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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-29

Return the new certificates or take
others for twice the amount Are you
game?"
I'm on" agreed Watson coolly.
Halsey laid down his hand in tri-
umph. There were four kings.
II win ground out Watson vicious
~, as he tossed down four aces.
Constance was on her feet in mo-
ment.
You are a lot of cheats and swim
dlers," she cried, seizing the cards be-
fore any one could interfere.
Deity she laid out the four aces
beside the four deuces. the four kings
beside the four queens. It was done
so quickly that even Halsey, in MS
amazement. could find nothing to say.
Mrs. Noble paled and was speeches
AS for Bella and Watson, nothing
could have aroused them more than
the open charge that they were usIng
false devices.
Yet never for a moment did Watson
lose his iron cynicism.
Prove it, he demanded AS for
! the stock already hold to the proper
! people"
Constance was facing Watson, as
calm as he.
SHOW it," she said quietly
There was a knock at the door.
| Don't let any one in" ordered Bella
! OF the maid, who had already opened
( the door
A mans foot had been inserted tutc
the opening. What's the matter
! Chloe?"
Good Lawd. Mis- Behave done
! been raided"' burst out the maid as
/ the door few wholly open.
Halsey staggered back. "A detec-
tive" he exclaimed.
4
Noble. Ny husband will never for
give me if this becomes known"
! Bella was as calm as a good player
with 2 royal straight flush
I've caught you at last" fairly
| Kissed Drummond. And you, too. Mrs
/ Dunlap. Watson. overheard come.
| thing about some stock. Let me SCI
! It I think it will interest Interna.
tional Surety as we'll as Exporters and
| Manufacturers.
Through the still open door Con.
stance had darted across the hall Il
her apartment.
I Not so fast" cried Drummond. '"Yol
can't escape. The front door +!
guarded You can't get out"
She was gone, but a moment Iater
! emerged from the darkness Of hel
rooms, carrying the oak box.
AS she set II down on the care
table, no one said q word. Deliber
ately she opened the box. discIosinG
two spools of wire inside. To the ma
chine she attached several head pieces
such as a telephone operator wears
She turned a switch and the wire be
gan to unroll from one spool and wint
lup on the other again.
A voice, or rather voices, seemed Il
come from the box itself. It was I'm
canny.
| Hello. IS this Mrs. L,eMar?" came from
lit.
What s. it?" whispered Halsey. as 4
fearful of being overheard.
a teIeErap phone" replied Constance
shutting II on for a moment
| "a telegraphone2 What is that?"
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N.-The Gamblers

