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?Itim&uitPS Deny That New
Players Are Coming
Juneau papers are denying tiiak Man
ager McCloskey of the Juneau baseball
?earn went South after new players,
and thev assert that their line-up on
the Fourth of July will be practically
the same ?s it w as at WhiUhor>e and
Skagway last month. Tbey c aim that
instead of being down at Seattle hiring
baseball players Mr. McCloskey was at
his Atlia mine*. Local fans, however,
are uot rtguring that way. Evidently
they have what they thiuk was a
- raight tip, and th?y count on meeting !
a stronger team tfun they met in May. j
Manager Tanner said this morning: |
"1 will bet 9?> I hat Juneau will have a
bunch of new players for tne Fourth of
July. I expect lo meet a better team
taan we met before. Why, it would be
a cinch if it were not so. If I were
sure that we had to go against ibe o'd
line-up 1 would sen J our second team
down, and keep our good players at
home. There is do recoid at Skagway
of Manager MeCloskey's haying been
either at this place ^r Atlln since he;
left here last May after his defeat."
The Items referred to In the forego
ing are the following from the Juneau
Dispatch:
Cttpt. Dnuoma Addodqcvi Lini Up
"Captain Duncan has announced the |
line up of the Juneau baseball team for j
the Fourth of July tournament m
follows:
? Catcher, Speck Grey.
"Pitcher. Andy Anderson.
"Shortstop, Dolly Gray,
"Fiist base, A. A. Bowers.
"Second base, Judd Kag^s.
' Third btse, Jim Duncan.
"Right field, Guy Chapin.
"Left field, Dr. Kaser.
"Center field, Sam Freeman.
"Substitutes, Barry Collins aid
Stewirt Holt.
" L'his is piacticaliy the same line up
as was at the White horse tournament.
Duriug the game there Juneau had the
best cf it which will give them a great
advantage on the local grounds. With
their month of steady practice the bov-.
are in excellent condition for the
games."
McClosUey and Atlla
"James McCloskey nas returned from
a trip to Atliu, where he has mining
interests. McCloskey went through
Si^gwav with his gum boots on, as
Tanner and hi? crowd never will get
through askiag him what the sco e was
in the last game."
"They tell a ^ood .ioke on Councilman
M CI -.key. Wheu returning fromAtlin
h took a Canadian steamer for Juneau.
The blooming Britisher failed to make
a iandicg a: Juneau and carried the big
fellow to Victoria "
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A disigreement between the manage
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rhiikoot cannery that bad resulted in
<everal of the Japanese ijuittint,' and
others threaten ug to do so was ssttled
to the satisfaction of all those concern
ed by Judge I.e Kevre yesterday.
Ju:ige La Fevre went to C'hllkoot on ;
the Hegg, in response to a reques'. by
telegraph, prepared to hear some law
suits growing out of the troubles]
there. Instead of acting as a court,
however, hi appeared in the roleo' an
arbitrator and all was settled He
returned ia the evening.
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[Original.]
Two gentleuieu sat chattiug lu u gar
den tucloseil lu one of those high
wuiis with which the antebellum peo
ple of New Orleans wore used to sur
TouuJ the rear puns of their dwelling-!,
t-'ubiau Marc-hand had Just returned
from I'aris and was veiling Ills friend. !
Edgar Brossiau, of the 1'reneh capital
?"1 saw there," he said, "a very beau
tiful woman. Mine. L'uuiout. Though ;
she was middle aged, she had more j
attention than most of the young girls.
Hut there was a special reason for i
this besides her l?eautj."
"t'ertaluly It could not have been a
discreditable reason. Mme. l'uuiout
' has lived In New Orleans, and we uev
1 rr had a more respected woman In so
| clety here."
i "What she may have been here 1
j do not know: what she Is in rails I
| do know, if she hail a good reputa
| Hon. she has lost it."
A smothered exclamation came from
an upper window of a house extending
back iuto an adjoining garden. Both
men looked up. A young man alwut
twenty years old was staring down
upon them with an expression of hor
ror. For a moment his eyes were fixed
on Mart-baud: then he disappeared
from the window.
"Great heavens!" cried Brossian.
"What Is It':" asked the other em{t?r j
ly "Who Is her
"Ernest IHtiuout."
"A reuun e :
"Her son. I .ft us co In."
"X.>; I will wait here. In addition
to tlie pain I have giveu Ultu, I will
not put liiui to the troiil'le of hunting
for me."
The uien had not long to wait. An
Intimate friend of young lliniont wn?
