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j'4P7 Race for a BY" Wife HAWLEY SMART CHAPTRIt XXI.fContlnucd.) I'otrman paused. He was n shrewd man, nnd he could not help being struck by the ability with which his opponent had got up his case. "Suppose I let you tane the horse? ' he said nt length. "Kven then he Is a valuable horse, and worth just now a fictitious price. Ther would be people who would give pretty nearly that sum to Insure his not starting for that particular race." "I give you credit, Mr. Rose," replied Pearman at length. "I'll sign a release of the mortgage, with this proviso, that iny engagement with Miss Dcnison rc- nnins as it was." 1 have told you already that that question Is totf.lly aloof, and must be held entirely distinct from the claim of heriot. It Is a point upon which 1 am not empowered to enler, and have nothing to Kay. Grenville Itose Is proving himself master of casuistry. Though not his mis flon or interest to speak on that subject v I think. It was one he had a good deal to ray to. ''Then there is nothing more to be FaM," observed Pcarm&n, rising. "I am afraid not. It would be better on both sides, I fancy, if we had come to terms. We shall probably not make quite so much that we must take our chance of. You will certainly Jose a goon ueai more. "You're right! I'll do it." "Depend upon it, it's your cheapest way out of the scrape, and I hope Coriander will speedily recoup you. Excuse me for one moment, and I'll fetch the release. I had it drawn up In the event of your tak Ins n sensible view of the transaction ;" nnd Grenville left the room. "All right, my pet,, so far," he ex claimed, as he entered Denison's private sanctuary where Maude was anxiously waiting him. "Pen and ink, quick!" And seizing one of the telegram slips, he wrote rapidly : "To Mrs. Hudson, Paper Buildings, leniple. From Grenville Rose. Xnnn Urn. Shall be home to-night ; have sonie- th'ng for dinner." "There, fold that up, and send It off directly to the telegram office. No time to be lost, Maude." "Well. I don't see much in that," re torted Maude. "What a gourmand you must be, Gren !" "Never mind. Where's that deed? -ah, here. Ill explain It all to you after wtrds." "And my note?" she said shyly, holding it up. "Neither you nor it will be wanted to day, I think. But come back, here when ion have seen James off." "Perhaps you'd rather I should never send It?" she Inquired, half timidly, half coquettishly. " "Maude, be serious now, please. Y,ou may tease me as much as you like after wards." She saird nothing, but flitted from the room on her errand. Grenville Itose, armed with the deed of a release of the mortgage, and a simi lar acquittance of the heriot claim, all drawn up in due legal form, quickly re turned to Pearman. "Here," he said, Is your acquittance, signed by my uncle. If you will sign the release, III hand it over to you. bhall I ring for a servant as a second witness to your signature? Pearman nodded assent, and upon the appearance of the butler, scrawled his name across the parchment, to which the witnesses signed their attestation. He then placed the acquittance In his pocket, took up his hat, and departed, without further demand for an interview with Maude. Not that the heriot business had for one second put It out of his mind. No; to do him justice, he looked upon the prob nble rupture of his engagement as a very serious item In the losses the discovery of that mouldy old parchment had en tailed upon him. If he did not love per, lie admired her extremely, and looked for ward to the connection with great eager ness. JJut he felt quite convinced that to have moved any further than he had already done would be simply to cancel it nt once. lie did not wish that. It was but a slender hold, he knew. Still, an other shuffle of the pack might change all the hands once more. That slight link' was better than none at all. Thus meditating, he drove home, and having ordered ills phaeton to wait while he wrote a couple of loiters, to save the post, entered the house. In about half an hour he reappeared, stepped