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SYNOPSIS,
Cowboys of the Plying Heart ranch are
heartbroken over the loss of their much
priced phonograph by the defeat of their
r2fAws?s
Olt at the Klvlnr Heart. J
Walllngford
Speed, cheer leader at Tale.
Covington, Ihter-colleglate champion run
ner, are e.tpected. Helen Blake, Speed's
sweetheart, suggests to Jean Chapln, sla
ter of the owner of the ranch, that ahe
Induce Covington, her lover, to win back
the pbonoL-raph. Helen declares that If
Covington won't run, Rpeed will. The
cowboys are hilarious over the prospect
Speed and his valet. Larry Olaaa. trainer
at Yale, arrive. Helen Dlake ask Speed,
who has posed to her as an athlete, to
race against the Centipede man. The
eowboys loin In the anpeal to Wally. and
fearing that Helen will find him out, he
oonaents. He Insist, however, that he
shall be entwei as an unknown, figuring
that Covington will arrive In time to take
his place. Fresno, glee club singer from
Stanford university and In love with
Helen, tries to discredit Speed with the
ladles and the cow bo vs. Sneed and ainss
fut In the time tliry are supposed to be
raining playing cards In a secluded spot.
The cowboys tell Glaus It Is up to him to
see that Speed wins the rare. Willie, the
gunman, nn-urm (tie trainer will go nacK
east parked In Ice. If Rueed falls. A tele-
firam i mes from Covington saying he Is
n Jail at Omaha for ten days. Glass In
a panic forces fipeed to besln training In
earnest. The cowboys force Speed to eat
In the training Quarters and prepare him
a diet of very rure meat. Mlsa Blake
bakes a cake for Speed and Is offended
when I.arry refuses to allow him to eat
It. Covington arrives on crutches. 11
says he broke his toe in Omaha. Mr
Keep, encaged to Covington and In love
with Jack Chnpln, exposes Speed to
Helen, because Speed had fulled 4o pre
vent Covington from Joining the party.
Speed decldra to cripple himself, but
Hkinner, the Centipede runner, appears
with a proposition to throw tha race.
Olass attempts to escape at night, but Is
captured.
CHAPTER XVI. Continued.
' "They fool you sometimes," said
Skinner. "By-the-way, what have you
bet?
"We laid the phonograph agin their
treasures an' trappln's "
"But how much money?"
1 "We got three hundred pesos down,
but they sent word they was comln'
loaded for b'ar, so we rustled Ave bun
dred more." i
. Skinner's eyes gleamed. "I wish I
bad a couple of hundred to bet on
myself."
. "Broke, eh?"
"I'm as clean as a bound's tooth.
"I'm sorry y'all tossed off your
wages, but" Gallagher started sus
piciously "say! I reckon that
won't affect your runnln' none, will
itr
Skinner admitted that be could run
best when he bad something to run
for. "You might . advance me a
month's wages," he reflected.
"I'll do It Hello! Say. ain't that
one of tbem Flyln' Heart city visi
tors?" From the direction of tbe
ranch buildings Berkeley Fresno was
approaching,
"Oood-afternoon! Yon are Mr. Gal
"Bet This for Me, and Don't Let On
Where It Comes From."
higher, I believe? I rode over with
our crowd Just now." k'resno looked
back. "Let's step around to tbe other
side of the corral; 1 want to talk to
you." He led the way; then Inquired
"Is this your runner?"
"That's him. His name's Skinner,
and that's a promlsln' title to bet on
Gallagher slipped a roll of bank-notes
from bis pocket "Unhook! I'll get
you."
"No, nol I think myself Mr. Skin
ner will win. That's why I'm here.
"Btrin your band, son. I dont
savvy."
And Fresno explained.
"Yon see. I'm a guest over there;
but there's no sentiment with me In
money matters." He produced a wal
let and took from It five one-nunarea
dollar bills. "Oct this for me, and
dont let on where It came from. .. I'll
see yon after the race. Mind you, not
a wordl"
"I'm dumb at the Egyptian Splnks.1
"This race means a lot to me, Mr.
Skinner." The guest of the Flying
Heart Ranch turned to Its enemy.
"There's a girl la It Understand?"
