Lincoln County leader., June 18, 1909, Image 3

lilt
Race
for
BY-
Wife
HAWLEY SMART
' CHAPTER XII. (Continued.) 1
And that weak mother, who under her
husband's Influence, had for the last week
done all she could to abet the sale of
the daughter she loved so, wept bitterly
now her end was accomplished.
"Don't cry, mother," sakl Maude, gent
ly; "I will do all you wish. I would
rather not know more about it than I am
obliged to Just yet. And one thing more.
I must when all's settled, you know;
there can be no harm then I must write
to bid Gren good-by; you'll let me do
that, mother, won't you ?"
. It was all over. The bright Maude of
some few weeks back, with her high spir
its and ringing laugh, was scarcely to be
Teoognized in the pale spiritless girl who
moped about the house now. Hearts
don't break nowadays ; .but when young
ladies dispose of their affections injudi
ciously, the intervention of the authorities
is wont to be followed by a short inter
val of sorrow and sadness.
ITm)1 ponixnn, nnon hmirlne his
daughter's decision, made a mighty gulp,
nd, swallowing as much pride as might
have set up two or three county families,
penned a letter to lawyer Pearman.
It was an awkward epistle to compose,
but the squire showed himself quite equal
to the occasion. The sum of it was this :
lie first apologized, In a haughty manner,
for what he was pleased to term his curt
ness at their last interview. In the en
'Cumbered state of his property he had
thought it but right to lay the proposal
'before Miss Denison, who, It appeared,
took a different and perhaps more sensi
ble view of It than she had done In the
'first Instance. He should, therefore, be
Chappy to welcome the visits of Mr. Pear-
man, junior, to Glinn.
"Told you so, Sam told you so," said
-old Pearman, when he received this pre
cious epistle. He only wanted time and
line enough. I've done my part, boy. It
Is In yonr hands now ; but I think you'll
-find It all pretty smooth sailing."
CHAPTER XIIL
A little after six in the morning. The
April sun has Just succeeded In breaking
through the morning mist, and the air
still has a crackle of frost In it. At
the foot of a small knoll, surmounted by
a little clump of Scotch fir, stand three
men, engaged In earnest conversation.
Carefully sheeted, with stable boys on
their backs, some seven or eight thorough'
breds pace majestically round and round
the little hillock. On the side these men
are standing, stretches a considerable ex
panne of velvety turf-down. .A series of
slender white poles mark out a wide oval
road, somewhere about a mile In circum
ference. That broad, green, ribbon-like
track Is what is termed the Mannersley
Oallop, and the ground upon which Mr.
Pearman's horses take their daily exercise.
The gentleman In the pepper-and-salt
euit, single-breasted coat, longish walBt
coat and low-crowned hat, is Martin Py
croft, trainer. He fiddles with the ash
plant In his hand, and seems rather to
demur to something that his companion
Sam Pearman seems to Insist on.
As for the third member of the confer
ence, a bright, wiry, dark little man, he
looks aa if bis opinion must be asked
pretty decidedly before he Intends commit
ting himself on any point. He Is a jockey
of some considerable eminence in his pro
fession. "Can't do any harm, Martin. He might
just as well have a spin with the old
horse as go his usual gallop." '
"Well, I'd rather Mr. Pearman wait
till he is quite wound up before trying
him. You must do aa you please, sir.
No horse can be doing better ; but contin
ually trying does take the heart out of
them, you know, sir."
"Of course It does ; but . mind, we
haven't galloped Coriander beside another
this year. We suppose him to be quite
as good and better than he was last au
tumn, but we've never ascertained. I
mean to know this morning."
In the meantime the string has halted,
the sheets are removed, and then, led by
the head lad on a veteran of four seasons'
standing, the youngsters proceed In In
dian file round the course at a half-speed
- gallop. Then comes more walking lot
twenty minutes or so, succeeded by an
other steady canter, towards the finish of
which the pace is considerably Improved
the rate of progression being always
regulated by the rider of the leading
horse, who has, of course, received his
instructions from the trainer beforehand.
More walking, then more cantering, at
the conclusion of which Martin Pycroft
ays quietly:
"Take 'em home, William, and tell
those boys to bring Loadstone and Cori
ander up here."
Merely replying, "All right, sir," Wil
liam turned his horse's head In the direc
tion of the stables.
A minute or two, and a couple of stable
boys walk the horses to where Pearman,
Pycroft and "the rigid rider to orders"
are standing.
