PAID POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
D AVID ROBINSON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Home-Made A pparatus
F or Testing Seed Com
Announcement.
To tiie Legal Voters of Wasco
Testing seed com may be done with
County, Oregon:
OR. C. H. JE N K IN S
1 hereby announce myself a j out expense by using material about
the place and working at odd mo
candidate for the republican
Dentist
ments.
nomination of Sheriff of W as- j
Any shallow box o f the size wanted
HOOD RIVER - :
OREGON co county, subject to tile w ill1
will do. Shave sides and ends down
of the voters at the coming pri until they are about two inches above
10S1 Office Phone. : Res. Phone 333 maries.
the bottom. Fill nearly to the top
Should I be nominated and j with clean sand. Measure both sides
and both ends into two-inch spaces,
later elected, I will, as in the j driving tacks about half way down on
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Lace twine strings be
past, enforce the laws which the marks.
Attorneys at Law
come under the jurisdiction of tween each pair of tacks, both cross
wise and lengthwise. Letter them A,
said office, and will serve the | B, C, along the end and number them
GENERAL PRACTICE
people to the best of my abil 1, 2, 3, along the side.
ity, conducting the office in as
Take one grain o f corn from the
TH E D ALLES,
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OKEGON economical a manner as possi third row from the butt o f the ear.
ble in compliance with good | Revolve the ear a little and remove
another one-fifth o f the remaining dis
service.
W . A. H U SB AN D S
tance to the tip, and so on until six
LEV I CHRISM AN.
MOSIER
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OREGON
BENNETT, SINNOTT GALLOWAY
Paid advertlHement.
Hlacbsimth
Announcement.
Shoeing and General
Repair Work.
To the Voters of W asco Coun
ty:
Satisfaction guaranteed.
I wish to announce myself us
MOSIER
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OREGON a candidate for the nomination
of Sheriff of Wasco Conuty, on
the Republican ticket, subject
to the wish of the voters at the
Primary Election to be held
May 15th next; and if nomin
PLUM BING.
ated and elected i will conduct
tlie office in a business-like and
STEAM and HOT W ATER
economic manner, witli a strict
HEATING
enforcement of the laws.
F. IL AN G LE.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
Horse
S. F. GOSS
Raid advertisement.
MOSIER
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OREGON
Fox Seeks Second Term.
I hereby announce to the
voters of Wasco county, that I
am a candidate for the nomin
ation of county clerk of Wasco
county, Oregon, at the coming
republican primaries, May 15,
and if nominated and elected,
I will perform the duties of the
office to the best of my ability,
and to the best interests of the
taxpayers and citizens in gen
eral, and along sound business
principles, giving all the people
a clean ami economical service,
as I have earnestly endeavored
to do during my present ad
ministration.
L. R. FOX.
Books, Stationery,
Office Supplies
Subscriptions
taken
Magazines
for
Mail orders promptly at-
tended to.
W e will
try to please you
Pifer & Company
2M E 2nd St.
The Dalles
DRUGS?
Puld advertisement.
SURE!
N ow that it
send
is
merchandise
Post, w'c suggest
possible
by
to
Parcels
that should
you need anything in the way
of
Prescriptions filled.
Drugs
or Patent Medicines, that you
For Representation
I hereby respectfully an
nounce myself a candidate for
joint Representative of the 29th
district consisting of Wasco and
Hood River counties. Subject
to the will of the republican
voters at the primary. If I am
nominated and elected, I will
defend statement number one
and the Initiative and Referen
dum. I will defend the tax
payers against extravagant and
unnecessary appropriation.
I
believe in legislative economy,
good roads and their location
by the people and the county
control their construction.
C. H. ST R AN AH AN .
grains are taken.
A 1, and number the ear A 1.
Treat
another ear in the same way, number
ing it A 2, until you have enough to
provide one ear for each acre to be
planted, with a few extra for bad
ears.
Cover the box with a piece o f cloth,
press it down over the corn, and
sprinkle sand or sawdust over it to
keep it moist. Now put the box away
where it will be kept at about house
temperature for a week. Examine by
rolling back one edge o f the cloth, and
unless six seedlings are appearing,
good and strong, in each square, reject
the ear with the corresponding num
ber. The squares with six strong
plants are filled from the best ears for
seed.
