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Monday, November 17* 1924.
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, THE EVIL
f SHEPHERD
i riktjE.Phillips Oppenheim
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The atmosphere of the place was
‘languorous and delicious.
“Leave us here,” Margaret In
sisted with a little exclamation of
content. Neither Cynthia nor I
• want to go any further. Come back
and fetch us in time for our ap
pointment.”
After a time the men rejoined
Margaret and Cynthia and then
came Thfnothy, suddenly face to face with
■Sir who had escorted a
little party of his guests to see the
fountain, and was now returning
alone.
You have been visiting, I am
glad to see,” the latter observed.
I trust that you are amusing your
selves.”
Excellently, thank you,” Francis
replied.
“And so far," Sir Timothy went
on, with a faint smile, “you find my
entertainment normal? You have
no question yet which you would
like to ask?”
“Or.iv one—what do yon do with
your launch up the river on moon
less nights, Sir Timothy?”
Sir Timothy’s momentary silence
was full of ominous significance.
“Mr. Ledsam,” lie said, after a
brief pause, "I have given you al
most carte blanche to explore my
domains here- Concerning the
launch, however, I think that you
bad better ask no questions at pres
ent.”
“You are using it tonight,” Fran
cis persisted.
-1 Will you come and see, my ven
turesome guest?”
“With great pleasure,” was the
prompt reply.
Sir Timothy glance d at his watch.
— “That,” he s aid, “i s one Y vf-rhe
matters of which we will speak at a
quarter to twelve. Meanwhile, let
me show you something. It rnay
as it ha s don e me.”
The three moved back towards
one of the arched openings which
led into the ballroom.
“Observe, if you please,” their
host continued, “the third couple
who pass us. The girl is wearing
green—the very little that she does
wear. Watch the man, and see if
he reminds you of any one.”
Francis did as he was bidden.
The girl was a well-known mem
ber of the chorus of one of the
principal comedies, and she seemed
to be thoroughly enjoying both the
dance and her partner. The latter
appeared to be of a somewhat or
dinary type, sallow, with rather
puffy cheeks, and eyes almost un
naturally dark. He danced vigor
ously and he talked all the time.
Something about him was vaguely
familiar to Francis, but he failed
to place him.
“Notwithstanding all my precau
tions,” Sir Timothy continued,
44 there, fondly believing himself to
be unnoticed, Is an emissary
of Scotland Yard. Really, of all
the obvious, the dry-as-dust, hunt
your-criminal-by-rule-of-three kind
of people I ever met, the class of
detective to which this man belongs
can produce the most blatant ex
amples. ••
“What are you going to do about
him?” Francis asked.
Sir Timothy shrugged his shoul
ders.
I have not yet made up my
mind,” he said, I happen to know
that he has been laying his plans
for weeks to get here, frequenting
Soto’s and other restaurants, and
scraping acquaintances with some
of my friends. The duke of Tad
chester brought him—won a few
hundred from him at baccarat, I
suppose. His grace will never
again find these doors open to him. *»
Francis’ attention had wandered.
He w^4. gazing fixedly at the man
whom Sir’Timothy had pointed out.
“You still do not fully recognize
our friend, the latter observed
carelessly, ‘4 He calls himself Man
nel Lolto, and he professes to be a
Cuban. His real name I under
stood, when you introduced us, to
be Shopland.”
“Great heavens, so it is!” Fran
cis exclaimed.
“Let us leave hlrh to his precari
ous pleasures,” Sir Timothy sug
gested. “I am free for a few mo
men ts. We will wande r round to
gether.”
They found Lady Cynthia and
Wilmore, and looked lu at the sup
per-room, where people were wait
ing now for tables, a babel of sound
and gayety. The grounds and win
ter-gardens were crowded. Their
guide led the way to a large apart
ment on the other side of the hall,
from which the sound of music was
proceeding.
“My theater,” he said. “I won
der what Is going on. '
They passed Inside. There was
* small stage with steps leading
down to the floor, easy-chalrs and
round tables everywhere, and wait
ers serving refreshments. A girl
was dancing. Sir Timothy watched
her approvingly.
“Nadia Elllstoff,” he told them.
“She was In the last Russian bal
let, and she is waiting now for the
rest of the company to start again
at Covent Garden. You see, it la
Metzger who plays there. They
Improvise. Rather a wonderful per
formance, I think.”
They watched her breathlessly, a
spirit In gray tulle, with great
black eyes now and then half
closed.
