clothes?” he demanded savagely. then, and how to take care of bls
"Are you going to race like that? driver, he noted. Nevertheless, he
Fanners and Merchants
Jump, you useless cowards there— meant to take that fence side.
Write us for onr cash offer on your
can’t you pass him bis things? Tele
And he did. As the other drivers
Farm and Dairy Produce. If we
phone the stand that I'm coming, some shut off power to take the dangerous
don’t handle it will refer you to re
one."
bend more slowly, Stanton shot for
liable
buyer. pears ON-PAGE CO.
There was a wild scurry of prepara ward at unchanged speed, cut in ahead
Portland, Oregon.
tion, the telephone bell jingled madly and swept first around the turn, tak
"Jes Floyd is one of our new factory ing the inside curve. The spectators
men,” hurried Mr. Green, in breathless rose with a universal cry of consterna
E. BURTON — Asaayer and Chemist,
explanation, as Stanton took his seat. tion; the Mercury swerved, almost ■ HOWARD
■ Leadville, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold,
"He's a gas-engine wonder—he knows facing the infield fence, skidding ap Silver. Lead, $1. Gold, Silver. 75c; Gold. 50c: Zino
Copper, $1. Mailing envelope* a id full price list
them like a clock—be tuned up this pallingly and lurching drunkenly on or
tent on application. Control and Empire work so
car you've got, this morning—”
two wheels, then righted itself under
The klaxon brayed again. A trim ap the steering-wheel In the master’s
parition in racing costume darted bands, and rushed on, leading by a M ___ t-
. Second-Hand Machin-
from the tent to swing into the nar hundred feet.
Cx exchanged: engines,
row seat beside the driver, and Stan
The people cheered frantically, the boiler«, sawmills, etc. The J. E. Martin Co., 76 1st
ton’s car leaped for the paddock exit band crashed into raucous music. SL, Portland. Send for Stock List and prices.
with a roar answered by the deafen Stanton's mechanician got up to lean
ing roar of welcome from the specta
MEN AND WOMEN WANTED to pre-
over the back of the flying car and YOUNG
pare for positions as telegraph operators for
tors.
near-by railroads and City telegraph companies;
feel the rear casings.
“Seven minutes," snapped the start
guaranteed positions $€5.00 to $90.00 monthly,
“You’re tryln’ to tires,” he Imparted,
8
hours work, fíne advancements, easy to learn,
er, as the Mercury wheeled in line.
particulars free. Pacific Telegraph & Railway
his accents close to the driver’s ear.
Stanton shrugged his shoulders with
Institute,
Washington Building, Seattle, Wash.
That was the first time that Stanton
supreme indifference, perfectly aware
noticed that Floyd lisped and blurred
of his security, since the start had
his final "g” in moments of excite
Arnold’s Asthma and
not been made. But his mechanician
ment It might have sounded effemi
leaned forward with a little gurgle of
Catarrh
Remedy.
nate, if the voice had not been with
irresistible, sunsbot laughter.
Guaranteed to cure Catarrh. Aathma.
out a tremor. As it was—
Bronchitis. Hay Fever and Rose Colds,
"Don’t worry,” he besought. "Really,
money refunded. Inclose $1.25 for
At the end of the first hour, the or
Asthma Remedy, or 50c in stamps for
we’ll get in seven minutes ahead."
bulletin boards showed the Mercury Catarrh of the Head and Stomach. Ask
His mocking young voice carried
for address of people cured in Portland.
five laps ahead of its nearest rival Tacoma or Seattle.
above the terrific din of the eleven
And then Floyd spoke again to his Arnold’s Aathma Cure Co.. 333-4 Arcade bWt-. Seattle, Wa
huge machines, and Stanton turned driver.
upon him, amazed and irritated at the
"What?” Stanton questioned, above
audacity. The starter also stared,
the noise of the motor.
just as a flashlight flared up and
"We’ve got to run in; I’m afraid of
Use Blanchard’s Eczema Lotion.
showed fully the young gray eyes
the rear inside shoe. It won’t stand
Sold by Druggists.
dancing behind the goggles, the red
another skid like the last.”
