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Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

Alan was struggling back from coma.
He muttered, he talked, he awoke.
Lieber found his sunken eyes, the pu-
pills appearing almost concave, fixed
on him with seeing gaze. 1t was like
resurrection. A spirit had come down
upon the body. Eye to eye, mouth to
mouth, heart to heart, it had given
sight, breath, life.
The eyes closed. Lieber hurried
away. From the kitchen he brought
bowl of broth. 1t was steamihg and
filed the room with an odor of rich
essence, 1t was in itself a concentra-
ton of life. The bowl was emptied.
Alan sank back into the pillows. His
eyes wandered wistfully over the bare
walls, the high tiling Of the strange
room. 81 would have, great gods! but
one short hour of native air-let me
but die at home,'" he murmured, and
Lieber heard.
The words clutched at his own heart,
but he answered cheerfully, you shall,
my boy, you shall die at home If you
like, but you're going to have years to
think it over. Sleep, that's the word.
And sleep it is" he added to himself
as Alan's eyes closed and his chest be-
gan to rise and fall in healthy breath
ing. Lieber held his wrist. The pulse
was taking on strength.
Alan was still sleeping when Gerry
arrived. Lieber looked up, surprised.
you've come all the way back from
Fazenda FloresT
Gerry nodded. How is he2 Has
he come to, yetp
| Eyes" said Lieber in a low, modu-
lated tone. "He came to, all right But
the fights not over yet. Fever goes
and comes, you know. II another par
oxysm seizes him. he'll not have the
strength to pull through. It's ques-
ton OF hours now"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

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Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

all-seelng eye. He paused before Gov
ering him up. That's It," he said.
There's FIRE in him--the worst kind
and he's been playing with it, just
tickling it with stale quinine." His
eye ran rapidly over the thin body. IL
said the dose gave him you'd prob
ably kill him, but I'VE changed my
mind. I'm betting the other way, now
really look at him. There's no flesh
on him, but he doesn't look like skel-
eton. Why? Because of the sinews
and bones of hlm-they're perfect.
Look at the way the slnews hold his
neck and the way the neck carries the
sinews. Look at the fat bulge Of his
ribs and the breadth of his shoulders
over the hips. That means heart and
lungs and vitals. That mans been
fighter. and unless I'm a bigger fool
than l was yesterday he's a fighter
yet"
Cover him up, for Gods sake" said
Gerry.
Lieber dropped the sheet and went
OFF to the kitchen. Gerry and Kemp
covered the stripped body and tucked
many blankets over It, Lieber came
back and took off half the blankets.
"AIustn't tire him with weight" he ex-
planned. "If he's going to sweat, he'll
sweat all right. Malarla-malignant
fever-is the tiredest disease in the
world. When they get too tired to
breathe, that's the end" He took hold
of Alan's wrist. 'To feel his pulse,
you'd say he was dead now"
"'Bout time we was startin'." re-
marked Kemp with his eyes toward
the declining sun.
Gerry's first impulse was to say he
would stay, but he suddenly remem-
bered Margarita. How far away from
life she seemed! Alan and Margarita
could not crowd into one day or even
into one world-it was against the or.
der of things. But facts do not stand
on the order of their coming, they sim
DIV come, and against the protest OF
mans will they present his fate;
against the cry of the troubled and
displaced soul they voice the eternal
j'y suis. j'y rester of inanimate things
One cannot go around a fact. One
must either break ones head against
it or swallow it and let it take its
course through the mental gorge.
Gerry longed to stay by Alan's side
and through his returning conscious
ness, as through a magnifying glass
gaze upon the world he had foresworr
the heritage he had abandoned. But
the fact of MargaIita and her boy
suddenly declared itself-demandeC
digestion-and Gerry turned his back
on Alan. He mounted, and with the
silent Kemp reversed the drive they
had made together months before.
Lieber did not go with them. Wher
he had seen them off, he busted him
self giving orders for the tidying W
of the veranda, the feeding of Alan'i
convoy, beast and man, and the prepa
ration of room for the self-inviteC
guest. From the pile Of dusty pillow
servant was picking up, fell board
Lieber glanced down at it. Word
were cut roughly but clearly into it
surface. They spoke to him. The.
held his eyes. He stopped labOriousl.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

