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THfi LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT V ALLEY, GA„ AUGUST 13 , 1920 . * LThe Double I* & I'py i i ^Henry -Beach Needham >7 V vwTs- ILLUSTRATED <r- * U \ f 4RVIM MYERJ Copyright, by Doubleday .Page and. Co. SYNOPSIS. </^ T «^ ta th^«lW^^“^ FtoS jmanager of the famous baseball team, li?«if? brilliant ia * nt ; twlrler, K . n t lerB 'v but 8e . cures eccentric Ba , rn *y and dissl pated, and after a nerve-shattering sea •on the Giant-Killers win the pennant In apparent reason, bet heavily against the Giant-Killers, •hip In the world’s champion games with the "Phillies.” Wlnton Shute, king of second basemen, and Ford's main hope at the bat, Is kidnaped before the first game. PART II.— Shute, awaking from stupor on steamer Colonla, miles out from „ York, learns he was brought on board ap¬ parently Intoxicated, under the name of wlnton James, and Is on his way to Italy. A wireless to Ford Is answered, apparently clares by the manager, and de¬ Shute la with the team and play Ing becomes Shute accepts the Inevitable. He low acquainted with Miss Riley, fel¬ passenger, and something more than friendship develops, At Genoa Italian secret service officers search the ship. Miss Riley eonfldes to Shute that they are after her, and that her name is Leon¬ ard. PART III.—At Naples Shute meets Tris Ford, there with the Giant-Killers and the Philadelphia learn for a series of ex¬ hibition games. Shute knows the Phila¬ delphian won the pennant. American gamblers, counting on the absence of Shute from the world’s series games, had made a big “killing.” Shifte Is not as • gore” over his experience as Ford thinks he should be. Tris meets Miss Leonard and understands. Largely through the wireless operator of the Colonla. one of the conspirators. Ford gets t e evidence he wants against the gamblers. Misn 1-eonard, it seems, is wanted only as a witness against magnates of the powder trust, In whose offices she was a stenog¬ rapher. in an exhibition game at Rome the G'ant-ICillers defeat l heir rivals, the Philadelphia*, mainly through Sbute's clever working of the 'double squeeze.** That eve.-d'i'- lie arranges to sign a con¬ tract with 1 ,, : for a life «n gmgemeni. Movies Aid the Styles. A prominent, designer, find Importer of women’s gowns has stated that the films have hnd an Important effect on the demand for certain styles, particu¬ larly go- is of simple classic lines and “Intriguing fabrics.” A druggist re¬ ports I bat the sale of cosmetics has Increased 25 per cent since the movies became popular. I UNLOADING TO-DAY i A Car Load of WIRE FENCING As Follows: 1000 rods 28-inch x 6-inch Heavy Fencing 1000 « 34-inch 6-inch Heavy Fencing x 500 u 46-inch 6-inch Heavy Fencing x * 800 « 58-inch 6-inch Garden Fencing x 8000 u Heavy 4-point Barbed Wire The price and the quality are right on this wire, and if you want any soon you i would not make a mistake to place your order. Take it from us, its hard to get. Georgia Agricultural Works. FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA ! e t 1 - m Secure In this Y»nelusion, he brought himself to a sitting posture on the I?* t,on 5 *®* **e round i‘ le b f that l , h ’ he J n *" was U 1 >,i inclined e l ' t P° si t<> dizziness. But lie fouglit it off. got to ^ nnd, letting down the wash , httsln. soused his head In cold water— a ' ’ e "ater the tank contained This revived him wonderfullv. 1 Lie looked about the stateroom more carefully, There was u Suitcase of real leather on the bunk under the porthole. He was positive he hud never seen It before. Turning It round, be found on the end, lu black lettering, the Inscription: S. W. JAMES New York. "S.-W.-J-a-ui-e-s?” be questioned. Hr recalled all the Jameses be bad ever heard of—they weren't many—from “Cyclone,” the Yankee pitcher, who had struck him ont twice in one game to Jesse nnd Henry—train rohhei and author respectively. There was no "S W.” In the list Mechanically he tried Hie hnu to see If ll was locked. It opened displaying u complele assort mem of linen and underclothing, There were shirts, handkerchiefs. stockings, brush and ruiub—everything necessary with tlie ; knit he bad on. to enable him to make I respectable appearance Tlie tiling* i lud been carefully selected and tiny ! were nil new. Rut there wasn’t a scrap of writing to identify their owner. This turned tils attention to his own means of identification. Puttlng his hand hi his ......Ins be drew out four Telopes coma lin'd