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CHAPTER Ix.-(ContInued).

The hours passed. One more car
went out of the race under the grind
ing test; there were the usual incl
dents Of blown-out tires and tempo
rary Withdrawals for repairs. Twice
Mr.. French sent his partner and EN-
lily to the restaurant below, tolerating
his seat. Perfectly composed, his ex-
preston perfectly self-contained. he
watched his son.
The day grew unbearably hot to-
ward afternoon, heat rather of July
than June. After a visit to his camp
Lestrange reappeared without the sui
locating mask and cap, driving bare
headed, with only the narrow goggles
crossing his face. The change left
visible the drawn pallor of exhaus-
rolled-back sleeves disclosed the Grim
con badge on his right arm and the
fact that his left wrist was tightly
wound with linen where swollen and
strained muscles rebelled at the long
trial.
Hes been driving for nineteen
hours" said Dick climbing up to his
party through the excited crowd. 1.-TWO
hours more to six o'clock. Listen to
the mob when he passes!"
The Injunction was unnecessary. AS
the sun slanted low the enthusiasm
grew to fever. This was a crowd OF
connoisseurs-motoris chauffeurs
automobile lovers and drivers-they
knew what was being done before
them. The word passed that LIE.
strange was in his twentieth hour;
people climbed on seats to cheer him
Is he passed by. When one of his
tires blew out, in the opening of the
first hour Of his driving and the TWEEN
ty-fourth Of the race. the great shout
OF sympathy and encouragement that
went up shook the grand-stand to its
cement foundations
Neither Lestrange nor Rupert left
his seat while that tire was changed.
III we did l amt sure we'd get
back Rupert explained to Dick, who
hovered around them agitatedly. III
I'd thought Darling's mechanician
would get In for this, I'd have taken
In sewing for living. How much
ionger?"
Half an hour"
well, watch us finish"
A renewed burst of applause greet
ed the Mercury cars return to the
track. Men were standing watch IL
hand to count the last moments, theil
eyes on the bulletin board where the
reeled-off miles were being registered
Two of the other machines were fight
Ing desperately for second place. hope
less of rivaiing Lestrange, and afte
them sped the rest
"The finish" some one SUDDEN,
called. THE last lap"
Dick was hanging over the paddock
fence when the car shot by amids
braying. klaxons, motor horns, cheers
and tie olashing music of the band
Frantic. the people hailed Lestrang
as the black and white checked fla;
dropped before him in proclamation
of his H'o;ory and the ended race.
Rp: II raised his arms above hi
head IN tie signal of acknowlede
ment. az they few across the line an,
swept on to complete the circle t
their camp. Lestrange slackene
speed to take the dangerous, deepl
furrowed turn for the last time, hi
car spoissd for the curving flight ur
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Velvet From the Arabs.

