A Bi League Hero ;; EDM A FERBER

L ft ind with the rc*t of V*c ens ind when Kelly nut* one oW Luds up iDd clinches her fists, ^v M her arms scd shouU with oi 'em. She has even been ■ to cry, “Good eye! Good eye!" V,uh were st fever beau The *^»lly blase Individual In the k u willie Grimes, who pedEr^n rones. For that matter, V« Willie turn a languid head b hit thin voice, "Gtre ’em a t Dutch'. Give 'em a dark !t will do for the first dash

, Now for the story, came home June

r shout's select school for

By June J1 she was

i You could hardly see the » ,lte tailored shirt waist

.ns and secret society

_ _jr bedroom wsa sblare i banners and pennants

i that the maid gave

beeves at the Chicago

yards In winter. In the summit I slaughtered hearts. He wore mu colored shirts that matched hi* and his baseball stockings gene: had s rip In them somewhere when he was on the diamond we almost ashamed to look at Y'ndinc. wholly did her heart shine in her “

Now. well have Just another

or two of local color. In a small to' the chances for hero worship are fe' If It weren't for the traveling men o' girls wouldn’t know whether stripes

checks were the thing In gent s suiM Kelkar and Ms Keller said. In unison:

This is not i baaeoall story. The ap *™ ,t grand stand does not rise as one man ~ * and shout Itself hoarse with Joy. There ; tan't a three-bagger In the entire three thousand words, and nobody is carried hove on the shoulders of the crowd. Tor that sort of thing you need not squander fifteen cents on your fa- ' rorite oagax.ne. The modeet sni etw cent will make you the po*m «f Pick ‘On. There you wlU find season s games handled in mac tashkm by a six-best seller srtlst an 1

kport to det favorite

9 they

t leg and

■'Whai’a that guy doing here

The fourth time Rudle called. Pa

Ings. When the baseball season opem the girls swarmed on It Those Ih didn’t understand baseball pretem they did. When the team was out town our form of greeting wssj changed from, “Good morning!" < “Howdy-do*” to “What’s the score' Every night the results of the games

throughout the league were posted up ; have^talke.

No ■

» short story

la the old days before the gentry of the ring had learned the wisdom of investing their winnings in solids Instead of liquids, this used to fe a favorite conundrum When is a prise fighter not a prise fighter? Chorus: When be U tending bar. 1 rise to ask yen. mother Fan, w h* Is a ball player not a ball player? Above the storm of facetious replies I

shoot the answer:

WWj he s a shoe e'erk

! Any i~an who can look handsome In •> a. dirty baseball suit la an Adonis. There la something shout the baggy \ pants, and the Mlcawber-shaped colUr. !: and the skull-fitting cap. and the foot

i after her return Ivy I h*r time writing letter* jr them, and reading the t iront porch, dressed

a blue skin,

Ipoi* In a curly Greek g.ils on the covers of _ailBe. She posed u bosom of the porch j'. under her. the othL showing a tempting |lipper silk stocking, y writers call "slim [ b.turdsy after her

- home for d'.n-

r deep In volume ‘onreher!” be exit down on a wtek-

vy looked at he.Interewt, and

^ smile. Ivy’s far man. alderman

t of the Civic nembor of five bsl delegate.

| Introduced dle-

9 spoke at the

_ thing has got to stop-’

But ft didn't, it had had too good •tart. Per the rest of the season Ivy her knight of the sphere around comer. Theirs was a walking courtship They need to roam up as far as the state road, and down aa far the river, and Rudle would fain talked of love, but >*y talked of

on the blackboard in front of Schlag- . Sr's hardware rtore. and to see the j "Partin*;.’ Rudle would • manaur.

way In which the crowd stood around i preening

It, and streamed across the street to- you first — wrrd It, you’d have thought they were | “Why. I liked the very first game I

giving away gas stoves and hammock

couches.

Going home in the street car after the game the gins used to gaae adoringly st the dirty facet of their sweatbegrimed heroea, and then they’d ruth home, have supper, change their do their hair, and rush downtown past the Parker hotel to mall their letters. The baseball boys boarded over at the Griggs house, which Is third-class, but they used their tooth-plcku and held the postmortem of the dsy’e game out In front of the Parker hotel, which Is our leading hostelry. The poet office receipts

*1 mean, when did yon first I

i care for me?"

