Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-14

| knew, we were at It hamror
| III leave It to you II I wasn,, asu ., tonn
Billy got excited-he atwavs ilsnt ts
and when he made a most 80 Ss excite
statement, I called him. I. epYss1leloa
he had never played basebai, eeq iha
but that II he wanted to he oa,n, lH llis
name into a big league bov get lhi
taking part In game. Do va h
me7" you follow
Merry was staring hard at z,..,.
''He did It on betl" " at sr
"SureW said Mr.. warburto.
the walter to remove the ~" ssnallhs|
II said, Bet you five thoussnS ahes
do 1t! and he said, 'You,re you cart.
thousand dollars, Mr.. Merry hVs
here to see the money paid ~ ~ you ~
cause he did get his name IN 'sL - Be-
score" III the bon
He surely didw said Jobr.
He rose from his chair stennsS Aety
ziegler. and offered his hand over
Young man." said the nance.
Dudes, Il want to say to Won ~ o' lh'
been around this country sn,,.s ."st I've
time, and I've met all sorts ~ IT,. % NJ
kidders, but I'm beginning "a 'ssn,elaa ss,a
never ran into one till 1 saw vo,,,u nilnk
NO" said Warburton plain,Iy.,.
only his confounded lucki I'd bay. "
him two to one that he couids,. svea
into big-league box score v,ith pleak
of dynamite and a senatorial ca.s..'.lS sncS
fund; but he just puts on a io, ~ upuoa
clothes and waltzes into my s5OO0 !. w,
as rolling off log. He's lucky. % ea'T
Not entirely" said Johnny. ~.
tell you about him: The first H..
laid eyes on him 1 thought n as n.a'.
that here was some hick vaudevIlla ". w
former trying to work me for press w ss.'
and 1 was just going to give hir, 7v+ u
buns rush when 1 got a look =, " "
faee-and that stopped me. / knsw
actor ever had mush like that" ~.
Mr.. ziegler bowed low, and rs,d 2 ,s..
he was flattered And" cont,sa., ns.
Merry, looking at warburton svoa,s
have won your bet, too, IL this ts,Isu en-
hadn't beat his way 400 miles -.
showed up, looking as II he had N.Y.
through thrashing machine. After ~
1 didn't have the heart to turn I'M
down"
whats that?" demanded the sl.,,
Hollister, who up to this point had taken
no part in the conversation. Whats
that about beating his way? Billy neys,
Ziegler explained:
Mr.. Merry here tried to shake me with
some talk about ticket. When I shorM
up over on the other side, looked pretty
tough, and told him that beat M
way over. I knew that would touch Ms
heart-and 1t did"
WELL" said Merry, after pause, 'hov
did you get over with your face in thu
shape?"
Easy" said zlegler. ~ drove most q
the way in my new car. II you've eve,
been out in the wind for three or feu
days, Mr.. Merry, you know what II dos
to your face. All had to do was "a
take that rube suit out of my trunk
squirt oil on it. and then drag 1t in ths
dirt for couple of miles, and-thers you
are. A hobo, complete to the last detail"
"Murder!" sa!a Merry. solemnly. "Aa
him with face like that-an honest face
toop'
MY face" said Mr.. zlegler. sotay,
has often been my fortune-in poha
games and elsewhere"
The fish was on the table before Mr
Merry had another idea.
you ought to be on the stage" sad
he. Worse actors than you are getting
rich"
81 may be some day." said zlegler,
may be, II the soap business peters out
Then Johnny Merry stood up and pre
posed the very good health of that prinA
of real people. major Boots"
But 1t will be a long time before an
other "rube ballplayer" gets a chance 70
step into the box for the Dudes
(THE END)