In the middle ages Venice and
Genoa learned the art Of velvet-mak
Ing from the Arabs. Toward the year
1916 Lyon inherited the business.
Europe, notably France, followed the
lead Of the courtiers Of Frances l.,
Louis XIV. and La Pompadour. The
courts of the world wore silk, satin
and velvet stiff with gold and silver
embroidery. Velvet was used by the
rich for hangings and for furniture
cover. In Lyon, in 1900. 10000 looms
were weaving vo'-n- -Harper's Week
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ness between them most apparent, in
the similar determination Of mood
which wiped laughter and warmth
from the younger mans face. How.
ever coldly phrased and dictatorially
spoken, 1t was an apology which Mr..
French had offered and which had
been declined. But-he had watched
Lestrange all day; he did not lift the
gauntlet.
You are perfectly Free" he con-
coded, (which gives you the opportun.
ity of being generous"
His son moved, flushing through
his pallor.
II wish you would not put it that
way, sir" he objected.
There is no other way. l have
been wrong and l have no control
over you; will you come homer"
There was no other argument but
that that could have succeeded, and
that could not fail.
you want me because I am q
French" David rebelled in the final
protest "You have a substitute"
Perhaps want you otherwise. And
we will not speak in passion; there
can be no substitute for you
"Ffrench and French" murmured
Dick coaxingIy. I'VE can run that
factory, Lestrange!"
There's more than steering.
knuckles needing your eye on them.
And you love the place, Mr.. David"
said Bailey from his corner
From one to the other David's
glance went, to rest on Emily's deli
cate, earnest face in it's setting Of
yellow-bronze curls. Full and straight
her dark eyes answered his, the con-
vent-bred Emily's answer to his pride
and old resentment and new reluc-
lance to yield his liberty.
After all. you were born q
French" she reminded, her soft &C.
cents just audible. eff that is your
work."
Very slowly David turned to his
father
II never learned to do things by
halves" he said. eff you want me,
sir"
And Ethan French understood. and
first offered his hand.
Rupert was discovered asleep in a
camp-chair outside the tent, a few
minutes later, when Dick went in
search of him.
The limousine's waiting" his
awakener Informed him. "You don't
feel bad, do your"
The mechanician, rose cautiously
wincing. 49,
We'll, If every joint in my chassis
wasn't sore, I'd feel better" he ad
! mitted grimly. But I'm still running
What did you kiss me awake fer,
when l need my sleeps?''
Did you suppose we could get Lee
strange home without you. Jack Ru-
pert?"
81 amt supposing you could. I'm
ready" 5 a
The rest Of the party were already
| in the big car. with one exception.
Take a last look Rupert" babe
DAVID, as ne stood in the dark pad
dock, We're retired; come help me
set used to it,
rupert passed glance over the de-
serted track.
guess my sentiment-tank has Civ
en- out" he sweetly acknowledged.
Inc Mercury factory sounds pretty
f; good to me. Darling. And I guess we
can make a JOY ride out of living, on
any track, if we enter for it,
guess We can," laughed David
French. Get in opposite Emily.
We're going home to try"
THE END.
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Fitted for the Part.

When a new member of the Irish
house of commons made his first
speech, Sir William Osborne asked
who he was. and, being told, he re-
piled: "Well, think he will do. II
the opposition have enlisted him they
are perfectly in the right, for he seems
to have the finest face for griev'
ance of any man ever beheld. Ma
tional Monthly.
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What's In a Name7

Eve, the eldest, was called Evs
on purpose that she might feel human
and not compelled to wear a halo, like
the people called Marie. Eve, BY
Maarten Martens.
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Much Like Human Life.

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-24

THINGS that we're wont to
figure as bugbears in the old
day travel of Russia are now
but memories. The ways or
the bureaucracy have become
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Mr.. Garrison and the Cadets.

Secretary Garrison has done well to
administer a sharp rebuke to the West
Point cadets who had been disciplined
for hazing, and who, instead of taking
their punishment like soldiers, even il
only embryo soldiers, requested their
folk at home to bring pressure upon
Congress to have their sentences sus-
pended or modified.
Congress has been too lenient in re-
storing to the Military Academy cadets
expelled for insubordination, especially
for hazing. 1t is against all rules OF
discipline to overlook the bullying.
which the cadets are pleased to dignity
by the name OF sport, and which has
resulted in the manning or even in
the death of the victim.
Youths who are guilty of such cow
srdly action are not of the stern ma
terial of which officers should be made.
We are glad to note that the Secretary
of War does not propose to stand for
such doings.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

the Sherman law is fully able to deal
with it properly is evidenced by the
resolution offered in the House by
Representative Jefferson Levy of New
York to discontinue the proceedings.
The reason given is that that monop-
oily deserves credit for the foreign
trade it has built up (for itself?), for
the power it exercises in domestic af-
fairs" and for its treatment of its en-
ployes. No one has anything to say as
to the last clause. 1t would be sur
prising, indeed, if the 100000 Steel
Trust workers were to demand dis
solution of the business, seeing that
they have been given the opportunity
of purchasing steel shares at bottom
figures and OF. paying for them in in
stallments from their wages. thus in
creasing their income considerably by
the dividends earned by their stock.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Ponderous Personaees
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash."

