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My Lady R0r7)41300 has many
attendants. Mainly they are clad
in hauberk and helm, or they,
carry rapiers, at their sides and
eileear strange oaths. But some-
times we encounter in the pages
of « Novo/ a genuine knight in
modern broadcloth or in tweed,
wI* o speaks the language of our
own day and rteey otef on
Broadway or -Stalk. street. -Such
is Philip kir kw,oa4d, artist
painter, whose adventures in Par -
snit of the mysterious black
bag and whose heroic deeds in
The service of his beautiful lady-
love are worth the staying up
late o' nights to read. To de-
scend to the idiom of ..the day,
"The Mack :Rae is 'the real
thing" in the story tine, thrilling,
mysterious but not too mys-
terious - and most interesting.
' CHAPTER. .
PON le -vermin dreary • April
u'
•Philip ie.irkwooe, Esq., palitt.
afternoote in the year of gran.*
190d the upprebeusiOns -of
or, were enlivened by the discovery
that he was °copying teat siugularle
distressing sociel position whieh may
be summed elm suceloctly in •a phrase
through long usage grown proverbial,
"alonein London." 1 nerltst hly e n ex-
trentisi because of his youth (he-13nd
tauntJust turned twentY•tive). benndtoowkour
of mitigating welters.d
hotly have resented ' the suggestion
„ that his ease was anething but alto-
gether deplorable aud forlorn.
That he was not netually at the end
of his resources went e'er nothing.* Be
held •the distinction -11 quibble, mock-
ingly :immaterial. • like the store of
guineas in his pocket. too insignificant
for mention whop eontrasted with his
needs. And. his base .of eupplies, the
American city of his nativity, whence, -
end not without a. glow of pride In hie
secret heart, he wee Went to register
at foreign, hoetelries, had been- arid-
trerily cut off frotnAlltn by one of •
those accidents sardonieally claSsitied
by insuranee aud express corporations
as .nets of God. . . - , ..
• Now. to one who has lived all- his
days serenely In nevemd. with the dic-
tates of his own sweet" will,taking no
thought for the morrow, suph:a situ -
Witte naturally seettui. both appalling
and intolerable,•at the first blush. It
must be .confessedthat, to begin with,
Kirkwood drew'. a long and disconsei- :
late fuce oyer his tix. .
Then .he resolutely shrugged It .off
and . went In seareh of Menet meet .
faithieil dumb' friend -to vat, his pipe,
tee which, when found • and tilled, be.
lighted with a spill twieted front thei
euvelope. of a cable message. . .
"It's about time," be announced, ,
watching the paper blacken -and burn
In the grate fire. "that I% was doing
something to prove my, title toa et- .
Inge' And. this Was en Iiii valedtctory.'
to a vanished competenee. '''Anyway,
I'm 'a sight bettee.off ,than tease poor
devils over there: I really have: a.
great deal' to be thankful for DOW that,
my attention's drawn to- It." - '1.• •
Foe ,the Ansuitee few • minutes be
thought it all over, soberiy, but with a
stent heart; 'stet/ding at a •wiedove of
his bedroom- In the Rotel Plass. hands .
•
deep in trouser pocket. pipe fuming
voluminously, Ids gime wandering out
oyer a burred infinitude of Wet, shin.- .
'Ing roils and sooty cheineey pets.
There catne a rapping at the door.
- Kirkwood rentoved the Pipe from he.
teen his. teeth, lohg • enotage' to say
"Come int" pleasantly.. , •- -
elite• knob wet turned, and. the door
opened- . Kirkwood. swinging on one
heel, beheld., hesitaut upon, the thresh-
old, a :diminutive figure In: the livery
of the I'less Nees.
. "Mr. Kirkwood?"- .
Kirkwood .nodded. . . -• • .
, "Gentleman to see you, Sir." • .
