The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-12

ter calls LOT otHtiS,
Everybody was standing up ana shou''
ine-Josephine saw half dozen traess
circling unevenly before her-ai ,ne
colors OF the solar spectrum SWAIN pe
fore her eyes--the muscles OF the racers
stood out in great cords--the men
rounded into the last turn ana canno
into the home stretch at n reckless pace
some one elbowed-a man tel iron
his wheel and rolled over on the
track at full length like log. No one
naused-on they went like the Will
a boarse roar greeted them as they ap-
nroached the grand stand for the iass
t;me-cries and counter cries mingle"
in wild confusion. Scott was IN
noclset. deliberately made by the men
of the second group. who had caught up
with him and surrounded him with thelr
wheels in such a manner that he coulc
not get out.
Baird was rapidly leaving the lead
ing group. Wild and determined to
win Mt any cost, Scott broke away, ana,
with dangerous but brilliant burst OF
sneed. he broke through the pocket
with his famous corkscrew sprint that
sent his wheel rocking from side 10
side as though in heavy wind. Break
inc away from the bunch of riders he
caught up with Baird and hung on his
rear wheel for moment. Then ne
made jump that passed his opponent
IL was for moment only. The tape
was but few yards away-the grand
stand seemed TO explode. Scott rode
ms if possessed. and came down the homo
stretch like the wind. He heard con-
fused roar, and knew dimly that he had
won the race, but all he thought OF was
n girls promise; and in one Of the boxei
sat the girl. pale from excitement, Win
emotions she did not clearly analyze.
"Thnt was the closest finish OF the
whole season." said florid gentleman
in the next box 10 Josephine. "By
dove. haven't seen anything thsc
stirred my blood so much for year"
"What q fine appearance Mr.. Scott
makes on his Wheel" said the girl VITA
the red roses" i never dreamed that
| there could be so much excitement
about bicycle race. "Td love 10 go 20
| race every day in the week. and then
| one learns so much, too. Josephine
you are really pale. l wonder If the
| man who was thrown was much hurt"
The girl made some commonplace re-
! ionder; her thoughts were elsewhere
! just then.
The meet was over, and the crowd in
the grand stand had at last consented
to disinrgrate itself and get ready to
! go home. People were scattering in
every direction, and in the universal
confusion Josephine's friends were dis
/ covered by an admiring contingent
whose formal invitations to join them
easily gave Josephine the opportunity
| she longed for to slip quietly away.
| She had gone no further than the end OF
the boxes when she met Scott, his face
nglow.
"You were my mascot he said, eager
". "Are you ready to go? Your wheel
il safely stored here under the stand
i wal get AZ Ior you at once, and we Will
go home"
by the time they were under way,
the early twilight had fallen and the
CLEAN of lights here and there pierced
the light gloom. The animation of their
early conversation died away. Side by
side they wheeled on in the mellow
| light. The faint crescent of the young
moon hung her bow in the sky and cast
scarcely discernable radiance through
the trees by the roadway. They had
left the crowded cycle path, and had