In the same house with him. and pres
eutly i'iIs friend came Into the garden
through a front rate and back toward
where Mar liatid ind Brossian worn
tdttlnir lli presented his card, bear
Ing the name Sidney M.-.son. and said:
"I am the bearer of a message from
Erne-t Mini '!? to" IT- looked from
the ol ? to the other.
"Mr. Man-band drew n card and
bandod it i" him. This Is Mr. Bros
sian Y 'li >vi!l represe it nie. Brossian.
will you UitV
Brossian ^sented, ftud Marc hand
withdrew. >?: -sian < hatted a Ions
while with the vouiiit man In the hope
that amet ds uilirlit !>? made. But lo
such a i i-e amends a.v Impossible. A
meeting between the two principals
was arranged i" >r tlm next morning lu
a wood above the elty on the Missis
.Vareli. ml, lis the challenged party,
had tiie I'll' !i-e of term" Fie chose pls
tol>. the two principal* to lie stationed
fiftv paios apart, then to advance, tlr
Ins at v.-i!l. At the meeting when the
word wis Kiveu to advance and fire
Marchnnd stood sil l He never raised
hia pistol. Iiumoi'i. white as a sheet,
ad valued fit-fug. li-.it sent three bullets
at bis mother's liajueer before blttlt.g
htiu. <>n being struck Mart-band fell,
dangerously wounded. Then both
parties left the Held
For a long while M arc hand hung be
tween life and death. Then he recov
ered. As soon as he was able to stand
he sent word to tiuniont that he was
able and ready to give him further sat
isfaction. 1 Million I asked If his enemy
would tight or stand up to be killed,
and ? hen Infor led that he would a< t
as before the nutter wns dropped.
go uo one Knew w hero.
Th" < ?:: use of ,'ie duel was kept ?e
crct Svmpathv went wllb Marc-hand.
nh'> was imiv. rtnlly beloved. It was
coti-idered 'hut It was a case of the
hot blooil of jontli touehing upon the
g i-id sottse. forbearance. of middle age.
? oi let v. : I it was generally believed
that the blame attached to lil.s action
was kllllti : I in It wns not that. It
was a doul>t ' it Man-hand's words
were false, a ? loiilft that when It ouee
fastened iiselt upon the son's brain he
could not shake it off.
O i" day? It was some months after
V ind's departure Tiuniont re
eive-l a note from his mother, who
\vi:s a widow, that she was In New
Orlv.'iis and willed him to come to
her I nr a time he refused, but sll:;-e
?be was <rent:y pi-ralsteut he finallv
consented to an Interview. When be
was usherad Inn the room where It's
mother received him lie was astoulsh
ed to see Maivhand with her.
"Tlie tables are turned," said Mar
--'hau l. 1 am now* your mother's de
fender. There were two Mme. Du
inonts hi Paris. I did not know that
there was but one. 1 have made every
reparation In my jxiwer."
"Is this 1 1 comfort me. or Ih It the |
truth?" lHk'-il tln? young man. trem
bliug.
'That I have perfect confldeuce In
your mother's purity 1 nst your con
sent thiit -ho shall become my wife."
The yo lag roau stood staring at the
pair. M ill- I >11111011 1 made no motion.
Presently b--:* sou staggered forward,
nud she raiifi:!t hiui in her arms.
Fabiaa Ma band as soiu as be had
recoverod fr-iiu ids wound and further
?? uUt v,io:i lia I li?i! declined had
started for I'uiis wiih a view to bunt
In? tor cvMi'iiw that Mine. Tmmont
was not o l.-td a she was painted.
II.- fy! 1 fiat the Mute. Dumont be
had reft vivd to v. s infamous, but dls
rovt'j'n! tli .1 there was another Mme.
Uuino ii in Par . a lady much esteem
'Hi Bot'i women had lived In New
0 I n?: licwe tin' mistake. Tbls
1 lady's a< '|ua:utauce he made without
revfTlin^ bluiKAlf and fell In love with
h-r r.null.v be confessed the part he
had taken. of which she unknowingly
had been the cause.
Man-band and bis ste;>3on became lu
si-p&iable. Tl'RNEK C. EOYI.E.
; Tracks In t-!ie Snow. I
t s^tv
[Copyright. 1907, by Q. t). Daniels.]
One morning in November while ml)
bit huutiug uear my father's farm 1
cauio on a mau's track* lu the suuw.
The tracks buil beeu made lu the night
am) led to aa old barn. It was plain
that the party who had made them
knew of the old baru aud bad it It
Uiind when he left the highway.
