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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Before the Wedding
BY MRS. FRANK LEARNED

them in debt for her benefit II Is
prudent 90 make q list of what she
thinks she will need and then cut il
down 10 an exact limit
The very simplest wedding with the
bride in travelling dress. and only near
relatives present. is honorable and dig
nided. either in a church or al the home
Of the brides parents Better Is ID 90
have a very few friends NJ a wedding
and 10 leave home after Informal c1a-
gratulations. and after having ps-taken
Of simple refreshments. than 90 attempt
10 initiate elaborate and expensive fuug-
tions
The bride chooses the wedding day.
decides the question whether the we'd
ding shall be al a church ur at home.
selects the clergyman who is To- perform
the ceremony and chooses her brides
maids The best man .s chosen by the
bridegroom The ushers are friends az
both bride and bridegroom
Lists are made carefully of the friends
aE both families. IN order that no omiS-
sfous may De made .u sending invita-
Uon- Of invitations are -r De engraved
lhey are ordered d month iu advance.
and should be- tu readiness 81 De issued
two weeks before the wedding
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
we're a little f1atterer. We old folks like
to hear It, though. But seriously, Mil
red, I never saw you looking better
than YOU do this minute. You were a
bit pale. especially the day you left
he city, but this mountain air has driv-
en- all that away. So you don't think
YOU will get tired Of the mountains"
A Surprise.
Never. mother dear. Please don't
make me go back to the city for a 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 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 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 morrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
CHAPTER xxi.

LN EAREST mother" wrote MIL
dred, 81 haven't been here "a
hours, yet l am simply in
love with the mountains and just at
this minute / feel as though l never
wanted 10 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 ne
didn't think of that | would like TO
have if it isn't too much trouble. In
the first place ] want 70 go fishing and
Elmer dad win tell you all about FL
merl says / must have a hyrOd and a
book Of flies and in the second place
please get me a khaki skirt and
khaki blouse and khaki leggins (you
know the sizes) and Khaki hat il they
have them for women. Get a short skirt
il YOU can find one, II not, a long one
and ] can shorten il here. Also please
have the Georgian" sent UP here ev-
cry day. ] think / will begin TO read the
newspapers and learn what is going on. a"
She wanted the Georgian" to keep
posted on the condition Of Gordon
Kelly 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
Wits Worked Overtime.

While the game was lu progress
Gains wits were working overtime and
at length he hit upon the primitive COZ
is Il moderu9D plan Of hiring someone
else to punish his enemy lie noticed
that Gordon Kelly was having a field day
with the bat And ne noticed further
that the victim Of kcllys skill, the Wis
Ting pitcher. was tall raw boned,
strong looking man. with a particularly
gloomy and depressing cast Of countc-
nance When Kelly finally won the
game with solid drive In the last in
ming and the pitcher walked on the
field looking daggers Cain felt that he
had found the right man 20 do his dirty
work
After dining al his club Cain took his
ear ont % the garage ana ran II around
to the hotel where the visiting team was
stopping cain knew nearly eyerybods
In town and he had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning an introduction Co tho sad faced
pitcher who sat m boy himself in the
hotel lobby. as pitchers sometimes do
after losing game Of ball Most players
rely ON their batting average TO keen
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 20 accept an invitation TO a ride in
the automobile They rode slowly ont
IN the boulevard cain casting about IN
his mind for the proper way 10 approach
the subject u was something new 10
him. this trying 10 get someone to play
the thug and he didn't know exactly
how TO start In Finally he Remarked
THAT Gordon Kelly is a swelIed-
headed guy
The dismal pitcher. whose name was
UamI. gruntod
And mean cuss too Cain went
on lie manufactured two or three lies
90 prove his assertion lie 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 hush for awhile longer ana then
came ont nat footed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Thought of Gordon.

