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BABE NOT HIMSELF.

Higgins said he realized full well
that Ruth was not his normal self,
due to his succession of illnesses and
his long confinement in hospital that
followed a breakdown, but that his de-
cision to act had been reached only
after long and careful consideration.
No intimation that Higgins con
tefnplatcd ousting the Babe" had been
given either to Jacob Rupert. owner
Of the Yankees, or Edward Barrow,
secretary of the team.
With the exception Of the unlikely
possibility that Colonel Rupperr, al.
ways a staunch Ruth supporter, might
intervene, the Yanks probably will!
have no more of Ruth this season. He
was given q ticket TO New York by
Traffic Secretary Mark Roth tonight.
NOT IN GAME.
Ruth did not play this afternoon
in the second game of the 1anks'
series with the Browns. Higgins
iuggled his forces, sending Benny Pas.
chal to right field and Meusel back to
left.
None of the players would make any
comment on the Babes punishment.
Wally Pipp, Wally Schang and, in
fact, all of the veteran members of
the team dismissed the question as 10
what they thought Of it without maxi
in any comment.
Nobody has been able TO talk %
Ruth. who took the earliest train for
New York.
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PRO
PLAYERS
COMING
Harnett Assures City Of All
But Hagen and
Sarazen.

"Practically every professional IN
the country will compete in the IeSas
Omen Championship next January
That's the message that came Sat
urday afternoon from Jim Harnett' oil
Chicago. editor of a leading golf maya
zinc and personal friend of virtually
every "pro" in the game, who, witt
John Bredemus Of San Antonio, is or
ganizing a circuit through the South
TO insure eyesy winter meet of the at
tendance of all the crack players.
WIRES FURLONG.
The message came in telegram to
Bill Furlong, of the Chamber of Com
mercc. which organization will stage
the. annual Texas Open in San An
tonic next winter.
January 10 has been tentatively Sc
lected as the date for the Texas Open.
This date and other golf plans Will
be discussed Mt an open meeting TO DC
held Mt the Chamber of Commerce at
II o'clock Monday morning and To
which everybody interested is invited
by the chamber.
Harnctt. in his telegram, said that
he had inquired at the national open
tournament and had received the
promise of practically every leading
professional with the exceptions OF
Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen, that
they would take the southern tour
next winter.
HAVE $4,000 RAISED.
Meets in Los Angeles-where So
600 for purses has been raised and Is
in the bank-San Francisco, San An
tonic. Dallas. Hot springs and Flori'
da pointS are being arranged.
Hagen and Surazcn may take part
but have given no promises, pending
Florida all-winter contracts.
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RICHARDS SAVES DAY.

Continued to Page ., Part 60
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lCOntinucd % Pago 2, Part Ol
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UNTIL THE BLOwUP.

And so the score stood, So, until
the blowup.
The Cats got three aboard in the
fifth with two out but Stump Edins-
ton, who played part Of the game in
tennis shoes, because his feet hurt
rolled TO Clark.
In the sixth, Booze and Clark made
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EmazMl
Gate Crashers Quit.
Old One-eyed Retires.
So Does P. Blackman.
They Threaten Work.
Mr.. Young the Cham
pion.
plon
BY Damon Runyon

Copyright. 1925. International Feature
Service, lEc.)
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YANKEES SUSPEND RUTH And fine HIM $4,000
Baseball

The Only Complete
Sport Section IN IL
the Southwest s
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GraUe Purpose Behind
Writing of Fiction

Universal nature, too strong for the
petty fiber of the bard, sits on his neck
and writes through his hand; SO that
when he seems to vent mere caprice
and wild romance the issue is an exact
allegory. Hence Plato said that poets
utter great and wise things which
they do not themselves understand"
All the fictions of the Middle ages ex-
plain themselves as a masked or frolic
expression of that which in grave
earnest the mind of that period toiled
to achieve. Magic, and all that is
ascribed to it, is deep presentment
of the powers of science. The shoes
of swiftness, the sword Of sharpness.
the power of subduing the elements,
of using the secret virtues of min
erals, of understanding the voices of
birds, are the obscure groupings of the
mind in a right direction. The pre-
ternatural prowess of the hero. the
gift OF perpetual youth anC the like
are but the endeavor OF the human
spirit ''to bend the shows of things
to the desires Of the mind."-Ralpn
Waldo Emerson in Essay on His
tory"
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CHAPTER XIV

