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CHAPTER XXNHI (Continue!.) 1
Your wife, nick!" erd Lady yl
ncr. 'limning her cyon wider than ever,
Why -but there, 1 won't ktep you.
Conic with 1110; I have the brougham
lipre I've been seeing ('instance Sey
mour off; she has been staying a few
layh with me. I will drive you where
you like; the call can bring your lug
gage.
' "That la nwfuHy good of you." tul 1 '
tlli.ls "I ..... 1. .11 vim tin. u'linli- Kttirv
as we go along. Hut ft rat tell me w h re
1.4 llO?"
"My lord? In town." with a algn'.r.
cant nod. "There Is homebody, ami I
don't think he ban been miceasful thl
time. Something is going on. and his
temper !h llemlisb, and I'm afraid, my
lour Hick, he will take your return bad
ly." "I don't think. I.ady Ayltuor." an
mverod Dick, steadily, "that lie will
find himself in a position to make any
remarks on the subject. Then you
don't know what be Is after Just now?"
"Not In the least. And I don't choose
to ask the servants, though 1 dare say
they know all about It." she answered.
"Then." Dick said. "1 will tell you.
May I ebue this window? 1 feel the
change of climate ti little. Thanks.
Well. Lady Aylmer. I have been mar
ried more than a year, and he saw my
wife, and and did her the honor to
admire ber. He sent me out of the
way to India, and look at this." open
ing bis pocket-book and showing ber a
-y?
"YOU SCOFNDREL!"
f-erap of newspaper. "I have not beard
from my wife for more than three
mouths, and then I found this a pitiful
message from her to me. I have writ
ten, telegraphed, eaten my very heart
out, and he lino stopped all comniunici
tlon between us. She Is breaking her
heart, believing that I am false to her
I. who only live for her."
vAnd when you meet my lord there
will be a reckoning?" Lady Aylmer
aald Inquiringly.
' Yes," answered Dlek grimly, "there
will be a reckoning, and I don't think
Lord Aylmer will venture to question
mo about my return home."
They very soon reached the road In
which Palace Mansions may be found.'
uuil as tho brougham drew up at the
entrance to the building Lady Aylmer
uttered an exclamation of surprise. "My
dear boy, you will catch him in the uc:
that Is our carriage."
Tim servants wore huddled up In
furs over their gorscous liveries, but
Dlek knew them instantly. They, too,
recognized Lady Aylmer, and touched
their hats.
"Go .straight In." alio said. "Which
are tho windows?"
"To the right of the door," nick an-
BWlT-eil.
ThLv were, scarcely an Instant, and
Dlek fet lu his pocket. "I tool: my
latch-key by accident," ho whispered.
"I little thought 1 should llnd It so use
ful." The next moment he had opened the
door, when Amelia Harris, hearing
him, came quickly out from the kitchen
and fell back aghast to suo her lady
ship and my lord's heir, Mr. Aylmer.
"You," said Dick, in disgust. "Not
one word at your peril."
"Mr. Aylmer my lady " she be
gun, when Lady Aylmer stopped her
by a wave of her hand.
"fio back to your kitchen, woman."
she said coldly. "Dick, is there nny
other entrance to this house? No?
Then look that door. Wo shall require
that woman Inter, probably."
She pointed Imperiously to the door
out of which Amelia had Just come,
and there was no choice but obedience.
All thin bad passed in a whlspor, and
Lady Aylmer Raid In the same tone to
Dbk: "Which is the drawing-room?"
"That the door la not closed."
"Is there a screen?"
"Yes."
"Push It open." she said.
And even as Dick cautiously did so
Ihoy heard Lord Aylniur's voice speak
ing to some one within.
""Hut. Dorothy, my darling, my dear
little love, do you refuse me? Is there
nothing I can do to propitiate you?"
"Nothing," Dorothy's sad, soft voice
replied, "l wish you would go away
I havo mistaken you all nlong. I
thought you were so kind nnd good and
fatherly; but I nee my mistake now. I
oupposo I ought to bo angry with you,
only it seems ridiculous to bo nngry
In that way with an old gentleman like
you."
"I am not old. Dorothy. I should al
ways be young If you cared for me,"
ho replied.
"Oh, I dnro say," answered Dorothy.
Indifferently; "but I am married, and I
nm very miserable."
