Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-03

/ and he still retains the qualities OF
! mind which made him 81 success AZ q
scout. Then why IS he an inspector:
Because, he was laughed UIIt of b'tsts-
| ball-guyed out of the business ia
| which he gave the best years Of his
life. liz was the victim Of n praetjeal
duke which WIS certainly never aimed
| ut Robert Davis Frisbee.
h Bespatiept. for thelstory bcgins-be-
gins with Johnny Nprsan sitting in
trout OF an sdnbe hoilse in the IIamlet
/ OF San Miguel. roHnty OF 4lsio Arriba.
/ state OF New Mexico5 49,.
| In most Of the little towns of New
/ Mexico, far away from the main lines
/ of the r1ailRad. there are men from
east OF the Mississippi. Some Of them
live in that high, dry. atmosphere be-
cause they ind the flag end of life
sweet to them. There ilre others who.
as they say. have taken 1t in time"
| These expect to get well and return
some day to Gods country. That
phrase is us old as the garden Of Eden,
/ and it was Invented when Adam look
ed back over his shoulder and caught
the fash OF the sword ut the bonnda.
ries. Gods country Is never the land
! in which one lives. brt the land to
which ore cannot return. Thus to John
ny Meegan Gods country" meant
Chicago to Billy Kilbourne it meant
Boston. to Fred Parks it meant Sha-
mokin. Pa. aud TO Jefferson Davis
Johnson Gods country" meant Baitf-
more. ea $50, 49,
The Chicago sporting writer's gave
Johnny MeeSan a farewell banquet
and a loving cup to take with him
when he went ,aEay mud they drank
his health with a choke In their
threats. for they did not expect to see
him again. Sentence had been pro-
. hoHnced upon him by Il specialist OF
, international reputation after the star
! baseball reporter bad coushed all win
| ter - - -
There is chance" said the spe-
eialist. TRY New Mexico or Ari-
IONA. Fl -. ..-
meyer let II be said that !. quit
while there was asclfance." said John
ny Meegan I'm on my way. doc,
Johnny had seen the local specialist
| at Albuquerque. who bad given him
hope and good advice. Open air had
been, recommended and johnny had
made a long. rambling trip with
mustang and a pack horse. San MI
guei had beer at the end of that jour
ney. That wns because of Billy XII
! bourne
| Billy was existing in San Miguel
with more comfort than he had been
able to end elsewhere. Billy was only
twenty-five. hut he had lived his life
| In q tremendous hurry and crowded so
many things into it that 1t had been
! New Mexico or heaven. and Billy took
no chances. He mourned for Boston
and the Maine woods and nearly wept
with joy at meeting some one who
could give him an expert opinion upon
the probable strength Of the Boston
Nationals. Eilbourne's people were
quite wealthy. and he had turned an
adobe honse into a very comfortable
| affair. The furniture had been bought
in Denver and freishted from Chama
Mt the foot of the Cumbres pass.
You'll stay here with me for
awhile" said Billy. Nothing hap
pens by chance. you know. You were
sent here to cheer me up. Just think
Of regular big league baseball writ
err dropping in out Of the clouds. It's
too good to be true. Now. how is this
young Hawley going to do in the out
field? And why did they tie the can
to Homer Kennedy"
| So Johnny Meegan stayed on at San
Miguel, filing his lungs with the Glenn.
dry air and his stomach with the ex-
cellent nourishment furnished by JEFF
ferSon Davis Johnson. who had once
been Kilbourne's valet, but through
love was now his cook. 49,
Besides kiIbourne and Meegan. there
was Fred Parks. Il wandering printer,
who had reached the end OF his earth
~ pilgrimage at San Miguel. Parks
had small general supply store and
managed to make Il living mainly
through the large orders which Kill
bourne gave him. There was also An
tonic. young JacariIla. who had
| been TO Carlisle and sometimes liked
! to remember that he had played cen
Ter field with the fastest ball tenn
that that school ever produced An
tonic was interesting He took Kill
bourne and lieeSan on long rides
through the reservation. and XII
bourne pretended that he was making
/ collection OF Indian blankets. II
gave him slender interest In life
] One evening Meeean, KiIbourne and