The evening world. Newspaper, September 23, 1921, Page 29

McCLUSKEY’ By CHARLES The Story of a Pitcher Who “Came Back” Copsright, 1919, by the Bell Syndicate), SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMENT. Nonpareil, falls into a slump becanse he has been. ti § PRODIGAL E. VAN LOAN ppl. ng an oppesing batter, he loses his nerve Jeates a pote to cl ivekey, the manager, and disappears, ersedeeh rts hte mn CHAPTER It. 6 ICK'S gone!” said Me- Cluskey. “Gone!” said Fitzpat- rick. “Mike, you're rary * McCluskey produced the note, At @he same time the hotel porter ar- fived with the information that at 7 o'clock the night before Keene had @sked that his trunk be taken to tho @torage room, to be left there until called for, The man who had taken the trunk was exhaustively cross-cx- ‘amined. “There was nothin’ strange about Sis manner that I seen, sit,” ran his testimony. “He's always quiet like, No, sir, he didn't say anything else Desides tellin’ me to put his trunk fn the storage room.” No one uad seen Keene leuve the hotel. The news spread like ripples on a Pond. Hefore 11 o'clock the reporters were clamoring for explanations and eearching for clues. Had there been any trouble the day before? Abso- lutely none. Ah! Was jt true that Keene had had a row with the man- ager over money? Rot! Could it be that the accident of the day before had unsettled his ming temporarily? Possible, but hardly probable. Had Keene any love affairs? Mind your own business! Ah! ‘Then tho af- fair was a mystery. The afternoon papers “played the atory” on the front pages. Some brilliant imaginations wore loosed upon the disappearance of the star pitcher, The city boiled with ex- itement, for a great baseball player fe almost as great a personage as a President and twice as popular, “What has happened to Keene was the burning question of the hour. Private detectives offered their services; the Police Department vol- unteered to look into the matter. The morning papers found the mystery interesting and gave columns of space to the affair. The theft of the Statue of Liberty could not have created a greater furore. Every player on the team was interviewed again and in, To @ man they stood firm on the statement that Keene would prob- ably return in a few days. By degrees the excitement died away, stimulated from time to time by rumors and startling theories, un- til the affair held interest only for those who followed the fortunes of baseball closely. The “bugs” found the subject food for hours of grave conversation and argument. The weeks wore away into months without any word from the missing man. McCluskey, who still carried Rick's uniforms about the circuit, in the hope that the pitcher might reap- pear, refused to discuss the matter; Fitzpatrick snarled every time it was mentioned, The Nonporeils, stung at last by the often advanced theory that they we phans without Keene, braced up and performed in their usual brilliant style, but there never was @ day that McCluskey did not sigh for the return of the absent member. “This race would be we just had Rick bac mark. “_ don’t know what this country’s said Mr, Obadiah J. Hos- kins, acriculturist. “Ten years ago a man could hire ail the hands he want- at $80 a month and vittles, Now you can't git a mun for love nor money. They all want to live in the towns and starve.” Mr. Hoskins resided five miles, Centerville, which is 1 pretty soft if would re- he coming to, ed und Ile 1 oan Mr. at medi Farm wiic ve sinew the world the the pape ite front pa bators or ne him orite and the Home, a en decorated es of incn- large rea 3 with p y Kang pl sald M Hoskins, the 3 a man coming tront gate. We don't want to subscribe to othin'! . 5 A tall ya g man walked up to eh an rt He wor poreh and Ii 1 ow a neat brown 1 n and Style strange to Centerville and en- virons. ; “~ heard you wanted to! gail the stranger. “your hearin’s geod dinh, “Haye you got the you ” sald Oba- van with “T don't x too hard to ne je the better [ll lik “you're a city chap, sked Obad it a ised In the country n I know th differen re as hat you mean. It won't ¢ me ent to try me out; if 1 don't make : won't have to a wa rs said Obadiah, “What's No work, * said the young “How's tha , Tt sounds all right,” said Obadiah cautiously. “Where'd you come Tpast’ said the young man, “What for? i” or a change. j bf m-m-m!"