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V 12 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, , DAY, AUGUST 1906. MEMPHIS AND BIRMINGHAM REINFORCING FOR FINISH Tftw Nlmk'Uti of bn*el>nll who have fig ured It (Hit that the Southern l>»fl;nie P*n- imnt for 1906 lion ln*tw«HMi Memplil* and Blrmiinriinm have their dope aflll further Htrengthenoil by the moves Charley Babb ■ ml ’Arry Vuughau have made to rein force their efforts. Look lit Memphis. That teimi has recently lx*en moving as fast as any In the Southern Inugue—dts- »|dte the loss of those two games New Orleans Saturday. Yet, Ilabb Is filling up the holes right nlong. and right has the strongest batting array In the circuit. He has bought farter and Jimmy Smith from the Western League to close the gaps In right field and at second Imae. Everylwdy who has followed the Southern league since 1901 knows who Jimmy Smith Is and what a valuable man he Is to any team. Ills yeoman service with Ab Powell ■t New Orleans and with Ilobhy Gllk* three or four years at Shreveport have dem onstrated his worth as a fast Infielder, a clever Imtter and it heady base-runner. Carter la said to l*e a good fielder and a hard hitter. Ills home run Sunday defeat ed Atlanta. Aa his tesm stands now, Habb has an Infield Just a little bit better In all-round play than any other lu the Southern League —with the |»oselh!e exception of Atlanta’s quartet when In fighting trim. Ills out field of Thiel, Nadeau and Carter com bines fielding ability with heavy hitting j and superb base-running. Ilia pitching i • atatf of Llebhardt, Suggs, Htockdale and [ Loin-kit Is aa good ns any, nml the only j weakness that appears In the line-up la lie- ! Idnd the bat, where I’d llurlhurt la oome- j what slow uud Owens Is hardly up to the | Southern longue standard. The intest announcement of Interest to fandom Is that Dad Vaughan has purchased Shortstop Castro from Nashville. There Is n reisirt current that the sale will bo nullified by President Knvunuugh on the ground that swapping and purchasing of players during the Inst thirty days of the campaign are prohibited. Hut It Is prob able that ?<lrmliighani will get the Ceotrnl American. lie will inoat acceptably fill In lief ween third and second for Vaughan. lie Is n very clever fielder, a much better hitter than either Oyler or Alcock, and has more ginger and fighting spirit. lie tvll prove n tower of strength to the In field. Slniultnneons with the nnouncement of the sale of Castro comes the report that Nnshvlile has purchased Inflelder Itocken- feld. who was with one of the St. Lou la tennis during the early pari of the season It Is predicted thnt ho will be a star In the Southern League. Charley Frank, with his rejuvenated corps, mid Hobby Gllk* will doubtless worry along with their present team. The purchase of Pitcher Still from Rich- nmnd by Atlanta Is n move for 1907 rath- than this year. He Is not due to report until September 1, anil that will be a little too lute to do much good this season. HURRY CALL SENT ARCHER By PERCY WHITING. Special Correspondence. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 20.—Concerning Sunday’s game. Manager Hilly Smith says: "Jt wna a hard game to lose, hut Evers’ poor catching defeated ua." The Hahblers raced around the bases pretty much na they pleased. Ilabb am! Nlcbolla each stole two bnaea, while Car ter and Nadeau pilfered one each. Smith wired today for Jeems Archer to Join the team at Llttla Rock. Hla pret ence will greatly strengthen the squad. The teams playa n game here Wednes day, although none la scheduled. It Is to replace n rain date. Fox la rapidly Improving. Tom Flushes will protwhly pitch this afternoon. CRAIG DAY 8TRIKE8 OUT FOURTEEN BATSMEN Sjieclal to The Georgian. Nelson, Ga., Aug. 20.