Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-15
~ HOWARD YIELDING

eat ~ 49, - the 1anAs. bae - 49, e.
psa<ssiens a. world II ssssgy. yesns
kon1--e
'sBoeA~ yssng blood Do zee shiak
bssaass ma y 6fky o. evss ohas -
isav esd tss aay sAiag7 why. look
hses. Pm afsy-ssxhl and shrss iscAss
shsrssr thAa you are. bat I'll BET go
splis sesa - wood while yesrs split
ting foo&~
Rnsssll smiled jncreAulsasly 81
oasAssd Nh broad shouidssA Hay get
~ = he 49, He vss . visossus man.
nnd he Aasea - - called cid Russell
hnev Il. snA banked - r.
'sTos don't ssk me 70 gst ints this
scheme Of yoara" sAid Ray. afser walk
Ing up and down the Aoor vtth he step
81 : pedestriaa-
Russell preteaaeA - b snharfsnsod.
"roa vosld not teel like giving nuah
tims 70 IT, said he. land besides the
yoang man Of whom ! have spoken vtll
Dca-s
I'm - young - he h. By rnga..
orisd the man Of dollars, slappinx his
chest IL coeld outrun him. outjump
him and throw bin three times out Of
ave. brseches hold. OF you either"
Rasssil smiled again, and Ray rseohed
1ps his cane. The sts0stion w1s bsgtp-
ming 70 look serious. IL was not -
old msA's inten tion - uss the eane 90 .
weapon, however.
SEQ here. young Mr.. William Re-
sell." said he. there was game W
ussd 10 play where was born that vas
called pulling sticks Two fellows sat
down on the floor, braced their feet 10
geshsr and pulled on an axe handle
until somebody had 20 como MP. Nov,
I'll bet you nifty dollars osn pull yos
up inside of one minute"
cell. respectfully; hut IT any rate. I
hsven't tho dirty dollars 70 wager on IL. :"
"I1l take your l. o. o. cried Ray.
dropping on the door with . hump that
threatened tho tenants below. ''Sit
down here. snd III give you few YES
sons In tho value Of well-spcnt youth. !"
Russell sat down and seised the cane,
end the strange tug-of-war began. II
was . painful thought to Russell that .
good many thousand dollars were lost
BY holding these athletic sports In pri-
v~te- Doubtless hve hundred mea N
The street would have given fifty dol
hrs for admission 10 the performance.
There Wa . big clock with . second
hand on the wall. and tho contestants
timed themselves. Neither gained .
hairs breadth in the oTst quarter, nor
In the second, nor she third, nor the
fourth. but exactly sixty-fivs seconds
after the ting began Russell rose into
tho CIR, scared over his opponents head
md struck the wall behind him.
'V3reat ScottY' exclaimed Ray, "a soon
- he could get his breath. 81 never did
the trick Is weh - that before. Old. sm
~ Are any OF your bones brokenr'
IL believe noA" said Russell. prsteud-
ing - examine his skull In search Of .
frsetares "but IL was the greatest SUR
prise ever had. IhAve lost my bet"
mo, you haven't" replied the man
who had not grown old. 'T'll be honest
with 700. wss Eve seconds over time.
The nfty dollars are yourA You 500 I
was little out Of practice. but I got
there after awhile"
$50 perceive;" and Russell rubbed
hts head with one hand, and took nifty
dollar bill with the other.
''Now." said Ray, If you think TN
yonngenough 10 take . hand in your
scheme, let me know. I'm willing 10
pot IN one hundred thousand dollars, or
tw3ce that If necessary; and as for at
tenNon. young man, Just watch me.
Bring down your papers and ysur model
to-moRrow, and Pm with you"
This IVES htale sudden for RSsscfl
II wss needless 10 say that be had no
Invention TO Offer. II had been his IN
tension 70 discover what kind Of an in
vention Ray would be willing 70 back,
and then dnd . long-haired crank who
thought he had IL.
II must have little more time, SIR
ranged Let vs. say next Friday
All right and don't stop for matter
Of money. I've always got enough to
pnt into . good thing"
''fsut mr. dear SIR" said RUSSELL you
don't know what this ~ yet"
81 dou't care . continental what 10
-" replied the millionaire promptly.
eff its good thing veil get our money
out a The Machine II 10 isn't we'll
have 10 ret 1t ons Of the stock. It's i'm
material 10 ne which We do. Bring IL
alOngr
CHAPTHR VII
THB LOAN or Al ISvEyrfo0.