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Race
for
a
T-
Wife
HAWLEY SMART
CHAPTER XXIII.
The classic heath is crowded ; ay, over
wowded. The carriages stand four or five
deep next the ropes. In a carriage very
close to the cords are Harold Denison,
Maude and Grenville Hose or rather, I
tbould say, were, insomuch as they had
arrived there together; but though Deni
' ton had for some years eschewed the
greensward and its fatal seductions, of
course there were numerous old friends
whom he had known well in the days that
tho sky blue and silver braid was promi
lnont at most large race meetings. He
be naturally drawn off to chat over old
times with some of them, and left Maude
In charge of her cousin.
The girl was In a Btate of the greatest
excitement. She had never before seen a
race of any kind. It was a bright day;
but not warm, except In the July meeting,
it never is on Newmarket Heath. Thanks
to her father's experience, Maude was
heavily shawled and therefore comfort
able. In the last few mfnutes Hose had
confided to her what a big stake he stood
to win on Coriander, "Though, Maude,
recollect, I shan't be a penny the worse
If he loses.
"Oh, ;r'n, how can you stand still?
I enn hardly, as it is, though it is you
who arc to win, and not me."
"My darling, you are as much interest
ed as I am. I never did bet before; I
never shall again. Can't you guess why
I have this time?"
"I think so," she replied, as her face
flushed. "It's for me, is it not?"
"Yes, Maude; if Coriander wins, I can
claim you from your father at once; if
he don't well, you will wait while I
work, won't you?"
"You know I will. I'm yours whenever
you come for me," whispered the girl ;
"and SB long as we may write, I shall
never- " and she paused.
"What?" inquired her couBin.
"Don't ask me ! well, never be as un
happy as I have been."
Grenville pressed the little hand that
rested In his, but said nothing; in which
he showed great discretion. In love-making,
silence is often more effective than
conversation.
But the noise of the bursting cork Is
hushed in Jarvis' the ring is deserted.
Flys and horsemen tear across to where
the cords, placed in funnel shape, indicate
the finest of the Rowley miles. Every
one is anxious to see the result of the
first groat three-year-old race of the sea
on. Carefully have the horses been scru
tinized in the Birdcage and elsewhere.
and the scattered ring, from the foot of
the Jockey Club stand and from amidst
the carriages, still shriek forth spasmodic
offers against outsiders. Grenville has
never left his cousin's side. As he has
already said, the turf was a great mys
tery to him. All he knows and this Is
derived from Dallison Is, that Coriander
Is first favorite, and that Fauxpas and
The Saint are each backed for a great
defil of money, and that the Lightning
Colt is a dangerous outsider.
"Now, Maude stand up on the seat.
Are the glasses right? Try." -
"Quite; I can see beautifully.''
"Very well ; now repeat what I have
taught yon. What are the colors?"
"Corinnder, black and white hoops;
Fauxpas. gTeen and white braid ; The
Saint, cherry and black cap; and and,
oh, dear, I forget that Lightning thing."
"Mazarine blue; don't forget again.
Do you see those two bushes? As soon
as we hear they are off, bring your glasses
to bear on those. Walt till you catch
the horses in their field, and then follow
them till you don't want glasses."
"Yes, Gren; but my hand shakes so.
I wish you hadn't told me about all that
money if Coriander wins. Oh, dear, why
don't they start? What are they wait
ing for?"
Ah, me! Faces are a study, the five
minutes before the flag falls for a great
race. The teeth will go through the lip,
or the mouth will twitch, and the hand
that holds the. race glass will shake a little
on these occasions when the possessore
are involved in high stakes on the result.
Once over, and as a rule it would be diffi
cult to tell whether a man had lost much
or little. Winners look jubilant, losers
bland at the hoisting numbers. To study
faces, use your eyes while the horses still
.luster at the starting post.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Suddenly is seen tumult amongst the
distant horsemen, who have gone down
some way to witness the start, and almost
before Maude can realize that tbey are all
tearing towards her, the fierce shriek of
"They're off!" announces that the race
for the Two Thousand has begun. She
has barely time to get the bushes wlthjn
the field of her glasses when half a dozen
of tho gay silken jackets pass them.
Flushed, panting, excited, and utterly un
accustomed to the thing, Maude grinds
her little white teeth in her agitation as
she finds they have passed the point more
like the glimpse of a kaleidoscope than
anything else; then, for a second, she
can't find them again. "Oh, Grenl" she
gasps, "which is Coriander? I forget!
Was it blue, or black and white hoops?