Lieber, with Gerry and Kemp, sat in
the shade of the yeranda, smoking after
the midday meal. The stock had been
corralled, but, on Kemp's advice, the
start for Fazenda Flores was to be
made halfway through the afternoon.
There was to be q great moon that
night and the drive would be robbed of
the perlls of darkness to cattle as well
as of the horrible heat. "I'F
The three were silent, half ,somno-
lent, when passing herder grunted
and pointed westward with his chin.
Lieber stood up and looked. Agpillar
of dust was coming across the desert
He could see men riding and some
thing else. He took his field glasses
from peg and looked again. "Fu-
neral, or a sick man." he said and sat
down to wait. Kemp started whiting
to keep himself awake Since the hour
Fof Lieber's confession he had hardly
spoken. r.g vi er,
When the cavalcade came within
easy view Gerry stood up and watched.
He could not hide his curiosity like
Lieber and Kemp. In front of the
horses came four men bearing a sag
ging hammock on a pole. They were
running in quick, springy steps that
made the hammock sway gently from
side to side. The pace they kept up
/ under the burden was marvellous.
I They were followed closely by eight
horsemen. at the first signs of falter.
ing among the bearers, four of the
riders would throw themselves OF
their ponies and run under the pole
The change Of relay was made without
a stop, without a pause. The freed
ponies stood with hanging heads and
straddled legs. Even from a distance
one could see that the burdenedt mer
had run the wiry little beasts of theil
feet. They were all In, but the mel
were still erect--keen. with a fina
squirt the cortege drew up before th,
yeranda. Lieber stood up. Dead o
dying?" he asked.
Master, we do not know an
swered the oldest OF the men, thel
leader. .a tfes5.. gf..
@Fever or smallpox" asked LiebeI
"Fever." 3 -aAfp
II With a look of relief Lieber wen
down the steps to the hammock. A shes
had been thrown over the pole to kee
| on the worst of the sun. He pulle
] it en. A ghastiy sight met bis eye
: but he did not shrink. Bring him U
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

the stubs or pegs hung his clothes and
Margaritas and, on the lowest peg Of
all, the LilIiputian garments of the
Man. The floor was bare and rolling,
for the boards, roughhewn from hard
wood giants of the forest, had warped
steadily through many years. In its
center stood the great rustic bed that
Gerry had made from the twisted
limbs of trees and Bonifaelo had platte
ed with thongs. By raising himself
to the full length Of his arm Gerry
could see Margarlta lying uncovered
on the coarse, yellowish homespufis.
On her bare, brown arm lay the black
head of her SON, ~
Gerry sbuddered at the fearness-
the familiarity-of everything. The
seams OF elementary life stood ont bru-
tally. For the first time he saw them.
From the touch of the coarse homespun
that covered him, his mind went back
to the feel of Lieber's fine linen, and
from that it poised on Alan and then
flew back to Allx-Alix, who. seen
through the years, became doubly ethe-
real and flowerlike. Where was AlixP
What had Alan done with her? He
must ask him. That, at least, he must
| know. But before he could ask he
must decide about Margarita and steel
| himself to his purpose. He thought OF
the long, still days at Fazenda Flores
before Alan had come to Lieber's-the
struggle and the reward that had been
his-and the firmness in him, the
steadfastness that had led Alan to
name him The Rock, rose up in de-
fense Of Margarita and her son.
Gerry was up early. AS he was
saddling True Blue Margarita came on
to the veranda. Where art thou go
ing?" she asked.
Gerry looked up. He was a
little pale from the wakeful night
and there were slight shadows under
his eyes. 81 am going to Lieber's.
There is a sick man there-he is dying
and l must help. He Is my fellow
countryman." ....
Margarita's eyes searched his face.
Her bosom rose and fell rapidly. "Do
not CO." she said, and Gerry started at
the passion in her voice.
He looked at her and smiled. II
must see this man before he dies" he
said, half to himself.
"Ah," said Margarita, beating with
her little brown fist on the veranda pill
lar, 81 know. l know. 1t is not death
that calls thee. Why should one turn
from things that live to fondle death
Ii is the stranger thou wouldst see."
Gerry dropped the reins of his horse
and, hurrying up the steps, took Mar.
garita in his arms.
"And why not, my beloved2 1t is
not a woman / so to see, but man
Shall not talk with a man that is
at deaths door?"
"Let him but die" pleaded Marga,
rita; "let him but die and thou shalt
go and bury him. See, the day is
beautiful. There is a cloud. Perhaps
it will rain. Come, my Geree, let us
90 down to the river and swim. We
will take the Man. He shall sit on tht
bank and the river will play with hi!
bare toes. He will laugh"
Gerry smiled but shook his head
, 'IOmOrroW, my OeloFeu' LomorrOW W.
shall play with the Man and the river
Margarita's arms fell to her sideI
in pathetic surrender. She watched
Gerry mount and ride slowly up thu
slope to the bridge where Kemp await
ed him. Then she went back to tn,
veranda steps, sat down and wep
with her face hidden in her hand. Sht
did not know why she wept, but sh,
knew she wept for things that wer,
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

