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THF. T R in U N 'F , T t'R N F K , ORHO.ON CARIE GOLD C H A P T E R V I— Continued — it— A qu arterm ile left to g«. Not far. Indeed. to make up the 1 art dlatanoe, fi>r though the mare hail traveled faat, ■he had been enabled to make an eaay race at It. and looked aa though ahe had pi on IT In rraerva. Vet atUl. Inch by Inch, the aahle whirlwind crept up and up. And now tin y - r a n g around the laat turn and squared away for home F ly a w a y * Jockey had rone to the w h ip ; we could aee his arm rising and falling and almost feel the aare'e speed quicken under the sting o f the blown And although our horse was at last giving all that was In him. ■till we could sense, aa It are re. that poor Quaahy was all but done fo r; and that where In his greatest races he was w»*ot to glee his mount the most assistance, he was now actually more o f a hindrance than a help. And yet In spite o f saerythlng Satan gained. And my heart want out to him. Ani mal o f evil disposition he might be. but somehow, even at that tense mo ment. I could not but crimps re him to the pirate captain; a devil indeed, but a devil -.-hose courage cotld not be questioned T w o hundred yards to go I The lean black head, with the nostrils of flaring crimson, w s* e’ en with the smoking flanks o f the bay. And then, all at once, the Impossible happened. Quaahy. clear nerve from the top of k ft head to the sole o f h i» helpless f.rot. somehow. In the face o f all laws o f nature, managed to achieve the In credible. For one Instant he gutb ered hjmself In his saddle Uke the Quaahy of o ld ; for halt a dotsn strides he lifted his mount along; and once tw ice and thrice, fo r the first time in the race, he let Satan hare the full Impact o f the whip. Many a time, since then. I have seen thoroughbreds striving for the crown> or tne turf. In America. England and In far-off Australia. Many a splendid racer have 1 seen thundering down the home stretch to victory: but never In my life can I recall a more tremendous and terrtflc burst -if speed than I saw that morning on the track at the Fort o f the Devil, i f he 1 ad run fast before, now he fairly dew. In one bound, as It seemed, he drew head to head with the m a re; tn another, tor the drat time that day. be drew dear. W e saw that thin ophidian head stretched, shooting backward and forward, and then, all In a moment, amid a babel o f ahrieka. shouts prayer*, curse*. the race was over, and though by a scant quarter length only Satan had won! T tte rly exhausted, too spent for words, George and I silently clasped hands. I do not think we even so much aa remembered our winnings; It was the race and the race only that had held us spellbound. And then, much like two figure« La a dream, we made our way down to the track. Fly away, brave little thoroughbred that ahe was. stood with leg* apart, head down, flanks heaving. Staunch little mare, she had given her utmost. Sa tan. quiet for once, still rolled those wicked eyes with what seemed to m* an expression o f sardonic humor "G a ve you a s ca re!" they seemed to say as plainly as words He. too. breathed heavily, and hia black side* dripped with foam. T w o stable boys V e to throwing water on Quaahy. who lay on-the track In a dead faint, his rigid upper Up. drawn clear o f the clenched teeth, showing the agony he bad undergone. Colouel Singleton leaned against the rail, mopping the peraplratlon from his brow, and look ing Uke a mar. on the verge o f col lapse. And at sight o f him I sud rtenly ei-.wrlenced a great reaction realist'.* that I. too. felt old and spent C.UU drawn and half-dead for the need o f rest. I turned to Lewis, and In a voice which seemed to me to come from an Immense distance I manage*! to falter. “George, I think we need some sleep." He stared at me as If making a great effort to understand. H e looked as I Imagined that I did; his face was g ra y ; bine circles lay deep under his blinking eyes. "B ob." be answered ■lowly, as If picking bis words, "you are a man of sense." And Unking arms for mutual support, we turned our erring footsteps In the direction o f the Palace o f Delight. By ELLERY H. CLARK CattrtaU 111* U t>. Sto latrili IV WNV Sst.l.a dead, for 1 knew nothing o f the toncer's art. I was fa r fboni happy In tny mind. Surprisingly soon, however. I hear*I the sound o f footatepa gut si lie. the 1 door opened, and tleorge apt*1«red. "\ Y .;U “ I queried eagerly, "what do we light with? Sworda?" Infinitely to my relief, he ahoak Ida heath "N o." he answered as he seat ed himself, "It's not to be sworda Renfrew makes an unusual proposal. 