There are many good ways, but this
is quite satisfactory on the farm. It
is the method used by the Oregon A g
Put them in square ricultural College.
Garden Meet Favored
for Children a t F air
Salem—That a majority o f the state
will be represented at an industrial
congress o f school children to be held
at San Francisco during the Panama-
Pacific exposition is assured.
The
plan which was suggested by J. A.
Churchill, state superintendent o f
schools, has met with the approval o f
many superintendents o f other states,
and Mr. Churchill has assurances that
they will co-operate.
Mr. Churchill
wrote to various
state superintendents several weeks
ago, asking that they send winners in
the school industrial contests to the
proposed congress, explaining that
programs could be arranged for boyB
and girls o f the various states detail
ing their experiences in preparing ex
hibits.
“ In nearly all the states," said Mr.
Churchill, “ the departments o f educa-
Chas. N. Clarke
L. COMINI
The Tombstone
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can supply you with any
thing in this line at most
reasonable prices.
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TRY HIM AND
BE CONVINCED
Salem— In denying a rehearing in
the case o f W. B. W iley against the
County court o f Washington county,
the Supreme court applied the finish
ing touches to its opinion written
gome time ago that the local option
elections last November were valid.
With the action o f the court the last
recourse o f the liquor interests van
ished, and the various cities and towns
that voted “ dry” will be so until the
rule o f the people is reversed.
The Washington county opinion was
the main one, all other local options
hinging upon the decision in that suit.
Additional arguments, but no points
that had not been considered before,
were submitted by lawyers for the
saloon men in briefs tendered with the
motion for rehearing. Justice Eakin,
who wrote the original opinicMls, in an
oral statement said that the court ad
hered to itr original decree.
The Dalles Plans B if
Celebration at Rodeo
The Dalles
Oregon
FRANZ’S CATALOG
I hereby announce that my
name will appear on the pri- Women’s Political Clubs
Brush Up On Live Issues
mnrv b a l l o t as a candidate for
I lie Democratic nomination for
Hood River— With two political re
Sheriff of W asco county.
If search clubs formed, the women of
nominateti anti elected, 1 prom the Hood River valley are holding
ise faithful discharge of the weekly meetings for the purpose o f
duties of the office to the host ' studying political questions o f the
t day. One club has been organized in
of my ability.
the Barrett district, o f the West Side,
Dateti February 9, 1911.
while the other is composed o f the
Pine Grove women of the Fast Side.
JAMES H. HARPER.
(Paid adv.)
“ These meetings are not partisan or
political,” says Mrs. L. H. Diamond,
president o f the Barrett club, “ but for
educational purposes, placing issues of
the day before the women that they
may cast an intelligent vote.”
Announcement.
To the Republican Voters of
Wasco County:
Having serve«! as Deputy
Cheese Company Fleets.
Sheriff for the past seven years
Seaside— At the first annual meet-
I feel that 1 am thorouglllv ao- in* o f the Clatsop County Co-operative
q u a in te d with the duties o f the Che<,*e «w e ia tio n , the following di-
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o tlu -e of Sheriff, a n d that I a i n
rectors were elected:
Hugh McCor-
mack, John Sundquist. Fred Pool, C.
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Capable o f conducting said of- A. Anderson and David Tagg.
The
fiee, and I therefore announce board elected John Sundquist to sue-
„ „ „ .......t i , , , . ceed himself as president o f the asso-
mtscH as a eand.date for Slier-
David Tagg was chosen for
ill, subject to tlio " 'l l i,n<l vice president. During the year the
w ishes of the Republican voters association received $16,760, o f which
Represents the combined tests of said county to be express«'«! nearly $13,000 was paid to the farm-
and investigation of hundreds at the primary election in May. ers and dairymen o f the vicinity. A
1914, and if elected I promise one-ton auto truck was ordered.
e|,t|on
ORCHARD SPECIALTIES
of (lie foremost Orchards in the a faithful compliance with the
Apple Experiments On.
duties of the «iffice.
country. N o freaks or untried
F.ugene—To secure, if possible, aome
G L E N N (). A L L E N .
marketable apple that will be more
tools are found between its cov
(Paid adv.)
resistant to scab than the varieties
now raised in Lane county. 60 mem
ers. You may depend absolute
bers of the Lane County Horticultur
For Representative.
ists' association recently took each his
ly upon the practicability of
I hereby announce myself as share o f the 3000 scions received from
every tool shown and the a Repuhliean candidate for the orchards in the Oxark region
of Missouri and from Canada, as
Franz money hack guarantee is IWpiescntative from the twen well as from an Oregon nursery.
ty-ninth district, subject to the
These grafts will be given thorough
hack of the quality.
will of the voters, to I k * ex- tests and the results will he reported
presse«t at the May Primary from time to time to the horitcultural
society.
