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hammock talkl
"Oh. that's all right" whee1ed the
trainer AS long as you didn't spill
her out. she'll be back"
well. what is it?"
Il had a stomach-laugh slipped to
me just now" lie began TO shake.
$50 you broke up my tete-a-tete to
tell me funny story"
Listen here. These cowboys have
got you touted for foot-runner." This
time Glass laughed aloud. hoarsely.
They have framed a race with a
ginny down the block"
"AIl right, Til run"
Mr.. Glass's face abruptly fell into
solemn lines. Quit your kiddin',
Waliy: you couldn't run a hundred
yards in twenty minutes. These guys
are on the level They've sent Gen
eral Garcia over 10 cook IT,"
Yes. The race comes of In ten
days"
Glass allowed his mouth TO drop
open and his little eyes TO peer forth
in startled amazement.
Then it's true? guess this climate
Is too much for you" he said when
did you feel this comm on?"
Speed laughed. Il know what I'm
doing"
With an effort at restraint, the
trainer inquired:
What's the idea?"
"I1l tell you how II came up. Larry.
Tim very fond OF Miss Blake That's
why broke the record getting out
here as soon as | was invited. Well,
she believes. from something | said
one of those odd moments. you know
that I'm a great athlete. and she
told those cowboys that I'd gladly put
on my spiked shoes and carry their
colors TO victory. You've heard about
the phonograph?"
Glass smiled YEARLY. Il can't hear
nothing else. The gang is dairy on
grand opera"
when | was accused OF being an
athlete couldn't deny II. could II"
Il see You was stringin the gal,
and she called you. eh?"
NOhluh tApItbb ~ III lullt hnDSc
terms. | may have exaggerated my
abilities slightly" Glass laughed "She
is such great admirer OF athletics. II
was quite natural Any man would
have done the same She got me com.
mitted In front OF the cowboys. and I
had TO accept--or be a gutter
Glass nodded approximately. All
the same" said he, you've got more
nerve than a burglar. How you goin'
10 side-step?"
II made the match for an 'un-
known" Speed winked "Covington
will be here in a day or two. I'll wire
him TO hurry up. Fortunately !
brought lot OF athletic clothes with
me. so I'll go into training under your
direction. When Covington gets here
I'll let him run"
The fat man sighed with relief.
Now I'm hep. ! was afraid you'd try
to 20 through with IT, You had me
wingin' for a while. but plugged your
game with the cowboys. Pawnee Bill
and his Congress OF Rough Riders
think you're cyclone
IT'S the first chance ! ever had to
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profitable to the point OF mystery.
Mrs. Keap. the youthful chaperon.
seemed likewise mastered by Some
private trouble. and puzzled her com.
panlons vaguely. Helen reported that
she did not sleep. and once Jean found
her crying softly She seemed. more.
over 20 be apprehensiye. In 3 tremul
Gus, reasonless way; but when with
friendly sympathy they brought the
subject up. she dismissed IL. In spite
OF secret tears. she had lent willing
hands 10 the decoration OF the gym.
nasium. and now nursed her swollen
thumb with surprising good nature
Shall we let them in?' she in
quired I'VE have done all we can
Yes: We have finished"
In q fiutter OF anticipation Jean and
Helen put the final touches to their
TASK. while Mrs. Keap stepped TO the
door and called Speed
He came at once. followed by Larry
Glass. who, upon grasping the scheme
OF decoration. smote his brow and bal.
anced dizzily upon his heels. Speed
was lost In admiration
It's wonderful" calculated the
young athlete. Those college fiags
give II Just the right touch. And see
the cosey-corner!"
Glass regained his voice sufficiently
10 murmur, sarcastically. SAY. amt
this swell-looking drum"
Berkeley Frecno, drawn by the ire
sistible magnetism OF Miss Blake's
presence. wandered in and ran his
eyes over the room.
why all the colors?" asked he.
You can sing best where there Is a
plano. / can train best under the
shadow OF college emblems. | am a
temperamental athlete"
You'll be dead athlete II you
don't beat this cook" The Californian
was angry
Indeed" exclaimed his rival. air.
lily.
That's what remarked Did they
tell you what happened TO Humpy Joe.
your predecessor"
II must have been an accident.
judging from his name" At which
Miss Blake Uttered. She was growing
to enjoy these passages at arms; they
thrilled her vaguely.
The only accident connected with
the affair was that Still Bill and VII
lie didn't have their guns"
Glass started nervously. Did these
rummies want to shoot him." he in.
quired
Certainly" said Fresno. ''fTe lost a
footrace."
In spite OF his assurance. j. Walling-
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shawls. and bunting.
Roberta Keap dropped her hammer
with an exclamation OF pain.
"0uchl" she cried. I've hurt my
thumb. can't hit whore look when
people are talking"
why don't you pin them up2'
queried Miss Blake sweetly. "A ham
mer is so dangerous"
Mrs. Kcap mumbIed something. but
her enunclation was indistinct. owing
10 the fact that her thumb was In her
mouth. Helen finished tying a bow
OF ribbon upon the leg OF a stool.
patted It into proper form. then said:
1T looks cheerful"
and restful." added Jean
"Oh deari" Jean descended from her
precarIous position and admitted. I'm
tired out"
All that morning the three had la
bored. busily transforming the store
room into training-Quarters for Speed.
who had declared that such things
we're not only customary but neces-
sary. To be sure. II adjolned the bunk.
room. where the cowboys slept, and
there were no gymnastic appliances to
give Il character, but It was the only
space available, and what II lacked in
horizontal bars, dumb-bells. and in.
dian clubs II more than compensated
for by a cosey-corner a window-seat.
and many cushions Speed had ex-
pressed HIS delight with the idea, and
agreed 20 walt for glimpse OF u.
or all tho denlzons OF the Flying
Heart but two failed to enter fulIy In
TO the spirit OF the thing. berkeley
Fresno looked on with n eynicism
which he was too wise 10 display be
fore Miss Blake. Seeing the lady OF
his dreams monopolizcd BY rival
however. inspired him to sundry activ-
tiles. and he spent. much of bis time
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CHAPTER vi.