—Nelson 'defeated the Itaaeball team from Copper Hill, Tenn., Saturday by the acore of 8 to 0. Craig Day pitched n great game for thu local clnb, striking out fourteen men and allow ing only one hit Fred Ikiwdn was easily the star of the game, tanking three three- baa# hits and two beautiful catches In left field. The line up was na follows: , NELSON- Position- COFFRR HIM. Day pitcher Hplllcr Pern" ■ m rarr-.: JlcCrnry.. . McKee.. .. ... ..catcher.. . .first base.. .. ..second latse.. ..Phnrrla ....Witt ..lH*wia orley.. cGrath.. owdn.... . on Edi ..right field Watkins ..center field.. Hawk .. .left field Jacobi News and Notes of Sport. It la said that either Hugh Jennings, of Hnltlmore, or “RUly” Murray, of Jersey City, will mauage the Boston American* next season. The St. Ixralt Americana have struck a winning gait, and may make It Interest ing for the leaders l»efore the season ends. A four daya* International motor boat meeting mid cxhlldtlou opens at Ostend, Helgltyii, today. It la expected to rival Monaco aa the finest affair of Its kind, from a practical standpoint, ever held lu Eu ropean waters. Tha twenty-fifth annual meeting and tournament of the National Roque Amo* elation of America takes place this week St Norwich, Conn. Aa the tournament marks tin* sliver Jubilee of the organise tlon. It la expected that nearly every roque Club lu America will bo represented. The Mg tournament of tho Interstate Trnp-8bootera* Association opens lu Denver today, to ooutlnuc five days. Three thou sand dollars of added money have been promised by the Denver shooters. In nddl- don to the $500 offered by the Interstate . asaorlatloii. The nffnlr la tinder the au •pices Of tho Denver Trap Club, which originated tho Grand Western handicap. Brother John Ganxel wenra a happy ■mile tiowndvys, na hla Grand Rapids team has a good lead lu the Central League. Winnipeg sent a crackerjack lot of oars men to the recent national regatta Worcester, and the Canadians went home with their share of the prises. A young fellow by the name of ”Ojr” Peymour la making good with the New York Giants. A large and high-class eutry list Is re ported for the Trausmlaalaalppl Tennis tournament, which opens nt Omaha today. LITTLE WINNERS WIN. The Little Winners met and defeated the North Hide lleuuett Jre. by the close score Of 6 to 4 The feature of the game wna the work of the pitchers on l>oth aides, Lowry strik ing out fifteen men. Hcore by Innings: It. II. K. Little Winners 200 011 OP-t 3 3 North Hide Ucutiett Jr»...QUJ 001 102-4 1 4 Umpire. Will Hnynes. Time, 2 hours. The IJttle Winners would like to get a gann* for every Saturday afternoon. Ad- dre«a Jessie llnmby, or call lb'll ’phone 42* J. Vote for M. T. LaHatte, Alderman First Ward. SPARKS GOES UP IN THE AIR By PERCY WHITING. Special Correspondence. Memphis. Tenn.. Aug. 20.-Sparka pitch ed a good game Sunday, except In the third Inning. The exception, however, was coat- ly enough to give victory to Memphis, seven hits and four runs resulting from hla nseenalnn. Atlanta scored nil of Its runs In the fourth Inning with two men out. Winters drew a base on bnlls. Kid Smith singled. Morse tore off n two-hnggor, and Jordnu singled. The Memphis team presented Its moat formidable liue-up of the year against At lanta. Not only wna Llebhardt pitching, hut Smith nt second base and Carter In /Ight field, stopped up holes that have here tofore existed In the team’s array. Billy Smith rang In nuother change In his line up. Fox resumed his place at first, and Jordan wan again on second, but Larry Hoffmnn was raced to center fluid. Al though both played well, neither Fox nor Jordan was lu condition to Ins In the game. Five thousand people aaw the gnme, one of tha largest crowds of the aeaaou here. The acore: atunta- hi. it. n. i-(t. a. ir CroaUr. If.. 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hoffman, cf 4 0 o l o o TRIO OF MEMPHIS PLAYERS NADEAU, CENTER FIELD. CAREY, FIRST BA8E. NICHOLLS, 8HORT 8TOP. League Standings Club— Birmingham MetnphlH . . New Orleans Shreveport. . Atlanta . . . Montgomery'. Nashville . . . Little Rock . Played. Won. LoatP.Ct 105 109 109 107 107 109 .629 .587 .569 .561 .542 .477 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Ployed. Won. Lost. P. CL .616 .606 .510 .481 Morse, ss, Jordan, 21 Fox, ib... Kraus, c.. .310110 ..411110 ..41144 r.vrra, c.. ,, ,, #l**r|ia t p j ..