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SPORTS
MEMPHIS AND BIRMINGHAM
REINFORCING FOR FINISH
Those Ktndrnt* of baseball who hare fig
ured It oot fh«t the Kohthorn Is*n*iie pen
mint for 1906 Hot between Memphis and
lUrmlnMam hate their dope *tlll further
gtrencthjped by the mores Charley Babb
and ’Arry Vaughan hare tnaile to relu-
force their efforts.
Look nt Memphis.
That team haa recently lieen moving ns
fast aa any In the Hontbcru League—de-
•pile the loss of those two games te
New Orleans Saturday. Yet. Babb Is filling
up-the holes right along, and right now
has the strongest hatting array In the
circuit. He haa bought Carter and Jimmy
Smith from the Western League to close
tha gaps In right field and nt second
base.
Everybody who has followed the Southern
League since 1901 knows who Jimmy Hmlth
!• and what a valuable man lie Is to any
team. Ills yeoman service with Ah 1'owell
at New Orleans and with Hobby tJllks
three or four years nt Fbrereport hare dem
onstrated his worth as a fast Inflelder, a
clever batter and a bendy bane-runner.
Carter Is aald to In* a good fielder and a
hard hlttor. Ilia home run Hunday defeat
ed Atlanta.
▲s hla team stands now. Bnlib haa an
Infield Just a little hit better In all-round
play than any other In the Ronthern league
—with the posnlhle exception of Atlanta’s
quartet when In fighting trim. Ills ont-
field of Thiel, Nadeau and Carter com-
tdnes fielding ability with henry hitting
and superb base-running. Ills pitching
staff of Llehhnrdt, Suggs, Rtockdale and
Louck* Is ns good as any, and the only
wenknesa that appear* In the line-up la be-
hind the bat, where Kd flurlhurt la aom« i
what slow and Owens Is hardly up to the
Southern longue standard.
The lafesf announcement of Interest to
fandom Is that Had Vaughan lias purchased
Shortstop Castro from Nashville. There
Is a report current that the sale will be
nullified by (’resident Knvnnaugh on
ground flint swapping and purchasing of
players during the Inst thirty days of the
cnuipnlgu nre prohibited. Hut It Is prole
nlde flint BIrmIngham will get the Central
American. He will most acceptably fill In
l»etweou third mid aecond for Vaughan.
Is n very clever fielder, n much better
hitter than either Oyler or Alcock, and
hns more ginger and fighting spirit. He
wll prove n tower of strength to the In
field.
Rlmultnneoiia with the aimuneoment of
the ante of Cnatro comes the report that
Nashville lias purchased Inflelder Iloekeii-
fold, who was with one of the Hr. Lotifa
teams during the early part of the season.
Jt Is predicted that he will be u star In
the Southern league.
Charley Trunk, with his rejnvennted
corps, and Bobby flllka will doubtless
worry along with their present tenin.
The purchase of Hitcher Still front Rich-
loud by Atlanta In a move for 1907 rath
• than tills year. He Is not tine to report
until September 1. and that will lie a little
too late to do much good this season.
HURRY CALL iSPARKS GOES
SENT ARCHER
. By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence. *
Memphis. Tenn.. Aug. 20.—Concerning
Sunday’s game. Manager Billy Hmlth says:
**ft was a hard game to lose, but Evers'
poor catching defeated ns."
The Babblers raced around the bates
pretty much as they pleaaed. Babb and
Klcholls each stole two bases, while Car
ter and Nadeau pilfered one each.
Hmlth wired today for Jecms Archer to
join the team nt Little Rock. Ilia pret
ence will greatly atrengthen the squad.
The teams plays a game here Wednes
day, although none Is scheduled. It la to
replace a rain date.
Fox Is rapidly improving. T.un Hughes
will, probably pitch thla afternoon.
CRAIG DAY 8TRIKE8 OUT
FOURTE£N BATSMEN
Special to The Georgian.
Nelson. Oa., Aug. 20.—Nelson defeated
the baseball team from Copper Hill, Tenn.
Haturday by the wore of 8 to 0. C’ralg
Hay pltrhed a great game for the local
club, striking nut fourteen men and allow
lug only one hit Fred Dowds waa easily
the star of the game, making three three-
bate hits and two beautlfuf catches lu left
UP IN THE AIR
By PERCY WHITING.