I've lost them. Oh, dear, that grocn thing
will win! Oh, which is Coriander?"
And there was a slight gurgle In Maude's
throat.
"The Saint wins I No, he don't 1 he's
Vat I Fauxpas wins I No, the Lightning
Colt; Fauxpas" when, sharp and shrill
as a clarion above the Babel, came Sam
Pearman'i cry of "Coriander wins for a
monkey !" Coriander wins. Coriander
in a walk, and the black and white hoops
glide past the Judge's chair a clever length
in front.
Grenville draws a big breath. "Is it
true?" and he glares anxiously at the
telegraph board. From where he is it is
impossible to tell for certain, though he
thinks the favorite won. Hurrah ! Up
goes the mystic 7 that represents Cori
ander on the cards; and, with a yell,
Grenville sends his hat into the air. Even
as he does so, he feels that Maude leans
wondrous heavy on his shoulder ; he turns
just in time to hear a low gurgling sound,
and catch bis cousin in his arms. She
has fainted; He lays her back in the
carriage, and sends one of the innumer
able lads that Infest a race course in hot
pursuit of water. Meanwhile he, in his
ignorance and confusion, bathes her tem
ples with sherry from a big flask. It has
the desired effect, as if It were a more sci
entific, or, at all events, more generally
recognized remedy, and ere the myrmidon
returns with water, .Maude has come to
her self with a choking sob or two.
"Oh, Gren, I didn't I don't I shall
be well in a minute." And after drinking,
first a little sherry, and then a little
water, Maude, with rather pale cheeks,
began to wonder how she could have been
so foolish.
"I got so excited about It Gren ; I
couldn't help it. You shouldn't have told
me what a lot of money you might win
Besides, I never saw a race before."
"Never mind, you are all right now.
We'll go home as soon as we can catch
your father; there's nothing else to see
not for us, at least, darling. I've won
yon nw, Maude !"
"N(," said the girl, with a smile, and
a slight pressure of her little hand ; "you
did that before. But where s your hat?
"I don't know," said Grenville, looking
very confused. "I threw it up in the
air when the horse won and then you
fainted, and I never thought of it again,
Looks awkward, don't it?"
"Oh," laughed Maude, "I'm so glad
Why, you were as bad as me. I think
we had better go home, Gren ; we are not
fit to go racing. We haven't the requl
site control of our feelings, and make
shows of ourselves.
But though the hat, a little the worse
for its aerial excursion, was speedily re
turned by some jackal of the heath, Har
old Denison was not so easily come at,
and the cousins were perforce doomed to
see the day out. Though I doubt whether
they ever saw another race, they bore
themselves resignedly, and I fancy passed
a tolerably pleasant two hours. A gentle
man on a neat hack, after a moment's
hesitation, pulled t.o at their carriage.
Lifting his hat to Maude, he nodded cheer
ily to Rose, and leaning over, murmured:
"No end of congratulation. I'm very
well satisfied ; but, Gren, you have played
for high stakes, and I suppose I may say
have won them. Adieu ! And with an
other glance and raising of his bat to
Maude, he cantered off.
"Who was that?" she inquired.
"Dallison, who did all my betting for
me."
"And did he know?"
"He knew what that 5,000 meant to
me. He's right, Maude. I have been play
ing high stakes, and to think xbat
should win all."
Mr. Denison turned up in the most jubi
lant spirits. He had had a delightful day,
and won a hundred and odd pounds, he
told them. "Don't think I am going on
with it, Grenville, but as I had come to
see 'The Guineas' run for once more,
I determined to risk my pony on it, and
backed the horse that had already been
Buch a good friend to me ; and as that was
successful I Invested two or three more
ten-pound notes on the strength of my
first win, bo that my gains mounted up,
my selections having proved successful."
Within twenty-four hours Grenville
Rose had had a long confabulation with
his nncle, and succeeded . in convincing
him that he was, thanks to the additional
5,000, In a position to marry his cousin
at once; he could make upnow 000 a
year, and he was sure business would
shortly come to him. Denison demurred
a little, but he certainly was under some
ot ligation to his nephew about that mort
gage. The domestic current, too, ran
strong in Grenville's favor; so, after a
little, he yielded, saying that "if they
thought fit to begin the world on that
income, he had no more to say, further
than that they could expect but little
help from him in his lifetime."
Maude and Grenvilje recked little of
that, and in three months' time they
were married ; and one of the handsomest
wedding present Maude received was,
strange enough to say, from Sam Pear
man, with a very correct note, to the ef
fect that, "Forgetting all the past, he
trusted Miss Denison would still consider
him ns a friend and well-wisher."