Many men have become so great that
they could wear their rear names sue
cessIully through history without any
handles to them. But few have been
able to skate into immortality on their
front names alone.
Napoleon was one of these. His real
name was Napoleon Bonaparte. But he
became so great that he became Napoleon
the First and all others since then have
been rank limitations.
Napoleon was a short, stout, solemn
man with a bad complexion who was
consistently overlooked by the world un-
til I7e3, when he began to erase hostile
armies in a studied and artistic manner
which soon won him the esteem OF all
France. At that time he was a young
colonel of artillery. which was so great
a rise that his old comrades in Corsica,
where he was born, shook their heads and
admitted that they didn't think Napoleon
had II in him. He rose rapidly after this
and whenever France had an enemy
to lick, Bonaparte was sent to do the
Job. Sometimes there would be as many
as four hostile nations on the waiting
list but Bonaparte gave each a fair and
impartial share of his time, and by 1877
he had licked every army that he could
reach by fast running and returned to
Paris in triumph.
All this time France had been growing
in fame by reason Of Bonaparte's vigor
and while he had been eating hardtack
and getting shot at by polyglot armies
other officials had been staying at home
and filling large four-horse carriages.
This naturally irritated Napoleon and
when he had been home about II min
utes he booted the entire government out
of the window and started to rlr the
country himself
Bonaparte ruled France with great sue
cess and as soon as he suggested il a
grateful nation made him Napoleon
and allowed him to divorce his wife and
obtain a new one kindly loaned him by
the King of Austria He did not loll
around on a purple cushion when En-
peror, but continued to roam through
Europe demolishing armies wherever he
could find them. He was the official
revenger Of France. He revenged all
the defeats she had sustained for 800
years and finally when he had run out
of revenge he started overland to wipe
out Russia because the Czar had sent
him an official communication with a
thumb mark on 1t.
This was Napoleon's great mistake.
He whipped the Russian armies easily
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Leave the Sherman Law Alone.

Attorney General McReynolds be-
lieves that it would be better to work
with the tools he possesses than to
wait for new equipment that will have
to be tried out first in the prosecution
of the antitrust law violators. At the
next session of Congress there will
doubtless be some effort made to
amend the Sherman law, but we ques-
ton whether it will be successful, as
the Department of Justice is, in favor
of enforcing law whose strength has
been demonstrated, rather than at
tempting to amend it to a degree as
might involve technicalities and consti-
tutional difficulties. The monopoly
question has by no means been solved.
Mr., McReynolds' view is a sensible
one. The Sherman act may not be per-
feet. but it covers all present need to
eliminate monopolies who do business
IN restraint of trade. Doubtless, in
time to come, that law may be amended
to broaden its scope, but no such ne
cessity exists now.
That the Federal suit brought to en-
force the dissolution of the mammoth
Steel Trust is a case in point, and that
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
A PET MAGPIE.
Accomplishments of n Demonstrated
wild Bird.