In the calm ana 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 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
10 interest her and her mind would go
hack TO a certain tail. broad shouldered.
clean limbed young man she had last
seen borne away I'm the arms Of his
,eammate 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
title 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 10 20 10 him, yet that would be
Womanly II was he that must seek
her. If he cared TO do so. The thoughts
Of that scene on the ball field troubled
her What could he have thought Of
{ all. she wondered. All. well, some
thing told her. things would come out
an right
Her mother came and the days that
followed seemed TO he the most delight
ul Of her life. She roamed the woods
with Elmer She whipped the brook with
her hyrod 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
tile mountains and in other ways en-
loved every minute Of her time.
Mother. YOU are becoming younger
every day she exclaimed. First thing
Eou know people viii be taking YOU for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
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 It had suddenly come to
him that she had developed into an I'M
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 peery family. he was inclined To
believe that the peerys had simply
been kind 10 him as favor 10 old
Judge Barhee. bearing I'm mind. OF
course. the fact that Deery had nnau-
ciaI reasons for wishing 20 be on good
terms with the young man from the
mountains. However this might be-.
Kelly was now iucapacitated from TAX
INK part In any social matters and So.
with "a clear field as 80 were, cain re-
solved TO patch his fences and begin
a systematic siege Of the heart Of Mi
dred peery
lie had. ~ course. read an about
the part Mildred had played when KEEL
Is was knocked unconscious at the fin
lsh 81 the ban game. but he charged
that up Go overwrouEht nerves. The
thought never once entered his mind
that Mildred had any feeling FOR KEEL
ly other than she would have for any
person who had met with a misfortune
Forrest calm called at the Deery resi-
dence that evening. and being informed
by the maid that answered the ring
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Kelly, young man from
the mountains, who says that he
never played on any baseball club
and that he has never seen a game
iu his life induces Manager BIZ
smith Of the Atlanta club 10 give
him fry-Dut. At batting and field
ing practice he creates sensation.
The Atlanta Georgian prints a whole
page Of snapshots ~ him and his
fame spreads throughout the cOun-
try
In the meantime he has become
very friendly with Mildred Deery,
daughter 81 Gaien Deery. = wealthy
timber speCulatOr Forrest cain. an
o. Gordon and attempts 10 play him
trick ana gets sOundly thrashSd.
Gordon owns d large tract Of land IN
the mountains. between two tracts
owned boy Mr. Deery and Cain, who
need GuTdOU's property TO carry out
land scheme.
The Boston Nationals and other
big league clubs stop az Atlanta for
exhibition games on their way North
and Gordon Kelly becomes the base
BAN sensation ~ the hour. Scouts
who come 20 see him work try TO get
him away from the Atlanta club, and
then send Wild kilograms to their
owners Impluring them to come TO
Atlanta 10y the FIRST train and do their
own bidding Nearly all the big
league magnates come, and President
Canaway. Of the Atlanta club. an
uouuCcs that while disposed to re-
jet an offers, his club felt the ne
CcssiN Of living up TO the obligations
Of organized baseball and would sell
Gordon kelly'S release 10 the best ad
vantage Of the stockholders Of the
club In q practice game with n 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.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
CHAPTER XXI.

FORREST CAIN returned 10 Atlanta
+ ON April 30 after a months wild
and riOtouS soiouru IN New York
He LETT that city on the verge Of de-
lirlum trcmcns, and even when he reach
cd home 10 was a question as Co wheth-
er th" services 81 a snake charmer would
be required. For several days he re-
manned in the scclusiou of hts rooms.
being IN mo- condition 20 seek his &c
rustpmcd hbunts When az last. he
yenturcd visit to his club he found
everybody talking about Gordon Kelly
% had become quite a fad among the
smart sst 10 attend the BAN games. SO
be- motor,d ont 90 the park that after.
noon with some OF his friends and was
ohaWIucd ass well as auEered 20 dis
cover that the hero of the hour was
tho same person who had cuastised
him and leu him alone far from town
on that rainy night "a month back
Like most men Of his nature, he did
not stop tu consider that he was en-
tIrely to blame for the humiliation Of
himself The episode had ranked in his
breast ever since 30 had happened. and
doubtless had not a little to do with the
threatened attack Of delirium tremens
Tor the thoughts Of II drove him to drink
az frequent Intervals Ia his drunken
moments which Is 90 say. most Of the
time he spent Ion New York he tried
Co form some plan 81 revenge, some
scheme to get square They say that
strong drink stimulates the mind May
Doe So In the case Of Forrest cain. how
ever, his brain was so continually soaked
.u strong drink that he could not evolve
any method. except an impossible one.
that would bring about the desired re-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09