*0 0 4 3 1 Totals.. .. Tnwviti**- -.81 3 4 21 15 1 Hnbb, 3b.. Nleholla. *a.. Smith, 2b.. Xndeati. cf.. Carey, lb.. , Owens, c.. . Llebhardt, p XTV. It. n. I’D. A. K ...3 0 0 1 Of S 110 0 0 4 1111 4 0 2 1 9 2 112 5 ....4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 18 0 0 ....201310 ...311030 ..28 1 9 27 19 *0 Totals,. . .. . „ Score by innings: Atlnntn 000 300 000-3 Memphis ,004 OOP COM ~ Amitinnry: Two base hit* ~~ Lietifiiinlt'. Morse, Nndenu; home run. Carter; stolen bases. Carter, Nndeuu, Ilabb (2l, Nicliolls t2»; bases on balls off Siuirks 4. off I.leb- hnrdt 2; struck out by Sparks 2, by Lleb hardt 3; lilt My pitcher. Smith (of Mein- bhlsi: sacrifice lilts. Class. Time, 1:30. Umpires, Iluddcrhntn and Schuster. SATURDAY’S GAME. All eleveii-lniiliig runless tie was the re sult of Snturdsy’s dosing event lietWeen A tin ii tu and Montgomery. The gnme was called at 4:35 o'clock to nllow both tennis to catch trains. Harley pitched a magnificent game for Atlnntn. Mnlnrkey wus hammered hard by the lornt*. although notlihig calm* of the swats, na chances to score, even by »o little ns a safe built or an outfield fly, were thrown to the winds. Jordan and McCann each got three hits. (’roller. If.. S. Smith. 3b., Morse, ss.... Jordan, lb.. .. Fox. cf Ev-ra. c llnrlcy, p.. ah. n. ii. ra a TiT ...4 0 3 7 5 0 ,..3 0 0 2 0 0 . ..* 0 0 4 6 0 ...4 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 | Atlnntn. Two .000 (VYi 000 0-0 000 000 000 0-0 • lifts, Sid Slid til. Jor- Club*— Augusta . . Savannah . Macon . . . Columbia . Charleston , Jacksonville COTTON 8TATE8. Club— Played. Won. Lost. P. Ct. Mobile . . . Meridian . . Baton Rouge. Jackson . . . Gulfport . . Vicksburg. . 104 104 104 103 Club—- Chicago . . . New York . Pittsburg . . Philadelphia. Cincinnati . Brooklyn . . St. Trouts . . Boston . . . .600 .495 .481 .350 NATIONAL, Played. Won. Lost P. Ct. . 110 79 31 .718 . . 106 70 36 .660 . . 108 68 40 .630 . 110 52 68 .473 . . Ill 48 63 .432 . 105 41 64 .390 . 112 40 72 .357 .112 39 73 .348 Chicago .... . 108 65 43 .602 Philadelphia . 108 62 . 46 .574 New York . . . *102 58 44 .569 ('leveland . . . 104 69 . .667 St. Loula . . . . 107 56 61 .523 Detroit . . . . . 107 52 65 .486 Washington . . 106 41 65 .387 Hofiton . . . . . 108 32 76 .296 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Club— Columbus . Milwaukee . Toledo . . . Minneapolis . Louisville . . Kanshs City Ht. Paul . . Indianapolis. Played. Won. Lost. P. Ct. . 122 75 47 .615 . 121 67 54 .554 . 120 65 55 .542 . 121 61 60 .504 60 .500 62 .492 . 120 . 122 . 119 . 121 78 .43" .356 ■lunuWPWMMPBPH dnir stqlcn buses. .Iordan. Winters, l’erry: ; sacrifice hits. Hoffman. Morse. MeCniin. Fox: double plays. Jordan to lloffmnn: base ; .. balls off Harley 1. off Malarkey 0; , struck out by llurtey 2. by Mnlnrkey 7. Time. 1:35. empire, Ritdderham. Attend mice. 3,501. WOUNDED BALL PLAYER DIE8, SHIELDING SLAYER. By Jhivnte leased Win*. New York, Aug. 20.—“Lefty” Boyle, a baseball player, who was nhot six weeks ago at Twenty-eighth street and Seventh avenue. Is dead In the New York hospital. He refused to name his | National — assailant. SATURDAY’S RESULTS. Southarn— Atlanta 0. Montgomery 0. Nashville 1, Birmingham 0. New*Orleans 1, Memphis 0. New Orleans 7, Memphis 1. Shreveport 2, Little Rock 1. Hhreveport 15, Little Rook 6. South Atlantio— Jacksonville 9, Charleston 3. Charleston 3, Jacksonville 1. Columbia 1, Macon o. Savannah 2. Augusta 1. American— St. Incuts 9. Philadelphia 4. Boston 8. Detroit 4. Cleveland 4. Washington 2. Chicago 10, Now 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 o. Toledo 7, Minneapolis 4. St. Paul 3. Columbus 2. Indianapolis 5, Milwaukee 4. Cotton 3tatea— Mobile X Gulfport 0. Baton Rouge 3, Meridian 2. Jackson 3, Vicksburg 1. Eastern— Baltimore 4, Montreal 1. Buffalo 2, Newark 0. Baltimore 5. Montreal 2. SUNDAY’S RESULTS. Memphis 4, Atlanta 3. New Orleans 10. Montgomery Items of Baseball Lore More or Less Apropos Cut out the three hit* that the visit ors got, one In the second and two In tho thirteenth, niul only ten bits were secured off Phillips. That one In the second .could nop be scored any other way after Shuster’s wonderful deslslon.