It Is ’Wind Before Dnwa,’ ’’
Lady Cynthia whispered, I heard
him play It two days after he com
posed It, only there are variations
r now. Bhe is the soul of the south
wind."
“The curtain went down amidst
rapturous applauie. The dancer had
left the stage, floating away into
some sort of wonderfully-contrived
Will, to provide amusement for
your guests.
"Mr. Wilmore, Tbeg that you w®
• be reasonable,” Sir Timothy expos
tulated. “I saw your brother box
at his gymnasium in Holborn. My
agent made him the offer of this
fight. One of my conditions had
to be that he came here to train
and that whilst he was here he held
no communication whatever with
the outside world. My trainer has
ideas of his own, and this he in
sists upon. Your brother in the
end acquiesced. He was at first
difficult to deal with ns regards this
condition, and he did, in fact, I be
lieve, Mr. Ledsam. pay a visit to
your office, with the object of ask
ing you to become an intermediary
between him and his relatives.”
background, within a Tew
the principal comedian of
day was telling stories. Sir
led them away.
•'But how on earth do you get
these people?” Lady Cynthia
asked.
It Is arranged for me,” Sir Tim
othy replied, I have an agent
who sees to it all. Every man or
woman who Is' asked to perform,
has a credit at Cartier’s for a hun
dred guineas. I pay no fees. They
select some little keepsake.
Margaret laughed softly.
44 No wonder they call this place
a sort of Arabian Nights!” she de
clared. «£
“Well, there isn’t much else for
you to see,” Sir Timothy said
thoughtfully, My gymnasium,
which is one of the principal fea
tures here, is dosed just now for
a special performance, of which I
will speak in a moment. The con
cert hall I see they are using for
an overflow dance-room. What you
have seen, with the grounds and the
winter-garden, comprises almost
everything.”
They moved back through the
hall with difficulty. People were
now crowding in. Lady Cynthia
laughed softly.
“Why, it is like a gala night at
the opera, Sir Timothy!” she ex
claimed. “How dare you pretend
that this is Bohen/a!”
“It has never I ;-en I who has
described my ent tainments,” he
reminded her. “Yhey have been
called everything — orgies, de
bauches—everything you can think
bnvc np'-er ventured myself
to describe them.”
Their passage was difficult.
Every now and then Sir Timothy
was compelled to shake hands with
some of his newly-arriyed guests.
At last, however, they reached the
little sitting-room. Sir Timothy
turned back to Wilmore, who hesi
tated.
“You had better come in. too,
Mr. Wilmore, if you will.” he in
vited. “You were with Ledsam, the
first day we met, and something
wliieh I have to say now may in
terest you.”
“If I am not Intruding,” Wilmore
murmured.
They entered the room, still jeal
ously guarded. Sir Timothy closed
the door behind.him.
CHAPTER XIX
T HE ing to apartment the older was portion one belong- of the
house, and had been, In fact, an
annex to the great library. The '
walls were oak-paneled, and hung
with a collection of old prints.
There were some easy-chalrs. a
writing-table, and some well-laden
hookcases. There were one or two
bronze statues of gladiators, a won
derful study,of tworarestlers, no
minor ornaments. \i}yr Timothy
plunged at once into what he had
to say.
“I promised you. Lady Cynthia,
and you, Ledsam,” he said, “to di
vulge exactly the truth as regards
these much-talked-of entertain
ments here. You. Margaret, under
present circumstances, are equally
Interested. You, Wilmore, are
Ledsam’s friend, and yon happen
to have an interest In this partlcu
lar party. Therefore, I am glad to
have you all here together. The su
perficiai part of my entertainment
you have seen. The part which
renders It necessary for me to keep
closed doors, I shall now explain.
I give prizes here of considerable
value for boxing tests which are
conducted under rules of our own.
One is due to take place In a very
few minutes. The contests vary in
character, hut I may say that the
chief officials of the National Sport
lng club are usually to be found
here, only, of course, In an unoffl
rial capacity. The difference be-'
tween the contests arranged by me.
and others, is that my men are ■
here to fight. They use sometimes
an Illegal weight of glove and they
sometimes hurt one another, If
any have two grudge of the against boxing J^ternlty another,
a one
and that often happens, they are
permitted here to fight it out, un
der the strictest control as regards
fairness, but practically without
gloves at all. You heard of the
accident, for instance, to Norris?
That happened In my gymnasium.
He was knocked out by Burgtn. It
was a wonderful fight.
