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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

ed him off the ground in pulling him toward
their waiting automobile.
HE fumed and squirmed and 'beefed
but it was no use. His pair of friends were
big husky chaps, and both of them had
the jiu-jitsu clutch on him. They tossed
him into the hind seat of the big blue tour
ing car, one of them getting into the seat
to hold the winner in until the machine
got up speed. The other one took the chauf-
feur's seat, and in less than eight seconds
after the 'yankers' had got their winning
friend into the shudderng wagon they
were speeding out of the gate.
Works Both Ways.
"Ten minutes later the Madden trick,
Siglight, spooked home in front of his field
with as good as 30 to against him. I'll
bet snow apple that the husued-off man
had few gay Captain Kiddisms to let out
when he heard of Siglight's victory. The
thing works, as say. both ways. and that
was one of the infrequent instances In
which the man with 'yanker' friends got
the worst of 1t. 1t works the other way
in nine cases out of ten.
i've turned a trick or SO as a 'yanker
or an assistant 'yanker' here and there my
self, but not for good many years now
It's thankless work, especially Wnen II
doesn't turn out right.
ssThe last time / helped to 'yank on a
race track in the interest OF friend was
in Chicago in the summer OF 96. The
1T1enQ was Tic Ildiid6tI VI d SIACdSU LO-
tel, the name of which is about as well
known in this country as the name of
Bunker Hill monument.
'"rhis manager of hotel wasn't exactly
a bug on the horses. but he drove out to
the Chicago tracks with a gang of racing
friends about dozen times a season.
Like most Of the caSuals he'd play every
race on the card, and, consequently, he'd
always drive home broke.
ION this Fourth of July eve met him
in one of the cool corridors of his hotel
I'm going out tomorrow, he told me.
There seems to be one In the second that
can lose all topsis and stunsils and then
come home all alone under jury rig and
he leaned close and mentioned the name Of
the nag to me.
WELL / had that one buried away my
self, and was even then in the act of look
ing the hotel manager up to whisper the
name of the trick to him.
Now, look a-here. old man. the hotel
manager said to me, dragging me into one
Of the cafe alcoves and getting solemn, L
got out piece of a pad and a stub of a
pencil the last evening I came home from
the face track, and figured 1t out that, If
I'd only quit after winning on the really
and-truly hot ones that you fellows have
occasionally pushed my way. I'd now be
the owner of one OF those Danubian rock
castles over on south side boulevard. a
gargoyled chateau for the summer time at
Waukesha or Oconomowoc, and dun to
toss at the German carp out In the Lin
coin Park fish hatcheries. Now, tomorrow
l am going to push In the few bones that
can spare on the warm one that we know
about In the second race. and then I'm go
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ing to sling myself into my trap and drive
home. Understand?
Il grinned and told him that I hoped
the warm afternoon winds of Chicago in
midsummer weren't ossifying his men
tality.
Had a Sure Thing.
Now. you wait said the hotel mana
ger earnestly, giving me the coat clutch.
I'm going TO drive you and one of the
other fellows out to the track. understand?
And | want you to see to it that l don't
play anything after 1 cop on that good
thing in the second race. see? I'm going
to find out for once how 1t feels to come
away from race track with the price of
high hat of malt at at road house on
the intrip'
Il promised him. He was worthy and
deserving hotel man, and the best in his
he liked
You want to be yanked out no matter
how much you buck and rear over it?'
l asked him, to make sure.
If 1 buck any,, he replied, earnestly.
you just report me to the head Pinkerton
man for trying to steal your old gold watch
and chain in the ring crush, that's all.
I'm going to execute one getaway with
the money If ! have to do a twelve-year
space in Joliet for it. Now. that sticks,
doesn't ftp
II told him that it stuck, and presently
we met up with another mate, a racing
made the same earnest remarks. He sol
EMMY detailed and delegated us a commit
tee of two to accompany him to the track
on the morrow and to see to 1t that be
got out of the tracks grounds after the
second race had been decided win or lose.
THE three of us drove out to the track
on that Independence day afternoon. and
the nice things that all three of us were
in on glided by at the winsome price of
10 to 1. Our friend the hotel manager had
500 on, straight, at that figure, and the
other two of us hadn't let the price go
a-begging. either
1.-The committe of two in the guardian
ship Of the person of the Chicago hotel
manager nailed him just outside the bet
ting ring after all three of us had collected
on the soft thing. We couldn't help but
observe that there was a sort of guilty,
hang dog, furtive look in the hotel man
ayers eye.
Changed His Mind.
"rWell, well be on our way to town. we
said to him.
He gave a couple of those apologize
coughs behind his hand and then looked
US over out of the far corners of his lamps.
"'Wen,' we said to him again, were for
the move thing. Going to ride us back to
town, aren't you, seeing that you hauled us
out hereH
Fellers,' that weak-souled hotel man
blurted out, femme out of that agreement,
won't you, hey? Say, I've got a thing in
the fourth-not in the third, that's going
to be run off presently, but in the fourth
that can run sideways faster n
1.-The other member of the committee gave
me meanngful sidelong look, spat on his
hands and rubbed EN- together, and got the
clutch on the hotel manager on his side.
/ followed suit, on my side. He weighed 225
but we began to lift him toward the gate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
Van Dyke and Dryden.

