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GOGC SOME THEMff - COPYRIGHT 19iQ JCT if • « SYNOPSIS. fv —— W Cowboys of fti# Flying Heart ranch are %«tartbroken over the loss of their much fiAMaeW phonograph by the defeat of their «%hamplon ln » foot-race with the cook of the Centipede: ranch. A house party Is n at the Fifing Heart. J. Walllngford peed, rheer (leader at Yale, and Culver ovlngton, Infor-colleglate champloa run '.ner, are expected. Helen Blake, flpa«d'» \#we«?theart, becomes lnterested>ln the loss t>t the phonograph. She sugKeHtß tp Jean k'Chapln. slster.or the owner of t\>« ranch, Vthat she Indilee Covington, her V>ver. to Y' n hack the phonograph. Helen declare* I'tjiat If Covlrygton won't run, will. VThe Cowboys'are hilarious over the v4>ros pect. 9pe>il and his valet, Larry Jfnss. I'trainer at Yale, arrive. HeUsn Blake, asks ufcfeed. who has posed to her as an oth- Ifte. to race against the Centipede man. CTtie cowboys Join In the appeal to Wally. ' and fearing (Sat Helen will find him out. T»e consents. v He Insists, *t>wever. that he be entered as an unknown, figuring Vfhat Covington will arrlvie In time to take rls place. Fresno, glee club singer from L Stanford university and In love with '.JHelen, tries to discredit. Spned with the Jadleu and cowboys. Bpeed,and Glass put ln the time they are suppled to be 1 training playing cards trf a secluded spot. TThe cowboys*explain to Speed how much \ the race means to them. Speed assures V.tnem he will do his best. The cowboys ~ tell Glass It Is up to him to see that Bp"ed Wins the rare. Willie, the ffunman. de- VClares the trainer will RO bark east pack f «d In Ice, If Speed falls. CHAPTER X.—Continued. | Carara returned the knife to lta hiding-place, swept the floor graceful \ iy with his sombrero, than placing the Bpangled head-piece at an exact angle , Upon his raven locks, lounged out.'his silver spars tinkling In the silence, u Glass took a deep breath. _ "He do«sn'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 > !rL " *. *■ -• "Humph!" Glaaa ipoke with'soulful convlctl6n. "Take it from me. 80, 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 seri ously?" "Not now, I*-I love -my Cuban, but"—he quivered . apprehensively— Til bet that, rummy packs a 'shlv' In every pocket." From outside the bunk-house, came the low, musical notes o t a quail, and Glass puckered his lips to answer, then grew pale. "That's her," be de clared, id a panic. "I've cot a date with her." "Are yott going to keep it?" "Not for a nosebag full of gold nug gets! Take a look, Wally, and see what Rhe'i doing." , Speed did as directed. "She's wait ing." "Let her wait,", breathed the trainer. "Here oomes Stover and Willie" "More bad news." Olass unrolled his prayer-rug, upon It hastily. '-"Say, what's th»t word? Quick! I You know! j The password. Quick!" "Allah!" "That's her!" The fat man began to mumble thickly. It was plain that his spirit was utterly broken. But thts 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 yeu no ticed 'em?" "No. What sort?" "Well, the other mornin' 1 discov ered sotne tracks through one of Miss Jean's flower-beds." -i "Tracks!" , , "Surfe! Strange tracks. Man's tracks." "What does that signify?" J "We ain't altogether certain. Ca rara says he seen a stranger hangln' around night before last, and jest now are found where a hogs 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 tompbody from the Centipede. They're equal to any devilment." Speed showed an utter lack of com prehension, BO Willie explained. "Understand, we're made this race pay or pliy. Mebbe they aim to cripple yoa." "Me!" Speed started. "Good heav ens!" "Oh. they'd do it quick enough! ' I wouldn't put it past 'em to drop a .45 tbrtmgff your winder if It could be done safe." "Shoot Q)e, yoo mean?" "Allah!" Glass, devoutly from lila cornet. p Stover and Willie nodded. "If I was you, I'd kfeep the lamp between me and the winder every night." "Why, this is abominable!" ex claimed the young college man, stiffly. "I—l can't stand for this, it's getting too serious." - ' I "There ajnt nothin' to fear," said Willie, soothingly. "Remember, I told yen at the start that we'd see lib ere wasnt no crooked work done. Well, l'm-goln' to ride herd on you, - pens taut, Mr. 8 need." He smiled In a manner to reassure. "If there's any ahoottn' cornea off, I*H be In on lt. M * "B—say, what'* to prevent us being murdered when we're out for a run?" queried Glass. "Me!" declared the little man. "I'll saddle my brono' an' lope along with you. We'll keep to the open country/' Instantly Speed saw fhe direful con sequences of Mch a procedure, and summoned his