~ Mystery in a Box Copyright, 1910, by As Roger Wayne passed along the Rotel corridor on his way down to of 20 stepped into the corridor Rnd advanced straight side, holding out box, six inches square and two inches h. “WII you do me a great favor?” @ asked In a clear, musical volce. lease throw this into the bay to to Roger's ‘Will you do it—for me?” There was a slight pause before the Est two words. Roger took the box, staring blankly at the girl. She was well dressed, petite, with frank gray ayes and mases of dead-black hair. “But I do not understand.” “Do you need to understand? sme that you will do what I ask.” “Ot course I will do it, and—" “Thank you! Thank you!” She turned and re-entered the room from which she had emerged. Roger thrust the box into pocket and went slowly down stairs, ‘He had arrived at Pine Bay, B summe fakes, but two hours before. Tell his Thus far Re knew. the girl's strange errand? He bad hardly finished his dinner ‘when she entered the dining With her was a pretty blonde maiden of about her own age, chaperon and a genial, man whom Roger was positive bad seen before From thé greeting that the girls received it was evident that they were well known and social favorites. When Roger had finished eating left the house and sauntered leisurel: down to the shore. A wharf ran far he place for the steamers that touched at the tiny village. The young man full of beach. that covered walked along the dock flat stones As he “Please Throw This into the Bay To night.” be threw one stone after another into the water. At last he drew the box from his pocket, and after a search- ing glance at It, sent It fiying after the stones, “It Is tin, painted black, and there is something in it that rattles” he said to himself. “1 feel like the vil fin in a melodrama. Now [ am go fog to make It the occupation of my ¥yacation to form the acquaintance of Re girl Who was so anxious to dis pose of this box.” . Fate favored him. As he ascended the steps leading to the hotel ve da, where a large party was gath- d watching the sunset flush the dky and water with crimson, he heard his name called. The apeaker was bby Green, and by his side stood @ msterious girl “Glad to see you, old fellow,” Bob by cried heartily. “Ladies and gentle men, | want you all to be good to khis lad. He Is Roger Wayne, the magazine writer whose work you all know. TLen Bobby proceeded to individual fntroductions. The girl of the box was Audrey Fuller, and the blonde sas her cousin Mildred. When Roger hedrd the name he understood why thelr male companion at dinner had fooked so familiar. | The man was mas Fuller, the wealthy mine owner, and the girls were his daugh- joer and niece. The group on the veranda chatted wway merrily until the sunset's after. had faded from the sky and a «00! breeze swept in from the bay. As they adjourned to the parlor, Roger fell into step with Audrey Fuller, “Did rou see, Miss Fuller, that | obeyed your command?" “Eh? What do you mean? Oh, you gpefer to your accepting the invitation to go sailing with us in the morn ing. You will never regret it, for the y is beautiful. It was evident that she had no in. gention of gratifying hie curiosity. Literary Press | Roger | be compressed his hips: ae would patient but persistent. The next morning be managed to | Fullers. to A small tin box containing of Mrs. Darrow, a Chicago woman. Already a detective the hotel, and the landlord hoped that { the guests would patiently submit to any questioning that seemed | sary, as the detection of the { would be a protection to them all “Oh, papa! Let's go home!” Audrey | cried i i | | she was “Now, Mr. Fuller laughed. don’t be frightened, puss. i Mildren should leave your jewelry In | the safe. Why, Audrey, how white you are! You are not really fright- ened?” She tried to smile, but It was easy to see that she was nervous Her breakfast was untouched, while the discussion of the robbery went on around her A reward was offered of the For for the ap- { prehension not found. geveral days an of- his presence, his errand, the gh to drive At strove or even Wis €nou or irv.n Audrey's avoided Roger tg » her feel that r friend, gradually she came to trust him. * affair the cheeks first He ie was he of the box w thor Len, as never but the A5 only strengthened Roger's de mination to solve nen. d between pass: time the mystery “She is the victim of some one's rdoing,” was + decision “It iI8 nol curiosity alone that prompts fear rom her eyes." | tne { will set her | that so often looks At Audrey recovered her usual {gay spirits. The ry Ray. | The throng of young people picknick- danced, safled the bay, ex { plored the pine woods and sped the | summer hours with joy and laugh. {ter | ihe hotel guests were at lunch one { dull, rainy day when a telegram was { brought in for Roger. An exclama- { tion of dismay broke from his lips as | he read it Bobby looked across the t genuine concern on humored ¥ fy the ree [rom the ¢ i f i iast | ho ei was ye { eq, over ALie, his good. face, Not bad news, old man? “Only that | am summoned ily on a matter of business. on the evening train.” “You will return, will you not | dr d Fuller asked, carelessly | “Not for a fortnight, at least, and i by that time the season at Pine Bay | will be over.” to the I must TMi i There were many expressions of re i gret. Lunch over, Roger went up to | his room. He bad begun his packing | when, glancing from the window, he | saw Audrey pacing back and forth on the wharf, cumindful of the rain. He hastened out to join her. She did not i see him until he called softly | “Audre;!” A cry broke from ker face she lifted to him was with raindrops, but with lips wet, not tears, | arm. “Little girl, 1 love you." “But the box! tween us,” in her volce, “1 threw it into the bay. existed.” “But, Roger! that I am not a thief? Mre, Darrow's jewels?" . “You are the woman | love, you. Never mention the I do not care what It contained, why you wished to get rid of i" laughing gleefully. “If you feel that way, I can tou, but it was so dreadfully rived and recognized you as mous author. We talked of your storfes. There Is always a mystery in them, and we wondered how you thought them out Mildred dared me to give you the box.” “What was there In 1t? “Pennies and thumb tacks. We thought we would give you a mystery at first hand. Then, next morning, there was that robbery, and 1 thought -{) Roger! If some one should be loolkng out of the hotel windows!” Might Call Later, Chosta and weird apparitions were said to appear in the empty house, and they were not an inducement to possible tenants, so the agent had it elaborately done up and decorated, and by way of a tempting bait he had some expensive gas fittings put up in all the rooms, The next week he heard that some bold man had been after the house, His heart leaped with hope and ex. pectation, and be rushed off in frantie excitement to the housekeeper of the haunted mansion. “This is splendid!” he gasped “Someone has taken the house, hasn't he?” “1 don't know, sir, I'm sure. Per. haps he'll come back for the house. He's taken all the gas fittings.” > Johnny work of Minne game Maroons, In met to I'v eulogize the sotan in particular in between the Gophers and which the would be only an injus for the ment is so thoroughly ar crganized that it ) and defense The 1.400 Hghter Ma into shreds or s) any the recent latter team the oth tice ers, eleven dopart powerfully is equally irresistible on offense i pound line ripped the the roon battle front and resisted as a stone wall when at tacked by the futile The back field, led by Maroon offense the agile and PANN NSA ZBYSZKO HAS “COME BACK” Secure Another Bout With Gotch—Shows Improvement. Stanislaus Zbyszko, champion wres ler of Poland, has returned to Amer ca. Zbyszko's object is to secure an championship of the world says be has retired, but with Hacken schmidt and Zbyszko after come back . Zbyszko thinks tricked him into defeat and he is of the opinion he can stand off the world's champion now, especially since the disparity in age is greater than formerly. Zbyszko says QGotch promised him another chance after his defeat last winter Goteh Stanislaus Zbyszko. jean wrestlers home with him and has been in constant training ever since. He has shown great improvement, his friends say, and is confident he will be able to send Gotch into permanent re tirement. Although this has a strange: ly familiar sound, it must be admitted Gotch is growing old and Zbyszko Is still young for & wrestler. Zbyszko has forwarded $1,000 to his manager, Jack Herman of Buffalo, who has posted that amount to bind the match. HOOSIERS MAY GO TO COAST indiana Team Likely to Play Wash. ington on Christmas Day-—Good Game Is Expected. Washington University will give In- diana University a football game here on Christmas day, is the belief ex. pressed by the management of the athietics if only Coach Gilmore Doble can be persuaded that his men will not be stale by that time, Doble has always been reluctant to allow Liz men to play as late as Christman day, despite previous re quests; bot when the Indiana author! ties sent thelr request to Seattle the other day it was practically decided that the game would be arranged. Doble's team for two years has been chamyplon of the Pacific coast \/ py Crack Quarterback present one was determuined, and the end runs of Mc« and Johnston and of Stevens and Rosenwald sel alled to gain ground » * * ¥ a wr McGovern was every the cross bucks om 0 He t d size, foole int and oad at top notch 3 The who earned a place year's All-American, was the rror throughout. and not achievements was some of Chicago's pet defensive formations where off run after run of got Maroons at every po Gother Ones or LORE eg ¥, 3 wy A $ te got away for 60 yards bril on last ¢ the of his his headwork in solving least a a Nt a dd sl dd PP NPP NP NPN gt JPORTING JACTS | AND «A NCIFS x ) London bas two municipal