"Let mo mako you happy," ho urged.
"Could you gtvo me the moon if I
crlrd for It?" she asked with soft acorn.
"Do not talk nonsense. Lord Aylmer.
Oo home and try to reallzo that you
n fcSwf
tmiit TnfS
U Vi'itiU u u
have mlstaker a g ind woman ami n
fiiltlifiil wife for something ilB!'; and 1
try to remember, too, t lint If yon poi-
1 sim in your useless uiifiiuous you tic
i come m porst cutor."
I "1 shall never give you u;i," be cried.
I "No," raid Dorothy, wearily, "be
' cause you cannot you cannot give up
I what ini have never had. I sun noth
ing, and have never been anything but
a wish to yon. 1 never shall be never."
with a sudden gust of passion. "Not
if you stayed on your knees from now
till eraek of doom."
"And you think 1 shall take this an
swer?" he cried, furiously.
"1 am s-ure of it." said Dorothy,
quietly. "You cannot help yourself. I
havo no other to give you."
"You think I will leave you to go
dreaming on about the fellow who be
t rayed you and deserted you. who has !
left you for months without sign or
1 mini", who
j "Married me," cried Dorothy, goad
ed Into betraying her secret at last. "I
'am Dick's wife -I hluill be Lady Ayl
I mer s-ome du ."
"Damnation'." criid the old savage.
I lu a fury.
"My boy Is your heir, my lord." she
1 cried, triumphantly, "o you hh how
likely, how very lll.elv. ihe other ar
rangement is."
' Then she broke down and began to
cry plteously. Dlek went a step fur
' ther Into tho room.
"Dorothy." said the old lord. "I beg
of you not to cry like that. I will do
anything, everything, to make you hap
py - 1 will settle live thousand a year
on you." at which Lady Aylmer spread
out ber bands expressively to Dick, for
the old lord had "cried poor" for many
and many a year. "What! still no?
Dorothy, be reasonably, think! You
have compromised yourself with me
I have been here continually my car
riage stands at your door for hours.
Dick will never come back, never I
know blni so well; and even If he did,
be would never believe you against nil
tho evidence which could be brought
against you! Why, think of your posi
tion now you are alone in the bouse
with me. except for a woman who Is
my servant my tool. Your cousin has
gone away for two days. Your old ser
vant h away. too. At this moment you
are absolutely at my mercy."
"Oh, no, no!" Dorothy cried, as if
struggling against blni.
"At my mercy," went on the wicked,
sneering voice, "anil I have no
mercy "
"Nor I." thundered D'ek. dashing the
screen aside.
He had his uncle by the throat ere
Dorothy. In her surprise, could gasp
out his name. "You scoundrel! yon
villain!" lie cried, and shook him as a
terrier shakes a rat. Hinging him haek
wunl on to 11 louna".
"My love! my sweetheart!" he cried,
tenderly, turning to Dorothy. "I got
your poor little pitiful message at lust.
My poor little love, dear little wife,
there has been nothing worse between
us than that wicked old sinner there."
"Dick! Dick!" was all that she could
say.
CHAPTKH XXXIV.
HL'LY a more mis
erable woman than
Amelia Dresser,
otherwise Harris,
did not live in Lon
don town that day.
"Dick," said Lady
Aylmer, walking
into tlie little dining-room,
wlille the
doctor. Charles and
Dresser were carry
ing the unconscious old lord Into Dor
otby'a bedroom, "your wife cannot lu
any caso Rtop here. Oh, Is that tho
baby? What a love! Hut, toll me,
would It not bo best for her to take
the child to Helgravo Square? I sup
pose you have n nurse, my dear?"
"Ob, yes. Ksther would mako me
have n nurse," Dorothy answered.
"Then Just take what you are likely
to want for the night and let the nurse
pack up a few things for the child, and
take her now. Dick. The carriage Is
still here. Tell them who she Is, of
course; and see that they make her
comfortable. It Is better for her to bo
out of tho way of this."
"I would rather stop, Lady Aylmer."
cried Dorothy. "Don't part mo from
PRAYI3D WITH HRAIIT AND SOUL.
Dick so soon, for he would have to como
back here. I will stay In this room. I
will keep quite out of tho way; Indeed
I will."
"Very well very well," said my lady,
smiling.