Send for it Today.
Election.
If nominah'd ami
Grange Opposes 8-Hour Law.
Mail or phone orders arc giv cli'ctcd I pledge myself to ad-
Ablany — Believing that an eight-
v«icate ami work for economy,
en prompt attention.
decency, more liberal laws for hour law having application to farms,
the collection of taxes, and the dairies and other agricultural purauita
extension, pcrft'ction anil jmt - would be an injustice, the Linn County
Tomona Grange has passed a resolu
peluation of the “Oregon Sys tion protesting against such a regula
tem.”
tion.
It ia recited that such a law
J. E. ANDERSON.
would be wholly impracticable to the
E. A. FRANZ CO.
HOOD RIVER, OREGOR
Paid advertisement.
tion have answered, indorsing the
movement and many have offered to
co-operate in arranging for the indus
trial congress. The industrial work
in some states is being directed by O.
H. Benson, of the United States de
partment o f agriculture, and these
states do not wish to pledge them
selves to sending their winners until
Professor Benson
sanctions
the
plan.”
Montana, Nebraska,
Washington,
California,
Oklahoma,
Minnesota,
Utah,
Georgia,
Ohio, Tennessee,
Kansas, Vermont, West Virginia, W y
oming, Massachusetts, Iowa, Wiscon
sin and Louisiana, Mr. Churchill said,
were arranging to send children to the
congress.
Oregon has arranged to send the
winners o f the 10 classes at the State
Fair next fall to the congress.
Agricultural College Will
Supreme Court Decides
Send Cadets to Fair
“ Dry” Vote Is Valid
The Dalles—The Dalles Roded, the
Wild West show which was inaugurat
ed here last fall with such great suc
cess, will be staged July 2, 3 and 4
this year, making it include a celebra
tion o f Independence Day.
The Rodeo was held last y e v com
The Druggist of Hood River,
bined with the County Fair.
The
farmers objected to the Wild West
for them. He can send them to
show in connection with the fair, con
tending that it detracted from the ex
you cheaper than you can get
hibits and other features.
So it has
I’nld advertisement.
been decided to hold the County Fair
them at home.
in the fall and the Rodeo in July.
Candidate For Sheriff.
J. L. Kelly has been chosen as gen
To the Voters of W asco Coun eral manager o f the Rodeo, Judd S.
Fish, secretary, and M. Z. Donnell,
ty:
treasurer.
send to
OUti allowed hla mouth to opin In
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis— Plans are being made for the
cadet regiment o f the Oregon A g ri
cultural College to visit the Panama-
Pacific exposition at San Francisco in
1915. A ll alumni who were members
o f the cadet organization while attend
ing college may join the excursion by
providing themselves with the re
quired equipment and conforming to
the prescribed regulations.
Many o f
the faculty members w ill accompany
the students, and the educational ad
vantages o f the great exposition will
be fully utilized.
While the benefits o f the trip are
many the expenses will be made light.
I f the plan o f chartering a govern
ment transport succeeds the expenses
o f the entire trip will be about $11
per man. This sum includes the cost
of travel and living accommodations
for two weeks—three days going,
eight days at the exposition and three
days returning.
The trip will be made early in May,
in order to interfere as little as possi
ble with the regular college work.
By making the excursion general and
going in a body rather than in small
groups, the students and faculties will
reduce the interruption o f routine
work to a minimum.
Evans Valley Farmers
Plan Social Center
Ashland—“ A social and intellectual
center” is planned as the outgrowth
o f a movement now under way by res
idents o f Evans valley, in this county,
for the institution o f & central farm or
country life school. Several districts
would be consolidated in the merger in
a territory o f which Rogue River sta
tion is the hub. Roads in this section
are o f the best and other conditions
are favorable.