The cook showed the gleam of his
teeth. "If you win, I'll send you some
weddlnieake and box of cigars.
"Thanks," said the other; "but I've
ot a bum tooth, aad I don't smoke.
As Fresno left, there approached.
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In a surging group, tbe opposing lid).
Gdod-evenln', Gabby I" Stover
called, loudly, ai be cams within
speaking distance. "Here we come
" M,jr- andJwl.th 1dle, to !urer
viuudiiui MUU UtSglHUQ YUU IU IDB
hour of your defeat!"
We ain't defeated ylt! How do.
Mr. Chapln."
'Did you get our message?"
Yes. But we ain't seen tbe color
of y'all's money."
Mr. Speed borrowed five hundred
dollars from me,' and said he might
want more," Chapln volunteered.
"Is that all?"
All!" Jeered Still Bill. "Why, this
mangy layout ain't never saw that
much money," upon which Gallagher
carelessly displayed a corpulent roll
of bills, remarking:
Count a thousand, BUI. It all goes
on Skinner."
I ain't heard of no train-robbery,"
muttered the lanky foreman of the
Flying Heart, "nor I don't aim to
handle no tainted money." And Sto
ver and Gallagher Saced each other
hard before turning.
Jean saw it, and whispered to Cha
pln: "Oh, Jack, dear, I'm so terribly
frightened!" But Helen Blake, who
overheard, left her companions and
went straight to Gallagher.
I should like," she said, "to wager
a few dollars on Mr. Speed and the
honor of the Flying Heart."
Both Skinner and his foreman
stared at her nonplussed.
You don't look like a bettln' lady,
the latter managed to remark, Jocu
larly. . ,
I'm not, I never made a wager be
fore in all my life; but you see, Mr.
Gallagher, I believe In our man."
Gallagher lowered his eye. "How
much do you aim to risk, miss?"
"I don't know wbat the rules are,
but I think our side ought to bet
much as your side. That is the way
It is done, isn't it?"
You mean that yon aim to cover
what Mr. Speed don't?" Tbe girl
nodded.
Gallagher spoke admiringly. "You're
right game, miss; but I reckon we
don't want your money."
Why not?"
I suppose there ain't no partlclar
reason.
If Mr. Speed can beat Mr. Coving
ton, who Is the best runner at Yale,
I'm sure he can defeat Mr. Skinner,
who never went to college at all.
They have all turned against him.
and he he is so brave!" Miss Blake's
Indignation was tearful, and GallagUer
spoke hurriedly:
tie may be brave all right, miss,
but be can't win unless Skinner dies
You save your money to buy choco
lates an' bon-mots, miss. Why, listen
(tbe stockman softened bis voice In
a fatherly manner): "This Fresno
party Is wise; five hundred of this
coin Is his."
Helen uttered a cry. "Do you mean
he Is betting against Mr. Speed?'
Nothln' else."
Despicable!" breathed the girl
''Walt a moment, please!" Helen hur
ried beck to Chnpln, while Gallagher
muttered something like "I ain't takln'
no orphan's money."
Jack!" (tbe girl was trembling
with excitement), "you told me on tbe
way over that you had five hundred
dollars with you. Let me have It,
plcnse. I'll give you my check when
we get home."
My dear girl, you aren't going
to bet Itr
"Yes. I am."
"Don't do that."
For answer she snatched the poci-
etbook from his hand.
"Mr. Gallagher!" she called.
Skinner watched from afar. "Some
class to that gnl!" was what be said,
which proved that be was a person
not wholly without sentiment
CHAPTER XVII.
PEED leaped down from the
buckboard In which Carara
had driven, him and Glaas
over to the Centipede cor
ral.
"I told you to Jump out
when we crossed that
bridge," was Larry's
proach to him. "You could
nave broke your arm. Now It's too
late."
But Speed Joined bis friends with
tbe most cheerful of greetings.
They responded nervously, shocked
at his flippant aasurance.
"This, Mr. Speed, Is the scene of
your defeat!" Gallagher made the In
troduction.
'And this Is Mr. Bklnner, no
doubtr Wall shook bands with the
Centipede runner, who stared at him,
refused to recognise his knowing wink,
and turned away.
