Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1912 — Page 3

I Love You

By Luella Maybelle Sidney

{Copyright, IJI2, by Associated Literary Fr*Cft) ' Ellerton Fuller lay stretched out In bis easy chair. The cigar between his lips had gone out Across his knees the evening paper lay unready while he stared gloomily into the fire. That morning he had received from the firm that he was to take charge of the braneh house tn San Francisco for a year, and that he would have to start west the next week. He had been dismayed, for It meant separation from the girl to whom he had been devoted for a long time. In the evening, as soon as possible after a hurried dinner, he had called upon her, and, finding her alone, had told her of his love, and had asked her to marry him. She had refused him. When pressed for her reason she had said that although she liked him, she did not care for him enough to marry him, must like me a little, or you would never have let me see so much of you in the past year.” The anxious question in his voice hurt her. , “It is just because I like you so much, and respect you so highly, that J don't want to do you the injustice of marrying you -without loving you. Every man "las the right to be loved with the mind, body and spirit of the woman who marries him. You would be defrauded of that right.” “1 pm willing to run the risk." "You-may be now, but later on we would both feel the lack of the complete love, and you would be restless and unhappy.” ——~—. : - “If 1 were here and could have this time with you I might make you love me.” ' "That Is something beyond our knowledge.” “Will you let me write to you while I am away? That will help you to. to member me. All of your other friends will be here with you, and one of them might win you.” . _ ,- 4 • She hesitated, then said. “No. I don’t care to correspond with any man.” “Then 1 am to go away and leave you for a whole year without hearing from you?” “It would be. far better to do that than to raise false hopes.” n "Make me just one promise before I go. If you are free when I get back, may I have another chance to try and win you?” ■ • “Why—yes, you may if you still feel the same then." All the way home he was haunted by the question, “How can I teach her to love me when there, .pre to..be so many thonsasd mites between us? A year is.an eternity, and some other fellowwill win her.” “There is nothing to do," he thought hopelessly. “A man cannot force him-, self on a woman not want him, and even letters are denied to me.” The whole world was wrong; the woman be loved refused him; he must leave his friends and go among strangers for a year. Even his cigar failed to bring comfort to him. With a sigh he picked up the paper. “Well, I will keep busy, that will help a little,” he thought. He glanced listlessly oyer the pages. A short paragraph at the end of a column caught his eyes. The words "I Love You” were the title. The article said that a writer bad compiled a book telling how to say “I love you,” in every language known to man. He read it a second time. An Inspiration came to him, and he cried, '•the very thing.” The next morning when Dorothy Roberts-came down to breakfast she found a letter beside her plate. There was just one sheet of paper, and in the middle was written, “I love you.” “Faithfully yours, , ; : J “ELLERTON FULLER.” She studied it with a puzzled frown. -’What an odd thing for him to do,” ahe thought. 1 She put the letter into her desk, and tn the hurry of the day forgot it. A box of violets came late that afternoon. The card on the top read: “Mr. Ellerton Fuller.” BAtg a true woman, she was when TheVounTbislde heVplSeTte t- ■*» was: -- “tot’akne. . "Faithfully yours, "ELLERTON FULLER." "Well of all the silly creatures," she "fathe afternoon the Tlfltito cartel hl* card.. f the flowers came. • ;