Dr. H. w. Mabie. In the Outlook.
In writing an ode on Music" Dr. Van
Dyke put his faith and his art to severe
test; and both faith and art are justified by
the result. It is elaborate like its great
forerunner from the hand of Dryden; and in
a comparison of the two odes the transition
from the rhetorical to the vital and
spiritual Is strikiugiy brought out.
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-mittee and had to lie down on the grsxo
ana take a roll for 1t. American Eaglef
American Eagle was at that time the
same Kind of joke on the Chicago tracks
as May<J. was on the New York tracks ID
later Years. And here was this unfortu-
nate hotel duffer, a friend of both Of US,
hanging around waiting for a chance to
slough on sure-enough money on a globu>
iar Son OF gee-gee glue like American
Eagle, My friend and | rolled and roared
Tor long time over that. deed we did.
But, said the hotel man solemnly aside
from the fact that I've got the strongest
KIND OF information it, can't you two
see the hunch? American Eagle, yunder-
stand, in the fourth race. on the Fourth %
July. and
We'll, we two rose up from the lawn
then, and we were just about TO grab tho
hotel man again to make another effort to
hustle him to his vehicle, when he saw our
purpose. and broke and bolted for il. He
disappeared in the crowd, and Ii was fifteen
or twenty minutes before we could find
him again.
A Put Up Job.
The horses were then at the post for the
fourth race. We didn't want to renew the
job of trying to drag the hotel man out Oh
the grounds. and so we tried bit of 4
put-up job. We had little talk with the
head Pinkerton on the grounds, and he
went over to the hotel man, who stood
leaning against betting-ring stanchion,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
Easily Explained.

From Tit-Bits.
How do you account for the fact" askx
ed the doctor, "as shown by actual in~
|vestigation that 80 out of every 100 criTn>
mails in the country are left-handed?"
That's easily accounted for said the
professor. The other 60 are right-handed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
Village Morals.
From Puck.

From Puck.
Mrs. Gadabout ibid Hepsy Jones ever
say anything to you about me, Mirandy~
Mrs. Staya bit-'Not word, Jane. II
Hepsy Jones can't say something good Of
a person she don't say anything"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21