Kirkwood nodded eghin, smiling • •
"Slievi, him up, please," he ,ssile, but
before lite words we're *fairly' out 'Of
hie moue ft 'a peau • stepped. into the
room.: . .. . .,
".1r. Brenteileel" Kirk -wood . a Finest
shouted, -jumping forward to -seize his
visitor's Mind.. •
"ely• dear noel" replied the latter,
"I'm delighted to see you. • Got our
note not an hour ago and eanae at once
-you See." ce
'"It Was Mighty goad of yen. :Sit.
down, please. Here arc. cigars.. Why,
'a -ntoment ago I 'was the meet Miser-
able and lonely mortal tea •the foot-
stool" ..• .
"1. can Olney!' The eider man looked
0P, smiling; at Kirkwood. 'rhe man-
agement !inertia tne," ho oirerNi 'ex-
planation of his uneerentonioust appear -
"SO I took the liberty of following
on the Melia of the bell hop, dear boy.
And how are you Why' the serious
Undertone I detected In your nOtee
' Fie continued to stare Curiously' into
Kirkwood's face, At a glance this
Mr. Brentwlek was tt man of tallish
figure end rather slender, with a come
toilette() thin end tweed a iterative
pink, eut of which hie e.yes %Milo
keen, Mere humorous told tt trace
Wistful behind his glasees. Ilia yenta
siren) indeternelnate, with the espect of
!illy, the epirit and the veree of thirty
tasorted oddly. lint his hands were
44, delleate, fine end fregile, and the
Ott beneath the drooping White nets -
reel* at Hines trembled, almost bre
perceptibly, with tho generous send-
inchtts Nutt colne With melloW age. Ile
held his beck straight nod his head
tvith AU air-Itn. air thee watt not a
tWegget but the ishot token Of sea-
sotted elperietere in the world. The
moat Carping mild hnvo found tic
HAW in the quiet taste of his attire.
ro zum up, Kirkwood's very good
Mend, end his ottly one then in Un-
ion, Mr. Heentwiek, looked and Witt
.4a Erielith s:MAIMPan... . .
Louis Joseph Vasco
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"Why?' tie persisted as the younger
• man hesiteted. "I rtio here to find out.
ronight .1 leave for the .etnitinent, ip
the nientairott"-
eAnd st midettget I teen for the
States," added. Kirkwoed. "That is
mainly why 1 wisbed to eee Yoe -to
say goodby tor the tittle."
"You:re going home"- A sbadow
clouded Brentevicket (leer eyes.
"To fight it out, shoulder to shoul-
der, With my brethren in udversity."
The clotid "Tintt Is the spite -
Ur declared the elder Man. "For the
moment L did you the injustice to he-
lieve that you were mullet; nwity.
But now 1 understand. e'orgive tne.
Pardon. too, the stupidity whiett I
must lay at the door of my advancing
years. To me the thought of you as a
Parisian fixture bite become such a
emenuonplace. Philip, thet the news of
the dienster hardly sairred (Pe. NOW
t remember thin you are a Califor-
nian."
"I was born In Pan Vrtinclseo," af-
lirtned Kirkwood, a lett sadly. "MY
Cather rind mot h'er were buried there."
"And your remitter
"1 inherited my father's interest in
the firm of Kirkwood & Vanderlip.
When I team over to study painting, 1
left eierything in Vondertites bands.
l'he business afforded me a handsome
living."
"You ha il@ heard from Mr. Vander.
tip?"
• "Fifteen tninutett ago." Kirkwood
took a cablegrntn, still damp,•from hie
pocket and handed it to his guest.'
Unfolding it the latter rend:
Kirkwood, Hess, bonnet*:
Stay wham you are. No good coming
pack_ iLverything gone. No insurance.
Letter follows. 1 VAIVERLI
"When I got the news in Paris,"
Kirkweed volunteered, "1 tried the
banks. They refused . to• honor • nay
drafts. I had a little, money In bend,
enough to see me honwe so 1 closed
the studio and • came across. I'm
booked on tee Minneapolis, selling
front Tierney at daybreak. The boat
train lenres at 11;30 i had hoped
you might be able to dine With we and
see tne off." •
ln silence Beentwiet returned the
able measage. Then, witha thought -
Cul kink, "You are 'sure this is wise?'
Se queried, • , '• • ,
• "lee the• only teing 1 ran see."