you if? earn have jy and T will stop the other letters" She made no reply, and as the letters continued to come she put them away unopened. ? k-i ■ One ygjpy day cleafriha out her desk she took up the fast accumulating pile of them. Curiosity to see in what jangnage it was written made her open the .top one. She concluded it ■ A--- ' Wr-—O- A ' must oe cninese from tne characters, ity of it all. Amusement at a thing is only another form of interest for it; so she began each day to open the letters as they came. It was fun to try to trace Out what language they were in. She began haunting libraries and hunting obscure tongues, many of which baffled her completely. t - But she always knew what the words meant, even if she did not know the language, and the letters began to interest her. v ' .. - She knew that Ellerton Fuller was across the continent, and yet twice each day came a message of his love and loyalty to her. A man who could be so faithful deserved to be loved, and she began to worry because she could not Ibve him. This-led to her thinking of him more and more.. At last not an hour of the day passed something suggesting him to her thoughts, and her life seemed full of him, of his letters, and of his flowers. One morning there was no letter. She looked again and again through her mail with the same result. Thlpktog that perhaps the mald had been mistaken, she searched through all the other letters on the tabla Nothing! Perhaps it had been delayed and would come by the next post; but she was restless and broke an engagement to stay at home all the morning and listen for the postman’s whistle. When the afternoon brought neither : letter nor violets, she was filled with anxiety. She forced herself . togothrough dinner, but told her mother ..that she would not go to the opera, as she had a severe headache. “Your cheeks are unusually red, my dear,” said her mother. “You must have taken ccfld, for you are feverish. You had better take a hot lemonade and go to sleep early.”-., "I could not sleep. I will lie down and read In the library." About half past nine, the bell rang, and the-mald brought up a card. "I told him you were 111, ma’am, and might not be able to see him,” she said. , *■“’ Dorethy glanced at the card. It was familiar enough. “Mr. Ellerton Fuller.” The blood rushed over her face. “Say that I will be down at once.” She held on to the banister for support, and slowly stepped from stair to stair, for she trembled* so that she feared she would fall. "Good evening," she said, putting out a hand which'shook In spite of her efforts for self control. Ellerton Fuller took her hand in both of his and looked her oyer eager? ly, studying each feature again and again. “I have been counting the very minutes until this hour for the last s|x months. Have I won or lost In my struggle to make you love me? My love for you has grown from day" to day, until it did not as it J could wait to get across the continent. - Dorothy, tell me, do you, can you love me as I do you?" The girl did not answer nor look up, but something in her downcast face and trembling figure told him jthe truth, and as with reverent hands he lifted her face for his kiss, he said, “Thank God for the many ways of saying 'I love you.’ *

Boomerang to Kill Ducks.

An American hunter who carries boomerangs Instead of a repeating shotgun is a curiosity, but Vernon Tantllnger, a St. Joseph, Mo., nimrod, uses the Australian war weapon when he goes after ducks. -Tantllnger is an expert with the boomerang and recently bagged 12 ducks with eight, throws of his club. Tantlinger says that as the statutes do not prohibit the use of boomerangs he can hunt within the city -limits whenever he can find game. His mode of action In killing wild ducks is to throw one boomerang into a filock when it Is on the water, and when the birds rise he is ready to hurl another stick into the flock as it is bunched upon the wing.—New York World.

Improved Form of Lighting.

A new kind of light has been developed in France for use in lighthouses, where the use of electee lamps presents some disadvantages. The lamp to question has a Se’fashlon of the fibers of an Incandescent gas mantle In this way a very strong - light fa secured which moreover, has the desirable property of being very uniform to an parts of ee‘i e irui, m t'be e ° tyS twenty times as much tight as a Weisattention, rne lamp is particularly adapted for shore lighthouses, which with electric* light mains 10 ■

Find Use for Waste Product.

In Wilmington, Del., a use to being fnnnd fnr th a WRfttA nrnrlnnta of neKar luiiuu iui vuw vvtxoic pi uuulib vi Paper avv,wv ions oi residuum zrom its I Doilers on the neighooring flats, cov*

VALUABLE MEMBER OF CINCINNATI TEAM

When those Cubans—Almeida 'and Marsans —came into the National Itague a lot of people were inclined to look on the deal thht brought them as a sort of hippodrome stunt by Frank Bancroft to add interest to the Reds and bolster up battered gate receipts. Time has proven .otherwise, for both won places on real merit as ball players. Jrue, Almeida has been shunted to the minors, but it was because of indifferent disposition and not for lack of ability. He hit over .300 in the few games Clark Griffith permitted him to play last year and proved a valuable utility man. Marsans did not hit so hard, perhaps he was not as good a ball player as Almeida, but he showed more earnestness in his work and that counts. Today there is no

MISTAKE OF MANAGER DUNN

Leader of Baltimore International Team Persists In Placing Mickey Corcoran on Third Base. Jack Dunn persistently errs to not placing Mickey Corcoran at seqpnd, where he would shine. Following Bob Unglaub’s failure and his turn down of Harry Steinfeldt’s offer, Manager Dunn has again stationed Mickey at

Mickey Corcoran.

the hot corner, a position unsuitable to the nervous temperament of the speedy Buffalo boy who first gained prominence through his clever work at second base for the Bradford, Pa., club ; ■

Likes Eccentric Players.

