The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-21

reached the man from the city took a
turn.
oh, | don't know" he drawled for
starter, II don't really think this youth
is world-beater.''
"Yeu don't what?" shouted J. Hiram
L don't think this youth is a world
beater," repeated the man from the citv
in cold, even tones
Perhaps you know better one''
sneered J. Hiram, losing his temper.
I think l do replied the st. Paul
man.
"And perhaps you would back I'D vour
opinion" dared J. Hiram.
II certainly will do that thing, smiled
the man from the city, reaching for his
money pocket.
''Who is your wonder?" asked ]. HI
ram.
He's only a farmer boy, but he can
run the legs off the lobster I met up at
that grocery store"
That lobster word did the business. J.
Hiram had his roll out, and he refused
70 walt until morning. The money must
be put up at once. The st. Paul man
and J. Hiram went back to the grocery.
Two bundles worth $3.50 each were put
IN the grocery strong box, and the man
from the city went to the town hotel.
The next day he returned to st. Paul.
He reached the city p. m, and one
hour later his Office boy could have told
the location of the saloon that concealed
him. The st. Paul man was not alone
in this saloon. With him was a wlry
looking young man, who refused to drink
anything stronger than milk. The young
man told the barkeep that The wuz
trainin'."
That night the young man in training
caught train for the country, and the
next day he was at work on a farm not
twenty miles from the home of J. Hiram
Browser. He worked hard on this farm
and the kind-hearted farmer, as re-
ward permitted him to ride in with a
load to j. Hiram's town several times.
Two weeks later the day for the race
was reached The st. Paul man reached
J. Hiram's town on the night train the
day ahead OF the race, and about the
same time the farm hand from the farm
twenty miles away dropped into town.
The st. Paul man met the farm hand
and the two appeared to be old friends.
The next afternoon the entire popula-
ton lined up along the race track at
the fair grounds. The youth carrying
J. Hiram's money appeared in a br6Ad
Few suit of sprtnting clothes. The st.
Paul man and the farm hand stood near
the judges stand, apart from the crowd.
j. Hiram BroWSer was already counting
the money cleaned up on the day, and
with smile he approached the man
from the city.
'Well," he said, just to rub it in.
where IS your sprinter?'
Here he isl replied the st. Paul man,
pushing the farm hand forward.
''Oh, this is too easy" laughed J. HI
ram. Nov, don't you want chance
to call this Off,
mot for me-" said the man from st.
Paul.
Then =. Hiram introduced the judges
and the starter. The race was announc-
ed as a 1Oo-yard dash The sprtnters
were to start at the crack Of tho start
er's pistol. But that was not all. The
Judge announced that the man from st,
Paul objected to false starts, He IN
sisted that the man who got away ahead
Of time must be punished, and the Judges
had listened to the protest. At the sug-
gestion of the st. Paul man the man
who got away ahead of the gun was
to be penalized one yard. That was all,
and then the man from the city handed
the starter a gun, and announced that.
his side was ready.
The youth with q future and the farm
hand stood side by side, paving the alf.
The youth had read I'd In Toe aporting