However, I pass on. There is
another class of contest which fre
quently takes place here. Two box
ers place themselves unreservedly
In my hands. The details of the
match are arranged without their
knowledge. They come Into the
ring without knowing whom they
are going to fight. Sometimes they
never know, for my men wear
masks. Then we have private
matches. There is one tonight.
Lord Meadowson and I have a wa
ger of a thousand guineas. He has
brought tonight from the East end
a boxer who, according to the terms
of our bet, has never before en
gaged In a professional contest. 1
have brought an amateur under the
same conditions. The weight Is
within a few pounds the same,
neither has ever seen the other,
only In tills case the fight 1s with
regulation gloves and under Queens
berry rules.”
“Who is your amateur. Sir Tim
othy?" Wilmer asked harshly.
■ I Your brother, Mr. Wilmore," was
the prompt reply. “You shall see
the fight if I have your promise not
to attempt in any way to interfere.”
Wilmore rose to his feet.
“Do you mean to tell me,” be de
manded, “that my brother has been
decoyed here, kept here agaloyt U*
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
“He began a letter to me,” Fran
“and then mysterl
>»
“The mystery is easily explained,”
Timothy continued. “My train
Roger Hagon, a Varsity blue,
the best heavyweight of his
occupies the chambers above
yours. He saw from the window
arrival of Reginald Wilmore—
was according to instructions,
they were to come down to Hatch
together—went down the stairs
to meet him, and, to cut a long I
story short, fetched him out of your
office, Ledsam, without allowing
him to finish-his letter. This ab
solute Isolation seems a curious con
dition, perhaps, but Hagon Insists
upon it, and I can assure you that
he knows his business. The mys
tery, as you have termed It. of his
disappearance mat morumg, is tnat
he went upstairs with Hagon for
several hours to undergo a medical
examination instead of leaving the
building forthwith. • •
"There is one other feature of my
entertainments,” continued Sir Tim
othy, “concerning which I have
something to say—a series of per
formances which takes place on my
launch at odd times. There is one
fixed for tonight. cun say little
about it except that it is unusual.
I am going to ask you. Lady Cyn
thia, and you, Ledsam, to witness It.
When you have seen that, you know
everything. Then you and I, Led
sam, can call one another's hands.
I shall have something else to say
to you, but that is outside the do
ings here."
“Are we to see the fight in the
gymnasium?” Lady Cynthia in
quired.
Sir Timothy shook his head.
“I do not allow women there un
der any conditions," he said. “You
and Margaret had better stay here
whilst that takes place, it will
probably he over in twenty minutes.
It will he tim e then for us to find
our way to the launch. After that,
if you have any appetite, supper.
I will order some caviare sand
wiches for you,” Sir Timothy went
on, ringing the bell, “and some
wine."
Lady Cynthia smiled.
“It is really a very wonderful par
ty,” she murmured.
Their host ushered the two men
across the hall, now comparatively
deserted, for every one had settled
down to his or her ehosen amuse
ment—down a long paiduge,
through a private door which he
unlocked with a Yale key, and Into
the gymnasium. There were less
than fifty spectators seated around
the ring, and Francis, glancing at
them hastily, fancied that he recog
nized nearly every one of them,
Sir Timothy and his compan
ions took their chairs amidst a
buzz of welcome. Almost inune
dlately, the man who was In charge
of the proceedings, and whose name
was Harrison, rose from his place,
“Gentlemen,” he said, “this is a
sporting contest, but one under
usual rules and conditions. An
amateur, who tips the scales at
twelve stone seven, who has never
engaged in a boxing contest in his
life, is matched against a young
man from a different sphere of lifer
who Intends to adopt the ring as his
profession, hut who has never as
yet fought in public. Names, gentle
men, as you know, are seldom men
tlonqd here. I will only say that
the first in the ring Is the nominee
of our friend and host. Sir Timothy
Brast; second comes the nominee of
Lord Meadowson.”
Wilmore, notwithstanding his
preknowledge, gave a little gasp,
The young man who stood now
within a few yards of him, careless
ly swinging his gloves in his hand,
was without a doubt his missing
broker. the pink of He condition; looked well only and well in
not
but entirely confident and at his
ease. His opponent, on the other
hand, was a sturdier man. a few
Inches shorter, was nervous and
awkward, though none the less de
termlned looking. Sir Timothy rose
and whispered In Harrison’s ear.
The latter nodded. In a very few
moments the preliminaries were
concluded, the fight begun.
Francis, gina or a moment or
two’s solitude in which to rearrange
his somewhat distorted sensations,
found an empty space in the stern
of the launch and stood leaning
over the rail.