The project implies high and graded
schools, housed in a substantial build
ing of five or six rooms, one o f which
should be an auditorium for public
gatherings. Farm, home and cultural
topics would be added to the ordinary
courses o f studies, the curriculum in
general being in line with the pro
gressive movement which is being
urged by the people o f that locality.
Attendance Record High.
Monmouth— An attendance average
of 96.07 per cent, 2877 pupils on rec
ord in Polk county, 1865 pupils neither
absent nor late, are some o f the items
in a report issued by H. C. Seymour,
county superintendent, for the month
of January. There were 493 cases of
tardiness. The number of visits by
parents is constantly growing, 156 be
ing recorded for the month. Fifty-
five schools were placed on the county
roll o f honor for making 95 per cent in
attendance, 16 were credited with
having had no tardies.
Caves Easier o f Access.
Grants Pass— Tourists traveling in
Southern Oregon sight seeing will find
that a side trip to the Josephine Coun
ty caves may be made with greater
ease than last year.
The redeeming
feature has been brought about in the
changing o f the Holland-Sucker creek
road. The new road will eliminate
what is known as the Red Hill
and will extend the Sucker creek
road within 4) miles o f the caves.
The Holland route is further, but a
better road
than
up
Williams
creek.
SYNOPSIS.
C ow boys o f the F ly in g H ea rt ra n ctf are
heartbroken o v er the loaa o f their much-
prized phonograph b y the defeat o f th eir
iham pfon In a fo o t-ra ce w ith the cook o f
the Centipede ranch. A house p a rty is
in at the F ly in g H eart. J. W a llin g fo rd
Speed, ch eer leader at Y ale, and C u lver
Covington, In ter-collegiate cham pion run
ner, are expected. H elen Blake, Speed’s
iw eeth eart, becomes Interested In the loss
->f the phonograph. She suggests to Jean
Chapin, slater o f the ow n er o f the ranch,
that she Induce C ovln gion , her lover, to
win back the phonograph. H elen declares
that I f C ovin gton w on ’ t run. Speed w ill.
The C ow boys are hilarious o v er the pros
pect. Speed and hts valet, L a r r y Glass,
trainer at Yale, a rrive. Hefen B lake asks
Speed, who has posed to her as an a th
lete, to race against the Centipede man.
The cow boys Join in the appeal to W a lly ,
and fe a rin g that Helen w ill find him out.
he consents. H e Insists, how ever, that he
shall he entered as an unknown, figu ring
that C ovin gton w ill a rriv e In tim e to take
his place. Fresno, glee club singer from
Stanford u n iversity and In love w ith
Helen, tries to discredit. Speed w ith the
ladies and the cowboys. Speed and Glass
put In the tim e th ey are supposed to be
Iraln in g p la y in g cards In a secluded spot.
Th e cow b oys explain to Speed how much
the race means to them. Speed assures
them he w ill do Ills best. T h e cowboys
tell G lass It Is up to him to see that Speed
wins the race. W illie , the gunman, de
clares the trainer w ill go back east p a ck
ed In Ice, I f Speed falls.
manner to reassure. “ If there's any
shootin’ comes off, TO be In on It.”
“ S—say, what’s to prevent us being
murdered when we’re out for a run?”
queried Glass.
"M e !” declared the little man. "TO
saddle my bronc’ an’ lope along with
you. We'll keep to the open country.”
Instantly Speed saw the direful con
sequences of such a procedure, and
summoned his courage to say: "No.
It’s very kind of you, but I shall give
up training."
“ W hat!”
“ I mean training on the road. I—
TO run Indoors.”
“ Not a bit like It,” declared Stover.
“ You’ll get your daily run if we have
to lay off ail the punchers on the
place and put 'em on as a body-guard.
We can’t let you get hurt. You’re
worth too much to us.’’
“ Larry and I will take a chance.”
“ Not for m ine!" firmly declared the
trainer. “ I don’t need no mineral In
my system. I’m for the house.”
“ Then I shall run alone.”
“ You’re game,” said W illie admir
ingly, and his auditor breathed easier,
“ but we can’t allow it.”