• "But your partner saye".--
"Naturally, be thinks thot by thls
time I should hare !earned to paint
well enough to support myself. for a
few months until he can get telegs
running again.. /,'erhaps• I might."
Brentwick -supported the presumption.
with a. decided gesture. "But have .1
EatIlAlatii) One. N. f‘iiki4MACC,"
'a ,righe to leaveeitenderlip to fight .it
• Mit alone? Vor Yanderilp hes a wife:
and- kiddies to suppeat- 1"ee
"Your genies!"
. .
"My Ability, such as it Is, and that
eily. It can wale No; this means
dimity that I must come down ham
the o'etwis. plant tny feet on solid
tarth end get to work." •
'The sentiment is sound,'" admitted •
Brentwielt, "the proceice of it
alive you oopped to thiuk what Part
1 Tieing young • portrait 'painter 'can
tontribute toward .05)e -rebuilding of
levhstaten city'!" •
"ree painting can Walt," reiterated
Kirkwood, "1 can • work like oteer
"You can do yourself and your gen-
ius grnve injtlstice, and-1fear Inc you
Will, their boyr, in keeping with
your heritage of American otestineee.
Now, tr it were a question of money" -
"Mr. ItrentWick." Kirkwood -Protest-
ed vettetneuttee "I've ample for my
Present meets," he lidded.
"Of course," eoneetled Brentwick,
with a sigh. "I didn't really hope yen
would avail yourseit_of our trietnishlp,
Now, there's tny imme In Aspen Vie
InC.l'on have seen we'
your ubsence MIA anemone your
estimable hurler with commend:dee
tilSeretion, kept tue Without the doore,"
toughed tlie man.
"Iteen comfort:tine Montt. You would
not eonsent to ebare it with me tin,
fit"-,
"1,011 are more than good; but, hen.
estly, must sail tonight. I wanted
only Ibis venni* to see you before 1
left. You'll dine with tne, won't you?'
"If you would tttny In LOOL1013. 1I111.
ip, we would dine' together not Onee,
but many linnet, As it is, 1 myself am
booked for Monet, to I* gobe It Week,
on businees. I hove many inhere need-
ing Attention between now find the
0;10 trots% trent Vittotia. If you will
be my guest st Aapen Wilitte"-e
to-44*ot" heoged EillkeY0Pds.:8'10-.6
littie lauelt of pleasure hereause ot the
• other's insietenee. "I only with/
cu. Another day"-
"Oh. yon wifl make your million in
a year and return scandalously in
dependent: les in your Anierleall
blood." lerall white lingers tapped an
arm of the chair as their owtter stared
gravely into the tire. el cOnfess 1
envy yon," he obeerved.
"The opportunity, to make •a• mhlilon
ine.iLy,ettri?" eenhytxick yen
fesiraltiodro•maoce
You have youth, uneenquerable youth,
and the world Oeforeyou, 1 antat go."
Be rose stiffly. as though suddenly
Made conscious ot ,hie. age. The old
eyes peered more- than- a trifle wist-
fully now Into litritwood's, 'You will
not fail to cell on me by cable, dear
boy, if Sou need -Anything? 1 ask it
as a favor. len g1nd you wished to
see me before going out of my life.
Oue learns to rah* the friendship of
youth, Philip. Goodby, and good luck
attend you."
Alone once more, Kirkwood returned
to .his window. The dieappointment
be felt at being robbed of his antici-
pated plea:mire in Brentwick's con -
party at dinner colored his mood un-
pleasantly. His musings merged Into
vacuity, into a dull gray mist of hope.
iessness comparable only to the dismal
skies then loweting over London town.
Brentwick was good, hut Brentwick
• was mistake,n. There was realle 'note -
Mg for Klekwood to do but to go
ahead. But one steamer trimk re-
mained to be packed., The boat train
would *are before midnight, the
steamer wife the morning tide. Bv
the tnoerow's noon he would benpou
tee high seas, within ten days in New
York aud among Mewls, and teen -
The problem of teak afterward per -
punted Kirkwood more titan be cared
to own. Brentwiek • had opened his
eyes. to the fact that he would be
practically useless In San Francisco,
Ile could not harbor' the thought of
going. back -only to become a. charge
upon Vanderlip. No; he was reso!i•ed
that thenceforwnrd be ,must tele upon
henselt, carve out his own . destiny.