syringe and a graduated glass. In the
glass he dissolved powder and with
steady hands added measured drops
of liquid of faint amber hue.
Gerry found his tongue. what is
it?" he asked
"Quinine and arsenic" said Lieber
shortly.
arsenic? Isn't that dangerous?"
said Gerry.
Lieber glanced at him. "It will prob
ably kill him"
'Then why-why--" protested Ger
ry. A great desire to protect what
was left of Alan had come over him.
"Why?" said Lieber dryly, "I'll tell
you, Mr.. Lansing. Because it is less
cowardly to kill man than to let
him die"
He mixed the solution in the syringe
and then, grasping Alan's arm, he
pressed it until the veins came out in
swelling network "Hold his arm like
that" he commanded Kemp. Kemp
clutched the arm. The bones seemed
to bend to the grip. Lieber chose a
swollen vein and pierced it with the
needle. He forced the dose into the
blood. "There," he said with smile
to Gerry, ''that's what's known as an
intravenous administration OF quinine
and arsenic. If another paroxysm
hits him he's done for, but Wen know
all about that in forty-eight hours
time"
he went into the house and brought
out clean sheets, soft wooden blankets
pillows and pillow-slips. Kemp had
never seen such linen; Gerry had al
most forgotten the feel of it. Gerry
came to life. With one Inland undel
Alan's shoulder and another under his
hips, he lifted him as though he were
. an empty shell, while Kemp and Lie
ber drew out the dust-caked blankets
and hammock and spread first can,
mat over the settle and then blanke
| and, on top of that, sheet The toucl
I OF Alan's dry, cracking skin seemet
, to Gerry to be burning bis hands. II
! is as though there were fire In him,
|, he said to Lieber.
II LAeber looked at his patient with a
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

There's lot Of maudIin senti-
ment about "dear old mother"
put into cheap songs and sung
by scaiawags, but Just the sam5,
"God" and Mother" are the
two biggest words in the Eng
Iish language. Consider here
the effect Of a mothers memory
on Alan Wayne. ...
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

II you had the opportunity TO
put out Of the way forever the
man who you thought had
wrecked your home and life,
would you do Il, epecIally If
your purpose could be accom-
pIIshed simply BY q little neglect
in giving a fever patient HE
medicine on timer
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30
ALIENS FooT-EAsE FOR THE

TROOPS
Many war zone hospitals have ordered
Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder,
for use among the troops. Shaken into
the shoes and used in the foot-bath,
Aliens Foot-Ease gives rest and comfort
and makes walking a delight. Sold every
where, 25c. Try it today. Adv,
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30
Some Consolation.

Some Consolation.
Wife-Everything we have here in
the house is so old and shabby.
Hub-Have a little patience, my
dear. When they get bit older they
will be antiques.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-03-30

Johnny Reads the War News.
What is a counter-attack, pa?"
when your mother goes shopping,
ohnny."-Judge.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09
Freddy Welsh's Days AS
Champion Are Numbered