She had risen and was pacing the floor
wildly.
Mrs. Dunlap she cried. pausing be-
fore Constance, today I am nothing
more nor less than a 'eapper,' as they
call it,Afor a gambling resort"
She was almost hysterical. The con-
trast with the gay, respectable. prosper
ous-looking woman at Bella's was APP
palling. Constance realized to the fuis
what were the tragedies that were en-
acted elsewhere.
AS she looked at the despairing woman,
she could reconstruct the terrible situa-
ton. Cultivated, well-bred. fashionably
gowned a woman like Mrs. Noble served
admirably the purpose Of Turing men on.
If there had been only women or only
men involved, it perhaps would not have
been so bad But there we're both. Con-
stance saw that men were wanted, men
who could afford to lose not hundreds.
but thousands, men who are always the
heaviest players. And so Mrs. Noble and
other unfortunate women no doubt were
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money!" she asked at length pointedly.
He had not expected the question. and
his evident intention vas to deny it. But
he met her eye. He tried to escape it, but
could not What was there about this
little woman that had compelled his at
tention and interest from the moment
he had been introduced?
Quickly he tried to reason 1t out in his
heart. 1t was not that she was physically
attractive to him. Mrs. Noble was that
II was not that fascination which Bella
aroused, the adventures, the siren, the
gorgon. In Constance there vas some
thing different. She was woman OF the
world, a mans woman. Then, too, she
was so brutaJly frank IN inviting his
condolences.
Over and over he turned the answer
he had intended to make. He caught
her eye again and knew that it was Of
no use.
over his face at not being able. as usual,
to let the gay life put the truth out Of
his mind. Yes, have been Using-tHeir
funds"
As if a switch had been turned. the
light broke on Constance. She saw her
self face to face with one Of the dark
shadows in the great city Of high lights.
How" she asked simply. leaning for
ward over the table.
There was no resisting her. Quickly he
told her all
AT first with what little money OF my
own 1 had I played. Then 1 began TO
sign I . Us and notes. Now / have
been taking blank stock certificates,
! some Of those held as treasury stock in
the company's safe They have never
/ been issued. so that by writing in the
/ signatures of myself and the other Off
! GERS necessary. I have been able to use
/ 1t to pay off my losses in gambling
! As he unfOlded to her the plan which
/ he had adopted, Constance listened in
/ amaZement.
/ And you know that you are watched, 81
she repeated. changing the subject, and
sensing rather than seeing that Drum
mond was watching them.
! Yes" he continued freely. The Inter
national Surety, in which I'm bonded
has a sort OF secret service OF its own
/ / understand 1t is the eye that is never
closed. but is screened from the mar
under bond. When yea so into the
+. Broadway night life too often. for in
/ stance" he pursued waving his hand
/ about at the gay tables, run around IL
fast motors with faster cOmpany-well
thew know II. Who IS watching. / dc
not know SUIT with me it, will be as il
has been when others came to the end
some day they will come 20 me. and they
are going to say. We don't like youl
conduct. Where do yo1 get this money?
They will know. then. TOO, But before
that times comes I want to win. TO b,
in a position TO tell them to go"
HaIsey cIenched his INST. 1t was evi
dent he did not intend TO quit no matter
what the odds were against him
Constance thought OF the silent figure
OF Trummond at the other table-watCh
ing watching She felt sure that it wa
TO him that the Surety Company haC
turned over the work Of shadowing Hal
sey. Day after DAY, probably, the unob
tr5lsive detective had been trsiIing Hal
sew from the moment ne left his apart
ment until the time when he returned. T.
he did return. There was nothing of hi!
Eoings and comings that was not ALREADY
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business-treasurer Of the Exporting &
Manufacturing Company"
But" she pursued, looking him frank
ly In the face, II should think you'd he
afraid to-er-become involved"
I know I am being watched" he broke
in impatiently. You see, I'm bonded.
and the bonding companies keep a pretty
sharp. lookout on your habits. on, the
crash will come some day. Until it does
let's make the most of it-while it
lasts"
He said the words bitterly Constance
was confirmed in her original suspicion
OF him now. Halsey was getting deeper
and deeper into the moral quagmire. She
had seen his interest in Mrs. Noble. Had
Bella LeMar hoped that she, too, would
play will-o'-the-wisP in leading him on?
over the stin half-eaten supper she
watched Halsey keenly. A thousand
questions about himself, about Mrs. No
Bile, rushed through her mind. Should
she be perfectly frank?
Are you-are You using the company s
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an open book to them. OF what use was
it, then, for Halsey to fight?
It was a situation such as she delighted
in. She had made up her mind. She
would help Haddon HaIsey to beat the
law.
Already it seemed as II he knew that
their positions had been reversed. He
had started in TO warn her; she now was
saving him.
Yet even then he showed the better
side of his nature
There is some one else. Mrs Dunlap, "
he remarked earnestly, who needs your
help even more than do
It had cost him something to say that.
He had not been aole to accept her help,
even under false pretenses. Eagerly he
watched to see whether jealousy Of the
other woman played any part with her.
Il understand" she said with a hasty
glance at her watch and a covert look
at Drummond Let US go. If we are
to win we must keep our heads clear. I
shall see you tomorrow"
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
SPEED DEMONS
IN HOMECOMING
Oldfield and DePalma Both
Well Known Here; viii
Race July l

