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TUESDAY, JUNE 9.
“The Story of Waitstill Baxter”
Kate Douglas Wttfgin
i Author of “Rebecca * Sunnybrook Farm”
PROLOGUE.
► Strength and interest of qu
lives in the New England
three-quarters of a century a
provide the framework of “Tl
Story of Wait still Baxter.” The
is the skeleton. The flesh an<
blood of human beings, livin
and loving and moving in a wort
of their own that is a miniatur
picture of the greater world oh
side, are also there. The stor
is a cross section of life as see
and described by a woman wh•
has been well called “America .
greatest living woman novelist.
Amid the hills of New Englan<
are many men and women lik
Waitstill and Patience Baxte
and their father, Ivory Boynio,
and his afflicted mother aw
funny Cephas Cole, who woo
hopefully,ibut with small chanc
of success. They find their wc.
into books bat seldom, for i
takes a master hand to describ
faithfully the doings of reu
people. And that is the reasor.
why “The Story of Waitstill
Baxter" has won highest praise
from critics who know a gooa
book when they see one.
(Continued Prom Yesterday.)
“Every day?" ».;■ repeated longingly
Waitstill took off her hood and knell
on the floor beside the bed, hiding her
face In the counterpane to conceal the
tews.
“She Is coming to live with ue, dear
Come In, Rod, and hear me tell her.
Waitstill Is coming to live with us
Isn’t that a beautiful thing to happen
to this dreary house?” asked Ivory,
bending to take bis mother’s hand.
“Don’t you remember what you
thought the first time I ever came
here, mother 7' and Waitstill lifted her
head and looked at Mrs. Boynton with
swimming eyes and lips that trem
bled. “Ivory Is making It all come
true, and I shall be your daughter!”
Mrs. Boynton sank farther back into
her pillows and, closing' her eyes, gavt
A long sigh of Infinite content Hei
■voice was so faint that they had to
stoop to catch the words, and Ivory,
feeling the strange benediction that
seemed to be passing from his mo.th
er’s spirit to theirs, took Rod’s hand
and knelt beside WaltstUL
The verse of a favorite psalm was
running’ through Lois Boynton’s mind
and in a moment the words casu
clearly as she opened her eyes, lifted
her hands and touched the bowed
heads. “Let the house of Aaron now
say that his mercy endureth forever!”
she said slowly and reverently. And
Ivory, with all his heart, responded.
“Ames!”
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Aaron’s Rod.
fi Ivory stirred in a sleep that
S had been troubled by too great
happiness. To travel a dreary
path alone, a path leading seemingly
nowhere, and then suddenly to have a
companion by one’s side, the very
sight of whom enchanted the eye, the
vary touch- of whom delighted the
senses—what Joy unspeakable! Who
could sleep soundly when wakeful
seas brought a train of such blissful
thoughts?
"Ivoryl Ivory I”
He was fully awake now, for he
knew his mother’s voice. In all the
years, ever tbonghtful of his comfort
and of the constant strain upon his
strength, iiols had never wakened her
son at night.
"Coming, mother, coming!” he said
when he realized she was calling him
And, hastily drawing on some
lug, for the night was bitterly cold, he
came out of his room and saw bis
mother standing at the foot of the
stairway with a lighted candle in her
hand.
“Canyou come down, Ivory? it Is u
strange hour to call you, but 1 have
something to tell you— something 1
have been piecing together for weeks,
something I-, have Just clearly remem
bered.”
"If it’s something that won’t keep
till morning, mother, you creep back
into bed and we’ll hear it eomforta
bly,” he said, coming downstairs and
leading her to her room. "I’ll smooth
the covers, so; beat up the plllows
there!—and throw another log on tin
sitting room fire. Now, what’s th,
matter? Couldn't you sleep?”
“All summer long 1 have been trying
to remember something—somethin;
untrue that you have been believing
some falsehood for which 1 was re
sponsible. I have pursued and pur
sued it, but it has always escaped me
Once it was clear as daylight, for Rod
man read me from the Bible a plain
answer to all the questions that tor
tured me.”