* "Jou Boar " inir hands CUES ee man spread a proad, brown paws palm upw earn m-not” gald Obadiah, touch- dd Obadiah 1 right, Show r of for ing the callouses with his forefinger. “Low mistook. You have worked some lately, ain't you? What's your name? a hought a moment. “All right,” said he at last. “When do you want to begin?” ew," said the stranger. In them clothes?” asked Obadiah suspiciously, “They've wll I've got with me,” said Henry W. Brown. “I left my suit case at Centerville; but I haven't aay working clothes at that, Nothing but shirts and thin, “U-m-m-m!" said Obadiah. “Tl eit mother to fix you up some of my old overalls and a shirt. There's a right good room tn the barn You Yon't mind sleepin’ there?” Not at all,” sald Brown, aq Hold on id Obadiah, sharply. te on ain't asked me how much I'll pay! I don't care,” said Brown, shortly. Then he went toward the barn, “T can't make him out," said Oba- diah to his wife, “Did you hear what he said about wages?” “Kind of loony, ma said Mrs. Hoskin charitably, “I'll hurry up and git him them things, It would be a shame to spoil that nice suit!” ‘The new hired man put in a busy afternoon, There was a great deal of work to be done, and Obadiah won- dered at the graceful ease with ‘city feller” swung through dhe, “Took right ‘most ready, s strong as an ox," admiringly, to his wife. a-holt too. Supper mothe: The hired man had been sitting on the back steps looking at the sunset. Obadiah had to call twice before he raised his head, He had expected a restless night, but twenty minutes after he blew out his candle the hired man was snori The afternoon's -rork had not been without its effect. In an in- conevivably short time Obadiah was pounding at the door, “Breakfast!” he said. The hired man sat up, rubbed his sand stared about him, opt like # log." he said to him- re was a tone of surprise in self. ‘1! his _volce. ‘That was the tirst round of the fight to a tinish, Obadiah was still wondering at the end of two weeks, Sometimes,” he said, “he acts as if possessed. I never see a man work so hard in my Ife. He wears me out finding things for him to do, 1 told hin to-day he'd better let up and take it easy. What do you think he sald? He ‘turned on me like a flash and kind of spit it out like he Was mid. "I WANT to work hard,’ he my only chanc What think of that? Yo spose } ot into trouble before he come here? “He's got something @ his mind,” said Mys. Hoskins. "I don't know’s you've hoticed how nervous he’s been he last few 1 He jumps when k to nd then he kind around as if he didn’t want Father, it wouldn't sur- ea bit if he'd been crossed in lo you C-m-m-m!" said ybadiah, mg dissent. "No, sir-e-e! at that hired man I had last fall, Ho Was In love and he wa'n't wuth a cent ything. Moonin’ around an’ moonin’ around like a sick calf! No, mother, there ain't no woman in THIS case, with Look sighed. It would have Pleased her to believe that tha hin man's pecullar actions wore deere Were due to the tender Age does not cure sentimenta Out Mussion, hired man was sittin yorwa rrway, fighting an ve Walked put into the open anu ked 1 Centerville, whero 1 burning. show ek it now ie mute “You ain't o quit. If et go no a you let go now The part of his figt Pa is fight was Upon hin, e first few nights it nad. te ser sivep, i Was duc to the out-of-door life and the hard work. ‘Then cam» ae cray the night Wo! man had ever worked hard The hired maa ching to a theo t tired body would b Ing ed inind and yest rves, In the day- could away from his butt y waited for hin under cover of aviness, A few men who have 1 that fight will Uulderstund what he suffered, Day atter day he drove his body to point where {t somed he could go furthers might atter night he lay uke, his teeth set, his eyes staring into the darkne : st itt crendered, That was something gained. For fall month the agony continued, and then gradually began to die away Phe hi AN subscribed to several Eastern papers and dur he noun hour he blessed the rural free delivery and perused the sporting pages with & great deal of interest, Obadiah, on his visits about the Sof the neighburhood model hired neighbors chewed straws 1, They advised Obadiah not to leave any mc in the house, One day “mothe who had taken to reading city papers, came upon sang the fp Th the picture of a young man in the niform of a baseball player, I de she sald, "I de- f this ain't the living image looked at the picture and siniled, “phere may be some resemblanc “though, of course, 8 gol K better nore 1 that, T hope “I don't know but what you have," sald Mrs, Hoskins. “And, anyway, this man is @ sporting character,” Her interest did not carry her as far as the fine print In the adjoining column, and that