But -would the art that he bad cute
Waled with such assiduity yield hlat
liVellhood if sincerely practiced with
tiant eiel.ta view? Would the mental
and physieal euulpment of -a 'painter,
heretofore dilettante. enable him to
become self supporting? ,
•Tnere -come a rapping at the dciore
The knob was turned by .a dlininu-
tire figure hi the livery of • the Plea,.
Pages; '• • .
. "Mr. Kirkwood,r' -
• Kirkwood nodded.
"Gentleman tit see you, sir." .
Kirkwood nodded again, knifing, if
somewhat perplexed. Encouraged, the
ctilkl adveneed. proffering a silver
,card tray at the eud-of an unnaturally:
rigid -forearm. Kirkwood tOok the
'card dubiously between thumb and
forefinger andinspected it without
prejudice. • • .
• "'George B, Calendar,'" he read.
'"Georie B. Calendarr But I know
.no shell person. . Sure there's no mils
-
take, young mane . ' •
'The Close • eiopped, bullet .sheped
'-Hritish head wne egiteted in vigoroute
negation, and "Card foe Mr .Kirle.
wood!" .weit mumbled in 'dispessionate
• accents Appropriate to it recitation by
-rote, - • .
eVerye well. • But before you show
• hen up ask this Mr, Calendar if ee-
ls ellen) sure he. wante to See Peilip
Kiikwoed."'
4..Yhees:iirri;'
Td marehed out,.punetillouslY,
closing etlie door. Kirkwood tamped*
• down the • tobaeco in hie) pipe and
buffed energetically, diamissing the in-
terruption to his reverie as A nurter
.(4 no consequence -eau obvious mistake
to be rectified by two words 'with this
•Mt. Celendai whom he did not know.
, At the knock he had .almost- hoped
It might be.lerentwick, returning„wite
a changed. mind about, the hid to die.
Iter.. . •
ne vegrettm Breretwkik sincerely.
Theirs .wtts, a curious Sort ef Weed.'
ship, extraordliterily close in rite* of
the meagerness of elthor's information
ulmotthe othei. AO say. nething of the
d isita el ty between t heir. ages, ' Con
renting the elder WWI Iiirl5wood knOy
littlt*. more the *.t hat • they bad Met DO
g1111)1100(1.."Combig' oyer;" that Brent -
wick had.spetit some yeers In Amer -
her, that lie e,vne an Englishman by
birth, a cosinopolimi habit. by Pro--
lestatin n gentlema u tem peeling that
tern) le Its most utwomprotitisingly
*Selfish signifitein('e) anti' by . ineline•
tinn it ollector of "articleit at . virtu
end bigotry,"- in puteuit - of whleh he
made frequeot 104 the conti-
nent from his reeldeitee in a quaint,
quiet street of Old Brouipton. It had
been during his not infrequent, het or -
(Meetly abbrevintee, :meriting in Parte
tent their steamer atiqualtatinee had
r1pend into n ti Affection almost filial
teno tohttit.
eeotMine,le utmost n
ost paternal o
h
There crime a repteng ett tee door.
The knob votot turned; the door open
ed. Kirkwood, *winging On one heel,
beheld, hesitant upon tee threshold, it
ratter rotund figure of atedium height,
clod in on expreselonless gray lounge
wIth a brown "howler" het held
tentatively In otie hand, nn umbrella
weeping in the other. A Yeice, Which
WOS unettionst nod insinuative, mantle
ed .frotti the figure.
"Mr. Kirkwood?"
Kirkwood nodded, with Some effort
reenilleg the hatee, sut detateied had
been his thonghte Mitre the disapoenr.
ttnee or the page.
"Yes, Mr. tenlemitir?"
"Are eou-eiti-euse. Mr, Rirewood?"