1" seems that there la a Ion*, narrow s a id atdt a little way off the shore. He suggests that we place one o f you at one end o f this Island, tne other at the other, giving each o f you a pistol, with one load «wly. and a knife At the word you are free to do what you please; shoot, advance, hold your ground, anything. It's a bit unusual. I coutoas; I've never hear*! o f a duel o f Just that sort. But 1 suppoae It's fair enough. Don't you?" I was so relieved that I need not light with sworda that I would have agreed to anything. “ Certainly It's fair.” 1 answered. -When do we tight? Tom orrow morning?" George stared at me. -Oh, I forgot." he cried. "T h ey want to light now It's clear moonlight, you know. What do you say?" t*tice more, I felt that I could not complain o f the sporting spirit o f these officer«. They might do many thing* which they should not d o: might be ilUhoneat where carla were concerned; but at least tt seemed to me that they were brave enough aa far as lighting went. Yet If I hail known at the time (hat Johnson had fought a duel on this self-same spot only a month previous, had killed hia man. and had thus be come fam iliar with hts surrounding* I am sure that I should have given them less credit than I did. Nor wa< this u:y only e tro r; I was foolish enough to unilerrate my adversary, and with the cocksureno*.* o f youth leaped to the conclusion that he was pr-bably no great shot, while tt It came ta grips and knives, 1 toll cer tain that l could best him there. So that altogether It was with alacrity that 1 Jumped to my feet, cryin g: “ All right 1 I'm ready 1" G eor»e nodded approval. “ T h a t'« the way to feel." he answered. “ I'otue on. then: ieCs get it over." And leav ing the palace, we walked down to the wharf, to find the officer* there before us, already seated In their boat. With a gesture. Renfrew Indicated another tor ourselves, and thn«. since tleorge very preperly would not allow me to row fo r fear o f nnsteadylng my hand. I seated m y«elf In the stern and we Hut M s answruv brm isht n s tn a set forth for the t*'stiff in our op realisation o f how these things were ponents' wake. properly done. "Nonsense," he re I shall not pretend that I enjoyed joined. “ You'll challenge him, o f course. And 1 supi-oae you'll want me the trip. I was reflecting, with some remorse, on the excellent advice given for your second. You go to your room, me by t'apt. Francis Barclay. He had and Til manage the affair." There was such an air o f finality In told me not to drink or gamble, and his words that 1 obeyed at once* But to avoid qnarrela: and I now realised on the way thither, and while I sat how completely I had manage*! to dis waiting for him, I had ample time for obey him. But presently I banished reflection. I knew next to nothing of these thoughts from my mind. This dueling, but one thing t did k n o w : waa no time to let my w its go wool- That the challenged party had the gathering; my present business was choice o f weapons. That he would to get the better o f this supercilious choose rifles there was of cqurse no Englishman. By this time our adversaries bad hope; If I could have f>*en assured on that point. I would have counted him reached the Island, and after we had already as good as death No. lie would drawn alongside o f them. It took but j choose swords or pistols; If pistols, my a few momenta for George and lien chance was at least e ve n ; If swords. freer to agree upon the details o f tb » I felt sure that I was the one already figh t Then, stripping to shirt and »g o re d hair, was my pet aversion, and Lieutenant Renfrew, with bulbl<*g to» turoa an<l a swaggering sir. tilled me with equal loathing It was therefore not without ausplclog that I *aw them dep art; and after watching the t o » tunes o f the wheel tor perhaps half an hour, | t —k my leave and strolled aerwaa the room to where the card game was tn progress. By this time the hall waa crowded; the players wer* Intent upon their sport; and thus, as tt chanced. I bad an excel lent opportunity to watch them unob served. t'lenriy a crisis was Impend lu g : fold was heaped In the center of the table, and each man's eyes were riveted on Ms c ard * And then, so quickly that I should never have per ceived It bad 1 not been watching them closely. I saw Johnson, who sat opposite