Homecoming Day would be a ~
expression 20 apply 10 sunday. July
4. whei Barney Oldheld. master
driver. and Ralph DePalma. famous
Italian specdster hook up in their
championship match auto race At
the Michigan State Fair track n
viii be- homecoming for Barney. for
10 was In Detroit that ne got his
start with the Ford 900 in the early
days OF racing on/the Crosse Pointe
track Deuolt1s home 10 DePalma.
for be has >lived here for the last
TWO years
Barney has not appeared before a
Detroit crowd IN several years, tho
he has visited in the city several
times. and this will be one reason
WHY he will be followed by great
throns % racing fans. In all bis
years OF racing in America DePnlmA
has never been fortunate enough 70
get into a match in Detroit Re
cause OF this Ralph vas anxious.
when his I'D feud with Barney de
yeloped into a challenge az Union.
town some weeks ago 10 get into
action In Detroit The Michigan
State Fair oval is the best dirt track
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
each Is Hero of Batting 422 Average for 10 Straight Game

IN America and Barney was willing
10 come here
Il would just as soon trim you 10
Detroit as IN any other city" Wal
Barney's reply 20 tho Detroit >sug-
gestion from DePalma. Ralph. who
knows not what perturbation means,
CAME right back with AN right.
Wen 60 TO Detroit. and we'll talk
about results after the race Best
two in three heats will suit me-"
Barney's famous Golden Egg"
which made It's first appearance al
the Chicago speedway June l6. trav,
cling better than i0s miles per hour.
will be- used here The master driV-
or will also have his French Delage
10 hop into IN case the Egg" goes
wrong
DePalma will likely appear with
his latest Packard mount. which he
has been using on the speedwsys.
Re will also have another of his
famous mounts on the track as u
substitute car.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
A Game GUY

Lien soTHoRoN going TO pitch against Detroit day his
~ fellow the touted
"A whipped Cleveland
artillery
Fielder
this rghfhander
the from Washington
considerable
will be awaited with ordinary
sothoon unoorked something like oneht Cleveland
whipped the Yanks to The test Ibis particular sknsh
rookie responded
ing either side until the hfh inning In this frame Peckn
and Johnson scored sohoon rounded third but caped back when
he he couldn't
d never got there because bumped The pitcher no back ot
the
plain that he
succeeded IN scoring the winning when Austin fled tho
Sothoron n
his
around third
would tailed had
Pccknpaugh and singled.
Soihoon
plugged right thru the
crbes say they The put
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
Ancient Plank Is Too
Much For Tigers
Wednesday

The TIGERS are mighty anxious tc
even NO to tho series with the
Brownies this afternoon becauAe a
double.neader is on the program for
Friday and Frank Navin's swatsters
ar-very ANXIOUS 70 get into a posi-
ton where a double victory viii
give them a his boost and where q
spli' viii not hurt them much How.
ard Ehmke probably VIII work this
afternoon Holland IS long overdue.
but Re IS liSe.y 10 stick 10 The bull
pen Tleru.t IS en- successful az
stepping m and breaking up rallies
hat Manager Jern ncs IS inc'ire ed
% use him that way. rather than as
n starter Bernie would have pulled
wednesday game ort ~ the fra
arer men were or second and third
with none ONT had ne received Or.
binary support Several Brownie
heaviers are ready 20 20. hut Soth-
oron looks Ike a god het Bush
vii be a. shor'. whore ~ appeared
20 b as spry az ever yesterday r
e tossup whether or not cav
ford Nil stick 70 first sam isn't
HITTING Any het'e- han Burns
Fielder Jones' dorhl e~crossed
everybody wednesday BY sending
Plank in 20 pitch TIE game. The
veteran southrsw was left A. s.
Louis when he Browns went east
because he was or When the
Brownie secretary wrote the seribes
In Detroit this week. anncunctnr
he squad that was 10 appear n
this city, Re said specifically that
Plank would not he here because
Re WAS IN a s. Louis hospital Bot
Eddie did ioin his team here yes.
terday morning. ard he never
pitched better bail in his life than
he did Yesterday afternoon
The Tigers led OF in the scoring
Bush slammed a double 20 lef, in
he first inning and Young sacri-
feed him 20 third. Cobb singled
past short scoring DOME There
after he Tigers were unable 20 tally
until the seventh. altho they had
three chances thar looked good In
the second. Holman bunted safely
and went clear 20 third on Austin
overthrow OF first Nobody vas out.
but Plank refused 20 let Harry
score Incidentally. Heflman staged
a batting comeback "wednesday that
was very pleasing 10 the fans
The next chance came in the
fourth. when vesch walked and
wandered around 70 third Wit
stranded him there will high ~
20 center In the fifth Spencer
singled and Mitchell sacrificed beau
tifuliy Hack took third on a bad
throw BY Severed. bur couldn't get
homa
Meanwhile he Brownies forced
The breaks and took the lead
Mitchell started the fourth BY hit
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21

