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I houses and let himself noiselessly IL
the front door. The light in the hal
had been left burning, and another il
his w room, as he discovered whel
he got there. He locked the doc
quickly and without noise, but his fin
gers were still upon the key whe1
there was a quick football in the hal
outside.
George, dear?"
He went to the other end of thu
room before replying.
"Yes?"
I'D been wondering where you were
DEAR"
"Had you?"
There was a pause; then she said
timidly: wherever it was, I hope you
had a pleasant evening""
After a silence, "Thank you" he
said without expression.
Another silence followed before she
spoke again.
"You wouldn't care to be kissed
good night. I s%uppose?" And with a
little furry of placative laughter she
added: cat your age of counsel"
'Im going to bed now," he said.
"Good night"
Another silence seemed banker
than those which had preceded it, and
finally her voice came-it was blank,
too.
"Good night"
After he was in bed his thoughts be-
came more tumultuous than ever;
while among all the inchoate and frag-
mentary sketches of this dreadful day,
now rising before him the clearest was
of his uncle collapsed in a big chair
with a white tie dangling from his
hand; and M conviction, following
upon that picture, became definite in
Georges mind: that his Uncle George
ANDERSON was a hopeless dreamer,
from whom no help need be expected,
an amiable imbecile lacking in normal
impulses, and wholly useless in a
struggle which required honor to be
defended by a man Of action.
Then would return a vision Of Mrs.
Johnson's furious round head, set be-
hind her great bosom like the u far
sunk on the horizon of a mountain
plateau and her cracking, asthmatic
voice. "Without sharing in
other peoples disposition to put an
evil Interpretation on what may be
nothing more than unfortunate appear
ance" "Other people may be
less c%onsiderate in not combining their
discussion Of it, as l have, to char
liable views" And then George
would get up again-and again-and
pace the floor in his bare feet.
That was what the tormented young
man was doing when daylight came
gauntly in at his window-pacing the
floor, rubbing his head in his hands,
and muttering:
1T can't be true: this can't be hap
pening to me |"
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of nil personality and seemingly part
of the mechanism,

OF all personality n seemingly par
of the mechanism.
Eugene himself, as he came up thu
cement path to the house, was a fig
ure of the new era which was in time
to be so disastrous to stiff hats and
skirted coats; and his appearance af.
forded a debonair contrast to that OF
the q~ueer-looking duck capering at the
Anderson ball in m old dress coat,
and next day chugging up National
avenue through the snow in his night
mare of a sewing machine. Eugene
this afternoon was richly clad in new
outdoor mode: his motoring coat was
soft gray fur; his cap and gloves were
of gray suede, and though Lucy's hand
may have shown itself in the selection
of these high garnitures, he wore them
easily, even with a becoming hint of
jauntiness. Some change might be
seen in his face, too, for q successful
man is seldom to be mistaken, espe-
cially If his temper be genial. Eugene
had begun to look like a millionaire. :.
But, above everything else, what was
most evident about him, as he came
up the path, was his confidence in the
happiness promised by his present
Grand; the anticipation in his eyes
could have been read by a stranger.
His look at the door of Isabel's house
was the look Of a man who is quite
certain that the next moment will re-
veal something ineffably charming, in
expressibly dear.
... When the bell rang George
waited at the entrance of the "recep-
ton ROOM until a housemaid came
through the hall on her way to answer
the summons.
"You needn't mind, Mary" he told
her. "Ill see who it is and what they
want. Probably it's only a peddler."
"Thank you, sir, Mister George"
said Mary, and returned to the rear Of
the house. .
George went slowly to the front door
and halted, regarding the misty silhou-
cite of the caller upon the ornamental
frosted glass. After a minute of
waiting this silhouette changed outline
so that an arm could be distinguished
AN arm outstretched toward the bell,
as If the gentleman outside doubted
whether or not it had sounded and
were minded to try again. But before
the gesture was completed George alb
ruptly threw open the door and
stepped squarely upon the middle of
the threshold.
A slight change Swallowed the face:
OF Eugene; his look of happy anticipa-
ton gave way to something formal
and polite. "How do you do< GeorgeY"
he said. "A1rs. Minafer expects to 20
driving with me, I believe-if you'll
be so kind as to send her word that
I'm here"
George made not the slightest move
ment.
"No." he said.
Eugene was incredulous, even when
his second glance revealed how hot Of
eye was the haggard young man be-
fore him. II beg your pardon. I
said"
g" heard you," said George. "You
said you had an engagement with my
mother, I told you, MOI"
Eugene gave him a steady look, and
then he asked quietly: "What is the
the dif1culty?"
George kept his own voice quiet
enough. but that did not mitigate the
vibrant fury Of 1t. "My mother will
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have no interest In knowing that you
came for her today" he said. "Or any
other day!"
Eugene continued to look at him
with a scrutiny in which began to
CLEAN a profound anger, noh the less
powerful because IL "a so quiet. II
am afraid l do not understand you"
II doubt If I could make it much
p%lainer." George said. raising his
voice slightly. "but I'll try. You're
not wanted in this house, Mr.. Morgan,
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yOu luIuh i j.
George said, and at that Fanny laugh.
ed witheringly.
"You! Considerate of anybody"
I'm c%Onsiderate of her good name I"
he said holly. 1T seems to me that's
about the first thing to be considerable
of, in being considerable Of a person!
And look here; it strikes me you're
taking a pretty different tack from
what you did yesterday afternoon"
Fanny wrung her hands. II did f.
terrible thingw she lamented. snow
that it's done and too late, I know
what it was! l didn't have sense
enough just to let things go on. I
didn't have any business to interfere,
and I didn't mean to interfere-I only
wanted to talk, and let out a little!
l did think you already knew every
thing I told you. I did! And I'd rather
have cut off my hand than stir you
up to doing what you have done! I
was just suffering so that I wanted to
let out a little-I didn't mean any real
harm. But now I see what's happened
or, I was a fool! I haven't any bust
ness interfering. Eugene never would
have looked at me, anyhow, and, oh,
why couldn't I have seen that before
He v came here q single time in
! his life except on her account, never!
and I might have let them alone, be-
cause he wouldn't have looked at me
even If he'd never seer Isabel. And
they haven't done any harm; she made
! Wilbur happy, and she was q true
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
BILLY BLACK SIGNS
WITH GERMANTOWN
Frank Poth Turns Over Prom
ising Youngster to Latest
Eastern League Entry
JOE FOGARTY WITH READING