“That must have been the night that
she fainted,” thought Ivory.
“When 1 awoke next morning from
my long sleep the old puzzle had come
back a thousand times worse than be
fore, for then I knew that I had held
the clew In my own hand and had lost
It Now, praise God, I know the truth
and you, the only one to whom I can
tell it are close at hand!”
Ivory looked at his mother and saw
that the veil* that had separated then
mentally seemed to have vanished in
the night that had passed. Often and
often It had blown away, as It were
for the fraction of a moment and then
blown back again. Now her eyes me.
his with an altogether new clearness
that startled him, while her breath
came with ease and she seemed
er than for many days.
“You remember the winter I was
here at the farm alone when you were
at the academy?”
“Yes. It was then that I came home
and found you so terribly 111. Do you
think we need go back to that old time
now, mother dear?”
“Yes, I must, I must! One morning
I received a strange letter, bearing no
signature, in which the writer said that
If I wished to see my husband I had
only to go to a certain address In
Brentville, N. H. The letter went on
to say that Mr. Aaron Boynton was 111
and longed for nothing so much as to
speak with me, but there were reasons
why he did not wish to return to Edge
wood. Would I come to him without
delay?”
Ivory now sat straight in his chair
and listened keenly, feeling that this
was to be no vague, uncertain and mis
leading memory, but something true
and tangible.
“The letter excited me greatly after
your father’s long absence and silence.
I knew it could mean nothing but sor
row; but, although I was hulf ill at
the time, my plain duty was to go, so
I thought to go without making any
explanation In the village.”
All this was new to Ivory, and he
hung upon his mother's words, dread
lng yet hoping for the light that they
might shed upon the past.
“I arrived at Brentville quite ex
hausted with the journey and weighed
down by anxiety and dread. I found
the house mentioned In the letter at 7
o’clock in the evening and knocked at
"the door. A common, hard featured
woman answered the knock and, seem
ing to expect me, ushered me In. I do
not remember the room; I remember
*>nly a child leaning patiently against
the window sill looking out into the
dark and that the place was bare aud
cheerless.
“‘I came to call upon Mr. Aaron
Boynton,’ I said, with my heart sink
ing lower and lower as I spoke. The
woman opened a door into the next
room, and when I walked in, instead
of seeing your father, 1 confronted u
haggard, death stricken young womau
sitting up in bod, her gfeat eyes bright
with pain, her lips us white as her
hollow cheeks and her long black hair
streaming over the pillow. The very
sight of her struck a knell to the little
hope I had of soothing your father's
sick bed and forglviDg him if he bad
done me any wrong.
“ ‘Well, you came, as I thought you
would,’ said the girl, looking me over
from bend to foot in a way that some
how made me burn with shame. ‘Now,
alt down In that chair and hear what
I’ve got to say while I’ve got the
strength to say it. I haven't the time
nor the desire to put a gloss on it
Aaron Boynton Isn't hers, as you plain
ly see, but that's not my fault, for he
belongs here as much as anywhere,
though he wouldn’t have much Inter
est In a dying woman. If you have
suffered on account of him so have 1,
and you haven't had this pain boring
into you and eating your life away for
months, as I have.’
“I pitied her, she seemed so dis
traught, but I was In terror of her all
the same and urged her to tell her
story calmly and I would do my best
to hear It In the same way.
“ ‘Calm,’ she exclaimed, ‘with this
agony tearing me to pieces! Well, to
make_ beginning and end Intone, Aaron
Boyni Ou ..... kuouatiU lot lliiet
years.'
“I caught hold of the chair to keep
myself from falling and cried, i do not
believe it!’ 'Believe it or not.' she an
swered scornfully, it mukes no differ
ence to me, but I can give you twenty
proofs In as many seconds. We met
at a Cochrane meeting, and he chose
me from all the others us Ills true wife.