Three or four miles to the east the
creek was paralleled 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 10 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 Greek 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
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 druggist
would grind pestle into mortar and
followed this with a resounding slap on
Gains face that Jared the teeth of that
individual Cain took il without lifting
a finger A previous experience with
Il husky athlete had proved TO him the
uselessness Of resistance
You dirty, Iow-lved skunk said
Hami. What do you think / am? And
what do you think halI players are
lie stepped out Of the car Now get
the he'll out Of here he numbered.
ami If you ever speak 20 me again. TN
break every bone in your body"
The moruse pitcher stood on the side
walk. while Cain put the ear in motion
and sped away Then he started TO
walk back 10 his hotel. fun Of anger
and muttering 20 himself
As for Cain, he drove al once To- the
garage and retired 20 his rooms. feeling
that he had made another bOtch iu the
matter of dealing with Gordon Kelly
Instead Of making progress in his cam
paign, he had received two severe set
backs one at the hands Of Kelly him
self and the other from IIamu the
gloomy pitcher
Cain kept under cover Tor a few days,
nursing his tancied 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. D.
gave him little Ieeway, as he Thought
90 get on good terms again with Mildred
Deery whom he had not seen since the
morning Of the raiustorm. when his
car had so nearly run over Gordon
fE.TI.
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 Nil
dreds 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
IrP
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
Bad Judgment.

Someone ought 20 beat that fellow up
good and plenty" he exclaimed He
made a sucker out OF you to-day. Hamil
I'M tell YOU what IN do. TH give YOU
"a thousand dollars right now II YOU WI
give Kelly a good licking and I'M pay
an the fines that may come ont of it,
The gloomy pitcher Enlightened M
IN the car
stop her be said
The car came to- "a stop close 10 the
curb HamiI reached up his right hand
and Inserted his fingers fin death like
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09

IS the way Forrest Cain felt about b..
While in his states Of lntoNication the
only scheme 10 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
az last he cried for mercy But now
that he was perfectly sober he realized
that plan would not do at all. lie re-
called his previous experience with keI-
ly when he was Hike rat in the jaws
og an Airedale terrier
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
STOP ALSO

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
- have been correspondents
with q Young man for couple OF
months Lately he stopped writ
ing What snail ] Go' X s
Your course is plain. Let the mat
ter end His action Indicates he does
not want to continue the pond
ence
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
$3.50 in Prizes for Best Solution
of 1.-THE Triple Tie''

Y
story Of Tie"
simplicity The Georgian maBeshow win
out
A. H c Mitchell has
Mitchell written
National all
submit
OF the should
To the who closely approxmates Mr.. Mitch
500 prizes making
the prize $3.50, also Ibe
s
No. 2 $50
No. ................ S2o
g.
5 16,
nstalent Of the will
the succeeding The will
As to
dwhsn the lime final
the big
great offer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
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 IT.
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, III remember that gorge to
my dying day. Why, bless me, it was
the only square meal we got In Switz-
erlandi"
At time when work was scarce
and there was much distress i'm 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 1t 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 / saw YOU
speak 10 in the street just now"
Associate with him. 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 all2"
Why Tm-er-his lawyer"
Who's that impressive looking
woman over yOnder2"
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 it,"
she doesn't earn it. Her husband
earns il. and she commands L."
The Small Chap-Papa, what is the
race problem
Papa Picking winners
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
By A. H. G. MITCHELL.
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.

Copyright. 1918. by International News
Service
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-05
The ITEM employees
RECEIVE POLICIES IN
The ~PAN-AnERICAN
Life Insurance Is Part of Newspapers
Proposed Pension Plan.
One Of the Insured Dies:
Family gets $1,000.