"A re pet; fr, C'e len& r ?" Kirk.
wootre mile robbed the retort of any
never 'of iticirillty,
lehremreged, the mon entered, pre.
mlising that he weold dentin his beet bot
mement end rendile ettreetelering Inti
And timbeelia. Ktritvrocei, terting the
teeter nettle. Melted 'hie taller to the
Nifty chair Welch Brenterlek had tutu .
Kett by life erepiace.
"it takes the edge off the aompuoo*."
Kirkwood explained in dkerauee to
the other's look of pleased surprise at
the cheerful bed et Night. "len afraid
• 1 could never get aceliniated to 114 hi
a cold, damp roone-or a daum, col4
rooln-ench as you BritIshere prefer."
"It Is gratetule" 413'. Culendur agreed,
spreading plump aud well eared for
halide to the warmth. "But you are
-mistaken. 1 aro ait Inlicti an Aniericee
ssee.:Qe:re's"eit:"'
teirkw00.41 100ke4 Oa wan
over with more leterest. Matter or
.COtirSe cotirtegy.
Ile proved not ifnpreposseseing, tisiis
unclassitiatele Me Calendar. He watt
reseed with some eare, ti1scanpLexhqp
Was geed, and the rellneas ot leis.girth.
erophanized pe 11 wee by a notable
lack of inchee, bespoke a mature pedal,
easy going, and sebarilic. Ilia dark
eyes, beery !laded, were active, Cu'
riously at times) with a eubdued glit-
ter, in a rave large, round, plak, of
which the other most remarkable fea-
tures were a mustache, clot* trimmed
and showitig streaks ot gray; a chubby
nose and duplicate chine, elr. Citien
dar was, furteerneore, poseessee of a
polished bald spot, girdled with a to.
sure of silvered balr-circumstatires
which lent some factitious distinction
to pershnality otberwise goinatote
•
by assuming an unnetural habit of au.
taPhsialleett:leisnt.yema:ssn,newrittri ignbsst nbren adses.cthiclubassib
Make up for his unimpressive stature
be frequently found It neeessary to
"So you knew 1 was an American.
Mr. Calendar?' suggested Kirkwood.
"Paw your name ou the regtster. 'We
both bail from the same necit of the
woods, -you know."
"I didn't know it, and" -
"Yes; rat from Frisco too," •
And -
el‘l: liy; ell lion‘Si. telY
l)rrr r
POU8.SPC1coustache, glanced
five fat fingers
meetly up et Kirewood, as If momen-
tarily inclined to question his' tone,
then' agnin • stared gInmly loto the
di•e, for leit•kwood had maintained an
attitude purposefully colorless. Not- to
put too tine a peen owe it, he believed
• that eie a 1 ler W1151 'lying... The' inatt's
al)Pcitrauee, his marcuerismS, bis vole
and entipelation, while they might.
el:tee been American, seemed all un -
Californian. To otie- born and bred in
that state, as Kirkwood had been, her
-gone are tininiseekably hail marked.
Naw, no tune lies without motive.
rhis otte-eltbse to rentlirm, with a show
ef deep feeling:.eYes, r rn from Frisco
too.• We're companions is misfortune,"
' 'tope not altogether:" saki Kirk.
ciwdrliteeni7i. drew tilS
idr, Calendar drew -own Infer-
- ewes team the response and mustered
ale a show of . cheerfulness. "Then
settere not completely wiped .oute" •
"To the contrary, 1 wes hoping you
were less unhappy."
"01.1, thee you ere'?"
Kirkwood, lifted the- cable Message
from the Mantel.. hare just heard
.from nty partner at .borne,"- he -said.
with n /stint smile,: and quoted: "Ev.
erything gone. No insurance! "..
' MreCalendar. pursed his plump lips,
whistling inaudibly. 'Too brie, too
bad!" he mnrmured eemPathetietille-
eWe're all herd hie more melees." Ile
lapsed into dejected apothy, front
w tech . Kirkwood, growing at ,length
impatient, found it necessary .to mese,
e"you wished to see vie about sorne-
thelli3riC.Istie'i
lenfrar-me'
• started °" iedfeetri rese•
erie. "Elbe 1 was dreaming.' I beg
pardon. It .seenis 'hard to reallie, Mr.