HIS doesn't look much like
our storehouse. does IT."
Jean paused IN her task,
and. seating herself upon
the summit OF a step-ladder,
scrutInized with satisfaction
the transformation wrought
by a myriad OF college flags.
sofa cushions. colored
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your mIndg" inquired Speed
I'D like TO see you" Glass. clad In
his sportiest garments. seemed utter
~ lacking in the proper appreciation
OF Wallets position. lie treated his
employer with a tolerant goodnature
Miss Blake excused herself and
went into the house. whereupon her
companion showed his irritation See
here. Larry. don't you know better
than &c inteEunt Inc In the midst 81
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CHAPTER '.

AIRY GLASS discovered his
protege on the rear porch
engrossed with Miss Blake.
and signaled HIN from
affair: but the young man liz.
nored the signal. and the
trainer strolled MP TO the
steps
Hello. Larry! what's on
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To he coDtlnuea }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
BURKE NOT j. S. EMPLOYE
Attorney General Expected to 81
Rule in Regard to Panama
Railway Official.

Secretary Garrison said today that in.
formal representations received from the
Department of Justice indicate that At.
torney General McReynolds will rule thai
John Burke, manager of the commissary
department of the Panama railway,
whose transactions are under investiga-
ton, is an employe of private corpora
tion and not a government official.
That means that if the alleged accept
ance by Burke of gratuities from con-
tractors from whom commissiary sup
plies have been purchased is proved,
Burke may be proceeded against civiily
by the Panama railroad for the recovery
of any money so received. He could not,
however, be prosecuted for alleged
bribery.
Meanwhile the investigation of Burke's
dealings with contractors is being push
ed by the Isthmian canal commissioners
1t is expected that Attorney General Nc
Reynolds ruling as to the status of
Burke's employment will be made in a
day or two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
DE LA BARRA At TOKYO
Officials and Populace Accord Mexi.
can Envoy Enthusiastic
Welcome.

