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pAsrlme or JOCKEYS.
Get Their Enjoyment Out Of Humble
Sports.

To the casual visitor to the race
tracks around New York. who Is quite
"A much interested In the human
spectacle as he IL In the races them
selves. one of the elements that at
tract his attention - that OF tne
Jockeys. These pale-faced little lads
whose countenances are sadly serious
as q rule, have such a curiously boy
ish way Of enjoying themselves be-
tween races that It comes as sur
prise to one not familiar with their
vavs to learn that one OF the racing
men threatened to suspend his $zS.-
900 rider II he did not refrain from
spending his nights at Coney island OF
In the Tenderloin-
The surprise viii come to sucn :
man since whenever he has seen them
killing time between races they have
almost invariably been playing num-
ble-te-peg. Seated on the grass IN
front Of the quarters assigned to them.
these boys. In their. thin silks and
featherweight boots, spend their time
absolutely absorbed In the game Just
AZ II they were ordinary school boys
and were not making incomes that run
up into the thousands every year. Io
,ook at them absorbed in this pastime
| thew seem 80 extremely youthful thai
one might well wonder II the averagt
babitue of the Tenderloin would no
ADVISE such q lad to run home ana g
1
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CHAPTER V.
Life for 4 Life.

A long silence fell between us. !
,oorad where the little beacon light
had fiickered feebly few moments
before. It had gone out. With an ei-
go sought the face of the girl VINO
sat opposite me. CT.
She had Judged. l knew that. she
,oorad at me as If were being
an.rt of another world. BY my own
Confession / had shut myself Out Oh
h.r world. The man who had loved
her ,ovally had died as the strong PEG
n,a ~ her race had died. That PROUD
fact supported her. For her existed
M longer. She gathered ner skir's
about her. She inclined ner neao
slightly. She was going out OF my
,;se SHE had uttered no spoken TO
nroocb But her look, her every
movement. echoed the verdict OF inc
man who was dead.
pushed back my chair. Inan.
heaven. the ordeal was over; tn.s
MAS nv first thought. Then ! nesl.
tated. Suddenly longed to make I'M
woman understand.
When others had pointed the nnsel
=. scorr I had refused to be crushed
because I believed their censure un.
inst | had grown almost indineren'
: ss r. whether people despised me OF
ot put this was the first woman e
whor 7 had spoken since the Tragedy
HAD she loved willoughby, T woul'
8 have been hopeless to expect any SYN
athv from her. She would have ieI
t toward me a lifelong hatred.
Rut she did not love Wiliougnpy.
i was merely a sense of duty that na'
4 ,,road her to seek from me my stor!
:. parhans she wished to tell 1t 10 nj
n hereayed parents. 1t was to be so'
Y. ~ renaration owed to the memory :
q the man who had loved ner.
n She had judged me without em'
in ton without passion. She nad SPOKE
ID 10 words of reprSach or anger. "a
re was leaving me In silence But
Id ,naw tha, the silence OF this woma
would haunt me as no spoken word
As h;tterress ever could. 1t was
he hence that would !rritate ana madoe
es with the coming years 1t Was mop
At, lees to make her understand 70 {
"a meet one word Of sympathy. But
nc least she should speak. though II We
- .na.r. I leaned toward her; the
y. Was : uertain pride In my humuzS
60 GO M cnGT0UknA
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COULDN'T KEEP IT.



Eve cannot keep Grape-Nuts food IN
the house. It goes SO fast have 70
hide Il. because the children love It SO.
It is Just the food have been looking
fo- ever 30 long: something that 90
not have to stop to prepare and SUI Is
rourishing."
Grape-Nuts Is the most scientifically
made food on the market. 1t IS per
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an IN.
stants notice, either with rich colo
cream. or with hot milk II hot dish
il desired. When milk or water II
used. a little sugar should be added
Int when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can be
seen glistening on the eranules, Is sur
Aciently sweet to satisfy the palate.
This grape-sugar Is not poured over
the eranules, as some people think
hut exudes from the granules In the
process of manufacture. when me
starch of the grains is changed irom
starch to grape-sugar by the process
| OF manufacture. This. In effect Is tn'
f,rst act of digestion; therefore. Grape
Nuts food is pre-digested and Is mos
nerfectly assimilated by the YER
weakest stomach. There's . Res
son."
| Made at the pure food factories :
the Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mic'
Read the little health classic -
po.d tn Wellyille." In pkgs.
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csrs Mends Motor Cars Whse Nes
Engaged In Holy om'ees'