when they hit the ground at all.
And all the time he was trying TO beg
off:
piteously, every twenty feet SO of the
route We were taking him toward where his
trap was hitched, L didn't know about this
soft one In the fourth when l made the
agreement with you two fellers last night
or I'd never have made the agreement
cross my heart and hope to die standing up
If that isn't so. It's like giving the knock
out drops to Aunt Elvira in glass of her
currant wine and then Swiping her cameo
brooch. Just you two femme get few
of these velvet beans down on that one.
and then I'll drive you home-you can pole
axe me If / don't
But we kept right dragging him to-
ward the place where his trap was waiting.
We were both of US just as big as ne was,
and we were two to one.
But when, in passing out of the gate,
he suddenly tore loose and grabbed hold of
a gate post, wrapping his arms around it
as if hanging on to an ocean pier to save
himself from drowning, we had to pass him
along We pulled and hauled and tugged
at him, but we might just as well have
tried to pull bull calf backward out of a
garden patch by the tail.
American Eagle"
don't know what a mopsikon fopsi-
kon bimwump is 1 told the hotel man,
with assumed disgust that yet had a trace
Of genuineness in it, but you're one of EN-.
anyhow. Here you're three thousand TO the
good, and the burnt-orange papers in your
oilskins, and two people that you know
ready and willing to fulfill their contract to
escort you back to your peaceful chambers,
and you're hanging on to gate post Ike
a ring-tailed baboon on to cocoanut palm,
and bleating for chance to go home broke
What ails you"
'Felers,' he protested know you're
all right, but I've got this thing so straight
about American Eagle In the fourth race
And then the other member of the COM
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Milton ]. Palmer is dead at his resi-
dence in Chicago, aged 81 years. He
was a brother of the late Potter Pal
mer and for many years was his part
ner in the dry goods business. After
the great fire he confined his attention
to the management of his real estate.
The council of the Russian empire
has approved the recommendations of
the passport commission, which in
cludes universal recognition of foreign
passports, thus meeting the represen-
tations on the subject of discrimina-
ton against American Jews.
Peking.-During the past month the
Italian troops have been withdrawn
from Tientsin and have been returned
to Italy. A word of eulogy is due to
Colonel Amejiljo, who commanded
them. His troops earned high praise
for their energy and discipline.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
Entanglcd in a Live Wire.

If a person is entangled in a 1.-Two
electric wire and you want to extricate
him therefrom do not take hold of the
victims hands, as is often done in
case Of this kind. You will be shocked
If you do. Be sure to grab the clothes
alone, and then you are safe, and the
current cannot reach you. Do not let
anything come in contact with your
bare hands but his coat and trousers.
or course If you have thick leather
gloves on you can handle with impun-
ity the individual in distress.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
Lived Ten Months.

After lying in a brooklyn hospital
for almost 10 months with a broken
neck and injuries to his spine, during
which time physicians from all parts
of the country have visited him, Thos
OBrien is dead. When O'Brien, who
was % years of age, received his fall
and arrived at the hospital the sur
geons ventured an opinion that he
might live for a day or so, but in
stead of dying when they predicted
he grew stronger and made fight for
life which attracted much attention
among members of the medical frater
nifty.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
Attack and Destroy Enemies.

Warsaw.-The Polish social party
has issued a manifesto urging the peo-
pie to attack and destroy everything
and everybody not belonging to the So
cialists and those refusing to join the
movement.
The social democrats, angered at
the action of the Catholic archbishop
who recently ordered that sermons be
preached against socialism and social
democrats, have protested against pull
pits being used for this purpose, and
threaten to cause disturbances in the
churches should priests attack social
ism.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
Jap Coolies for Texas.

Japanese colonization is contemplate
ed in Texas by wealthy Japanese
agriculturist who recently visited the
United States, according to a report
submitted to the department of cors-
mence and labor by Fred d. Fisher,
American consul at Tamshui. Formo
sa, who bases his announcement upon
recent publications in Japanese pa
pers. The report says that 10000 far.
mers are to be collected in Japan and
that as a first undertaking $500 acres
will be cultivated in the fields of
Texas.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

| become a thief! and / knew that if
went back to him tomorrow, the same
thing would begin over again. For while
they knew my whereabouts, no earthly
power could protect me from the influ-
ence of those awful eyes. My grand
father would think me dead-my cousin
would inherit all his wealth, and | should
be safe; and so 1 resolved that hence
forth l would live unknown. and that
not even my name should ever pass my
lips"
And how did you obtain employ
ment?" l asked.
"Well, people had always praised my
drawings, and paintings, and needework
very much. Seeing such things exposed
for sale, suggested the idea of offering
some of my own work l found a ready
sale, and so l have gone on ever since.
And now you know my history"
Have you seen your cousin John
since you have been in this house,"
inquired.
YES" she answered, shuddering.
This evening, MS I was sitting at the
window watching the sunset, l heard
my door open, and there, standing upon
the threshold, l turned and saw him
and that awful woman. screamed with
terror and then the room seemed to
swim round, and l almost tainted"
''And what did they want of your"
cousin John pretended to be very
much in love with me, and proposed that
we should marry. He said that he had
come from my grandfather, who was
very angry at my fight. and who would
never forgive me but upon those terms;
but that if 1 consented. we should at
once return to Rose Cottage, and all
would be forgiven"
The door was suddenly burst open.
Judith appeared!
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
CHAPTER XVII.


