wins riRsr
Hillery's Team Defeats
Godiug's at Hrtskft Bill
The first game of basket ball pla.ved
at the White Puss Club last night In a
victory for Willard Hillery's team by a
score of 12 to 5. The game was played
under disadvantages, as no good ball
could be foucd, and the decorations put
up for the m^stjuerade bail, which had
not been removed entirely, prevented
high passes. The play was fast con
sidering thit it was the first game
played for several years by some of >the
playera. That there is material for a
good basket o all team wa? shown plain
ly, but the need of practice was also
made evident. Team work was con
spicuous by its absence, and there was i
some unnecessary roughness. In |
throwing goal every man on the floor
showed himself to be badly out of ^
practice.
Hillery's team took the le?d at the
start, and held it to the end. Fred I
Tanner proved most accurate at hitting
the basket, getting the three goals ?
two in the first half and one in the |
seeoQc.'. 3awxhu'st made the only
field goals for Coding's team but in j
doing so he was ably assisted by his '
team mates. In fact, about the only i
team work apown was displayed by j
Sparks, Goding at,d Bawxhurst, work
ing the ball from one end of the field
to the other by short I
passes.
The following is ihe line up and
summary:
Hillery's team Goding's team
Tanner, Right Forward Sparks!
Rapuzzi Left Forward Hawxhurst
Phelps Cnier Goding
H'llery Right Guard Tabler
Trlford LefiGutrd Baker
Fie d goals? Hawxhurst 2, Hillliry 1,
Tannei 3. 1 elford 2
Free goals? Sparks 1.
Time of halves ? 0 m nut. s
Refree? F. J. Weber Ed Barry.
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I HIS LORDSHIP j
[Copyright, ISO*;, by Homer Sprague.]
Heurl Fletcher's ambition was to be
an English swell. As he was saunter
ing across St. James' park one day,
head up, glass iu his eye and his cane
held at the proper angle, some one ran
against him anil cried out:
"Dear, dear me. but what a fortu
nate meeting: Why, my dear fellow,
I was just on my way to your club to
huut you up."
The speaker was a young man like
Mr. Fletcher. He was got up after
the same pattern.
"Now, my lord, old boy, those curios
have arrived from Egypt, und my man
is unpacking them. I want you to see
the collection and give me your opln~|
Ion. Rather have It than any other
mau's iu England, ye kuaw."
Mr. Fletcher saw that the stranger |
had made a mistake, but he blushed j
with pleasure. He had not only been j
mistaken for an Englishman, but for a
lord. Instead of explaining the situa
tion he let the other go on with:
"And you'll give me an hour of your
time and an opinion on my collection?
If you dou't fancy it, I'll sell the whole
business at auction. Only a step, ye
knaw, but here's a cab." .
"I think I should explain to you"?
began Mr. Fletcher as the other seized
his arm. But before he could go fur
ther h'- was at the door of the cab.
The ride lasted only ten minutes,
and during that time the strauger did
all the talking and flew from one sub
ject to another so rapidly that Mr.
Fletcher had no show to explain
things. The cab rattled up to a fine
mansion, which might have been the
town house of a duke, and arm In arm
the two ascended the steps. An ob
sequious servant admitted them, they
passed upstairs, and two minutes later
Mr. Fletcher found himself menaced
by a pistol Iu the hands of the second
man. while the first was saying:
"Be gentle with him. Billy. He's far
from his home and mamma, you kno^."
He was ordered to sit down, awl he
sat. His ankles were tied to the chair,
so that he couldn't get up again In a
hurry. A gag was laid on the table at
his elbow. A bottle of wtue ajid a
glass were also placed there. Then the
man with the pistol, who seemed sorry
that there was no occasion to shoot
anybody, withdrew, and the other sat
down and observed:
"My lord, you may call me Jones."
"I'm hanged if_ I do!" shouted Mr. I
Fletcher, who was beginning to wake |
up at last.
