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GgntG SOME ADOMANCEOf ST THE PLAV TX COPVRIgWT 191Q JT HABfgy yPSOTHERS •YNOPBIS. '. ' 'cowboya of th« Klylnr Heart ranch are heartbroken over the loss of their much- Jjriaed phonograph by the defeat of their qi(Unplnn In a fnot-rwe with the cook of tile Centipede ranch. A house party 1* on at the flying Heart. J. Walllngford Bp'-'l. chwr leader at Yale, and Culver CSo>lngton, inter-collegiate champion run ner, are «xp«ct>-l. Helen Blake. Speed's Mreethe(i(t. becomes Interested In the loan Of the phonograph. . She suggests to Jean Chaptn. alitor of the owner of the ranch, mat ahe Induce Covington, her lover, to win back th| phonograph. Helen declares that If Covington won t run, Slpeed will. The Cowboys are hilarious over jthe proa pect. Speed and htrvalet Glass trainer at Tale, arrive. Helen Blake asks ■peed', who haa posed to her aa an ath lete, to race against the Centipede mat) The cowboys Join In the appeal to Wally. •lid fearing that Helen will And him out. he consents. He Inalata, however, that he Shall be entered aa an unknown. figuring hat Covington will arrive In time to take hi* place. Fresno, flee club singer from Stanford university and In love with lelen. tries to discredit. Speed with the ladles and the cowboys Speed and Glass put In the time they are supposed to be training playing .cards In a secluded spot. The cowboya explain to Speed how much the race mean* to them. Speed assures them he will do his beat. The cowboys tell Glass It la up to htm to aee that Bp»ed Wtna the race. Willie, the gunman, de clares the trainer will go back eist ed In Ice, If Speed falls A telegram cornea from Covington saying he Is In Jail at Omaha for ten days. Glass In a panic forces Speed to begin training In earnest Sp. Ed declares to I-arry that the best way •ut la for him (Speed) to Injure himself. Olasg won't stand for It. j; CHAPTER Xll.—Continued, t -Strange!" said Willie, f "What?" j: "My re at was fltful and disturbed fnd peopled by strsnge fancies a hole lot. I dreamp' he throwed the ice! " A chorus of oaths from the bunks "What did you do?" Inquired Stover, ij "I woke up, all of a tremble, with a fun in each hand." f; "Well. I'm the last person In the jjrorld to be superstitious," Still Hill observed, "but I've had slm'lar visions lately." ij "Maylfci It's a om-en." C "What is a om-en?" Carara Inquired, E "A om en," explained Willie, "Is a Kind Of a nut. Salted om-ens Is ierved at swell restarawnts with the Soup." I In the midst of It Joy, the cook. Appeared In tbe doorway, and spoke jp his gmtle, ingratiating tones: I "Mori tng, gel'mum. I see 'lm jialn." j "No savvy who; stlange man! Igo 4own to spllng-house for bucket wa ter; se-* 'lm llde 'way. Velly stlango!" ■ "I bsi It's Gallagher." I ."Vat you tank he vants?" queried |furph/ i "tie i get a shot at our funnee," declared Stover, while Mr. Clo.udjr, forgetting his Indian reserve, explained in classic English his own lfh«>or.v of the\nocturnal visits. |i "Do you remember Humpy Joe? |Well, tVsy didn't cripple him, but he tost. f don't think Gallagher would Injq/e Mr, Speed, but—he might— JirtSe hint." i "*?aramba!" exclaimed the Mexl etui. . "God 'lmighty!" Willie cried, in shocked accents. ... . f "I believe you're right, btit* v —Stover medfta'.ed briefly before announcing with determination—"we'll do a little tilght-rldln' ourselves. Willie, you watch this young feller daytimes, and the j"»st of us'll take turns at night •An' don't lose sight of the fat man, keithsr —he might carry notes. If you don'l like the looks of things—you know what cards to draw." "Sixes," murmured the near-slghtsd cowntnan "Don't worry." «. "If you see anything suspicious, burn ft up. And we'll take a shot at anything we see movin' after 9:00 I>. m " Tfrwn Berkeley Fresno came bur chee-y "Good-morning! I'm glad I found you up and doing," he said blithely* "I thought of something In my •♦'eep." It was evident that the had been In more than ordi ■an haste to make his discovery knoirn, for underneath his coat he ■till wore his pajama shirt, and his fca!