INK SEVERED Marsans hunted and
beat ne bail Pratt sacrificed and
rat the runners on third and seo-
ord Mitchell Fell while helding this
ball bur Jagged his man by nice
throw while on the ground John
son singled 20 center scoring Sew
sreid Cobhs hne throw turned
hack Narsans Johnson ran wildly
20 second and Cpencer tried 10 nab
Sim Hacks throw was bad and
So' thru Young MarsAns broke for
home. Cobb scooped the erring
BAR and ehDcked u 20 the plate Just
900 late for q play -
Detro<t tied the coun, in the sew.
suth. when Heilman tripled 10 the
Gag pole and Spencer brought him
home with doublN Thereafter
Plank didn't let a/Tiger reach first
The winning rpn came in heeighth.
II the seventh. the Brownies had
eued the( bases with weak bstsmen
before anyone was out. but with the
b1s end M. they could not score
Mitchelrs good pitching helped. and
so did fine stop BY Young and a
stll finer scoop OF YounEs throw by
Spencer
The winning nun went over n
he eighth Jacobson bounced a
single OF Mi'chelrs glove Severed
doubled 70 left. Miller ran for BIN
Boland replaced Mitchell Narsans
htt 70 Roland. who ran jacobson
down and tagged him Pratt fouled
70 Vitf over beyond the duEout.
Miller saw that Oscar vas bit OF
balance and broke for home after
The catch WIS throw 20 the plate
uas low and The bali got away from
Spencer Miller had won the game
by an insane play thar went right.
The doubleheader Friday Will
start ar I As O'Clock.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
NATIONAL GOLF
MEET CALLED OFF

NEW YORK, june 2 There will
not oo even a som official national
goli champion hiD Tor ,he amateurs
This year Tie United States Gold
association which had formerly
planned % 30 thru with the amateur
tourney at Oakmont bur without
awarding a iormri championship. has
announced thgNtne Oakmout tourney
viii nov be held 40 all The chief
significance OF this announcement
is that there viii be- no opportunity
now for the Western Golf associs-
ton and the Z s. q. to- clash
over the amateur question and other
differences thar have arisen between
the two efganizs Ions.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
MoRRlE CONES TO
TOWN; is WELCOMED

Umpire George Moriarty made
his Hrst appearance behind The
plate in Detroit IN Wednesday
game. and handled himself right
umpirely The fans gave him
roar or welcome when be ap
pesred The former Tiger seem
ed 20 do pretty well on balls and
strikes alfho he had Plank crab
5ing a. him once IN a while The
only Tiger 20 take exceptions 20
the rulings OF their former team
mate was Crawford. who didn't
like strike thar was called
upon him ~ is TOO early 70 guar.
anfee Morrie's future az an arbi-
Ter. bur he 81 teaming with Billy
Evans and that is The best school
IN the world
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
WRITER'S AFTER
HIDE OF McGRAW