courage to say: "No. It's very kind of you, but I shall give up training." "What!" "1 moan training on the road. "I I'll run Indoors." "Not a bit like it," declared Stov«r. "You'll get your daily run if we have to lay off all the puncher? on the place and put 'em on as a body-guard. We can't let you get hurt. You'*w worth too much to us." "Larry and I wjll take a chance." "Not for mine!" (Irmly declared the trainer. "I dont need no mineral in my system. I'm for the house." "Then I shall imn alone." "You're game." said Willie tylmir lngly, and his auditor breathed easier, "but we can't allow It." "I—l'd rather risk my life than put you to so much trouble." "It's only a pleasure." "Nevfrthph'ss, I can't allow it. I'll run alone, if they kill me for it." "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. "I've got It!" said he at last, "I'll run at night!" Stover hesitated thoughtfully. "I don't reckon you could do your self Justice that-away, but you might do your.. trainln' 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! fc-4'll do that!" "I sure admire your courage, but if you see anything suspicious, let ; us know. We'll git 'em," said Willie., "Thank you." .* The two pien went out, whereupon, Glass chattered: "W—what did I tell you? It's worsen suicide to stick around this farm; I'm going to Mow." "Where are you going?" "New York. Let's beat it!" "Never!" exclaimed) the college man, stubbornly. We'll hear from i Coviog%on beforei long. Besldeg, .1 I can't leave until '1 get some mofcley from home." "Let's wplk." \ "Don't be a tool!'* "Then I've got to have a drink." Olass started for the living-quarters, but at the door decked quickly out of sight, "She's there!" he whispered tragically. "She seen me, too!" H , Mariedelta was squatting in the, shade Opposite, eyes flxted stolfdly upon the training-quarters. "Then you've gfot to lay low till she gives up," declared Wally. "We'H| in trouble enough aa it Is." For nearly an hour the partners dis cussed the situation while the Mexi- "There'l Something for You." can maid retained her position; then, when Glass was on the verge of nam ing a desperate sally. Cloudy entered silently. Although this had been an unhappy morning for the trainer, hen at least was on® person of whom be had no fear, and his natural optim ism being again to the fort, be greeted the Indian lightly. "Well, how's the weather, Cloudy V "Mr. Cloudy to you." said the other. Both Glass and his protege stared. It was the first word the Indian had uttered since their arrival. Lawrence winked at his companion. ' "All right, if you like it better. How's the weather, Mister Cloudy?" He snickered at his own joke, where upon the aborigine turned upon him jslowly, and said, in perfect English: "Your'humor is misplaced with me. Don't forget, Mr. Glass, that the one Yrfle football team you trained, I dropped a goal on from the forty-five yard line." OUu allowed Ma month to open.ta UMMmint. Tha day «u replete with surprises. " '96!" he said, while the light of'tub' derstandlng came over him. "You're Cloudy-but-the-Sun-Shl nes ?" "Yes—Carlisle." Cloudy threw haek his head, and pointed with dignity to the flag of his Alma Mater hanging ujx>ft the wall. "By JoVe,,' I remember that!" ~«K-, , claimed Speed. >1 "So wfft Vale so long as she Uvea," predicted the Indian, grimly. "You crippled me I in the second half"—he stirred his withered leg—"but I .dropf*#-'tt'ipn you; and—l have «o» forgotten. '* He ground the last ten fence between hia teeth. * M See here, Bo—Mn. Cloudy. .V don't blame us for that? •Cloud)' granted, and threw a yellow envelope on the floor at Speed's feet. "There to Something for you," iald he, while his Hps curled. He turaed, and limped silently to the door. ' "And I tried to kid'him!" breathed Glass With disgust, ifhen the vtfcltor had gone. >"1 ain't begn In right since Garfield wfca shot." & "It's a telegram from Covington!" cried Speed, tearing open the mes sage. "At last!" "Thank the Lord!' v Glass started forward eagerly. "When 'll he be tafre? Quick!" Then he pau'Hed. J. W ailing ford Speed had gone deathly pale,-and was reeling slightly. "What's wropgT" The college man made uncertainly for his bed. murmuring incoherently: "I—l'm sick! I'm sick, Larry !"*He fell limply at full length, and groknM. "Call the race off!" „ Glass snatched the missive frota bis employer's nerveless fingers, and pead. with bulging eyes, as follows: "J. Wallingford Speed, Flying Heart Ranch, Kidder, N. M.: "Don't: tip off. An; In jail Omaha. Looks like ten days. - v "CULVEH The trainer uttered a cry likdi that of a wounded animal.L "Call it off, Larry," moaned the Hope of the Flying Heart. "I've been poisoned!" "Poisoned, eh?" said the fat man, tremulously. "Poisoned! Nix! ! Not wjth me!" He walked ilrmly 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 threo heavy sweat ers, then laid strong hands upon his protege and Jerked him to his .ieet. 