Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
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attendant for a moment

Of the busy attendant for a moment
and then said:
Please tell me your name. Looks
like YOU would have me on your
hands for a while, and we might as
well get acquainted right now
My name is Elst0n. Mary Elston,
Mr. Kelly"
Glad 10 know you. Miss Elston.
may be calling you Mary before long,
if youu allow it. but I promise not TO
try and hirt with you"
You'd better not unless you want
me to get my hair pulled"
why, who would pull your hair?
Not me, ] trust2'
Not YOU. Of course. Oh, l guess
YOU don't know who" laughed the
nurse with an arch look.
Haven't the faintest idea, I assure
you" said Kelly, smiling in turn.
Certainly not; a thousand times
no." bantered the nurse, who busted
herself about the room as she talked
Please tell me-" pleaded the pa
tent
I'm ask the doctor about It. It's
! all in the newspapers. I'll save them
1 for you. anyway. Now then, what
would you like for breakfast. The
] doctor says you may have and
4 she enumerated the articles Of diet
| allowed by the physician.
: IL was not until the swelling in his
Ileg had disappeared and the fracture
| had been set and the limb placed in
plaster cast and he was pronounced
/ to be i'm a generally fine condition
| that Gordon Kelly was allowed to see
/ the newspapers his nurse had care
/ fully saved for him. Then he learned
/ for the first time of the part Mildred
/ Deery had taken in that scene around
] the home plate when he was stretch
| ed out unconscious. A thrill Of rap
] ture passed through him and his eyes
/ filled and grew dim He laid the
| newspapers aside, and gazed out of
| the open window for full half hour
| Then he pressed the button on a ball
cord and his nurse appeared.
rs there any way / can get to a
telephone2' he asked.
u can place one here in your room,
lls the doctor will allow it," she re-
/ piled. Returning a moment later she
made the proper connection and re-
/ tired Gordon called up the Deery
residence and asked for Miss Deery.
Miss Deery Out of Town.
Miss Deery is out Of town and it
IS not known when she will return"
was all the maid who answered the
call would say.
Tie laid the telephone instrument
on the table picked up the newspa-
Ipers again and read them carefully
IIt seemed as if the entire edition Of
Ian the papers had been given over
90 Gordon Kelly and the scenes and
line excitement and the final accident
iof that game Of baseball. There was
La large picture of the crash az the
home plate, taken so soon after the
play, that even the umpires gesture
Isiguifying safe was shown. Cor
don saw himself stretched out on the
ground with the opposing catcher
nearby and the useless baseball be-
tween them Another picture. evil
IDENTIFY taken Immediately after, show
ed Mildred Deery holding his head in
her lap. with the players grouped
around them. There was still another
large picture Of Mildred Deery her
self with caption which read, AT
lauta Society Girl Who Rushed 60 Aid
. OF the $4,000 Player"
There We're columns and columns
lOf type fully describing every play,
Ieyery incident Of the afternoon at
Ponce DeLeon Park The gathering
of the crowds. the beginning Of the
game the struggle on the diamond
and the sensational ending Of the con-
test were set forth In detail Gordon
Kelly read every word and then read
and reread the part that told Of Mil
drod Deery.
To Be Continued To- morrow.