TOXIC. December 22.-Francisco de la
Barra, former provisional president of
Mexico and now special envoy to Japan
to thank her for participation in the
Mexican centennial, arrived here today
A crowd of many hundreds, including
state dignitaries. officers of the army and
navy and prominent business men, well
coined him at the railroad station cheer
ing as he rode to his hotel in court
carriage. Another crowd awaited him at
the hotel
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged for de la Barra s entertainment.
The emperor is to give a banquet in his
honor Christmas day.
A group of agitators and members OF
parliament met this evening and passed
a resolution expressing regret that no
members of the Japanese cabinet had
gone to the railroad station to receive
Senor de la Barra, the guest OF the
nation. The same group is making ar
rangements for a mass meeting and IAN
tern procession in honor of the VISITOR.
The newspapers devote much space TO
de la Barra's arrival and reception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
Regent of Smithsonian Institution.
FRISCO ROAD IN COURT.
Stakeholder Seeks to File Restitu-
tion Suit Against Syndicate Action.

ST. LOUIS. December 22.-Whether
there is legal basis for restitution suits
against certain directors and former di-
rectors Of the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco railroad on account of the syndicate
promotion of subsidiary railroads and
their sale to the Frisco system was ar
gued before Circuit Judge Sanborn in the
ID he'd States court here today.
The arguments were on the petition of
William Niles of New York, stockhold-
err of the Frisco. who seeks permission
to file restitution suits against certain
syndicate members and on the applica-
tion of the receivers as to instructions as
to whether they should file suit for
restitution against certain officers and for
mer officers of the road who were menu
bers of the syndicate that promoted the
81 Louis. Brownsville and Mexico. Ar
gument today was largely on points Of
law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
AMERICAN WOMAN ARRESTED.
Accused of Defrauding London Hotel
Out of $40 Bill.

LONDON, December ca woman
giving the name of Mrs. Hannah Gordon
Watson, who said she was the widow of
a former American consul at Tientsin,
China, was charged today at Bow street
police court with obtaining credit from
London hotel on false pretenses. The
amount involved was $40.
The magistrate ordered the defendant
remanded for a week. and admitted her
to bail on a surety of $3.50.
It was learned later that Watson was
an assumed name, and that the defend
ant was the widow of Sheridan
Pitt Read of New York, formerly Amer
lean consul at Tientsin, and who died
of heart disease in London October 81.
1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
GEN. WILSON SERIOUSLY ILL.
Civil War Veteran and Author in
New York HOSPITAL.

NEW YORK, December a2-Gen.
James Grant Wilson, civil war veteran
and writer. is seriously ill i'll St Luke's
Hospital. where he was taken three days
ago. 1t was said there today that his
condition was not considered critical at
present.
Gen. Wilson, who Is eighty-two years
old. is president of the New York Gyne-
1855 he has been engaged in literary
work In this city. He is teh author of
many books, including THE Life of Gen
Grant," 1.-THE Great Commanders series
and Bryant and His Friend
He was married in 1907 to Mrs. Mary
II. Nicholson, widow of Admiral Nichol-
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
GIFTS TOTAL $20,OOO,O0O
Donations in One Year to Episcopal
Church in United States.

NEW YORK. December 22.-The an
nual report for the Episcopal Church
in the United States. out today, shows
that the years gifts to the church in
this country total s2O,OOO,OOO, or an
even 500 per member.
An unsatisfactory part of the years
showing is the small increase in the
number OF clergy. most of that in
crease coming from other Christian
bodies. while there is an actual falling
off in candidates
With the death of Bishop Robinson
last week three missionary districts
are now vacant with the general CON
yention adjourned only two months
ago. Talk of a special meeting of the
house OF bishops for election by the
provincial synod is already heard.
The vacancies are Nevada, Spokane
and Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
SEEKS TO RESTORE HEALTH.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, Militant
Suffragette, Goes to Switzerland.

LONDON, December 22.-Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst. the militant suffragette
leader, left London very quietly yester-
day for Paris on the way to Switzerland
to recuperate from her weakness brought
about by a hunger and thirst strike in
Holloway Jail, from which she was re-
leased December IL. Her departure was
not accompanied by any of the usual
demonstrations.
Rumors were in circulation today that
relations were strained between Miss
Sylvia Pankhurst and Miss ChristaDel
Fankhurst, the two daughters of the
militant leader. in consequence of Miss
Sylvia's determination to concentrate her
campaign in the east end of London and
her efforts to cooperate with the men,
bers of the labor party.
Miss Christabel disapproves of this
scheme and is said to be withholding
funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
APPEAL DISMISSED.
Pullman Company's Protest Against
Gross Earnings Tax.