He heard Sir Timothy's voice a
few yards away, and turned to
look at him. He had Just come
from below, and had paused oppo
site a man who had been standing
a little apart from the others, one
of the few who was wearing an
overcoat, as though he felt the cold.
In the background were the two
servants who had guarded the gang
way.
"Mr. Manuel Loito,” Sir Timothy
said—"or shall I saw Mr. Shopland?
—my Invited guests are welcome. I
have only one method of dealing
wfth uninvited ones.”
The two men suddenly stepped
forward. Shopland made no pro
test. attempted no struggle. They
lifted him off his feet as though lie
were a baby, and « moment later
there was a splash In the water.
They threw a life belt after him.
“Alwaya humane, you see,” Sir
Timothy remarked, as he leaned
over the side. “Ah! I see that even
In his overcoat our friend is swim
mer enough to reach the bank. You
find our methods harsh, Ledsam?"
he asked, turning a challenging gaze
toward* 1 the latter.
Francii, who had been watching
Shopland come to the surface,
shrugged hla shoulders. He de
layed answering for a moment while
he watched the detective, disdain
ing the life belt, swim to the oppo
(To be continued)
—
Our Daily Stoty |
His Handsome
Gaoler
By WALTER J.JDELANEY
*1 Israel Meyers, Drosses,” was
the sign over the doorway of the
bank-like building I entered.
Twetity years agone Israel Meyers
had graduated from a one-horse
junk buslpess to the dignity of m
scrap-iron yard. Twelve years later
he had gone into “drosses."
Never a burglar brought his
booty to Israel Meyers to be melted
up past Identification. Israel was
honest. That was why he was rated
“C," which means “$325,000," and
“H6,” which means "the highest
grade of credit.
Of all this I, Roy Burley, was
thinking. I came on duty bent, but
with a pleased, expectant as
well. Israel'lived with Ills family
at the rear pf safe-filjejl the counting room
nnd its great vault, and
a part of the household was Miss
Iola Purcell. Sno was not a rela
tive of the drosses man, but for
three years had been his stenog
rapher, bookkeeper and private sec
retary. As a commercial reporter
for an agency that was the credit
censor of the world, I had to visit
the place on my round of duties sev
eral times during the year. Just
now I%ad come on a special mis
sion. It appeared that Meyers had
paid down $10,000 on the purchase
of a large mine. It was a rare bar
gain, but the seller wanted to be
sure the balance would come along
In stipulated installments. Our rat
ing guaranteed it, but I wanted a
new financial statement to be sure
we were
I entered the counting room, to
It untenanted, sat down beside
desk and waited.
Upon the desk lay an open letter,
Just received. At a
I saw it was addressed to
Miss Purcell and from Meyers. It
told her that the manager of their
great branch house in another city
had disappeared "'1th almost its en
tire cash capital, which meant “fail
ure and ruin unless—”
A step behind me prevented my
reading further. It was Miss Pur
cell, but I had already gained a
great tip. The house of Israel
Meyers was insolvent and that item
of news belonged to my agency.
As I spoke such words as “casual
call,” “new statement” and the like,
she smiled graciouslyand took from
the desk a oigned audited state
ment showing the business In the
most solvent condition in the
world. _..... . ....................1.............
of twenty-fifth,” she re
minded. “By the way, as you are
here have you ever looked over our
stock - ? NoT’ She led the way to
the open vault doorway guarded
only by the heavily barred Inner
door. She bowed me ahead of her
—click!
The door had crashed to upon
me, shutting me into the vault a
helpless prisoner. I watched my
captor run to the front door and
close and lock it to prevent any in
trusion. ,
“Do you understand?” she asked,
with a doubtful smile playing about
her lips.
“I think so,” I rejoined; with a
shrug of my shoulders. “It Is
clever. You know that I compre
hend the house is on the rocks. How
long can you keep it quiet?”
“Twenty-four hours,” she an
swered with confidence, and by
that time we will have tided over
the stress. You are the only one
who has received a hint of the
truth.”
II Duty Is duty, and with freedom
I should certainly have sent my
unfortunate news broadcast. I was
cleverly trapped,” I admitted.
“Listen/’ spoke my fair gaoler;
“you will be glad of my action
later on. I will pass through the
bars whatever food you care for,
and cigars. I will talk to you, read
to you. There Is a piano In the
nearest living room. I will, if you
choose, play and sing for you.
