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Show THE SPANISH POKE PRESS, SPANISH FORK, UTAH CHAPTER VI H. CLARK By ELLERY lli Continued OcpprifM 11 left to go. Not fur, Indeed, to make up the bat distance, for though the mare had traveled fast, he had been enabled to make an easy race of It and looked as though she had plenty In reserve. Yet still. Inch by Inch, the sable whirlwind crept up and up. And now they swung around the last turn and squared away for borne. Flyaways Jockey had gone to the whip ; we could see his arm rising and falling and almost feel the mare's peed quicken under the sting of the And although our horse was blows. at last giving nil that was In him, still we could sense, as it were, that poor Quashy was all but done for; and that where In his greatest races he was wont to give his mount the most assistance, he was now actually more of a hindrance than a help. And yet in spite of everything Satan gained. And my heart want out to him. Animal of evil disposition he might be, but somehow, even at that tense moment, I could not but compare him to the pirate captain; a devil Indeed, but a devil whose courage could not be questioned. Two hundred yards to go! The lean black head, with the nostrils of flaring crimson, was even with the smoking flanks of the bay. And then, all at once, the Impossible happened. Quashy, clear nerve from the top of his head to the sole of his helpless foot, somehow, In the face of nil laws of nature, managed to achieve the Incredible. For one Instant he gathered himself In his saddle like the Quashy of old ; for half a dozen strides he lifted his mount along; and once, twice and thrice, for the first time In the race, he let Satan have the full Impact of the whip. Many a time, since then, I have seen thoroughbreds striving for the crowns of the turf, In America, England and In far-of- t Australia. Many a splendid racer have I seen thundering down the home stretch to victory; but never la my life can I recall a more tremendous and terrific burst of speed thnn I saw that morning on the track at the Tort of the Devil. If he had run fast before, now he fairly flew. In one bound, as it seemed, he drew head to head with the mare; In another, for the first time that day, he drew clear.. We saw that thin ophidian head stretched, shooting backward and forward, and then, all in a moment, amid a babel of shrieks, shouts, prayers, curses, the race was over, and though by a sennt quarter length only Satan had won I Utterly exhausted, too spent for words, George and I silently clasped hands. I do not think we even so much as remembered our winnings; It was the race and the race only that had held us spellbound. And then, much like two figures in a dream, we made our way down to the track. Flyaway, brave little thoroughbred that she was, stood with legs apart, head down, flanks heaving. Staunch little mare, she had given her utmost. Satan, quiet for once,, still rolled those wicked eyes with what seemed to me an expression of snrdonlc humor. "Gave you a scare! they seemed to say as plainly as words. lie, ton, breathed heavily, and his black sides dripped with fonm. Two stable boys were throwing water on Quashy, who lay on the track In a dead faint, his rigid upper lip, drawn clear of the clenched teeth, showing the agony he Colonel had undergone. Singleton leaned against the rail, mopping the perspiration from his brow, and looking like a mnn on the verge of collapse. And at sight of him I suddenly experienced a great renctlon. realizing that I, too, felt old and spent for the need and drawn and half-dea- d of rest. I turned to Lewis, and In a voice which seemed to me to come from an Immense distance I mnnnged to falter, "George, I think we need some sleep." He stared at me as If making a great effort to understand. He looked as I Imagined that I did ; his face was gray; blue circles lay deep under his he answered blinking eyes. "Hob, slowly, as If picking his words, "you are a mnn of sense." And linking arms for mutual support, we turned eur erring footsteps In the direction ct the Ialace of Delight. A profound respect for the Inventor of the plan. If we had been acquaintances of long standing, each knowing the others merits as a marksman, that would be one thing; but as It was of the knew I dead, for nothing fencers art I was far from happy neither of us had the slightest clue to the ability of the other. Then, too, In my mind. there was the moonlight, bound to afheard Surprisingly soon, however, I the sound of footsteps outside, the