Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-22
Copyright. 1915. by III. Star Company,
All Foreign Rights Reserved.)
EPISODE TEN.
PLAY BALL.

otoh you-or wanted TO go! anyway,
you read about 1t and you know the
Giants won i'm the last inning.
The benefit game was won by Jimmy
Barton. Of the New York Evening
Journnl-cven if he aud | urc the only
ones who think so.
Eighteen thousand of you were
there feel grateful TO every one
OF you for whatever reason you went.
You were Thereon wanted to be-and
that makes friends for our fund and
bays the rent for families that might
otherwise be disposscssed on the very
coolest days OF next winter.
You see homes are beautiful. sacred
places to me. and l feel the mantle
big hanback, of this work Is about
the best friend the poor people have.
wonder II u certain little mother over
in Brooklyn whose husbands pay az
motorman oould not keep her and
the five Riddles housed and fed last
December. does not agree with me? ]
wonder IL thousands of little mothers
do not agree? Wonder II but
that tas Il few people beside kipling
have saidJ is another story.
You want to hear how the Gianta
won the ball game You are thinking
Of Mct;raw. the giant Of Giants, who
goes after clean. honest victory and
sets i. He is Il great manager
So three cheers for him and the
Giants.
And now for Jimmy--here is your
chance 10 do IA little cheering for him
the cheering you would have done at
tho Polo Grounds il you had been pos
scSscd of powers Of diviuation to tell
you who had won the game, for this
is Jimmy Bartons story. He Is the
hero and the general manager or
cupid's messenger OF this tale.
Did your glance stray over toward
the stand just back Of the players
hcnch-or were YOU too intent on the
diamond Ia be looking about for other
flashes of Interest,"
There was Il girl over there just
back Of tho players that was as well
worth watching as the game itself
young. vibrant with lfe stare
a-spark1e in her blue eyes. emotion
flashing color in her magnolia petal
facc--but what can I 10 with words ?
chiscllcd it's outlines, and when Nature
does her best, why bother the type
setter?
The girl was--but why anticipate?
and the villain Of the piece, it would
not have been necessary for Jimmy
to win III" Giants game for them.
They generally MANI that pretty
well themselves. with q little helm
from that ''onc other who is>Enown
To all faithful fans as Bert kerrigan.
star pitcher Of the National League
And now. before the 6uspensive
element" delays our story beyond tho
span of it's life. lot me Introduce you
10 Il fnirlN familiar figure: Miss Bcu-
trice Fairfax, Of the Evening journal,
a, work at her desk-mysclf in my
o.Ncc.
To me there enters another old
friend. Jimmy Barton. Of the un-
uucnChubic good spirits: the don't
whmper" philosophy OF life: the
Observation-Disclosures defeat" vigor: the
"l-lovc-thcIn all" attitude toward
womcn---and the grin rs unfading as
the Cheshire cats and much more at
;ractivc
Jimmy was looking doleful--posi,ive-
ly dolcful He was AN overcast as tho
provcrbal November day. or course
! knew he was not lovelorn--but even
though his woes lay outside my de-
partmcnt. | fell n stir 81 sympathy ano
asked him what was bending his young
head in sorrow.
Don't be facctious at my expense.
I'm in real trouble--tinancial difficulty
u face bankruptcy for Il week"
Granny Will feed you"
Yes. but Granny cannot feed all
the other chaps who are going to nc
done out of weeks wages or more
Just study this headline on the sport
ing page for minute"
read: "ODay offers two to one on
the Sanks.
Who is O'Day?'
81 fear every office boy in the place
could tell you. more's The shame
Martin O'pay is New Works. most
daring gambler"
I'm your own language: Go To IT,
is the kind of the betting ring, O'Day?
He is not an assignment on which
you have failed?"
"No-but he seems TO have grudge
against me! You see, he is the king
Of the betting ring. He only pays nays
two to one when lie is cure. and have
Il weeks salary on the Giants"
might have delivered q sermon on
the evils OF betting. but instead
laughed. A doleful Jimmy seemed SO
miscast in his part.
But when my office boy. Arnold, came
in and. hrca king all rules. ushered in
one of tho Drettiest girls l have ever
seen, and when promptly therea IT err
j. b. made graceful but determined
exit. | knew he was not his normal
self.
The girl was so pretty that Arnolds
eyes autographed message which
clearly said: Now, Miss Fairfax, tell
me how is any fellow going to refuse
her what she's got her heart set on?
You wouldn't expect me to go slam
ming doors i'm her face. would you,
, Miss FairfaX?'
That is how pretty she was! And
still Jimmy fed!
So dismissed him from my mind
as he had dismissed himself from the
office. and turned to the girl.
She flung her story at me breath
lessly, without beginning or middle.
oh. Miss Fairfax. don't he cross with
the boy for letting me in. He couldn't
stop me, ] had to see you | was so
happy only yesterday And I'm so I'M
happy to-day. ! was SO proud, too,
because Bert. with all the world to
choose from, took me. Now am
afraid he is tired of me: maybe that
is why ] got the letter. But did love
IN hn 1off
Letters are my specially. Suppose
you let me see yours, so the story you
arc telling me will he a tribe clearer"
interrupted.
And straiEhtway the letter was pro-
duccd. On crumpled piece of cheap
paper this message was scra wled:
"tliss Malonc,-Your baseball play
ing lover has another girl. II you
doubt II. watch at the Wilton Inn to-
morrow morning at . o'clock. "A
Friend"
81 don't want TO spy on Bert. hut