She was very considerate nnd tender
with Dorothy, yot her heart was heavy
at the disclosures ot tho past hour. It
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was a t-Tilblc end ecn : a,- mlinppy '
marriage, ami Lady ylmei-. romem
ber, hail been married Tor low
Well, that exciting da dragged It
K'!f uway. Uoiotliy would have Dick
1. ml off a telegram to Esther ami J'in
bani. announcing his return liotin'. For
Ilnrltnra had recovered iry slowly
from Iht afeldent, and having taken a
thill, which war follow od by an at
turU of bronchitis, bad been peremp
torily ordered off to Ilnurncmouth,
whither Km her bad taken ber.
'riii'fj was so much to tell Dick. so
much for Dick to toll her. and they sat
iilniost nil the afternoon liy the lire
talking. Ami l.ady Aylmer kt'iit watvli
by tlie bed of him who had lived o
wicked a life, and prned with heart
and .soul for that mercy which he had
never troubled to ask for himself, nn!
could not t'.sk, now that It was too lute.
For It. was too late! Lord Aylmer
never opened his eyes consciously on
tills world again. For several hours he
lay breathing bard and unonselniis of
all the remedies applied to him, and of
the means by which the daetors tried
to arouse blni from bis stupor. All in
x xi In ! The life which might have been
a liable one. but which bad been given
over to all manner of evil, slipped
away. am', about t! o'clock, while Diet;
and hl wife wre still silting by the
tire talking, with the lights turned low
(!IUV Aylmer came gently In. Dlek
knew In a moment from her manner
what bad happened.
"Lady Aylmer. Is It ?"
And. In answer. Lady Aylmer took
Dorothy In ber arms and kissed ber.
"My dear," she said, "you are Lad?
Aylmer now."
Tin: end.
hiiini- 1 1 mil StniHirlv.
Sealigrr. the philologist of the six
teenth century, who rdlteil several of
tlie classics, was so certain of bis mem
ory, says the London Standard, that
he undertook to repeat long passages
Irom Latin works with a dagger at his
breast, which was to be used against
him In the evmt of bis memory fall
ing; while Seneca, the tutor of Nero,
could repeat two thousand words ex
actly as be beard them. Pope could
turn at once to any passage, which had
struck him when reading, nnd Lpydeit.
the Scottish poet, who died In the eirly
part of the century, was also remarka
ble for bis memory. Leydcn Is credited
with having been able to repeat 1111 act
of parliament or a lengthy legal docu
ment after having heard it once. The
newspapers of January. 1S20. contain
frequent allusions to the ease of a man
named Thomson, who diew plans of
a dozen London parishes, Including
every church, chapel, yard, court, mon
ument, lamp post, and innumerable
trees and pumps, without reference to
a simile hook and without asking a
single question; and 1111 ICngllsh cler
gyman mentions a man of weak Intel
lect who llvnl about the same time
who could remember the mimes and
ages of every man. woman and child
wlio bad been burled In tho parish dur
ing thirty-live years, together with the
dates of burial and the nnnies of the
mourners present at the funeral. That
great memories are not the product of
civilization Ih proved by an Instance
recorded by Dr. MolTatt. the great
African missionary. Dr. Moffatt once
prPiicbed n sermon to a group of ne
groes, and was shortly nfterward at
tracted by the gesticulations of a young
ravage addressing a number of blacks.
On going up to tho group bo was
amazed to bear the savage reproduclni;
his own sermon word for word.
Tun .111s4liiniir.v llcroiM.
Among the almost Innumerable
acts of heroism recorded of mission
aries in various parts of the world,
two stand out very prominently
namely the performances of Joseph de
Voiistcr (Father Damlen), the mis
sionary who devoted his life to tho
service of the lepers of the Sandwich
Islands; and Samuel Marsden, the mis
sionary 10 and friend of the Maori.
One of the most heroic deeds of tlie lat
ter was on the occasion of his first
landing amongst them at tho Hay of
Islands on the 2.1d of December, 1S11.
On seeing the hordes of yelling, armed
savages upon the beach, his crew tried
to dissuade him from landing, but
Marsden was determined, and steppnl
alone, and unarmed, from the boat.