Manager "Army" Fitzgerald. man
ager of the Germantown basketball
team, together with Dave Bennis. are
on still hunt for material for their
club, which has been granted a fran
chise in the Eastern League. After a
visit to Frank Poth last evening he
was induced to part with Billy Black,
the best youngster developed in Phirly
last year.
Black, like numerous other young
bloods, who will make good if given a
chance, was anxious to play. The best
he could have secured from the Amcri-
cans was to adorn the bench, and he
is pleased with the change of scenery
as one of the stipulations in the trans
fer was that he would be played regu-
larly.
With the signing of youngster, the
news filters through that the Reading
management has accepted the John
Hancock of Joe Fogarty to a signature.
The veteran will join the Bears for
practice Immediately. There may be
some who figure that the veteran has
seen his best days. This was the cry
when signed by Trenton four years ago.
The critics in the Jersey capital
dubbed that team "Grand Army Vet
erans," and yet n few years later Fo =
garty and Hough were battling on Cd
posing teams for the highest honors.
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Mile Off Course: Wlns

country team followed in the steps Of its
varsity and likewise handed it's opponents.
the Northeast freshmen a defeat by the
score OF II to as. The freshmen started off
fast and soon Belbsr took the lead. but lost
the course and when he came in winner
by scant ten yards 1t was found that he
had run only mile and quarter instead of
two and one-eighth miles. The other com
petitors followed him. though, he was
rightly awarded first place.
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daily lessons field generahp and this should help considerably the
this brains and brawn stuff and looks like good
The Little Quaker had long blackboard talk yesterday While
regarding of saturday there feeling that
to to
lis predicting victory that would be foolish when considers the
g the Penn this
Mercer the argeS i
and the bakfed
Cornell o be the best for center
e; THE today and things
OH
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PLAN BIG AUTO RACES
Belmont Track to Be Mecca for Speed
Demons on October 2s