On Sunday evening, after he had
dined early with Colby Pennington, in
one of the great deserted dining
rooms in certain New York club,
Peter felt the sense of revolt against
the rut-running life of his own kind.
From Pennington, with his naturally
brilliant mind, shackled in religion, In
politics. in morals, in taste, by those
schools of petty imitation misnamed
Society and Responsibility and Prece-
dent, DeWofe that evening had
drawn new draught of disgust. Poor
Pennington. Industrious, irreproach-
able. successful For all his pains no
nearer God: for all his labors no near
er to mankind. Even his restraints
had not enlarged his soul; Peter was
certain that If the lawyer would only
commit one good dashing highway rob-
berry he would be better man.
He wondered what this successful
professional man would say II he knew
that under Peters thigh a hard object
was pressing into the flesh as they sat
In the great hall with their coffee and
watched club members slide here and
there alone, like dyspeptic ghosts; he
wondered what Pennington would do
If he pulled out this automatic pistol
as he was tempted to do, and stirred
his coffee with its barrel. The reason
that Peter did not do this was be-
cause when Pennington had said. "You
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are fool to carry that thing" he
could be sure that his attorney was
wrong about it.
When he said goodnight to Pen
nington, there was still enough day
light for q walk alone to one of the
little parks over near the East river.
He remembered that, In France, his
idea of the most wonderful moment In
the world, the sharpest contrast to the
gigantic nobilities and the colossal
triviality Of war, was moment on a
New York park bench with children
of the tenements still playing in the
dusk, perhaps with an organ and a
monkey thrown In for good measure.
Since then how life had changed for
him. When he sat down the children
In the dusk-the realities-faded away
and were lost In unreal pictures of
Brena in her Beconshire garden, per-
haps with her great dark eyes turned
toward the sunset because he had
gone behind 1t.
He felt an extraordinary restless
ness-like that which comes upon
those who have been deprived Of some
drug and are in torture while it goes
slowly out of the system. He who
wished not to wait, was waiting. He
felt the dread of unknown calamities.
And with this haunting sense of hover
ing crisis, he turned back to his apart
ment.
There Peter tried to read expert
encing that irritating lack Of concen-
tration which comes to all readers
whose minds steal away from the page
allowing the eyes to travel on alone
like Independent animals photograph
ing mere type without ideas, until
whisked back by their master to the
place where they had ceased to read
and begun only to move arccss the
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On Sunday Evening, After He Had
Dined Early With Colby Penning-
ton, in One of the Great Dining
Rooms of Certain New York Club,
Peter Felt Sense Of Revolt Against
the Rut-Running Life of His own
Kind.
lines of print. He put the book down.
The romance did not hold him; he had
come to the threshold of romantic reali-
ties. He had knocked upon noncom-
initial door. He was waiting for it to
open.
1t did in fact open-and quickly.
Before nine, the old elevator man
came rocking along the corridor on his
long and his short leg and rang Peters
bell.
There's a gentleman below, sir" he
said. II knew you was here, sir, but
/ told him l would see."
"What was his manner" asked De-
Wolfe.
"Smallwood, sir, Smallwood A very
sleepish mana restful man, like"
"You never can tell by the first look"
said Peter. Sunday night And
Smallwood-bring him up"
The second meeting with the pale
personality of the authority on books
made him appear to Peter few
shades lighter in pallor. His eyes were
almost mere colorless openings in a
face of little more the color of moon
stone by contrast with the shell rims
of his glasses. His free hand hung
listless as If 1t were just out of refrig-
Grafton. He wore q suit of pale gray,
the pattern Of which was so delicate
that it might have been only the fancy
