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A DOMANCE OF ^^-STPBgJOTOjgFEÇTW B each BY THE PLAY BY & ? f -AC5 i - w m -^ str JN» A*> SinHtj COP Y K te HT 1910 »V HAWFTR y BROTHY ga SYNOPSIS. Cowboy« of the Flyln< Heart ranch are heart broken over the los of their much- *rtsed phonograph by the defeat of their ehan.plun in a foot-race with the cook of the Centipede ranc h. A house party ts on at the Flylnjt Heart. J Wallingford Speed, cheer leader at Yale, and Culver Coving?' a. inter-collegiate champion run ner, are expected Helen Blake. Sp-ved*a sweetheart, suggests to Jean Chanin, sh ier of the owner of the ranch, that she induce Coving!*'?'. her lover, to win back the phonograph Helen declares that If Covington wont run. Speed will The cowboys are hllarti .s over the prospect. Spe*d and his va’et. Larry Glas«. trainer at Yale, arrive Helen Blake asks Speed, who has posed to her as an athlete, to race against the Centipede man. The cowboys loin In the appeal to Wally, and fearing that Helen will find him out. he consents. He insist, however, that he •hall be entered as an unknown, figuring that Covington will arrive In time to take bis place Fresno, glee club singer fn m Stanford university and In love w th fielen, tries to discredit Speed with the ladies and the cowboys. Speed and Glass put in the time thev are supposed to be training playing cards in a secluded spot The cowboys tell Glass it is up to him to aee that Speed wins the race. Willie, the gunman. uuc*ar»-s the trainer will go bach east pa* ke i in ’ If Speed falls A tele- trarn con • s fr >»n «’• vhigton saying he Is i jail at f- - t<- d ’vs G! iss in a panic for < s Sperd to begin training in earnest The c*. 'vboys force Speed to eat tn the trnlr. -.r quarters and prepare him a dirt of \ ’ v rar*-» meat. Miss Blake bakes a cake f r Speed and is offended when Iz’.rrv re* s«'s to allow him to eat ft. Covington arrives» on crutches. He •ays he brek- his t in Omaha. Mrs. Krap. • ngaged to C vington and In love with Jack Cbap'n. exposes Speed to Helen, been use Sp-*ed h id failed to pre vent Covington fr »m Joining the party CHAPTER XV.—Continued. "Will you marry me?" asked J. Wal lingford Speed. ( “The idea!” Mies Blake gasped. “Will you?" t "Please don’t speak that way When a man cares for a woman, he doesn’t deceive her—he tells her everything You told me you were a great runner and I believed you. I’ll never believe (you again. Of course. I shall behave to you in a perfectly friendly manner, but underneath the surface I shall be consumed with indignation.” Miss Blake commenced to be consumed. “See! You don’t acknowledge your (perfidy even now.” I "What’s the use? If I said I couldn’t ran, and then beat the cook, you’d be lieve I deceived you again. And sup pose that I can’t beat him?” "Then I shall know they have told me the truth.” "And if. on the other hand, I should win”—Miss Blake's eyes fell—“Helen, would you marry me?” Sj>eed started toward her, but she had fled out Into the twilight. • • • • • Dusk was settling over stretches of purple land, and already the room was peopled by shadows. Work was over; there were sounds of cheerful prepara tions for supper; from the house came faint chords of laughter. It was the hush that precedes the evening as it does the dawn; the hour of reverie, in which all music is sweet, and forgotten faces arise to haunt. Speed stood where the girl had left him, miserable, hopeless, helpless. And . certainly his love was lost. He had stayed on In the stubborn supersti tious belief that something would surely happen to relieve him from his predicament—fortune had never failed him before—and instead, every day, every incident, had served to involve him deeper. Now she knew! It was her golden heart that had held her true thus far, but could any devotion “I Love Youl” Wally Said. (survive the sight of humiliation such tas he would suffer on the morrow? Al- Teady he heard the triumphant jeers of the Centipede henchmen, the angry clamor of the Flying Heart, the mock Ing laughter of his rival. | He groaned aloud. Forsooth, a broken toe! Of all the countless tens of thousands of toes in Christendom, the one be had hung his salvation upon had proven weaker than a reed. What cruel jest of Fate was this? If Fate had wished to break a toe why bad she not selected, out of all the bil lions at her disposal, that of some other athlete than Culver Covington- even his own. | J. Wallingford Speed started sud «only and paled. He bad remembered that no one could force a crippled man to run. "By Jove,” he exclaimed, "I’ll do it!" He crossed quickly to the bunk house door and looked tn. The room was empty. The supper-bell pealed out, and he heard the cow-men answer it. Now was the appointed moment; he might have no other. With cat like tread