'Sick, eh? Here, get Into these)" ! "What do you mean, Lawrence J" in quired his victim. "If you got sick, 1 die." Glass opened the first sweater, andhalf smothered his protege with it. '.'Hur ry up! You're going Into training!" CHAPTER XI. t T t 1 r M p MM HAT was a terrible hour for "I J. Walllngford Speed As for Larry, once he had grasped the full significance of the telegram, he h6cam6 a different person. Some fierce electric charge TvP/i Wrou ®' ,t a Chemical altera- tlon in his every fiber; 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 his 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. i "You won't, eh?" We'll see!", Then Speed took refuge in anger, but the other cried: "Never mind the hysterics, Ho. You're going to run off some blubber to-day." "But I have to go riding!" "Not a chance J" "I tell you I'll tun irheii I come back," maintained the youth, almost tearfully beseeching. "They're watt ing for me." "Let '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." v As Olass forced his protege toward the house, the other young people ap peared clivd for their excursion; their horses were tethered to the porch. And It was an ideal day for a ride— warm, bright, and inviting. (TO BK CONTINUED.) Lobsters That De Not Boil Red. Native French lobsters are growing scarce as the result of a series ef epi demics, and an attempt Is being made to introduce those from Roumanla, Hungary and Russia. •> But these for eign lobsters have little flesh on them and tifrn 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 plscicultured In the Uni versity of Orenoble, and he hopes, in naturalizing the foreign' species, to give them some at least of the French 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 1857. The clerk of the hotire Intimated that an amend ment had been handed in, the writing of irblch was so illegible that he wai unable to say what it was about or who had written It. It was then dis covered that Lyttelton was ths author, and it turned out to be a pro posal disfranchising all persons who oould not write!— London Answers. M NOTES OF THE POULTRY YARD Good Remedy for Many Bowel Troo frle-*i Found in Charcoal—•Bright ••• Red Comb Indicates Health. (By C. 8. MILLER.) Charcoal is an excellent corrective evils of injudicious overfeed ing, and also is a good remedy In bow si troubles in poultry. Having won derful absorbent powers, especially for gases, only a small quantity should be put in the. feed hoppers at a time on account of its absorbent nature. It ghould be kept in .a thoroughly dry veasel with a clpae fitting cover to ex clude the air. , , tJ , , , It the ehargoal Is heaied Well bo fore given to the poultry .it will have a .tendency to drive ofT Impurities which may have been absorbed, and will bo tjqual to fresh charcoal. ducklings Usually «start to molt ar£en eleven weeks of age, and it will requi'-i 1 about six weeks for them to finf&li the prOCesS and get Into good joiidition again: Far that reason duck lings should be marketed at ten weeks Tor after that they are more apt to lo*e weight than gain it. In turkey culture never use a gob bler that Is akin to the hens. In oreedlng is the cauße of much of the "bad luck" In raising the yourg. Ginger, if fed to poultry for too long a time is apt to weaken the di gentlTe organs, while asafoetlda and ft v |M i , One Week Old Squab. gentian are excellent digestive stim ulants. Asafoetlda, garlic and onions have a good effect on the lungs and ,bKMxjhift, .. *■».,:.» ' | .v„ When a fowl has a bilious look, dysentery and then costiveness, it is a strong indication that it Is suffering from liver tioubles. When the edges of the comb and wattles are of a purplish red It is a sign of Indiges tion. Fowls in good health always have a bright red comb. Before they sell the eggs received, commission men take them to a dark room, Where they are candled. The egg Is bpid up in the left hand before a strong light and the top shaded with the right hand. If the air cell —is small they know the egg is fresh. If the albumen Ib noted to be slightly thin ahd watery and the air space greatly enlarged, It Is put down as two months old. About a month or two after that the air space reaches about the center of the egg and it is declared worthless. Fel grass, such as is found In the bottom of creeks of Long Island, seems to be a natural food for ducks. Inlan# breeders