Near the northern coast Of France,
ON q route much frequented by motor
lists. lies the village Of Graincourt
Here q beautiful little church Is SET
high among the trees, with tower
reflected TRANQUILITY In q lake tnat
sleeps beside the road. and cemetery
half hidden In verdure. Close py Is
the home of the priest, and around II
a strange litter Of bicycles, motor
cycles, automobiles. oil cans and toois'
while the open door Of an out-building
reveals ON one side kind Of garage
ON the other . repair shop. From
this building, a. the tourist ap-
proaches, comes q tall figure, with the
body of an athlete and the head OF q
missionary, with bright eyes and .
grizzled beard, q kindly smile. and
muscular arms beared to the elbow.
Ia this the cure of Graincourt or is 1t
the village mechanic? He is BOTH
Times are hard. since the law sepa-
rating church from state went into
effect, and one must live. explains the
cure.
M. le Cure is no martyr, however
His father was smith. and he grew
up with passion for tools. When TN
bicycle came in he became an anna
teur specialist. and for Is years n
has been mending punctured tires ant
repairing broken pedals for his noe
4 free of charge. Then came the motto
car. with its mysterious life. 20 Pow
erful in its frail envelope. The moto
car won the heart of the cure. n
II loves 1t, and thinks he understands
He las even built q car and mote
! cycle for himself.
: And 80 the fame Of the mechanic
) cure OF Graincourt has gone aoros
! throughout all the country. and at IA
9 he has decided. without any scrupl
t to make q business Of what mad e
e merly been pastime. He believ
y In his simple soul that he can be -
K as good priest. can administer 7
: sacraments and hear confessions ~
II as well, while he earns his living WI
a, his ten fingers.-New York Tribune
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ov.r Rut the descent was by far the
most dificult and dangerous part OF
our DAYS work. Every step had TO De
taken with extreme care. we were
roped. of course; and l annoyed Mr.
Willoughby by being compelled to hait
reneatedly. The fact is, was fright
fully exhausted. though l struggled
after him as doggedly as | could.
AT last the descent became less
hazardous. / believe that we snouid
have arrived at Grimsel safely had we
continued our way in a direct line
and with the care that had character
,zad our first movements. But my
communion attempted more and more
dificult feats of climbing. AS q rule
did not follow him. But presently 7
mountain ledge obstructed our path
Two courses were open to us: we couio
make a long but safe detour around II
ar we could scale it. My companion
decided upon the latter course.
again fastened the rope ABOUT M
waist and followed him.
DO you wish me to infer that IN
hovish confidence OF Mr.. WiiloughD'
lied to the tragedy" Helena asked Il
a passionless voice.
II wish you to infer nothing.
.But you place the blame, at ieas
, tacitly. on one who is dead and canne
: defend himself" she insisted angrily'
! ~ am sorry you should think So
, am trying to give you the facts quit
|, simrly.-the absolute truth
. Il do not wish to wrong you. 81
: sa;d in a low voice. Il wish to be 1u
: TO YOU. Nj Haddon."
! Gust when l realized that we we
!. IN danger / hardly know. Or pernal
I should be more honest II said tn
. cannot tell just when began to re
= afraid. We had climbed cautious
= and slowly around the ledge. Mr.. w
= loughby was in the lead. Suddenly.
= We rounded this shoulder, . make
"a SNOW touched my cheek.
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~ Wish to Hear Everything"