K irk Wood., that t 11 is* a w fu 1 catastrophe
tias overtaken our tetio'ved
enILIIptii),
I•llegrbri:lerin
R.Tewea:r-ivdTui
ltA
a- sovereign bolo you mit, mr..Calete
dar? 1 done meet telling you times
about 0* limit ef my present ite
Satirees.7 •
true
W41.1100iiitig tor some. ohe L480111; inc
. u tcrtolh cUpq0ity.0
"Pitreen me." Mr Calenrigini moon
like eountettance. demoted • ile in
sumed a transpareta • dignity. el oa
misconstrue my luotive,.sir."
"Then sorry." •
"1 ant not here to borrow. On the
other hand, quite by ticeident 1 diecov
ered your -mune Upon the regleter
downstairs, a good old Frisco mime,
if you Will perinit ' inc to say So. 1
thought to meselt Our here wile a
chain* to help a fellow countremanr
Calendar paused -Interrogatively. Flrk
wood eetnallitel Interested, tett silent.
"If a ptietiage tierotfe would help you,
1-1 think it might be arranged," stem -
meted eenleteitte el at ease.
"11 might," ndmitted Kirkwood spec-
ulatively.
"1 Could tig It so that you ()mild go
oter-tiret chisS,. Of eonree-hod pay
your way, RO to speak, by rendering
us, me and ttly partper, a trifling serV.
"In Net," eontented Cellender, wart*
Mg up to hie theme, "tittle might I*
something more in a foe you then the
pa:lenge if -it ieerre the riget pien,
the time I'm letteing for "
"That, of Newer,. le I he luestion."
$1,1111" st -.:Itited itit suildenlY
Wit NI' wilt. jet) tlIght of esthultasin.
Kirkwood eyed him iteadlly. 9
*aid that it is a queetion. Mr. eaten-
1
Oar, whether or not 1 am the num
you're lookrug hr. Between you and I
nat and the firedogs, 1 don't believe f 1
am. Now, if you wish to name your
quid pro goo, tbi* trilling service Pia
to render is recognition of year beuee•
91°4'"Ye*'-ett'Ve0"Mislouw"ler.*: But the speaker de -
toyed hi* reply until be had surveyed
bis boo front head to foot with a
;dame both critival sod appreciative, 1
kle saw a man in height rather less
titan tee stock ogee SIX feet So WWI in'
demand by the nienufecturers of mod.
ere hen** of tiction-a Mail a bit.
round shouldered, too. but Otherwise
sturtillY Unlit, *elf vontained, wee
gNI:4tbiettif.tQur4 wears g bY'S is ever called biro haudsome. I
I ritv) OWriest face.
A few Preiudieed persons have deckled
that he tut* an teteresting couute
num*. The propounders of this verdict
nave been. for the most part, feminine.
Kirkwood biniseif has been Deard to
demure teat his features do not fie lo'
lie essenre tett statement is true, but
there
is a very real, if undefinable,
engagieg quality in their very irregu-.
lorry Ills eyes are brown, pleasatie•
set wide apart, straightforivard of ex-
pression. •
Now, it appeared that, whatever his
motive, Air. Calendar had acted upon
impulse in sending els eard up to
eerewood. At ail events,. this Cairn
tiar eroved not Inviting itt penetration,
lieu of hie stamp are conuntegy en-
dowed with that quality to an eminent
degree. Not slow to reckon the elle.
ber of the man before him. the leaven
of Intuition began to work in bis ade
Pose intelligence, He owned eimself
baffled.
"Thauks," he co/winded peloSIVely; "1
reckon you're right. You won't do,
after all, I've wasted your time -mine
too,"
"Don't mention it"
Calendar got heavily out of his chair,
reaching for hie hat and umbrella,
"Permit the to apologize for an un•
warrantable intrusion, Mr. Kirkwood."