Hpeclal Correspondence.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 20,-Hparka pitch
ed n good game Hunday, except In the third
Inning. The exception, however, was cost
ly enough to give victory to Memphis,
aeren hits and four runa resulting from
bis ascension.
Atlauta scored all of Its runs In the
fourth Inning with two men out. Winters
drew a base on balls. Hid Hmlth singled.
Morse tore off a two-bagger, and Jordan
singled.
The Memphis lenm presented Its most
formidable line-up of the year ogalnst At
lanta. Not only was Llehhardt pitching,
but Hmlth nt soeoml base nnd Carter In
right field, stopped up holes that have here
tofore existed In the trsiu's array.
Billy Hmlth rang in another change In
his line-up. Fox resumed his place at first,
and Jordan waa again on aecond, hut Larry
Hoffman was raced to center field. Al
though both played well, neither Fox nor
Jordan waa lu condition to I* In the
game.
Tha llna-up waa aa follows:
NELSON—
Day
Tend ley
McKee
Htearns.
Worley..
McGrath.
Dowds...
..catcher .Thtrris
..first bate Witt
.. ..second base I**wls
..third hate Whltteiikugs
. . .shortstop Kd warns
. ..right field Watkins
News and Notes of Sport.
It la. said that either Hugh Jennlnga, of
Baltimore, or ''Billy” Murray, of Jersey
City, will manage the Boston Americana
next season.
The 8L Louis Americans have atmek a
winning gait, and may tnake It Interest
ing for the leaders before the season ends.
A four daya* International motor boat
meeting and exhibition opens nt Ostend,
Belgium, today. It Is expected to, rival
Monaco aa the flneat affair of Its kind, from
s practical standpoint, ever held lu Eu
ropean waters.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting and
tournament of tha National Roque Asso
ciation of Aniertc* take* place lift* week
at Norwich, Conn. As the tourunmont
marks the silver Jubilee of the orgnulsn
tlon, it la expected that nearly every roque
dub In America will be represented.
* The big tournament of tb« Interstate
Trap-Rhootera* Association opens in Denver
today, to continue five days. Three thou
sand dollars of added money have been
promised by the Denver shooters. In addi
tion to the 9500 offered by the Interstate
association. The affair Is under the au
spices of the Denver Trap Club, which
originated the Grand Western handicap.
Brother John Gansel weara a happy
smile nowaday** *• bis Grand Itnptds
team has n good lead In the Central
League. ~~ J '
Winnipeg sent a crackerjaek lot of oars-
men to tbo recent national regatta nt
Worcester, and the Canadians went home
with their share of the prises.
A young fellow by the name of ”Cy”
Seymour la making good with the New
York Giants.
A large and high-class entry list Is re
ported for the . TransmlMlasIppI Tennis
tournament, which opens at Omaha today.
LITTLE WINNER8 WIN.
The Little Winners met and defeated the
North Ride Bennett Jrs. by the close scon*
of 6 to 4.
The feature of the game was the work
of the pitchers oa both aides, Lowry strik
ing oat fifteen men.
Score by Innings: B- H. K.
Little Winners 200 011 02»-4 S 3
North Side Bennett Jrs...000 001 102-4 1 4
Umpire. Will Haynes. Time. 2 hours.
The Little Winners would like to get a
game for every Saturday afternoon. Ad
dress Jessie Hamby, or call Bell ’phone
43* J.
Vote for M. T. LaHatte,
Alderman First Ward.
Fir. thousand people unw Ih. game, on.
of I be largest crowds of the season hero.
The score:
_ ATLANTA -
mto. i*6. a: e:
TRIO OF MEMPHIS PLAYERS
NADEAU, CENTER FIELD.
CAREY, FIRST BASE.
NICHOLLS, SHORT 8T0P.
League Standings
itMMMMHHHHMHHI
IHIMOHHIHIMHMM
Club-
Flayed. Won. Lost. P. Ct
Birmingham .
Memphis . .
Now Orleans
Shreveport. .
Atlanta . . .
Montgomery'.
Nashville
Little Rock .