substitute steeped clo ver hay or alfhlfa and some chop up green rye, oats or corn. Where there Is a scarcity of green feed more bran must be fed in the ration. Richardson, a former English au thority, said the Idea! gander baa large dimensions, active gait, lively and olear gray eyes, an ever ready and hoarse voice, and a demewtor full ok boldness. The goose should be chosen for her weight of body, steadiness of deportment and breadth of foot—a quality said to Indicate ;the presence of other excellencies. The American standard of perfec tion classifies the weights of gees* aa follows: Toulouse and Embden, ■ ad ult gander, 25 pounds; young gander, 20 poundß; adult goose, 23 pounds; young goose, 18 pounds; African ad ult gander, 20 pounds young ganider, 16 pounds; adult goose, 18 pounds; young goose, 14 pounds; Chinese and Canada, adult gander, 16 pounds; young gander, 12 pounds; adult gdose, 14 pounds; young gqoße, 10 pounds; Egyptian, adult gander, 15 pougds; young gander, 12 pounds; adult gdcae, 12 pounds, young goose, 9 pounds. The age of a fowl cannot alwayt be told by the size of the spurs. Iti the yard of th 6 writer Is a three-yeaf-old hen that could easily be mistaken for a yearling hen or pullet. But there Is a dull, heavy look under the eyes of the old bird which an expert would de tect at a glance. The best j>lan is to band all the birds and a record kept of their age*. Keep Posted on Price*. If one has uny quantity of poultry to sell, it Is well to keep In corre spondence with some good commis sion merchant or manager of some good market, so as to be posted as to prices, and not be at the mercy ot the Itinerant huckster, who travels ovpr the country to procur a poultry at any price that he can get the poul ♦ry ra!eer »o acstpt upfc emm fm |%MbQ; . Kti. TRAVELERS from this country cross continents and seae to iind nothing more curious or picturesque than may be found on the west coasts of Central America, and Mexico, comparatively hand. To be sure, Accommo dations for tourists are few. There is nothing luxurious about the hotels at all, but the traveler sees a land of quaint customs and interesting people j and sees it just as it is. writes G. R. | King in Grlt.'-> Within the next few years there will I certaiuly be a wonderful -change in conditions along thiß coast.. With the I opening of the canal will come new | steamship Unee, lower freight rates ' and increased travel.,*- Probably the citiea' aloijg the will lose some ! of thplr characteristics. Travelers nailing through- the canal In the days to come will see but little 'of the real Panama. The trip across I the isthtnuti by train allows opportu | for seeing the sights at each end. j It is ,6 surprise to most' passengers who aife.il 'from Panama for California J ports to find that the boat does not I start west but south. It le commonly i supposed that the isthmus has a west | ern and an eastern coast. As a mat ter of fact. It has a northern and a j southern coast. "Why, see that sun," cried one of the passengers op my boat, "it 1b coming up on the wrong I Side." It was difficult to realize that j we were sailing du6 Bouth to round a huge boot top. I I had taken a slow boat Instead of an express steamer, because I wanted to stop at the various ports along the 1 coast. The republics, big and little, i strung along In thie order —Panama, I Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Sal vador, Guatemala, Mexico. Honduras I has only a few miles on the Pacific j shore, and Salvador no Atlantic coast ! line at all. Most of the republics have 1 been torn by revolutions, beggared by graft and kept back by lack of educa ! tion to an extent which can scarcely | be realized in this country, near nelgh ! bors of ours though they are. There | le a tribe of Indians In Panama which has 'nevqr been conquered and which I Is quite independent of the govern- I ment, boasting that no woman in the j tribe has ever borne a child to a white I man, and obeying laws of thefr own | making. I Immense Tracts of Fertile Land, i Much of Honduras Is a wilderness. In Nicaragua and Guatemala are Im mense tracts of land of the most fer tile character and In the finest cli mates simply waiting thp development which ehall come Svlth freace and pros perity. Slavery Is an actual If not an admitted fact in many of these repub lics. The law says that a peon shall remain In the service o{ his master so lonfe as he Is" in his debt, which is all the time. Further, the l»-v says that the debt Is inherited by the man's descendants and kinsmen. Peonage is really slavery. The fault of the system lies, how ever, in the fact that a few men own all the land and that the peon sees nothing ahead but a continual round of labor. When, as in Mexico, all the land Is in the haiKls of 8,000 individ uals, while the total population Is 15.