“Charming!” I laughed! truly
so. But what of the penalty to me
of remaining absent from my
work ?
“You shall not suffer for it,”
said Miss Purcell, quietly and re
assuringly. Then she left me to
sleep on some blankets she had
\door. passed through the bars of the
About the middle of the night 1
awoke. I heard a strange boring
sound. I lay still and watched.
They bored , a hole through the
floor and a human hand probed
about to locate the trap lock. I
seized It and shouted out. In a
few minutes Miss Purcell appeared.
I explained the situation.
44 Burglars,” she said, “Let
of the hand. With go
to you here, I do
not care court an explanation
with the police."
It was daylight when she went
to the street door to receive cy nn
early telegram. She read It. smiled
and passed it to me.
“Have raised the hundred then
sand from my brother, It ran.
“Crisis past. Home tomorrow.—
Israel Meyers.”
“You can go—and thank yon for
your company ” she said naively
“I would like to call again.” I
remarked.
“Do so. Mr. Meyers will feel be
owes you something for saving hit
treasures from the burglars.”
“And you?” I Inquired pointedly.
“I would like an opportunity t«
show you that I can be a pleasant
hostess as well as a cruel gaoler.”
I am a frequent visitor at the
Meyers house now and iola seems
always glad to welcome me. Israel
Meyers has offered me a good posi
tion, and Iola and I are to be mar
ried.
((£). 1124, Western Newspaper Union.)
HOW THE FIGHT STARTED
a.
<< I reckon I’ll go to the circu:
next Sat’ed’y,” said Gap Johnson
of Rumpus Ridge. “I’d kinda like
to see that there troupe of trained
baboons they’ve got.
_ W’yn’t you stay at home and
look at your own children?” asked
Zeke Yawkey.
And then the fight began.
11’
Columbus, Nov. 17.—Columbus’
girl, who for more than
week has puzzled local hospital
has broken her al
profound silence, last night
of her loss of memory.
The young woman answered all
directed to her by a
reporter as best she
but was unable to disclose
identity.
Though she doesn’t know who
she is, she believes her age to be
80. She possesses more than av
erage intelligence and talks with
an eastern or northern acent.
Paris, Nov. 17.—Here is a
French sport writer’s description
of the Sox-Giants game:
The baseball.
“What is that?
On the field the players in
their carious uniforms give the
impression of escaped convicts,
but what muscular strength, what
agility is forthcoming in captur
ing the ball. r
** The pitcher (thrower of the
bail) stands in the middle of the
field and throws the ball.
>4 The batter, stationed at a cor
ner of the field, should intercept
to
She was unable to explain why
she was without shoes and hat
when she was picked up on the
streets the morning of November
8.
Why she was in possession of a
Bible she did not know.
The strange girl, who for many
days was forced to live by food
through tubes, now eats of her
own accord.
Her condition has improved
considerably, but, according to
her statement last night, her
memory is practically a blank be
yond the past few days at the
hospital.
Hazy Recollection.
She has a hazy recollection of
some things, however, and al
though she does not remember
who her mother is or where he
is, she believes that she is alive.
She expressed the desire to return
to her........ ' .......
Where her »home is the girl is
in utter ignorance, according to
her statement.
GEORGIA AND TECH
TO MEET IN 1925.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—Announce
ment that the University of Geor
gia and Georgia Tech will play
football November 14, 1925, was
made in a joint statement of
Georgia and Tech alumni here
Saturday. A forecast of the re
sumption of football relations
tween the one tiyne ardent and an
cient rivals was made early in the
year, but today’s announcement
of the fixing of the date is the
first knowledge that the public
has been given that plans for the
game, certain to command wide
interest, have been finally
ed.
SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL
SCORES
Georgia, 7; Auburn, 0.
Vanderbilt, 3; Tech, 0.
Centre, 17; Alabama, 0.
Virginia, 6; V, P. I., 0.
Sewanee, 10; University of
Carolina, 0.
V. M. I., 10; Kentucky, 0.
Yale, 10; Princeton, 0.
Brown, 7; Harvard, 0.
Bucknell, G; Navy, 0.
Minnesota, 20; Illinois, 7.
Columbia, 14; Army, 14.
Dartsmouth, 14; Cornell, 14.
Michigan, 16; Ohio State, 6.
Tulane, 26; Tennessee, 7.