That night ho slept In the open air
under a great tree, surrounded by
hundreds of the fiercest beings that
men could well conceive. Marsden,
however, had no fear, nnd lived to see
his work aiteeessful. On the lRth of
May, 1S7.1, Father Damlen sailed from
Honolulu for the Island of Molokal. the
leper settlement, where, nn binding, be
was met by "00 wretched beings with
limbs twisted out of all shape, llesb
rotting from their bones, and all hope
dead within them; yet be went among
them with a smiling face and cheerful
spirit, although ho know the certainty
that sooner or later ho would bo In
fected with the same horrible disease
from which they suffered. For twelve
yearn be escaped the fatal disease,
though In constant contact with the
sick and dying, but In ISSfi the malady
appeared in hltn and though his doom
was sealed. 10 continued libi labors
unabated. His wholo life from May.
1873, until his death was ono long-coiv
tinned series of heroic deeds.
Athletic IUitcIho of 1'oor Sort.
Circumstances connected with the Is
suing of a liquor license have brought
out the fact Hint an "athletic club" 'in
Philadelphia consumes twenty-llvo
barrels of beer a month. The procesf
of disposing of that quantity of beer
glass by glass, necessarily Involves n
good deal of physical exercise, but It
was not exercise of that description
that brought Oladstono to his 00 years.
A poor man never knowB how mnny
relations ho has until ho becomes sud
denly rich.
MK CHAMPIONSHIP.'
Hy Frank II. Sweet.
Dire CDUsternatlon seized upon the
members of the lllllvtew H.in' H.ill
Citib. vhen It bci.une known that ('bur
nt? 1! ike would not be able to pltt b
for them on the momentous Uh of Au
gust. "He's gut to," cried Tom Andrews,
excitedly; "why. fellows. It will bieal;
us all up If be don't."
"Can't he helped." said Jack Hodg
ers. dismally, "his .'oiks are going to
move a long way oil', and. of course,
he's got to go wlt'i tlitm. lie's Just as
much cut-up about It as we are."
Th looked til each other with
blank, lengthening faces. They had
been working hard for three cars to
win the county championship, and had
alwa.N.s been .cured out of the contest
before the season was half over. Hut
this yeai the fortunes of the Hlllvlews
K'eined to be on the rise. They had
played better, and one by one had beat
en all tlie c'.ubs except the Watersides;
and with this crack, champion club ot
the coun'y their retire was even. No
wonder that every 11 III view heart
thrilled at tlie thought of the -Ith of
August, and of possible victory; and
no wonder that there was consterna
tion and dismay on every face when
It was learned that their only good
pitcher was going to leave.
"Might as well give up." grunted
Hill drove, as he spitefully kicked 11
stone from his path; "we can't do any
thing without a eraek pitcher to put
up against Hopkins, of the Water
sides;" and most of the members
agreed with him.
"Who Is the best pitcher among us?"
asked Uodgers. feeling that his posi
tion as captain demanded an extra ef
fort to rally the club. "We want a
hard-handed, qub-k-eyed fellow, who
can send In 11 ball like a thunderbolt."
Hill grunted derisively.
"If you'll drop the hard-handed nnd
thunderbolt," be laid, "I guess niayl.o
the club can furnish a few quick eyes.
Hut what's the matter with Snag
gles? I've seen him split an Inch hoard
with his list."
Most of them laughed and glanced
at a queer llgure sitting on the fence,
a few yards away. Snaggles bad come
down from a remote part of the moun
tains a month or two before, and nn yet
hail apparently been unable to 'isslni
llate all the wonders around him, for
his mouth was continually open, as
though trying to grasp the Hood .'f new
ideas that was surging toward him.
He was very tall and ungainly, and
very prone to make himself the laughing-stock
of whoever he came In con
tact with; but be was gentle, oblig
ing, and invariably good-natured. None
of the boys associated with him, except
occasionally as a Joke, and to make
him the butt of their ridicule. The
Idea that be should be admitted to the
select membership of the lllllvlew
Haseball Club wan something that none
of them bad ever entertained.
"Now, I wouldn't wonder If he was
Just tho man you want, Hodgers," Hill
went on. sarcastically. "He can throw
n stone strnlghter than some of u.s can
shoot. I've seen him knock a squirrel
off the top of a tree a hundred feet
high; and as for running gee whiz!
once he gets them legs to going, noth
ing short of a rlile ball can catch him.
And he would be n prime nil. We
could have a baseball club and circus
nil in one."