Moreover, so immensely struck was that
gentleman with " Grenville',8 acuteness in
the prosecution of the hcriot claim, that
he threw a considerable amount of his
own and friends' legal business Into
Rose's hands; and three or four years
after that memorable Two Thousand you
seldom saw a horse case la which Gren
ville was not employed. Briefs, too, fell
thick from other sources; the Coriander
stoiy waa bruited about, and the attor
neys pronounced it smart, clever very.
anJ endorsed their opinions practically.
rhe picture of that distinguished race
horso may be seen in the dining room at
Mannersley, and Pearnian often contem
plates it, and soliloquizes as be does so,
les; you cost me 10,000 hard cash, and
the prettiest girl in England; but you
won the Guineas and the Derby you
did."
Over Rose's study mantelpiece hangs a
print of that same celebrity. Deep in his
papers in the evening, sometimes, when
work is so plentiful that it becomes hard
to grapple with, Maude will glide softly
in, and say "Come, Gren; tea is in. Come
and drink Coriander's health the dear
"It
old norse that gave be to eacn otner. Ana i
was a runaway match, wasn't
It?" "Yes, but he couldn't run fast
enough. She caught him."
he vields to the voice of the charmer. ' 1 ou ou6nl 10 MVe money for your.
and, to the benefit of his health, enjoys family." "Yes, but " "But what?"
a sturdy little boy of some three years "My family won't let me." Cleveland
old or so, who, having been once taken by leader.
his mother into Court, has determined on Poetry ls the art of puttlng worda
being a judge almost immediately. Wether In ..rh t i
It is a solemn compact between Maude .. .. . . '
a xt. p. tw when nvthin them thelr ,east Possible commercial
happens to Coriander who, having much valu Puck.
distinguished himself, has now retired into ) Martha Don't you think a cookery
domestic life one of his illustrious feet book la fascinating reading? Maud
is to be placed at her disposal. Yea, Indeed. It contains so many stir-
The squire is still muddling on, but, rjng indents,
thanks to an occasional look-up from ,
Grenville, and a change of bailiffs, con-1 She How was your speech at the
tinues to about make both ends meet. As club received the other night? He
for Mrs. Denison, with her temperament, When I sat down they said it was the
cannot you fancy the delight she has in best thing I ever did.
a visit to or from her darling daughter, Ashley Do you have much variety
and with a couple of grandchddren to pet n your boardlng house? Seymour
and spoil ?
(The End.)
BLAZE 1,800 FEET HIGH.
Above It a Culnnin of Smoke As
cended to a Height of 0,000 Feet.
1hn jrmntpst oil tiro in history l
supposed to have been the lire which
by a conservative estimate destroyed
more than 5,000,000 barrels of oil last
year In the Sun Gerouimo field near
Tamplco, Mexico.
n ' l w. r I ' Dtpatiim n'aa Rtmr1r at n
Imth 1 ftlS taut Iti a klv-lnch ciiRAd narsnl'
""I"" lHT, Wll lxV.l.. I.J
well. The torrent of oil burst forth
and waa quickly followed by a blow- "m- and h(?, m'fht " w- "
out of gas which opened a big orifice , broken nw!"-Stray Stories.
In the earth's surface, swallowing up 1 "Ye8" Bald the young w-fe, proudly,
the derrick and whole drilling outfit, "father always gives something expen
Including the engine and boiler. The slve when ne makes presents." "So I
gas and oil were ignited from the Are discovered when he gave you away,"
under the boiler and the great fire was rejoined the young husband. Chicago
Well, we have three different names
tor the meals. London World.
"Nobody realizes the immensity of
space." Except the man who has to
fill a dally half column with alleged
minor." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Tc'l me flunk!;, all, kv'uui. uo full
think of my daughter's voice?'-' "Well,
madam, I think she may have a bril
liant future in water color painting."
Figaro.
"You shouldn't treat your boy so
you'll break his spirit."
WdMElf OF KOREAN COTJBT.
Great Redaction In Their Number-
IaOneace The? Once Exerted.
The visit of three Korean court la
dies to Japan is an Indication of the
striking changes that have resulted
from the Japanese occupation of the
hermit kingdom. Two years ago there
were no fewer than 1,800 ladies in
waiting, now there are only 100.