into a doing sleep, when l was reused
by the hateful tones of Mr.. Porter's
voice greeting his daughter, as she sat at
breakfast in my room. Another enemy
added to the number that encompassed
me!
He quickly turned to me and began,
in his usual hypocritical shuttle, II hear
that it hath pleased Providence to put
you in a fair way of recovery. So you
thought to get off, Master Silas, did
you?" he said with a satyr-like leer up
on his face; but Judith has laid her
runaway husband safely by the heels
this time"
About 10 o'clock that same morning
there came a knock at the door 1t was
the nurse; there was a whispered con-
versation, and then Judith came up to
me- was sitting before the fire in an
easy chair-and said quietly, 'Madame
Berne, the woman whom l told you was
coming to-day, is here; remember your
PROMISE and l will remember mine"
In a few moments there came into
the room a tall, iron-looking woman.
Judith's father cringed, and fawned, and
leered, and snuffled. But Judith stood
with her hand resting upon the table,
cold and defiant, never deigning to her
visitor even a salutation.
And you are Silas Carston?" she
said, fixing upon me a strangely intense
look
''That is the name I am known by" 1
answered.
and is this woman your wife?" she
asked, pointing to Judith.
/ paused for one moment | could feel
Judith's fierce eyes were upon me; then
l answered quietly, "She isl
Madame Berne paused again, and
turned her cold glance upon her; it was
met by one as fearless as her own.
1.-THE sum OF $500 a year is settled
upon you as an annuity" she said, again
turning to me as the door closed upon
Mr.. Porter. at will be paid you quar-
terly, on personal application, by Messrs.
Fogle & Quick. Your wife" there was
strange emphasis upon the word
communicated with me through those
lawyers; and as l was informed that you
were too i'll to attend at their office,
have come here to judge, as far as l am
able, whether you are the man you pre-
tend to be-"
Have you no wish to inquire into
your parentaBe, OlldS! Sdlu Juulln
speaking for the first time.
at will be useless if he has," answered
Madame Berne, freezingly; he will new
err know it."
AS she turned to leave the room, an
other figure appeared upon the scene
Montgomery was standing in the door
way. She started back, with a loob
and gesture of loathing; but the next mo
ment drew herself up, with the same
frigid, passionless look upon her face al
| before.
For a moment Montgomery stood look
ing at her with an exultant grin. "Yor
see, we have met again." he said. 81
seems that you and L cannot help get
ting mixed up with one another. You
protege has married very old FRIEND
of mine, Mile Zenobia, clairvoyante, al
the bills used to say. Her father, too
an old boon companion"
Then, suddenly changing his tone from
mockery to malignancy, he added, hiss
ing out his words, This is my work
but it is only the beginning of my ven
geance. You shall feel it YETI
(To be continued.I
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

Sir William c. Macdonald, the mil
lionaire tobacco manufacturer of Mon
treal, has offered the Protestant COM
mittee of the council of public instruc-
ton of that city a proposition to en-
dow an agricultural training college
and college for the training of school
teachers in the sum Of from $4,000, 900
to 100000.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