into the carriage, and drove to Xmlnster Sta tion. His wishing to write those letters nt Manncrsley had caused him to make a considerable detour to the station from GHnn Harold Denison's place lying, though off the direct road, somewhere about half way between Mannersley and the railway. On arrival there ho went into tho telegraph office, and dispatched u message. The clerk and Pearman were upon rather Intimate relations. The late owner of Mannersley had employed the electric wire pretty freely. His son, also, was wont to use Jt a good deal. The lat ter, moreover, constantly sent the clerk gnmo In Hie season very often told him he had Invested a sovereign for him on one of his horses that he thought was likely to win. It may be conceived that the conductor of the telegraph nt Xmlu liter held Mr. Sum Pearman In high oh- teem. "You'll be going up by the six train, I suppose, sir? Only half-past three now, but 1 expect you'ro going homo again first." "Just so. I want to have about an hour at the paddocks first" "Ono last look at tho crack, eh, sir? "Win, won't he, though they do take strange liberties with hint in tho betting?" "He's very well and 'II mako somo of them open their eyes and shut their mouths before many days are over." "Well, you'll have company up, sir- Sir. Grenville Rose, from Gllnnj bVs a-going by that train. Know blra, Mr, Pearman, I suppose. "Yes, I do know htm," said Fearman, as tie thought over their recent Interview ueg panion, sir; didn't . know you didn't like him;. he's usually reckoned a ntco gentleman." , now do you know lies going to town?" "Because he sent a message to say so." "What, a telegram? How long ago?" "About an hour and a half; It was about two o clock." "That was tlio time I left GHnn, and his telegram left Xmlnster then. Hum! It must have left Denison's while 1 was there," thought Pearman. "What tho devil could It have been about? I say, what was Mr. Rose's message exactly?" ."Beg pardon sir, hut, you know, we ain't allowed " 'Yes, of course, I know; there's a sovereign for you go on." "Well, It can't be of any consequence, nnd you won't let out I told you, Mr. Pearman," said the clerk, as his hand closed on the gold coin. "It was only this: 'To Mrs. Hudson, Paper Buildings, lemple. From Grenville Rose, Xmln ster. I shall be homo to-night ; have some dinner.' " "That was all, you're sure?" "Every word, I'll take my oath." "Thank you; keep a place for me by the six train;" and Pearmau drove off to see his horses. It was a very simple message, but the owner of Coriander had been quite long enough on. the turf to know that n tele gram may represent nnything but what it appears to . say. It disquieted him much. He wished that he had driven straight to the station Instead of home to Mnnnersley; he might have written his letters there, and his own telegram would have been off much sooner. In the meanwhile here he was at the pad docks. "Well, Martin?" he Inquired, as his trainer came out to meet him; "how ore they all going on?" "Well as can be, sir. Coriander did two nice canters nnd a good mile and a quarter gallop, to wind up with, this morning. No horse cau be doing better. But they tell me they're laying against him in London, as if something was tin matter;" and the trainer glanced inquir ingly nt his master. "Something has been the matter, Mar tin too long a matter to tell you at present ; but everything is now satisfac torily arranged. But I want to talk to you about those two-year-olds; so, come inside." After a lengthened conference with his trainer, Pearman returned to the stntlon. Grenville Rose was a fellow traveler with him and they even occupied the same car riage, but beyond a few words of recogni tion, no conversation passed between them. Upon entering the Tueatine, the first thing P&arman saw in the hall, on cast ing his eye at the notice-board containing the latest news, was that Coriander was once more first favorite for the Two Thousand, at seven to two, taken freely "Done again," he muttered, "somehow And I believe that telegram aud Rose are at the bottom