To be hurled to the tracks from that hei

e madman's threat they stopped instantly. The man above saw that his words had

en Joe took command of the situation. His baseball exper

an. "You can keep the baby if you want to. We

tle uncertainly, then slowly lowered the

sensible people here. These lunatics down here were making su

. The whole world is mad except for you and me. And I'm not so sure of you, either,"

giving quick directions in a lo

n. "You, Tom," he went on to Tom Davis, "go quietly out on the tracks. Then if he do

dows and Joe once more sought to

the lunatic had said. "Just watch the signs I give you, and if you c

above saw something interesting

umber of mysterious passes in the air, at th

d his left arm and went through the

dman capered about in childis

nd he went through a similar lot

had to change the baby from his right arm to

ed both arms at once and made them revolve. "If you c

revolutions, but found himself encumbered by the baby. H

down," said Joe, carelessly. "You can't

suspicion in his eyes, but Joe was so apparentl

e critical moment approached that would test the succe

ard that afternoon. The snow was very wet and the snowballs that had been formed from it had almost

me three or four hard snowballs about as big as a ba

rantically, and soon stood alongsid

Just reach out when the time come

brought it about that the baby was out of the ma

air, was about to pick up the baby. "Now, there's just this one thing more and if y

ve his body slowly so as to present his back to the man abo

that?" he as

esponded the other e

until he stood with

latter's o

muttered t

almost as solid as a stone. Joe's fingers

before some batsman in a critical period of the game and tried to strike him out. But this

madman's head and sent the icy snowba

BALL WHIZZING AS THO

ck the stranger just at the base of the skull a

. The next minute Joe had swarmed up the lumber pile with

e he could recover consciousness. A doctor who was in the crowd examined him and found that he was sufferi

clapped him on the back, tried to grasp his hand, and in genera

with Matson?" sho

ight!" yell

all r

back the shout in u

eling himself getting pink to the tips of his ears. "The

kened his steps in his eagerness to be rid of his burden. It was all very well to rescue babies, but he felt awk

so that the infant had not suffered from cold. Its lungs anyway were in good condition, as Joe was willin

g her with a brave show of confidence that her baby would soon be restored. She gave a scream of delight when Joe appeared wi

his own mind, but Bilkins himself and the crowd of neighbors would stand for nothing

like a school girl at the praises showered upon

but the clever work before that that enabled you to get the baby out of the man's arms and get the man himself with his back

y to wend his way home. The dusk was falling now and the air was biting cold, but h

ddenly confronted him an