Carrying out part of it's proposed
plan to pension and otherwise assist its
employees, The Item Publishing Com
pany Tuesday morning presented SO of
its force paid-up one-yaar $1,000 life in
surance policies in the Pan-American
Life Insurance Company of New Or
lleans.
Several hundred more men and
women will be beneficiaries of other
/ phases OF the papers cooperative plan
The presentation of the policies was
made in the mailing room OF the news
paper's plant. Mr.. James M. Thomp-
Ison, president of the opened
the, meeting, which was a brief one. al
those who attended it were compelled
to drop for a few minutes duties of
vital Importance.
SO PASS EXAMINATION.
81 am glad to be able to announce
that of the 10 who applied for the in
Isurance that So passed the company's
examination" said Mr.. THOMPSON,
s'The Pan-American Insurance Com
pany, the domicile of which is New Or
leans, and which is backed by Southern
capital, has already gained a firm foot
hold, and believe our boys are fortu-
nate IN getting the opportunity to be
insured by the company"
Mr.. Thompson introduced Mr.. s..
Locke Breaux, vice president of the
company, and the acting executive
head.
Il believe The Items management IS
showing fine wisdom in providing for
its employees" said Mr.. Breaux. 1.-THE
policies will not only serve to provide
for the families of those who die, but
will serve to ineulcate a spirit of econ
omy.
although the SO policies which |
hold in my hand have issued only a few
days, n OF the insured, Charles Lep-
ley, an Item carrier, has since died, and
we are now handing to The Item Com
pany for his family a check for $1,000.
"As some of you probably know, we
bought out the Louisiana National and
have paid out $38, 600 of its policies.
There has never been a delay of more
than A8 hours in making the payments"
The 50 policies issued to The Item
employees were handled by E. Carl Sch
nable, executive special agent of the
Pan-American Company.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-28
COMES To VISIT BUT
FINDS FATHER DEAD
Miss Mia BuTkett of Arizona Learns
of Loss of Parent for First Time
on Her Arrival Here.

Coming to South Bend five days
ago in search OF her father, Or. w. w.
Burkett only TO learn of his death
six weeks ago, Miss Mia Burkett,
aged 81, of Arizona, was found near
No. hose house Wednesday evening.
John Stoney, one OF the firemen,
summoned the police ambulance and
she was taken TO the county inhrm-
ary where DR.. r. H. Calvert was
called.
The woman came all the way from
the tar west in the hopes of seeing
her aged father whom she believed to
be failing fast When she arrived in
the city last week she proceeded to
the old home residence at 211 y. Hill
ST. and for the first time after her
long journey of days found that her
parent had died Monday. July IA.
Penniless the woman remained in
different places until Wednesday when
sick and weak she gave out near the
fire station. Her condition is not seri-
Gus, according 10 the doctor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-28
BURNING OF FUSES
STARTS BIG BLAZE
Garden City Stationery Plant and
Electric Co. Are the Big
Losers.

ELKHART, Ind, Aug. 2s. - The
Indiana and Michigan Electric Co.
sustained a loss variously estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000; the Garden
City Stationery Co. wareroom was
damaged possibly $500 and the Elk
hart Paper Co. was compelled to
close down part of its plant pending
restoration of power as the result OF
blaze Wednesday in the electric
cOmpanys transformer building, adj
joining one of the Garden City's
warehouses, just off Elkhart av. The
losses are covered by insurance.
All of the four fire companies of
the city were called. The fire was
extinguished after an hours fight.
The origin of the blaze is believed
to have been in the simultaneous
burning out of a number of fuses of
the six transformers stationed in the
building and which controlled the
power leading to the paper mill. The
tongues of fire coming through the
cracks in the metal covering of the
structure ignited a large quantity Of
wood piled up against the building.
The blaze had gained considerable
Roadway when the firemen arrived,
and the flames were fast licking up
the huge pile OF wood and threaten
ing both the paper mill and the Gar
den City Stationery Co.
c. c.. Conn. driving his automobile,
found il impossible to pass down the
thoroughfare and tried to turn
around and in so doing backed his
car over the curb on the south side,
evidently failing to notice a steep
embankment. However, the front
wheels of the motor car held the ma
chine in place so that no damage
was done TO the machine and it was
finally replaced on the pavement by
a force of city employees under Com
missioner James Leicester, using a
team. A bicycle belonging 70 George
Shaver, an emplOye of the Barger
box factory, was pushed over the
curb by the automobile and its front
fork was bent.