- tlto average map to charge of a ball toy” to Cl t ar o£ ecce^ rlc to this rule, Joe Cantillon. to to questionable if there was «rgr . * team which numbered amonf its members u many individuals who, in the pO lance of the game, are caned "bugs" as are to be found on Cantillon’s MtoneOUlter but there others including Rossman, onee a star with the Tigers. Cantillon seems to delight In gathering about him this cfess of players and, in this way

Perdue Is Great Pitcher.

- , w ; _ < g. - Smt artist. - ;

Marsans, the “Ty Cobb” of Cuba.

more valued member of the Red team. His full opportunity has not come yet, because there is small change to break in when a combinationls winning, but many a good man sits on the bench. Marsans is one of the fastest men in baseball. In his own land he was called the Ty Cobb of Cuba. When a runner to needed to a Red game Marsans gets the assignments Marsans came to the States about six years , ago and played on semi-pro teams in the east. He finally landed to organized ball and the Reds got him from New Britain of the Connecticut league. He is twenty-six years old, slight of build, but active as a cat and like most of the Cubans has a wonderful throwing arm. Most catchers watch him closely.

Manager Dahlen denies that he has any immediate intention of releasing Uutileiaef .James.' George Stone* says he will retire to his farm and that he to deme with base ball for good. PitcherVicSchtitirer^wbfl.has. been a holdout on Indianapolis, has decided to think better of it. Frank Laporte’s slump to batting to said to be due to the blow lie got to the eye from a ball. Joseph A. Bessey, who caught for New York to the late 60’s, died recently to San Francisco. The United States League has an umpire named Callem, which is appropriate to say the least New York has' released Pitcher Harold Cann of Toledo and Outfielder Benny Kauff to Rochester. President Somers of the Naps denies that he has any intentions of calling in Chapmaif from Toledo. Walter Johnson, having tried out his slow ball and seen the result, will go back to speeding them over. SomA one has doped out that second base is the only position that has not developed a major league manager. Pitcher Jack Pfleister Is back in the Association in another uniform, Chicago having sold him to Milwau- . Probably the reason Cincinnati Is now playing good ball is that the players have run out of hard luck excuses. No need to worry about the Athletics. This time last year their percentage was given lower thkn it is at present, W. J. McGinnis, who was an umpire to the Mink league last season, holds an Indicator In the Ran an a league thia season. •> .. - Billy Sullivan’s shoulder, hurt to the early season in a game with the Browns, has healed and he to ready for duty. Mike Grady, former Kansas City and St Louis player, will play first base for Salina in the Kansas circuit The Reto may be a huge joke, but so were the Baltimore® in 1894—for a while the Joke sometimes is on the other fellow. d Bob Ganley may have a weak arm and all that but he recently hit a homer with the bases full for Atianta and that helped some. • < to signing with Baltimore, Harry Stetofeldt will no doubt end hl* career with Jfca same club with which he flm I Jar the rules.

STORIES DIAMOND

BEST HITTING TEAMS

Championship Pennants Won by Good, Hard Slugging. Counts More In Long Run Than Team Work, Base Running or Inside Play—Some Few Excaptions to the Rule. = Batting is what wins pennants in spite of the fact that now and then some fan or baseball expert will argue that team work or base running or Inside play is the factor that counts more than base hits in the winning of games. The claim is frequently made that the best batting team often finishes behind teams in the pennant race that are not noted for their prowess with the bat. Their argument has been good a few times, but In the majority of cases the club that leads the league in batting also wins the blue ribbon. It can’t be denied that the team that makes the most hits gets the chances to steal the most bases and otherwise takes chances that the weak batting teams cannot. There are, of course, exceptions to the role. The Athletics, winners of -the American League pennant last season, led all the other teams with a club batting average of .294 per cent. The Giants, prospective winners of the National League race, led the league with an average of .271 per cent. rr?" ~u. In 1910 the Giants batted some seven points better than Chicago, yet the Cubs won the pennant. On the other hand, the Athletics won out and led In batting also. In 1909 the batting leaders in the big leagues were Detroit and Pittsburg, both champions. In 1908 Detroit had the best batting outfit in the America and won the bunting, but New York led the Uhfcago_jrennant wlnnera aLthe bat. Detroit led both ways t 01907, but the champion Cubs were third by four points In the National League batting list. Back in I’o6 the Naps carried off the batting honors by a big margin, ,whlle the White Sox, who took off the championship, were absolutely last as hitters, the Naps finishing third. The Cubs, however, led in victories and batting-that season, only to lose the world’s series to the hitless wonders. In 1905 the Athletics, second to the Naps in batting, won the pennant and then lost the series to the Giants, who had led the National League batters. This resume shows that in the last six years four American League pennant winners have also led the league in batting, while in the National League three penhat winners have also been batting leaders, the champions twice being the runners-up in hitting.