“ I—I ’d rather risk my life than put
you to so much trouble.”
“ It’s only a pleasure.”
"Nevertheless, I can’t allow i t TO
run alone, If they kill me for IL”
“ Oh, they won’t try to kill you.
They’ll probably shoot you in the legs.
That’s Just as good, and it’s a heap
easier to get away with.”
Speed felt his knee-caps twitching.
‘T v e got it !" said he at last “ TO
run at night!”
Stover hesitated thoughtfully.
“ I don’t reckon you could do your
self Justice that-away, but you might
do your trainin' at daylight.
The
Centipede goes to work the same time
we do, and the chances is your assas
sin won’t miss his breakfast.”
“ Good! I— TO do that!”
"I sure admire your courage, but if
you see anything suspicious, let us
know. W e’ll git ’em," said Willie.
• "Thank you."
The two men went out, whereupon
Glass chattered:
"W — what did I tell you?
It’s
'worse’n suicide to stick around this
farm. I ’m going to blow.”
"Where are you going?”
“ New York. Let’s beat i t !”
“ N ever!" exclaimed the college
man, stubbornly.
W e’ll hear from
Covington before long.
Besides, I
can’t leave until I get some money
from home.”
“ Let’s walk.”
“ Don’t be a fo o l!”
"Then I’ve got to have a drink.”
Glass started for the living-quarters,
but at the door ducked quickly out of
sight. "She’s there!" he whispered
tragically. "She seen me, too!”
Mariedetta was squatting In the
shade opposite, her eyes fixed stolidly
upon the training-quarters.
“ Then you’ve got to lay low till she
gives up,” declared Wally. “ We're In
trouble enough as It Is.”
For nearly an hour the partners dis
cussed the situation while the Mexl-
CHAPTER X.— Continued.
Carara returned the knife to its
Hiding-place, swept the floor graceful
ly with his sombrero, then placing the
spangled head-piece at an exact angle
upon his raven locks, lounged out, his
silver spurs tinkling in the silence.
Glass took a deep breath.
"He doesn’t mean to kill you—Just
cut you," said Speed.
"I got It,” declared the other, fer
vently.
Again he laid repressing
hands upon his bulging front and
looked down at it tenderly. "They’ve
all got it in for my pad, haven’t they?”
“ I told you to keep away from that
girl.”
“ Humph!” Glass spoke with soulful
conviction. "Take it from me, Bo, I’ll
walk around her as if she was a lake.
Who’d ever think that chorus-man
was a killer?”
"Surely you don’t care for her aerl-
jusly?"
“ Not now. I—I love my Cuban,
but”—he quivered apprehensively—
“I ’ll bet that rummy packs a ’shiv’ in
every pocket.”
From outside the bunk-house came
the low, musical notes of a quail, and
Glass puckered bis lips to answer,
then grew pale. “ That’s her,” he de
clared, in a panic. “ I’ve got a date
with her.”
“ Are you going to keep it?”
“ Not for a nose-bag full of gold nug
gets! Take a look, Wally, and see
what she’s doing.”
Speed did as directed. “ She’s wait
ing.”
“ Let her wait,” breathed the trainer.
“ Here comes Stover and Willie.”
“ More bad news." Glass unrolled
bis prayer-rug, and stepped upon it
hastily.
“ Say, what's that word?
Quick!
You know!
The password.
Quick!”
“ Allah!”
“ That's her!” The fat man began
to mumble thickly. It was plain that
his spirit was utterly broken.
But this call was prompted purely
by solicitude, it seemed. Willie had
little to say, and Stover, ignoring all
mention of the earlier encounter he
had witnessed, exclaimed:
“ There’s been some queer goin's-on
'round here, Mr. Speed. Have you no
ticed ’em?”
• “ No. What sort?"
“Well, the other mornin’ I discov
ered some tracks through one of Miss
Jean's flower-beds.”
“ Tracks!"
"Sure!
Strange tracks.
Man's
tracks."
“ What does that signify?”
"W e ain’t altogether certain. Ca
rara says he seen a stranger hangln'
around night before last, and jeat now
we found where a boss had been pick
eted out in the ravine. Looks like he'd
stood there more’n once.”
“ It has nothing to do with me."