fect the stralghtest aim. And thus door opened, and George appeared. the more I pondered, the more elusive Well?" I queried eagerly, "what do the problem appeared. How far could I advance In safety? I could not tell, we fight with? Swords?" I resolved, more strongly thnn Infinitely to my relief, he shook his but head. "No," he answered as he seat- ever, to try to draw his fire, running ed himself, "Its not to be swords. the risk that his bullet might find a Renfrew makes an unusual proposal. mortal spot. Nothing short of that, I It seems that there Is a long, narrow figured, would stop me; and his pistol sand spit a little way off thetshore. once emptied, I should have him at He suggests that we place one of you my mercy. Thus I marched along, the tiny at one end of this Island, the other at the other, giving each of you a pistol, waves rippling Into silver at my feet, with one load only, and a knife. At while away to the north the outline the word yon aro free to do what you of the land loomed aoftly through the please; shoot, advance, hold your haze. And now I had reached the ground, anything. Its a bit unusual, end of the sand spit, and wheeling I confess; Ive never heard of a duel about, saw the figure of my antagonist of Just that sort .But I suppose its at the opposite extremity, while our two seconds had paddled oit a short fair enough. Dont you?" I was so relieved that I need not distance from the Island, and lay .restfight with swords that I would have ing upon their oars. There was no agreed to anything. "Certainly its need of further delay, and Indeed, fair," I answered. "When do we fight? now that we were fairly at It, I was anxious to have the affair begin. Thus Tomorrow morning? George stared at me. "Oh, I forgot," I hailed with relief the sight of Renhe cried. "They want to fight now. frew standing erect in his boat, and Its clear moonlight you know. What then the sound of his voice crying, "Ready! Go! do you say?" T ugh with no definite plan of Once more, I felt that I could not I started forward, and even campaign, of of the these complain sporting spirit In the uncertain light could see that officers. They might do many things which they should not do; might be my opponent was also advancing, and dishonest where cards were concerned ; at a much brisker pace. All, at once, but at least It seemed to me that they and without warning, my antagonist were brave enough as far as fighting flung up hla arm and I saw the moonwent Yet If I had known at the time light glint on the barrel of his weapthat Johnson had fought a duel on this on. Instinctively I dodged sharply to spot only a month previous, the left, screening my face as I did had killed h!s mnn, and had thus be- so, but to my mortification no report followed. Clearly he had been testing come fumlllar with his surroundings, I am sure that I should have given me trying to throw me Into sudden them less credit than I did. Nor was panic and thus lead me to discharge this my only error; I was foolish my pistol wltfl hasty and aim. enough to underrate my adversary, now, like two wrestlers nearWarily and with the cocksurcness of youth leaped to the conclusion that he was ing each other, we slackened our pace probably no great shot, while If It so that we scarcely progressed at all came to grips and knives, I felt cer- So near, Indeed, had we come, and tain that I could best him there. So such a tempting mark did Johnson that altogether It was with nlacrlty present, that I said to myself; Three that I Jumped to my feet, crying: AM steps more and I fire." One I took two nnd then, like a flash, he threw right I Im ready 1" himself flat on the ground, I saw his nodded George approval. "Thats Come arm extended, and the next Instant the way to feel," he answered. the night seemed filled with noise end on, then ; lets get It over." And leavdown we walked to the flame; something dealt me a terrific ing the palace, came to myself tt whnrf, to find the officers there before blow, and when I was find that I lay prostrate on the to In seated boat. With their us, already a gesture, Renfrew Indicated another snnd, wRhout any clear Idea of how I for ourselves, and thus, since George came there, or Indeed, of exactly where I was. By Gods grace, however, my very properly would not nllow me to row for fear of unstendylng my hand, brain cleared, and all at once realisI seated myself in the stern nnd wo ing what had happened, and seeing set forth for the Island In our op- Johnson racing toward me at full speed, I started to raise