“Oh! When you put three men out in that game with MarshalItewn when the teams were tied Ir the eighth ln- : :ng. Remember? flay. Rudle dear, what was the matter with your arm today? To- let three men walk, and Aibia's weakest hitter got a home run

out of you.”

Oh, forget baseball for a minute, ivy! Let’s talk about something else. Letlj talk about—u«” Os? WML you’re baseball, aren’t , you?” retorted Ivy. “And If you are.

the way his clothes were cut. He stayed through the whole game, ano never took his eyes off Rudle- I lust know he was a scout for the Cuba. •‘Probably a hardware drummer, or * fellow that SchlachweUer owes^

rrouey to."

Ivy began tr pin on her tat A

scared look leaped Into Pap* K«.ers eyes. He looked a Utfe old. too. and drawn, at tt-t minute. He stretched

rth a rather tremulous hand.

"Ivy—gtrl," he said

“What?” snapped Ivy. -Tour old father’s just talking for your own pood- You're breaking your ma’s heart. You and me have b

pals, haven’t we?"

“Yv" *ald Ivy. grudgingly, and

without looking up

"Well now. look here. I’ve pt proposition to make to you. The season's over In two more weeks The last week they play out of town. Then the boys'll come tack for a week or so Just to tang around town and try to get used to the idea of leaving us. Then they’ll scatter to take up their winter Jobs—cutting Ice. mos

he added, grimly.

“Mr. Schlachweller la employed In a large establishment in SlateraviUe. Ohio." said Ivy. with dignity. ’ He regards baseball aa his profession, and be cannot do anything that would affect his pitching arm ’’ Ps Keller put on the tremolo stop and brought a misty look Into hla

waved « hand la tta direction « fitting benches. ^ Rudle “All right, sir. answered

"Just a minute.”

"Dad had to come ou t-mms said Ivy. hurriedly. "Atu he brtn me with him. Itr-Tui on my reschool In Cleveland, you know- Aw fully glad to have seen you again- We at go. That lady wants her shoesi sure, and your employer la glaf-

tac at us. Come, dad.'

At the door she turned Just In time , see Rudle removing the shoe from the pudgy foot of the tot lady cue

MAN WILL Kt*P IN TOWCH with family in nmme.

New Jersey U«»

Well take s Jump of six months. That brings us Into the lap of April. Pa Keller looked up from bt« eve nlng paper Ivy, home for the &urter vacation, was at the piano. Ma KeJer Pa ^Keller cleared hla throat "1 aee Uom r the naner.- he announced, ’that and

Patrick J. I

J, walked recently tote a aaloos tbad conducted to that etar and wrved with a drink by Me eon. sic tailed to recogatos htau. The reaso. was that McMahon, 8r, had dlu^ peered from home eight years brio-. |

by the paper.

SchUch wellcr's been sold t Moines Too bad we lost him. He was a great little plichcr. but be played It bad luck. Whenever

called Mrs. 1 wasn't above a on a pretty thought Ivy a

- Vll i, or or pink unO™-

sleeve stick'ng out st the arms,

that Just sate rally kills a mans best points Than. too. a baseball suit requires so much In the maiter of len Therefore when 1 say that Rudle flchincliivei'.er was a dream even la hla baseball uniform, with a dirty brown streak right up the aide of hla pants where he had slid for base, you may know that the girls camped on the

grounds during the season.

During the summer months our ball park is to us what the Grand Prlx Is

to Parti, or Aprot Is to London What “h »* t * ,WB

•rere^tartterf ErsTm gets ten thousand ‘ nd t h *' r »othW

aVes^ (or is u a month?); or that; Just a alive? for ms,

Chicago's fiout'j side ball park seats no o n*«»»-''

thirty five thousand (or Is It mllllor*'. Her ■■ , her put down Of what Interest are such meager Items ,ork ' cle ared his throat, and

compared with the knowledge that | ,ha *. :

"Pug” Coulau. who plays short, goes ! fit* Oh f our •i* 1 ■' srith Undine Meyers, the glri up there *' ,he Internrbaa. >our* to the eighth row. with the pink dr.-as ,0 l * le ***" **me with me and .he red roses on her hat? When | .. .“ B ? n repeated Ivy “1