I I went luto the baru. Presently
I hear J the snore of a sleeping man.
and a minute later I found him cover
ed up In the hay. Ills face was es
posed. and 1 saw his sandy hair, and
then I knew who It was. Six mouths
previously our nearest neighbor on the
west Irnd enlisted aud gone to the front
J iu the civil war. He was not much
thought of as a man, being considered
shiftless aud without umbltlon. It
wns the large bounty that hud Induced
him to enlist. If the man had uo
standing lu the community, his wife
had. She was an energetic little wo
man, far too good for such a man, and
was universally respected. She lived
?iulte alone after his enlistment, aud
the full crop, such as It was. was gath
ered for her by the nelghltors. They
had also seen that she had it store of
wluter fuel. I uncovered the mau
without awakening him and found that
he was sure enough Pan Scott. I was
about to arouse hlui when It struck
me as a curious thing that he should
have come to the old barn Instead of
going to his own bouse. I covered
him up again and left the place aud a
quarter of an hour later wits knocking
ou his door.
"Well. John, what I* it?" astteu me
cheery little wouiau as I entered.
"How long since you have heard
from Mr. Scott?" I queued In reply,
hardly knowing how to get around to
my subject.
"Why. I showed your mother the laat
letter. That wag three weekB ago."
"I>id he say anything about coming
home?"
"Goodness, no! He couldn't get a
furlough as soon as this If I was dy
ing.' Have you heard any news? Has
there been another battle? Has Dan
l?eeu killed?"
Then 1 Mid her of my discovery. She
turned pale ami shut her lips and treni
bled a bit. Not a word did she reply
until she had got on her things to go
out. Then she said:
"Come. John. We nre going to the
baru."
Not a word was spoken between up
on the way. We fouud the husband
still asleep, and as she stood aud stir
vejed him she flushed with anger.
Then she gave him a smart kirk, and
he opened his eyes aud sat up.
"1? I've come home, Jennie." he said
"Yes?"
"I was so homesick lo see you that 1
Just had to come. I believe I should
have died If I hadu't come."
['Then you got a furlough?" she ask
ed lu a hard, metallic voice, her blue
eyes looking right through blm.
"A? a sort of a furlough- that la, a
good many of the boy* were coming
home. You see, it's got so late that
there won't be any more battles this
fall, aud there was no use hanging
around the camp. I hope you ain't mad
about It, Jennie."
"You came away without leave, did
you?"
"There were others too."
"To come away without leave makes
you a deserter. You will be hunted
down and taken back. The papers will
say you deserted. We shall be dis
graced. Not a decent i>erson for teu
miles around will speak to us."
"Oh, come, now," protested Scott as
he reached his feet and brushed away
at the hay clinging to hlui. "You see,
you don't understand. 1 was homesick,
aud it was uo use for me to stay there
when there was uo fighting to be done.
It was midnight when 1 got along here,
and so 1 didn't go to the bouse. Let's
go now. I'm hungry for breakfast.
Hello. John! Glad to see you. Come
over tonight, and I'll tell you some war
stories. Why don't you kiss me. Jennie,
aud tell me you are glad to see me?"
Mrs. Scott was a gentle little woman,
but her face grew as bard as steel. I
saw her bite ber lips until they were
stained ?ntb blood. The look she gave
the man was so full of contempt and
disgust that he fairly writhed under It.
She held him for a long minute and
then readied out and took the shotgun
away from me. I had been leaning up
agalust a beam and saying never a
word. She looked to see If the gun
was loaded and then turned to her bus
baud with:
"There Is no bouse for deserters to
go to. There Is uot a family In the
statu (tint would give one of tliem a
breakfast. i'ou cannot sit under tbe
same roof with me. Yon are going
back to tbe army."
"But, Jenule"?
"Ton are going now."
"Say, now, but you can't mean It?"
She stepped back and brought the
gun to ber shoulder, and on my life I
believe sbe would hare shot blni dead
In his tracks If he had not moved. He
must have believed so, too, for after a
few seconds be turned away and took
his trail to the highway. We both
stood and watched him, and he lie vet
looked back. Five minutes after he
was -out of sight tbe woman banded
me back the gun and quietly snkl:
"John, keep this a secret for my
sake."
"1 will," I answered. And this Is the
first time it has been told to others.
Both husband and wife are dead now.
He went back to the army and in
some way escaped the disgrace aud
punishmeut, and when he dually re
turned for good It was as a lieutenant
and with an honorable record. 1 knew
them both for yeurs after, but never
ouce was the sore subject even hinted
at. It caoae Wtd passed like a dream.
M. (jTJAD.
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