George, deftly slip a card from his sleeve aud. without pausing, add another heap o f gold to the pile. F ie an Instant I stood thunderstruck, and tn that moment the players laid their c a r Is upon the tablsv and Johu ton. with a triumphant smile, encir cled hts winning* with his nnua and calmly swept them toward him. My blood boiled. I have mad«. God know^, ntj share o f mistake« tn this w o rld ; have d* ne many things for which, afterward. I have been sorry and ashamed, but I think that I hare, at least always tried to play the game o f life fair and square. And to aee this pink-cheeked dandy deliberately swindling my friend waa too much. In three strides 1 had reached the table, and leaning forward. I shook my list full In Johnson's face and ejacu la ted. "You cheat, s ir !" For one thing, at least. I w ill give him credit; there was no hesitation In hia reply. His glass o f wine stood at hts elbow and the next second I gasped and spluttered while It trickled, most uncomfortably, down my neck. At once I loet all control o f myself, and unused to the customs o f society In such cases, tn another moment I should have leaped at him bodily, trusting not to weapons but to mere grip o f hand on throat to wipe out the Insult and determine who waa the better man. I think, too, be read my purpose In my eyes, tor he started up and had half drawn hia sword when fortu n ate ly for me George gripped my arm “ S tead y!" he cried. "Don't b r a w lr And seeing that he bad succeeded In calming me. he led me a little to one side. "D id he really cheatt" he asked. "Cheat?" I echoed angrily. “Of course he did. Slipped a card from hia sleeve, the scoundrel. Let me at him. George." * iv x «x :x < - x v x :x v x - > x «x < - x * x - > x * x * x < - x * x * x * 2 * x * x * x * x * x * r «i» Historians Skip Many Matters of Interest An American history written In the tor our general Information o f Ihe times — the clothing our ancestor» old-fashioned way would never men wore, their paatline«, their religious tlon the rise o f the motion picture dl version. The kind o f histories to which faiths, their literature, their customs ws have been accuetoroed don’t ap und their modes of thought. pear to be In th « least lntere»ted In the ordinary life o f th « people, which T h e O b je c to r la as much history as taking a fort At a recent conference, held on high or carrying an election, a writer In Olympus. It was decided to organize i he St. Louts Globe- Democrat asserts a th rift campaign among the Immortal Between wars there Is almost a gods. Th# vote waa overwhelmingly blank Interregnum ; and— from the his In favor o f the measure, only oce deity lory— you would never know that a standing out In oppoattl.m. book had been written, a picture paint The solitary objector, known to ed or a machine Invented. W e once Olympians as Jupiter Pluvltu. waa C H A P T E R V II knew a school history o f the United later Interviewed by Ihe reporter». States that did not mention the com "Personally,“ he explained. " I never Undar ths Moon. ing o f the railroad; hot every Indian could see the aeDse o f putting any When I next opened my eyes I was chieftain from Maasaoolt to Sitting thing aside fo r a rainy day."— Kansas In sem l-darkne«. and for a moment Bull waa personalised. City Times. s ta re! about R> m that curious, h a lf These strange silence* o f formal his dated condition which follows a heavy ■lumber Then, with a start, con tory leave us to the historical novels C ra b F in d a R ich O il F ie ld I sciousness returned, and the events OU recently found on an Island off o f the day before came crowding to I the roost o f Honduras was discovered V ery Open my mind. Looking at my watch. I dls- ! by the aid o f a land crab, after man A man had Invited a business ac corvred It was evening, and rising has had searched for years for Ihe petro tily. 1 found that my head ached sav quaintance to play a round o f golf leum. The region Is Infested with the agely, while the floor o f the room with him. The guest, who was a very crabs, which burrow Into the soli. One Nerved under me like the decka o f the pompous Individual, wa* also a poor o f them dng Into a marsh beneath a Black Panther In a heavy sea. Pres player and backed up tl.e turf with collage. The next day the owner o f ently. after sluicing my face with wa each stroke, the house smelled the od or o f oil. and •A fte r be had carried away an an ter, I felt tetter, and managed to soon found a high-grade flow. He had