105
109
109
107
109
111
109
.629
.587
.569
.561
.542
.477
.342
.303
Club—
Augusta . .
Hnvnnnnh .
Macon . . .
Columbia .
Charleston .
Jacksonville
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Played-Won. Lost. P. Ct.
.616
.606
.510
.481
.454
.327
..4 0 0 0* 0 6
Winters,* rf.*.*
..4 0
1 0 0
«mrers. ri
Hmlth. 3h..
Morse, aa..
Jordan, 2b.,
Fox.
Evers, c.. .
Hpnrks, p..
1 1
..3 0 0 4 3 1
.3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals.
MifilPirirt-
PlSSS, If
Carter, rf.. ..
Babb, 3b.. ..
Nlrholla, MR., ,.
Hmlth, 2I».. ..
Nndoau, cf..
Carey, lb.. .,
..31 3 4 24 16 1
"An. It. tl. A. K.
4 0 2 1
.20131
..311030
Hcoro by Innlngi:
Atlanta
Memphis
.28 4 9 27 19 0
Humiuary: Two-hnso hits. Mebhardt,
Morse, Nadeau; home run, Carter; stolen
hescii, Carter, Nndenti, Hnhh (2), Nlclinlla
• 21; bases on balls off Spark* 4, off Lleb
balls off Spark* 4. off Lleb-
ick out by .Sparks 2, by Lleb*
l»y pitcher. Smith (of Mein-
hurdt 2; Mtruek
ha rut 3; hit by
Phi*!; sacrifice hits, flam.
Umpires, Itudderhnm and Schuster.
SATURDAYS GAME.
An eleven Inning runless He was the re
sult of Saturday's closing event between
Atlnntn and Montgomery. Tlie game waa
called i»t 4:36 o'clock to allow both teams
to eatrh trains.
Atlanta. Malnrkey was hammered hard by
the loenls, although nothhig cu\ne of the
_ ats, aa chances to score, even by so little
- nn uut o^| ( ] were
.. safe hunt . .
thrown to the wind*.
Jordan nnd McCann
ich got three
ATLANTA—
Crosier, If.. ..
Hoffman. 2b.. .
Winters, rf.. .
H. Hmlth. 8b.. ..
Morse, as
Jordan, lb
Vox. cf
Kr-ra, c
llarley, p
"aii. orrTTXK:
.60131
..4 0 0 6 1
.40141
. ..4 ft ft 4 d 0
..4 0 0 0 4 0
Totals
MONTGOMRltV-
1 louts. If
Hausen, e
Appertnus. ef
Mei’ann, ef
Mutlnner, lb.. .. .. .
Perry, 8»
Ilnsel), as
BreltenstHn. 2b. . .
Ma lor key. p
.36 0 7 3ft 12 1
All. It. II. i’O. A. k.
..5011ft
..4 0 0 9 0
.3 0 3 1 ft ft
...4 0 0 1
..4 0 0 4 1 * 1
..4 0 1 0 4 0
Totals
0 < 30 9 2
Summary: ’Two-law bits. Hid Hmlth. Jor-
Inti’ stolen bases. Jordan, Winters. I’erry;
dan — - _ .
saerltice hits, Hoffman. Morse. Met snn.
double plays. Jordan to Hoffman; base
WOUNDED BALL PLAYER
DIES, SHIELDING 8LAYER.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, 'Aug. 20.—"Lefty" Boyle,
a baseball player, who was shot six
weeks ago at Twenty-eighth street and
COTTON 8TATE8.
Club— Played. Won. Lost. P. Ct.
Mobile
Meridian . .
Baton Rouge.
Jackson . . .
Gulfport . .
Vicksburg. .
Club—
Chicago . . .
New York . .
Pittsburg . . .
Philadelphia.
Cincinnati . .
Brooklyn . .
St. Louis . .
Boston . . .
106
108
no
in
105
.660
.630
.473
.432
.390
.357
.348
Club—
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York . .
Cleveland . .
Ht. Louis . ..
Detroit . . .
Washington
Boston . . .
AMERICAN.
Played. Won.
.574
.569
.667
.523
.486
.387
.296
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Club—
Played. Won. Lost. P. Ct.