FREE diagnosis, instruction and advice by C.
young mouth smiling below the mask,
E. Blanchard at 231 Sth St.. Portland. Or. He will
Stanton’s mouth shut in a bard also
state how the disease will act and disappear
the shining young curls which the line.
under the use of this lotion. Call from 1 to 7 p.
cap failed to cover. He stared, then
“I will not,” he stated. “Get back m. or write for symptom blank.
slowly relaxed into a smile, and went
in your place. Itou can't tell.”
forward.
Remembrances of the Pigtail.
“I can."
“The talking done while I’m up. is
Waist long pigtails were the fash
Stanton deigned no reply, sliding
done by me," stated Stanton forcibly.
past one of the slower cars on the ionable wear In England about 1740,
“Remember."
back stretch, io go in meant to lose and before that the bag wig had been
"Don’t you ever need
rest?’’ the whole time
gained. As they took adorned with a pigtail looped up in a
queried Floyd.
the back turn, Floyd again leaned black silk bag. As late as 1858 an
Stanton opened his lips, and closed over.
old gentleman was seen in Loudon
them again without speaking.
His
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
with his gray hair tied behind in n
trained glance went to sweep his op
short cue, and even today one can
ponents, gaging their relative posi-
find a relic of the pigtail, for the three
DESERVED
TO
MAKE
A
SALE
tions, their probable order on the first
pieces of black velvet on the dress
turn, and his own best move, The
tunics of officers in the Royal Welsh
Book
Agent
at
Least
Showed
That
He
successive flashlights on either side
Fuslleers are the remains of the rib
Had the Valuable Quality of
were blinding, the atmosphere was
bon with which ♦’-o cho was tied.
Perseverance.
suffocating with the exhaust gasolene
and acetylene fumes. It was as fa
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
The book agent who walked Into Byrup
the best remedy to use for their children
miliar to him as the odor of sawdust
luring
t*-.e teething period.
Peter
Steffen's
office
looked
like
an
to the circus dweller, as the strong
salt wind to a habitant of the coast; ingenious fellow, but Steffens, glaao-
Always Some bnred of Good.
the unusual element lay in the boy Ing up In a hurry, spied his trade
No man is perfect; yot no man 11
beside him. Man, be refused to in a minute and muttered to him-
self:
wholly broken and useless. You may
acknowledge him.
“Confound that boy. Now, bow did grind a mirror to powder, so that it
The sharp crack of a pistol, the fall
no longer reflects a single ray of light,
of a flag, and the whole struggling, that fellow get in?”
Aloud, he said:
“You’re wasting but you cannot crush a human soul so
your time here. I won't buy anything utterly that no trace of goodness—
today.”
which Is a reflection of the eternal
goodness—may be found somewhere
“If you’ll only let me show you—”
In Its depths.—Christian Endeavor
“No,” shouted Steffens.
World.
"It won’t take a minute—”
“But, really, my dear sir, this la
Speak Kindly.
something out of the common—’
If
In
our
speech
we would only con
“No use. I can’t read," said Stef
slder how our words will affect those
fens.
to whom they are spoken—If we would
“But your family, sir, would you de
try to hear them with their ears and
prive them—”
consider how they affect hearts, there
"I would," said Steffens, “if I bad
would not be much passionate or un
any. I'm an orphan.”
advised speech; certainly there would
“Well, you might want something to
be few spirits wounded or Ilves em
throw at the cat,” suggested the book
bittered by the words of our lips.—
agent
W. G. Horder.
“Do you think.” demanded Steffens,
“that I would demean my cat by
Be Careful of Your Guests.
throwing your miserable publication at
Some folks blames Trouble fer- corn
her?"
in’ ter see 'em, an’ yet dey makes der
The book agent was on’y dashed a habitation so invitin’ dat Trouble
second.
thinks he’ll sho’ be welcome.—Atlanta
“What about me,” he asked, Insinu- Constitution
atlngly.
“Don't you want something
to throw at me the next time 1 come?”
Consoling Mother.
Ex-Servant (to former mistress)—
Lament Religious Apathy.
“So you won’t give me a character!
In Japan all kinds of Christians are (with deep scorn) you—you lady!”
lamenting the religious stagnation that Litle Monty—“You’re not, are you,
seems to have settled on the country, mother?”—Punch.
says a writer in America, a Roman
Catholic paper. Of the 65.000 Catho
lics, 10,000 are descendants of the con
verts of the seventeenth century, and
the Greek Catholics have only 20.000
^Portland. Oregon
X ___
Reatdent and Day School for Girl,
followers. "After 40 years of evange
chars, of Biiten of St.John Baptist (Eplecopalr
lization there are only somewhere be
ollxlato, AcX.mio and llnuatary Daparta.aU.