—New Orleans States. We agree thoroughly, and approve of the erudite orthograpber’s spelling. ”De- slslons” are about nil Shuster can make. Rrouthers was badly hurt by Suggs' In the last game In which they met, and when Suggs hit him again, Brouthers came to the. conclusion that tho act was deliberate. It was this Impression which brought Brouthers 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, Lotirkx proving more than the light bitter* of the Pelican tenin could solve. For eight Inning* Louck* allowed but one hit, n two-luigger by Stratton. Then O'Brien came In for a two-bagger and Atz for a ningle, making the total number of hit* of the game.—Memphis Newn-Scimltnr. The lucky one seems to have regained hla old form. Stone, of St. Louis, Is leading the bat ters of the Amerlcau League, with a per cetitage of .373. Two new players have accepted Little Hock's terms, and one of them will flulah this ficnnon with the Travelers. Shortstop Ell Kuphan, of the Galveston club, who was recommended by “Bob” Gllka, will Join Little Rock on August 25. Outfield or “Eddie” Cormnck, of the Austin club, Is thu other player secured, but be will not Join the team until next year. Cor- mack Is said to he the fastest fielder lu the South Texas League. lvaphan was reared and learned to play baseball In Atlnntn. He started the sea son with Billy Smith Ih tf»r /car. but fell III and drew hla release. JOHN FLOYD'S FISHING TRIP, By OLIVE R. FENN. Br Private (.eased Win*. Seattle. Wash.. A tig. 20.—The Huguenot, the famous horse flint won the Brooklyn derby In 1W. broke a tendon In hi* leg yetderday. and was killed. Tin* Huguenot won eight straight nice* here, and In one ran « mile In 1:S*VL He wus by KulgUt of Ellerslee-MlaarutSf. New York 7, Chicago n. Cincinnati 9, Boston 4. Boston 4, Cincinnati 2. Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 1. St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4. American Association— 8t. Paul 9. Toledo 2. St. Paul 6, Toledo 5. Kansas City 8, Indianapolis Innings.) Minneapolis 3, Columbus 1. Floyd often stopped a week nt Hurst- mont. It was a great reat from town, where there la no reat, and It was a bit difficult to get to, which was one of Its charms; and the Ashing was good. But the Crusaders* Anns was the strong point—an undeveloped Inn with a rustic garden and veranda, to say nothing of excellent cooking and quiet, far-away touch about It which was bairn-like and soothing after the fever and hurry of the city. Care could be laid aside there. You stepped out of the front door Into an open place flanked by $ garden, and with a coun try road a little farther on, while oc cnslonally—very occasionally—there was to be seen a white puff of smoke on tho other aide of a heather-clad hill, denoting that a train on the branch line by which travelers' reached the ruandera* Arms was leisurely tuklng « 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 tho morning to hear the animated inversAtlnn 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 j 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, bsfore he had done, for he felt that he had earned a holiday—a feeilna which In itself Is one of the most restful In the world—os his last play had been a success; and there was alongside of that triumph a larger Tiope oesldes. 