NEW YORK, June 81 The
troubles Of John J. McGraw. in con
neciion with his alleged denuncia-
ton of John X Tener, president %
the National league. are not over
Sport writer's whose veracity was at.
tackled by McGraw when he repudiat.
ed Interviews they sent 10 the pa.
pers they represent. have declared
the truthfulness OF the interviews
Newspapers here today declare Nc.
GRAY must make PREPARATION.
!. Me local Baseball writers asso
riation has taken UP the case An.
davits are 10 be procured from the
writer and they will be fled with
The National league with a demand
hat a thoro investigation be made
II this IL refused. II Il declared the
rourls viii be aeked 20 determine
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
BRYANT LEADS =
IN TRAP SHOOT

BIRMINGHAM Mich june Al
Better scores than those OF Wednes-
day are expected today in The state
gun shoot here Several oS the marks
men came thru in fine shape Wed
nesday, bRf a large number OF the
entries didn't have their eyes on the
clay birds The high men among
those who shot az $50 targets We'd
nesday were. Bryant. 145. Kirk.
wood. IA. Funderbeck. l43; Taylor
I43 Coburn. IA; Ford. al. Parker,
$40. Stevens. 40
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
Ehmke Is Likely to Draw
Job of Evening Up Series
TWO RoMeRs IN ONE
DAY FOR HENDRIX

NEW YORK. June 2i-Hen-
dry1. the southern Lacquer who
has stolen Frank Gilhooley's JOB
ia right FIELD in tho Yankee bat
ne line. broke into the hall OF
fsme when he drove out two
fsme runs yesterday Both came
in The Grst game with the Red
Sox The first circuit drive tied
me score IN the sixth. and the
second enabled the Nanks 90
come from behind and win in the
ninth.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
TIGERS BUY
FIRST Stacker

The Tigers have purchased a new
frsi bsseman HIS name IL Lew
Blue and 10 belongs 20 the Martins
burg club % the Blue Ridge league
He isn't 70 report until fall. accord
ing 70 the agreement but he prob
ably will come sooner Many minor
leagues will break UP early this
summer, and the Blue Ridge Is not
likely 20 be an exception In that
went Blue Will report az once He
Is slugger, so they say
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
BROWNS TRY OUT
SOME C0LLEGIANS

Fielder Jones is going to Try out
a lot OF college talent this spring in
en- effort 20 bolster up his Browns.
Wayne Wright. pitcher from Ohio
State university and Scrappy
Moore. a thirdhaseman from Van
derbilt. joined the club here The
Browns are bringing west Vincent
Molyneaux. Villanoya pitch@ NJ
I'd Murray a Trinity shoTtsteM
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21


week and he set back for BIT but he Isl expected AXE kindly 20 The
slabsfers Bobby
confidence result Of bis
earIyJune campaign, II will be n task him
entirely friends Cobb
Ike
at fol IN
is be
o lead
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
NET ENTRIES
MUST HURRY

Entries FOR the elimination junior
tennis Journeys 10 be staged the
week OF June rs viii close Friday
Afternoon a. o'clock Post entrie.
will not be accepted Boys who want
chance for the JUROR champion
ship should get their entries 20 y
II Bowen No l54 Fortst west, be
fore the time mentioned Boys from
the state viii be Just as welcome as
Detroitors
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
II Nh Azes.N
MN-T''El:lNI'lii.l lo|: |X|lE,Re.

WEIDER JONES PLAYED the grs "Wednesday In
first place he hospital
come pitch The sbggh Nethu IAN
- this bat Jones made him forget ms
aches and pains poster htd M toing antique
rggd All
of which they Whereppon has become necessary
Tc
he stalking month For an be l Plans vas "a. 1s a-
showdown ch
things. stationed bis aides where he wanted % stamped
a venerable billy goat and go alipiia llA
breeze bali o. his that he made sorl lee
Mitchell Crawford teinan Ni.
order hundred and we major asle same ana PIE
be discovered that be mad ea-. I'D WI"
the
Johnson eaftr1T1
me
quoted we're
md
ksvthu
baseball awaited them no
the thr1
after algol'
COBB noeea around
with his chance -oda q M me
when recalled that bea n 1911
from MAY Is Ply ~ rs hits ~
only Wednesday record for the big drive fair
record georgian wants
yet coming It 36S this morning
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
Also Some Veaching