Columbus . . . 122
Milwaukee
Toledo . . .
Minneapolis .
Louisville . .
Kansas City
St. Paul . .
Indianapolis.
121
43
.654
.542
.504
.500
.492
.437
.356
Heventh avenue, la dead In the New
York hospital. He refused to name his
assailant.
THE HUGUENOT DIES
UNDER THE SADDLE
By Private Isnssd Wire.
Hentile. Wash., Aug. 20.-The Huguenot,
the famous horse that won the Brooklyn
derby in 1898, broke a tendon in his leg
yesterday, and was killed. The Huguenot
won eight straight races here, and In one
s mile In 1:384. He was by Knight of
Kilerslee-UiMrose.
SATURDAY'S RE3ULT8.
Southern—
Atlanta 0. Montgomery 0.
Nashville 1, Birmingham 0.
New Orleans 1, Memphis 0.
New Orleans 7, Memphis 1.
Shreveport 2, Little Rock 1.
Shreveport 15, Little Rock 6.
South Atlantic—
Jacksonville 9, Charleston 3.
Charleston 3, Jacksonville 1.
Columbia 1, Macon 0,
Savannah 2. Augusta 1.
American—
St. Louis 9. Philadelphia 4.
Boston 8. Detroit 4.
Cleveland 4, Washington 2.
Chicago 10, New York 0.
National—
Chicago 6, New York 2.
Pittsburg 7, Brooklyn 2.
Boston 6. Cincinnati 2.
Philadelphia 11, St. Louis 2.
American Association—
Kansas City 5, Louisville 1.
Minneapolis 5, Toledo 0.
Toledo 7, Minneapolis 4.
St. Paul 3, Columbus 2.
Indianapolis 5, Milwaukee 4.
Cotton Statos—
Mobile 2. Gulfport b.
Baton Rouge 3, Meridian 2.
Jackson 3, Vicksburg 1.
Eastern—
Baltimore 4, Montreaf 1.
Buffalo 2, Newark 0.
Baltimore 5, Montreal 2.
SUNDAY’S RESULTS.
Memphis 4, Atlanta 3.
New Orleans 10, Montgomery
National —
New York 7, Chicago 0.
Cincinnati 9. Boston 4.
Boston 4. Cincinnati 2.
Philadelphia 6. St. Loula 1.
St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4.
American Association—
St. Paul 9. Toledo 2-
St. Paul 6. Toledo 3.
Kansas City 8, Indianapolis 7.
innings.)
Minneapolis 3, Columbus 1.
Items of Baseball Lore
More or Less Apropos
Cut out the three hits thnt the visit
ors got. one In the second uud two In the
thirteenth, and only ten lilts were secured
off Phillips. That one In the second could
not be scored any other way after Shuster's
wonderful dcslslon.—New Orleans States.
We agree thoroughly, nnd approve of
the erudite orthogrnpher's spelling. "De-
ntslons" nre shout nil Shuster can make.
Brnuthem was badly hurt by Huggs In
the last game In which they^ met, and
when Huggi* hit him again, Broutbers
came to the conclusion thnt the act was
deliberate. It was this Impression which
brought Breathers over to the pitcher's
box.—New Orleans Picayune.
The "once big leaguer" seems to be a
very "pugilistic" ball player.
Memphis earned yesterday's victory,
Loucka proving more than the light hitters
of the Pelican team could solve. For
eight Innings Loneks allowed but one hit,
a two-bagger by Stratton. Then O'Brien
came In for a two-bagger nnd Ats for a
single, making the total number of hi is
of the game.—Memphis News-Sclmltnr.
The lycky one deems to have regained
his old form.
Stone, of 8t. liOiils, Is lending the bat
ters of the American League, with a
centnge of .373.
Two new players have accepted Little
Rock's terms, and one of them will finish
this season with the Travelers. Shortstop
Ell Kitphnn, of the GHlvestou club, who
was recommended by "Bob" GUks, will
Join Little ltock on August 26. Outfield
er "Eddie" Cortnaek. of the Austin club.
Is the other player secured, but he will
not Join the team until next year. Cor-
mack Is sub! to be the fastest fielder In
the South Texas League.