A young magpie came into the posses
sion Of E. ]. Banheld. who. in his book,
My Tropic Isle" gives an interestins
account OF the birds accomplishments.
II went in and out Of the kitchen al
will. and IL by chance food was moi
spread out at the accustomed place. il
protested loudly, and always effectively.
The bird spent many hours endeayor.
ing to sing. No cultured relative wa,
present to teach the notes Of its kind.
so that in default it learned the com.
plete vocabulary OF the domestic poul.
try, besides the more familiar calls and
exclamations Of its mistress.
4 white-eared fiycatcher took I'D its
abode near the house. and the magple
after a decent lapse of time, admitted
the stranger to its companionship. The
wild, larderless bird. however, had lit
tie time to play. al its wits and ener-
gies were devoted to the serious bust.
ness of life. 1t knew none OF the game,
that the nagpie invented, except one
A kind of aerial 'peep-bo." to which the
more intelligent bird lured it by means
of a prize.
The magpie found a moth. big OF abdo-
men, fat and brown, a tempting morsel
10 any lnSeCllNOTOus DlTQ. EnElOuS Oi
the dainty, the wagtail fiuttered and
skipped about the magpie with cheerful
chatter; but the fiuttering moth, daintiIy
held by the extremity of its body was
alternately presented and denied. While
they danced about a bush, the magpis
tantalizingly held the moth for accept
ance and hoped of as the wagtail was
about to. snatch it. To the tame bird,
fortified by the knowledge that its meals
were provided, it was all fun. To the
hungry wild one, the moth dangling
temptingly before it and whipped disap-
pointingly away. IT was a game equally
sincere. but OF varied interest The one
assumed a whimsical air, chuckling ir
encouraging tones; the other took it al
In earnest.
At last. unable TO restrain an eX.
clamation of delight. the magpie Un.
warily slackened its hold. and the moth
fiuttered of, TO be snapped up on the
instant by the wild bird, and gulped
without ceremony.
After this the game was frequently
played, but the magpie had invariably to
make II worth the while Of the wagtaf
by offering a prize in the shape of some
tid-bit.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
THE BOY PROBLEM.
Important Question: for American IA
Municipality of Today.
F'rom he Chicago Tribune:

From the Chicago Tribune.
For years small merchants in certain
sections OF New York have been paying
tribute regularly to organized gangs
They were taxed by these gangsters ac-
cording to their earnings which were
thoroughly ascertained by the under
world characters. II a man refused to be
bled by the gang, he was promptly made
an example Of II he had horses they
were answered with murder. In cold
dren were annoyed and threatcned until
no place on earth seemed safe for them.
A few merchants who were bolder than
the rest Of their clan. threatened to eN-
pose the gangs to the police. Their threats
were answered. with murder. In cold
blood the gangsters slew these rebels
among their victims. Such terror have
the desperadoes spread among the people
in these districts in New York that no
one dared to testify against them, so
that when a member of such a gang fell
into the clutches of the police he had to
be set free because there was no one to
prosecute him.
According to dispatches from New York
the merchants in the gang-ruled districts
have now united into a strong organiza-
tion and propose to war upon these black
mailers and murde-ers.
Inc on the udu men II
not a problem Of New York alone. 1t
is problem of Chicago as well. 1t is a
problem Of every big city. In New York
gangsters blackmail small merchants In
Chicago they take to automobile rob-
berries. A curious fact about these youth
ful bandits everywhere is that they are
nearly all graduates from corrective
institutions to which they had been sent
in their boyhoOd to reform and straighten
up.
Nearly all the large cities in America
have in the last few years been worry
ing much about the girl who goes wrong.
There Is no denying that the woman of
the underworld Is a big problem. With
out at - detracting. however. from the
seriousness of the girl problem. it is
a time parents as well as reformers
walked up to the even more serious boy
problem. The girl who goes wrong pays
with her happiness, and even life. for her
misdeeds. She alone suffers. The boy
who becomes a gangster runs a good
chance Of never being apprehended. II
he is caught he is seldom tried for all
the crimes he com tilted. II Is the COM
munlty that suffers most. While the
morals court in Chicago and the night
court in New York are packed with
women OF the underworld daily and night
ly, and punishment Is meted out to them,
the gangsters and desperadoes who get
into the meshes of the law are few and
far between.
The boy problem, too, Is at the bot
tom OF the girl problem The boy gang
ster is often also a panderer, a white
SLAYER. Blackmail is only one of his
.rces Of revenue.
The wedding out OF gangs and gang
stcrs must begin with constructive train
ing of the boy. The boy problem is the
,Xt overshadowing problem Of our cities.
Not alone the forces engaged in fighting
for law and order, but the educators, the
Official bringers-up OF our boys, as well
as parents will do well to prepare to
meet this problem.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
voicIng n Growing Sentiment.