UNITED STATES LEAGUE FAST

“Buga” Raymond and Claude Ritchey Among the Veterans That Could Not Stand the Pace. The United States League is too fast for some of the veterans—-most any league would be. Claude Ritchey has been released by the Pittsburgh club of the independent organization and “Bugs” Raymond has had the cur-

“Dugs” Raymond.

tain drawn on his efforts to pitch for Chicago. Another i>l>yer released by jbck ffrimes, lormeny ■ first baseman to the Trl-State and ntfi tor Tnlrmp laaatiaa &

The ONLOOKER

WILBUR D. NESBIT

AN UNTIE HU. STOW

"I took a trip upon a ahip,” my Uncle William said; "By some strange whim or fancy grim to travel I was led. The ship was named ApoTlyon And had a grip and trolley on, And you must learn that on the stern they, had the figurehead. "We sailed due east a mile at least and then they took my fare— A five-cent piece, my little niece, was alt I had to spare. They rung it on a register And then the captain said: ‘You stir The slightest speck from off this deck and we win not get there.* • ■ "They then sailed west and stopped to rest and then went north again, The captain ate some chocolate and growled at an the men. He said. To keep the balance ’ll Now reef the mafn-to’-gallan’-sT,’ *Tis past belief— a coral reef they hove up there and then "Ten miles or more were we from shore when suddenly we stopped. Then singing songs of rights and wrongs the rail and hull they mopped. I stood and watched them, worrying. And begged they would be hurrying, But with a thud that chilled my blood the anchor then they dropped. •The idle crew had naught to do and took to playing card*. The solemn cook perused a book astraddle of the yards. The mate, whose name was Hannibal Talked of a fearsome cannibal With whom, it seemed, or else I dreamed, he had been jolly pards. "O; such a trip on such a ship X never took before; X begged for speed; they said, indeed, they’d sail that day no more— The captain, very cynical, Was winding up the binnacle _ ; Until in deep and peaceful sleep he snored a dulcet snore. “T dared not cough, I crept right off and walked ten miles to land; I can’t forget X got right wet until I reached the strand; < • ; I tried to be amphibious And sprained both of my tfblas. And that is why, ’twixt you and X, hard work I cannot stand."

A Polite Expression.

"I wish you would build me a swine cravat," said the delicately nurtured young man who had become a gentleman farmer. ' The country carpenter puzzled over the order for a whole day, aid at last sought the gentle child of fortune and confessed his ignorance. "Why, dear me,” said the gentle youth, "I do not like to use the vulgar expression, but ls I must I miffiL What I require built Is a pigstye ”

A Jewel.

Mr. Gooph—l tell you, Blithersbyto wife is a jewel Mr. Woopb—ls that so? Mr. Gooph—l should say so. Why, he went fishing yesterday and eame home with an empty jug, a can of salmon and two salt mackerel, and she complimented him on his luck.

The Literary Malden.

“You must have discerned my love,” sighed Harold Spooneigh to Beatrice Ritem, “for my face is as an open page to you.” j “Huh,” sweetly replied the fair young girl, "as far as I am concerned your face is a rejected manuscript” ■ ■

Sage Advica

First Prisoner—Now, cully, wh®a you goes before de judge, tell him your name is Shamrock | you & ttmo allowancer * A

What It Means.

that deep crease to the new h< Mr 7 SioiSt ß, W^ B Ss the Panama canal. ’

A Possible Explanation.

Ci fa a chip off the om* woca- . r. Woopb-Maybe that to why he