| prevent their being frost-Ditten. Dus
the greatest suffering was caused oy
our efforts to fight on the deadly NUMB
ness and drowsiness.
did you give up all hope them!
asked Helena, shuddering.
81 am sure that Willoughby did not
His courage and heroism were unfair
ing. Until the cold had exhausted US
we attempted to vile away the hours
nv relating to each other incidents OF
Iour past life. It was natural that our
talk should become increasingly inti-
mate. Death stared us in the face. AT
such an hour as that one forgets that
one is speaking to stranger. II was
/ then that Mr.. willoughby told me OF
you"
"I understand" said Helena IN
voice that was strangely gentle. For
the first time there were tears in ner
! eyes.
"At half past two the snow ceased
' falling. The sky cleared. The stars
shone out one by one in blackenet
q sky. 1t was now, think, for the mrs
' time | felt our utter helplessness. TIT
|, .error of the mountains. the awfu
Loneliness, the stiffness, the sense o
utter isolation-all overwhelmed me
# The ghostly whiteness of the mountain
i neass shone out against the dark sky
The moon shed an unearthly radianc
love- all. Shadowy and unreal, phar
- tom hoN, mountain after mountai
stretched as far as one could see. An
10 our helplessness was made the NOR
a pitiable because at our feet we coul
see the lights Of the village.
70 "The sun rose at last But | va
!. terribly exhausted with the cold. II
At nights vigil, and fatigue. Three TIM
.eI we tempted to resume our descer
,v and three times my exhaustion par
II lyzed every effort wish 70 make
as excuses, and yet -,
- paused. looked at her wistfall
saw NO pity or sympathy Ia her ~
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At Cape Breton there are immense
colleries being worked under the
ocean. These submarine mines cover
= thousand acres. and are being In
creased steadily. The mines are en-
tered at the shore, and the operators
follow the vein beneath the water Tor
more than . mile. 1t might be ex-
pected that the weight Of the water
would force its way into the mine.
The bed of the ocean is a. tight a.
q cement cistern. A sort of fireclay
lines the submarine roof OF the mine.
and the sediment above is held In
place and packed down by the water
pressure until there Is not q crevice
nor q drop Of water from overhead
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~C1inRing to the fsco ct the rock !
looked down. The Ice Slopes were
turning yellow in the cold early even
ing light. But far below they were
hidden by mists. which even as We
looked seemed to gather volume ana
to roll onward and upward, threaten
ing to engulf us. The sky was iaden.
AS we made the ledge gust OF wino
almost swept US from our footnoio.
The snow fell more thickiy; 1t came II
seemed, from every quarter In an IN
slant.
eve had made the ledge In safety,
but even as we looked about us tne
mist envelopad us. 1t was impossiDie
IN see more than a few yards aneao'
Suu we struggled on slowly and me-
chemically. Rocks. which in ordinary
circumstances would have seemco
quite easy, suddenly appalled, us; ioi
we were unable to see where 10 pun
hand or foot.
Even to my inexperienced eyes we
were in a terrible predicament. WI
IOu2nDY, uOWCNCis "oS
confident. II he had misgivings ~
kept them to himself. followed MN
blindly.
suddenly to our complete disma'
the descent was cut OF by a precipice
the rocks on either side falling aimos
sheer to the glacier beneath. Furtne
attempt was useless that night. Eve
|. Willoughby acknowledged that. Tner
. was nothing for it but to bivouac &c
! the night, and trust for better luck Q
q the morrow. :.
\ 1T is impossible for me to descrit
h for you the sufferings of that terrio
!. night. We gathered such stones
ri we could find on the narrow mounta
I ledge. and placed them as protecti'
9 against the biting wind. We consume
= the last morsel of food. We mad
II ready drunk our tea. we nudoI
n close to each other for warmth '
n shiyered, not for moments, but for
minutes at time. Every now a
N then we chafed each others hands
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rnE eEsr He COULD GET.
Amateur Gardener Could Not unoer
stand Why Seeds Did Not sprout.

The woes Of the amateur gardener
are very amusing to others, but de-
cidedly real to the man who mas
spoiled . suit of clothes. blistered MS
hands and lost his temper In his Ell
forts to make things grow.
A young man, recently married
early in the spring secured sub
urban place, mainly with the idea OF
afresh, homegrown vegetables Every
evening he would hurry through Ms
supper and rush out to his garden
where he displayed more energy tnan
skin. But, alas! When many little
green things began to break the
ground in his neighbors' gardens, ma
own remained as bare as the Sanars
1T certainly has got me beat ~
confided to / friend at his once ons
day. II can't understand why not
blessed thing has come up. ! plantes
meas and corn and tomatoes"
"Perhaps the seed were reflective
| the friend suggested.
II hardly think 1t was that" IN
gardener replied. tor got the YER
best-paid is cents q can for them.
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LIFE INSURANCE A SACRED
TRUST.
responsibilities Of oticers and D.
rectors.

Evidently President Kingsley OF the
New York Life Insurance company
has learned the great lesson OF the
times with respect to the responsioii-
ity and duty of directors OF corpora
lions. Speaking to the new noara Oh
trustees. on the occasion OF his cleo
ton to the presidency, he emphasized
the fact that life insurance Is more
than a private business, that life IN
surance trustees are public servants
charged at once with the obligations
Of nublic service and with the respon-
s,hilities that attach to going BUSH
ness which at the same time must De
| administered as trust"
He also realizes that similar respon-
s,bilities rest upon the officers of the
company. Il understand, he says
"vour anxiety in selecting the men
who are day by day to carry this bur
den for you. who are to discharge TINS
trust In your behalf. who are to ad-
minister for the benefit Of the people
involved the multitudinous and exact
ing details to which it Is impossible
| for you to give peIsouai aSecne'oH. -
long connection with the New Yori
Life-covering nearly twenty years
NV service In about every branch o
) the company's working organisation
, gives me. as believe. q profound ap
; probation. not merely OF the neav:
, burden you hare placed on my snou
} ders. but of the standards OF eniciency
the standards of faith. the standard
+ Of integrity. which must be man
{ tanned at all times by the man wn
. serves you and the policyholders
. this high once"
. Best Of all, perhaps. he feels tn'
words are cheap. and that the publ
J; will be satisfied with nothing short
. performance. my thanks. therefore
he continues, ''for an honor which OF
" ranks any distinction within the rea'
o OF my ambition, cannot be EXPRESS
d in words; they must be read out
e the record make day By DAY.
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III. 4cunIe" Portrait.