~* was unbrushed. "Your man Speed Isn't taking care •f himself." "What did I tell you?" said Willie tr his companions. "It seems to me that In Justice to tfou boys he shouldn't act this way," Fresno ran on. ('Now, for instance, Jthe water in his shower-bath Is tepid." There was an Instant's silence be fore Stover Inquired, with ominous re ptraint: * "Who's been monkeying with It?" "It's warm!" I "Oh!" It was a sigh of relief. . "A man cant get In shape taking Warm shower-baths. Warm water • weakens a person." , ' "Mebbe you-all will listen to me next time!" again cried Willie, trium phantly. "I said at tbe start that a bath never helped nobody. When they'fe hot saps a man's courage, mad when they're cold they—" "No, no! You don't understand! For an athfote the bath ought to be cold —the colder the better.' It's the, fbook thai hard— » tallow" »'f' I "Has be weakened himself much?' Inquired the foreman. "Undoubtedly, but—" "Whit ?" "If we only had some ice—" "We got Ice; plenty of It. We got a load frojp the railroad yesterday.". - "Then our only chance to save him is to fill the barrel quickly. We must freese him, and freese him well, be fore It Is too late! By Jove! I'm glad I thought of it!" Stover turned to his men. "Four of you-all hustle up a couple hundred pounds of that Ice pronto! Crack It. an' fill the bar'l." There was a scramble for the door. "And there's something else, too," went on Berkeley. . "He's being wrong for his last days of training (he idea af a man eating lamb-chops, fried eggs, oatmeal, and ll that debili tating stuff! Those girls overload his stomach. Why, he ought to have something to make him strong— tierce!" "Name It," said Willie, shortly. "Something like—like -bear meat." "We ain't got no bear." Willie looked chagrined "This ain't their habitat," added Stover apologetically, "Well, he ought to have meat, and It ought to be wild —raw\ If possible." "Their ain't nothln' wilder 'n a long horn We can git him a steer." "You sre sure the meat Isn't too tender?" "It's tougher 'n a night in Jail." "Good! The rarer It Is the better. Some raw eggs and a good strong vegetable—" "Onions?" "Fine! We'll save him yet!" "We'll get the grub." "And he'll eat It!" Willie nodded flrmly. 'Stover Issued another order, this time to Carara. "You 'n Cloudy butcher the wildest four-year-old you cap find. If you can't get close enough to rope him, shoot him, and bring In a hind quar ter. It's got to be here In time for breakfast."" "81, Senor!" The Mexican picked up his lariat; the Indian took & Win chester frorn an upper bunk and filled It with cartridges. „ "Of course, he'll have to eat out here; they spoil him up at the house." "Sure thing!" "I'd hate to see him lose; H would be a terrible blow to Miss Ulake." Fresno shook his head doubtfully. "What about us?" "Oh, you can stand It—but she's a girl. i well," the speaker sighed, "I hope nothing occurs between now and Saturday to prevent his running." "It won't," Stover grimly assured the Calltaanlan "Nothln' whatever is I goln'lo (Aur." . "He waFftpeaking yesterday about the posslbimy of some business en gagement—" The small man In glasses Interrupt ed. "Nothln' hut death shall take him from us, Mr. Fresno." "If I think of anything else," offered Berkeley, kindly, "I'll tell you." - "We wish you would " Fresno returned to the house, hum ming cheerily. It was still an hour JJk jm- ——* "I See 'lm Llde 'way. Velly Btlange." until his breakfast-time, but he had accomplished much. In the midst of his meditation he came upon Miss Blake emerging upon the rear .porch. "e&od-morn i ng! " be cried. 1 Bhe started a trifle guiltily. "What are yon doing at this hour?" "Oh, 1 Just love tbe morning air," she answered. « - f . "Same here! 'Honesty goes to bed early, and industry rises betimes.' That's me!" -1 "Then you have been working ?2 Fresno nodded. He was looking at four cowboys who were entering the gymnasium, staggering beneath" drip ping gunny-sacks. Then he turned his gase searchlngly upon tbe girl. "Were you loot lag for Speed?" 