Appeal of the Pullman Company from
the decision of the federal circuit court
Of northern Florida holding constitu-
tional the Florida gross earnings tax on
sleeping and parlor cars today was dis
missed by the Supreme Court.
Justice Day. for the court, said that, in
the absence of statute on the subject,
the court WAS not authorized to allow
the substitution of new controller of the
state for a former one, against which the
suit to enjoin the collection of the tax
was brought, and therefore the case had
abated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22

room.
These two he said, "are both sci
entific and humane. and they know that
! am sane. The others think ] am in
sane.
His request was not granted.
The defense today continued its eX-
animate of DR.. Perry Lichtenstein.
physician at the Tombs, where Schmidt
Is confined. 1t was said that only one
more witness remained to testify be-
fore both sides called their alienists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
Ontario's Premier Ill in New York

NEW YORK, December 22.-Sir James
Whitney. premier of Ontario. is slightly
i'll at the Hotel Manhattan and il NAV
reauire a week or more of rest before he
will be able to return to Toronto He
has been in Washington. and was on his
way home, when il was decided to break
the trip here. His wife joined him yester-
day. but will return home tomorrow DIR.
Pyne, the premier's fami physician, as
cribes his illness to 0verwork and nerv-
BUSINESS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
Only One of Fourteen Oppor-
tunities Closed, Says AS
S0Ciated Charities.
EACH MAIL BRINGING
RESPONSES FOR HELP
Letters and Contributions Show
Many Sympathizers Interested
in Appeals for Poor.
GIVE EARLY.

"Give early" is the slogan of
the Associated Charities. Here
anxiOusly for Christmas which is
worth while. Seventeen adults and
siAty-One children are waiting
to hear whether their homes can
be kept intact.
Do not hesitate. hut send your
contribution mt once to the As
sociated Charities, 923 HI street
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
Friend Of National Guard.

Representative Pepper was chiefly
known in Washington as the author and
proponent of militia pay bill which
had the backing of officers and members
of the National Guard in every state OF
the Union and which will probably be
passed by both Senate and House at the
present session.
Mr.. Peppers bill provides compre-
hensive plan for sufficient amount Of
federal pay for national guardsmen who
give up a good portion of their time to
National Guard work because of United
States War Department requirements.
Former School Teacher.
In politics Mr.. Pepper had always been
a democrat. He taught school in Iowa
after leaving college, studied law and
was admitted to the bar. He was elected
to the Sixty-second Congress and re-
elected to the present Congress.
The Iowa delegation met today to pre-
pare suitable expressions of regret at the
death of one of it's members, and when
the House adjourns it will be in respect
to Mr.. Peppers memory.
Mr.. Pepper studied law at the George
Washington University. While there
he was initiated into the Gamma Eta
Chapter of the Delta Tau Delta Fra
ternity He served in many capacities
as an alumnus and was chairman of
the Washington southern-eastern con-
ference committee of that organization,
which is to meet in this city in Feb
ruary.
Regent of Smithsonian Institution.
He was made regent of the Smith
sonian Institution in December. 1911,
and was recently reappointed to that
nosition. The Smithsonian Institution
and the National Museum flags have
been ordered to be flown at half-staff
Members Of the fraternity have pre-
pared resolutions Of regret for his
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
irwin S. PEPPER DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Member of Congress From Iowa
and Author Of Militia 81
Pay Bill.

CLINTON. Iowa. December 22.-Repre-
sentative Irwin S. Pepper Of the second
Iowa district died here today. He had
been i'll for several months
The funeral will be held at Ottumwa,
Iowa, Friday, at | pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
Gen. Villa Believes
Chihuahua Is Too Well
Fortified to Fear Attack

CHIHUAHUA. Mexico, December RI
Rebel control of telegraph and railroad
communication south and west of Chi
huahua had today reached a point where
Gen. Villa believed he would be safe from
attack by the few federal troops remain
ing i'm the north.
As the cities in the rebel territory are
opened to communication, Gen. Villa be-
iieves that soon the states OF Sinaloa
Sonora. Durango and chihuahua win be
free of federal control. Although 1900
federals at Ojinaga. on the border were
reported to be preparing for action, Gen
Villa believed they would be unable to do
more than destroy the railroad.
Gen. Villa said chihuahua was too well
fortified to fear attack.
The report that Gen. Mercado had fed
across the border was regarded here "a
the beginning of the breaking up of the
federal troops
City a Scene of Desolation.
This city. next to Monterey the most
important center in the north. is a scene
of desolation, occasioned by its long
siege and its subsequent sacking by the
invading rebels.
The stores now sealed up against fur
ther footing are almost empty. TIE
litter in the streets betrays the haste
with which the federals took what they
could carry before they fled and also
the eagerness with which the rebels en-
tered the shops to obtain what was left
of food and clothing. The Spanish
cathedral and the churches are empty
since the priests and nuns were expelled
clock and the quieting of its bells have
imposed a silence on the city
The streets have been plaStered with
notices that crimes ordinarily consideraA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.