my pistol, only ponents wake. to discover, to my horror, that It was I shall not pretend that I enjoyed no longer in my hand. In one nightthe trip. I was reflecting, with some mare moment I glanced to right, to remorse, on the excellent advice given In front, behind, without a sight me by Cnpt. Francis Barclay. He had left. of my weapon; then, perceiving a told me not to drink or gamble, and that to avoid quarrels; nnd I now realized straggling bush to my left, I felt It must he there, and groping desperdishow completely I had managed to ately, the next Instant, to my Inexobey him. But presently I banished relief, my fingers closed upon mind. This pressible these thoughts from my its Yet only Just In time; Johnbutt was no time to let my wits go wooson was almost on me; nnd shouting was business lgathering; my present In my excitement, I covered his to get the better of this supercilious aloud breast with certain aim, nnd pressed Englishman. the trigger. Never In my life have 1 By this time our adversaries had felt so sure of triumph, but either the reached the island, nnd nfter we hnd fnll or the clogging snnd had done Its drawn alongside of them, It took hut work, for Instead of the flash and roar a few moments for George nnd Renthat I expected, there followed the frew to ngree Upon the details of the feeble click of a misfire. fight. Then, stripping to shirt and next moment my opponent was The we took nnd our knife each trousers, on me; If I had tried to draw my pistol, the latter carefully londed h.v knife from my belt I knew thnt I our seconds, nnd tossed a mohlore for should never have succeeded, thnt he choice of position. I won, named the would have hurled his weapon In my ensterly end, to bring the moonlight hearpwhlle I was still mnktng the vain InInto my opponent's eyes, nnd an But for me pure fortunately attempt stant later we hnd landed and were I suppose, from far-of- f derived. Instinct our walking away, back to bnrk. while ancestors In the Jungle, came to seconds shoved off nnd stood ready to my aid. Whether my act was within eommnnd. word of give the the laws of refined dueling I do not As I passed leisurely along the edge know, nor. Indeed, do I greatly care, of the Islet. I began to reflect on how for my opponent's conduct had been this curious duel might best he fought. more Irregular by far; I drew hsek To draw his fire. If possible, seemed my arm, conscious, as I did so, of I I hnd the surest way; hut scarcely darting pain, nnd ns he enme leaping realized, until now, whnt fi gumhle In to finish me, hurled my weapos the encounter was, nnd I begun to feel full In his face. The weapon struck him heavily oa the shoulder, checking Mm Just sufficiently to enable me to got to my feet nnd draw my knife before he had si opportunity to catch mo tAiprepnred. log of the rullrond; hut every Indian Thus here we were, not Oft feet apart, chieftain from Massasolt to Sitting nnd after these sudden shtflngs of the Rull was personalized. tide of battle, agnln on eft? terms. These strange silences of formal hisPresently, ae we shifted tod feinted tory leave us to the historical novels In the treacherous snnd I saw my for our general information of the chance, and leaping In, with a quick times the clothing our ancestors ness born of long experience on ths wore, their pastimes, their religious wrestling green at home, I sut reeded, faiths, their literature, their customs to my Joy, In gaining the wlsVed-font) their modes of thought. hold upon hts wrist. But my vintur was In vnln, for Johnson, In the tm breath, and with equnl dexterity, tflsn-age- d Very Open to achieve the same grip on thy A ran had Invited a business acknife arm that I had on his. And quaintance to plsy a round of golf thus, 'both striving with onr utmost with him. The guest, who was a very strength, we swayed and struggled pompous Individual, was also a poor blindly, until at length the snnd gnv player and hacked up the turf with suddenly beneath our feet, nnd we each stroke. crashed together to the ground. Anl After he had carried away an un- here fortune favored me, for not only usually generous portion with his Iron did I full uppermost but Johnsons he turned to hla host and snld: head must I think, have encounter! "You know I don't care particularly the pistol I hnd hurled at him, tor for the game, but I like the glorious Instantly his whole body went Tiny open country hereubouts." the muscles In his wrist relaxed, sna he as his knife fell from his hand, I suc"Ah, quite, replied the other, surveys!! the