usually generous portion with his Iron p>ake n.y way to George'g r*H«n. been searching for oil for tears with I found George In the act o f rising, he turned to Ms host and wild; out success. "You know I don't care particularly and Incline*) to make merry oyer my for the game, bat I like :he glorious pallor and my generally woebegone ap A L o n g W a it penrance. He hlmaetf waa In the best open country hereabouts." "Ah. quite," replied the other, aa he “ And what cemetery Is that?" aakrd o f aplrits, and at supper blithely or dered his BsuiiT bottle. While 1. With surveyed the scarred ground, "but 4" th* Palestine I uri*t p luting toward a shudder, raise*! a protesting hand, you mind rinsing up the open country an expansive hill entirely covered with gravestouea. and found water a cooling and deli aa we go along 1" rious draft. "Oh, that's a fam ily cemetery." re Gradually the palace assumed Its piled the guide. E x p la in in g M e te o r » fam iliar aspect. In twos and threes "A family cemetery?" Meteor* ar never seen from the the regular patrons arrived: the rou earth except when they come In c"ti "Yes, that's where all Methuselah's lette wheel began to spin ; the gentle tact with the earth s atrwwphere nieces ami nephews who passed away men drank and gambled, while the la Their speed through the atmosphere w alling for their rich uncle to die are dles continued their senrch for con cause« ihem to huru and produce the burled."— N ew Orleans T im e» Pica quests. Already, however. I had be light which we see. They are thefi yune. gun to e e s ry o f ftiese things SDd within th» clutches o f the gravity of when aupper was over and tleorge sng the earth and always fall toward It V a lu a b le " S f o r i « ’ ’ geetad more roulette I waa content —Pathfinder Magazine. Pumice stone Is the name given to to be a looker-on. Fortune, we dis s light *|»>ngy «ubatine# formed out covered. la a fickle Jnde. and had now L e tte r o f Tu>o E v il a o f the froth-llke part o f lava thrown deserted u s , for George lost steadily, Compromise may la* cowardly, hut out by volcanic erup’ lnn. Its Ifghtne«* and at length. In disgust, accepted the profstaul o f tlte officers for a game o f It'a better than driving headon anil la due t*’ rase* escaping from cavities ind passages Jn«t as It la on the point cards. At this. I confess, f was not wrecking yourself against a atone •f becoming solid It ocotes aban overplessed. for further acquaintance wall.— ¡System Magazine. tsntly In the I-epart Islands, the Au with these gentlemen had amused In vergne mountains, Ireland and the Prudery Is the hypocrisy of modesty me a strong dislike A t'sptsln John t'anary Islands. aon. with pink cheeks and straw — Baron Nicholas Masalas. » \\\\\\\\\\\ O k W W U V V X M FAM OUS MINING S T R IK E S By T H O M A S E. S T E W A R D trouser* we each to»k our knlto and ♦ X W W W W W O M V W U W W k pistol, the latter cnrefully loaded by The Comstock Lodo our seconds, and tosaad a mold,wo for choice o f position I won, namod the P H K N John C, Fremont, after easterly etui, to bring the moonlight wards the Aral CWUBdatq for into my »tqwuieut's eyas, and an lu president o f the youthful Republican slant lator we lunl landed and were party, pnaaed overland through Ihe walking away, back to tack, while our Nlernta to Oalltorttla his guide « a s seconds shoved off and *!o "d ready to Ihe redoubtable K it furaon. OtraoS was one o f the tno«t famous o f all the give the word o f command. As I passed leisurely along the edge old freutleramen. and It was In his o f tbo Islet, I began to reflect on bow honor (hut Ihe ‘ t'ureon valley o f N « vada was named. In this valley soon this curious duel might host be fought T o draw hia fire, If |M*dhle, seemed after Frwenioni'a trip there caitM to the surest w a y ; hut 1 had scarcely light on« o f (ha richest «trik e « o f n«ln realise*!, until now. what a gamble *~ d trensura the world hit« ever Ihe encounter waa. and I Iwgan lo feci koown. Il w a« the fatnott« I'oiuatix-k profound re*|*ect for (ho Inventor of lode, which predm-ed m illion« tn wealth and established lit« fortune of lit« plan. I f we had teen acquaint anco« o f long standing, each knowing many fnmlltAs still prominent. Fremont made hit trip In IM A It the other's merits aa a marksman, that would be one thing; tut a « It wav was live years later. In 1S4U. that the neither o f ua bad the al.ghteat clue to great rush to California's newly ills the ability o f the