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S 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& 28 1-2 Whitehall.