‘ Pug' snatches a high one out of the unent wo yell with delight, and

heat. I suppose. • smeils good. Run to

I’m here." Ivy kept

the '“aves of her book, well.” the replied. “teak and onions, t huddered. and went . I>-d Keller looked after be: thuught-l I fully. Than be want to. fcs-i Mi his

IIh ivy

as ee yell we turn sideways to up and see now Undine Is taking Undine's shining eyes are fixed on

"Yes. you do.*' interrupted to; in-1

toopttt to*'

s -/

i long cfioui'.

ther.

here looking a

Cecilia and Ltitle Eva

ball from a fedeaway ’' hen you You’li be out in the air all aftann. and there’ll be some excitement- (lA the girls go Youll like U. ploying Mahhalltown.” Ivy went, looking the sacrificial torn! Xlve minutes after the game wa railed Abe pointed one tapering wrblti finger In the dii ctlon of the pttchar's mound. Who's that? " she asked ‘Pitcher '' explained Papa Ksdler. laconically Than, patiently: “Be throws the ball “ I -Oh. said Ivy “What dW yoo *ay bis aamr was?' 1 didn't say Hat it’s Rudle Si Msci,»,-iier 'i t,r boy* call him liuir). Kind of s pet. Hutch la " •Rudle Rci.larhwsliert“ murmureo Ivy. dreamily What a strong name!" ' Want some peanuts?" Inquired her father. 'Does one eat jM-anuta at a ball

Ivy. youll do one lari thing for your old father, won’t you?" "Maybe." answered Ivy. coolly. “Don't make that fellow any prom._er Now. wait a minute! Let me get through. I won't put any crimp In your plan*. I won't speak to Schlschwoller. Promise you won't do anything rash until the ball season's over. Then well wait Just one month, see? Till along about November. Then If you feel like you want to see hlr

“But how—”

"Hold on. You mustn't write to him. or see him. or let him write during that time, see? Then, If you feal the way you do now. TO take you to Slatersville to see him. Now, that' fair, ain’t it? Only don't let him know

you're coming “

“M-m-m-yes." sa!d fvy. “Shake hands on It." She did Then she left the room with a rush, beaded In the direction of her own bedroom. Pa Keller treated himself to a prodigious wink and went out to the vegetable garden In search of mother. The team went out on the road, lost five games, won two. and came home In fourth place. For a week they lounged around the Parker hotel and held up the street corners downtown, took many farewell drinks, then, slowly, by ones snd IWos. they left for the pack'ng bquiea. freight depot*, and gent's furnishing stores from whence

they came

October came In with a blaze of sumac at.d oak leaves Ivy stayed home unU learned to make veal loaf uni apple pies. The wprry lines ■round Pa Keller's face began to deepen. Ivy said that she didn't believe that she cared to go back to Miss Shont's select school for young ladles.

October 31 came

"Well take the 8:15 tomorrow.' said

her father to Ivy

“All right.' said Ivy — “Do you know where he works?” . Superstlticn Ha* Added to Ravages of asked he i Dread Disease—Hew Rcofcs "No." answered Ivy. Were Affected. "That'll he all right. I took the' trouble to look him up last August.’ Cholera has usually found u uaeThe short November afternoon was 1 fu l * ll >' l'> *u|>er*t;llou In Ibe old days drawing to Itscioae las our best talent ,he disease was believed to he bottled would put it) when Ivy snd her father U P *“ volcanoes and to be released by walked along the street* of Slate,-*- eruptions The most effectual way to vllle. (I can't tell you what streets, avoid it was to sleep in bed with your because I don’t know ) Pa Keller head due south In Rutit* during the brought up before a narrow little shoe '‘•rrlble epidemics six years ago the ■hop peasants would not trust the doctors "Hero we are." be said, and ushered whom they actually accused of cans A short, atout. proprietary fig- i ln * the disease, but drank a tearful

kfi of whirl ttoa son’s rta red b; a mi:

..)Cto question Wire# McMxiuc Sr. revaaied Umsatt the *» let ahec-dah for a weak. Osborn at Trento®. N. J. tut

rw ttoi.ti I to look v;

the disposition of an u&rie'u estate i: which he thought ha should have hi! s. share While be wu to Mel boo: • be noticed in oae of the dally pap<-. an meet rut of tire death of a Jan** Osborn who bad erenu no from it, United States to look up retotlveThe similarity of Ore ■anre strs-t him. of course, and be mailed a cop i of the paper wlU th-v Item ttarl. < > He was never much of a totter writ--j so be let five months go by wu. . sending a line, deferring what he t.:: ! to say until be should know whether not his queut had been gnoce*,: j Finally after nearly right months s- ; Journ In Australia he arranged to iur. back, and wrote to bis family. When hu arrlvad to Trenton M .ound that 11* little wall pspvr banes* had been Svid (tit and that t* wife and daughter tad removed. : - body teemed to knew whither. Bsti clue ipou came to view. Osborn filled oU a chack agalwt hi account and It waa returned with lb I "no fund*" comment. An Inverilgu .'j revealed that every cent be bad in th bank had bee# withdrawn by hi* sl't she having had power of attorn ; Cr tog hla absence. The bank vfScltH however, were able to giv him tl* address ol a Chicago bunk** ker- | thought from something di - pri '•

It Wa* Non* Other Than Our Hero on the slab the boys teemed to give

him poor support '

“Fuage!" exclaimed Ivy. continuing to play, but turning a spirited faev toward her talb-r. "What plfBo! Whenever a p!syer pitches rotten ball youll always hear him howling about the support ne didn't get RchUchweller waa a bum pitcher. Anybody could hit him with a willow wand, on a windy day. with the sun It bis eyes ’ ODD FACTS ABOUT CHOLERA

Did > notice the way that

c the months of June. July and Au-1 Ottumw* mat. i ched yesterday i*t. | didn't do au: . Uag fok the grand Mrs. Freddy Van Dyne started the] stand il< did,, i reach op above his ■ able by having the team over to j head, and wrup la, right shoulder with |

ntier. Pug" Coulen and all. After hla left toe and wing bis arm three! "•d like

1. why ----- ■ -

ure approached them imlllng a mer-

cantile smile.

"What can I do for you?" he In-

quired

Ivy's eyes searched the shop for a

tall, golden-haired form

wire she would deposit her »or- , He tCegraphed end raorivod word come on at once. He did so. and '

hie wife and (toughtor.

They bad reeriv-J IW Mel paper, tad cabled '*4 bad got nc t>

port true. A 'Ti'dago a

r for h

to Chicago and they Lad eorrovito' left Uielr home to Treaton. WTsIle they were hugging and i’-*' * at Osborn the letter carrier deli»-». his letter announcing h!» dep-r.^ from Austrolie. ft had been for- r! ed from Trenton. Now Or bon. s»> that a man should write at toari oW a week when away from borne if *i only to say 0. snd good-by.

At the Battle Front

British soldiers ©u the march b»« itken a hint from their French t

> In i

, tfc*

•ends seen lately up-country lu every other man tad A tons lo3 ' breaa strapped on the up of hl» 1 At many places bakers have had N < oi,tract*, but the soldier buy* 1,4 bread for himself as weU, and to : ' u e» he can grt a great loaf hs d©>' ' mind how long be Is in the tr» :c ‘ ou the road Matches saem ne LUa trouble, and cigarette*. eomlM ’ duty free, ere now quite plentiful ** tlon tobacco, too. Is token up h) ' offlcera as being the beet <'

mixture of tur. n-sln end petroleum ax preventives, and fired kuus from »h'

doors aud windows to scare the cool . era away. What sprtads the disease I ,or pipe smoking. loddeniall' 11 —. _ alon K ,h, ‘ caravan routes of Alia is "-markable how eome younger

a aoiled ,h ‘‘ ,lab " °f washing dirty clothes In

{the drinking wells.