of it." Grenvtllo Rose, upon Fonrmnn's de parture, had carried tho release in tri umph to tho squire. Harold Dcnison was jubilant beyond menBuro; free from hU difficulties, nnd, to uso his own expres sion, "out of tho hands of those blood suckers, tho Pcarmans." Tho hopes Gren- villa had raised had Influenced him In his Influence with Sam Pearman, nnd, If a ltttlo sarcastic In his retorts, tho bttter cynicism of his nnturo had toned down rather upon that occasion. Roso now thought It time to do ft little work for himself ; so without moro ndo, ho revert ed to his passion for his cousin, nnd so Melted his uncle's permission for their engagement. Harold Dcnison was a good deal taken nbnek. It must bo borne In mind that ho had not received tho slightest hint of this In any way beforehnnd, nnd to say that he was pleased now he did hear It, would bo very far from tho truth. He liked his nephow, perhaps, ns far as It was In his selfish nnturo to llko anybody; but ho still thought that Maude, with her personal attractions, ought to mnrry money or rank, If not both. Still, at the present moment, he was virtually In debted to his nephew for 10,000 a cir cumstance little likely to help him In tho long run as men of Harold Denison's caliber generally hato most heartily those to whom they arc deeply beholden. How ever, he had not come to that yet, nnd the way his nephew had outwitted Pear man pleased his cynic and vindictive na ture much. (To be continued.) JULY 8, Ten Httlo flue firecrackers, looking lit nnd Ono dropped off tho bunchthen there wero nine. Nino little firecracker., awaiting their fte ; One been mo n squlxiser, thon thero wero eight. Eight llttlo firecrackers (three -shy of cloven), Ono lost Its fuse, and thero remained seven. on the SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS. Seven llttlo firecrackers lying bricks. A coat swallowed one nnd overlooked six. Six llttlo firecrackers clad to be alive, Water wetted one but never touched Ave. Five llttlo firecrackers in readiness t roar: Ono proved nolselnsi, reducing them t four. Four llttlo firecrackers waiting lit to be One's still waiting, so thore only were three. not knowing Three little firecracker what to do, One did nothing nnd left more work for two. A Yearly Sum from Agriculture I in IiommIIiIu to ImnKluv. Ill nil tho circle of nil your ac quaintances, In nil tho circle of nil your rending, do yon know of n single bllllqnnlrc? I don't mean do you think you know. I mean do you know thut you know of a single capitalist who Is really n billionaire? Tlint Is n lot of money, you know, says Agnes C. Laut In Outing. At 4 per cent inter est it means nn Income of three nnd n third million dollars a month. I'm not talking of capital that Is u quarter water nnd u quarter hot nlr and only half hard cash or convertible realty. I'm talking of wealth that enn be handled with your hands nnd incsurcd imti nvna tnt1tli tliiif lfi.,aii,f require convulsions of frenzied llnn.uS brato ,n..tl,lB town' Wo n't do noth to be converted Into terms of the mint Two llttlo firecrackers their task almost begun ; Half of them got stepped upon, leaving just one. One little firecracker, bound to make good, Blew off baby's fingers as well as It could Winning aGoddess "Celobrato? Of course wo can't cclo- You acknowledge frankly you don't really know of a single billionaire In the history of the world. Much less do you know of nny group of capitalists In the world whose combined wealth would make twenty billions nnd whose twenty billions pay a yearly dividend of seven billions. A dividend of $7,000,000,000 a year means nn Income of ?rS0,OO0,0b0 a month, or $10,000,000 n day. Talk of the fate of Mldns! Any capitalist or group of capitalists who had to take care of that much money a dny would have genuine con vulsions In frenzied finance. Such a capitalist, collectively, la the United Stntes farmer. Such n divi dend, collectively, docs the soil of the United States yearly hand out to the farmer-man. By the last census the capital Invested In agriculture In the United Stntes was twenty