For the first time in history here an
automobile. motorcycle and aeroplane
race meet will be held AT the Belmont
track, Narberth. SATURDAY. October %,
The events will be held under the
auspices of the Pennsylvania Aero
Service Corporation
Not ONLY Ford cars will be allowed
to race: but owners of high powered
cars will get the chance they have been
wanting for years. Big purses will go
to the winners in the various events.
Motorcyclists also will have chance
of getting in on the racing.
Entry blanks can be procured by
writing Pennsylvania Aero Service Cor :
poration. 317 Stephen Girard building
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
LAST SPRING TRAINING DRILL AT COBLENZ ON
ANY FOOTBALL TEAM
HAS A JOB CLEANING
UPMITS OWN WARD
Fe,o EleUens Need Moue Out OF Neighborhood to Get
Real Competition in These Days When Euen
Small College Produces Big Machine

IN THE sPoRTIIGHT-BY GRANr1ANp RICE
Copyright 1919 All rights
You Knoto 1t
Lo.t WorS IN thrills that rush uhk
Lost s''"s ,ss,s H r. "srss sssss,nfH ,.f%' .sya.
No matter Whot the
A, one Oho tcoc, counties. ~SS'%
Tho pGistc soumdswthe kios. off boom,
Inddo tho fold they co. '''"'
In some grip NJ
r. 4as s,,ts tsfs,tsres s,., rs f. f0rs x. -
Aganu tho toosline % .tor~ r%
win 5sa2 sDsai"g ss,% feet =. t'sy ey,.s .sr''' bly,
To cheer the gallant da,h
too, ousnmn tsros
uzm;.dsq Ass gssr"fS ne =, 70 1as ill., H"s g.,
That stolked my spiHs.
b.. since MY hairs ts'"-or
think rutser peddls verse
7hon carry DookG punt
ccoRD1NG Grover last spring
that aad % r'f fs. oss a ss a n ss qsss % - pitcher Itch
concerned. ~
Yost and the Vest
HURRY decided to forso tn. once .n
nua invasion with number
on sst with s' Hs sits s
place o1ns no~ xhs sss II tas sa % al
fs Ss1 a sn.1. s:
other long hard winter settles down. ~ " -
ns po"es ought pposiS. quite Ss' S % Code"
The Ultimate
sad that tmoke' 'em
"Jones t@mseS o" tho ty. yard line
There's nothing toorse
Herein hnoe the limit et
For bay;
Unless q
The other
Cleveland No,v Due
THE championship outsider due break through
its height.
"LyAvE Speaker. .noppy comeback.
ATER extended debate Speaker coyly
- heved 1920 Fate Cevelands
Cincinnati only had wait fifty between championship
Cleveland waiting
Ees Having finished
Ohio
n which
a
l. We still main hat in the
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GERMANTOWNM MAY
SPILL GRID DOPE
Ozark Horse" of Sutton and
Guetter Might Break Wire in
lnteracademic League Sprint
SMO0TH-PLAYING ELEVEN
BY PAUL PREP