„ - T see a gentleman named Kooks w ere the bird* w hose conduct No (orelgn impe-i times and thef throw seven Inehe. Schlachweller — Rudolph Schlacb-, connection with the cholera was obprincea penetrate a* far inland 1 oulalde the plat- He Just took the seller, said Pa Keller served In Ireland In 1SJ3. According

Ths’, get only aa far as. ball in his hand !oolwd at ft curious- “Anything very special?” Inquired ,n 1 “ ” Newport, where they are! Iy for a umneut .,nd fired It—atogf— lh * proprietor. He’s—rather busy Just

|-(j S et that now. Wouldn’t anybody else do? Of

course, If—”

“No.” growled Keller. The boas turned. “HI! Scblacbweller!” he bawled toward the rear of the dim little shop. "Yesalr.” answered a muffled voice “Front!” yelled the boss, and with-

Me York.

gob . J up by many-moneyed matron*. M i!i» Freddy Van Dyne found the W>; of available Hons limited, why •boo j she not try to content herself

with jackal or *o?

Ivy asked. Until then she had oontc ,-u herself with gsalng at her hero She had become such a hardened b.o cball fan that she followed the game lih u »cv>re card, accurately Jotting d- «I, every play, and keeping her

wstob o|*-u on her knee

She *ai next to Rudle at dinner Before she hud nibbled her sveond salted almond Keller and Rudle Scblacb*ellcr u.iil. rstood each other. Rudle illustrate certain plays by drawing ;

table, loth with hU knlh

and Ivy

like that, o

“Isn't this a e-nod nlgblf B

mured Rudle

"But they didn't hava a hitler In bunch.” went on Ivy "And not a i In the team coulj run. Ttat's why they’re tail ruder* ist the same, that

e mound

It he

him some *uppo!tWell. the thlnv One evening. >w,i

close of the seasni, l v and announced that downtown to mat! hu "Mail your letter* i growled Papa Kr'le;

rmddy Van Dyne, winters m Egypt and her the ball park, come* out i every afternoon to her ault Jf never occupies a box * ^*adL - . She perches

"It ain't nardly legal If you don’t"

Pa Keller assured her.

"Two sacks." said Ivy Papa, why do they call It a diamond, and wtat are those brown bag* at the rort-er*. and what does It count if you hit the ball, and why do they rub their bauds In the dust and then—er—spit on them, aud what salary does a pitcher get. and why does the red-haired man on the other side dance around like that between the second and third brown ha*, and doesn't u pitcher do anything

but pitch, slid wh—?’ "You're on." said papa

After that Ivy didn't mis* . ... , during all the time that the team and Ivy ga-ed. widt-eyed. and allowed I dldu Played in the home town. She went I tar aoup t- mow cold *wen-d Ivy. Without a new ha-, and didn’t care; The fir*'u ght that Rudle called. P» u.ng game, an Whether .l«i, YaUeau got away wtth j Keller tto> .gi.t it » great Joke. He aat oclock " the g.ods ..r not. and forgot whether I oat on ti» i ■>< h with Rudle and Ivy 1 It was .hei ltd hand high or low to •“* »<*'’“ ‘*a**oall. and got up to tanged the hrai

show Kudfr how he could bate got the tin the library i goat of tipi Keokuk catcher It only , "This things be bad triRl one of bis famous open-. der-d I won't faced thross Rudle looked politely | running the totorewted. snd laughed to all the right! undersun,!' placwa. But lv> didn't need to pre-j seventy flte tend Kuw Schlachweller spelled ! h-aguer or le I to V*r She did not think of j "All right " said

Ivy had two subjects to com-; ber cauer a.Kgts.d looking young man \ hot calm I’ll leawere baseball and lova j to a lilo* »uit snd a white shirt- grandest kind , i r bow the limelight will make Ktei. a* he aat there she saw utarr.hmallow Iclu. , at B] | | him as a bhfed god standing on the yourself my tudgPug Coulan. who was red ' pttfbvr * mould, with the stars of tot- Ha’ll be playing to

1 -• -- baaqbwll iwats. hi* reft foot three y, an Why

wtaard. and drew to a anfe llatenlng distance pUyer to give A vaguely troubled look lurked

the depth* of Ivy’s eyea From behind

nt to a climax, the partition of the rear of the shop .-eka before the emerged a lull figure. It wa* none olhl, U ( on ber hat i er than our hero. He wa* In hi* shlrt-

who were known to be <*

ette smokers tare token W tb* ^ . rational form of smoking, bo' » ^ grown tuukUcbe Is Juat a* ^ sight aa to aee them Bucking at * *• Pipe. HU friaoda would uearceli ■

Heir to Forty MRIluaa.