'Knphnn was reared and learned to play
hnHelmII In Atlanta. He started tbs sea-
sou with Billy Smith in Uist year,
hut fell III and drew his release.
JOHN FLOYD'S FISHING TRIP
By OLIVE R. PENN.
Floyd often stopped a week at Hurst -
mont. It was a great rest from town,
where there Is no rest, and It wuh a bit
difficult to get to, which was one of
Its charms; and the Ashing was good.
But the Crusaders' Arms was the
strong point—an undeveloped Inn with
a rustic garden and veranda, to say
nothing of excellent cooking and qujet,
far-away touch about It which was
balm-like and soothing after the fever
nnd hurry of the city. Care could be
laid aside there. You stepped out of
the front door into an open place
Ranked by a garden, and with a coun
try' road a little farther on, while oc
casionally—very occasionally—there
was to be seen a white puff of smoke
on the other side of n heather-clad
hill, denoting that a train on the branch
line by which travelers reached the
Crusaders' Arms was leisurely taking
its departure.
The landlord, who was a Hampshire
man, might have painted over his door,
"Here there Is peace.” for the world
went smoothly there, and you woke up
in the morning to hear the animated
conversation of the birds In the woods,
the call of the cuckoo, the invigorating
rattle of a milk pall In the brick-court
yard. It. was a hotel boasting wistarias
and magnolias and honeysuckle, a place
where there was a deep, abiding sense
of one of the old-fashioned perfumed
Junes.
It was just the place for a period of
recuperation, and Floyd had remained
a week, and intended to turn that week
Into at least two. If not three, beforo
he had done, for he felt that he had
earned a holiday—a feeline which in
itself is one of the most restful in the
world—as his last play had been a
success; and there was alongside of
that triumph a larger hope besides.
The friends he met at Hurstmont
were all good fellows, and he liked to
chat at night, though the country air
was soporific, and he generally retired
early. That was the way In the coun
tryside. .
Along the roads came the sheep that
passed In the night and In the day
bleating; and the landlord was a
friendly soul, an auberglst of the best,
who would say, "How are you keep
ing ?•'—as if you were prime salt pork.
II.
There was a picture in the parlor of
Una subjugating a lion, that was lost
In admiration, and there was another
showing an attack ^on Belfort in 1870.
It was an Ideal place, even when it
rained. Golfers congregated there, and
the fascination of It all was bonje In
upon Floyd as he went upstairs. There
came to the ear the sound of a piano
from down stairs, and there was the
whisper of voices. How* strange is the
semi-silence of a hotel, that note of
half-forgotten things, of in-
Idcnts of travel, sensation of the great
routeb of the world!
But when he arrived, unannounced,
in June, the landlord held up his hands
in dismay.
"No room?" exclaimed Floyd.
"Very sorry, sir," said the landlord.
"If you had only written. But they
might put you up at the Sheaves, kept
by a lady—Miss Charter!#,”
"Ah, I will try there,” and John
Floyd drove away down the village
street and Into the country again, for
the llyman to pull up at a pretty rose-
and-clematis covered cottage.
"The Sheaves Is not an Inn, sir,"
said the llyman, as he got down; "but
I believe It’s all right,"
And when a few minutes later the
visitor found himself Inside the house,
he realised that the driver spoke the
truth.
Miss Charteris Interested him ex
tremely, but why she took in boarders
pulzxled him.
"You must be rather lonely here,” he
said. •
"No,” she answered; "there Is plenty
to Interest me."
He nodded shortly.
"No doubt. But Is there anything
archaelogical ? We Americans are that
way, you know."
"There Is the Abbey,” she said.
"May one go there?"
The girl hesitated.
"I mean w ith permission, of course.
It Is not Inhabited?”
"No—o, It is not inhabited,” she said,
slowly.
"You take a great Interest in it?” he
said.
'Yes, and I fear the Goths and Van
dals.”
The Goths and Vandals?"
You see, the Abbey is all I have,"
she said, wistfully. "It used to belong
to my family, all this part, and it is the
only bit left."
"And It's a ruin," he put in, thought
fully, and at that minute, as he looked
at her, he unconsciously felt glad that
he liked fishing, and that the proclivity
had led his steps to that out-of-the-
way comer of the world.
