Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-01
anybody why he plays ball. He'll show
you himself!"
II shall be very gladv said Virginia.

anybody why he plays bali He'll show
| you himself!"
II shall be very gladr' said Virginia.
The Henshaws were packing for their
| last trip on the road, and the pennant
was "cinched." Virginia was to travel
as far as Cleveland in the private car
with the players. At Cleveland she was
| to take another train for home.
For two weeks BERTHE the Bear had been
a tame cat about the Henshaw residence.
He had been there morning, noon and
night, Virglna's slightly elongated
shadow. He had taken the girl to thea
| tres. to art exhibits, to symphony con-
| certs and to the baseball park, and she
| had seen him pitch two games, and win
them both by shut-out scores. Madge
went about the house, hugging herself
behind doors and waltzing alone in the
halls. Mace did not quite know what to
make of the case; but, when he watched
BERTHE unlimber in the box, he found no
fault.
1.-THE great big kidw thought Mace to
himself. Hes pitching BALTIC her!
Playing right to one spot in the grand
stand! Hooked by gosh! She's got him
hookedl"
BERTHE pitched to her just as he talked
to her, played to her and sang to her;
and every man on the team knew II, but
mouth for the world. His wife would
have flayed that miscreant alive.
And as for the manager of the Bene-
diets, II any young woman could inspire
two shut-out scores, Mace would have
been willing to import half a dozen af-
finities for the married men on the pitch
ing staff. W-e-ell. almost.
Miss Virginia, though still distresslngly
highbrow, accustomed herself to attend
Ing places of amusement with a young
man who seemed TO attract more atten-
tion than the performers themselves.
I hope 1t doesn't annoy you," apollo
gized Berthe. awful rubbernecks in this
town.
Now. on the last day at home, and the
last day of an all-too-brief visit, BERTHE
was to take her to a symphony concert
then to dinner downtown; and he was
to escort her to the station, where they
would reJoin the Henshaws. He had
pitched the day before. therefore he was
not required to put in an appearance at
Madge waved her hand to them from,
the front window as they went down the
steps. She was full of the happiness
winch comes to good little woman when
she feels that she has brought happiness
TO others as contented as a stage mana
ger VINO views his completed work, and
knows that he had the placing of every
chair and the reading of every line
Madge had staged her first romantic
drama; she loved the leading people dear
ly. and she was beginning to hear the cur
tain music for the last act. Mendelssohn
wrote It,
Virginia had told her sister nothing
Bertie had been as silent as an OYSTER:
but eyes, as well as actions, speak louder |
than words; and eyes have a trick of
telling the truth.
That evening Henshaw and his wife
waited at the gate until most of their
travellng companions were on the train.
"Madge." said Mace, "are YOU dead
sure Virginia knows what time this train
leaves7" N'"''
II told her when she was packing her
things. Her luggage is here all right of |
course"
"only eight minutes" said Mace "cor-
found that kid He's just about cot |
started talking Ibsen. and they're going |
to miss this trainv'
The big minute hand hitched along To-
ward o'clock No Berthe the Bear: no |
Virginia. Mrs Henshaw began 10 fideet |
Don't get excited, hon." said her hus- |
pah1; rheyn be here in a minute, |
Not in a minute; not in two minutes;
not In five
''Madge." said Henshaw sudden,v
those two fool kids are so wrapped m
IN each other that they've forgot what
S.io SliS paih ieaNes. You'd better
wait over and come along with emf
Just then a little messenger bov
dashed up and thrust an envelope into
Mace's hands '''
DE guy says you'll halter hurryr' he
painted "oh, you pennant dis year:
Honshaw ripped open the enve,ona
with one jab Of his finger. Perhsns
there Is such thing as thought trans
Terence. 1t is certain that Mrs. Mace
knew what was In that note before her
husband opened the single sheet
But In order TO be sure. she looked
This was the opening sentenca ,,h,oh
Jared deep gTunt out of Mason Hen
shaM, man who thought he was used
To surprises. -"'u
ing the honeymoon '"ufs oeiay-
ana while that poor, thick-witted mals
LlnLa. Il.