Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-08-06

. the eccentric left-hander. He told hin
he must face Washington again The
next day-and bring home the bacon
The pennant was at stake
"You will be hero il you win,
urged Ford, pointed out by everybody
as the man who pitched the Glant-kill
ers to another championship. But II
you lose, why-you'll be nobody"
Meanwhile, James Winton Shute
was giving orders to Ernest Steadman
just as the secretary of the treasury
would have directed the chief of the
secret service.
you mustn't lose sight Of Barney
one instant II he insists on drinking,
start a row. and get locked up-the
both Of you. Wen bail you out. But
only In time to get from City hall to
the park in a taxi. See!"
Ernest Steadman slowly nodded his
head II have been every place but in
Jail with Barney" The keeper was u
man of few words.
That night Iris Ford slept badly.
Being younger and having done a big
mans work out O. doors, Win Shute
slept like q babe-the kind OF kid you
read about. Naturally Iris awoke
with feeling Of depression. as If the
Giant-klllers weren't going to get the
days breaks. But Shute jumped out
of bed singing: To-day we win the
bunting!" Which goes to prove that
premonItions are closely allied to the
morning after"
At two o'clock that fateful after
noon, when the last man left the lock.
er-room for the field, Barney Larkin
and Ernest Steadman had not report
ed at the park. For an hour, by or.
der of iris Ford. President Benn's
limousine had been rushing about Ike
a hack on election day, searching
everywhere for the missing pair. In
the business Office the clubs secretary
had the telephone directory before
him, open at SALOONS and Cafes" and
one after another the proprietors were
called, beginning with Aielo, Michele.
and ending with Zbytnieski, Julian.
Neither Michele nor Julian, not to
mention the rum purveyors occupying
the more intermediate portions of the |
alphabetical directory, had seen the
erratic Barney or his slow-going con
voy.
On another telephone. Win Shute,
marring the oak furniture with his
spikes was calling the various police
stations. He remembered his final In
structiOns TO Steadman. and was look.
ing for results. But Larkln was not
behind the bars-not yet. As a place
of last resort John Benn suggested
that some one telephone the morgue.
Some one did. mo one answering the
description
He's made his getaway" said Iris
Ford, there's nothing TO that" The
game was played with Cummins and
Arrow in the points. Washington
won.
iris Ford left the grounds with
face as long as a rainy spell In April
But Win Shute was cheerful. An hour
later he telephoned the manager:
white Sox lose! Pennant's ours.
Hoo-ray!"
Il know it-but what d'you s'pose
has become of Barney?" were Ford's
words. Already his quick mind was
looking ahead-to the big battle for
he worlds emblem.
Hell show up tomorrow-stop wor-
wing and hug yourself tonight coun-
,eled Shute.
We'll, | appreciate your grand work,
Whom and off the field said Iris.
Next morning before ten o'clock, his
we bright, his complexion clear. his
itep elastic, Barney Larkn turned up
1t the park. He grinned as he re-
I'VE won the flag, sure enough am
right?"
"Where you been?' growled John
3enn, son of the clubs president.
Upstate" answered Barney uncon-
ernedly.
what the devil you been dolngY
Fishing"
"Fishlng-thls time of year,"
Didn't catch nothing"
You'll catch something when Iris !
cts eyes on you
"Mebbe"
Barney took the most comfortable
hair in the room, bit off generous
hew of tobacco, then picked up last y
lights pink extra, and began labor-
usly to spell out the FLASHES from Q
he Diamond"
Elsewhere Ernest Steadman was ex- !
lalning to his mentor, James WInton "
hute. 1t appeared that Barney had
eveloped robust thirst, which would
OF be denied. Lacking confidence In
he Jail as haven the worried keeper, U
rawlng heavily on his meager ina
nation, had faxed the story of a mar
elous trout pond up state. In the
risis he conjured up such remarka-
lie picture of the pond, which was +
lousy with trout" as he expressed 1t, H