'You think pretty well of yourself,
don't youT' suggested Gallagher tin-
pleassntly, and Speed laughed. There
waa no reason why he should not
laugh. Either way his hour bad come.
"1 s'poee that satchel la full ot
afl
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money?" Gallagher pointed to the suit
case. - ' '
On the contrary, It la . full t
clothes. It is I who contain the mon
ey." He thrust a cold palm into his
pocket as Covington dragged him
aside to advise him not to be an ut
ter idiot, to throw bis money away it
he must; but to throw it to charity
or to his friends.
Yes," Glass seconded, lugubrious
ly, "and hold out enough to buy me a
'Gates Ajar' In immortelles." But he
said also, as If to himself, "He may be
wrong in the burr, but he's a game
little guy."
As the Centipede foreman counted
the money, Helen came forward, an
nouncing: '
You'll have to win now, won't you,
Mr. Speed? I've wagered five hun
dred dollars on you. I bet against Mr.
Fresno."
Fresno! So he's out from cover
at last-eh?"
I haven't been under cover," spoke
up the Callfornlan. "I've been wise
all along."
Chapln wheeled. "Does It seem to
you quite the thing to bet against our
man, Fresno?" he inquired, his glance
full In the other's eyes.
"Why not?" There's no sentiment
In financial affairs."
Speed shrugged. "Our tenor friend
will sing his way back to California."
He turned with his thanks to Helen.
The talkin' machine!'.' Interrupted
Still Bill suddenly. A group of men
was approaching, who bore the" pho
nograph upon a dry-goods box, and de
posited it In state beside the race
course. "Say, dabby, s'poBe you give
us a tune, Just to show she s in good
order."
Suspicious, eh?"
You bet I ' There's a monologue I'd
admire to hear. It's called "
"We'll have "The Holy City,"' said
Willie, positively. "It's more appro
priate."
So, with clumsy fingers, Gallagher
fitted a record, then wound up the ma
chine under the Jealous eyes of- the
Flying Heart cowboys.
Drawn by the sound, Skinner,
wrapped to the chin In his blanket
idled toward the crowd, affording
Glass a sight of his face for tbe first
time; The latter started as if stung,
and crying under bis breath, "Salted
car-horse!" drew his employer aside,
Say," he said, pointing a finger,
"who's that?"
"Skinner, tbe man I run."
Glass groaned. "His name ain't
Skinner; that's Whii' Long. Six
years ago I saw him win the Sheffield
Handicap from scratch In nine-three.'
Then, aa Speed did not seem to be
particularly impressed, "Don't you un
derstand. Wally? He's a pro; this Is
bis game!"
To which tbe younger man replied,
serenely and happily, "It's fixed.-'
"What's fixed?"
"The race. It's all arranged
framed."
Who framed It? How? When?'
Sh-b! I did! Yesterday; by stealth;
I fixed it"
You win from Wh!s' Long, and
you can't run under fifteen?"
Wally nodded. "I told him that
It's all right"
"You told blmT" Glass staggered
It's all right? Say! Don't you
know he's the fastest, crookedest.
cheatlngest, double-crosstngest why,
he Just came to feel you out!"
And Speed turned dizzy.
"And you fell for that old stuff!"
Larry's voice was trembling with an
ger and disgust "Why, that's part of
his 'work,' He's double-crossed ev-
ery runnln' mate he ever had.
cheat bla mother. Walt!"
Skinner bad left the crowd, and was
seated now In the shade of the corral
fence. He glanced upward from be
neath bis black brows as Larry
reached and greeted blm. "Hello,
Whiz! I Just 'made' you" Then be
shook bis bead.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Quaint Charity.
A oalnt cbarlty exists In South
Shields. Eng., which operates, accord
ing to the will ot tbe deceased donor,
once year. It Is known as tbo "Win
terbottom Awards for Unmarried
Female Domestlo Servants," and the
cblef object Is to reward domestics for
faithful and satisfactory service. This
year the candidates numbered If, and
all fulfilled the conditions, which are
that they shall have not less than tea
years' service In one situation. The
last awards ranged from fit down to
II. JO, according to length of service.
What the Publle Wants?