Maile, Art. Election, Syana,ina.
tween 80,000 and 100,000 Protestants
For oataloe addroM THE SISTER SUPERIOR
of all sects.” says the writer, who adds
ornee30. St. Helena Hall
that the Japanese are not irreligious,
but "like other peoples they are suf
fering from the religious apathy and
unconcern of the times. Just as in A k D r .W m .P funders T a
Europe and America, the modern Jap
anese adore the golden calf and, as
elsewhere, are struggling for money
A Tonic Alterative and Resolvent. The
and place, the natural result of the best remedy for Kidneys. Liver and Bowels.
Pimples, Eruptions and Disorders
adoption of a materialistic civiliza of Eradicates
the Skin Purifies the Blood and gives
tion."
Tone, Strength au4 Vigor to the entire system»
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WINS
ÊLEANOR M
Machinery
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CHAPTER I.
PREDER1C THORNBURGH
' what I offer for three hours. What’s
the matter with you, don’t I risk my
neck?" He turned, sending his pow-
l erful voice ringing down the line
“Here, hunt the paddock, all of you—
two hundred dollars for a man to ride
the next three hours with me!”
“You can’t take a man from another
camp, Stanton," protested the frantic
Mr. Green. "He might trick you, hurt
the car."
His appeal went down the wind un
heeded, except for one glance from the
racer’s gleaming eyes.
"He won’t trick me," said Stanton.
The crowded stands were a bulk of
swaying, seething Impatience, The
paddock was In an uproar, the Mer-
cury camp the center of interest, But
no volunteers answered the call The
panting machine, its hood wrapped in
jets of violet flame, headlights and
tail-lights shedding vivid illumination
around the figure of its baffled master,
quivered with Impotent life and
strength.
Raging, Stanton stood,
watch in hand, bis face a set study in
scorn. .
Suddenly the harsh rasp of the offi-
cial klaxon soared above the hubbub.
warning, summoning.
"Four minutes," panted the despalr-
Ing assistant manager. “Stanton—"
Some one was running toward them,
some one for whom a lane was opened
by the spectators from other camps
who had congregated.
"Get aboard,” called ahead a fresh
young voice. "Get aboard; I’ll go."
"Thank Heaven for a man!” snarled
Stanton, as the runner dashed up.
"Why; it’s a boy!”
“Floyd,” Mr. Green hailed hysterical
ly. "You'll go?'
"I’ll go,” assured Floyd, and faced
the driver; a slim, youthful figure in
a mechanic's blue overalls, his sleeves
The Man Who Dared,
The official starter let his raised
*rm fall and leaned forward, peering
across the blended glare and darkness.
"What?” he shouted, above the pul
sating roar of the eleven racing ma-
shines lined up before the judge«'
stand. “What?”
There was a flurry around the cen-
fra! car, whose driver leaned from his
seat to stare down at the man who
had slipped from beside him to the
ground. The great crowd congesting
the grand-stand pressed closer to the
barrier, staring also, commenting and
conjecturing.
"The mechanician of the Mercury is
off bls car!"
"Fainted—”
"Fell—"
"The automobiles hadn’t started; be
must be sick.”
The referee was already pushing his
way back, bringing the report from
the hastily summoned surgeon.
"Heart disease," he announced right
and left. "Stanton’s mechanician just
dropped off his seat, dead.
But Stanton himself had already
swung out of his car, with the ener-
Retie decision that marked bis every
movement
"My man Is out,” he tersely stated
to the starter. ‘Tve got to run over
to my camp and get another. Will
you hold the start for me?”
The question was rather a demand
than a request. There was scarcely
one among the vast audience who
would not have felt the sparkle gone
from this strong black wine of sport
they had come to sip, if Ralph Stanton
had been withdrawn from the twenty
four-hour contest. He had not only
fame as a skilful and scientific racer;
tie bad the reputation of being the
moat spectacularly reckless driver in
America, whose death could be but a
question of time and whose record of
accidents and victories verged on the
appalling
He knew his value as an
attraction, and the starter knew It.
although preserving impassivity.
“Five minutes," the official con-
ceded, and drew out his watch.