"Tha.." remarked the artist casu-
ally. as my clinic portrait"
aClinic," exclaimed the visitor.
why drag in your fathers profes'
sion?''
The painter grinned. well. that
inst describes It." he declared. I call
it that because four ladies came to
cali on me one afternoon, and after
I had showed some Of my work one
Of them asked me II wouldn't show
them just how painted portrait
l asked one Of them to pose for me
and sat down and did that sketch FOR
them IN an hour. And that Is why
I call It my clinic That Is what II
was. you know
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.Thcre IS only one thing"
The bride sighed.
..Thrre is only one thing more re-
marksble than the fortitude with
which ION gave up smoking as soon
as we became engaged.
sAnd what is that, dear" asked NJ
niond.
The haste with which he took Il -
nsain after our marriage"
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~ e.~a mn = raeo q soldlerA
They. too, had suffered and died, ana
their honor had been stainless. Why
should she make any allowance TOT ny
suffering and weakness? When all =
said. weakness to her meant COW
ardice. She forgot rs the world nae
forgotten, that it is not so dimcult y
be brave when the danger u iamn
lar one. She looked at me quite up
moved.
s'The rocks" continued, were Gov
cred with snow and were ice-glaxeo.
WilIoughby wac anxious now. Ana
yet It was impossible to nnger; NO
one would dream of looking for US ON
this side of the mountain. SO tnas
presently when the sun rose higher
and we were partially warm. SUM
bled painfully and slowly aftei my
companion.
FOR a time followed him mechan'
ically in perfect silence. Suddenly ne
came to a pause He told mo very
quietly that we were lost. He point
ed as a proof of that to the overhang-
ling ledge around which we had
climbed the evening before. ] am
nearly at the end of my story, MISS
Brett"
Again she shuddered. and we BON
, looked at the little beacon light lick
: ering very family now. About us the
: people laughed and talked; the or
= chestra was playing Strauss waits
DO not spare me, please. WIS
: pereo Hs1saA
TO retrace our steps was impossi
BILE. Just around the mvS,tain-ssa<
e we knew that we should find ourseiss:
e in comparative safety. But to climI
IS down the overhanging precipice hal
N been appallingly difficult the day De
m fore. Now, exhausted In mind an
ID body, the rocks slippery with sno'
IL and ice. 1t seemed impossible m'
I'd at least. And yet it is who am aiiv
1e to tell you how desperate that chanc
10 was.
ad Generous to the last, he insiste
TO that go first. The rope was fastene
= about my waist; / climbed down u
oyerhanging cliff, supported by II
rome held by nay companion above
/ 81 reached the ledge. was sal
But / had put forth the last OF ~
Il strength. could only stand Their
"A Aehting for my breath. Almost imm
III diately Willoughby flung down q
| rome and warned me that
was coming, and that I shou
be ready to give him what
NH sistance could. tried to spe
PHI Ito implore him to delay I
Fiv descent for a-few moments; my Vol
NlI seemed . mere whisper. Probably
I'LL did not hear me. Or he dared not
iii Law lest he should lose his own ner,
AII for he must have known that
XVI chances were wholly against him.
lin "Not even for you can l linger o
Hill the details Of these last awful
Ilil ments. He had almost accomplish
lINl the impossible. He was JUST aD'
Hill me. 1 could have reached up
lMl clasped his body. And then VIVA
'lq had feared, what had known VIC
II happen, did happen. HIS
li1l slipped. He was hanging by MS AZ
IIIQ He called to me In strong
1Il|l steady voice to come to his aad'
tHll did not. At least, until 1t was
|llnl late. He hung there one frightful
AlIi slant, and then
WI Helena clasped her hands
YIN vu,sively. And so the end cal
INN she murmured. And he died '
M out one word!"
M hesitated.
n ut is my right to know
n looked at me with burning eyes.
! "Yes, he spoke one word-one-
"And that was-T
"sCoward!'" whispered.
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40 Common.