"Then call me Brown. It's all the |
same, you know. Now. my lord"?
"I am not a lord!"
"There now. Mr. Fletcher. I want to j
have a few minutes' conversation with
you. Owing to certain stock invest
ments that were ill advised I am at
this moment i ? ant of what we Amer
icans call the .. -dful. I shall be com
pelled to ask volt for the loan of at
least STi.OoO. If you cut up nasty tha |
figures will l?e doubled. '
"Then you brought me here in broad |
daylight to rob me!"
"As you sw. So game could be
safer. Tartly furnished house ti^, rent, j
and after laying my plans I took It
and paid one-quarter In advance. I
said laying my plans. It did not re
quire any great astuteness. I knew |
your weak point. yon see? have heard j
it discussed iu New York many a time."
-What d<> you mean l>y my weak
point':" ask-d Mr. Fletcher.
? Wanting to taken for an It.
When 1 called yon my lord back there
u the park yon" just glowed from head j
:o heel. I've l>een following you around ,
or a wcvk.aud the plans you have taken j
.1 make an Englishman and a suob out
>f yourself have l>eeu highly amusing, j
You have convinced several hotel wait- .
?rs that yon are a ln>ru ass."
"Vim contemptible scoundrel! I'll
make this outrage cost you your liberty
for the next twenty years'" exclaimed
Mr. Fletcher as he tried to rise up and
fell back. A man may be an ass and
yet not a coward.
"Gently, my ? l.jr<l." replied Jones
Brown "You may have the sense to
<oe that you, are helpless. If you
should make a nuisance of yourself
my man i. tight .take It personally. Aa
I was saying"?
"I'll never give up a cent:"
"As 1 was saying, my lord. I have
[iressing n.-cd of Sltt.iKXl. The figures
have doubled, you see. As I knew
you wouldn't have that sum In your
pocket 1 had my man enter your room
it the hotel and get your check book.
Here it is. Will you kiudly fill out a
?heck for tlie amount named'.'"
"No! Von may murder me first:"
"A check for my lord.
Henry, you niiy come in wlth^your
pistol. My lord is Inclined to be a
nuisance. 1 will give him five minutes
to fill out this check. If he still re
mains obdurate you may tie^ln firing
at his fingers. Take them oue by one.
Help yourself to the wine, my lord."
Mr. Fletcher must be credited with
waiting four minutes before he began
filling out the check, and he was some
what defiant and sarcastic in his re
marks as he appended his signature.
Mr. Jones-Brown gave him some fa
therly advice, disappeared with the
check, and after keping guard over
him for a couple of hours the man with
the gun stepped into the next room
and forgot to return. Mr. Fletcher un
tied the hard knots and released him
self and left the house. He did not go
to the police, and he didn't ask report
ers to Interview him, and consequently
when the story finally leaked out at
borne his friends could say of him:
"Isn't it queer? Henri had another
ubrinee to make an ass of himself and
didn't take advantage of it!"
M. QUAU
i
I A MATRIMONIAL
BLUNDER
[Original.] ?
A girl stood peeping through an open
ing made by u door standing slightly
ajar. She soliloquized thus:
"Not very good looking Nose very
bad. Hair flue and glossy, but there's
not enough of It. A little too tall and
slender."
It was in the old city of Genoa,
where many of the marriages are
brought about by brokers. They keep
a list of marriageable girls and their
good points, such as accomplishments,
beauty, fortunes, etc. The brokers ar
range the marriage for the would be
groom with the girl's parents, and the
couple are Introduced afterward. Either
party may recede after the Introduc
tion, but if the man wishes to do so he
?must puy the brokerage and expenses.
?Such au arrangement had been made
for the u^joii >f VlttiH'l Couci and Lu
cia Arm oi lea, and the young lady, hav
ing made tip her mind what course to
pursue, opened the door aud stepped
into the apartment where the gentle
man awaited her. Ten minutes later
he loft the house, and Signorina Armo
deo Joined her mother in the library.