of weak eyes. Smallwood looked as
If he were something that had stood
out through rainy season.
"Here l am" he drawled.
"You don't mean-?" exclaimed
Peter.
The other man in answer placed the
package under his arm on Peters long
Jacobean table. The motion was al
most surreptitious.
"Yes, / did find one" he drawled.
"Not so far away either"
He looked up inquiringly into De-
Wolfe's expressive face, now swept by
many emotions like puffs of wind sour
rying across the surface of water.
"Thats greatl" Peter exclaimed.
TITS great"
"Oh, how kind OF you to say so,'
Smallwood said. 81 found this today
and l thought l would drop in with
It,"
He appeared about ready to lie
down and go to sleep.
Look here" said Peter. "You know
that was mighty kind, to come up here
land all that. I'll not forget it. Quite
aside from the professional obliga-
ton"
SmaIlwood raised his cold-storage
hand as the orator does when pretend
ing that applause Is undeserved. The
gesture also appeared to give Peter
permission to inspect the prize. on
came the string and Off the wrapping
paper. without a glance at the bind
ing or title Peter tapped over the
pages. Thirty. thirty-one. two. three,
! four. Ave Thirty-slxi Thlrty-sevsnl
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| "That's the one that occurs most
often" said Peter.
Eldegard drummed with his cush-
toned fingertips on the glass.
ut looks that way" he announced,
"-the way you said"
'But you are not sure2"
"Only sure as a man is sure who
! finds watercress in his milk. To be
sure we would have to check against
| the transactions in the local cotton ex-
change. Some of these are New Or
| individual"
DeWolfe looked at the expert search
ingly. He said: do you see any
thing else?"
"Yes-some one has been here be-
fore us. Perhaps it was you, eh?"
! NO" replied Peter. 'What do you
| see~
II see that some one who had rea-
son has put copy paper and carbons
under these pages and copied these
handwriting entries by running
stylus over the original entries. Some
times the carbon and paper went
askew; that's why you see these little
blue marks. Did you think it extraor-
binary that observed thatf"
"Oh, no." said Peter. mot at all.
How could II It was the first thing
| that made me wonder about the story
these figures can tell. When can you
go?"
NGo2 Mn9 Tn norcOn ~
''Yes. New Orleans-wherever the
trail leads?"
Eldegard shook his head like great
Buddha with a pivoted neck. "Neyer,"
he said. I'm too busy"
isn't it your office force that is
busy?" asked DeWolfe throwing his
cigarette into the bronze ash tray.
Besides, as for the money-that is for
you to say. Whatever is necessary to
get your services
sit isn't money" Eldegard answered
eff I'd paid any attention to money l
wouldn't be worth fifty thousand to-
day. No, it's Laura-Mrs. Eldegard
We've got a screened-in porch; we
play checkers every evening"
"And so on" said Peter describing
with phrase the whole texture of
great fabric of companionship each
thread of which was homely COM
monplace, the whole magic cloth of
gold
/ Eyes," said the other. sand SO on.
How did you know? You never lived
| it?"
81 intend to-" said Peter solemnly.
Eldegard burst into uproarious
laughter. Sayp he exclaimed with a
manner of speech that like all other
natural expressions Of this fat man
had been q rock of Gibraltar against
| which the assaults of culture had
bounded off. Say I'd like to tackle
| this"
He slapped the back of one of the
Russian leather books as one would
slap a friend on the back.
ITS a story!" he said. "a fascinat-
ing trail"
II think 1t is a story-a true story"
DeWoIfe agreed. "a thriller"
Eldegard considered.
BLESSED if don't ask ma-ask her
If can CO."
He spoke as if it were a permission
to go to the swimming hole or the cir
Gus.
Thank you," said Peter. 81 recog-
nize the presence of good sportsman
ship. never expected to see it in the
field of auditing"
Eldepard nicked m the two books He
said: Leave 'em with me, and tele-
phone me tomorrow, and I'll let you
know what ma says"
'Ill telephone tomorrow" said Peter.
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Peculiar Whistle

