The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-27
Al Ihc end VI fortnight | rcturncl to

! Al the end ot fortnight returned to
him,
| paid altogcthcr exclusive ot a mod-
crate charge for the elothcN Is 81, to
.B0rkcnstone. Is FOR tuition. / guinea Tor
choosing "A machine for me- and
guincas Tor procurmg, altering and TT
ting a special saddle In four days
could ride straight up stn HIN without
bondtnS my back. and with my hands cr.
could takc my machine to pieces and
put it together again, ON the nuh day
rode forty mites without feeling partlcu.
larry exhausted, Now am 10y No means
an athlete and am particularly slow at
learning anything, In short. Rarklnstonc
was expensive, but he was also the most
amazingly clever and thorough instructor
that the world has Yet produced. I sent
him tour pupils and the last u them
had to wait three months before Harkin,
stone could take him
At q rough guess, should SAY that
Rarkinstone was making from dIty to
sixty pounds week clear prodL l heard
indirectly that he was investing largely
In houSo property.
About year after this was In q
hshiug village on the Yorkshire coast
was there FOR holiday. and Olkc most
writing mem found that got rather more
work done In my holiday than | did any
other time, one hot day I had been SIT.
ting out In the garden most oC the morn.
ing and afternoon. doing had reviews
% worse novels at my leisure After ain.
ncr finished the reviews and took them
out TO the post. | observed that thrrr was
4 glorious full moon. that the roads wrry
IN capital condition, and remember that
l had taken no exercise all dag, | wen,
back to the house, brought ont my t,.
cycle lamp. and rode or The nrs, few
miles | went slowly. with nay hands ir my
pockets, then I settled down TO some
good hard work, / had not taken tny
particular note OF the direction la which
WAS going, nor how long / had been
riding when thought / heard village
clock In the distance strike one, Thea
glanced ut my watch. and found Tint
Il was indeed an hour after midnight /
decided to ride on TO the village. and then
turn back and go home. The road hcrc
stretched long and white. on one side
was the low stone wall OF a park. on the
other was a steep, downward slope cover. !
ed with grass and brambles noticed In |
the distance a tiny spark dartlng hlthcr |
and thlthcr occasionally stopping sudden |
" and then zigzagging again. As came |
nearer perceived that this spark |
was a bicycle lamp, ana that the machine |
was being riden by some one not expert. |
'ome one who occasionally collapsed and |
remounted Nearer sun II
lrew; the other cyclist was visible now. |
his shoulders hunched. his knees turned In. |
and his insteps well over the pedals. / |
prepared to dodge and II was as well / dld. |
or just as We met he gave another mrch
md came atme l escaped him. and he
vent bang into the wall. showed himself /
m with one hand. shot across to the other
'ide Of the road. and tumbled stralght /
iown the embankment Then from
motives OF humanity got on my mach.
ne. called down the embankment Are
.ou hurt?"
After moment voice came from the
middle OF a bramble-bush.
Not much. The blkes-er-rathcr en-.
angled. But I can managc-don't stop
or me-"
However. | leaned my machine against |
he wall, took OF the lamp, and climbed
own the embankment with It In my aln,.
.gainst the bramble-bush WIS the rider
topping down and rubbing his shlns. Be-
Ide him was lump OF machinery that
ad ben a bicycle, He looked up as /
pproached. and the light OF my lamp frn
ull on his face.
"Barkinstone!" exclaimed. "BarNn.
tone Of Enderdown Road, by all limits
NO no." he said. my name ser ,
rown."
Not Il bit Of IT," replied you taught
ne 10 ride, and | know you. You're
Il knew this would happen one Of these
ays' he said to himself mournuny
Yes. sir It's no good to say otherwise. n
m Barkinstone."