As lie expected, most of the boys
laughed again; only Jack Ilogers seem
ed to take the banter seriously, for a
sudden gleam came into his eyes and
bo glanced across to where Snaggles
was Intently watching them.
"I believe you've struck the nail on
the head this tlnie. Hill. If you never
did before," he exclaimed, emphatical
ly. "If I'm not mistaken, Snaggle.! Is
Just the man wo want."
"Oh. pshaw!" Come, now!" "Oct
out!" "You're Joking!" "Why, he's a
regular ucarecrow!" rose an indignant
chorus on all sides.
"Can't help It, fellows." Rodgers
said, sturdily, "we're In n tight place.
We've worked for that championship
three years, nnd now that It's In sight
it would bo bad policy to let It slip
away. I don't know a fellow who can
take Hlake's plate, unless It's Snag
gles." "Hut he don't know how," protested
the disconcerted Hill.
"I'm not so sure, lie's been on that
fence watching us every practlro tiny
for tho last six weeks. If be has never
played, be must have a pretty good Idea
how it Is done. Hello, Snaggles!"
Tho caricature on the fence sprang
lightly down, and came toward thorn,
with a peculiar, loping gait that car
ried him rapidly over the ground. Hut
he paused six or eight yardb away, ns
though suspicious of their intentions.
"Oh, eonio on," called Itodgera. lm-
,mtlRItlV( mhluy' up to any
i.;V01. .,.. imn?"
game.
Snaggles grinned and shook his head.
"Think you could learn?"
The red head bobbi d vigorously, nnd
a quick, wondering glow spread over
tho cadaverous, good-natured face. Fv
Idently to play ball was Just now tho
height of Snaggles' ambition.
"Wo want somebody who can pitch
,, whero ho -,.. f(), ,.., .,. ,..,,
, ruu fnsti nnd who lln.t afrall ()f ,.
1 i,nt iviiii "
Snaggles grinned nnd hold up his
big, horny hands,
"I guesB they won't bn 'feared to
grab anything In roach," he chuckled,
"an' I've often watched you fellers who
couldn't strike n hall, an' thought If I
was pltchln' I'd throw so's to hit the
hat an' save you the bother o' strikln'.
An' for runnln wall, I've chased rab
bits on tho mountain, nn' cotched 'cm.
I inn '
"Hrng'B a good dog," muttered mil,
"Co out Into tho Held nnd I will send
rou up a fow tiles," ordered Hodgers,
"and then we'll praellco some rnftular
games. We'll soon sco what you're
made of."
They remained In the Hold imljl It
woh too dark to play, and by that tmio
till tV.c members bid nequl "t""l In
H" Infra' iews. F.mmi Hill a niiowl
r.ltted that being In a cln'M w.h not '
too much to pay for a pnMlblr victory '
over the Watersides Snaggle.; bad ac- .
quitted hlm.a'lf gloriously, and he
walked with them down the ft root,
proudly cinrclnus that he had been
admitted 10 the charmed elide of his
most nmhltloiw ilicum. I
ll lacked but two week-i to the 4th ,
of August, and nil their spare lime j
was now devoted to practice. Snag- 1
ghM w.ih ghen the position of pitcher. ,
and watched anxiously, for 011 bis play
would depend much of their possible j
success, At llrst he was a little nwk- j
ward and self-ionsdoiis. but within a 1
week had established himself In the
boys' conlldence, ami thimuixhly fa- I
inlllarb'.ed blinself wlllt the game. Kvl-
dcntly he made baseball the Mndy of '
his thoughts by day ami dreams by '
night, lie was seldom seen without a
ball, whb h was incessantly making ex- '
perlinental trips Into the all in all man- j
ner of curves and twists. One day be
Invented a peculiar cutve. which tilled j
the boys with enthusiastic delight. If
the Watersldea did not catch on to It.
was Ihe unanimous verdict, they would '
have no show for the championship. I
At hist the momentous day arrived. I
uuil the Hlllvlews and Watersides met
oil the Held, the one eager and hopeful,
and tlie other tonildent and supercil
ious. The- visiting vlnb went to the
bat llrst. and there were many broad
snilles exchanged among them as the
ungainly Snaggles hurried expectantly
to the pitcher's position.
Hut for a time tin1 Hlllvlews labored
tinder a disadvantage; they were nerv
ous and excited, while their opponents
were calm anil nonchalant. Tlie close
of the fifth inning found the icore C
to I in favor of til" Watersides.