Ile faltered. A worried and calculating
look se:Wowed his SITS1111 eyett. "1 waS
looking for some one to serve me in
a certain efipacitY"-
"Corwin or qt1PStioneble?" propound.
ed Kirkwooe blandly. opening the door
Pointedly Mr. Calendar ignored the
imputation. "Sorry 1 disturbed you.
Gelafternoon, Mr. Kirkwood."
"Goodby, Mr. Calendar." - Ae smile
twitched the corners of rcirkwood's
too wide mouth.'
Calendar stepped hastily °lit into
the hall. Kirkwood closed the .door
and the `incident simultaneously wit13
a smart bang of finality. Laughing
quietly,, he went baek to the window,
with its dreary outiooknow the drear
ler for lengthening evening shadows..
"I wonder what his gatne is,any7
way. An adventurer, of goursee The
woods are full of 'em. A queer fish, • .
even of his kind. And with a .trIck
up his sleeve as queer •and..fisbY as
himself, no dtalbt-
CrieePTEtt IL
Ill; assumption seems not mt.
warrantable 'that Mr. Calendal
figuratively-• washed bis hands
of Mr. Kirkwood. Bnquestion
biz hit Kirkwood considered eim
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
•"7-71)ffTFIOlt WINS ONE.
Tigers Wallop Pirates in a Sensation-
al Genie.
Forbes Field, Pittsburg, Pa., Oct.
,11. --Detroit on Saturday evened up
the etnuet in the world's; championship
series by defeating Pittsburg 7 to 2,
in a one-sided game at Forbes Field.
The Detroit players batted Caumitz
hard in the early innings,. end he -
was succeeded by Willis in the third'
inning. Willis was alSo hit hard in
the fifth inning, and Detroit scored. ,
two more runs off him.
The first inning was all Pittsburg, •
but • after that the National League
champions Were never in the running
for a Moment. Two two -baggers' and
a base on balls off "Wild Bill" Dono-
van, in the first innings, 'was the end
of 'their ability to hit him. After
this he became better every inning,
and the hard hitting Pittsburg Men
'were absolutely helpless • before his
brilliant twirling. Only three hita
were made off Donovan after the first
inning. .
,One of the Sensational features was
a brilliant steal of horne by Ty. Cobb
in the third inning on the first bell
pitched by Willis, Gibson was so
surprised at the unexpected feat of
Cobb that* = he dropped the bidl as
Cobb slid under the plate.
Big Mission Campaign.
New York, Oct. H.-chili:pie in the
history of religious movements is the
national missionary campaign which
will be iaunehed this week by the lay-
men's missionary movement, repre-
senting the leymeri of all the Protes-
tant ehurehes in the United States.
In 76 principal cities, east arid west,
north andsouth, men's missionary
eonventiona will be held, at which an
aggregate attendance of more than ,
100,000 men is expected.
Ten thousand Man are now serving
on local committees itt preparation
for the mectingS. President Taft
hands the list of over 200 speakers„
who will be heard throughout the
winter. This list includes prominent
publie men, oflieers of army and
navy, neWspaper men, hankers, busi-
toss 'and professional men, ministers,
mission board secretaries and mission -
tries.
The campaign will open at Buffalo,
N.Y., on Dee. IC, In November, the
circuit will ming along the eastern
coast and include Providence, Boston,
.Washington, -Baltimore and Philadel-
phia. It will swing tie far west as
Detroit in December. Three or four
days will be spat in each city.
Milliner Guilty of Murder.
Gustrow, Germany, Oct. 11.-A vet -
diet of gaily was Saturday handed
down in the case of Augusto &bele a
Berlin rtillinee, charged with the
murder last March, of Frieda Dart -
hold, a young opera singer. The mo-
tive of the erime was jealousy. The
accused woman was sentenced to
death.
She testified that a Berlin eominer-
dial traveler had oast her off and
become engage' to Fratilein Berthold.
Althongli she pleaded guilty, Frau-
lein Zobel averred that she intended
Only to shoot the singer in the throat
to ruin her voice, and that it was
by accident that the bullet penetrat-
ed her lefj,,,eye and killed.lier.