billions, nnd by the last roport of the' agricultural department the products of the farm for 1007 yielded a grand total of seven billions. Compare these figures to tho billion-dollar steel trust, over which Ing until wo got togothor." Postmns tor Haston threw nwny his cigar Im patiently nnd turned to tho group of villagers, "Mayho that's so, but It ought not to be. Just bocnuso tho cattlemen llvo in tho north end and tho land owners In tho south they ought not to quar rel," replied Harry Morso, son of Banker Morso, and Just homo from col lego. "Wo'll got lip our own then," Bug gested somebody, "and let's meet to morrow night. Fourth of July will bo hero In a week." Harry on his wheel mot Ixd Norton, tho son of the owner of Hot Six ranch, on horseback n day lntor and tho two young men rodo Bldo by aide across tho level plain for n tlmo. Hnrry told his companion of tho arrnngemont. "That's all right," was tho reply. "Tho north end Ib goln' to perform, too. These old fogies may fight If they want to, but wo won't bo so foolUh. Wo can't help it, of course, but let's go In for some fun out of It anyhow." I'm with you. Wo are to have n goddess of liberty in a ling (Irons and n CHAPTER XXII. We must now revert to what " Mrs. Hudson did upon receipt of her telegram as harmless, apparently, as "the pork chops and tomato sauce" of Pickwick's immortal history, let even in that case 'great events from trivial causes sprang. That lady is destined to be as much dis turbed In a monetary point of view ns Mrs. Bardell; but infinitely more to her own advantage. Mrs. Hudson was lounging pleasantly enough In an armchair, reading the diur nal literature of her country in that abode of comfort, bliss, and Intelligence, yclept Paper Buildings, when that most domestic of telegrams reached her. That she was attired in a morning coat, neat trousers, unimpeachable boots, and had a cigar In her mouth, will scarcely astonish the reader, who has probably already sur mised that Silky Dalllson represented that lady. "Ah!" he exclaimed, after reading the message, "what a cross It looks like. But must be off at once to see Plyart. Twen ty minutes to three; just catch him before he goes down to Tattersatrs." Jlr, Dalli- son was a man of decision ; ho was Into a hansom and nt tho door of tho Victoria Club in something less than ten minutes. His conference with tho bookmaker was hort, nnd then they separated, both to make their wny to Jhe great Turf Ex change at ICnlghtsbridge. The romarkablo feature of the betting on the Two Thousand that afternoon was the extraordinary advance of Cori ander. From very long odds offered gainst him, ho roso In the course of tho dny to be once more first favorlto; reach ing very nearly to his original price Of ten days hack. From the opening of the rooms Dalllson waH very eager In his offers to back the horse, while it might havo beon also noticed that Mr. Plyart ccepted the iong odds ngnlnst Corlnndor. Just to cover himself," as he said, "hav ing laid rather heavily against him." But it quickly permeates through tho bub- Hcriptlou Room that tho horse is bolng backed in earnest, and when, about half- past four, Pcarmans accredited agent began also to put money on the horse, the oxcltoment became Intense. . x t-r.. r I tne wnoie worm wvm umi; u ik jv. ..,... nwtl Vmi -. ..Aaa ,,, ... , ... 1.. 4l. . ., , ngo; onu un nmgmiiiui- in uiu kiwu- i, n ke ...... nt tlin rvsitlllli ,.t-mi tlloaO- I t B!z " . : v .r . : ; z r n.. or course " 1. - ' r '"v.: ' V r 1.1 i. She always forces herself to tho front, hard to put your hand on n single de Wrong Miss Dorlno Vandelo." Why, her father Is worth half n million." "Well, she will do anything for mo," with n satisfied nlr. "Oh, ho, that's It, Is it?" nnd tho cat- partment of industrial life, or construc tive work in the United States, which would compnte in Importance to tho permanent value and yearly yields of Mm fnnn 'IMioii remoinlinr. too. that 1 1 1 V- A....... - ' ' ' I , , , . - ... of nil the manufacturing Interests in 110 King-io-uo roue nwny. in ma Heart the United States 