evening when she wanted to show the paper to Obadiah she found it had mysteriously dis- appeared, Don't m instalment. to-morrow's fascinating au. they CAN uphold the standard of WHY DID >OuU INVITE THOSE PEOPLE FOR THE WEEK-END ? Yeu KNow WE HAVE No MoRE ROOM Rianne so S| THERE ISN‘T SUCH ATHING AS AN IDEA WEER-END™ You Beat It! «ema MA MOTO. ranma ete es VES TETBES AL WEEK-END THEY ARE! ALL THEY ASK IS A LITTLE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OFTHE HOUSE > (LU hee « > Alter Vacation Slump + Fae | Dance Much, Dress Healthfully, Keep Cheerful, Sleep Nine Hours. By Marguerite Dean. Conyright, 1841, by the Press Publishing Co., (The New York Lyeuing World.) “ OW can I keep the heuith physical well-being which they havo H gains of my vacation? attained during the summer vacation ing into the old slough of: exhaus- “How can I avoid sink: —IF they will make the effort. “The will to be well is the first step tion, nervousness, indigestion and tOWard retaining and increasing the a stock of vigor we have brought back depression? to the city. The health problem of Girls and women all over New the New York girl is particularly York are asking themselves these difficult, and for that very reason she questions just now, when they haye returned to their Jobs inside or out. side the with browned skins, bright refreshed bodies and tranquil nerves—the result of the happy: vacation days in the moun- tains, In the country or at the shore, We all feel so well we want to keep on feeling that way. Isn't It pose sible? Can't we avoid “the after- Vacation slump"? I asked Dr. Kristine could offer some suggestions on how ty spread vacation vigor over twelve months of the year. I went to De. Mann because of all the physicians [ must make a specially determined effort to solve it. ‘Thousands of women working in this city are p: tically ‘shut-ins." They travel uni ground from a shop or an offles to a hall bedroom, and they literally never get outdoor exercise. Because of the distances and the crowded transit fa- cilities, it is hard for the indoor woman worker in New York to get into the country. Tho Palisades are the nearest spot, and she may spend an hour in a crowded conveyance in reaching them, “Nevertheless, effort, home eyes, Mann if she let her make the The chief reason why sho felt Know she probably has had the so well on her vac tion, why ahe got widest experience in analyzing the rid of her indigestion and hor nerves, health needs of different types of is because she had lots of physical women—college girls, industrial work- exercise. She MUST have it after ers, business women and bome sho returns to town, !f she is to ke women, § has examined them al! fit, Every girl and woman in New at the Health Centre, which bas just York, unless she is seriously in, opened new and spacious quarters at No, 5 Livingston Place, in the bulld- ing of the should spend at least week in a gymnasit one evening a one aft n rn ew York Infirmary for a week outdoors, and from five to ten Women and Children. Dr. Mann ts minutes every morning in exercises the head of the Health Centre, the which she can take in her room.’ only institution of tts kind in New "What exercises? ¥ asked, York, and the last word in preventiv? “Exercises prescribed for her par- miedcine, It was organized by ths National Board of the ¥. W. C. A, but {8 now under the wing @f the Woman's Foundation for Health, “This is Just the time," Dr. Mana agreed enthusiastically, “when Now York wom@n should be warned that ticular needs, as carefully as medi- cine Is prescribed,” replied Dr. Mann “When a girl, for example, comes here to the Health Centre, the physical director and I both examine her and find out her weakn Then show her how to do the particular exercises that wilj hulld up ber de- we fects of posture and development, and that will correct the indigestion or other ailments from which she suf- fers. Then she practices these exer- elses In our gymnasium for one night every week, as well as in her own m every morning. ‘She ulso has the chance to join swiinming classes, classes in aesthetic dancing, roller skating parties and to organize hikes. All these are ex- tremely valuable :ealth exercises for the woman who works incoors and often in a sedentary position. Some such exercise she must have at what- ever suctifice of time and conven- ence, “After vacation a good tline for a woman to dress healthiully, Part of her physical well-being on the beach or in the mountains was due to the fact that didn’t wear corsets, that her sh we and her es low-hecied and roomy, Why shouldn't she dress as comtortably for her work ay for her play? She can manage it, to-day, without looking conspicuous or unattractive. 