- OOOjOOO, there is little future for a poor man. Costa Rica la the one country in Central America which swms to have solved the land problem. There the government la the supreme landl-ord and the land Is parceled out in small lots to families who will actually work It. As a result Costa Rica is made up of small farmers and lg prosperous and happy, the eerenity of Its affairs being disturbed only by an occasional revolution erig'neered by an ambitious politician. Conditions in Nicaragua, next door to Costa Rica, are about as different as can well be imagined. Nicaragua 1s a land of revolutions, bloodshed and bad dqfcts. Yet its natural resources are estimate. Its climate ie delightful. It has a coast line on two oceans and good steamship connec tions. Some day It may prove an El Dorado. Already the need of progress is felt and the government has signed a contract with an American com uai:y for more than half a million dol lars to pnvft the streets of Managua. the capitaf^city. Houses of Adobe. Managua is a typical city of Central America and Is built almost entirely of adobe, the native mud, similar to that used all through Mexico and parta of the United States. The walls are thick and keep out the heat. ROofed with tile, these houseß are attractive to the eye, especially at a distance, but cover them with corrugated iron* and they have little beauty. Nicaragua is a land of fruit and birds and flowers. Nature evidently meant jt to be a paradise, bnt per mitted it to fall into bad hands. Alli gator pears, a costly luxury In New York, are cheap enough for beggars in Managua—and there are plenty of beggars to eat Oranges and pineapples are at their beet there, and very plentiful, and the natives mWke free use of what they term the chOico late tree, because a beverage myi* from the seeds of the flowers is as delicate and palatable as chocolate. Salvador Is an Independent little country Just above Nicaragua and overshadowed by Honduras and Gua temala, but next to Haiti it is the most densely populated of all the American republics. The steamers stop at La Union and La Libertad. both small places, where conditions are exceedingly primitive. At La Lib ertad 1 saw a woman grinding com and she was doing it by means of two stones, the loWer stone, which Was somewhat hollowed, resting on 'the wide tongue of a huge oxcart. Always does Salvador keep a sharp eye on her northern neighbor, turbu lent Guatemala, but of lat4 years that country haa been occupied with it* own affairs. Nominally a republic, Guatemala Is actually governed by % despot. Our stops at the towns of San Bias and Acapulco on the west cvast of Mexico were full of interest Acapul co has a natural barbor, said to be the best with one exception in the whole world, being surpassed onljr by that at Sidney, Australia. San Bias is very different h» ita characteristics, most of the bousea be ing thatched. This Is an important port and a favorable fishing place. And a Mexican fisherman is an inter esting individual to look at. On hl» head he wears a bat of gigantic pro portions, but his feet are bare, except, perhape, for rough Sandals. Their hats are the chief concern of the Mex icans, and they treasure them as care fully as an American woman her Eas ter bonnet. Western Mexico ia filled with opportunities for development and with the opening of the canal there doubtless would dawn a new era were It not for the internal dissen sions which keep out foreign capital and stand as a constant bar to prog ress. Game to the End, The late Timothy D. Sullivan bad » great fondness for the Bowery boy. and used to tell a story to Illustrate the Bowery boy's gameness. "A newsboy"—so he would begin "lay bedridden In the hospital. A friend of his, a bootblack, called: "'How be ye, Jimmy?' asked the visitor. . " I'm mighty sick,' groaned the newsboy. ' Mighty sick, I tell ye; I got to lay flat on me back The doc says If I turn over on me side I'll kick the bucket.' "'Oh, rats!" " That's wot he says. If I turn on me side I'll kick the bucket straight off.' " 'l'll bet ye )2 ye won't T|y it and see.' " 'l'll take that bet,' groaned the sick newsboy. "Wincing, he turned upon his side, and, sure enough, it killed him In stantly.' "His friend, the bootblack. laid U on the small corpse's cbest and depart ed solemnly on tiptoe." Cheap Filler. i How do tueae'poeu make a living, anyhow? " "Oh, there Is alwaya a marlfet tor magazines to fill tn wit It"
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