This wholesale reduction naturally
created consternation, and there was
much lamentation among those whose
services were dispensed with, the Lon
don Telegraph says. Their lot, how
ever, does not seem to have been alto
gether enviable. It appears that it
has been the custom to take girls into
the court from the age of 10, and
henceforth throughout the whole pe
riod of their natural lives they were
never allowed to leave the precincts
of the palace, so that they lived In ab
solute ignorance of the outside world.
The few who accompanied the em
peror cn his recent tour gave evidence
of the timidity which had resulted
from their long confinement, for they
could hardly be persuaded to enter
the train, and "they finally dMd so with
manifest trepidation.
Hitherto the influence of these la
dles at court has been very great.
Having constant access to the ear of
the sovereign, on the one hand, and
being, on tho other, accessible to all
the intriguing Influences that prevail
ed In the unwholesome atmosphere of
the court, their power exceeded even
that of the ministers of state.
Daily News.
in this manner started. I
It burned for sixty-two days. The Irate Diner (to waiter who perslst
vortex or crater through which the oil ently hovers about the table) What
poured was gradually enlarged until It on earth are you waiting for, man? I
was more than 500 feet wide. A rim of don't want you. Waiter Excuse me.
rocks and earth was formed around its sir, but I am responsible for the all
outer edge resembling a volcano's, era-, ver- Tit-Bits.
ter. According to the Technical World Biggs, '11 Why are the tugs on the
the blaze extended to a height of from Wisconsin river like the co-eds who
1,400 to 1,800 feet and the column of walk up and down State street?
black smoke rose above it to a height Muggs, '12 And the answer ls? Biggs,
of about 0,000 feet. On top of the '11 Some toe out, and some toe In.
smoke rested a great white cloud of Wisconsin Sphinx,
vapor which was estimated to extend "What ls your principal object, any
skyward to an additional height of how," asked the visiting foreigner, "in
7,000 feet. The blaze could be seen building that Panama canal?" "Well,"
200 miles. answered the native, "we have an idea
The great oil fire was extinguished It will limit the size of future battle
by means of six centrifugal pumps ships." Chicago Tribune,
which were kept constantly busy for "Foreign travel Is very Improving,"
two weeks throwing mud and water said the studious girl. "Yes," an
into the crater. Heavy discharges of swered Miss Cayenne; "although you
dynamite around the rim of the orifice can't always tell where a person has
also aided in the extinguishing work, jbeen by the pictures on the post cards
Shortly after the flames were put out he sends home." Washington Star,
the oil burst forth ngniu In greater vol-1 Tommy went fishing the other day
ume than ever and its output was stl- 'without his mother's permission. The
mated at 150.000 barrels a day. It has next morning one of his chums met
been a difficult problem to care for the hjm and asked: "Did you catch any
oll. Thp Mexican government sent sev- tning yesterday, Tommy?" "Not till
eral hundred soldiers to the seeue to t got home," was the rather sad re
assist the owners of the well lu build- ponse.
lug earthen reservoirs for temporary I ..whatr exciaimed Mrs. Flatleleh. 1
storage of the product. The oil o-er- ,Tou don., mean t0 te me vou Da .
flowed these reservoirs and large quan
tities escaped into the San Gerouimo
River and Lake Tamlubua.
Learn to Uae the Telephone.
"Only about one person in every ten
knows how to properly use the tele-
girl $10 a week for cooking?" "Oh,
no," replied Mrs. Urban ville. "We
only pay her $2 a week for cooking.
Theother $3 Is for staying." Chicago
Dally News.
Professor of Sociology If this
alarming Increase in the divorce rate
phone," said a district manager of one eontlnueSi twenty years from now the
of the local companies. "Yes, sir, I'll nstitutlon of the home will no longer
stand by my guns on that assertion ; frxl8t ln America. Practical Student
aud I think I can prove my point. Nine How ls that professor? They all
out of every ten persons talk entirely marry again, don't they? Puck,
too loud over the telephone. Theyl A h,gh flnander Bhould be gome.
actually shout and make o much noise jMng Qf an economist) BhouId he notr
that they drown out all semblance of ,T dont thlnk B0 .. answered Mr Dua.
clearness. Then they can't hear, and t,n gtax .The object of the econ.
the first thing you know there la a Dmist is to see what he can get along
complaint about poor connection and wlth. that of thfl hlh nnancier is to
faulty service. The correct way to talk ,ee what he can get away with." "J
over me teieptione is to tain as you ao vVashlngton Star
In ordinary conversation, or even a trl-1 A , once lnqulred wh ,eaveg of
fle lower. People can't seem to real-!tables wfire g0 caled snce they dld
Ize that the telephone will carry a 'not resembIe ,eave8 in the least. Not
whisper even. No, they must talk loud havlng reoelved a satisfactory answer.
enough to be heard from 10th and
he thought for some time and then
said: "I think I know now; they're
Chestnut streets to Germnntown, if
those lie the connected points. Just caled loavea because you can leave
try yourself. Try the low, well modu- 'them nn or leave them down."
iarea voice, ana see lr you ao not get
infinitely better service out of you
telephone ln the future."