were to come along and knock out Welsh.
Welsh has had several narrow escapes
in the last year He bumped against a
newcomer in Ever Hammer, and suffered
one of the worst beatings Of his cham
pionship regime. Several other equally
unknown light-weights have taken Welsh
over the hurdles One of these fine even
ings Welsh will crash into a wild swing
and some village favorite will be heralded
as the new words lightweight champion.
Mike Gibbons will not fight Les Darcy
at least not for some time to come
Michael prefers easier game; and is pick
ing on Packey Mcfarland again.
The St Paul Shroud desires to atone
for his miserable showing against Packey
at Brighton Beach last summer. How
ever. Mike need not hope to go through
another hippOdrome with Mcfarland in
this town. There is not q promoter on
this island that would even consider
stageing another clash" between the
two. Some other town may stand for it,
until it gets wind of the great" exhibit
ago
1t has been suggested that Gibbons
and Mcfarland meet again on the ami
versary of their memorable battle. It
would be fitting way to commemorate
the choicest Lemon" handed the New
York boxing public in years.
Jack Britton Is a pretty sick boy The
leading contender for the welter-weight
championship, along with Ted Kid Lewis.
has cancelled several lucrative matches
because Of a lingering illness
One of the bouts Britton was forced
to call off was with Joe WaIIing, the
ment of Johnny Johsor the boy- nro
moter. This match will be staged on
July Is If Britton is able to enter the
ring
Wallins is especially eager for the bout
to be staged. He has a little difference
TO settle with Britton. The latter re-
Gently secured twenty-round Lewiston
over Wallin's stable mate. KID Lewis.
and little selling desires TO ovenge this
defeat. yelling Is prepared to concede
as much as ten pounds to Britton. The
Chicago boy sincerely believes he can de-
feat Jack at any weight.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09

using the same kind of a stroke I teach.
so We should have little trouble getting
down to business.
Il don't want to predict too much. but
Just watch the Potomacs in the big re-
gatta Labor Day.
The Potomac club has purchased a new
eight-oared shell boat to be used by the
crew In the Middle States regatta. The
club now has FIVE .eight-oared ready for
use, so the crew members will have am
pie rowing facilities.
At a meeting of the Middle States
regatta committee held in Philadelphia
last Tuesday the following list of events
was decided upon: Junior, intermediate.
association, senior and senior 14O pounds
class, single sculls; Junior. intermediate,
senior. and senior 1+0 pounds class, dou-
Bile sculls; Junior and sepior quadruple
sculls; junior, intermediate and senior.
four-oared gigs: and Junior. intermediate
and senior eight-oared shells. making in
all seventeen different events to complete
the days program.
What ii cost TO hold a regatta of that
size can be realized when II is under
stood that the prizes alone to the win
ners will consist Of sixty-three individual
gold medals, costing from SO to SIS each
and seventeen club trophies costing be-
tween s15 and SIS each.
This expense added TO the other many
incidentals in connection with the proper
handling Of an affair OF this kind will
carry the total expense well up over
the 5000 mark and the support of the
citizens of Washington is needed TO
make this regatta a success. The Poto-
mac Boat Club is to be commended for
its efforts in bringing this great aquatic
event to Washington.
The chairman of the regatta commit
tee wishes to ackno owledge receipt of a
sum to cover cost of the individual prize
for the Junior single scUlls which was
forwarded TO him by some one who only
wanted to be known as "A friend Of the
rowing panne
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09

New York. July s-Freddy Welsh,
besides being the lightweight champion
of the world. is a base deceiver. Here
II Is July s, and frederick some months
ago. threatened-or rather promised-to
retire from the ring on the second an
niversary of his defeat of Willie Ritchie,
whom he dethroned. This anniversary
occurred yesterday; and to make the out
look more gloomy. Freddy promises-or
rather. threatens-to remain in the game
until he is knocked apart from his title.
However, every cloud has a silver
lining. We are told. II Welsh really in
tends TO daily with the gloves until he
is relieved OF his title, the time for this
interesting event cannot be far or.
Just at present Welsh is engaged in
laying the foundation for the inevitable
Instead Of restricting himself, and keep
ing in condition. Freddy prefers living
life Of cash. He is rapidly accumulat-
ing weight which will later prove a
detriment to him in the ring: his lax
manner of living is robbing him of his
wind and stamina, and he is gradually
but surely losing the b-agsadocio that
has carried him through many fights
when less confident fighters would have
been beaten.
Walsh is a poor excuse for a champion.
He is a likeable chap. personally. But
his methods Of clinging to the remunera-
tive lightweight title lack the stamp OF
public approval. The boxing community
insists on a champion that will fight
Welsh will not fight. Each day 1t Is
getting harder to. drag him into the
ring. And when he finally does condescenu
to box his opponent is pretty certain to
be a novice. or a 'setup." Freddy has
no fear of that kind.
However, mention such names as
Johnny Dundee. Benny Leonard and
Charley White to the Briton, and he quite
suddenly remembers an important en-
gagement and departs. Welsh does not
even like to hear those fear-inspiring
names They mean trouble to him, and
the longer he can avoid a meeting with
any one of those three. so much longer
will he cling to his title.
1t is quite unlikely that either White.
Leonard or Dundee will be the next
lightweight champion. Not because they
do not possess the necessary qualiica-
tions for a champion. but simply because
Welsh will have nothing more to do with
any one of them-that Is, so far as meet
ing them in the ring is concerned. For
that reason It would occasion little sur
prise from this quarter II some unknown
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09

