The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-16

lots dioerent from s)me other girls. and
J just the incest 3 ri / ever knew 20
! Miss Smith called her tom,boy once;;
| because she climbed fences. bus ioil
| Miss Smith | thought II u made Slli5
such bricks as that TO climb fences they
better all begin and climb EN- ,,,n,
HUH Well, the story" said WiiDur'
We'll. the bicycle races were to come
| off next day. you know, and II was tHs
| day before at recess and we were al
taking j. oyer There W WEI d6,r uo You
| know all their names. Well, % theie
10 use telling EN- all. And they an
talked about the chances and ne ilnt' :,
and they all agreed that il seemed lkeI!
that Ada Copeland would win the snort
distance race anyway. Tor she was a"
fully quick at dash. and as ! told You,
most Of the fellows were rather 10"
"Wen, presently the fellows, ran, % 70
play bail. And | looked around and there
was Ada sitting in the window ! reIL-..i,-
White with his sums. She smiled anu
REDEEMED and seemed pleased. ana | knew
she had heard what the fellows S1lu' 80. Nh ~
just at that minute Fred Archer cd.ne
around the corner of the scnoul-houSsV
When he saw me there ne sad hanoV.
and | said 'HallOo! and then ne sal doNn l
and began TO talk, too. Ana OF coui =
he talkel about the bicycle races anu no"
il was all 10 be- and the chances OF the
winners. and who he thought would tahe
each prize. or course he couldn [ Teti>
know, but as ii turned out ne maze Pr
ty good guesses, for he knew what etch
Fred was one Of the beginners. He
had a new bicycle. ana he had only JUST
begun to pay for IL. But he was pretty
smart fellow, and already they had talked
his name over as one Of the probable WIN
ners for the short race. II II wasn't ior
Ada Copeland's fast drives in just those
80 | said to Fred, We'll. l suppose Ada
will win that short racer
And then Fred broke down and told
me a secret he had. He said his father
didn't care much for him 10 have TINS
bicycle anyway. and had rather made
fun OF his riding at first. But he was
getting quite pleased now, because ff|i
seemed likely to turn out such a taSt
rider. SO his father had told Fred that II
he could win the dash race the next day
he should have the money, slapdown'
ious 70 get It. for if he didn't get it that
day he would have 20 earn the money
by doing odd work when he could Ana
it would take a long time to pay that
and | hate 70 have the money run
on so long" Fred SAID "Mr. Copeland.
has been very kind about IL. but OF course
he helped me as favor and want TO
wei. OF course. we neither Of us could
tell who would win that race; so We
didn't talk much more, for Fred seemed
10 think likely Ada would beat him. al
though he didn't say much about It.
And presently the bell rang, and recess
was over.
came out of the door when did. and
she said: i want 10 speak 10 you
minute so | waited and walked home
with her. And she didn't say much al
first but PRESENTLY she said. blunt out:
DE WITT | don't wan yOu 10 tell those
boys ! was In the wirh0w today Whle
they were talking
so | looked At her and she looked
in q
Don't you want no to tell Fred Archer
eitherT And she said 30. cer ,tinly not.
that she didn't Nant Fred 20 know par
ticulariy, and ! mustn't say any thihs
80 then had 20 promise her that
/ wouldn't tell it. but l couldn't tell Wnat
on earth was the reason. Tor u seemed
very little thing, and / tn9ught II Vas
only some nonsense, and ! said. All
right and laughed. And then we talked
about something else
We'll. the next day me race came of
You remember that part wiz
"Oh yes: but the other fellows don't
Go ahead VITA your story, De WI
ONT q d, storv-,eller And II ISN'T so much
OF a story after all. only putting Two
and TWO together. you know ana hhdihs
thew made four.
"Weu. when the short race was called
the riders all came up. and ! remember
/ noticed when they started that Ada
had a handkerchief tied around her
waist"
yves. saw that" broke in WIN. 81
asked il she famed it, but she shook her
head"
well. it was Just after they started"
went on De Witt "Ada's bicycle swer-
we'd and then she just seemed TO save
herself from falling. The others dashed
on. OF course. ! was among them. but
| hadn't a ghost OF a chance. Fred ran
right away from rs all, and came In nrSt
easy. AS for Ada. she jumped or and
didn't even try to overtake Us. And then
the shouts went up. Fred Archer wins!
Fred wins
Fred was fair through. He offered
TO race over with her. but Ada wouldn't
Said IL was ali right, and she might
break down again. l remember all that"
concluded VIII.
on. yes II was all square enough:
1t was only long afterwards. when |
was thinking about 1t. that J remember
ed what Fred had told me the day be-
fore. and that Ada had sat In the win
dow and heard him tell it,"
After Il few seconds silence, Wilbur
asked:
Didn't Ada ever say anything about
II again."
she asked me once II 7 bad ,old any
Of the boys she had overheard them, but
] hadn't and | said so. II was that
started me thinking about it, but | never
told Ada what | thought"
We'll" said Wilbur with a long-drawn
breath, "Of course, a girl that would do
thing like that Is n trump. But ] don't
believe all girls are like thati'