Pure butter will not melt under a
temperature of 35 degrees, when It
will leave a sweet and wholesome
liquid, but adulterated butter melts at
88 Into a liquid with a repulsive
odor.
A pressed steel boat, into perfora
tions of which is forced under hy
draulic pressure granulated cork until
the entire surface ls covered, a recent
invention, ls claimed to be unslnk
able. What promises to be one of the
greatest competitions of light agricul
tural motors that ever has taken place
ln North America will he held at the
Winnipeg Industrial exhibition ln
July.
The Argentine government has be
gun the development of a new petrol
eum field on the east coast of Pata
gonia on Us own account, and ls se
curing a good grade of fuel oil from
a depth of 1770 feet.
By using two highly sensitive
pendulums suspended ln a well a Ger
man scientist has found that the sur
face of the earth rises and falls about
8 inches every twenty-four hours, hav
ing tides similar to the oceans..
Experiments by the United States
Forest Service have demonstrated that
thoroughly air-dried timber has about
double the strength of green timber.
Moreover, ln order effectively to ap
ply preservative agents to timber It
must first be seasoned, because It is
very difficult to Inject antiseptics ln
green wood. The loss of weight by
seasoned timber is quite surprising.
Western pine loses half Its weight
after three to five months' seasoning.
The railway tunnel which ls being
constructed under the Detroit Rivet
possesses some novel features. It will
consist of two steel tubes, running
side by side 42 feet below the Hver
surface. Each tube has a diameter
of 16 feet. To receive the tubes, a
trench, 48 feet wide at the bottom. Is
dug ln the clay of the river bottom,
and bedded with a grillage of steel
and concrete. On this the tubes are
laid. The tubes are made ln lengths
of 26 feet, and are Joined by sleeves 17
Inches ln length. When completed
the tubes will be embedded ln con
crete all round. Trains are to be run
through the tunnel by electricity.
The traditional mountain of the ark
always charms the imagination, as It
It were the culminating point of the
globe. And It ls Indeed a noble-looking
mountain, as shown in a photo
graph recently made by E. A. Martel,
the French geologist and explorer.
Mount Ararat is becoming better
known because of the growth of in
terest in the eastern shore of the
Black Sea, which Monsieur Martel
calls Russia's Riviera. Pleasure re
sorts, which may rival Biarritz and
Monte Carlo, are springing up there
along the foot of the Caucasus. Ara
rat ls not visible from this coast, but
"Look at me!" exclaimed the stout,
florid man. "Never a day's sickness
In my life! ' And all due to simple
food. Why. Rents, from the time I
Perhaps. UnD t.ontir tn nrlmn T ronM.rwl fnrh One fnUSt RO far UD thrOUEh rolieh.
Mr. Stubb (reading nd.) 1 see ttaa ' yeara t nved a regular life. None ol picturesque valleys in order to reach
'Lives of the Hunted" advertised down these effeminate delicacies for me! : the lofty plain over which it domln
at the book sale to-day. 'n late hours! Every day. summer "tea.
,ws. BiuDu -wyes or uie uuntear and winter, I went to bed at nine; got
Gracious, John, I wonder who wrote up at flve; nved principally on coined
mm uoottt k.nf nnj rnl.n v-rond. Wnrkeil hnrH
Amateur Gardening.
"Have you harrowed your vegetable
;ueei biiu corn uieuu. vvurHuu nara, ' pi-. Jones'"
Mr. Stubb Oh, some bachelor during Kents, worked hard, from eight to one; I ,.n w V hava v ... ,
leap year, I presume, -tEhen dlnner, plain dinner; then an .J L2T m
hour's exercise; and then " "Ex-
;use me, Bill," Interrupted a stranger,
. . . . .
uwri mnii h, ;Use me, am," interrupted a stranger, Our Idea of a ereat talker is a worn-
"I saw such a funny old fossil ln the who had up to this refrained from wh ha Tenough mZn uZ Z
museum today, professor. I thought ol entering the discussion; "but wU Low her limit:
you at onot," 'tvera vou ln for!" I