“ I ain’t sure. It looks to us like it’s
somebody from the Centipede. They're
equal to any devilment.”
Speed Bhowed an utter lack of com
“There’s Something for You.”
prehension, so W illie explained.
"Understand, we've made thla race can maid retained her position; then,
pay or play.
Mebbe they aim to when Glass was on the verge of mak
cripple you.”
ing a desperate sally. Cloudy entered
"M e !” Speed started. “Good heav silently. Although this had been an
ens!”
unhapgg morning for the trainer, here
"Oh, they'd do It quick enough!’ I at least was one person of whom he
wouldn't put It past ’em to drop a .45 had no fear, and his natural optim
through your winder If It could be ism being again to the fort, he greeted
done safe.”
the Indian lightly.
"Shoot me, you mean?"
"Well, how’a the weather. Cloudy?”
"A llah !” said Glass, devoutly from
“ Mr. Cloudy to you," said the other.
his corner.
Both Glass and hla protege stared. It
Stover and Willie nodded. "If I was was the first word the Indian had
you. I'd keep the lamp between me uttered since their arrival. Lawrence
and tha winder every night.”
winked at hla companion.
“ Why, thla ta abominable!" ex
"A ll right. If you like It better.
claimed the young college man, stiffly. I How’s the weather. Mister Cloudy?”
"1— I can't stand for thla, It's getting He snickered at hla own joke, where
too serious.”
upon the aborigine turned upon him
"There ain't nothin' to fear,” said slowly, and said. In perfect English:
Willie, soothingly.
"Remember. 1
"Tour humor Is misplaced with ms.
told you at the start that we’d see j Don’t forget, Mr. Glass, that the one
there wasn't no crooked work done. Yale football team you trained, I
Well, I'm gotn' to ride herd on you, dropped a goal on from the forty-five-
constant. Mr. Speed." He smiled In a yard line."
BILL” HAD LIVED TOO LONG
Indians to Receive Dues.
Hatter Becomes Indignant When Cue
Washington. D. C.— A t the request
tomer Enters Complaint About
o f Senator Chamberlain the Indian
Hlo Purchase.
office has decided to pay the amounts
due the Chinooks and other bands of
Pittsfield, in tho Berkshire hills,
Oregon and Washington Indians, with
had In tho old days, like many an
out reopening the rolls or having fur other New England town, a number
ther heirship hearings held in the of men and women who were called
field.
'characters.” One of three wee “ Bill"
The approval o f the payroll by the Brown, a man unfortunataly addicted
secretary o f the interior will be the to drink, and frequently Intoxicated
final action prelim nary to the pay
tor days at a time
|
conditions peculiar to farm industries. ment.
On one occasion he went Into the
•hop of the local hatter. Mr. Smith,
and asked for the best beavsr he had.
Mr. Smith produced the desired arti
cle, saying, as he took the money:
"That beaver will last a man a life
time.”
Bill went proudly down the main
street with his fins beaver on hla
head, and Immediately celebrated the
event with a protracted debauch.
When he recovered he returned to
the shop with a most disreputable
amazement. The day was replete
with surprises.
” ’96!" he said, while the light of un
derstanding came over him. “ You’re
Cloudy-but-the-Sun-Shlnes ?"
“ Yes— Carlisle.” Cloudy threw back
his head, and pointed with dignity to
the flag of hie Alma Mater hanging
upon the wall.
"By Jove, I remember that!" ex
claimed Speed.
“ So will Yale so long as she lives,”
predicted the Indian, grimly. "You
crippled me in the second half"—he
stirred his withered leg—“ but I
dropped It on you; and—I have not
forgotten.” He ground the last sen
tence between his teeth.
"8ee here, Bo— Mr. Cloudy. You
don’t blame us for that?”
Cloudy grunted, and threw a yellow
envelope on the floor at Speed’s feet.
“ There Is something for you.” said
he, while his lips curled. He turned,
and limped silently to the door.
"And I tried to kid him !” breathed
Glass with disgust, when the visitor
had gone. “ I ain’t been In right since
Gsrfleld was shot.”
■’It’s a telegram from Covington!"
cried Speed, tearing open the mes
sage. "A t last!”
“ Thank the L ord !” Glass started
forward eagerly. "When ’ll he be here?