1M Mfced sccujiuglj. "Tbe Idea!" Miss Blake flushed faintly. ~ \ . "U you are, he has gone for a run. I dearly love to see him get up early and run, he it so." "1 have been baking a cake," said Helen, displaying the traces of her occupation upon her hand 6. arms, and apron, while Fresno, st sight of the blue spron tied at her throat and waist, felt that he himself was as dough in her hands "I bad a dread ful time to make It rise." "If I were a cake I would rise at your lightest word."" "The cook said It wouldn't be flf to eat," declared Helen "I should love to eat your cooking." "Once In a while, perhaps, but not I every day." s> "Every day—always and always. You know what I mean. Miss Blake- Helen!" The young man bent a lov er's gaxe upon his companion until hp detected her eyes fastened with startled lHpulrv upon his toilet. Re membering/ he buttoned his coat, but ran on. "This is the first chance I've had to see you alone since Speed ar rived. There's something I want to ask you." "I—l know what It is," summered Helen "You want me to let you sing again Please do. I love morning music-—and your voice Is so tender." "Life," said Berkeley, "la one. sweet —" . . "What Is going on here?" demanded a voice behind then, Mrs. Koap came out upon the ,-x)fch. eying the pair suspiciously. It evident that ahe, like Fresno, had di «*ssed hur riedly. "Mr. Fresno la going to sin* to us," explained the younger girl, quickly. "IteSlly?" „ "I am like the bird that greets ths morn with song," laughed the tenor, awkwardly "What are you going to slng?"> de- Four Cowboys Were Staggering Be neath Dripping Gunny.Sacks. manded ths chaperon, still susplclous ' ,y ' "Dearie." "Don't you know any other song?" "Oh, yes, but they are all sad.'' "I'm getting a trifle tired of Dearie,' let's have one of the others." Mrs. Reap turned her eyes nnxiously toward the training-quarters, and It was patent that she had not counted upon this encounter. Noting her lack of ease, Fresno said hopefully: "If you are going for a walk, I'll sing for ybu at some other time." "Is Mr. Speed up Vet?" "Up and gone He'll be back soon " Then Mrs. Heap sank Into the ham mock, and with something like resig nation, said: "Proceed ■rflth the song." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Still Willing to Be Imposed Upon. He had youth and much faith and Inexperience, but his good father took him iQto hi» office to Initiate him into the mysteries of business. The second day he was at work a man c&me in asking for financial aid, with a pathetic story about a sick wife at home and six helplessly small children without a crust In ths house. The boy listened earnestly and then went Into his to Intercede for the Unfortunate man. He told the sad story seriously. The father leaned forward and peered into ths outer office at the vagrant. "My son, credulity Is one of those good things that die young—a.'.fl It Is such Impostors aa that man who >nake It so." he said Impatiently. * tVhy, when that man was here last week he had eight children, according to his story." "But, father, don't you see," replied the son tragically. "The other two probably died of starvation." Quesr Funeral Customs. It would be difficult to find stranger funeral customs than those practiced by the Andaman islanders The na tives actually drop the bodies of their parents into the sea at the end of ropes and leave them there until noth ing remains but the bones, which tbey gather and hang from the roofs of their huts. It is a common custom for a man to sit by the house and watch the bones of some relative. This is the way they have of showing their love and re spect. Tbe bodies are treated tn this fash lon so that the > evil spirits cannot tease and pinch them, all that is left are the dried bones, and these are placed high so that If tba evil spirits wander Into the huts they will have a hard time to find tbem. If a bone Is carried away It means soma bad spirit has seised It, and thlg Indi cates that some terrible calamity will Wail the famll*. NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA Short Paragraphs-.of Stats Ne\*s That Hit Boon Condensed For Buay i People of State. Raleigh—The governor offerer! a reward of SIOO recently for Ton Jor-' j dan, who is wanted In Graham couil.y j for the murder of Luther T. West In j November, 1910. Raleigh —Governor Craig Tusaed a requisition recently on the governor | of CWOrgia for Albert Cbamolon. who is wanted in Odnoord to answer the * charge Of breaking into a cat*. Durham.