Already a stream of men were run-
«ilng toward the Mercury camp ’ with
the news. Stanton sprang into his
machine, deftly sent it forward out of
the line, and shot around Into the en
trance to the huge oval field edged by
the Beach track; a mile of white rib-
bon bordering a green medallion.
The row of electric-lighted tents,
«■ach numbered and named for its own
racing car, was In a turmoil of exclte-
ment. But most agitated was the
group before the tent marked
Mercury.”
“Durand’s down nnd out—give me
another man." called Stanton, halting
his nolay, flaming car. "Quick, you—”
But no one stepped forward from
tlie cluster of factory men and me
chanics. Only the assistant manager
of the Mercury company responded
to the demand:
"Yes, go; one of you boys. 1’11 make
tl right with you. Y<ju. Jones.”
"I'm married, sir,” refused Jones
Succinctly.
"Well, you then. Walters Good
tunvens, man! what do you mean?"
For the burly Walters backed away,
actually pale.
“I'll dig potatoes, first, sir.
"Why, you used to race?”
"Not with Stanton, sir."
There was a low murmur of appro-
vji I among his mates, and a drawing
together for support Stanton stepped
down from hla car. snatching off his
mask to show a dark, strong face
grim with anger and contempt.
"You wretched, backboneleaa cow
•rds!” he hurled at them, his blue-
black eyes flashing over the group
Stanton Stood, Watch In Hand,
“Do you know what I and the com
pany stand to loae If I'm disqualified rolled to the elbows and leaving bare
for lack of one of you jellyfish to sit his slender arms; hfs head, covered
beside me and pump oil? Isn’t there like a girl's with soft closely cropped
a man in the camp? I'll give fifty dol curling brown hair, tilted back as his
Hra myself to the one who goes. a steady gray eyes looked up at Stan
hundred If I win.”
ton.
"I’ll promise twice that,'
"You? You couldn’t crank a taxi-
■mpplemented Green, the assistant cab,” flung the racer, brutal with dis
mannger. He had private bets on appointment and wrath. "You d to?
Stanton.
A boy?"
Not one of the clustered workmen
"Im as old as the driver of the
moved.
Singer car, and scant five years young
"Damn you!” pronounced the driver, er than you—I’m twenty-one.” flashed
bitterly and comprehensively. “I’ll re the retort. “And 1 know all there Is
peat that offer to the man who will about gasoline cart.
I guess you're
go for the first three hours only, and big enough to crank your own motor
meanwhile well send to New York aren't you. if 1 can’t? You've got
sod find s red -blooded male.”
thirty seconds left; do you want mo?”
The men looked at one another, but
Met on bls own tone. Stanton
shook their beads
gasped, then caught bls mask from
"No? You wool? You work your th« man who held IL
«aioorahlo bodies three months to ears
"Why dont you
ECZEMA
S f
( bœhrifiî R
His Face a Set Study In Scorn.
Boat Driven by Soap.
A writer tn Science tells of an tn
gentous little skiff, about two Inches
long, which he constructed and pro
vided with a piece of soap for the mo
tor The boat was of wood paraffined
to repel the water. The soap formed
the stern board of the skiff. The boat
was placed on still water In a bathtub,
and began to move as soon as the wa
ter came In contact with the soap.
After gathering headway it reached
a velocity of two inches per second.
The power was derived from the po
tential energy of the surface water
film set free by the diminution of sur
face tension, this reduction being don
to solution of the soap.
flaming flock sprang forward toward
the first turn, wheel to wheel tn
death-edged contest And Stanton for
got his mechanician.
The Mercury led the first circuit, as
usual. It was very fast, and its pilot
took the chances more prudent drivers
avoided. Still, the lead was less thsn
the car’s own length, two of its closest
rivals banging at Its flanks, when they
passed the tumultuous grandstand.
Just ahead lay
the “death
curve." There was a swift movement
beside Stanton, the pendent linen
streamers floating from his cap were
deftly seised and the dust swept from
his goggles with a practiced rapidity.
Hopeless.
“Car on each side an’ one trying to
paaa." the clear voice pierced the
"Do you believe our republic caa
bearing. “No room next the fence."
endure?” "No. sir—most emphatical
Stanton grunted. The boy knew ly I do not The fools tn this tova
voted ms out of office Ust faU."
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