"But are there no plays presented
at the theaters on this planet," ask
ed tbe astounded visitor from Mare,
"that are fit for a modest young girl
to see?" "None worth mentioning,"
responded the mundane host relleo
tlvely scratching his Jaw. "That sort
of play, you see, doeen't pay ao
days
c
"Mr. Qallagherl" She Called.
He'd
NIQUE CLOCK FROM FRANCE
nllke Other Timepieces, It Has No
Springs, Its Own Weight Furnish
ing Motor Force.
The gravity clock, as its name Indl-
latea, is operated by the force of
travity. Unlike other clocks, it has
to springs; the usual motor force be-
pg replaced by the we'.uht of the
pmeplece ItBelf, which slides between
wo vertical pillars, tsays Popular
Electricity. The moclmnlBm being
erfectly adjusted to the weight the
lescent proceeds with absolute regit-
arity and precision. It requires seven
A Gravity Clock.
days to complete the distance from
the highest point to the lowest, so that
all tbe care it requires Is to raise It
once a week.
Having no sprlngB, which are af
fected b7 temperature, nor compli
cated mechanism to become deranged,
this clock never varies In consequence
of change of weather and needs no at
tention beyond the weekly necessary
adjustment
It is a French invention, manufac
tured In Paris.
DID YOU HEAR THAT LIGHT?
If Not Your Hearing May Be Defeo-
tlve Every Kind of Material Pro
. duces Some Sound.
It Is no unusual thing to see a ray
of light, but have you ever beard one?
Recent experiments prove that a beam
of light can, under certain conditions,
produce perfectly clear and distinct
sounds, a writer In Harper's Weekly
says.
A ray of sunlight Is thrown through
a lens on a glass vessel that contains
lampblack, colored silk or worsted.
disk with slits or openings cut in it I
made to revolve swiftly In this beam
of light, so as to "cut It up," and
cause alternate flashes of light and
shadow. When you place your ear to
tbe glass vessel you bear strange
rounds as long as the flashing beam
falls upon tbe vessel.
A still more extraordinary effect Is
firoduced when the beam of sunlight
s made to pnss through a prism so aa
to produce the solar spectrum. The
disk Is turned rapidly and the colored
tight of the rainbow breaks through It
tnd falls on the glass vessel. Now If
ou place your ear to the glass you
will hear sounds, from certain parti
of the spectrum, but none from the
others.
For example. If the vessel contains
red worsted and the green light flashes
upon It quite loud sounds will be given
out Only feeble sounds will be heard
when the red and blue ends of the
spectrum fall upon the vessel. Other
colors produce no sounds at all. Green
allk gives out sound best In a red
light Every kind of material gives
more or less sound In different colors
and no sound at all In others.
USEFUL FOR LIFTING PAPER
8uetlon Device, Invention cf an En
llshman, Prevents Soiling From
Moistened Fingers.
In feeding cards or paper sheets
Into printing presses the paper Is
often soiled by the Angers ot tbe op
erator, who finds it necessary usually
to moisten his digits In order to sepa
rate one card or one sheet from tha
pack. To overcome this drawback
an Englishman baa Invented a suction
device for lifting tbe cards, which in
sures their being kept clean. This de
vice consists of a tubular bundle, with
a short flexible tube at one end an
the other end 'attached to a flexible
tube running from the pneumatic a
For Lifting Paper.
paratus. A plunger valve controls the
suction and prevents the short tube
from sticking fast wherever the mouth
comes in contact with something. This
plunger keeps tbe opening from the
handle Into the short tube normally
tloeed, but when the button at tbe top
la pressed the port toward the suction
levlce Is opened, and the card can be
ticked up and conveyed to the press
without being lolled or without the
fumbling of the hand method to make
lure only one card has been taken.
Use for X-sjays.
The 'X-rays are being successfully
leed by S New York surgeon to dlag-
Um appendicitis.
Novelty for Spring
v.
SERGE with a wide wale or a heavy
whipcord or any of the fancy cord
ed weaves in fabrics ueed in making
a gown like that shown here will de
velop a costume aa chic as any the
season has clii-red, although In a de
sign so simple that it Is distinguished.