An English scientist has invented a
whistle with adjustable plug by which
the whistle can be rendered more and
more shrlll until the vibrations are so
rapid that they no longer affect the
human ear But a dog can still hear
them. and will leap readily to their
call
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Or an Onion

A wealthy New York doctor is being
sued by two women to whom he paid
ardent attention, "One Of them ought
to have eaten an apple day." is the
comment Of the Arkansas Thomas Cat.
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Solution of Last Weeks Puzzle.
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1
Nothing is the matter" replied De-
Wolfe, 'T'm not ILL., I took chance
on finding you on Sunday evening. I
know nothing of your Office hours. APP
parently I'm lucky"
| Possibly"
capacity"
The other man got up: Peter could
now see that he was a tall man who
| had neglected to shave that morning.
He guessed that the practice of this
physician did not flourish, but he
sensed at once the vanity of the man
| the moment his second field Of skill
had been mentioned.
Eyes, / do little of that, too" the
doctor said with fraudulent modesty.
81 should say So" replied Peter.
''Who do you suppose sent me here?"
"One of my lawyers, perhaps"
"The district attorney"
The doctor was plainly pleased He
said, "Well, handwriting has been my
hobby, Mr.. Devote, for nearly TWEEN
ty-two years. 1t began curiously
enough by triviality-an attempt to
read character through penmanship (;
it has ended in scientific inquiry,
the development of method, a system
of rhythm measurements. Scarcely a
day goes by that l am not consulted
by the prosecuting authorities in many
cities. / testified in London in the ia
nous Speere murder case"
II was told" said Peter. II was told
that you were In advance OF any other
man In America with perhaps one ex-
ception. came to you for that reason.
I came for an opinion. For that opin-
ion ! viii gladly pay the fee you ask,
but want to say TO you that the re-
suit Of your opinion viii have the
gravest bearing upon the lives of at
least two persons"
II do not give opinions" the other
said severely. II give facts. ! guess
at nothing. My reports are not speeu-
lations: they are statements"
Peter calculated one word: Exact
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Prairie COuDle
Wed 20 Years

Relatives and friends to the num-
Ter of thirty-six gathered last
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Gruber in Prairie du
Sac and very pleasantly reminded
them that their twentieth wedding
anniversary was at hand. Each came
with 3 well-f.llad basket and a
bountifuI dinner was soon served.
One Of the things for special
mention was the beautiful wedding
AXE baked by Mrs. Charles Plocta
bearing the dates 1905 and 1925.
A pleasant afternoon and even
ng were spent and at 10 oclock
hey returned to their home leav-
ng their kind wishes behind. Those
present were: John Gruber, s.. and
he families of Chris, Albert. Geo..
md Peter Grlber Harwood Page,
E. Schultz, Dewey Gruber. Mr.
nd Mrs. Charles Ploetz and Mis-
ena HAITI.
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SAWS HIS Way
TO FREEDOM
(From Saturdays Daily

Last night Herman KrLs-r, II {
has been boarding at the county
Jail since last November, sawed
his way to freedom. He was con.
fined on the upper floor and dur
ing the night sawed off two
the bars, let himself, to the ground
by means OF blankets tied together,
and disappeared in the darkness.
Sheriff Herman Neitzel made thu
discovery this morning. Others il
iail charged with small ocfenses
could have gone also but preferred
to let time take it's course. The
bars had been sawed off once be
fore, there was a collar over the
place where separated, and ali
Kruger had~to do was to saw the
other end and remove the bar.
The home of Kruger is at Reeds
burg and he was placed in Jail las
fall on the charge of wife desertion
His case was to come before
jury at the term Of court just clos
ed but for some reason the case
was not called. After part of thu
jury cases had been tried two 9Th
ers were placed at the foot Of the
court calendar end before thesr
were tried the jury was dismissed
This so disgustted Kruger, it is
thought that he decided to leave
the Jail. He was a trusty about thu
place.
1t is thought friend of thu
prisoner assisted by passing hin
a saw. AS a result of Kruger es-
Gaping Sheriff Neitzel has inform
ed the public there will be no more
visiting at the Jail except on Wed
nesday and Sunday afternoons.
The officers at Reedsburg arr
now watching for Kruger and mas
arrest him before court opens il
the fall.
Kruger has wife at ReeGsbure
and several children. the most o.
whom have reached maturity.
Prisoners at the jail charge
with more serious crimes were i:
their coils and had no opportunity
to escape.
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Sumpter Folks
On Sick List