hills—one an "nol dressed to S. \V. James, Hotel Long sere. New York city. Two of the en¬ velopes contained bills—one on "ac¬ count rendered" from a liquor dealer for ¥117.25; the other a hill for cigars and cigarettes amounting to $28 50. The third was a letter from the steam¬ ship agents of the Hiirnhard line, read ing: “Dear sir: We have hooked you for passage from New York to Naples on tlie S. s. Colonla, sailing: from pier foot of West Thirteenth street, N. ft. We have assigned-to you Cabin 0 80, on the salon deck, and- have arranged that you are to have It entirely to yourself. "We beg to call your attention to the fact (lint, owing to the tide on the day of departure, the Colonla will sail at one o’clock In the morning, Octo her 7. ,, The fourth envelope Inclosed n ticket calling for one flrst-elass pas¬ sage. New York to Naples, on the steamship Colonla, and made out to S. W. James. There was nothing else In the poekels of his coat. Robbed I was Ids first (bought, and he searched In his trousers pocket for the cash which he hnd with him—less than ten dollars. Ho found many yel¬ low-hacked hills. Five hundred dol¬ lars! The sight of the live hundred dollars Immediately brought to mind what had happened before the long, dream¬ less sleep Just ended on the ship. This money—or five hundred dollars just like It—was lying on a table In a suite of rooms In the Belmont-Stratworth hotel. He was about to come Into pos¬ session of It—nil for signing a con¬ tract to report the world series on behalf of the Transcontinental News paper syndicate, Metropolitan tower, New York city. Hb sat down again upon the berth to puzzle It out, beginning with the let¬ ter from the syndicate—It was on en¬ graved stationery, he remembered The secretary, Walter Noble, gave him as references three well-known New Yorkers. But thp letter had come, spe¬ cial delivery, on Sunday—the day aft¬ er the championship was cinched—and reply was requested by telegraph on Monday. Anyhow, what need was there of references, he had argued, when he couldn’t lose I For he was to receive five hundred dollars every day lie turned in a story. No. lie couldn’t lose, and lie could make thirteen hundred dollars at least—nineteen hundred dol¬ lars at most. Yes. he hail looked upon It as “very easy" money nnd hnd kept his own counsel, not even confiding In Tris Ford, because of the reports In the newspapers that the nnttonal com mission was to prohibit the players from writing for the papers; certain¬ ly all those who hadn’t contracts. He remembered that he had gone to the Belniont-Stratworfh. and the clerk at the desk knew him—had seen him play He could repeal his words: “Mr. Noble Is expecting you—go right up to Suile 1142." He hnd gone up. had been admitted to the parlor of a suite, and bad inet n nice young fellow, ob¬ viously a gentleman, who greeted him cordially. The contract—II hnd the nnme of the Transcontinental Newspaper syn¬ dicate printed in, he was sure. He had read it very carefully, and the terms were precisely what had been offered him. While lie was rending 11. lie r-euio -ed Mr. Noble h-d taken from his i»..i rase without nn\ flourish five hundred dollars. lie could remem¬ ber seeing the money lying on the table, the hills folded over once. The hills In Ills hand now were fold ! ed once I ' But something was going wrong with his memory. It had been spin¬ ning the tale of events without effort, ; hut suddenly It had begun to flog. He had to prod It, What was It Mr. Noble 1 II If i * 2s! \ ft w Blackness! He Could Recall Nothing, Try His Best, Until He Woke Up on the Ship. hart said? Oh. yes—"I’m going to have ! a drink. VVhnt'll you have?" He lintl declined, of course, byrause he didn't 1 drink. And then? Mr. Noble had s\ld, walking over to the telephone: ; “Wise man—-wish I didn’t." and hud added : Til order you a soil drink.’ The drink—who I was It? For some (Continued on page ti). : : I Mr. Vaughan, Farmer Tells How He Lost All His Prize Seed Corn. •. Some time ago sent away for some pedigreed seed corn. Put it in a gunney sack and hung it on a rope suspended from roof. Rats got it all —how beats me, but they did be¬ cause I got 5 dead whoppers in the morning after trying RAT-SNAP. M Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Georgia Agricultural Works and Copeland’s Pharmacy.— Adv. £ u LISTEN 3E Tl Have You Tried Hightower’s Bread ? It’s just like mother makes; but if you must bake your own bread use Fleischmann’s Yeast. 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