75 per cent lire de- wa8 nine uiuernesn, tor uorino was pendent on the farm for raw products. l" r wun uio rest south, and ho did not llko nt all tho An Englishman, of the ever-serious tono of his companion's oxprosslon sort, .walked Into the njllco of a New g0 North Mayvlllo prepared far Us York llvoryiwm nnd nsked -tolBee tno parado and speeches, nnd South Mnv- finest trotter he hnjl-for sale. vlllo dldthe samo. Harry and Led mot . "I don't care about price," Insisted often and exchanged notes na to tho the Britisher, "but it must be a very, progress of tho work. It was to bo a very fast horso. very bitter rivalry, The Jlverymnn explained that ho had For days tho two sections of tho n hoiifo whoso speed could only no town wero excited. Tho tains of tho shown nt night when the roads wero doings of "tho other side" wero related clear. with great exaggeration. Dorlno hoard "Meet mo nt ono o'clock to-morrow them nnd wondered If her party waB morning nt tho Clnroinont," lie saia; to ho so very much outshone, "we'll be In Yonkers nt two o'clock, and "They tell mo that they aro goring that's going some." up n caricature oi mo," she said to Three hours lator tho Englishman Harry. U. .11.. 1 A il.n llifAHixnn'il I . . msnou cxciiuuiy iniu iu iiyi-ijhiuhb "Tiiey would not daro," wnB tho olllce. I (ion t wain uiu norm!, pnuuu engcr response. "If they did I wnnld the Englishman "I won't havo It at punish tho author myself." He's fast," Insisted tho all." "Why not? llvoryinan. "But what could I do in lonkors nt two o'clock in tho morning?" ropllod the Englishman. Succoss Magazine. Harlem Mimical fiote, "Who ia In charge Mdo?" of tho other "Led Norton, of courso." Dorlno's color holghtonnd, hut Ilnrrv did not notlco It. Ho was nt last re warded by securing hor promise that bug would act tho prlnclpnl pnrt in ..! ...,.,! Mm i tho parade. Ho wont away wondorlntr lesson maid 'from the adjoining room, fe. 11,C0",'Lft';.r""K U " U."lt. ho 'there's n burglar in the parlor I Ho Z" n "u u" 1,10 iormiU On tho ove of tho Important rtav 'All right, dearie; I'll go right there " Bothering In tho back .uuiu ui uiu niuoiuoivs unit). Around tho tnblo sat six of tho largest owners Just bumped against the piano. henfTl him striko soveral keys." I down." "Oh, James," sobbed the wife, "don't "i" l"" u f" or 1,10 WKest owners do anything rash!" r A. uu ,,,,,, moy tamed "Sure not. Leave that to me. I'm going to help the poor duffm. You of the morrow. I am in favor of knocking thorn change, with all their acutoncss aro mar- velously like sheep in times of panic. Tle leaders at both places can Increase or depreclato property pretty much at their pleasure. As thero 'Is, of course, money to be tnado by such fluctuations, it can scarcely bo wondered at that they do it. But why should tho one bo deem ed virtuous and respectable, and the oth er the contrary? There Is little to chooso between the scandals of the two betting rbi. , . i The Ring, or stock brokers of tho turf, f " ' ' ,";t ' h blamed 0Ut onco for ,lU" Col Norton was llko their brethren of the castorn ex- do 1 Hiipposo Ho can feot that hlmutd , TJ town has chance, with all their acutnncss aro mar- I)Inno out without nsslstance, do you?" ' , ", B'" .r..1 10 . own 11119 ov u u uut uvuniuauy or our proporty will ho worthless. Lot's scare A l'rcoiiiitioiinry Meiuure. tneir om parade out of sight and lot them see that wo aro running tho town." Borne objection was raised, hut in "Why do you lnugh so hurriedly when your husbnnd tolls a story?" "If I don't laugh promptly ho tells It nil over gnlti." Olovolnnd pjain tho end tho worthies wero all satisfied Dealer. with a plan that promised dire trouble Gratitude Is like love-where it ?r n?'h?orln .bur' Bt only let, it will Bhow ltBolf.