—ln odrer to facilitate the j inspection of the meat that la sold in I Durham, the meat Inspector has made arrangements for regular hours ofjn spectlon of hogs and cattle that . arc offered for sale lp the city. „j GoldslH.ro —Frank, the three-year old bah\ l>oy of Mr. and Mrs. James Myers, living near Falling Creek, this i county, was so severely burmul re cently that he died from the effects of the burns." i Klnston. —Great schools of shads off Core and Bogus banks tor tlve last ten, days have kept the fishermen there , busily 011 upie4, -The -catches have been very profitable, the fish being bought In largs quantities by the for tiltaer inttorle* olu the suunds [ Newton. —The nuniebr of bales of ! cotton ginned In Catawba county prior to November 14 was 7,1197 bales, com j pared with 5.581 last year. The cror. j was not so much larger'but the cotton was rushed to th eglns as soon »s it was picked. Greensboro. —Capt. C. W. Bower, who is In Jail here awaiting trial on the charge of defrauding the Destons , and oil.or Iredell county people out. of , about SH,OOO by use of the mails, nays 4 that he will disprove the charge made Kunlnnt him Charlotte—Among the visitors of es pedal prominence to Charlotte this week will be Mr Stephen B. Weeks of the bureau of education of aslilug ton City, comes to attend the wedding of his niece, MISH Kvelyn 1 Weeks at the home of his sister. Mrs. i W. H Lambeth In Dllworth. Hendersonvllle.—The Hustler Dem ocrat Is In receipt of a telegram from Congressman J. M. Gudger at Wash ington to the effect that the contract for the erection of the new postotllee building In Hendersonvllle lias been awarded to W. H. Flssell and Com pany of New York, the bid being $55,- 300, the lowest of the ten submitted. ; W. P. Dane, of this city, sumbltted a bid of $61,000. Mount Holly.—Yeggmen visited the P. & N. depot last night and depart ed with about s2l as the price of blow ing the safe. The supposition Is that I the person or persons-cahie In on the last car, hung around until Night Agent Orice left which WHS at 11:30, then pulled trucks up to the window, pushed It up, went In and begun oper ations. \ Lenoir. —Recently as" northbound ' passenger train No. 10 on the Can* Una ti North-Western Hallway came Into Sawmills, a llag station about 10 miles south of Lonlor, a little child about IN months old of Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Annas was sitting on the tracn between the rails at a crossing soutr of the whistle post and was run over 'and Instantly killed. Greensboro. Judge Boyd In Feder al- court recently signed a Judgment awarding the Hunter Manufacturing £ Co., $4 -l,'Joo\Jii Its ac tion against the Oj-eria Accident & Guarantee Co , to rfcover losses grow ing out of the failure ->f the cotton mills at Randleman two or three years ago. The insurance company became liable for losses on aeoount of credit Insurance. Raleigh.—The secretary of state ('ranted a charter recently for the Jllnshaw -Company.,.. Winston-Salem, cavital $50,000 authorized end $ 1 ,KOO subscribed by W. M. lllnshaw, Fred B. and Guy f Hlnshaw The company Is to do a grocery and dry goods, busi ness and has authority to handle real nd personal property and engage In a variety of other lines of business. Washington —Following a determin ed fight that lined up every Democrat In Asheboro and most of the members of the party in Randolph county, E. I L. Auman, against whom charges were filed and pressed by W. V Ham- I j mer, leading candidate for attorney of j the Western district of North Caro- . Una, was recently confirmed byt he senate. Raleigh.—Defendants convicted of j Illicit distilling and retailing liquor i In a recent session of federal courf ; will have a hard road to travel dur- I j Ing the year for In nearly every , case a sentence of not less than a j year Imprisonment In the Atlanta prls- j on waif imposed by Judge Connor. West Durham —ln the third annual I j lnterfipholastic. declamation contest, | held under the auspices of the 9019 j j Society of Trinity College, the medal J vtfas awarded to Allen H. Gwyn, rep- j j resenting the Trinity Park school. The j subject was "Christian Young Men of j America." -irfr V • j Winston-Salem.