other. Then. too. covered gold fields began, «ltd II wa* (here was the moonlight, hound in * f Ihe pull o f Ihe (htlltortda gold that foot the stralghteat atm. Amt thus caused the first dleeoverer o f Ihe the more I pondered, the more elusive great Carson valley tivusur« to leave Ihe problem appeared. Ilow far could It tor what he hoped would he better I advance In safety? I could not tell In the Golden static This man was bnt 1 resolved, more Strongly than W illiam I'reuM, a young Mormon, who ever, to try to draw hia fire, running stopped to the ('arson vsoey on his lie need a milk pan to the risk that his bullet might find a way West, mortal spot. Nothing short o f that. I wash out what looked like premising figured, would stop no ; and his pistol “P «y dirt." aud Ihe reeulla were far Bnt ho gave np once emptied, I should have hltu at from discouraging. my mercy. the reality for hopes of richer slrtkM farther on. Yet newa o f this strike Thus I march od along, .he tilt) Next year a party o f Mexl waves rippling Into all*er at my feet, 1 spread white away to the north the outlines cans put lu an appearance and spent o f ihe land loomed softly through the j several months washing gold until hate. And now 1 had re«ohed the their suppllea gave ou t ettd o f the sand spit, and wheeling By then Ihe plaee had been named about, m w the figure o f my antagonist Gold canyon, but there was no real! at the opposite extremity, while out tallon that II waa 1» reveal an almost two seconds had paddled off a short Incredible wealth, partly In gold, but distance from the talutid. and lay rest chiefly In silver. In* upon their oars. There wa* no One day a miner by the name of need o f further delay, aud Indeed Janies Flnnry nn»>«rred s more profit now that we were fairly at It. I wa« able claim than usual. Soon after a anxious to have the affair begin Ttiu* wandering Canadian by Ihe name of I hailed with re lief the sight o f Ren Henry Comstock took a claim near frew standing erect In his boat, and Finney's. then the aound o f hia voice crying In May, tsM.t. Prtrtrk O Teughlln "Heady 1 Go r ind Inner G'RIley ataked a claim near Though with no definite plan of those o f Fli nry xud Comstock and rnmpalgn. I atarted forward, and even Immediately realized thul they had In the uncertain light could see that made their fortunes. A black atui >ny opponent was also advancing and crumbly kind o f ore with which nellh at a much brisker pare. All at once er o f them waa fam iliar crumbled Into and without warning, my antagonist gold In their hands and thvlr crude fluflg up hts arm and I saw the moon rocker type washers showed heavy de light glint on the barrel o f hia weap poatta o f precious metal after «very on. Instinctively I dodged sharply to load had heen washed They had the left, screening my face aa t did made th « big «tr ik e Bat no sooner so, but to my mortifiestloat no report had they gone to work In dead earn M l followed, d e a r ly he had been testing than Comstock reappeared and on the nte— trying to threw me Into suiMor ftinisleat basts demanded a share In panic and thus lead tne to ¿larharge their claim on a technicality having my pistol with hasty and lll-conald lo do with th « claim be had «take.! ered aim. out. This they granted. In this way W arily now. like two wrestler* near It cam « about that CMnatork*» name Ing each other, we slackened our pare went down Into history as that o f the so that we atarcqly progressed at all famous Comstock lode, though ho did So near. Indeed, had * * route, and not discover It snd was lei Into the such a templing mark did Johnson flnnl strike on a basis that looked ex present, thaf I Mhl to m yself: "Th ree tramo ly flimsy, me. • because the d l* coverer* feared t* lose all o f such a step* more and I fire." One I l o o k - tw o—and then, like a flash, he threw rich claim and yielded without argu himself flat on the ground. I saw his men! arm extended, and the next Instant When Ihe crumbly black gold was the night seemed filled with mdse amt taken to Sen Francisco for a scientific flam e; something dealt me a terrific analysis It wits proved to have s yield blow,' and when I came to myself It o f a Ion o f ore In silver and was to find that t lay prostrate on the gMTfi in gold, something never matched an n il without any clear Idea o f how I | -Isewhera. All who staked claims along came there, or Indeed, o f exactly where Ihe fnmous lode bocarno wealthy In I waa. By God’ s grace however, my Jlg-tlme except