The well known dark horse, al
ways among those present i'll every
branch of sportive competition. may
rear up and give the proyerbial dope a
swift twin back kick in the 1nternca
demic Football League this season.
! Year after year, Penn Charter has
been going along on the chalked off
battlefield like baby tank, unstop-
able. and each seasons closing day has
proved that of coronation for Dick Mer-
ritt's eleven.
This season, full of upsets-Wilard,
f'rinstance. the White SoX and Davie
Herron-also may bring out a surprise
for Penn Charter. Whether the little
Quakers have been unable to get started
remains to be seen, and whether other
academic teams are weaker than usual
also is an unknown quantity Never
theless, there's going to be some
mighty sweet and hard football before
Penn Charter is recrowned or de-
throned.
vii II Be Germantown?
Germantown Academy has promis
ing eleven. Who can tell but that this
/ team Will IndTtU uOMu tnt ltlu' WV
over Penn Charter, Episcopal and
Friends Central! This would be a sur
prise of surprises. Yet stranger things
| have happened.
Coaches Sutton and Guetter have
been laboring diligently, conscientiously
and confidently with Germantown
Academy. They have fine slew of ma
terial, which started out month age
as green, inexperienced and raw
quantity. Today Sutton and Guettel
believe they have smooth, fast, oil
like moving aggregation. There were
several weaknesses; in fact, lot OF
them. But all of these have been rem
edied and when Germantowns bis
games roll around nothing will remain
but to see by how wide margin the
boys can win-which is an expression
of one of those interested in the team S
success this year.
Randall Is Back
With the return of Randall. whose
| first handle is Roland, big hole was
plugged up in the Germantown line
He is a veteran tackle. Reds, Acker
"Pud" Balbirnie, Borchers, Turose,
Mackenzie and "Maurie" Henkels are
other linemen who are expected to build
up veritable stone wall.
Just now it looks as if the back
field quartet will be composed of Shoy
er. quarterback "Stork" ConIcy and
"Dick" Maetin, halfbacks. and Brad
Dinsmore, fulback. The latter proba
bly, will reel off the signals. Besides
the mentioned men. all of whom have
been playing so well that life is pleas
ure for both coaches. there are large
number of understudieS. Among the
latter is former Penn Charter man,
Jake" Biddle. by name.
The only thing on today's scholasti,
schedule. locally, is soccer scrimmsp,
between Upper Darby High School and
Friends Select on the latter's field
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strenuous siege of skull practice in
addition to their regular work, and
results already are beginning to show.
This system is a good one, be
cause it gives the players a chance to
think things over occasionally. They
never know when they VIII be put
through quiz. Mercer sometimes
lets the team run up and down the
field half a dozen times and then
calls halt,
I'VE have the ball on our oppo-
nents' % yard line he will say,
second down and ) yards to gain,
The defensive backfcld is playing for
a forward pass and the ends are play
ing wide. Carter, what play would
YOU usc?"
Carter then gives his idea of
what should be done, and the other
players also have something to say.
The result is that the players receive
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The The following came in today's mail: .'say
seIxiowS' sIx,e' ! want to hear from any of your
sSiAtten sIN -eighteen years old who have some
pa pa asiket5ai, talent in you. for berths on
Dtasketnatl lta team about TO be organized, |
aiso would Ike to hear from an old gentle
man man VINO wishes to give just one evening a
cIvb N WhcEB ShMcEB IL IN aofpF aGfpnF me to manage this
the anat.nr haskcthall teams Wrte J0e oe
paEers' 4lo South Twentieth street,
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of
~
meeting in years,
o
plans put n field training
physical players
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Likely to Revert to Seven-Cane Series

NEXT the baseball mOguls will probably back the
~
baseball know it,
That slim crowd Cincinnati the seventh due to lack
Of in
placing tickets
to of
the world participants have taken football for the fall
Greasy coaching Norwood suburb of Cincinnati.
in
niknamed him "Greasy For
the West Virginia Wesleyan eleven
performer Quigey the
win
,nnsfl ends
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

TACK DEMPSEY and his permed have for
in which
lin with Mr. Dempsey,
knocked Mr. Willard
goaan won't the That
o spilled by Otto Foo, the Denver
$ Sells Foto
will lots of the
cut again with the champion the payroll
him chance The champion fight but
S
Kearn $ to his another fghles thodr,
is well with Kean and Dempsey They
indignant because Dempsey the National his
Kbahe box Eddie Morgan The contendd
Dempsey should allowed
his unless they Dempsey couldn't
way,an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

George Griffith, of Ninth street and Snyder
avenue once famous because OF Johnny
hogan, at one time leading lightweight.
VIII ,endeavor to put the corner back on the
local boxing game. GrIf is II welterweight.
johnny Jane tslls us. and he is open for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

~. Paul's Guild. of Fifteenth and Porter
streets; VIII put two flrst-class teams In the
CaEe Ca thas season and would like to book
yours Truly, st. Columbia, Chester, Han
cock, Norris Guards and other teams OF tina I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

Delmar A. c. has opened its football sea-
son with strong eleven and has open dates
In october and November for teams having
average weight of 120-125 pounds. for Sat
uruay ana sunday games at home. George
LShch' O32S Woodstock street.
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Penn Men Already Looking CorneIward

Red and Blue doees
Friendly Saturday afternoon between
Cornell anxious about their
afraid that Larry Bankhs team is strong
workouts the
improbable will Cornell
VII lthacans they will
rate what coming off, Just as first
I'M their appual Thanksgiving rival 49,
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Many Are Down, but Fetv Are Out

inth of football
and football that plays Sunday
Xegler, PENIS
American
with the Indians against Mson
Miles big tackle Washington
( andIe n line
fought Masion the Tigers the last
o Pittsburgh, did work for Masilon
s
It's exercise and surprised that
Ion get game.
Eddie
popular of
Maon and
cally good towns and he crowds enormous.
THE Of the Massilom and Canton Jim
- has Of said
big is running
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