For two years we traveled together,
but long before they came to au end
there was no hnppiuess for either of
us. He hud a"consclence—not much of
a one, but just enough to keep him
miserable. At last i felt he was not
believing the doctrines he preached,
and I caught him trying to get news
of you and your boy Just because you
were out of reach, and neglecting my
boy and me. who hud given up every
thing to wander with him and live on
whatever the brethren and sisters
chose to give us.’
“‘So there was a child, a boy!’ 1
gasped. ‘Did—did he live?’ 'He’s In
the next room,’ she answered, ‘and it's
him I brought you here for. Aaron
Boynton has served us both the same.
He left you for me aud tue for heaven
knows who. If I could live 1 wouldn’t
ask any favors, of you least of all, but
I haven't a penny inAhe world, though
I shan’t need one very long. My friend
that’s nursing me hasn’t a roof to her
head, and she wouldn't share it with
the boy if she had—she’s a bigoted
orthodox.’
“ ‘But what do you expect me to
do?’ I asked angrily, for she was stub
blng me with every word.
“ ‘The boy is your husband’s child,
and he always represented you as a
saint upon earth. I expect you to
take him home and provide for him
He doesn’t mean very much to me—
just enough so that I don’t relish his
going to the poorhouse, that's all.’
“ ‘He’ll go to something very like
that if he comes to mine,’ I said.
“ ‘Don’t worry me with talk, for 1
can’t stand it.’ she walled, clutching at
her nightgown aud Hinging back her
hair. ‘Either you take the child or 1
send somebody to Edgewood with
him, somebody to tell the whole story
nr ——rmn
"My poor, poor Rod!"
Some of the Coehranltes can support
him If you won’t, or, at the worst.
Aaron Boynton’s town can take care
of his son. The doctor has given me
two days to live. If It’s a minute
longer I've warned him and I warn
you that I’ll end It myself, and If you
don’t take the boy I’ll do the same for
him. lie's a good sight better off dead
than knocking about the world alone.
He’s Innocent, und there's no sense In
his being punished for the sins of otb
er folks.’ ”
“I see It all. Why did I never think
of It before, my poor, poor Rod!” said
Ivory, clinching his hands and burying
his head In them.
“Don’t grieve, Ivory. It has all turn
•d out ao much better than we could
have hoped. Just listen to the end.
Bhe was frightful to hear and to look
at, the girl was, though all the time I
could feel that she must have had a
gypsy beauty and vigor tlrft answered
to something in your father.
“ ‘Go along out now!’ she cried sud
denly. ‘I can’t stand anybody near.
The doctor never gives me half enough
medicine, and for the hour before he
comes I fairly die for lack of It, though
little he cares. Go upstairs and have
your sleep, nnd tomorrow you can
make up your mind.'
" 'You don’t leave me much freedom
to do that,’ I tried to answer, but she
Interrupted me, rocking her body to
and fro. ‘Neither of us will ever see
Aaron Boynton again—you no more
than I. He's In the west, and a man
with two families and no means of
providing for them doesn’t come hack
where he's known. Come aijd take her
away, EUssa! Take her away, quick!’
she called.
"I stumbled out of the room, and the
woman waved me upstairs. ‘Y,ou must
not mind. Hetty.” she apologized. 'She
never had a good disposition at the
best, hut. she's frantic with the pain
now, and good reason, too. It’s about
over, and I’ll be thankful when It Is
You'd better swallow the shame and
take the child. I can't and won't have
him. and It'll be easy enough for you
to say he belongs to sortie of your owi
folks'
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Todays Financial and Commercial News
AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET
Middling closed today, 14*4c
Tone Steady.
Middling Last Year 12c
closinoTquotations
Good ordinary 11 1-1
Strict (rood ordinary 12 8-8
Low middling 13 8-3
Strict low middling 14
Middling 14 1-4
Strict middling 14 1-2
Good middling
Tinges, first 14
Tinges, second 13 3-8
Previous Day’s Figures
Good ordinary 11 7-t
Strict good ordinary 12 3-8
Low middling 18 1-2
Strict low middling 14
Middling 14 1-4
Strict middling 14 1-2
Good middling
Tinges, first 14
Tinges, second 13 S-8
Receipts For Week
Sales. Spin. Shlpt.