he slipped into the sleeping- quarters, returning in a moment with a revolver. He stared thankfully at the weapon—better this than dishonor. “Why didn't I think of it before? It's perfectly simple. I’ll accidentally shoot myself—in the foot!” But even as he gazed at the gun he saw that the muzxle was as large as a gopherhole. A bullet of that site would sink a ship, he meditated in a panic, and as for his foot—what fright ful execution It would work! But—it were better to lose a foot than a foot race. under present conditions, so he began to unlace his shoe. Then real ising the value of circumstantial evi dence. he paused. No! His disabiiity must bear all the earmarks of an acci dent. He must guess the location of his smallest and least important toe, and trust the rest to his marksman ship. Visions of blood-poisoning bo- set him. and when he pressed the muzzle against the point of his shoe his hand shook with such a palsy that he feared he might miss. He steeled himself with the thought that other men had snuffed out life Itself in this manner, then sat down upon the floor and cocked the weapon a second time He wondered if the shock might, by any chance, uumb him into uncon sciousness. If so, he might bleed to death before assistance arrived. But he had nothing to do with that. The only question was. which foot. He re garded them both tenderly. They were nice feet, and had done him many favors. He loved every toe; they were almost like innocent chil dren. It was a dastardly deed to take advantage of them thus, but—he ad vanced the revolver until it pressed firmly against the outside of his left foot, then closed his eyes, and called upon his courage. There came a great roaring in his ears. How long he sat thus waiting for the explosion he did not know, but ha opened his eyes at length to find the foot still intact, and the muzzle of the weapon pointing directly at bis instep He altered his aim hurriedly, when, without warning of any sort, a man's figure appeared silhouetted against the window. The figure dropped noiselessly to the floor inside the room, and cried, in a strange voice: “Lock those doors! Quick!” Finding that it was no hallucination, Sp>eed rose, calling out: "Who are you?” "Sh-h-h!" The stranger darted across the room and bolted both doors, while the other felt a chill of apprehension at these sinister precau tions. He grasped his revolver firmly while his heart thumped. The fellow's appearance was anything but reassur ing: he was swarthy and sun-browned, his clothes were ragged, his overalls were patched; instead of a coat, he wore a loosely flapping vest over a black sateen shirt, long Bince rusted out to a nondescript brown. "I've been trying to get to you for a week,” announced the mysterious vis itor hoarsely. "W-what do you want? Who are you?” "I’m Skinner, cook for the Centi pede.” "The man I race?” ‘’Not so loud.” Skinner was strain ing for the faintest sound from the di rection of the mess-house. “I’ll kill film!” exulted the Eastern lad. But the other forestalled a mur der by running on, rapidly: “Listen, now! Hump and I jobbed this gang last month; we’re pardners, see? He’s got another race framed at Pocatello, and I want to make a get-away—" “Yes! yes! y-you needn’t stay here —on my account.” "Now don’t let’s take any chances to-morrow, see? We’re both out for the coin. What do you want to do— win or lose?” Skinner jumped back to the door and listened. “What?” “Don’t stall!” the strangerr cried, Impatiently. “Will I win or will you? What's it worth?” He clipped his wordB short, his eyes darted furtive glances here and there. “Can I win?” gasped Speed. “You can if there's enough in it for me. I’m broke, see? You bet five hundred, and we'll cut it two ways.” “I—I haven’t that much with me.” “Borrow IL Don't be a boob. Meet me in Albuquerque Sunday, and we’ll split there.” “Is that all I have to do?” "Certainly. What’s the matter with you, anyhow?" Skinner cast a suspi cious glance at his companion. "I—I guess I'm rattled—it's all so sudden.* “Of course you'll have to run fast enough so wo don't tip off.” "How fust la that?” "(th. ten-four,” carelessly. "That’s what Humpy and 1 did." "Ton and four fifths—seconds?" "Certainly. Don't ktd me! They’re liable to break tn on ua.” "Mr. Skinner, 1—I can’t run that fast. F-fiftcen Is going some for me.” "What!” Skluncr stared at hie op ponent strangely. "That’s right I’m a lemon." "Ain’t you the Yale champ? The guy that goes under 'aven time'?