The czarevitch, the future BiW all the Huaslaa. baa been deaert^ 1

becal

leyrtw. who waan’t her it all I ndUe was thin x kind of way. if such i be. and she had red

than v

Hut l u-! baseball i

older* like an oX. > ! down to hi* knees, j

u at right aug’aa wa* a stiange man at th , his gaxe fixed «u man. you could ten bj t,

going sleeve* and be struggled into hi* coat let tore | «• he came forward, wiping bis mouth , the daytime." with the tack of hi* hand, hurriedly

I and swallowing.

1 have said that the shop

Ivy and her father stood at one side,

-.teo on in »•» i their tacks to the light Rudle came

I forward, rubbing hi* hand* together Papa Keller lu the manner of clerk*

.(•eisloa down "Something to shoe*?’ hr politely

, inquired.

.up!" he thuu- Then he saw.

any girl of mine "'vy!—ah—Mlaa Keliei'" he exball player. clamed Then awkwardly \\\u, seeing thi* boa-do. Mr Keller 1 certainly am

both How's the old ' >' ou doing in Btater* !

a white- rider

make the “Why—Ivy— • began Pa Kelle

with ' 'dunderingly

know i But Ivy clutched his arm with a equaled warning band The vaguely troubled major tongue to look to her eye* had become wild

•lerJM there ly •©. gsm-w-a city ' "** r

a uai. e— - - •

Now >,u, iP seeing thi* boa-do. Mr dollar * totnth bush glgd to aee ve thi* i nuwj. i mean U “ M|*nJ tVh*

lh u " 1 * *”

K

the contemporary Dublin Morning

Register, immediately the cholera came all the bird* vanished from tb.rookery to the Marquis of Sligo', dr met-ae om- of the !arge*t m Ir,.iacd

For three week*, during which the

disease rag-d vmlently. three not.}

,re ^ completely deaen the moat valuable child to the *

lu lh « "'hen be aucceeda to the throt-

‘ “•j” Mice found Imtneu*. i m ,„ tnharii uU tha auge fortune . “ rrr; a|, ° , ‘ ,b •• 1 family, which la •stlttaief' w tiHtn A. i' 1 " ,1 ” 1 “ ,eo, *he tnaladj 1 pounds lu addition to thi». a* r * the rid btid. a *h l, ' fc o! i ,h « Kuretin Imopto. bo WlU enh?‘

the net h» “M 0 fiPPeared In Income of £?0<hioM a ytttf, * cn tbelr newts At preaent the child U the reUK*

' ~ of an allowaacw of £15.000 a ) ‘ ,

it ... In,or,rt * ,, on. banking account bavtog been , and .1,“ *. ! < ‘ r> lashlonable concert , fur him soon after hti birth, wbr* but 'it * 1 , rtl * u ' ,rv v '“ 1 knosn one*, i -'dentally, his life was tnaur" 1

but the two >ouus lhln| , 4 1

busy with puking out ,belr arltie* to bear tbe mus,. ^ lu the midst ot a beautiful sele tton th* piauut sudden)} uited h ta’id. from tb« key, a . ld on .

young things wa* n. 11 —• - clearly ^ 10 *“> M »*»rine. “la now la tbe eour-

•'truelion to New York harbor

half a million pounds Holding Back the Hudao n

"One of tbe greateet stogl« M”’ i cofferdam work evre- uudert*^ ^

country.” any*

■achlachweiler’” shouted the votce "Cuatemaru!’ and he lar rag*.

,. OSs. r, ” r;= ■“ i

! ^ u ’ ! ,^Z'. >

■xtladeiphta ! tween lYirty-fourtf. and FYh '

J *ireet to held back tile river the shore line, and allow «»c*‘ made, and tbe piers butUj

Materiel Art.

1 * ‘hat girl to.■ml ah* sing, omy IW llbpu

io oe made, and the pier* t>uu:. w tauipl,^, it w tU be epprvaiBi*l , . feet bing and will have coat " hunts red thousand dollars" X