| the box so often that it would require
an adding machine to locate the total.
Marquard's 1914 record shows twelve
victories and twenty-five defeats-average ge
S52. With one exception this was the
worst showing of his diamond career
Coming at time when it beat the Giants
out of pennant, it lowered Rube so
much in the estimation of the Gotham
| fans that he was roundly Cussed from
one end of the island to the other. Every
newspape "panned" him without mercy.
In 1915 Rube announced that he was
coming back. He alibied his 1914 showing
by claiming that his arm had been ailing
But Rube, as 1915 Giant HEAVIER, looked
no better than in 1914. His speed seemed
gone; his curves no longer baffed Ever
and anon he was derricked Finally Nc
Graw lost confidence in him and turned
the ''S1l, 900 lemon" over to the Dodgers
for something like $500. McGraw still
thinks that in SO doing he sort Of cheated
the owners Of the Brooklyn club.
"In-and-Outer" as Dodger.
Wilbert Robinson. while coach for the
Giants, had developed Rube. He didn't
lose faith in Marquard. He figured that
Rube would do a comeback in a Dodger
uniform and under the careful nursing
of his old tutor. But Marqard finished
the season as a Dodger as he had be-
unsatisfactory. Some days he would be
hammered out of the box without cere-
mony. Rube's 1915 record showed eleven
victories against ten defeats
And now we are in l9l6-and Marquard
still is moving along in his weird fashion
Early in the season some Of the clubs
hammered him out of the box. only to
find themselves helpless before his pitch
ing in his next start. The Giants took
particular delight a brief spell back in
driving their old mate to the cooler under
a bombardment of hits The next time
they faced him, they figured Rube would
be a cinch for them, whereupon Rube
turned right around and beat them in a
twelVe-inning pitchers battle, during
which he allowed a few scattered safe
ties.
Rube's showing to date. with a cham
pionship club behind him, has not been
impressive. Whenever Rube enters the
box these days, no one even attempts to
hazard a guess as to what will happen
to him. He may pitch shutout ball, or
he may be hammered out of the box, He
may hold the enemy hitless for seven or
eight rounds, only to yield half dozen
swats in the ensuing stazas. Or he may
permit the enemy to accumulate a five
run lead in the first inning and then hold
them hitless the rest of the way.
No one knows Just what Rube will do.
least Of all himself. He's the mystery of
baseball; the twirler who never runs true
to form because he is formless: the
pitcher who has had more ups and downs
than any other in the game: the mounds
man who never will be forgotten be-
cause of his pitching eccentricities.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09
Hecox Will Prepare Local
Crews for Regatta Here

Active training preparations for the
Middle States regatta to be held on the
Potomac Labor Day will be begun in
earnest at the Potomac Boat Club Sum-
day, July 16. when Clarence Hecox will
assume charge Of the crews.
The deal whereby Hecox takes up
coaching duties with the Potomac Club
was completed last week when he signed
a contract calling for his services for the
balance OF the season
Hecox needs no introduction to the
Washington sporting public as his sue
cess with the Analostan Boat Club crews
during the last four years places him as
one of the best coaches in this section
and the Potomac Club is fortunate in Sc
curing the services of such an expert.
In speaking of his new position Hecox
stated he was glad of the opportunity Of
working with the Potomac boys, as IT
will feeI like getting home again. 1t was
while rowing under the colors of the Red
and White a few years back that he be-
came noted as sculler. While at this
game he won numerous races, among
which was the intermediate double sculIs
championship of the United States at the
national regatta at Worcester, Mass, in
1903 His partner in the shell in that
event was Sam Edmonston, who later
became a member Of the Washington
baseball team.
The national championship plaque won
by Hecox apd Edmonston is one of the
most highly priced of the many trophies
that now adorn the walls OF the Potomac
Boat Club trophy room.
IT will hardly need any Introduction to
the Potomac boys" said Hecox, as I
have met most OF them during my stay
with the Analostans and must say that
from what have seen of them consider
that I will have the finest lot of real
sports a fellow ever had the pleasure Of
meeting.
It will have no new style OF rowing TO
teach the boys as I think they are now