MT Cobbng bat
Is clout.ng that Bobby
has weeks ] Robert
time % pil he did
he
drive the front Neach would now be
with Nav 81 Roberr OF me
422 l9
games archives because this Tiger
OF
general The rival records of y
comparison
didn't miss his daily hi for II games April and Nay
speded
dozen without bur his snd svrage was
Had instead
fifteenth
Of
by record for
42 the better circles hat
Neachs
smas front
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21

Rawlings. the utility inaeIder 81
the Braves. t. putting up nne brand
90 psstiminE. Besides doinR gilt
edge work ~ haFanviit~'s piace.
RawlinH- ieada his team In Batting.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21

The sir vtce-presIdepts Of the -.
Louis Cardinals pay their way into
the lot whenever they desire 20 se~
the Cards perform
The Detroit times., 1917-06-21
2:IO PAGERS
SHINE TODAY
Three Winners To Start In
Headliner At Bay City
Trots

BAY CITY. Mich. June 2l-Fhe
big money In Thursdays short snip
card az Bay city viii 60 20 the . 10
PAGERS. who viii battle for he ST.
400 purse or the starters, Mussell
Shell. Mary Peters and Toneko
have been winners this year
TIE thriller % Wednesday, pro
gram was nor the $1,000 event for
is pacers. because Col Armstrong
won 10 handly In straight heats
The big punch came In the 2,l2
pace. which had % 40 I've heats,
zsrdie Welch and Lord seymour
both won heats. bar did no. have
Inc stamina t0 hold down Sunourn
Pointer ~ the euai three pounds.
The wednesday summary
sac ~nnT. PURSE $500
John - by sunrise
,. o.- r.,-.s Sss,ke,, :
taIla HaIt = lee ..-.
TratIr Dawn. o m Mllloyl
All ahiare hr w WsisN
SIS sins p M tFullaEer
rrar Redmond b. Beck
Il.
Tiwe, rt4 cttA 't+
zrs PACE RISE s. 600
cei trmstfers PIX
walter ntre-t E1uan
Peter ptre- IN 3 81 r1ew-
trgf
Aristotle. = lPretmore1
ora Lou -r < tMR.orf
TaN Title b. p iSpeckettl $
Babe Tanner. rh n fetch
oIN
Ttms-9i4L .ItA. 1853.
ara PACE. PURSE $500
Suneuru Pointer
by sidney Pointer
Gray .-...--. Z
Lord seymour. br r. ny
Parongafa fCaresl
Birdie WEIGH q. ~. cy
Alcwu onium Boy
Hopkins 3
Bertha Walsh. X. m
- alsh1 .....
Don Wnkes. ch &
Jennie FttzsiwmcnS
fDennls) ..+--..- sro
Lee Grand. hr h.
Beck $500. ......,t 20
Lottle Russell, p. r.
Time-sIti.. ASA. 2lt~ .itH.
2l6li
The Detroit times., 1917-06-30
LLOYD-CEORCE
DEFIES U-B0ATS

DUNDEE, Scotland, June 30-"We
now have such reserves OF NUM-
tons that whatever the German sub
marines do they cannot prevent our
successful prosecution OF the war
declared Premier Loyd-George in a
speech here today.
we have driven the great Ger
man army underground" he contin.
ued. land that means the beginning
OF the end. II means pounding a
sense OF inferiority into every pore
Of the German mind
THE Prussians possess many vir-
tues-except!ng humility. which is
now being taught them by a fierce.
relentless lash"
l1oyd-George was given an en-
thusiastic welcome by the towns
people. Discussing economic condi-
tons he was cheered when he said :
IF necessary, the government will
itself pay the difference in the price
Of bread so as 10 bring II within
compass OF the bulk Of the people"