyed
that she should come upon her In ner
quiet conteutment She knew nstinc-
lively that he had come 60 see her and
lHat his alleged business was only a
makeshift She was not glad 10 see
him. vet she tried 10 be nice 20 him,
as was her nature The reason was not
far 10 seek AZ that particular time
Forrest cain came as Earring note
r-ainst her serene thoughts Of Cor
aon Kelly.
Let's go for a ride ina the car sug-
gested cain soon after Mrs Deery
1inco them You can drive. Mildred,
YOUR mother can sit beside YOU ana I'm
occupy the rumble seat
"Oh. Forrest" said Mildred quickly
we have a runahout here and mother
and I know our one solitary road by
Ieart
Somehow Cain felt he had lost q point,
/ lit he assured himself that there was
plenty Of time 20 recover IT, Soon ar
[ fe~ he went away. declining an invita-
/ .un 90 stay 90 lunch.
DO YOU like Forrest" asked Mildred
/ uf her mother Elmer was busy else
where.
II don't know, child" replied the
/ mother cautiously ~ had never con-
drred him la the way Of liking him
. o. dIslikiug him. Your father and have
SHOWN him an his life. His sister and
were schoolmates. She is much older
F .lsn he is Why do you ask
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10

GkT LIEN was responsible for it
ALL" complained the young
IL married woman. "She said 1t
was perfectly scandalous for me to pay
so much to have my lace curtains done
up. and TO have them done up so often.
She said II was mere child's play to put
EN- on curtain stretchers. Then she
marched me TO the curtain sJretcher
counter and ordered a set OF stretchers
sent TO my address before really had
time to think il over.
Il hate to be pushed into a thing.
Still. when / considered that instead of
having 10 pay out So every time the
parlor window curtains were cleaned I
could buy two pairs Of gloves or go to
the matinee, was thankful to Ellen,
Then I tried to do up the curtains.
The laundress washed them and told
her airily that she needn't bother-l
would attend 10 stretching them, so she
could go on with her work.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
It Was a joy.

Il was a JOY to have a pretty
woman pick the lint off his coat a
married man never gets any lint
picked Off his coat except by Pull
man porter
II was ecstasy 60 take a girl out
for a moonlight boar ride The only
water q married man sees after dark
rs in the hathtub.
Which last and final bliss explains
why a telegram was sent 20 Mrs
Appleton TO come al once. Her nus
band was in bed with rheumatism,
lumbago and pneumonia
u was two weeks before he was
able IA travel home. which time was
spent boy Mrs Appleton In boasting
10 other hotel guests OF her hus-
bands wealth and OF her own liter
arv achievements
The men, she told Daysey
Mayme. when she reached home and
had related what Lysander John had
been doing, ARE the biggest hypo-
critics."
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bright and clear and warm. AT break
fast Mildred was called to the tele-
phone II was her father talking;
FORESTS sister Is seriously ill.," he
said. You must get word TO him to
come to Atlanta at once. DO you know
where his shack ISL
"Only in a general way" replied Mil
drsd.
Il have the location on my maps and
you can't miss IT, Take Shepard with
you in the runabout and drive straight
up the road His place is just about
eight miles from where you are. When
the road joins the brook they run psral-
lei for about two miles Forests place
is about a mile and half from where
the brook joins the road II is right
close TO the road and you can't miss II.
But be sure that Shepard goes along
with YOU"
An right, Dad, I will find him. Is
Mrs Blake i'm a serious condition.
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A Lone Game.

Lvsander John shunled the cards
for a game Of solitaire ana as ne
dealt he talked % himself that being
privilege Of those who dwell IN
Lonesome Land.
NO one sees the grease spots on
mv clothes No one laughs al my
Jokes. No one listens when ] tam
~ one rys any attention to me oal
tradesmen who have something 10
san. and the Office cat
The way TO he happy is 90 pretend.
I want to be happy -
He nausea for a moment he seemed
10 waver then. with quick decision,
he said with q laugh. III do ~
man has as much right as woman
The next day Lysander John Apple
tun left town for n two weeks Naca
tt4u No ne was not married ne
told old friends he met He was
bachelor and wished he had a wife 10
help spend his fortune.
Every one on earth has some rea-
son for wishing 10 change the con
dition Of a rich bachelor and Ly-
sander John began 10 receive the at
tention he had accepted so unappre-
ciatively when a single man.
lie told his old stories 70 audi
onces that fairly hung on his words
His poorest Jokes received whirl-
winds Of applause No one told him
he shouldn't eat ice cream al night.
and every hour of the day ne helu
a different woman's hand.
For the first time in 30 years he
took a woman ont 60 look at the
moon and when he asked pretty
girl 20 20 out and see the stars no
one told him he was too old for that
sort Of thing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Daysey Mayme
And Her Folks
By FRANCES L. GARsIDE.
TINE joy Of life lies in pretending
to be what one is not.
Little girls TRAN their 7

Little girls TRAN their moth
ar's skirts behind them. and are hap
pv pretending to be grown up. Iher
mothers play guessing games tor
prizes dress like BH3y Hunting III
fancy dress parties. and are happE
pretending TO children.
The iov Of pretense is given 10
women all through life and denied 10
the men.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton stains
her fingers with ink, and pretends she
is, literary Her husband would nave
90 prove 81 by his works She claims
when away from home that ner nus
band is a millionaire II be made surn
an assertion there would be a scramo-
ling for Bradstreets and Dun s.