Many of Sumpter's citizens are
on the sick list this week among
them II. Young, Robert Glen and
Harold Golden and several mem
bers of the l.. o. Kindschi family
and the X. L. Promo family. Lyle
also suffering from the grip. The
Ahrensmeyer and Garth Promo are
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Schimmioh has pneumonia. Walter
Miles McIntire is under the ply
sician's care. Mrs Roy Kindschi and
children, Audrey and Ivan have the
humps, also Sybil Kindschi and
Myron Mather. Janice Marie Kind
schi had CONFUSION on Saturday.
The Fred Steiber family are all
sick and Mrs. Arthur Werlich who
went to care for them is sick there.
On account of the illness the
St. Patick's social to be held at the
M. E. church has been postponed
until Friday, March q.
Mr. and Mrs. John Parman en-
tertained the two Misses Parman of
Mazomanie over the week end.
The Ladies Aid will meet with
Mrs. X. l.. Promo, Tuesday, March
gath.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Promo visited
relatives in Baraboo Wednesday
md Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Bass enter
tanned the families of Herman
Kleine, Richard Zeinke and Lee
Tooley and Grandma Kleine and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Bass Sunday
in honor of the birthday of Floyd
Bass.
The families OF J. l.. Hill. +, wy
Bass and S. Promo spent Friday at
ternoon in Merrimacl1, guests OF
Rev. and Mrs. Pow.
Miss Ruth Sugden of Sank City
spent the week END at the S. Pre-
mo home.
The Cleaners Glass met at the
John Ebret home Thursday even
ms.
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snake in the act OF swallowing a live
frog 1t was one ot those tragedies of
the wild that for number are countless
as the blades OF grass in the meadows
would have saved the frog, which
struggled irantically against its fate
but Philip laid his hand gently upon
my wrist and said, Let them alone!
1t is not for us to set aside the great
scheme of Nature in which cruelty is
an essential part. The snake has made
lis capture and is entitled to its din
err Should YOU deny him this meal
md the next one and the next one. be-
,auSe it is cruel to kill, he would
:tarye to death | have thought much
If Philips remark and have accepted
his philosophy as being largely true.
There is not much com Tort for the
acifist in the study OF Gods law
mong wild creatures.
Speaking of tragedies, Philip came
ear having one with the approach Of
ne winter season. A skunk decided
lpon snug home beneath the floor of
Philips cabin, and as the domestic
ats were already there, trouble came
Iuick and fast. The cats spat and
'lawcd at the face OF the intruder, and
he skunk in turn employed his pot
mt weapon This lasted about week
nd until Philips family were in great
ndccis;on whether it were better to
move or to set the cabin on fire. a
we'll placed trap solved the problem.
md one morning when rowcd
across the lake for my milk, | saw
Philip carrying away the dead body
Of the skunk at the end OF pole He
salutcd me with one hand and grave
" said, Sic sempcr Bolsheviki! No
place for a communist here"
Yes, Philip is an idler, but he is not
lazy, and much Of his philosophy is
better that THAT found in books Like
myself he lives in little cabin in the
woods, and has sought the quot
places where his spirit may be refined
and where he may think clearly and
without prejudice to any man. The
daily papers and lie sensitive wme
above his cabin bring him enough OF
the outside world, and as tor the rest,
prefer to be with Philip.
"A. d. Dorsctt in Social Progress
Chicago, ILL.,
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to elevate whale. The fish is torn
from its native element and lands with
a thump high on the bank. In NOM
ent | am spread out over the fish with
busy hands and feet to keep it from
floundering back into the pool.
The days OF quiet bobbing are gone
and my old pal has come to try with
me one OF the beautiful brooks Of
which there are several near my cab
in. have warned him on going to bed
that we must be astir at three o'clock
and on the stream at daybreak Sleep
eliminates the conception of time and
1t seems but a moment between the
closing Of our eyes and the signal for
arising. There is a hurried dressing,
quiet tiptoeing to avoid disturbing
the rest of the household, and a eau
tious step into the outer darkness. 1t
is mile walk to that little bit Of mea-
dow where the stream curves into
many letter S and where nearly
every bend is marked by a deep hole
and an. overhanging bank Day be
gins to break and at the first sign Of
light there is a bird note that sends
pleasant thrill into the sleeping
world One warbler awakens another
and soon there is perfect chorus OF
bird life. At no other time do they sing
so we'll The fresh air, purified by the
dewfall and softly scented flowers,
ills our nostrils and lungs, and we
would sing, too. were we not so in
tent upon seeing who first shall have
his line ready for action.
The two or three hours before the
sun mounts above the tree-tops and
drives away the clouds, are full of life
and expectation We circle and APP
proach tie deep pools carefully to
avoid being seen, or we send our lines
far down the swift current to reach
the hiding places Of the wary trout.
Then there is a strike, wild tug and
rush, tearing this way and that,
leap into the air, and an exquisite
thrill at the reel There is a splendid
contest between the science of the an
gler and the .savagery OF the fish, and
if the hook holds well, the trout fin
ally comes to creel, washed in water
clear as crystal and glowing in colors
so beautiful that we stop for a minute
to admire before packing it away
among moss and leaves. Then with