scarred ground, "hut do ceeded In wrenching my right you mind closing up the open country free. we go along I" TO SB COMiNVcXJ by Bobba-UtrrWNU B.rrlc. quarter-mil-e lette wheel began to spin ; ths gentlemen drank and gambled, while the ladles continued their search for conquests. Already, however, I had begun to weary of these things, and when supper was over and George suggested more roulette. I was content to be a looker-on- . Fortune, we discovered, Is a fickle Jade, and had now deserted us; for George lost steadily, and at length, In disgust, accepted the proposal of the officers for a game o9 cards. At this, I confess, I was not overpleased, for further acquaintance with these gentlemen had aroused in me a strong dislike. A Captain Johnson, with pink cheeks and straw-colore- d hair, was my pet aversion, and Lieutenant Renfrew, with bulldog features and a swaggering air, filled me with equal loathing. It was therefore not without suspicion that I saw them depart; and after watching the fortunes of the 'heel for perhaps half an hour, I took my leave and strolled across the room to where the card game was In progress. By this time the hall was crowded; the players were Intent upon their sport; and thus, as It chanced, I had an excellent opportunity to watch them unobserved. Clearly a crisis was Impending ; gold was heaped In the center of the table, and ench man's eyes were riveted on his cards. And then, so quickly that I should never have perceived it had I not been watching them closely, I saw Johnson, who sat opposite George, deftly slip a card from his sleeve, and, without pausing, add another heap of gold to the pile. For an instant I stood thunder-strucand In that moment the players laid their cards upon the table, and Johnson, with a triumphant smile, encircled his winnings with his arms and calmly swept them toward him. My blood boiled. I have made, God knows, my share of mistakes In this world; have done many things for which, afterward. I have been sorry and ashamed, but I think that I have, at least, always tried to play the game of life fair and square. And to see this dandy deliberately swindling my friend was too much. In three strides I had reached the table, and leaning forward, I shook ray fist full In Johnsons fuce and ejaculated, You cheat, sir!" For one thing, at least, I will give him credit ; there was no hesitation In his reply. Ills glass of wine stood at his elbow and the next second I gasped and spluttered while It trickled, most uncomfortably, down my neck. At once I lost all control of myself, and unused to the customs of society In such cases. In another moment I should have leaped at him bodily, trusting not to weapons but to mere grip of hand on throat to wipe out the Insult and determine who was the better mnn. I think, too, he read my purpose In my eyes, for he started up and had half drawn his sword when fortunately for me George .gripped my arm. he cried. "Dont brawl!" "Steady! And seeing thut he had succeeded In calming me, he led me a little to one side. "Did he really cheat?" he asked. Of I echoed angrily. "Cheat? course he did. Slipped a card from his sleeve, the scoundrel. Let me at him, George." But his answer brought me to a realization of how these things were "Nonsense," he reproperly done. "You'll challenge him, of joined. course. And I suppose you'll want me for your second. You go to your room, and Ill manage the affair." There was such an air of finality In his words tlint I obeyed at once. But on the way thither, and while I snt waiting for him, 1 had ample time for reflection. I knew next to nothing of dueling, hut one thing I did know: Thut the challenged party had the choice of weapons. That he would choose rifles there was of course no hope; If I could have been assured on that point, I would have counted him already as good as dead. No, he would choose swords or pistols; If pistols, my chance wus at least even; If swords, I felt sure that I was the one airendy pink-cheeke- d self-sam- LAST STAND Ca. e of the N cockroach army No use waving that white fiag I ( Peterman9s will get him Here is the right insecticide for each insect t T7VERY cockroach in thousands of homes has been exterminated by Petermans this season. PETERMANS ROACH FOOD exterminates cockroaches. PETERMANS ANT FOOD exterminates ants. PETERMANS DISCOVERY (Liq- Yon must have a powder for roaches. Petermans Roach Food ia the right powder. It entices cockroaches from their nests. They get just a little on their legs. Back to their nests they go behind