1 don't think (hat women ever will go back tu the long saint and Uther unbysienie atrocitiog tig another pout the woman who wants to Well musi con. sider, it ad Lhe BLL rt of yaculiony sue ana tuie ¥ ty dncuue wrucs er city Menus; she si Bree VogeLube AL lease oy phe BnOWd give Up ger oi oud of eaung becween un St Stlodwd COMISL UL son) than the cup of coltee year aps, she Kuiped ’ 2 gong to hey place of employ urs need at least nui ning he mena ne ry tu give up dan ing for the sake of health—quite the contrary, J con lancing a really valuable exe , much more bene the Who day ata the ghr ventilated rth t nately, cheap and this w to | By Doris Copyright, 19° Tress Pubtishtng HE ILLUSTRATION of to-¢ T the others that have been runn you to be vigorous and lea muscles taut and to exercise es improve your circulation, to exercise ans, but to-day's exercise is one m: Your Weight | Right in Your Own Home to t ch portion 4 Reduce Doscher. Co. (The New Tork Eventog World.) m all of ve been urging ht, to hold your This has been to to slimulate the lesson ts quite ng int alance the different 1) the ore for relax: Five Minut At the first glance you may wonder how this exercise can benefit an Over-stout person, in the first place, too many of you hold your bodies during the day in a half relaxed posi- tion, instead of in perfect poise and well controlled. The old saying: “Work when you work and play when you play" 1s particularly true of ex- ercise, So I have urged you to do the ox- ercises with vim and enthusiasm and also to curry the physical culture idea into your work and hold yourself welt WHAT Do You ? Know + pyright, 192) hese (Dae New York Breaing World.) QUESTIONS. 1. For what god of war was Tu: day named? 2. What name ie given to the doo- by the Vrms Puivishing Co, trine that every happening determined and inevitable 3. Of what substance is fuller’s earth composed? 4. What color is porphyry? 5, What Puritan minister conducted the famous witchcraft persecution at Boston two centuries ago 6. What is the pure concentrated nce of anything called? 7. What beetle was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians? 8, Where ie Turkestan located? 9. Of what two metals is gunmetal an alloy? 10. How to equal the pre- any moons would it take rth in bulk? ANSWERS. 2, fatalistn; 3, soft clay; 5, Cotton Mather; 6, quint. 5 8 Central Asta; 9, copper and tin; 10, forty-nine. Maxims of a Modern Maid By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Conyrtent, 1 ALLING in F love 1. by th Press Publishing Co., s like measles or mumps; the young are most sub- ject to the contagion, but the hardest cases are among thelr (The New York Evening World.) Provided @ “business girl numbers among her qualifications curls, at successful career for A woman srould play waves on a bat! her ng beach dive switehing smile and a pretty figure, almost any man will foresee a particularly in his own offic with her husband's prejudices as with the under them, or float over them. If she fights, she js usually worsted and always exhausted, In these days of business depression, there are lots of things a hus- rand can't afford to a ses hasn't Ke "Phe ¢ on it to sup cannot une lvantage a quotable reason ¢ur doing what on Why so many women have insomnia: because thi stand that a po.-roast housekeeping al up one ¢ nt! his wite. But the price of compliments and a keen sense of logic Is that one can depend wants to do. ir husbands simply wance doesn't run to brollers and braised sweetbreads. Marriuce “4 lke building a house; you never get just what you wanted, you pay more than you expected, but you resent the faintest criticism from cutsiders, A woman's illusions about her husband do not outlast her trousseau, und both the tact and the finery with which she is hence- forth supplied ure often of an Inferior quality, For the autumn bridegroom, love's young dream {s resolving ttself into the nightmare of hunting an «partment “at a reasonable rental.” On the Way to Keeping Well By Dr. Frederic H. Editor Medical out, by he Press Publishing Co., Kobinson, Review of Reviews, 9 New York Foeniag World) ARE TEA AND COFFEE STIMULATING? ARE THEY HARMFUL? f th much al tin ‘ is bolied is fr ff ea and ¢ of in § y prepared and w th and par- er quantities effect upon lue weaken out eountrie w rtaking sut, ble ) strong, or t) made » the uid not of ru