"Jump off and strip 'em," says the
trainer. The boye slip off the backs of
their respective mounts, and hold them
by the-head while Pycroft unlooses Cori
ander's surcingle, whips off the sheets
with a dexterous hand, and proceeds to
adjust a light racing asddle on that
aulas celebrity'! back. Jim, assisted by
Pearman, performs the same office for
Loadstone. '
"Nw, sir," says Martin, "before we
see bow they are together, we and better
just let 'em have a quiet canter. Jim, you
get up on Coriander. You, young un,
he continued, addressing the lad who bad
been upon Loadstone, "get on your own
horse, and lead round a nice strong can
ter, making It a little quicker from the
bush home than in the dip ; but no gallop
ing In earnest, mind."
"Looks and moves well, sir, don't he?"
said Martin, as Coriander, under Jim's
masterly hands, after two or three angry
snatches at his bit, settled down into
the long, low sweeping stride character
istic of the most thoroughbred horses
that distinguish themselves on a race
course.
And now the pair come striding along
towards the knoll, where they are pulled
up.
"Go kind?" Inquires Mr. Pycroft.
"ICius 'uas to ride can put him any
where," observes Jim, sententiously.
"Walk 'em about a bit, while we get
the saddle cloths ready."
Jim and the boy duly go into the scale.
Another muttered conversation between
Pycroft and his master; then the saddles
were removed, the leaded cloths carefully
adjusted, the saddles replaced over them,
the long surcingles passed carefully over,
and Coriander and Loadstone were ready
for their trial.
"Give them their orders, Martin, and
then come here and see it. Mind, they're
to start from the three-quarter-of-a-mile
post. W ho's to start 'em?"
"All right, sir; I told William to come
back, and here he Is, You go down with
em, Will. Bush In, mind. Here, Jim,
you ride -the old horse, of course, this
time. Get off, and come right along. I
don't mean ride his head off, but take the
lead, and keep it."
"All right 1" And Jim walked the grey
leisurely down alongside William, to the
starting post.
"Now, look here, boy," said Mr. Py-
croft, advancing to the stripling who was
on Coriander; "you have an idea of rid
ing, you have. Now, don't go and make
an exhibition of yourself this morning,
Mind, if you do it here, I shall take care
you don't get much chance of doing it in
public. Attend to what I say to you,
Get off as well as you can. Jim's pretty
safe to do you there; but, even if he
don't, mind, you're to wait on bim till you
come to the quarter-mile post from home,
You know it. Run up to him then. But,
whatever Jim does, whether he begins rid
ing or whether he doesn't, you're not
to begin In earnest till within fifty yards
of home. I'll forgive you if you wait
too long, and lose it that way ; but if you
come too soon and ride him to a stand
still, we shan't want you for light-weights
at Newmarket or anywhere else."
The lad walked his horse after Load
stone with a very serious face. Like all
boys in a racing stable, of course the
height of his ambition was to become a
jockey. He was not a little proud of
being in charge of such a celebrity as
Coriander. For, be It known to the unin
itiated that every race horse in a big sta
ble is looked after by his own boy, and
that these boys, when their horse is one
of distinction, are immensely proud of
him. They groom him, ride him at exer
cise in short, almost live with him.
Coriander was the first crack that had
fallen to young Allen's care, and he firm
ly believed such a flyer never existed.
Now anxious moment I he was to ride
him in his trial. He looked even at that
as a great rise in his, profession. It is
true he bad ridden in two or three trials
before, but then be had generally been on
something that had had no earthly chance
to win. Suppose he should make a mess
of it this morning; Mr. Pycroft would
never give him another chance, perhaps.
No wonder the boy looks rather seri
ous. But they are at the post. A couple
of false starts take place, in consequnece
of young Allen a eagerness to get well off.
"Stop a bit, young 'un," said Jim,
laughing; "be a little steady. Mind, It
ain't a race, and I won't want to get
the best of you. I only want to get away
fair. How a starter would walk down
your throat If you carried on like this!"
The remonstrance had the desired effect,
and the next time they were away, Jim
having a little the best of it, though not
much. Once off, the boy'a nerves stead
led directly. He waited patiently till he
came to the quarter post, and then ran
up abreast of Loadstone, Locked togeth
er, they went for the next two hundred
yards, and then Jim began what Is term
ed In racing parlance "fiddling" at his
horse; it means riding bim a little. He
drew near a length ahead, but the boy
sat still. "Wait till within fifty yards
of home, whatever Jim does," he mutter
ed, "and I will, If I'm beat for It."