.was no one injured in the railway
collision, count 2?
aNo. but nevertheless 1t was q most
na,nfu, situation. First, second, third
and fourth-class passengers all min.
eled together! Simply unheard or
Translated for Transatlantic Tales
from Fliegende Blatter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-01

Nellie Lawrence attended the ex
erclses rendered tine last day OF school
at Limon Saturday.
Miss Maggie Coulson visited home
folks Saturday and Sunday.
We are glad to note that Clarence
McLeland is improving from hit
sickness.
The Austin people In the west part
of the district are enjoying the bene-
fits Of their phones which were put 10
Monday.
Bert Scrlbner and wife visited at
Mr. Frsziers Sunday.
Herman Flottmsn visited home
folks Sunday.
Ethel McLeland closed most sue
cessful SIX months term Of school
S turday and spent Monday as q
visiter 10 our school,
Mr.. Ben Gibson is preparing TO
move from Austin.
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Urbana

Spring weather the past week ant
farmers busy.
SCHUYLER Yockev has a sick child.
Mrs Ben Yockey Is on the sick list
Mrs. Don Nicely Ia very sick.
Willard 1riplett IL on the sick list
Or. Nicely was up from Pars M
Sunday on visit.
Mr.. Heating who bought the old
Palmer farm some 2 years ago In NOV
ing on the farm aud will make II nj.
home In the future.
Simpson Fultz is working for A. j.
SmiUh.
RubeE Perky has . new boy at his
house.
Harry Greisel IL home on a visi,
this week. ~
DR.. lies made business trip tt
Chanute Tuesday.
Mr.. Brinegsr, the hustliug real
estate man from Chanute, was In this
vicinity Tuesday with u prospective
land buyer.
Elmer Lyons 10 cleaning Oil wells
for q. Q. YJckey with his thres hing
engine this week.
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Austin
F.irmers are sowing oats.

FLrmers are sowing oats.
Ralph Waldrip spent Sunday with
his cousins here.
Miss Foley our present teacher spent
Sunday with the aughan sisters.
Alta Williams was absent from
school Tuesday.
Claude and Clarence McLelsnd have
returned home after spending several
veks at the state normal.
Mrs Sophie Flottman visited her
sister Mrs. Clemens Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Moore were
visited ny MIR. Moore's sister and
family, Mrs. Rufiling.
Mr.. d X. Daley and s. Crane were
pleasant callers at school Thursday.
Mr.. Heineman and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Balch and Mr.. viii Sevens
visited at Fl. e. Lawrence's Sunday.
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SOWING FLOWER SEED IN
DOORS

NV specially IL ANNALS. So many
say they Cannot succeed with the tiny
seeds, butt 10 set at all difficult II
attention IL paid to q few details.
First, secure shallsw boxes, moi hing
better than cigar boxes.
Now get any good, fine garden soil,
mix with at least sne-fourth sand then
put IN the oven asd heat thoroughly
TO KIN sll weed seeds.
This is Absolutely essential, other
wise the weeds get start Of tie
slower terminating fpwer seeds aud
soon choke them 70 death il they eve q
succeed In paking their appearance
at all.
With your soil heated and your
boxes ready next get sieve OF SEINE
kind. a piece Of old door screee will
suffice. sift The coil and fill the boxes
to within half sn Inch OF the top.
Scatter the seeds thinly aud either
sift OR sprinkle lightly the fne soil
ever them; just enough to cover the
seeds and no more.
Now set the boxes Ia q vessel of
water I'LL the sail IL thoroughly
soaked, then cover with box lids Ur
some pastebOard covers and set IN q
warm place, preferably 10 the dark.
After Y few days examine the boxes
and II the soil IL dry on top take q
whise brOom and tepid water auo
sprinkle them, give them an occasional
foot BATH" keep them damp but net
soaked and soon you will be re wardeo
by seeing the tiny petals pushisw
through the soil.
Now remove the boxes to the light,
and cover with glass. Pieces Of brsket
window panetare usually to be f, uad
One pare will cover several baxes.
Turn the boxes as the little plants
begin to lean toward the light, other
wise they Will become tall and slsadsr
and frail.
All the plants will now require till
the weather and the ground are warm
enough of light and water.
When you set them out shade them
TO- few deys, keep them free from
weeds aud you will be rewarded by +
glorious display Of blooms that will
prove constant delight and inspira.
tion during Che entire summer.