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. Thnt 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 aubergiat of the best, who would say, “How are you keep ing v’—aa If you were prime salt pork. ur 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. Golfer* congregated there, and the fascination of It all was bonie in upon Floyd as he went upstairs. There came to the ear the sound of a piano from down stairs, and there was the whlFfcer of voices. How strange is the semi-silence of a hotel, that note of NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loan, on valuables. Bargains In unrrdetmtd Diamond* 16 Decatur fit. Kimball Houaa mystery, thnt fnntaatic suggestion of odd little, half-forgotten things, of Ig- cldcntn of travel, sensation of the great routes of the world! But when he arrived, unannounced. In June, the landlord held up hla hands In dismay. "No room?” exclaimed Floyd. “Very sorry, nlr," said the landlord. "If you had only written. But they might put you up at the Sheaves, kept by a ludy—Mian Charter!,.’’ “Ah, I will try there," and John Floyd drove away down the village xtreet and Into the country again, for the flyman to pull up at a pretty roae- nnd-clenmtla covered cottage. "The Sheaves In not an Inn. sir,” said the llyman, me he got down; "but I believe it', all right.” Ami when a few minutes later the visitor found himself inside the house, he realised that tho driver spoke the truth. Mine Charterls Interested him ex tremely, but why she took tn boarders pulnlcd him. "You must be rather lonely here,” he nald. "No," she answered; "there Is plenty to Interest me.” He nodded shortly. "No doubt. But Is there anything arrhaeloglcal? We Americans are that way, you know." "There I, the Abbey," she said. "May one go there T’ The girl hesitated. “I mean with 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- dale." "The Goths and Vandals?” "You see, the Abbey Is all I have," she said, wistfully. "It used to belong to my family, ull this part, and It la 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 Ashing, un,d that the proclivity had led his steps to that out-of-the- way corner of the world. "Yee,” she murmured, 'It U 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 aqmm- panlcd her Into the silent pathways of the ancient stronghold, monastic In its solemnity now. “The staircase la very worn and old,” he said. "Yes," she answered, "the Crusaders did chip the steps a good deal In tramping up and down." He looked at her. hut said not a word. He could not sleep that night, for all the busy traffic of the soft summer night seemed to be tn 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 duaky corridor a figure—a phantom of the night. There was a movement below, and he descended to follow her Into the silent country*. lane out Into Kutz Team Still Leads the Commercial League Played. Wo6. L«*t. I*. (’. ... ..8 7 1 .873 .. ..8 6 2 .71D SATURDAY'S RESULTS. M. Kuts 5. West Emf 3. J. SI Ivey & Co. 18, Regeniiteln 1. Foote & Davies II. Beck & Gregg 8. STANDING OF~THE CLUBS. CLUBS— M. Kuts.... J. Hllvey.. .. West End b 4 « .»*> Foote & Davies 8 4 4 .500 Beck & Gregg 8 2 6 .2M J. Regcnstelu 8 1 7 .125 KUTZ 5, WEST END 3. M. Kuts seeuis to have gone after The Georgian's penusnt good niul strong, win ning Saturday's game over the strong West End team l»y the score of 6 to a. Tho game was played on the West End dia mond. In the first Inning, the West End hoy* got busy and sent two runners across the plate.' Fluker then settled down. The three pitcher* twirled winnlug ball through out the gnme. West End getting only lour hits off Fluker. Hero Is the score: tt. II. E. Kuts ....5 6 5 West End 3 4 8 Batteries: Fluker and E. Sullivnd; I’arks. Smith nnd Lockhart. SILVEY 18, REGENSTEIN t. In n rather one-sided affair, the S'he. I"»; » defeated the Itegenatidn | lnjK !,<■ Ills wore at 18 tn J. The game wna pb'vo, Saturday nt tinnmcige Cro.H.liig, nnd a h rc , crowd was In attendance. The llegen.leln Imyn were clmigcil aereml time durlni: the game, hut It liml no effect, an they ,.„ 11 |,i not eonu-vt with the hall. Kelly n good game, atrlklng out .lateen men, nod allowing ouly four hit., nnd did rot give a tiaae on Italia. Donnelly, hatting iva. nlmt ;t feature, he being up tire times and times!* ( °" r hl1 ’’ cru * ,ll| K the plate fom . . e Ity tunings: it it .. hllvey.. 