"I think," said the daughter indeeis- |
ively. "that 1 shall decliue to fulfill the
contract. He is either very wise or
very stupid, for he opened his eyes
upon me? they are his only redeeming
feature ? but scarcely opened his
mouth."
The front door creaked and her fa
ther entered.
"It's all off." he said.
"What do you mean?" asked the
daughter, starting.
"I met Signor Couci on the doorstep.
He declines to complete the contract,
ne chose rather to pay all expenses.
However, sluoe you are only seventeen, |
there Is yet time."
"Indeed there is," replied the daugh
ter under her breath and with a dan
gerous glitter in her eye.
One evening soon after this episode j
Vittori aud Lucia met at a ball.
"Good evening, signor," she said. "I
am glad to meet you again. Becauso J
we do not marry there is no reason why
we may not be friends." and, slipping
her hand within his arm, she walked
away with him. The orchestra was
playlug one of Straus' delightful
waltzes, and what could the young
man do but propose that they should
dance? Then, when they had finished,
the girl pr->i>nsed that they should sit
awhile in a recess and chat. He seem
ed embarrassed at first, but his com
panion put him at his ease. Indeed, be
fore they parted he felt bold enough to
apologize for having refused to marry
her. but his courage forsook him and
he stammered incoherently.
"Don't speak of that," she said. "It
was presumptuous in me even to think
of such a thing. You are so much
brighter than I, so proiniueut socially;
a marriage between us was not to be
considered. Besides, there is too great
a difference in our ages."
"I am thirty," he remarked, some
what chopfalleu.
"And I am only seventeen. Thirteen
years Is a great difference. 1 respect
elderly meu. but a chit like myself
should not aspire to marry one of
them."
Vittori went home feeling very un
comfortable. Lucia iu her ball dress
had appeared far more to advantage
than in home costume. He regretted
his decision. But what troubled him
most was to have been informed that'
he was passing into an age which
youug girls consider old.
One day Vittori met the broker who
hail made the contract for him. The
man chided him for withdrawing. Vit
tori admitted that he had made a mis
take.
"I'll fix up a new contract," said the
broker.
"I'll pay you auother commission."
"Done."
A few days later tbe broker notified
Vlttorl that a new contract bad been
made with Siguor Armodeo for bis
daughter's band. Vittori was much
pleased. lie did not know how Lucia
felt iu the matter, but Italian girls
were used to obeying their fathers.
There would be no trouble.
One day the broker informed Vit
tori that all had been arranged and
he might call upon Lucia as soon as he*
liked. He found Lucia arrayed in
her most dainty visiting costume, with
hat aud gloves.
"I am pleased to see you, Signor
Concl, but I fear there has been a mis
take. My father has informed me that
he had made a new contract for us.
This he has done without my consent.
Yesterday I was eighteen and of age,
coming into my fortune. I am sorry
if you are disappointed. As I have
told you, your gray hairs stand be
tween us."
"My gray hairs!" said the astonish
ed Vittori. "I was not aware that I
had onel"
"You must not be put to expense in
j this matter. Here is my check for the
commission. Good evening. I am sor
ry that you have been put to unneces
sary trouble. You most excuse me. I
am going out." ?
The suitor tottered to the door and
out into the air, which he sadly needed,
though it did not revive him. For a
week he was on the verge of suicide,
then settled down to a miserable ex
istence. Tbe next time he met Ludn
she freated him so cordially? almost
affectionately? that he plunged into
furnace of hope, but on a second meet
ing he was transferred to an icy pool
of despair. After keeping him swing,
lug between the two extremes for tev
eral years she cut him dead one day
on the street.
A man who has refused a woman
bad better afterward keep out of bar
way. MARK ANDERSON.
'? *
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New Year
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your <'es
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