golf Brighton and Nottingham Edinburgh, ten, and Glas If the University of Chicago base fans what will Jimmy McAleer's All Major Delmar (2:00%) are (1:09%) and George earning at Ardmar farm, the home of Bingen Jockey Henry Horner, who rode 3% burg and Moscow, Russia, bas return ed to America. He will ride In the Cear's domains next summer for a gigner, has accepted a contract to build a racing schooner, capable of defeating the Americanbuilt yaw! Westward, which won at Kiel and Cowen. The prospective owner's name would not be divulged by Fife. Pitcher Cole has been signed up for three years at an increased salary The fact should Inspire the youth of the land to emulation. But while it is true that every American boy cannot become a great baseball pitcher some may fall just short of the mark and be presidents. Chicago Dally News. “Doc” White's baseball quartet of Sheckard, Hofman, Joss and himself will not be on the vaudeville stage this winter. Wives of the players thought they ought to hear their hus bands singing around home part of the year and the argument won. White says Sheckard was too bashful, and gives that as the real reason, MADE INSANE BY ATHLETICS A College Boy of Noted Ancestry Suf. fers Through Ambition to Be come Famous as Athlete, Samuel! J. Randall Lancaster, son of Charles C. Lancaster, a prominent Inwyer who practises in the supreme court at Washington, Is suffering from dementia in the Hood Wright hos pital, New York. He is a member of the Pennsylvania university football team. Associates say he was made insane by athletics. . It was Lancaster's ambition to be. come a great runner, to lower run. ning records, and do many other things that would win him fame. An entry in his diary read: “Get In good condition on track team so that you can win a medal Hon.” The young man 8s a grandson of the famous Samuel J. Randail i i “Chick” Fraser, Veteran Pitcher, Tells of Early Career—Took Great Care of Arm. BY “CHICK” FRABER. Y Joseph BB long ago Bowles.) It has that 1 been go I never shall forget how 1 got my start, [ had not the least {dea of pitching ped out a career for inyselfl as an ex. pert accountant At that time there existed in Chi CREO an organization called the Boys’ league, 1 was small and not strong, but I wanted to be a pitcher. The big ger boys didn't want me to play on the team even. 1 saw I hadn't a chance against them in stre ngth, so mined to beat them some way and I I went to the worked and saw Then 1 went with my crowd of boys and tried out all One day 1 the Ogdens in how he did it Boys’ League pitch i and to told him 1 could cided was I must be as good as I said I and I won but imitating the ized then that there were two things first to take good care of my arm, and studying the second to keep on game I do not want to place myself in the position Leising young players who ar Seems to me seen tried and seen sent falled merely thought they knew it they got into the big leas ies, and stop- progressing just at the time they ght to have been working hardest that half of those back as fail. they ures ~~ 4 ures, because arg more i jumped from the Dove Lague into company and soon 3 known as called I studied and filling to learn i show ang bd ey I wor They Inns was ked as never neglected wily 1 used leght and light two, 1 pitched In the arm colds When 1 hard before a game 1 al Ways changed to dry warm flannels be fore sitting on the bench and in that avolded cat en made a hard one, ls and guarded shoulder 1 warmed up avid roves ang iron ¥ Way the arm stiff Ip on me Having the I worked harde my arm finally I studied out and used that start successfully r than ever and began to weaken a bit & new system of slants I adopted everything Charies (“Chick™) Fraser. new that came into the game and ap plied It to my style of pitching. 1 think this constant study of the game, and constant care of the arm added many years to my active service. ATTACK RACING IN MARYLAND Baltimore Presbyterian Synod De. mands Legislation Prohibiting Bookmaking at Tracks. Legislation prohibiting bookmaking at race tracks in Maryland is domand ed In a resolution adopted unani mously by the Baltimore Presbyterian synod at {ts annual meeting the other day. The synod is made up of clergy. men of that denomination In Mary. Iand and the District of Columbia. The legislature is also called upon to enact & law making illegal the pub lication of betting odds In advance of the races by the newspapers of the state, No legislative action can be had, however, for more than a year, as the Maryland general assembly does not meet until January, 1912, Trainer Welch la Stricken. Thomas Welch, one of the best known trainers of race horses in this country, ie seriously {ll of locomotor ataxia at his bome In Gravesend. Welch was apparently in good health when he saddled the Whitney filly Dashti for the Matron stakes a few days ago at Baltimore, ATTORNEYS, D. PF. 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