"Yes,” she murmured, "It Is a ruin,
but a very beautiful ruin. If you like,
I could show It; they would let me."
The young man wondered who the
mythical "they" might be, as he accom
panied her Into the silent pathways of
the ancient stronghold, monastic in Its
solemnity now.
The staircase Is very’ worn and old,"
he said.
Yes," she answered, "the Crusaders
did chip the steps a good deal
Kutz Team Still Leads
the Commercial League
SATURDAY’S RESULTS.
M. Kuts 5. West End 3.
J. Silver fc Co. 18, Regensteln 1.
Foote & Davies 14, Beck & Gregg 8.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
CLUBS—
M. Kuts
J. Silver
West End
Foote & Davies..
Beck & Gregg. .
Played. Won. Lost. P. 4'.
J. ltegensteln..
KUTZ 5, WEST END 3.
M. Kuts seems to hare gone after The
Georgian's pennant good nnd strong, win
ning 8aturda.v*n game over the strong West
End team by the score of 6 to 3. The
game was played on the West End dia
mond.
In the first Inning, the - West End boys
got busy nnd sent two runners across the
plate. Fluker then settled down. The
three pltrliers twirled winning ball through
out the game. West End getting only four
hits off Fluker.
Here Is the score: R. II. K.
Kuts 6 6 6
West End 3 4 8
Batteries: Fluker and E. Sullivan; Parks,
Hmlth and Isockhsrt.
M’GRAW’S MEN
LOSING CHANCE
Over lu the Windy City, the. National
League championship Is l»clng fought out.
the series lietween Murphy's Spnds nnd
McGrow's Muckers will practically decide
the fate of the latter lu tbejr fight for the
third-time championship honors. So far. It
has been nil even break, mid MeGraw'a
chances nave thereby been materially lea-
sened.
Haturday, the Spuds won easily by the
score of 6 to 2. Sunday the Giants came
SILVEY 18, REGEN8TEIN 1.
In « rather onesided nffalr, the sn,„
hoj-« defeated the ltegenstelu Inn ?
I.l(t score of IS to 1. The game wa , „,/ *
hntimlny nt Bnmmage Crossing. nnd a t,,.:
rrotv.1 was In attendance. The Hagen.,T
were changed .evefel tln.e, ,h lr ,'!
the ini me, lint It h,<] no effect. „ th.-v.-oow
not connect with the lull. Kellv pi.ZJ
n good Rome, striking out .litem
nMowing only four lilt., en.l did not'.ij!
■ Inine on lwll«. Donnelly', Utn„.
nl«o n fentnre. he fcelng up lire time
g“Mn* t,mr Mt«, croa.lntt the pUte f„„,
by Innln,,: „ ..
Hllvc.r-• 312 !_ , " ,
nejten.lc'n. 010 noo 0— t I !
JbttertM: Kelley nn ,l Moore; B,l.i W |J
nnd VunrlcV Umpire. Donwy. r
FOOTE & DAVI8 WIN.
In n very .low game, where ninnr erm™
end plenty of run. were the ntntn
Heck * l Irene lout to th? rttaWug
Pitching for Heck ft CIregg. w„
freely, nnd wn. rcllercl In the elxth'V?
nMjjt liy Uarwood, who pltehed wl"ul£i
Tula !« the wore by Inning, it n r
Foote ft Davie, .014 S2o 1*20-14' ; ^
Beck & tlrenn.. 3)2 000 210- I li ,
.Batteries: Rineraun. Kinsey and tlp,n!
itNiirrira; r.iurrson. Kinxov un,]
gler; Candler, Garwood nud I'layule.
SERIES ENDED
AGAINST EAST
hack* hard and won by the even more ds-
clslre score of 7 to 0. Both contests were
won by pitching. In the first game, three-
flngered Mordccal Brown held the Giants
helpless, nnd errors gave the vlsltora their
only run. Muthewaon accrued a few hard
buiups.
Hunday. Wilts* was the randy youth.
miiltiV, n nn iuit ' lllltl.l HI*
lowing only three hits, while crafty Jnck
Taylor gnvo up ten blngles, mingled with
errors.