"This won't do," remonstrated Hodg
ers, as the lllllvlewii scattered toward
their respective po.dtlons In th Held,
"we've got to brace up. You nude an
awful muff that last time. Hill. Just
take the balls easy and don't get ex
cited. Ami you, (ireen, don't stand so
far from your base. You've already let
two men lu by that carelessness. Let's
see if we can't keep them from getting
a run this Inning, (live them some
more of your twisters. Snaggles, and
don't he afraid of powder. And now.
fellows, all of you remember that on
the next four innings depends the
championship. Hrcak your lingers and
legs if you want to, hut don't make
any more muffs or wild throws."
This admonition, or the fact that the
menibeis of the visiting club were be
ginning to have a Just-aa-we-expected
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A FHW SFCONDS St.'FFICHD.
expression, appeared to havo a marked
effect. The Hlllvlews played better,
and were more cunt cried lu action. A
hot ball, feeiit by Snaggles to tho sec
ond base, and from there passed on
to the third, and then home, mado a
double play, and put out two men. A
moment later Williams, the catcher,
adroitly tool; a foul tip from the strik
er's bat, anil so the Watersides went
back Into the Held without adding to
their score.
It was now Hill's turn at the bat,
and the apprehension of his compan
ions was presently Justified by his be
ing caught out on a foul. Then came
Snaggles, anil as he awkwardly took
his position, the pitcher of tho Water
hides delivered his hall with more con
fidence than usual. It would be easy
to put that fellow out, he thought.
The first ball was passed, but the
second was met by a quick, sharp blow,
which sent It over the head of tho
short-stop, and over tho bead of tho
left-Holder, who was running backward
with his arms raised frantically In tho
air, nnd far out Into tho grass, be
yond the limits of the ball ground.
Hi fere it could bo recovered and
thrown to tho pitcher Snaggles hnd
mado the circuit of the liases and was
back receiving tho congratulations of
his friends.
"Whew!" Hodgers heard ono at the
Watersides ejaculate. "I wonder whore
thev picked up that streak of light
ning." After Snaggles ennio Andrews, with
a base-hit, which carried him to tho
second; and fi recti, who was sent to his
first on called halls. Then a short,
muscular fellow, named Thompson,
mado a hit. whkli took him to tho
first, and Green to tho second, and let
Andrews In. Hut the next luttor made
another foul, and by somo miscalcu
lation both Thompson and Green were
put out before they could regain tho
bases they had vacated. That closed
tho sixth lulling, and tho score was
even.
Tho seventh nnd eighth Innings were
ties, nnd when the Watersldea wont to
the hat on tho ninth there was llttlo
said by either side. This Inning would
probably decide the championship.
Thoso In tho Hold were now sller.t
anil watchful. Tho basemen loaned
slightly forward, with their eyes Hxed
on tho batsmen; and the short-stop
anil left-Holder advanced or receded,
according to their estimate of tho dif
ferent batsmen. Snaggles had ceased
grinning and chuckling, but his long,
cadaverous face was oven more sro
tennnn in its soberness than In Its
mirth. Ho sent In hi balls with stud
ied care and force, and Imparted to
'- them nil tho puzzling curves ho was
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and c ire. the Waters! tic a made
run. which brought their tcorc
seven.
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MIowh." said Hodgen. gravely, in t
Hlllvlews came in fiom tho linin.
Ih nut' vni'i' l'iut Mitii'm"
it was bis tun' at the bat, and he
made a lilt '' ' rled him to the sec
ond; then ,,. rami' with hl.i usual
luck of n fin 1 1 uuil nut
Things began to look serious, nti'l
Snaggles went to the bat under a lire
of admonitions.
"Just tlo your preltlest. old fellow."
entreated Andrews. "Make 11 hit that
will let Hodgers lu. If you can. That
will tie uh."
Snaggles nodded, and. with body
bent ami nerves tense, did do bis pret
tiest. The llrst two balls were parsed,
but the third Hceiued to suit hltn. for
there was another of those quick, sharp
Mrokcs. which sent It out Into tho
grass, he. Mind the short-atop and left
llelder. Hut this time they had made
some preparation, for when he went to
the bat they had hurried farther out
Into the Held. Hy the time he reached
the second base they bail recovered
the ball and passed It to the third, and
from there It went swiftly to the catch
er. Hut It c.inie lu Just 11 second too
late. Uvea as It touched the catcher's
hands Hodgers threw himself forward
upon the home base. This made tho
score even.