—George T. Brown, j Sr., member of the tobacco manufac turing firm of Brown-Williamson Co., for years one of the largest independ ent factories in the country, dropped dead in his home here recently, heart failure being the cause. He was but 44 years of age. Wadesboro. —A number of citizens of Burnsvllle and Lanesboro town ships expect to have a little unusual •sport,in the' way of a bear hunt In the swamps of Lane's Creek, A small black bear has been seen Sev eral timee recently around Diamond Hill. joletsjf Old Mortb6rolina TYPE, «tf FISHING £>OAT TiK North Carolina coast Is % a paradise for fishermen, and the past season has proven no ex ception to the rule. October and November are the banner months for the sportsmen, but there Is good fishing at practically all times. In October and November Continuous north und east winds cause th'e fish to leave the bays, creeks and rivers and seek the warmer waters of the ocean, "schoollug up," preparatory to migrat ing south. The waters around Beau fort, N. C., seem to have an especial at traction for, a great variety of fish, much to the. surprise and delight of visiting sportsmen. Among the many kinds caught with hook and line, are blue fish, Bea trout, (squeteague) Span ish mackerel, sheepshead, black fish spot, flounders, sea bans, butterflsh, croakers, drum, king llsh, cero with an occasional tarpon and cablo. The indi vidual weight of the last three men' tloned, being anywhere from 10 to 70 pounds. Some Big Catches. Along Bogue, and Core around Marker's Island, In the straits,' and along the sandy shores, from Beau fort Inlet to Cape Lookout Point, (a distance of ten miles), netters are con tinuously on the watch for mullet dur ing the fall months. The fish, at this time ure large and fat; often weighing from two tft three pounds. When a ca'ch Is ninde they are sold fish houses In the town, and Immediately dressed, cleaned and salted down In barrels of about 100 pounds euch, shipped throughout the state and to northern markets. The seine fishing Is done by the larger toots, outside the three-mile limit. Often large oatclies are made In this way • The record catch of the season was made by the schooner "George U. Malstor," consist ed of 66,000 pounds, selling on the wharf for $1,600, being about two and one-ialf cents per poind. This catch was exceeded a year ago by the schooner "I)ewey," when fto,ooo pounds w*y;i> taken lit one haul. Tills lot was sold for $2,250 spot (:nsh. Some 12 or 15 men constitute the crew, and In the case of the latter no man aboard re ceived less than SKO for ills share. Tlio owners of the boat, .captain and mate, of course, receiving much more. Sftrlmp are also r.xught along shore In great quantities during August, Sep t mber and October. The.se are brought to the fish houses, dumped on the floor, and every boy, white Or col ored, who wants a Job, and can get a box to sit on, Is sst to work "heading" the Shrimp, us shown In the Illustra tion. Both hands are employed In this work. The beheaded shrimp are thrown Into a bucket. In front of each boy. The full bucket Is taken to the floor boss, who gives each boy credit. The shrimp ape then packed In boxes with cracked Ice, layer for layer, and Immediately shipped north. Great hauls of shrimp have recently been made, the largest consisted of 82 boxes (about one and one-half bushels to a box), they were sold on the wharf at 17 per box; $574 In all. The waters outside of the Inlet were alive last fall with edible fish, and the "hook and liners"" are having great sport, many declaring that the fish were so plenti ful they could feel the sinker 'striking against their backs as it went down. One seine fishing boat brought to the flsh hotise recently 10,000 pounds of\ trout (weak flsh), as three other boatß brought In 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 pounds, respectively. Odor Only Waste. Greatest In point of value are the menhaden, often called bunkers, or fat backs. These flsh are very rich In oil, and millions of them are taken, to one of the edible variety. Twenty auxili ary schooners, with capacity of 200,- 000 to 300,000 are employed during the season from May to December In catch ing these flsh. Six factories, In the vi cinity, receive these flah from . the boats, paying at the rate of $1 per 1,- 000 for them. The flsh are "tried out" for the oil, and the remainder, called "scrap," Is dried and