812 «l> 1—18 "i | Itegen.teln mo ooo a-i i J liutterlea: Keller ami Moore; llnlihrln and guarlea. empire. Itoraey. FOOTE & DAVIS WIN. ... a rery slow game, where nintir errnrt and plenty of runs were the main feature™ fleck. * Gregg hi.t to the ellmhlng Foote A Davies team. Candler, who sturma pitching for Ilerk A Gregg, wna Imtt,., freely, and wna relieved In th,. ilvtli i„ nlmt Ity Garwood, who pltrhed winning villa la tho score Ity Innings: R. |t y Foote * Dartea PMtMKt-14 7 5 Berk A Gregg »): 000 210- 8 10 } Batteries: Kmeraon. Klnae.r'and Spaa, gler; Candler, Garwood nnd llnynlc. M’GRAW’S MEN LOSING CHANCE Over In the TVIndy City, -the National League championship I. tielng fought out. Not officially, of course, lint the result of the series between Murphy's Knuds and McGmw’a Muckers will nmetlenny decide the fate of the latter lu their Oglit for the thlrd-ttme rhuntploushlp honors. Ho far. It has lieen tin even break, and MeGmwi chance, have thereby been materially lea- •rued. .Saturday, the Spud, won easily Ity the •core of 6 to 2. Sunday the Giant* cams hack hard and won Ity the even more tie* clslve acore of 7 to 0. Doth contests were won by pitching. In the tlrat gnme, three- *—red Mordeeal llrown held the Giants . esa, nnd errors gave the visitors their only mu. Mnthewsou accrued a few hard humps. Sunday. Wllta. was the enndy youth, al- lowdug only three hits, whlla ernfty Jnck Taylor gave up ten hlngles, mingled with errors. The two game, have In no way cut down the lend of the Spuds, nnd the rompnratlre records Monday nro aa foltowa: TKAMS- Played. Won. Lott. P. C. Chicago 110 TO 81 .118 New York 108 70 88 .880 Thera la no hope for the Giants. the woodland clearing, thence Into the foreat, finally Into the courtyard of the old chateau, which Just then looked more dream-llke still. He lost sight of her in that mage of moss-covered, lvy-wreathcd archways, where the moonlight fell In sllvir principally by Insight and admiration Tor what he saw, and realising that he stood very little chance of finding 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, and he stopped to listen before pursu ing his way, hesitating finally on the threshold of a large chamber, whose walls were still partially draped with torn tapestry, and at the far end he xaw the girl who was his hostess at The Sheaves, sitting before an old. time musical Instrument, playing a for- gotten air. nT There was something hard In his left boot on the following morning, and he took It off and shook It, finding 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 aaw her at the en trance to the garden, he spoke to her about It. "Is this yours?" 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 th. root, of her hair. Floyd eyed her su.plclously, "Yes," he said, "Annette or another. 1 She turned quickly away. "You are fooling me, young woman," he said to himself as he gazed after her retreating figure; "but John Floyd not going lo be fooled much more and his mind went back to the scene of the night; the silvern rays of the Queen of Night falling through the radiance of the stained-glass window, with Its figured 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. "See here. Miss Charterls," he said on the following night, ”1 want to buy that place." SERIES ENDED AGAINST EAST Hntnrdny’s tie game with Mentgoinerr closed Allnutn’a battle, against the East ern club*, unit from now till the end of the •enaon the ttxht will be against the Lochhe vara of the West. Billy Smith got a llttla the better of hli •erles oftnlnat tho Easterners, winning thir ty frames, losing twenty-seven ami tielng A Percentage. .626, wbl.h Is Just a little shy of the team’, average for the sensuu so far. But when the record against the three Eastern team. I. analysed, It I. seen thnt tho locals got the worst of their encoun ters with Birmingham and Montgomery, and pulled out nlmve .60# hy walloping the wadding ont of Nashville. Against Birmingham, Atlanta played nine teen games, winning seven and losing twelve. Against Montgomery, Atlanta played twenty games, winning nine and losing eleven. Agslnat Nashville, Atlanta played eigh teen, games, winning fourteen and losing tJOtXHBJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOa O 0 n WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. 