Quick!” Then he paused. J. Walling
ford Speed had gone deathly pale, and
was reeling slightly. "W hat’s wrong?”
The college man made uncertainly
for his bed. murmuring Incoherently:
"I— I'm sick! I ’m sick, Larry!” He
fell limply at full length, and groaned,
"Call the race o ft!”
Glass snatched the missive from hla
employer's nerveless fingers, and read,
with bulging eyes, as follows:
"J. Wallingford Speed, Flying Heart
Ranch, Kidder, N. M.:
“ Don't tip off. Am In jail Omaha.
Looks like ten days.
“ CULVER COVINGTON.”
The trainer uttered a cry like that
of a wounded animal.
“ Call It off, Larry,” moaned the
Hope of the Flying Heart. 'T v e been
poisoned!"
“ Poisoned, eh?” said the fat man,
tremulously. “ Poisoned! Nix! Not
with m e!” He walked firmly across
the room, flung back the lid of Speed’s
athletic trunk, and began to paw
through it feverishly. One after an
other he selected three heavy sweat
ers, then laid strong hands upon hla
protege and jerked him to his feeL
"Sick, eh? Here, get into these!”
“ What do you mean, Lawrence?” In
quired his victim.
" If you get sick, I die.” Glass
opened the first sweater, and half-
smothered his protege with It. “ Hur
ry up! You’re going Into training!”
CHAPTER XI.
H AT was a terrible hour for
J. Wallingford Speed. As
for Larry, once he had
grasped the full significance
of the telegram, he became
a different person. Some
fierce
electric
c h a r g •
wrought a chemical altera
tion In his every liber; he
became a domineering. Iron-willed au
tocrat, obsessed by the one Idea of
his own preservation, and not hesitat
ing to use physical force when force
became necessary to lessen hts peril.
Repeatedly Speed folded his arms
over his stomach, rocked in the throes
of anguish, and walled that he was
perishing of cramps; the trainer only
snorted with derision. When he re
fused to don the clothes selected for
him. Glass fell upon him like a raging
grizzly.
“ You won’t, eh?” W e’ll sea!”
Then Speed took refuge in anger,
but the other cried:
“ Never mind the hysterics, Bo.
You’re going to run off some blubber
to-day."
“ But I have to go riding!"
"N ot a chance!”
"I tell you 1‘U run when I corns
back,” maintained the youth, almost
tearfully beseeching. “ They're wait
ing for me.”
"L et ’em gallop— you can run along
side."
“ With all these sweaters? I ’d have
a sunstroke.”
“ It’s the best thing for you. I never
thought of that.”
As Glass forced his protege toward
the house, the other young people ap
peared clad for their excursion; their
horses were tethered to the porch.
And It was an ideal day for a ride—
warm, bright, and Inviting.
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Lobsters Tha t Do Not Boll Rsd.
Native French lobsters are growing
scarce as the result of a series of epi
demics, and an attempt Is being made
to introduce those from Roumanls,
Hungary and Russia. But these for
eign lobsters have little flesh on them
and turn a dull color when they are
boiled.
To give them If possible the attract
ive scarlet tint, appetizing odor and
delicious taste of the native Professor
Leger Is making researches In his lab.
oratory of plsclcultured In the Uni
versity of Grenoble, and he hopes. In
naturalizing the foreign species, to
give them some at least of the French
characteristics.
Lord Wolverhampton's complaint of
the burdens added to the cares of
heads of departments In official life
by bad handwriting recalls an amusing
Incident which occurred when the
House of Lords was In committee on
the reform bill of 1867. The clerk of
the house Intimated that an amend
ment had been handed In, the writing
of which was so Illegible that he was
unable to say what It was about or
who had written IL It was then dis
covered that Lord Lyttelton was ths
author, and It turned out to be a pro
posal disfranchising all persons who
could not write!— London Answers.
"Look here, I thought you said thla
here beaver would lost me a life
time."
“ So It would." growled Mr. Smith.
"If you had died when you ought to.”
Simple Enough.
"You are ninety seven years oldT
“ Yap."
' What are your rules for reach
such an unusual age?"
“ I dunno as I have any la partlcul
Just beep on living and yoa’U i
there, young man ’