BOBCAT ADDS HAZARD
TO GOLF LINKS
Near Peekskill, N. Y., the
Sleepy Hollow country made fa
mous by Washington Irving, there
is a golf club that has a live haz
ard in the shape of a fierce bob
cat which is about eight times as
large as an ordinary cat. It ia
a magnificent animat and it fre
quents the golf grounds frequent
ly enough to be considered a haz
ard.
SOMETHING HE LIKES
• • Have you anything to say?”
“I have, Your Honor, most as
suredly a desire to state without
reserve or circumlocution that the
penalty imposed should be in keep
ing, or, as it were, commensurate
with my station in life, which has
hitherto been one of no inconsider
able importance. ♦ »
44 Well, you seem to have a lik
ing for long sentences. Ten years. M
When It Comes to Describing A
Baseball Game the French Sport
Writers Are Good Ski Jumpers
IN CHICAGO ARE
Chicago, Nov. 17.—Nearly 1,000
gunmen, crooks and gangsters
were arrested in a week-end
round-up of the underworld char
acters in Chicago and will be
brought to trial Monday on the
multitude of charges on which
they were sought.
The arrests were made in a de
tective bureau drive following
Mayor Dever’s instruction to
clean-up the city.
At the Des Plaines street sta
tion alone 450 men are being held
Clamorous friends and relatives
anxious to furnish bail crowded
the station Sunday night.
Follow O'Bannion Killing.
The crusade against gunmen
followed the publicity given to
gangsters in the dramatic shoot
ing of Dean O’Bannion, beer king,
whose slayers are still at large.
Sunday night police were still
; searching for Mrs. Ernest A. An
| derson, who was kidnaped.
She was driving home with her
husband Saturday night, when
four men in an automobile forced
to Anderson car to the curb and
halted it. The men seized Mrs.
Anderson and carried her off in
their car.
TIFT TEACHER WRITES
MUSICAL COMPOSITION
Korsyth, Nov. 17.—Miss Ethel
Abbott, of the piano department
at Bessie Tift, announces a new
musical composition, In My Ca
noe, whidr abe dedicates to Miss
Dora Brinson, head of piano.
Miss Abbott will receive ^;he
song from the publishers at an
early date and hopes to make a
wide distribution of it through
the state of Georgia. She has
written, several songs heretofore
which have proven popular with
the public, one of which she dedi
cated to Mrs. 0. P. Ensign, head
of voice at Bessie Tift.
ORGANIC CHANGES
•. I hear that Dick has become
engaged out in Colorado. •»
14 Yes; the funny part is he went
out there to save his lungs and
lost his heart.
Buick Continues
its Leadership
For the aeventh consecutive In winning and in maintain
year Buick hat first choice ing this enviable position
of space at the National year after year, Buick ha*
Automobile Shows. Thit demonstrated conclusively
signal honor is awarded an- that the true value of any
nually by the National automobile is reflected in
Automobile Chamber of the consistency with whkh
Commerce to the manu- the public buys it.
facturer-member having the Since the introduction of the
largest volume of business 1925 Buick models, public
for this preceding twelve patronage has increased to
months. an even greater degree.
SLATON MOTOR COMPANY
C. W. SLATON, Prop.
109 East Solomon St. Phone 680
When better a u t om obile* built, Buick will bnfld them
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this ball and^ return It into
field of play,
The ball should touch first the
earth.
“It not, and if it is captured
by an adversary, the batter ia
without,
“If it has touched the ground
the batter should arrive at the
base (which is indicated by a
sack on the ground) before the
ball, retaken by the defense*
should reach this very same sack.
"All the while these American
spectators encourage the players
with terrible cry*. *»
STRAY ‘PIGS COST $50 FINB .
Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 17.—Arthur
Fowler was fined $50 because his
pigs strayed into a neighbor’s
yard.
KILLS AUNT OVER CABBAGE
Paris, Nov. 17. : A quarrel be
tween the two women o fer a cab
bage resulted in Mme. Hortense
Podu murdering her aunt.
WRIGLEYS
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food do yea more
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It may not be a link—it may be
but a mere nut—loose of course,
but loose enough to come all the
way off after you start your car.
When it does happen, then there
is a terrible accident and you
wonder why. If you would let ns
examine your car more often it
would have been averted. By the
way, speaking of weak links, how
about your tire chains, wet rainy
weather will soon be here and yon
will need them. We have on hand
a complete assortment of various We
sizes of the best known make.
have selected -our line from those
which experience has proven to be
beet suited for the conditions pre
vailing in our immediate section of
the country. The prices are right
and we are certain to please you.
Stallings’ Garage
N. 8th St. Griffin. Git.