Tho two games hnve In no wny cut down
■rim two guinea hnve In no wny cut down
the lend of the Hpuda, nnd the comparative
record! Monday aro aa follow.
TRAMS—
Chicago,.
New )ork. .
I-layed. Won. I.oit. p. c.
..JIO 19 31 .719
. .106 70 36 .660
There I, no hope for tho Olanta.
the woodland clearing, thence Into the
forest. Anally Into the courtyard of the
old chateau, which Just then looked
more dreatn-llke still.
He lost alght of her In that maze of
moss'Covered, Ivy-wreathed archways,
where the moonlight fell In nllver
latches, and he etnpped to think be
fore pursuing his way, actuated now
principally by Insight and admiration
for -what he .saw, and realizing that
he stood very little chance of Andlng
his Involuntary guide, familiar as she
seemed to be with the Intricacies of
the place. He mounted stairway after
stairway, at length coming to a wing of
the castle where ruin was not so plain
ly marked.
Here music came faintly to the ear,
nnd he stopped to listen before pursu
ing hi, way, hesitating Anally on the
urwuuiiif nnauy on me
threshold of a large chamber, whose
walls were still partially draped with
torn tapestry, and,at the far end he
saw the girl who was hi, hostess nt
The Sheaves, sitting before an old-
time musical instrument, playing a for
gotten air.
III.
There wan something herd In hla left
boot on the following morning, and
he took It off and shook It, Andlng In
side what was evidently the head of a
hat pin—a little Jewel with a tiny coat
of arms.
"Strange!” he muttered; and after
breakfast, when he saw her at the en
trance to the garden, he spoke to her
about It.
"Is this yours 7" he said.
"Yes,” she said; "yes. It Is mine. An
nette, the maid, must have dropped It.”
She took the Jewel and examined It
attentively, and then blushed to the
roots of her hair.
Floyd eyed her suspiciously.
'•Yes," he said, "Annette or another.'
N.iturilsy's tic gniuc with Montgon»n
Slezed Atlanta's battles against tha But.
cm clubs, nnd froth now till the anil nf the
•canon the fight wilt be against the Isahlo-
vara of the West.
Hilly Hmlth got n little the better n( hit
•erics ngnlust the Kaaterners. winning thir
ty games, loslug twenty-seven anil tiring
3. Percentage, .626, which Is Jam a tittle
•by of the team's average for the seaws
ao far.
lint when tho record against the three
Eastern teams la analyse)!, It Is seen Hut
the locals got the worst of their enroim*
ters with Birmingham and Montgomery
nod pulled out nl»ove .600 bjr walloping th«
wadding out of Nashville.
Against Birmingham,* Atlanta plnyed nine
teen gamps, winning seven nnd Mm
twelve.
Against Montgomery, Atlanta plavH
twenty games, winning nine nnd loslug
eleven.
Against Nashville, Atlanta played eigb.
tecu games, winning fourteen nud Mof
four.
OOOOPPO0O0OOO0O0OOOOOOOWM
a a
O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. 0
Atlanta In Memphis.
Birmingham In Shreveport.
Montgomery In New Orleans.
Nashville In Little Rock.
CHWOOOODOOdOOOODOODOCOOdOO
like spirit.”
He did not watt for the post on tha
following morning, but crept down ear
ly Into the silent, sunbeam-habited
nouse, where the air seemed to He Is
luminous strata.
"Ought to be somewhere here,” he
said quietly, and he walked noiselessly
Into the kitchen, where the cat rose,
yawned and looked at him, then at the
boots he held In Ills hands.
"Ah, here we are!” he exclaimed it
last as he descended a step Into a little
brlck-Aoored room. The bump hie held
made In the whitewashed celling Is
there to this day. "Brushes—blacking.
Clean my own boots? Of course! Well
—brush, rub, brush—"I wouldn't at the
Carlton; but I don't like to have Jew-
eled knobs In my boots. Confound It.
It burst. Hullo, puss!” he went on, as
he saw the cat sitting on the threshold
gaslng at him.
Bang, down went one boot, and nt
picked up the other.
NAT KAISER & CO.
ConAdsntlal loans on valuables.
Bargains In unredeemid Diamond*
IS Oecatur SL Kimball Houts.
He looked at her, but said not a word.