so much my superior? Were you an
emperor, and did you love me with your
whole heart and soul, l could never feel
for you the shadow of love. But still
l am a woman. You are my husband in
name, at least, and l cannot forgive
your hatred of me-
"Wreak what vengeance you please
upon me; there is no suffering that l
cannot endure for her sake--to save
her" l pleaded
How fortunate it is that 1 have a soul
above jealousy, or your passionate pray
ers might have quite an opposite effect
upon me-" she said, sarcastically. Then,
with a change of tone, Acknowledge
me as your wife before this woman,
who will be here in the morning, and l
will save this girl, and thus be revenged.
l would have informed her grandfather
of her whereabouts, and a great deal
more, the moment l heard of it, had it
not suited me to keep her here as an in
strument against you. Render her use
less to me by consenting to my wishes,
and it will suit my purpose to release
her. You know that l could force you
to do this or anything l pleased" she
added, imperiously, without any such
aid, if l chose. Now, will you do what
l require, or will you not?
Il will!' 1 answered, firmly. What
was it to me now who knew that she
was my wife? Had she desired it, l
would have led her through the public
streets, and have proclaimed the fact to
every passer by. If l could save Clara
by such now trifling sacrifice, it would
be at least some reparation for my cruel
conduct to her.
When our bargain was concluded, she
lay down upon the soft; l still sat in
the same position upon the bed, with
my elbows resting upon my knees and
my face buried in my hands; and thus
the broad daylight saw me as it tried to
struggle through the curtained window.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
MIGHT BE True.

Wife-This paper tells about man
who says he never made love to a
woman in his life. Do you believe It'll
Husband-Well, 1 have no reason to
doubt it. Perhaps he didn't have to.
Wife-Didn't have to?
Husband-That's what I said. He
probably made a speciality Of widows.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

Lodz.-During disturbances in the
neighborhood of synagogue soldiers
fired on the crowd, killing two Jews.
Saturday night a workman who was
mistaken for police spy was stabbed
to death. The workmen are IN an ugly
mood. Many troops have arrived here.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
RothschiId Is Dead.

Paris.-Baron Alphonse de Roths-
child, head of the French branch of
the banking house bearing the name
of Rothschild, and governor of the
Bank of France, died recently from
acute bronchitis, aggravated by govt.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
Tornado at Colbert, |. T.

A tornado is reported to have struck
the town of Colbert, l. T., destroying
several houses. Colbert is a town
of 500 inhabitants, near the Texas
line, eight miles from Denison. 1t is
on the st. Louis & San Francisco rail
road.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

Poet-The editor didn't pay the least
attention to my last verses. Now,
have written a comic poem entitled
1.-THE Alarm Clock"
F'riend-Do you think he will take
any notice of it?
Poet-Oh, yes; It'll make him open
his eyes.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
Four Drown in James River.

Springfield, Mo.-Frank Lee, Frank
Gray, Miss Lou Rhodes and Miss Sarah
Gates, all of this city, members of a
picnic party, were drowned in the
James river Sunday by the capsizing
of a boat.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

Madrid.-King Alfonso has started
on his foreign tour. Long before the
hour fixed for leaving the palace a
great concourse collected in the Plaza
del Oriente, opposite Puerto Principe,
where there was mass of carriages
of grandees and high personages who
had come to bid farewell to Alfonso.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

Eva-When Jack proposed in the
automobile were you in love with
him?
Ernie-I was carried away with him.
Eva-You don't say SO!
Ernie-Yes. He lost control of the
machine.-Chicago News.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10

Japanese inns furnish fresh tooth
brushes every morning free to every
guest. The brush is Of wood shaped
like a pencil and frayed to a fluffy
brush of fiber at the large end.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-10
Irritating Iteration.

IT don't see why you call him stupid.
He says a clever thing quite often"
Exactly. He doesn't seem to real
lie that 1t should be said only once"
Philadelphia Press
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-08-01
Bur Glover Again

EDITOR GAZETTE:
| need infor nation concern
ing bur clover. as want 10 or
der some seed 10 plant for this
winter. What il the use OF bur
clover, what time should i, be
planted. how many seed to the
acre. | see il is recon- mended
highly. have been reading
your paper since January.
Think II IN the paper for the
farmer. Glad that Mississippi
farmers are taking and reading
farm papers.
JonS NJ. FoRrENnKsRy,
Story, Miss.
Answer by ID. a. Saunders,
Starkvlllc. Miss: See the re-
ply TO. the questions of MIR.
Pcarce in this issue regarding
bur clover.