uently bought instead of being mere eeped, AS a re uid which is thus 1 ready for drink ing Is too acid and ta # cause of ¢ t Ther - i no drink more refreshing than a well brewed cup of ie flavor and to tast it to drink 4 cup 1 have ar to stand stove seve hours is Indeed Coftec, since It {4 a stimulant, has virtues and vices. It often re as a great help if taken un wergency, # not produce any i sults, It always is advisable to buy when you ubstitutes fal in small quantities tha comt in large quantities: should be taken tn preparinic rink, n dging this one ayouls ubsequent harnt and really enjoys a healthful potion, thm harn In tein atl during the , Instead of in a slouching manner. ‘Then when and you have finkshed exercises given for the et go all perve tenston and Tux. ‘To learn to relax is urt and T want all of to practice until you know how lo It ) pvister the controlling of the muscles, to master the relaxation of the muscles, this is the great art of physical culture, » stout woman finds it an arduous task to hold her body in proper trim all because ome! has always made her move in a more or less leisurely and comfortable mant ) today’s les son Is neaded to show her that the letting go of the iuuseular control uld come all © and not be present during her movements of the Wey The -position in the filustration t= just @ comfortable position where the weight Is taken from the feet and they are allowed to assume the op- posite position,trem the strain of the day, waich lieve the feet of the organs ts column, the } is very bs neficial to ree and | é The weight taken from the spinal ad is supported by the hands and » should be a general ing of comfort minutes in this relax position does much to re the strain of the day, partie ly for the stout woman, : weight Is an added burden, and so I repeat that when you do res t the rest be compiete In every pore ton of the body, an4 w you exer- cise let every muscle be under control, Answers to Questions. 1 am_ninetoen years of ai weigh 142 pounds a.d am “ fee 5 inches tall. What should weigh for my age and height. | think } am much too heavy and would appreciate if you would advise me what to do. M. M. W. For your age and height 131 pounds | would be sufficient weight. As you are only 10 pounds overweight, you ' can easily reduce by just watching your diet and following the general instructions in this column striving to obtain good development, 1 am twenty-five yor old, ¥ weigh 160 pounds and am § feet 2 inches tall. What should | weigh? How oan | reduce my bust, shoulders and arms. Does too much tea make you fat? AN EVENING WORLD READ~ ER. ‘ For your age and height 121 pounds jeal welght, unless you are boned, ‘Since yau are erweight I think you do not need instructions for reduction of any special portion of the figure but need the whole course. Drinking too much quids has a tendency to make you stout, especially in the bust, and if this Hquid is it is Mable to ruim your digestion as well. Would like very much to obtain a copy of the after-bath chest rub and bust reducing exercise, | am 5 feet 21-2 inches tall, twenty-two years old and wei’) 115 pounds, which | do not believe is too much in weight, but have a very full bust. As 1 only became a constant reader of your paper a couple of weeks ago, | missed the above exercises. Cc. F. Insicad of being overweight yow are ten pounds underweight, In 1 fuce your chest and bu thnk yous strive to heres ns of the body have a more even dee ae 1 t ure that you w . ance. Howe ever, f nl nd. parate ver tho exe S$ you requested, | am an interested reader of your articles and follow them as close as possible, | note that you ‘e of at assistance to some readers and shall con- sider ureat_ favor if you will roa questions see vital to me. | am 29 5 fect tall and weigh Am | overweight? now that one 8 ¢ uted equally ry - words, if there is a b: 3 w treatment is nec fy sary to develop the jower part of fe the neck w the bones are ea prominently protruding? What 4 is the measurement of a normal ankle? Is it possible to procure ali your valuadle exercises in a combined form? During my long vacation | missed several articles, fie as | was unable to have The i Evening World forwarded to me. i R. S. | Iam glad t ure following ins ar sured that If | y I x exercises, yand the head | out, ‘The measu ankle ig ataut but it varies cording tthe weight and height Just ax a ceMpral rule the width of the t \ rot wider than the shoulders. You will have to write tes the subseription depagtment for the back numbers you