Saturday 48 39
Monday 109 101 807
Tuesday 231 158 439
Wednesday , . . —— ——
Ihursday. . . . —— ——
Friday •
Totals 427 298 946
Comparative Receipts
1913. 1914.
Saturday 179 1)0
Monday 3!) 108
Tuesday 33 460
Wednesday ....
Thursday
Friday ——
Totals 251 755
NEW YORK COTTON
New York. —Cotton opened steady to
day, one to four higher In sympathy
with steady Liverpool cables. Pros
pects for clear weather In the western
belt Inspired scattered selling snd sent
active months a couple of points net
lower after the call but there was no
Indication of needed rains east of the
river and prices firmed up on foreign
buying, covering by recent sellers and
scattering trade demand.
Noon quotations were.
Demand became more active late In
the forenoon and active months sold five
to eight points net higher before midday
but the market turned a shade easier
after the publication of the weekly bu
rau and prices sold off three or four
points from the best.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
New Orlcsns. —Cotton futures today
opened one point up to one point off
compared with yesterday's dose. In the
early trading prices first stood at a net
rise of one to two points and then at a
netde dine of one to three points.
Fluctuations during the morning were
narrow. At their best up to noon the
trading months were at a net rise of
three to eightpolnts.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Liverpool.—Cotton spot firm; good
middling 8.37; middling 7.79; low mid
dling 7 91. Sales 4,000; speculation and
export 300. Receipts 10,000. Futures
steady.
June J'JL
June and Juty 7.118,4
July and August 7.261*
August and September 7.14
October and November 6.82%
December and January 6.73*4
January and February 673
March and April 6.74*4
LIVE STOCK MARKET
CHICAGO HOO AND CATTLE MARKET
Chicago, Ills.— Hogs: Receipts 16,000;
dull' hulk of sales 305a81B; light 785 -
MB-'mixed 78Bafil5: heavy 770*815; rough
770a785; pigs 700a770.
Cattle: Receipts 8,000; slow; beeves
720a926; steers 68a0*10; Stockers and
feeders 630a825; cows and heifers 370a
-870; calves 700a10.25.
Sheep: Receipts 14.000; firm; sheep
8855640; yearlings 635a750; lambs 650a
-885; springs 760a895.
MONEY MARKET
New York.—Mercantile paper 3 3-4a4.
Sterling exchange steadv: 60 days 486.30;
demand 488.35. Commercial bits
3-4. •
Government bonds steady: railroad
bonds steady.
Call money steady 1 7-Ba2; ruling rate
2; closing 1 7-Ba2.
Time loans steady; *0 days 2al-4; &0
days 2 l-4al-2; six months Sal-4.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
New York.—An early rise in stocks
was carried further during the morning,
although the average gain wa* not great.
The Street was filled with reports that
the decision in the freight rates case
would be announced this week and much
of the buying, particularly of railroad
equipment shares, was baaed on this ex
pectation scarcity of stock was evident.
Activity wan curtailed In the after
noon and the hulls lacked initiative al
though the government's report on
weather conditions In the crop regions
was highly favorable The showing was
supplemented by similarly good stats re
ports and forecasts of private experts.
Tobacco shares roa* materially on small
buying and there was a brisk demand
for various minor specialties. London
was a free seller here, despite the Im
provement In condition* abroad.
Ronds were steady.
The merket closed steady. Traders
reallzlno caused some recessions In the
late dealings, but the general undrton*
was good
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Degree*
« A. M 76
7 A. M 78
8 A. M 80
9 A. M 64
0 A M 88
11 A. M 92
12, M 95
1 P. M. 96
2 P. M 98
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Nek York.—Cotton futures closed
steady. July 18.20; August 13.08; Octo
ber 12.71; liecember 12.78; January 12.69;
March 11.85.