0 0 Atlanta In Memphis. 0 Birmingham In Shreveport. 0 Montgomery In New Orleans. 0 Nashville In Little Rock. 0 0000000000000000000^0000000 "What place?” ehe asked qujckly. "Why. Hurst Abbey.” "But It Is not for sale." "Oh, any place Is for sale If enough la offered." "But"—ehe 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?" "I—seem to have heard,” she said, "once: but," she went on, aa If trying to remember. "I am afraid I can’t tell you the name. But why do you want to buy It?" “Mnke It useful," he eald shortly. "But how?" "Pull It down." "Oh!” "Turn It Into a sugar refinery.” "You dare not!” she cried Indignant ly. ”1 dare," he retorted. •Tt la abon mlnable! "Well, It’s no use at present." "No use! I—I—” She said no mor*. but whlaked out of the room and shut the door with a bang. "Spirit!" muttered Floyd, as he look ed at the door aa though hla eyes were Roentgen rava; nnd he lit a cigar. "I STILL CLIMBING Around looking for Panamas and old hats to be cleaned. Buesey, 28 1-2 Whitebait like spirit." , He did not wait for the post on the following morning, but crept down ear ly Into the silent, sunbeam-habited nouse, where the air seemed to lie In luminous strata. < "Ought to be somewhere here,” ha, said quietly, and he walked noiselessly Into the kitchen, where the cat rose, awned and looked at him, then at the loots he held In hla hands. "Ah, here we are!" he exclaimed at last as he descended a step Into a little brick-lloored room. The bump his head made In the whitewashed celling le there to this day. "Bruahea—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, ea he aaw the cat sitting on the threshold gaxlng at him. Bang, down went one boot, and he picked up the other. "Often have cleaned my boots, and"— "Mr. Floyd!" "Madam?" And he bowed to her profoundly, boot in hand. "What are you doing?” "Dirty work makes clean boots.” "But I won't have It." "Oh, yea, you will Miss Charter!*, till Annette"— "There lan’t an Annette,” ehe aald ex citedly, and she took a step forward. "Thought as much,” he said grimly. "But," she began, and then ehe turned away sharply, for there came a rat-tat at the outer door. “Postman," he said. "Shall I go. “No, of course not!" And ehe darted ofr, to return In a minute bearing a letter In her hand. You don't trust me,” he said as na took It. "Why should I?” ahe exclaimed. "Oh, Just because you should.” He read that letter, and then read It again. It began: "Dear Sir: In an swer to yours"—and evidently It »'«* not quite satisfactory, since soon aticr breakfast he started otf for the countGf ftAit.M M'tvanoA Iff oainn fffl YfltUlB ^ town whence It came, to return nightfall. "They tell me”—he said. “Who tells you?" He looked at her quite calmly. "The lawyers who have charge of in* abbey. They eay that It Is not to be sold.” "No more It Is." "But," he continued. "There, pl r “f* ett down, because I have a lot to say- And ehe obeyed hie wish, subsiding Into the lounge chair In the comer of the veranda. "What do you wish to say? "I want,” he cried. "I want to buy that place.” 1 „„ ... "To make It a sugar refinery? »he asked, and there was a suspicion ot a smile at the coraera of her mouth. "No, no; I want to hear you play tne epinet again. I want you—and tn« place would be yours, and the lant which used to belong, don t you tee ■ And you could repair where you,chose, and leave the reat What have I all my money for out there, everything la so confoundedly new. > I can't do this—for you? Mlss tmar terts—Ethel—I am only a rough un. but could you not take me for the »" h of the Abbey?” ' _ She turned her head sideways a and looked at him. ■•Perhaps," ahe eald softly; perh.'P* 1 C And' tfiough the spinet of the °l‘l^ daya was far away he felt that music Just then which made lt« cadence dulL