“ Wally shook his head "I'm his chum. I couldn't catch a cramp." The brown face of the Centipede sprinter split Into a grin, his eyes gleamed. “Then I’ll win,” said ho “I’m the sucker, but I'll make good. i Get your money down, and I'll split with you." “No, no! Not you! Me! I must win!” Speed clutched his caller dee perately. “All right. I'll frame anything; but I can't run any slower than 1 did with I Joe and make a live of IL They'd | shoot ua both.” "But there’s a girl in this—a girl I love. It means more than mere life? Skinner was plainly becoming nerv ous at the length of the Interview. “Couldn't you fall down?" Inquired the younger man. timidly. The cook laughed derisively. "1 could fall down twice and beat you in fifteen." Aftej an instant's thought: “Say. there’s one chance. If we don’» run straight away. There's a corral out where we race; you InBist on run ning around It, see? There’* nothing in the at ‘vies about straightaways That'll kid ’em ou the time. If I get too far ahead, I’ll fall down.” "B but will you stay down? Till 1 catch up?" "Sure! Leave It to me.” “You won't forgot, or anything like that?” "Certainly not But no rough work SOME TIMELY GARDEN NOTES Hotbeds Should Bs Watched Closely and Manure Carefully Prepared— Inspect All Implements. (By I K BOY CADY. Assistant Horticul turist, University Farm. Hl Paul. Minn.) Watch tho hotbeds closely. Ventilate hotbeds on tho aldo away from tho wind If possible Manure may be spread on the gar den and plowed In thia spring. Bo sure the manure is heating even ly before it la put In the frame. If hotbed manure does not heat readily put on a few buckets of hot water. Bank hotbeds with rnnnure that la not heating Dry manure will not bo so likely to frees« and take heat from tho frame When pruning, have a reason for every cut made and close to the limb or trunk Leave no atuba Pruning may be done late In March. Cover all wounds over one half Inch In diameter with white load or grafting wax. Seed for moat early plauta nmy bo sown at this time Transplant when largo enough and keep growing nicely till they are ready to set In tho field. Inspect all garden tools. Hharpen and put them Into the best condition. Per haps them are some new ones that should ba purchased.* Now la a good time. Look them up. Grafting wax la made by melting to gether four pounds of resin, two pounds of beeswax and one pound of unaalted tallow. Heat this about fif teen or twenty minutes, then throw Into cold water and pull In the same manner as molasses candy. <HOI<HOIOiOtOtO»0*0)OtO)OtOIOIOIOIO»Ot040+OIOiO»OK New Indian Animal Stories How the Wildcat Got a Square Meal ■ ■ By JOHN M. OSK1SON ■ ■ 0*OIO»0»OtOtO»OtOI(M<MOtOK>f<MOW*OfO»OIOtOIOIOtO»0 COMMON SENSE IN HOG LOT Houses Used Should Be Isolated and Chl’drcn, Color the Abcve Sketch to Suit Yourself. Save All the Sketch«» Whenever Possible Portable Struc and Make a Book of Them. tures Employed. (Copyright, H14, by th. McClure News I you—just keep on pretending you're It is a wise man who will give his paper Hyndicate.) ; dead.” hogs plenty of sunlight It is not easy Ixtng time ago wild turkeys used So the wildcat said he'd do as tho to do this In a large building, partlcu- to strut and gobble thi'xigb th» woods rabbit told him to. and they weut close close by the camps of the Indians. At to where th« turkeys were resting hud dusk the old gobblers sent tho sounds dled on th« ground of tholr quarreling to tho ears of th» Then lh<> rabbit skipp' d over to th« sleepy Indian children, and tho chil turkeys and satd to them: dren rubbed tholr heavy eyes nnd ’Com« with me and see what I have asked the old people to tell about the found- th« wildcat, our enemy. I« d«ad. tlmo the rabbit got my from the Como with m« and we will havo a wildcat by getting for him i> f> ast of dunce around his dead body." And tho wild turkey meat. And tho old people turkeys went strutting and peering would tell this story; after th« rubbll until they camo to tho Ono day the rabbit stayed out play pine» where th« wildcat was lying and ing until It wai very Into. Th« sun pretending to be dead. "Now for the dance!" said tho rab was down and th« darkness had filled “I’ll get a stick and beat limo up every crack In tho big woods, nnd bit A Berkshire Sow and Her Litter, ■till tho rabbit atayed out to play. In while I sing, and you will ail duneo larly If It is made a part of any other stead of getttlng homo an fnat ns he around th« wildcat" building. And so the rabbit began to beat could and going to sleep In his hollow Hog houses ought to bo Isolated, stump home. with his stick and sing: "Ga laglua and better still, portable houses All at once, ns tho rabbit made a hasuyak; Ga Ingina hnsuyak!” That A Man's Figure Appeared at the Win should be used whenever possible. jump over a log, a wildcat dropped means, "Bick out tho gobbler, pick out Portable houses, mounted on run from the limb of a tree just over thu th» gobbler!" And tho turkeys asked dow. the rabbit why he sang that song ners, can bo moved from one small rabbit’s path and grabbed him. in front of the cowboys, understand' clover or rape