Spot quiet; middling 18.65; gulf 18.90.
White Satin Pumps. Price
$3.50, at the Bootery.
Stocks and Receipts
Stock in Augusta, 1913 28,402
Stock In Augusta, 1914 21,345
Kec. since Sept. 1, 1913 334,073
Itec. since Sept. 1, 1914 369,623
Augusta Daily Reoeipts
1913 1914
Georgia Railroad 12 171
Sou. Rallawy Co 11 92
Augusta Southern 3 16
Augusta Southern lty.. ..
Cen. of Ga. R. R
Georgia & Florida 1 ——
C. and W. O. Ry 3
A. C. L. R. R 3
Canal —*
River ... ——
NeV receipts 33 279
Through ... . 181
Total 33 460
Port Receipts
Today. Last Yr.
Galveston 3734 1035
New Orleans 1249 2150
Mobile 1245
Savannah 2980 i2O
Charleston 1 10 *■
Wilmington ——
Norfolk 980 2011
Total ports (est.) 12000
Interior Receipts
Tortnv Lait Yr,
fTouaton 1551 Hn
Memphis 107 60
St. T oula
Cincinnati • • * • —~
Little Rock
Weekly Crop Movement,. End
ing Friday, June 5, 1914.
I*l4. 4918. Ml*.
Shipments . 30.628 15.221 20.457
Stock . ... 59,903 44,355 35,513
Receipts ... 268.512 295,510 188 316
Come In St. 97,254 83,603 76,091
Crop In St. 13.780,188 12,921,061 14.926,028
Vis Sup.... 4,561.911 4.024.94 b 2,951,910
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago, Ills.—Soiling due lo the bear
ish Influence of the government <*.'o|. re
port carried the wheat market today to
a lower level. An Increase In the Eu
ropean visible supply counted somewhat
Hgainst the bulls. Prices after opening
1-Sal-4 to 1-2 down, rallied a little but
then sank lower than before.
Better weather In Argentine was more
than offset by reports that shipments of
corn from there would he small. The
opening which ranged from 1-453-8 off
to a shade up was followed by a gain
ull around.
Oats swayed with com.
Lower prices at tins yards acted as a
weight on provisions. .
A reduction of 8-4 to lc in export bins
at Boston was an element of wheat
weakness. The c'ose was steady at 1
1-8 to 1 1-4 net decline.
Corn fell back, the result of profit
taking by longs, and closed steady 1-8
off to a sixteenth up, net
Open. High. Low, Close
WHEAT—
July . . . 8616 86% 8514
Sept .! . . 84% 84% 83% 83%
July ORN .“. . 71% 71% 71% 7114
Sept .... 68 68% 68 66%
OATS—
July .... 4 0 40 % 40 40%
Sept .... 37% 3814 37% 38%
PORK
July .. . .4100 2100 207 5 2075
Sept .. . .2015 2015 1990 1992
J u Vv AnD : . .1012 1012 1022 1007
Sept .. . .1027 1030 1022 1025
JuT K . . 1137 1137 1130 1132
Sept .. . . 1140 1135 1140
AUGUSTA RETAINS
THE ENCAMPMENT
(Continued from Page 1.)
aa to whether your troops will at
tend camp at Augusta or not is
requested. All organizations In
your state designated to attend
Joint camp must camp .same place
during the period.
"SIMPSON."
Bleasa to Call Conference.
Whether the South Carolina troops
will participate In the encampment of
tho 9th dlvlaion of the four states at
Augusta, Ga., will be laid before a
conference which Governor Bleaae w|H
call of the high officials of the mili
tary to meet at hi* office probably
this afternoon. When asked ov#- the
telephone about the matter the gov
ernor said he would probably call Into
conference Asslatant Adjutant Babb,
General Wllle Jones and Colonels
Lewis, Legare, and Cogswell, and go
over the whole situation. A definite
announcement will likely be made af
ter the conference.