From the NaTasota Examiner Review.
1t is time for the people of Texas
to harken unto the warnings of the
Houston Post in its effort to induce
the laying aside of prohibition and
anti-prohibition, get down to cases
and elect a business man for Governor
and a Legislature which will back him
in every effort for a real business ad-
ministration.
Texas has lost ten years in a silly
wrangle over this one question, and
neither side is nearer a permanent VIC
tory than when the initial step was
taken.
II we could be willing to stop the
agitation for say five years, without
regard to who is right or who is
wrong, the great good accomplished
in that time would go further than
anything else in allaying this disturb
ing and distracting element in the
States politics. for all time to come.
If this can't be done then the only
thing left to do is to divide the Com
monwealth in half and let North Texas
have her prohibition as tight at Dicks
hatband. IL she wants It, and vice versa
South Texas. In the meantime, both
ends of the present State will enjoy
more business and less vagaries In her
politics.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
The Worlds Series of Games.

Once more New York has carried
off the honor of having the worlds
series played within its gates. The
great fight" about which all the coun-
try now is talking, forecasting, and bet
ting, will begin October 7 Ga week
from today, between the Giants and
the Athletics, and the bulletin boards
and newspapers will be anxiously
scanned by fans, rooters, and almost
everybody else, men and women alike.
1t is not easy TO prophesy on the
result of baseball. The most rigid cal
culations are liable to be defeated by
breaks in the game, which especially is
true in so brief a series. But it is
just this very element of uncertainty
which adds a final zest to the battle of
next week. Statistics may have told
us that at the close of the season the
Athletics lead the American League in
batting, as we'll as in fielding; or
that the Giants are but second in
the National League in batting,
and as low as fifth in fielding.
We have also been told official
ly that Of the ten leading batters
within their own league the Athletics
have three, of the leading ten base get
tiers two, and of the leading run get
tiers four, while in the same classifca-
ton in the National League the Giants
have, respectively, none, four, and none.
Yet this showing is not likely to af-
feet the Judgment of the public as to
the merits of the two contending teams
or of their chances of success.
There can be no telling critic other
than the test upon the ball field. and,
no doubt, many of our fellow-citizens
will be there to see and to root and
to shout themselves hoarse and TO en-
joy the games thoroughly.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

| enough, but fingered too late in the fall
before starting home. \ Being used to
milder climate, he had not provided
his soldiers with hot air furnaces and
| thick underwear, and they froze and died
in such numbers that he reached Paris
with hardly enough men left to carry a
ward election. All Europe now Jumped
on him and Paris was captured.
france now exiled Napoleon to EIba.
He remained there a few months in
mediation while an incompetent admin
lstration squabbled over offices in France
and then returned. The army rose TO
meet him and he was once more elected
Emperor by a tremendous majority Of
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
"who Killed Wall Street ?"

From Lille.
IL" said the Railroad. Il did it with
my bond issue, my common and pre-
ferred, and my delightfully."- opaque sys-
TEN Of bookkeeping. 1 killed Wall
Street"
"G'wanr' said the Broker. You're
bit of joker. killed the street. l did
it with my rigging and pyramiding and
cornering. I'm the guy-if You really
want to know it-who killed the street q"
Twas l." said the Muckraker. u
may be a faker, but did this complete
With my picturesque writing and mag
azine biting-I jugged the street. Which
makes me laugh mildly-though I often
act wildly-'twas / killed the street"
And they all bowed their heads, for
they knew the right one had come alons
at last. II did it-no minion am II
am public opinion-'twas 1 killed Wall
Street"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
rhe rnIk of Printers.
nm th. Kansas Citr slnr.

From the Kansas City STAR
It is said that eight out Of every twelve
Kansas printers are band musicians, and
the following story comes from South
ern Kansas town to prove it: An Inde-
pendence printer once went to Leaven-
worth to play a musical job at the Sol
diers' Home. The other members of the
band were all strangers to him, and as
he entered the bandstand there was no
room on the crowded bench for him to
seat himself Cant you move over about
pica?' he asked the stranger next to
him. Nav" he answered. Il can't slide
over even nonpareil."