Met at noon.
Conference report on the admin
istration currency bill taken up.
Considered legislation to pro-
vide temporary laws for direct
election OF senator's.
House:
Met at noon.
Conference report on the admin
istratiOn currency bill taken up.
Representative Moore of Pennsyl-
vania urged foreign affairs COM
mittee to seek official information
Of alleged determinations against
Jews in Roumania-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
AIIENISTS TO DO BATTLE.
Experts Called on Both Sides in the
Schmidt Case.

NEW YORK, December 2o.-The bat
tie of alicnists upon which may de-
pend the life of Hans Schmidt was
looked for today at Schmidts trial for
the murder of Anna Aumuller. Before
the court opened this morning the
prisoner asked that all the sanity ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
SINGING REbUKE
FOR MILITARY MEN
President Wilson Orders Rep
rimand for Planners of
Carabao Dinner.
ASSAILS THE EXCUSE,
"FUN" WAS ONLY MOTIVE
Letter Sent to Secretaries Garrison
and Daniels Requesting
Action.

PRESIDENT Wilson disposed of the
Carabao dinner events today by send
ing secretaries Garrison and Daniels a
letter full of singing rebuke for
those who took part in the dinner, and
directing that reprimands be admins
tered. The Presidents letter is In it
self about the worst reprimand army
and navy officers have received from
the White House in many years. The
letter is as follows:
White House. December % 1918.
My Dear Sirs: Allow me to thank
you for your report on the action of
certain officers of the army and navy
at the recent dinner of the Military
| Order of the Carabao. The officers
who were responsible for the program
of the evening are certainly deserving
of very serious reprimand. which I
hereby request be administered; and L
cannot rid myself of a feeling Of great
disa ppointment that the general body
of officers assembled at the dinner
should have greeted the carrying out
OF such a program with apparent in
difference to the fact that 1t violated
some of the most dignified and sacred
traditions of the service.
Ridicules Defense.
Il am told that the songs and other
amusements of the evening were intended
and regarded as fun What are we to
think of officers of the army and navy
of the United States who think 1t fun
to bring their official superiors into ridi-
cule and the policies of the government
which they are sworn to serve with un-
questioning loyalty into contempt! If
this is their idea of fun. what Is their
ideal Of duty? Ii they do not hold their
loyalty above all silly effervescences of
childish wit. what about their profession
do they hold sacred?
My purpose, therefore, i'm administer
ing this reprimand is to recall the men
who are responsible for this lowering of
standards to their ideals: to remind them
of the high conscience with which they
ought to put duty above personal indul
gence. and to think of themselves as re-
spOnsible men and trusted soldiers even
while they are amusing themselves as
diners out. Sincerely yours,
(Signed) "WOODROW WILSON.
THE honorables,
"The Secretary OF War,
The Secretary Of the Navy"
Up to a late hour this afternoon neith-
ther Secretary Garrison nor Secretary
Daniels had received the Presidents let
ter directing the issue of reprmand to
officers, and consequently neither has
taken any action on the matter.
What the officers of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps regard as the most
serious feature of the Presidents action
is that the reprimand will go on the rec
ord of each officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
, More Days

Only 2 shopping days un-
til Christmas. Do not delay.
The golden shopping hours
are in the morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-22
Opportunity No. IL.

A widow with four small children. the
eldest rosy-cheeked girl of ten and the
youngest a fine, healthy baby boy. In
addition to what their relatives and
church can do for them, So a week, or
$3.50 a year, will be required.
Contributions received: Previously ac-
knowledged, $50; Mrs. j. B. M, So; J. II.
c., 81; through Miss Boardman. S.. Total,
s64. Still needed $196.