sold tor fertilizer. Nothing Is-lost or- / wasted, except the odor, which permeates the ' air for miles to leeward of the factories. The flsh are hoisted from the hold of the vessel by means of an endless chain of buckets, emptied into cars at' the top of the hoist, carried on the railway to the factory- Some ft.n miles from Btaufort Inlet, Jie coast tiitike* a sharp right-angled bend, "with Cape Lookout at the apex. Pro :i the end of the cape, a narrow line of tthoalH, of coral formation, ex tends much farther out. The cape, and ItH submerged continuation forma a wall. us It were, reaching seaward 15 miles or more. Cape Lookout Is no shaped as to embrace a bay, a quiet and beautiful sheet of water, called "Ixiokout Might." The coast conflgura tlon thus forms a remarkable natural trap Into which fall the Ash, migrating northward. HISTORIANS AND THEIR WORK American Authors Occupy Foremost Places In the Ranks of Thoee Whom the World Honors. Views of what Is the distinctive his torical faculty, whether breadth of vi sion, power or organization, pholo sophlcal Insight, or narrative talent, must vary as widely as historical styles and alma; but upon one require ment, skllj mid patience in research, all agree. Even the Impressionistic author of the "French Revolution" had to bewail In his "Frederick the Great" "the mountains of dust and ashes to be tumbled down to disengage the truly memorable." It la in this light that one notes with especial pleasure the remarks of James Ford Rhodes about the preeminent advantages of America in her hlstorlcp.l depositories. Kven. foreign detractors, he told the American Antiquarian society, mußt Admire "the easy and methodical ar rangement of our historical materials, the accessibility of our libraries, and the various /helps" connected with them; particularly since their own scholars still had "to pore over books without Indexes, and delve among manuscripts In dusty archives." The justice of his statement needs no com ment. A remarkable historical zeal has long been manifested in America. Every state and nearly every city hfWL-lts historical library; col-"~ leges anil universities are jealous of their collections; the veriest hamlets, In our older localities, have-their his torlcaY and genealogical societies; and private accumulations are . Innumer able—all freely at the service of the Investigator. The organization before which Mr Rhodes spoke lias Itself closed a century Irp gathering a spe cialized accumulation of almost unique fullness. only the federal govern ment may be accused of tagging be hind.-—New York Evening Post. Real "Deserted Village." A "deserted village" which contains only one single soul, a woman, la that of W'oolsteln, a hamlet near Cassei, In Prussia. It has been abandoned by Its Inhabitants on the ground that life there is hopelesa. The soil ia ster lie, and the authorities refused to link the Ullage to the outer.world by rail. About a hundred of the inhabitants left In a body for America a few weeks ago, and since then those who ' were left behind have• been moving dally to neighboring villages and towns The village school was closed not many days ago because there were no more pupils, and on the following Sunday service was held for the last time In the village church. The houseß are empty, and the village looks as if It had «been swept by the plague. Only one Inhabitant Frau Hoeft, a shepherdess, who ia eighty years old, and declares that she will die in t"he village where she was born. Benevolent Earthquake. " - Earthquakes, as a general rule, are disturbances not greatly desired, but one occurred at Plru, Ventura county, a few days ago that proved a money - maker for the Diamond Valley OH company—most of the stockholders of which are Anaheim parties. The Dia mond Valley company had been hav ing lots Of trouble with No. 1 well, which ceased to be a producer on ac- - count of water. The trembler came J along when the well was about to be abandoned, and completely shut off the water and started a fine flow of 32-gravity oil. The well is expected, to continue as a steady producer, not- withstanding the queer way In which It was brought In.—Anabeln (Cal.) Correspondent Plain Stealer:
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