A few strides more, and he saw that
Loadstone could hardly hold the lead he
had obtained. Gradually he was creep
ing np to him again, though still quiet on
his horse. A little more, and Jim began
to ride his horae In earnest, and this was
the hardest trial the boy had undergone
yet For a moment Jim forged ahead.
and looked like leaving him altogether;
then he seemed to hang; and now surely
he was within fifty yards of home. Was
he? Yes I He sat down and shook up
Coriander, pass id Jim easily, and went
the knoll a couple of length fa
front.
"You'll do, young 'un," said Jim, good-
naturedly, as they pulled up their horses.
Don't quite know what orders you got,
but can pretty well euess. You stick aa
i-tnaft tn what von'rp tnld to rtn ami Voon 1
- i - .
your head as cool as you did this time,
and you'll find yceraelf first past the
post at Epsom some of these days."
"Well, Martin, I think that'll about
do," laughed Pearman, as the trial fin
ished. "It will be a good horse that haj
the best of Coriander three weeks from
this.".
"Yes, sir; he's better even than I
thought he was, and I know I haven't
worked him up to bis best yet. I've no
fear of his not going on well, for I never
trained a better constitutioned colt in my
life; and though we didn't try him quite
the full distance this morning, I've no
doubt of his getting the Howley Mile
as well as he's done his three-quarters
this morning."
"You did that very well, my lad," he
continued, addressing Allen. "This morn
ing's ride will be a little in your pocket,
if we've luck, and you pay attention to
my next orders ; and they are Hold your
tongue. You'll get riding before you're
many months older. Well, Jim, what do
you think?"
The jockey jumped off his horse and
handed him over to the boy that had
first been on him. When out of earshot,
he replied, "I'll win the Guineas, bar ac
cidents, unless there's a great three-year-old
whose name we haven't heard on."
Sam Pearman, in the meantime, seat
ed on the soft grass, was busily glancing
oxer a neat memorandum book. "Yes,"
he muttered, "stakes and all, it will be a
nnriiah hit to win. It's a bigger thing
than I ever pulled off yet, and I have
had some very tidy wins iu my time.
We'll be off home now, Martiu eh? Good
enough, Jim, isn't it?"
"Wish I'd your book on it, sir," was the
that worthy's reply.
"Well, you and Martin will find that
I've not forgotten to do something in
that way for you when it's landed,"
laughed Pearman. "For the present, good
by." "Must win eh?" said the trainer.
"Can't lose," responded the jockey,
"unless I'm knocked over."
CHAPTER XIV.
Old Pearman had shown perfect know
edge of mankind on the receipt of Denl
son's letter. He had gone over to Glinn
the next morning. The old lawyer was
quite master of the situation.
The squire felt quite grateful to his
visitor for the tact and delicacy with
which he paved the way for his retreat
from an awkward position. It was, per
haps, this wonderful quality which had
helped Pearman on in the world more
than anything. Even those who had been
most" closely shorn were always impressed
to their dying day that, if they could have
pulled through the swamp of impecuni
osrty their recklessness had plunged them
into, Pearman would have done it.
Denison was no fool where his interests
were concerned. He had, it is true, been
guilty of the grossest folly in squander
ing a fine property ; but he was not weak
enough to look upon the lawyer as a ben
efactor.
"Well, Mr. Pearman," he said, "we
had best let bygones be bygones. If I
was sharp upon you the other day in
speech, you retaliated on the mortgage;
and you had the best of it. Come in and
lunch."
So the old gentleman lunched at Glinn.
"and was introduced to Mrs. Denison and
his future daughter-in-law. Maude took
but little notice of him; but her mother,
having now made up her mind to the
match, was favorably impressed. Mr.
Pearman, in fact, dressed quite as the
old respectable confidential solicitor, and
acted the part extremely well. Poor Mrs.
Denison, having made up her mind to
meet her ideal of a low turf attorney, de
rived ' principally from novels, was most
agreeably astonished.
That the son would quickly follow in
his father's footsteps was a matter of
course; and here again the Glinn family
were destined to be pleasantly surprised.
Sam Pearman, though he had not all, yet
inherited a fair proportion of bis father's
tact. The old gentleman, too, had given
him one or two valuable hints. He pre
sented himself very quietly, was very sub
dued and respectful, but by no means
demonstrative In bis attentions to Maude;
talked just a shade of racing, to gratify
the squire, letting it drop as quickly as
opportunity served ; chatted pleasantly on
all the topics of the day, and took his
departure after the delivery of a neat
anecdote that made even Mrs. Denison
smile.