By comparieon with the flounced or,
more properly, tiered skirts, and the
much fussed up but pretty Jackets
which the present mode parades In
endless variety, this dress Is uncom
promisingly simple. Yet it followe tbe
mode and will be singled out as one ot
tbe most attractive exponents of It
Tbe same style Is pretty In taffota
silk, In satin and in plain cloths. Hut
the last do not prove so easy to hang
In the lines pictured in this illustra
tion. There must be a certain degree
ot stiffness In the weave for the best
results.
This gown, like all the other suc
cessful ones, hangs upon the figure In
the easiest manner. The eklrt Is nar
rowed at the bottom by gathering the
body Into a wide band at the lowor
edge. The band, In this case. Is of the
same material aa the rest of tbo skirt,
The Coiffure
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EARLY In the season's career of
stylo changing, there catno an edict
irom Paris to the effect that "three
quarters of the hair to show" should
govern the shaping and posing of
bate.
Although we have developed much
Independence of Parisian edicts, this
particular one has been favorably con
sidered. The "three-quarters of the
hair to show" means that one side of
tbe face and balr Is to be silhouetted
against Ibe hat brim, or at least to
be uncovered by the shape of tbo
bat.
With this In mind tbo coiffure has
risen to the occasion and Is consid
ered with reference to the bat The
hair Is waved and, since something
of the front and back and much of
the side most be In evidence. Its ar
rangement across the forehead, at
the nape of tbe neck and at the aides,
are all to be considered In adopting
a atyle with reference to Its fitness
for tbe bat.
It must fit the fare of the wearer,
too, and the effort to meet all these
requirements has resulted In a variety
of new coHTuree, mostly hlgfc, all
waved and, as a rule, attractive.
Women whose length ot neck war
rant It may wear the balr In a coll
at the bark, mora or lees low,. The
lines of the balr have to be adapted
lo the face and their direction con
trolled for It In the coiffure pic
tured here with a bat the face will
bear the long sloping line ot the
wav4 hair fro in the tr'n m tkaj h4
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Outdoor Wear
although with a sparing use of the
striped trimming elsewhere It might
be made of the stripe, with fine erect.
The plain blouse, open at the front
has a fnlrly long skirt of the fabric ot
the gown. It terminates In a wide bor
der ot Roman striped ribbon with a
panel let In at the front which extends
up on the bodice to the bust line. There -
Is a vest of white net and flaring collar
which turns back from the neck all
around. It Is supported with fine
wires tbat hold it In shape, and fin
ished with a narrow binding of rib
bon. The oversklrt is shaped to lengthen
at the eides and back and is turned up
across the back, showing the reverse
side ot the striped border serosa bait
its width. The aleeves are long with
the upper part wide at the arm's eye
and gradually narrowing to the elbow,
lirlow this they are narrowed to the
arm with no room to spare.
Altogether this gown and ha( may
be classed among those that poesess
distinction. Black colonial pumps and
black allk bose clotho the feet
JULIA BOTTOM LEY. '
and the Hat
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to the low coll. In the coiffure with
out a hot the hair is drawn back from
the face In lines that lift Instead of
falling, and the hair pinned In abovo
the coll. In this coiffure, too, the
coll la higher.
This latter arrangement ot the front
hair, lootrly waved about the face
and drawn bark. Is used with a
French twist at the back of tha head
terminating In a coll and puffs at the
top. But the hair Is very loosely
drawn up at the back, with fullness
enough to fill In between the bat brim
and the head. Bandeau trimmings
and undnrbrlm bows are cleverly ar
ranged to help out In this matter ot
filling In.
Another noteworthy feature ot the
adaptation of hat to hair Is evidenced
In the use of mallnes matching tbe
balr In 'color. Facings of shirred ma
line on the undorbrlms of hats, It
made In the color of the hair, are
wonderfully effective.
In all the new coiffures the hair la
waved and ' the ears are almost en
tirely covered. And the hair la
brought forward on the cheek when
the coiffure la designed for youthful
wearers. Sometimes a wave Is
combed forward and adjnated by
means of Invisible pins. Sometimes a
lock is curled Into a wiry ringlet and
plastered down with bandoline, as In
the coiffure shown here, and rarely
cluster ot short ringlets la flattened
and faatcned down with Invisible pin
which bold them In place.
J'.'IIA C0TTOUL4Y.
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