Governor Bleaee had no comment to
make on the action of the department of
the East In reissuing orders for the
troops of North Carolina, Kouth Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida to encamp at
Augusta after they had revoked such
ordere form«Wly Issued and ordered the
troops of each state to encamp within
their borders.
Time Very Short.
The governor called attention, how
ever, to the short time In which the
troops would have to prepare If they
should participate in the encampment.
It would aurprlse no one In touch with
the situation here If the Booth Carol na
troop* do not go to 'Augusta at all, es
pecially as there has heen so much "dllly
dallying” in the matter.
It will be recalled that at first the Isle
of Palms was selected for the encamp
ment of the 9th division, and the owners
of that restart spent » great deal of mon
ey In preparing for the encampment.
Then came the revoking of this encamp
ment after the passage between Gover
nor Bleaae and Secretary of War Gar
rison Later the encampment was
awarded to Augusta, only to he follow
ed a few days ago by a telegram revok
ing that. order after Governor Bleaae
had said he ould not allow the troops
of Booth Carolina to partlc pate until
the outcome of the peace negotiations
between Mexico and the Untied State*.
The military leaders hsre In conference
with Governor Please Saturday adjourn
ed without fixing th# sit* for the en
campment of the troop* of this state,
and wired tho federal authorities for
more and definite information of their
plans. Th* answsr came tonight from
the Department of the East, saying that
the 9th division would snoamp at Au
guste, Ga., end urging South Carolina
to get ready and notify them Imme
diately. ,
Whether South Carolina mllllamen will
go to Augusta, Ga.. or not dspends on
the conference of the military officials
with Governor please and tho decision
of the governor, who has the final Bay
so In the whole matter.
WANTED' SEVERAL HOYS TO CAR
ry Th* Hereld Apply Bub Station
Aio. 1, Kollouk street. ti
Proposed Extention of
Amusement Tax Protested
Berlin. —The proposed extension of
the existing amusement tax now levied
upon variety houses, moving picture
theatres, circuses and other amuse
ments in Berlin, so as to apply to the
dramatic stage has evoked strong pro
tests from many sides. The tax has
already forced one circus to close its
doors after an existence of many years,
and has driven a number of cinemato
graph houses out of business. The
theatre managers declare that the tax
will he even more disastrous for legi
timate drama.
There is no reason to doubt the
managers' assertion that the conduct
of a theatre In Berlin is an extremely
risky venture. Within the last four
or five years at least sixteen theatres
have gone into bankruptcy, and in the
last two years only two new ones have
been opened, a number out of all pro
portion to former figures. Even the
most successful pay small dividends,
as low' as five per cent, in the case of
one of the leading houses of the great
er city. A director of three of the
best known and most profitable thea
tres of Berlin declares that. In case
an amusement tax Is placed upon his
business, he and his comrades will im
mediately begin liquidation, since fur
ther existence will be profitless and
most probably result in direct loss.
The president of the Association of
German Actors has filed with the city
authorities a formal protest against
the proposed tax. Not only will it
make It impossible in most cases to
maintain existing theatres, he de
clares, biu It will also result In a low
ering of actors' salaries and In making
conditions In the business, already
notably bad, still worse.
AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS
GROCERIES. PROVISIONS
D. 8. Reg. Ribs. 50-lb 1214
D. 8. Reg. Plates, 8-lb. av 11
D. 8. Clear Plates 30
D. 8. Bellies, 25-lb 1814
Pearl Grlles, 96-lb., all sizes 1.95
Yellow Corn 95
Red Cob White Corn 98
Mixed Feed Oats 52
Best White Oats 55
Fancy Head Klee 0514
Medium Head Rice .06
Japan Head Itlce 0814
Fancy Green Coffee Ml 4
Choice Green Coffee 1314
Fair Green Coffee 12
Tencent Roasted Coffee. 100 pkgs.. .97
Arblickle's Coffee, pr. rs., 100-lb 19.10
Arbuckle's Ground Coffee, 36-1b5...19.30
R. A J. Coffee, 60-lh. pkgs 15
Heno Coffee, Ground. 100 1-lb 21
P. H. Molasses, bhls 20
Cuba Molasses, bbls 28
Rebelled Ga Syrup, 14 bbls 80
N. Y. Gr. Sugar, bbls. or bulk bags 4.30
N. Y. Gr. Sugar, 4 26 bags 4.35
N. Y. Gr. Sugar (60 2 erths), p6r
lb 4.55
N. Y. Gr. Sugar (60 2crtns), par lb. 4.65
N. Y. Gr. Sugar 82-314 crlns, par
lb 4.55
12-nz. Evaporated Milk 3.76
Peerless 5c Evap Milk, 6 do*. ... 2.86
M. & L, Stick Candy 30-lb. boxes.. .0614
Ground Pepper, 10-lb. palls, per lb. .1814
Mixed Cow Peas, per bu 2.09
White Cow Pear per bu 2.3$
Tanglefoot Fly Paper 2.7#
1- Chum Salmon 90
2- Tomatoes 70
Old Man Chadwick Was a “Nature Fakir . ”
Archaeology Tells of the Antiquity
of Baseball
New York—The chap named Chadwick
who claims to have discovered or In
vented baseball about 40 years ago, was
a '‘nature fakir” or something on that
order, according to a little tmoklpt that
came Into our possession today.
After remarking that “archaeology
contributes Its testimony to the antiqu
ity of ball playing" the booklet goes on
to tell us about a huge number of stone
slabs that have been uncovered In re
cent years to show that baseball became
a popular pastime shortly after Noah's
ark cast anchor on Mount Ararat.
Some of these slabs 'tls said, show th#
picture o f a shortstop who had huge
pa wb, was bow legged, and who talked
with a heavy German accent. The writer
of the article did not say whether this
picture was that of Hans Wagner or of
his father.
The article failed to aay whether it
was a Reach or Spalding ball.
Further on the article slates:
"In the twelfth Egyptian dynasty, a
Coptic artist sculptured on the Beni
Hassan, a large number of figures In the
net of throwing and catching a base
ball."
In another bit of sculpturing work
that goes to prove that hsseball Is a
very ancient game, It Is said there are
two figures, one standing In front, and
Ihe other behind, and that the figure In
the rear Is In the sot of soaking ths fel
low In front. That goes to prove that
John McGrow didn't spring any original
stuff when he began getting himself hit
"from bhelnd.”
The article regrets that It cannot make
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ONE OLD SALT HAPPY.
Father Neptune (to group of mer
mslils)—Well, glrla. It* more comfort
able, nww I can wnde around under an
American tnan-o'-war without cutting
my feet on broken bottles.—Judge.
known ths name of the teams that won
the pennant In 7091, B. C.. owing to the
fact that th# tablet that carried the
league standings for that year, and also
chronicled the world series stuff. Is s#
hadly blurred that deciphering the chls*
til rig has been Impossible.
However, down near the bottom of the
slab, and listed after a heading "World
Series Pitchers” there are soma letter*
that stand out above the blurr. These
are “Be——” “Slat ” —and “Pi .“
Many persona may think that they rec
ognize these letters ns being part of th*
names of certain pitchers, who have In*
d gnntly denied that they have been
pitching slnre the game began.
“In the sixteenth century.” declares
the booklet, “the game of bell was very
popular In the courts of the princes of
Europe, cHpeclally In Italy and FV.ince.
The Chinese have played ball from re
mote antiquity, and the game had been
known for centuries In Japan. The an
cient Greeks prized the game very high
ly bar* use It gav* them grace and
elasticity.”
Nons of the tablets that have been
discovered showed whether Bill Klein
used to umpire back in the old days, nog
do any make mention of sn umpire.
However. It Is believed that they did
have umpires In those days, because on*
of the slabs shows an object, shaped Ilk*
a beer bottle, hurtling In ths direction of
the face of a person who Is seen wearing
a blue rap and a bins alt, and whoa*
pockets are bulging the same way that
one's pockets bulge when one’s pockst*
are filled with baseballs.