-II. Leo. ,T """" "" Know or it when J3LV - -, . M- V ti .rf7..'m 1 i This is no time for .mirth or kni,f.. Tho cold gyj ot tho morning nfter. Western towns doon not permit of much confidenco or oxchnngo of cour tesies. Thero wnB nnothor conference that night, hut tho cattlemen did not know of It. Only two wore In It Harry nnd Led. When thoy parted It wan with n lnugh and n merry call from tho for mor: "It will bo fun for nil of 'om." Independence Day dawned with tho beauty of tho pralrlo skies shining over tho town. It was a day for tho young to rojolco In nnd for the old to bo thankful for. Mayvlllo was astir' early and thero wns not n resident who did not foci that ho wns Interest od In tho celebration, both for tho pur- poso of making for his sldo tho best showing posslblo nnd to outdo tho op position. Tho rlvnl parados started at 10 o'clock. Tho two young men wero tho re spective marshals of tho dny nnd each guided his troops as best ho could through tho crowds thnt filled tho strcots. Tho Bouth endors were gor geous In their finery from tho otorei Tho Goddess of Liberty rode on a float nil by lioreelf and tho horses wero gay ly fitted out for tho occasion with rib bons und hunting. Tho north end had a moro sedate, but more expensive ag gregation. It had In lino nil tho cow boys of the much ownors nnd there were some fancy riders among thorn who could and did mako the onlookers wonder nt tholr uklll. As tho bauds played and drowned out tho noise of each opposition com' pany tho two marshals of the day led the linos toward n tree-lined avenue nnd thon with a quick turn brought them out plump against onch other in tho broad street! It was the most ox- citing tlmo of tho town's history. Tho men wore mnd aud tho women lndlg-J nant tho children nlone wore happy. They saw two pnradeo Instead of ono. But suddenly something else hap pened. Out of tho grovo that hid n stnlilo sprang a number of inon with guns. They leaped Into the road and fired them with deafening reports. It wns Intended to frighten tho south endors nnd It did. It also frightened tho others, for tho parndes wero thero togothor. "My stars, what a panic," exclaimed Colonel Norton. "I wish wo had not done It." Well ho might. Tho tentns went horo and there, out of tho control ot tho drivers. Then ono wns seen running down tho street It wns tho ono with tho Goddess of Liberty. Bohlnd it went two riders Harry nnd Led. It was n race for a life. Tho two young men wore well mounted, but they hnd swift horses to catch. At tho end of tho road was a hill and down ,nt the bottom n bridge Tholr tiino wns short. n Btuc rnTft r thO ntlmr 1,1. " " " .'"v. "v u 0 ,e" I" Ion m ........ ...v; uuu, imrairtfl Dorlno dune to ii,a Pitched and wavered, a!o , vniuriA "Hero." put In UA. In tu, - J ..... - ..... ... . ' ".nn SIlA Idnln,! . .. .' . ...w,,VM ,luu. nng ia Ik. i K VCIl 111 tho tnrrnr nt II,. ... 7i - - . w . jwsuioj ju saw Bomething of the ittat!oa 4 wished for nn Instant that the cl crowd. Hut n look ahead toM lad mm was imposiolenow tu to tlmo. i The hill wns nearer and nfirtr m people Were womlftrfn? trVv .1. in not lonp, for tbey saw It wu tea ..u iui mo riuers 10 KOp tte loi RllflrlAtllv nlin snllfl.l . I. . .' abandon thnt showed howtteji nor rami, sho throw herself fir i the wagon toward Led Nortoi uto duty or the minute. 1I n out his ntroiig rlfsht fttm and 1 camo to him threw It aroasl wnlst. With a quick cotloa brought her to the taddle atd l! ter of tho crowd. uno jumncu into me ma a north ender!" exclaimed a to 1 her friends, "for shame!" Bet Dcfis seemed not to enro. She rslMs them when she rode bark !th hA nrm around her, nnd Harry tu $ that he went on to catch the tee u was not there to ece. "Thnt wns a smart trick of jom'; said Mr. Norton to his eon. a dv two after. "Not so smart as that ef rmnia break up tho south cnaerr pw was tno rcpiy. u uiu-: ways; it won me a wife andpst H twn towns on a friendly tails." "What do you mean, iir: a w UIUI IliUttUB. . . 1 ... 1 a Mim "Allsa vnndeio nrcmea " mo as wo rono oacn hw 7 and tho people were m 1 tiifl frlnht that t"T niinprn tin ftinm. A lUOlMfft ' uno- fam es i w Btrnlghton things, too, P think?" ... t. Mr. Norton did not y "J nnything nt for wPtf j his sou he wns more than iiUAi" had won a goddess, w - . i.nnin.i n. iiehThborowi and thnt wns glory enoui Fourth of July. 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