Poor Maude, she had sat very pale
through the visit; but even she felt &
species of mild gratitude for the little
her accredited suitor had sought from
her on this occasion. She felt that she
could marry the man to save Glinn to her
parents, but that any iovemaking before
hand would be unendurable. If he would
continue to treat her with quiet courtesy,
she could bear It ; but to yield her Hps to
him, she felt was beyond her. That lov
ers claim such favors she knew; but the
girl had a strong touch of romance In her,
and vowed no kiss should be laid on her
cheek until she wbb irrevocably severed
from Grenvllle Rose. She still clung to
an undefined hope that he might rescue
her yet. Poor child! her case looks sad
enough now; but there are a good many
fitful changes In this world's great kaleid
oscope. Men cut their throats premature
ly, and humanity generally declines strug
gling, Just as better times are about to
dawn. "More judicious to play the game
out than throw down the cards," ho1d
good In life. ,
(To be continued.)
KAJOHITT BTJLE IS CONdBESG. I
Method Adopted to Save- Tim Bad
to Protect Deuluet Party.
This Is a big country with big In
terests and It la manifestly Impossible
to consider all matters In which all
the members are Interested In open ses
sion of the house, says J. Sloat Fassett
in Leslie's Weekly. Rules have been
devised for appointing committees and
apportioning the work. Only the
more Important bills can be reported
and only the most argent of these can
be considered In the whole bouse. No
rales can be or ought to be devised
which would enable every member to
take np the time of the house when
ever It so pleased him with any bill
be might choose. So In the bouse, as
In the world generally, the rule of the
majority prevails. The country, by a
majority vote In the several congres
sional districts, selects the political
party which It desires to have in con
trol. That majority party, by majority
vote, proceeds to organize the house
Into a working mechanism. The
speaker Is elected by a tjiajorlty and is
always answerable to (hat majority.
The rules are adopted by a majority
and are always responsive to that ma
jority. The rule are made with full
provision to protect the rights of each
Individual and of the minority, but
rightly they are framed to enable the
responsible majority to exercise the
power Intrusted to It by the people and
for the exercise of which or the failure
to exercise which that majority, and
that majority alone, Is held responsi
ble. If a Democratic minority, by the
aid of a small body of Insurgent or
rebellious Republicans, could obtain
possession of the machinery of legtsla
tion and prevent the majority from
carrying out It pledges the country
would not accept the plea of non pos
sumus. The entire majority would be
held responsible for such a breach of
trust
Making Hard Soap.
Put on a pair of old gloves; open a
n of the best patent lye; empty it
into a Btone jar ; add one quart of cold
or warm water and stir with a stick
until the lye is thoroughly dissolved.
Put the grease on in a pot over a slow
fire to melt. When it is liquid, dip a
cheesecloth into hot water, wring hard
and strain two quarts of the grease
into a pall; add this to the dissolved
lye and stir until It looks like a smooth
sirup. Now let it stand, stirring now
and then. When it is like thick gruel,
have an old bread pan ready to receive
the "gruel." First, line the bottom
with thick paper cut to fit ; dip a clean
cloth Into cold water, wring It dry and
spread it smoothly all over the pan,
covering sides as well as the bottom.
Pour In the sonp ; smooth It on top
and let It stand to harden. When it
begins to harden all over, cut Into
squares with a broad-bladed knife.
When quite firm, lift the squares from
the pan ; lay them on clean paper, not
touching one another. When perfectly
hard It Is ready for use.
Natural Deduction.
Said She I wonder how these spirit
ual communications are written) ,
8a Id He With a medium pen or Dor
ell, I Imagine.
Dr. A. Bulleid, who discovered the
ancient British lake village at Glaston-
burg.ln 1892, has now found another
group of lake dwellings at the neigh
boring village of Meare. The site ol
the lake village consists of two fields
covering about twelve acres, and is
marked by a number of grassy mounds
formed by floors of dwellings. Dr,
Bulleid has found large quantities of
relics, Including objects In bronze,
bone, horn and pottery. The village Is
supposed to be of the late Celtic date.
It was probably built between 300 or
400 B. C. and the Roman Conquest.
Cheese must have been a rather dear
or scarce article of food In 1502, for,
says the Law Times, It Is recorded in
the "Black Books" of the Honorable
Society of Lincoln's Inn that at Eas
ter term, 1502, it was "agreed by the
governors and. benchers this term that
If any one of the society shall here
after cut cheese Immoderately at the
time of dinner or supper, or shall give
cheese to any servant or to any other,
he shall carry It away from the table
at any time, be shall pay 4 pence for
each offense. The butlers of the so
ciety shall present such defaulters
weekly, under pain of expulsion from
office."