He could not sleep that night, for all
the busy traAtc nt the soft summer
night seemed to be In league against
him. A bat came with a bump on the
casement, the fastening rattled, then
a great white moth sailed In and hov
ered dangerously over the candle. He
rose at last and dressed, and then Just
as he opened the door he saw In the
dUBky corridor a Agure—a phantom of
the night. There was a movement
below, and he descended to follow her
Into the silent mnnttv lane out Into
"You are fooling me, young woman,'
he said to himself as he gated after
her retreating Agure; "but John Floyd
Is not going to be fooled much more
" and his mind went back to the
sceno of the night; the silvern rays of
the Queen of Night falling through the
radiance of the stained-glass window,
with Its Agured saints, on to another
queen sitting there at the old-time
splnnet like some sylph from the dim
bygone, bringing charm to the days
which were passing now.
"Bee here, Miss Charteris,” he said
on the following night, “I want to buy
that place."
"What placer' she asked quickly.
"Why. Hurst Abbey."
"But It Is not for sale.”
"Oh, any place Is for sale If enough Is
offered."
"But"—she began.
"Don't worry about It," he Interrupt
ed her; "I have written to the lawyers.
By the way, you don’t know who owns
It?"
T—seem to have heard," she said,
“once; hut" she went on, as If trying
to remember. "I am afraid I can't tell
you the name. But why do you want
to buy It?”
"Make It useful," he aald shortly.
••Rnf how?”
'But how?”
"Pull It down."
"Oh!"
"Turn It Into a sugar reAnery."
"You dan not!" she cried lndignant-
"I dare," he retorted.
"It la abominable!"
"Well, It's no use at present"
"No use! 1—I—” She said no more,
but whisked out of the room and shut
the door with a bang.
"Spirit!” muttered Floyd, as he look
ed at the door aa though his eyes were
Roentgen nys: and he lit a clear. "I
STILL CLIMBING
Around looking for Panamas and
old hats to be cleaned, llussey,
Often have cleaned my boots, and —
"Mr. Floyd!"
"Madam?" And he bowed to lift
profoundly, boot In hand.
“What are you doing?"
"Dirty work makes clean boots.
"But I won't have It.”
"Oh, yes, you will Miss t harlorls,
till Annette"—
“There Isn't an Annette,” she said «•
cltedly, and she took a step forward.
"Thought as much,” he said grlmi).
"But," shs began, and than she turn™
away aharply, for there came a rat-t«
at the outer door. , „
"Postman," he said. "Shall I ge- .
"No, of course not!" And she d»rte»
off, to return In a minute bearing »
letter In her hand. ,, h .
"You don't trust me,” he said as its
took It.
"Why should I?" she exclaimed.
’Oh, Just becauss you should
un, juai ueiBuao . i»
He read that letter, and then read a
again. It began: “Dear Mr: n an
swer to yours"—and evidently It »*»
not quite satisfactory, since so.m aiw
breakfast he started off for the countff
town whence It came, to return
nightfall.
"They tell me"—he said.
"Who tells you?" , ,
He looked at her quite calmly.
"The lawyers who hove charge or
abbey. They say that It Is nut to w
sold."
"No more It Is."
“But,” he continued. "There, pi .
sit down, because I have * lot to sar
And ahe obeyed his wish, subsiding
.v— i in ih> comer ot
the lounge chair In the comer
veranda.
•What do you wish to say.
“I want," he cried. "I want to W
that place." .hi
"To make It a sugar reAnery ■ ,
asked, and there was a suspicion o"
smile at the comers of her mouth.
"No, no; I want to hear you pl»> J
•final again. _I want you-^' 1 ^
1 want you-
place would be yours, and
which used to belong, don t hJi a
And you could repair where you .
and leave the rest. What have l "«
all my money for out the e, l(
everything Is so confoundedly" .
I can't do this—for you? .'ll’’
teris—Ethel—I am only a rough
but could you not take me for me
of the Abbey?" . , » little
She turned her head sideway s a
ahd looked at him. . .perhaps
Perhaps," she said softly:
I could." , , h . .Oder
And though the spinet of the ^
days waa far away he felt mat ^
mnalo (nut »bon tuhli'H MIS lie it&
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