field to another, giving "Oh." said tho rubbit. "It’s a oong "Now.” said tho wildcat, "I shall Sh-h!” the pigs fresh pasturage and clean the wildcat u«ed to like to sing—tmw Skinner vaulted lightly through the quarters. Of course such pens are have a supper to mako mo dream wn’Il sing It to him. Everybody danco window, landing In the dirt outside good dreams!" fast now, and dance closer and closer only for shelter and nesting purposes. without a sound. "Somebody coming,” "What!” said tho rabbit, "aro you ’ to tho dead wildcat." The portable farrowing pen should he whispered “Understand: Mer have a place on every farm where going to eat me?” So they all danced In closer and chants' Hotel. Albuquerque, noon, Sun “Yes, I am," said tho wildcat “havo closer. two or more bows are kept. These day." And the next instant he had are easily built by any farmer handy you anything to say?" "Now hit th« wildcat an wo do In vanished into the dusk, leaving be "Well,” said tho rabbit, "all I vo got tho war dance,” said the rabbit. And with tools, nnd should not cost over hind him a youth half hysterical with three dollars. to say Is that you can’t b« very hungry as they danced tho turkeys hit tho hope. if you’d rather cut mo than tho good wildcat, but ho did not move. Finally, Out of the blackest gloom had cohie feast I know about" j tho biggest gobbler kicked tho wild J. Wallingford Speed’s deliverance, PROPER FEED FOR TURKEYS "So you know about a better sup caL and just then tho rabbit stru* k telling me about this foot-race. What In the deuce Is the matter with you, When the Hen Begins to Set She per?" nuked tho wildcaL And ho sat tho ground hard with his stick and down to listen to what the rabbit had shouted out as loud as ho could: “Bick 8hould Be Provided With Corn and anyhow? Why didn't you let me ! out tho biggest gobbler!" And then th« to say. and Wheat and Freeh.Water. know?” "Come with me,” said tho rabbit wildcat jumped up quick and grabbed The girls drew closer, and Bpeed "and l will show you where you can th« biggest gobbler and ran off to tho (By C. M. SHULTZ.) saw that Miss Blake was pale. When the turkey hen begins to sit, gel a lino feast of wild turkeys. When I best supper ho had ever had. ”1 wouldn’t have allowed It for a And ever since, when night comee, minute. Now, of course. I'm going she should be provided with a dish I tell you to stop, then you lie down of whole corn and wheat, given access and make out you’re dead. 'I hen I’ll [ tho wild turkey* have gone to sloop to call it off." “Oh, Jack, dear, you simply can’t!” to fresh water twice a day, and then bring the turkeys right up to you. I’ll up In tho tree* at night, where th« exclaimed his sister. “You’ve no idea I must be left absolutely undisturbed. toll them you’re dead, and I’ll loud rubbits can’t find them. Ever since, In order to get the best results, each a danco around you You mustn't ! too, good rabbit* havo always cornu the state the boys are In.” “They’ll never let you, Chapin,” turkey hen should have an Individual wake up until ! give tho word, and homo before It get* quite dark -an pen w here she can alt and eat* and don't mind even if somebody kicks I example to little children. supplemented Fresno. The master laughed shortly. “They drink without being compelled to go and he did not pause to consider the out into the yard with the other birds, tho necessity of keeping careful rec RURAL SCHOOLS OF COUNTRY t ord* ethics involved. With light heart he or be disturbed In any way. of every stop In tho growing of If she Is to be disturbed at all, it hastened to replace the borrowed re tho tomato crop so that they can mako Is only to give her a thorough dusting volver in the bunk-room just as voices Movement to Stimulate Interest Among full report* at tho end of tho year. coming nearer betokened the arrival with insect powder two or three times Children In th* Work of th* Fifth week —Make a careful study of his friends from the house. As he during tho sitting period, which cov Boy*’ and Girl*’ Club» of *oed corn. Spend some tlmo study ers from 27 to 30 days. During this stepped out into the night he came time the turkey hen sits very quietly, (Prepared by the United RtatM Depart ing diseases. Insects nnd remedle* upon Jack Chapin. that work on tho tomato planL sometimes refusing to leave tho nest ment of Axri-ultur« .) “Hello, Wally!” Tho rural schools of tho country Sixth week Study report blanks "Hello, Jack!” They shook hands, for 36 hours at a time to get food or havo Instituted agricultural studio* nnd impress upon tho boy* tho Im while the owner of the Flying Heart water. She should never bo urged to leave the nest for this purpose or any relating to tho Boys’ Corn club and portance of keeping full and accurate continued. i other, but food and water