Recent Investigations show that the
umbrella is undoubtedly of high an
tiquity. It appeared in various forms
on the sculptured monuments of Egypt
Assyria, Greece and Rome. In hot
countries It has been used since the
dawn of history as a suirnhftde a use
signified by Its name, derived from the
Latin "umbra," a shade. In the East
the umbrella has ever been a symbol
of power and royalty, and In many
countries It has become a part of re
ligious as well as royal symbolism.
The Chinese date the umbrella back to
4,000 or 5,000 years anterior to the
Mosaic date of creation, which would
make it about 10,000 or 11,000 years
old.
When 70 per cent of cerium is al
lowed with 80 per cent of Iron, the
metal thus produced possesses the re
markable property of giving off a
shower of sparks when struck by a
steel wheel. This substance has been
employed for making auto-lgnlters for
gas burners, miners' acetylene lamps
and cigar lighters. Recently' It has
been proposed to utilize It for Igniting
motor headlights, am even as a substi
tute for electric Ignition Is the cylin
ders. Doctor Brill has tried it, for the
last named purpose, but he finds that
the efficacy of the alloy falls off with
use. The cause of this loss of efficacy
Is suspected to be the presence of ol
and dust
sleam-Cooked Foud.
'By a very simple improvement It
the familiar cooker, It Is claimed that
the preparation of food Is greatly fa
cilitated. The cook
er consists of two
pans, one nested
within the other
and the Improve
ment referred to
lies simply in the
milking of a num
ber of perforations
along the edge of
the Inner recepta
cle, which Is tha
one designed to
contain the food to be treated. The
lid tits over both pans iu such a way
tuut steam from the water In the low
er receptacle pusses up to the Interior
of the chamber containing the food. .Be
cause of the additional heat the cook
ing is accomplished In less time and
the moisture supplied by the steam pre
vents the food from becoming too dry.
NEW COOktB.
Potato Shell..
Add to a pint of hot mashed pota
toes half a lenspoonfiil of celery salt,
one-fourth of a teaspoon of Hungarian
paprika, a tablespoouful each of but
ter and cream and the stlflly beaten
whites of two eggs; press firmly Into
buttered shells, unniold carefully,
brush the corrugated side with beaten
yolk, lay on a buttered pan and bake
brown; garnish with parsley. f
Italax-d Waffles.
Raised wallles are excellent. Scalu
two cupfuls of milk in a double boiler,
add a rounding tublespoonful of but
ter, one-quarter cup of sugar and a
level teuspoonful of salt. When luke
warm add one-half yeast cake dis
solved In one-quarter cup of lukewarm
water, three cupfuls of sifted flour and
two well-beaten eggs. Cover, let rise
very light and bake.
A Worse Prophet.
A prominent member of the Roths
child family says there will be no war
In the Balkans. As a war prophet, too,
we believe we have more confidence In
a Rothschild than a Hobson, as a gen
eral proposition. Washington Herald,
People make as much ado about
making np their minds as If It
amounted to something.
Pecan Cookie.
Cream one scant teaspoonful of but
ter with half a cup of sugar; add two
eggs, one scant cup of flour, one tea
spoonful of baking powder, one-half
teaspoonful of Bait, four tublcspoonfuls
of milk, a generous cup of chopped
pecan meats and vanilla to flavor. Drop
with a teaspoonful on buttered pans
about 2 inches apart. Hake in mod
erate oven.
Graham Crlapa.
Mix two cups of graham flour with
one teaspoon of suit und one cup of
water. Roll out rather thin. Cut into
rounds. Put a layer on a greased pan,
brush them with melted butter and put
on another layer, pinch edges together,
brush again with butter, prick cleat
through both layers In several places
and bake twenty minutes In a hot oven.
Imitation Sauerkraut.
Select a small, solid head of cabbage
and chop It up tine. Plnce in a granite
or porcelain kettle for twenty-four
hours. Before putting away add salt
and a little water ; cover well ; next
drain off the water, rinse well and
fry In fat, lard or butter, as may be
desired. It also can be boiled wltl)
neat.
Bird's Nest Pudding;.
Cover the bottom of a granite pie
dale with sliced apples, cover with
a soft, rich biscuit dough, bake and
serve with the apples on top, sprinkled
with sugnr and dotted with bits of
butter. Cream may be served wUh it
f desired.
Waahlaa; Fluid.
A useful washing fluid Is made by
boiling together half a pound of slaked ,
lime and a pound of soda In six parts
of water for two hours. Let It settle
and then pour off the clear liquid fot
use.
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