those who »old out brain cleared, and all at once reallx- at relatively low prices to pocket t Ing whal had happened, and seeing quick profit Johnson raring toward me at full Speed, I started to raise my pistol, only Th e C old o f Japan to discover, to my horror, that It wa* » p T O relatively modern «lays gold no winger In my hand. In one nlgbl I was a rarity In Japan f-onsld- mare moment I glanced to right, to prable suppllea were obtain«*' from left. In front, behind, without a sight o f my weapon; then, perceiving a river gravel*, and s o t»« front quarts deposits that were crushed and straggling hush to my left. I felt that panned opt In the way placer gold It muai he there, and groping deeper would be washed from sand, but the aJely. the next Instant, to my Inex presalble relief, my fingers dosed upon country's need* for monetary pur poses and tor royalty made It necee IU butt. Yet only Just In tim e; John aon was almost on m e; and shouting eary to restrict th* use o f gold by prl aloud in my e x rlt«"- at. I covered hi* vate persons. The old fashioned mining opera breast with certnli aim. and pressed the trigger. Never tn my life have 1 tlons In Japan wer* paid for In a re manner. I-aborera em felt so sure o f triumph, hut either the mnrknhl« fall or the clogging sand had don« 11« ployed to wash th* gravel did not re work, for Instead o f th « flash and rear celve any pay at nil. on Ihe fhe**ry that I expected, there followed the that enough gold would adhere lo their clothe« to repay them for their feeble d ick o f a mlaflre. The next moment my opponent waa e ffo rt And seemingly this wa* (rue on m e ; If I had tried to draw my At any rale the mining continued and knife from my belt I knew that I the lark o f payment persisted for should never hare succeeded that he many, many year*. In the early day* sfter th « opening would have buried Ms weapon In my heart while I was still making the vain o f Jnpan lo westerner* there w s* a attempt. Bnt fortunately for me pure b elie f that tremendous amounts of grid were to he found In that land Instinct, derived. I »appose, from far off ancestor* In th « Jungle, came to This fallacy had Its root« tn Ibe fact my aid. Whether my act waa wtthln that In Japan there w e r« many the taws o f refined dueling I do not “ golden” ornament* In temples and know, nor. Indeed, do I greatly care, luilaces which « t e r * not, however for my Opponent'» conduct bad heen true gold, hut copper covered with nlore Irregular by fa r ; I drew back gold by an extremely clever proee«« my arm. conscious, a* I did so. o f a originated hy the Japanese and still darting pain, and a* he came leaping In use In that country. tn to finish me, hurled my wea|MH. Th# Japanese “ plating" proee«* was full In hi* face. really one o f amalgamation rather The wenpon struck Mm heavily or than o f actual plating aa It I* done the shoulder, c h o k in g him Ju*t suftl today. ' The * pper haae waa heated riently to enable me to get to my feet after haring been Immersed In plum and draw my knlto before he had an vlnegnr to elean It thoroughly. When opportunity to catch me unprepared Ihe copper was still hot. mercury was Thu* here we were, not six feet apnrt. plnred on It. forming an amalgamated and after these sadden shifting* o f the surfrf’-e. Gold leaf was then plnred tide o f battle, again on even terms. over the mercury, and Ihe whole oh Presently, aa we shifted and feinted Ject heated to s still higher point tn In the treacherous sand 1 saw my get rid o f the mercury. The gold then f».snre and leaning In. with a oniric #e*,i*i**».1 in a rather thorough mix new born o f h»n* •■xperienre on the ture with the surfnee o f the copper wrestling green at home, I succeeded, lis tin g o f this kind la M id ta have tn my Joy. In gaining Ihe wished for been extrem ely durable. Many stat hold opnn Ms wrist. But tny venture ues so coaled hundred* o f years ago was In vain, for Johnson. In Ihe same are still In shout na good condition aa breath, and with equal dexterity, man when they were new. aged to achieve the same grip on my lilt. WMfisra ¡Ueepseez Ualew.) knife arm that I had on hia. And thus, both striving with <>ur utmost She Sa n g O ff K e y strength, we swayed and struggled A woman who thought «lie could blindly, until at length the sand gave suddenly lieneslh nor feet, snd we sing went to a vocal teacher for n crashed together to the ground. And tryout before arranging to take lee anna Th# professor sat down and here