Willie jackson has been the busiest light
weight in the East He appeared In three
bouts last week. boxed on Monday night, and
next Monday night the lightning right -hand
socker meets Johnny Drummie at the Olym-
MIA Club. Drummie recently defeated Joe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

Joe LyncIi's next bout will be a twelve
T,ounder in Boston October 90 He will meet
Jaoel White. of Albany. N Y. Jabez is a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

Mike O'Dowd. middleweight champion. will
put on his initial exhibition of the 1890
campaign before a Philadelphia audience at
the National Club Saturday night. The Harp
meets dangerous puncher In Steve Latzo.
1t will be hefty puncher against hefty
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SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS

weight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

fuhCOCk Bnsketb0II Cub has arranged to
open the lel9-lo20 season with the Bridge
ton club OF New Jersey, October 25. Man
ule and he would like to hear from teams
~ Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A. NJ.
strauss $50 Chestnut street.
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01ue nCandrews-leOn badau match
Was Vas horrible. The Frenchman may be en-
sltled TO another bout to show what he has
against one nearer his weight. Badau and
sailor freeman might result in corker.
battllng Murray and Johnny Maloney used
70 carry the same Colors into the ring un-
" the former weaned away from Johnny
buths. Now they have chance to decide
,t wmtcn Is me better bantam, and they will
put on thelr test in one of the bouts at the
National Saturday night
hsht to finish is planned for fans
N the southwest. the bout to be staged across
lne lhternational line. If II materaliz the
Sohtest VIII be between Frank l4oughrey OF
las. AriZ., welterweight
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amateur Sports
THE Fairhill Boys Club has organized

The TamaGua Pros. basketball team wants
to book games with fast first-class teams
willing to play at home or away Francis
Sassnan' l"2 Penn street, Tamaqua, Pa.
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Ardmore Basketball Club. a seventeen
year-old travelling tive. has open dates for
teams paying rea sonable guarantees John
stretch " Greenfield avenue. Ardmore. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

TIE ,cH 'eork hard today and tomorrow aud I
a easy on Friddy.
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PLANNING
I FOR GOOD SHOWING
AGAINST QUAKERS
Stomthmore Coach Giving Garnet Players Strenuous
Physical and Skull Practice for Contest on
Franklin Field Saturday
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL
sports Editor Evening Public Ledger

Copyright 1919. By pubic L,dgcr 60
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

Jack Ward, who comes up from Elizabeth,
n j. now and then TO show his mettle at
scrap at that arena Friday night For his
opponent Johnny Burns has selected Charley
oNeil, of this city. Joe Stanley Pitts.
Johnny Cobb Billy Cannon VS.. Marcel
Roduit. Young Gibbons VS.. Jack Morris and
Jimmy Nolan vs.. Young Critic are the other
numbers!
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Randall Is Back

The only thing on today's scholastic
schedule. locally, is soccer scrimmspe
between Upper Darby High School and
Friends Select on the latter's field.
Evening star., 1919-10-10
$722,414;;
REDS GET $5,2O7 EACH

CHICAGO, October 1O-The players
on the Cincinnati team. by" annexing
yesterdays contest and thereby cap
turing the world series, will receive
Hl7.lS7.6s, which divided into TWEEN
tv-two and a half shares will net
each share $5.2o7.o1.
While there are twenty-four players
on the Reds team three were allotted
only a half share by a vote.
The White Sox will draw down
s78.104:7o. and each of the twenty
rour players will receive $3.254.3S.
The totals for eight games. the rich
est world series in the. history OF the
sport. follows:
Attendance, 2ss,s2s; receipts (ex.
elusive Of war taxi. S722.414: players
shares, $2s0.s4s.7o; clubs shares.
s3ss. .s22.s0 divided equally: commits
sion's share. $72.241.40.
Second teams of leagues: New York
Nationals and Cleveland Americans,
each. $19.52S.21.
Third teams of leagues: Chicago Ma
tionals and New York Americans,
each, $1a.017.45
Yesterdays attendance was 32.93o:
receipts. exclusive of war tax. $91.-
54S: commissions share, $9,154.90:
clubs share, $s2.39410.