should al- the Girls' Canning club work under data so that a report can bo mado nt “1’ve just got In, and they’ve been won't, eh? Who is boss here. I’d like ’ ways bo within her reach at all times. the direction of the department of tho end of tho season. Study hot ; She knows best what she wants, and agriculture. Tho movement I* to bed and cold frame and tench tho to know?" stimulate interest among tho school girl* bow to plant tomato seed 1u “They’ve bet a lot of money. And when she wants it. children In tho work of tho depart boxes, keeping them In worm window* you know how they feel about that ’s juvenile clubfl. bo as to get early plant*. phonograph." CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK ment A b planned by tho department there Seventh week Urgo tho boys to "It's the most idiotic thing I ever heard of. Whatever possessed you, Hens Over Two or Three Years of Is a course of ten studies In agricul clean up about tho barn lot nnd teach ture covering a period of ten weeks. ' them how to save tho product nnd Wally? If the men make a row, I’ll Age, Badly Shaped Birds and Poor Teachers nro urged by tho officials to . mako compost. Teach the girls tho have to smuggle you and Glass over Layers Are Unprofitable. teach agriculture along tho lines *ug- , vuluo of well rotted manure and en to the railroad to night." “I’m for that,” came the voice of (By I’ItOI-’. J. O. HALPIN, Wisconsin gested by tho department, nt least ' riching the soil where tomatoes aro twice a month, and to encourago tho I to bo grown; also how to mnko com Collog« of Agriculture ) Larry. The poultry flock should be culled scholars to take, up active agricultural I post and It* value. “I suppose it's all my fault,” Miss Blake began wretchedly, whereat (he during early summer, so as to take lessons. Tho following Instructions to ! Eighth week—Visit merchants, bank object of their general solicitude took advantage of the comparatively good teachers have been issued by the de ers and public spirited people in tho prices that prevail then.’ Hens over partment: on an aspect of valor community for tho purpose of secur two or three years old, the small (TO BE CONTINUED) First week—Use thl« period for tho ing prizes to bo offered tho boy* for hens, the badly shaped ones with purpose of organizing tho corn club the beat acres of corn and tho girls Prophetic Retort. crow heads or crooked breasts, over and enrolling tho boys who aro inter- 1 for the best results In tomato grow The governor of Virginia, at a time fat hens, and hens known to be poor ested. Cail tho girls of tho sixth nnd ing. when Washington as a mere youth layers, should be sold. Not only will seventh grade« together, organizing Ninth week—Test sample* of tho ventured to remonstrate against the the price be lower later In the season, them Into n canning club. Urge nil seed corn for tho corn club boy* and injustice of a certain decree, turned but the presence of these undesirable the girls In the community to be pres the farmer* of the community. I)e- fiercely upon the young man and In hens will reduce tho efficiency of tho ent and become member*. voto thl* tlmo to canning outfit* for quired: entire flock. Then, after the flock has Second wook Instruct tho boy* how "And who the dickens are you, sir?" been culled, all the remaining hens to select tholr land and teach them b*M 1111'1 Other 'aiming supplies. Tenth Week- Devote thl* week to With a cold but courteous bow, the should be given leg bands or other tho kind and character of soil. Teach young Virginian, drawing himself up wise marked so that they may later tho girl* about the different kind* of tho study of farm fertilizer*. Study recipe* for canning, preserving and to his proud height, frigidly replied: be distinguished from the pullets. soil* that aro bast for tomato grow making jellies. Invite girl* to bring "Nobody In particular just now, but ing. to the school copies of several recipe* for the future, sir, somebody in gen Utilize Manure Crape. Third week—Study the careful to study. eral." The ideal way to utilize crops grown preparation of the seed bod. Study The haughty emphasis on the word for manuring Is to feed them to stock with the girls tho Importance and ne On* 8m*lt '=’ general, It Is said, sent a cold chill and to return the manure to the soil, cessity of careful preparation of the A man bought two fishes, but on running np and down the governor’s thus securing their full feeding value soil for successful tomato crops. taking them home found be had three} spine, which It required seven mint FYmrth week—Devote tlmo to lesson how was that? juleps and six bottles of port to re and from two-thirds to three-fourths of the original fertilizer value. In winter cover crop*. Show the girls Ha had two— and one smelt lieve —Judge.