fortune favored me. for not only dill I full uppermost, hut Johnson's ployed a set#*-tlon while Ihe ambitious head must. I think, hsye encountered singer poured out h«r choicest assort the pistol I had hurled at him. for ment o f not#». At th « end o f the (rat thq profeaoor swung round on hi» Instantly Ms whole body went limp the muscles In his wrist relaxed, and stool, and In a wrattiy eolre. M id "A rh . O o ttl Nefar haf I heard such aa his knife toll from his hand. I sue needed In wrenching my right arm a voles. I b l«y on der vile keys and I May o r der black keys, but you sins free. In der cracks." (TO BE COftrlNUED.t U L PROPER WALK ON COUNTRY HIGHWAY Children in Rural Sections Know Better Than Walk With Traffic. TN» you know th# prvqwr wny to milk on a country hlgtiwayT ,Mi«( p#r»niis, #s|MM-lally the city hm l. th» Mot» mid ■«» the t'hlcsgn Motor chili. In th# p«ist#r lsau#«l in «chnot children. llluatmt#« Ihe |*ro|M'f method >f w ill kinn on r country rmut CMIdrsn V ltll Country. In rlRMruotiui tn Mils t#rrl- lory Hi# following bulletin, prepared r»y th# oluh, will h# r#a«l: ••Juno tiny* #r# her#; ninny chlhlrcn living In till««« mill town* will go to th# country. TIi# l#a#ott tsugt)t hy th# iwMtur ttoc« not apply to country chit* Iren, t'hlldrcn who IIv# In th# coun try know hotter than to wnlk with train#, that tn, to wnlk ott th# right •hi# o f th# romt. Country chlhlrcn Rlwnyu wnlk on th# left nlit# o f th# romlwny, ngnliint trntflc Vlnltom from th« city nml town nr# th# one« who -iccil thin wnrntng. lorn « Driver« C « r « l N i •Vnr# tmv#| sw iftly on fount htghwnyt; driver« nr# not looking for ■nything to c n « i their (intht. If you #r#r# to wnlk with truffle n enr might H#nr down U|wm you Itofor# you could i d out o f th# wny or bofor# th# driver •ould stop hiy cnr. Mmiy Rcchhfit« hnv# hnpponcd In thin way. I»rlv#rg who*»# vision tin« been oh#cur#d hy other cnr«. « turn tn th# mmt. a hilt, »r hy t»«»or light hnv# »truck p#r»oti« witlMng on th# right «Id# o f th# rond- wny. Th#«# «rrld cn t«, n#v#r would hnv# hn|>|H*n#d If th# pcrmui« Injured hml known thnt th# only «of# wa y walk on a country road was to walk against Ilia truffle." Obedience lo Traffic Light* I* Important Now thnt trillile lights hit»»* !»#• com# rather unl»et»nl In Inrg# clil«-« ns well ns lu »mull to»vii«, It Is Im portant flint every nutomohllu driver get behind th# movement to 0»# Ihe »» •Ignuls lo th# very bent ml»lining«». They nr# imi per fin i hy any mesti«» but with * luti# aa-uficration from th# progressi»# cnr owner nml driver, It Is obvious Hint many of th# present difficulties will h# Ironed out mid th# situation dtfured lo III# n d »milage o f every »»lie. On# thing to remember In driving through a city In which traffic light sigim i« nr# employed 1« to stop «»ta the fur slit# o f nny street tntersec- tlon when It I n posai Id#. Very fre quently when driving nlmig th# «(re el otto »#*-« a friend mu! sltq»« to gl»# hlm n lift. At other times tt 1« a cits«* o f allow lug a pm**engvr to alight. W hatever th# o«vn«loii may t># for «topping, other thrill those h alf« re quired hy th# exigencies o f traffic It self and obedience to th# traffic lights. It U Mat to stop on th# fur shl# so thnt wh#n on# Is randy to start again. It Is not iM-eessnry to wait for th# signal. Al««» It oh»lal#s th# |Hisalhll- Ity o f stopping »«»ms other drivers wrlws tuny b# following. Hook* on T**«rU Spring* Found Handy in Lifting T li» Ins! allai Inn o f li.*a*jr hook* "it lh* *nd* o f front sfidi»** o f tn n k * ha* bren foiiml rolivriiUlit. .‘.fiortally on wrreklng car* rnrrylng ■ erano. When (h * cran« I* u»**l to tin » heaxjr ««liilit , I ho front rml ha* ■ trnih-nrjr tn rio«, hut tqr »nrhorlng tt are-urel? » ■ Ili (h a la * t ilfifi« J i n n i l l * I n « . I s o tt Speeder* Pulled Up by Sounding of Car Horn thi# wny lo tnnk# n |»rr*ou h elm »« 1« to tnnk# lit« ml*t>#hnvlor con»t»U*U" ou«. Oil )h l« theory, n i»Jnn 1« to tw» trt#d tn i'ultforula o f «oundlng th# horn thrlc# when on# ob##rv#« mi •ith#r driver In rvckle*« disregard o f inw mu! common safety. Thrr# loot# o f th# horn gr# tuj> pA'*d to menu. thnt, guy P It 1« bo{t#d thnt thl« will mak# th# reck- less driver ashatur«! o f.h lin sd f. I'#r- hit|Nt h# w as not aw nr# that h# wn* doing wr»*ng. Traffic cojw nay most d riv e n ou hetng >to|i|wd dcclar# they did not real I*« they wer# «t>c#dtug. If th# fellow d<»e* not gtv# heed, other drivers nr# sii|»|Mt«cd to tsk# up the three too! cry and