The evening world., 1915-02-10

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% s'ss,h CHAPTER K.
~ - tCcnsipssd.,
s-,.,.r The Sure Thing.
'suRHEY were coming to . cor
- ner Of the fence, and there
evidently, the unpleasant
deed would be done. They
- - came to the corner. in fact.
.ssnd Blister wheeled briskly and kept
sssA while the pursuer scrambled to
ssstaaastiil for an. instant, snariing.
end then went on again. head down.
Tnsy came to the second corner and
...xspeated the performance accurately.
!. IN. now they were heading for the
~rrsDsctators again.
o., 1he Spanish Brute laughed.
-.Ssls "Oot 1 strain Of deer In him. too
he stated.
Hes got moro strains than that
ana they're all good" captain mused
'swerl. look 4 that turn! Amt that
>, snck?" ....
-, II vas. a. a matter Of fact. Blister.
coming near to them. had headed a.
~ n - fee down the lane past the barn
's.rss.and then had turned and raced past
- thssn. booking backward. while the
Gpuiidot tore on. shd to standstih
Sesin, turned and resumed the chase,
orkinR .savagely now. and gooo
dssen yards behind.
>, mat his temper had risen was OBJ
- visus: queer. awful growls came oack
rstt~m him a. he followed Blister. YET
they seemed to worry that strange anil
NAL not At all.
ses opce or twice he looked back - they
= = reached the far end Of the neld again.
husging close to the stone wall: then.
apporently convinced that all was well.
- pasUed the group for the second time
-" y "WeIl, " this . race or nght"
+, sWitiam Ryan asked rather blankly.
This IL both." said the captain. Il
:, dunno Just what Blister's doing. but
hs does"
,,"rll catch him when he comes by
awain and the Snake began.
you'll take your life in your hands
when you do it." Capt. Velvet in
formed him ominously: There's NO
rules to this dog hght!"
Silence settled upon the watchers.
st Up at the far end Of the field. for the
s.ssthird time, Blister was loping onward
beside the wall and the bull struggling
hard to overtake him. aud vainiy.
s. Tho distance between them. apparent
.f-ty, was being set by the leader.
They turned; they approached the
starting point again. and passed II,
A. and raced on.
Capt. Velvet removed his cigar and
81 yawned contentedly. The Snake
looked angrily at him.
"Is this going on all dayT ne
~veI Es'Hard telling. Jimmy" said the
ssssas:ahis is no dog nsht!" the Spanish
xssasH viii be. BILL" murmured the
rsk Xnd now the sixth complete round
fd is1tif been accomplished and the sew.
enth begun. and Mr.. Pollard noted
with a mighty effort. and that M
himself was growing distinctly weary
Of standing and watching the alb
surdity.
,s,y,s YSee here. cnptain." he ventured
esws cant start much OF hght ner'
:. until they come together. and Jtm'i
80 deg can't catch that cowardiy cur
a Captain Velvet merely glanced a.
'ssa.-EHe ain't cowardly. Robby." h.
q. sad. .and they'll come together JUS
!, ~ quick as Blister gets the wind al
- pnmpei out O. that pet OF Jimmy 8
.s-Histsrs just getting him in shape Il
mp ..Thsra,.! said the captain, as h
ss,s Al last tho race was over. The!
had, stopped some twenty feet away
ss..and the bulldog was standing NM
r.ssapd fairly exhausted, WIN 'ohsu
- The captains animal. on the othe
sshand. seemed fresh and amused. Tw'
az eoconds he studied his pursuer-an'
Nss.then he seemed to have shot into tn
az air as II by magic! And now he ha'
&ome down again, sauareiy on .Cp q
the Snakes acquisition and with nj
{e6th settled In the unfortunate AMI
!. $50 Yiso his powerful paws were on tn
6n6og and pushing downward, whii
~eI 6SS fosth pulled upward-and while
rryA{Vht b neither scientinc nor ediIy
~ inR. Il pleased and interested Captai
sal9Vdvot. Hands on knees, he leane
~ fer forward - the terrific tugg1ns pre-
Z src1eded and strange howls began :
s9strisais from somewhere within tn
- un6sr dog. ~.
He turned delishted eyes on NJ
T.Follard, too. and cried:
~a sOee what he's doing. RobbyT'
r.a'- n 500 the guiding mind pesa
rPhoarSely.
f,a'ses sBlister's going TO- tear him plum
~ ID. two, and I'll bet he brings me tn
4. p1ecee when he's through" shoute
,sN~the captain. '"I never sec . dog q
sss4 JuDt that before!' =.
T. i,t.s,:I Ie appeared. however, that
y.s.Dvsns's md was built OF toughs
- stun than the amazing Blister SUI
pocted. Steady pulling for half
~ minute, while Il might have lifted
- .quantity OF bulldog out OF the al
~ polnted spots, had not started q sing
rho conquercr paused an instan
Y drew breath. growied and went at
IN l--H1sin--und this 50 time sometnir
~ sNV4saAsd due TO happen. for the bu
~ -aa wpkewlinG loose,