"Hooray!" yelled the crowd of spec
tators, enthusiastically, "hooray! hoo
ruv!" If they could get one more run tho
championship would be theirs, but It
was Andrews' turn at bat, and both
be and Hill wete dubs. However, with
long-legged Snaggles on the second,
there was good reason to hope.
Andrews parsed the ilrst ball, and
struck wildly at the second, hitting It .
so tli.it It Hew directly Into tho lunula J
of the shirt-stop. Green did better,
gaining the llrst base and giving Snag
gles nn opportunity to reach the third.
The pitcher of the Watersides now
tried to draw the two runners Into
danger by feigning pitching. Andrews
was standing tan oral yards behind the
first base, ready to run backward or
forward, as occasion demanded; and
Snaggles occupied a similar position
near tho third. Tlie pitcher mado a
sudden step forwnrd and brought back
his 111 111, as though about to deliver
the ball; then whirled quickly, and
throw It to the third baseman. Hut
Snaggles was not to bo caught. Whoa
tho ball arrived he was back on tho
base. Then tho ball shot to tho soc
ofil and found Andrews halt way be
ik. eon that base and tho first. He saw
his mistake, and started to run back,
but tlie ball passeil over his head anil
then tho two basemen closed lu on
him.
Hut the few Intervening seconds be
fore the umpire called "Out!" wiih suf
lleient for Snaggles. Ho saw Andrews
start down tho line, and had an in
stinctive conviction thnt he would bo
put out. As the ball loft tho hands of
the thlril-baseman, ho shot forward
Ilko a deer, and before It reached tho
hands of the llrst ho waB receiving
the congratulations of lilti friends,
amid the vociferous "hooraya" of tho
spectators.
"It was a close game," said the
captain of the Watersides, grimly, an
he shook hands with Rodgers, "mid If
It hadn't been for that dcorhountl of
youra, would have ended differently."
As the hilarious crowd moved away.
from tho haH ground n tall, portly
gcniiemnn approncnen snaggles.
"Aren't you tho follow who a3ked me
for a Job In my factory tho other day?''
he asked, graciously.
"Yes. air."
"Well, suppose you call round In tho
morning. I think I can let you havo
a job In my factory, and ns soon iib
there in a better place you can haro
11. .love: nut you played a good gamo."
nnii'kt Kind or .Mimy.
The skins of animals wore tho ear
liest forms of money. Sheep and oxen
among the old Romans took tho pluca
of money.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The trlnngular bridge nt Croyland,
Lincolnshire, is the oldest brldgo lu
Fuglnud, mid ono ot the greatest cu
riosities. Gray horses are the longest lived
mid cream-colored ones tiro the most
dellcnte, being unable to stand very
warm weather.
Tho oldest paper lu tho world is tho
Kin Pan of Pokln. For nearly a thou
sand years it has been published regu
larly, first as monthly, tip to tho year
l.'ICl, when it became a weekly, and for
tho last ninety years as a dally.
There is a town of 00,000 Inhabitants
In Syria, not far from Lntakla, in which
there la not a single physician. Tho
namo of this unfortunate placo Is
Hamuli. As Is the caso with most of
tho towns In thnt country, tllonaKcs of
the eyes are exceedingly common, and
nn oculist who 1b willing to rough It
nnd to suffer many discomforts could
doubtlcs.i gather In numerous ahtkclo.
In tho twenty-three libraries of Hor
lln which aro either public or belong
to otlleiol bodies there are over 2,000,
000 volumes. Tho royal library con
tains over 1,000,000 volumes, tho uni
versity library 158,000, that ot tho royal
statistical bureau 130,000. Tho war
academy collection consists ot 88,000
volumes, that of tho general staff of
09.700 and that of tho royal chancory
"il.OOO volumes. The twenty-seven city
libraries have only 70,000 volumes be
tween them.
A fire-escape recently patonted hn3 a
casing containing a shaft, on which a
ropo la wound, with brake straps to
grip the enda of the shaft and a strap
suapemJud below, in wlilch tho user
alts iu convenient position to grasp the
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