th# «upposlflou Is thnt th# offender will fear thnt p«> Me# will hear tt and Interpret tt na weaning -Stop that guy T Sum# words; Just a comm« left ouL Flattening of Spring* Interfere* With Action Keeping spring« (It 1# nut * mat* ter merely o f keeping the friction ( Unl i t les fcetwceii the len\es constant snd In keeping with th# car. A |«>liit •launily overlooked t# that springs tend 'o flatten out so they ara uimhl# to do ihelr I mps ! work. This also Interferes with th# action o f the devices that •ontrol the spring recoil. It Is th# first half-inch o f spring d# lection that make# for tlr. ««¿lest rid«. T Id t la when the springs ar# M u g their hcM w«nk aa the car# ■in! urn! shock ah«orhers, su*t no iirnunt o f added equipment can com* IMusate for this I ons , which drvrlo|m through wear. When springs flatten Just a qunrter o f an Inch. It Is obvious that this much o f their find half Inch of U-st deflection has M en sorrlfled. Th# remedy Is lo Uuv« them re moved and renrehed. Open G arage Doors Be »nr# thnt th# window» mid doom of your gnrng# nr# open er# starting your aurotnohl!**, cautions a bulletin Issued by the nnflonnl safety council, which reminds motorists thnt all gns- dlne engines when running general# carbon monoxide gas. Hcores o f mo tor vehicle owners huve died na a r#- <ult o f breathing a »mull quantity o f l hia odorless gnn whh-h cniinot tie seen. Fresh air alone will avert this haxnrd. Hooka on Front Spring* Parmtt An, chorlng lh * Truck to L ilt H * * «F Load». th « »firing«, »• shown In th « drawing, th » treuht« 1« entirely eliminale*!. I f th« truck la stuck In • mud hot«, th » hooks are bandy for hitching tn • t o r t o r or another truck, and th rr» are several other fiiirfina«-* for which tli« hooka ran Iw used. — I'ofiular 11* chaule» Magatiti«» Many Baltimore Death* Blsntcd on J*y Walking BaltUuure City lias m or» J*y walk- era iban au> otlier rlty o f lis sis# In th# reuníry. nrcorditig to J«»hu II. Truel t, director o f th# ItsttUuorw safely fuuacIL Mr Truel! made th# •mtemvtit whll# dlAcmultig th# tw* eran«*d nuiuber o f (rsfflc fntalltle# lo th# d ty. Aec'ordlng tn a repoli o f tl»e United fttates lH*tmrtmeiif of (.'omitiere#, such dea ths 1 ñeras sed l '«!5 per cent over th# corraspoodlng pvrlod o f ly.fV *T«»ur trafile p«dlcenirn are unsbl# to keep th# vromet) on the shlrwulk# nt une cro*»lng In the ahopplng di#- frlct whlte th# trsttlc signa! Indícate# ‘stop*.*4 Mr. TruetJ a—erfed. T in a - pnr# Ihat wlth cofidltlons on th# bus- test Street* «*f New York, t ,ie»clufu*. |l*t»tun wr «*ther d th s .- AU TO M O BILE HINTS I f thrra w*-r* no llltvrra In p rah l» Inrlr dity», why dld nature firu.lucu th » kangureu?— Kltclien*r Itorord. • • • Vrraton B : "Y on sce. Judg*. whet» th , offtrer hrld Ufi hia hnnd I Ihought h* wn, « » v lu g . ao | wavr*| back. I dld nul know h* wa» follmvlng mm Thon when I turned Info su allvy H ier, was no allry Ihère." • • • O n» (w-dralrian any» th* trou h l» • bout ■ wontnn motoria! Is that s h » alw ay* thlnka ahe hns th* rlght o f » ■ y , an y s lh » llnuslon finat Dlafintrh, lie r* In llonston. If ah* (hlnka (hai w »y, sb» hi,s, w , n rt*r ülsfiitl« IL FILING CABINETS SHIPPED V IA A IR W A Y When tli* Colon Trnsl rei.ipany of n «.e lu n d wanirnl a certain ty|>* ot ratdnrt and none was In I»* found «ra r e r than th* factory In Htiffnln, the lattor mad« delivery by airway and highway In order not tn tneonventenru a ru * tonirr. The photograph shows the rntdnet being (rsnstorred front the plane 1« lit* truck at 11.» Cleveland flying held after a » » m i l * (light from Buffnlo. Smooth Start The priqicr « » y tn atari a car la to *h lfl to low, g lv * the engine » R u i« gns and th* n, while nhservlng the cnr, let the clutch In Tory «low ly, until the rar Just begin» tn move, »lie u Ihe dutch must tie held, the "tru in g In" .toiqdng altogether, until Ihe car ha* moved ■ few feet. Then, and while *he cur la In motion, th « rlutrh ran «lowly l*« let In the rest o f the way. 1« I» "holding the Hutch" which I» Ihe •cerei o f ■ smooth start. Ilo w difficili! It la for ■ yoqng (orisi wlth her tirai r « r to umleri that the |«-<l*»trlnn Crossing u ,« , ha» a righi In llfe, surh liberty « malli*, and lite neenaiotinl pur*u tliu opposi!« corner. • • • O a» nirtsk» a» pene* tinte eqnlp tor *very man. * i . » nn «nd rhl Enfiam i are «dvornled hy a loti. " * « ■ p rep a ra li«» to» lite nrxt A l»o they mlghl I h * worn as a do «gnlnat preavul neinoxlile gn» moto» e tr a