baseboards, nnder floors, it here no spray could reach them. Every cockroach they touch, their young, every egg is exterminated. Nothing is left but little dry dust. No odor. Pe1cmani1iai th right nanl for each la NL Oa aala wherwaf fragi art aUI. iBMOlleitle S OO Fifth AraTt.Y.C. An Error of Omission "Surrey Woe Water the children bought their mother a beautiful plant. Just a few days before Fathers day, t!o mother said to the children; "Now, next Sunday Is Fathers day and you bought such a nice flower for me, 1 think It would be nice to get some nice flowers for dad." Little Ruthle could not quite understand. She said: "I dont see why. He didn't buy us thing on Childrens day." On Mother's day Much local Interest .has been aroused by the fact that the underground strenm known as the "Surrey Woe Water" has recently been flowing fairly rapidly along the Cnter-hnr- a valley, an occurrence which, according to ancient tradition, presages some event The strenm Is supposed to appear above ground every seven years, and the recent rising was rather later thnn usual, as it It Is generally starts In February. thought that possibly the heavy rainfalls experienced In March assisted to bring about the flow, as the hills round about are full of water. world-slinkin- uid) exterminates bedbugs (used through spout on can). kills flies and mosFLYOSAN quitoes. PETERMANS MOTO FOOD protects against moths. You must have a specific Insecticide for each insect No single insecticide will exterminate them all. We have bad nearly SO years experience. We know that is true. g The fog record for this country Is Maine, which was b.y Sequin, 2.734 hours in 1907, about 30 per cent held of the entire year. 0 SAY BAYER ASPIRIN and INSIST! Unless you see the Bayer Cross on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer. Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years. DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART Accept only Bayer package .which contains proven directions. Handy "Bayer boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists. Itaafictw of MonosceUcacldesttr of SxllcjUcxcU Bur Finds New Coal Energy Awlrln is the trad mark of While a German scientist claims to have plans for a mammoth ship for deep sea service that will make 200 miles per hour, another scientist In England claims to have found s method of securing energy In coal that will be five times the energy now secured, the discovery being made In learning the proper temperature at which powdered coal may be fed Into the firebox, and he claims he can Install his device In any power plant and save much more than one-hathe cost of fuel. Her Probable Purpose "A cow with a lighted lantern on one of her boras came loping down Main street last night, said Constable of Fetunla. Slackputter ' "What under the sun?" surprised! ejaculated Mayor Numbers. "Wbot was she up tor . "I dknow. X was busy fullerin' a clew to the bank robbers over at Waterproof, but I guess mebby she was looking for an honest man or else going to the movies. lf Seeing vs. Hearing "My husband always wants a front sent" "Mine does, too, at the Follies; but a rear seat is good enough for him In church. Democratic Garb That's a nice, homey feller our Jenny Is engaged to. Friendly, too. Mr. Gnrb How do yon know? Mrs. Garb He was callin' me Till! before he'd been In the bouse five minutes. Mrs. Historians. Skip Many Matters of Interest CHAPTER VII Under the Moon. When I next opened my eyes I was and for a moment In stared about me In thut curious, condition which follows a heavy slumber. Then, with a start, consciousness returned, and the events of the day before came crowding to my mind. Looking at my watch, I discovered It was evening, and rising hastily, I found that my head ached savagely, while the floor of the room heaved under me like the decks of the Flack Ianther la a heavy sea. Presently, after sluicing my face with water, I felt better, and managed to make my way to Georges room. I found George In the act of rising, and Inclined to make merry over my pnller and try generally woebegone appearance. lie himself was In the best of spirits, and at supper blithely ordered his usual bottle, while I, with a shudder, raised a protesting hand, and found water a cooling and delicious draft Gradually tbs palace assumed Its familiar aspect. In twos and threes regular patrons arrived; tht rou half-duze- d An American history written In the way would never mention the rise of the motion picture diversion. The kind of histories to which we have been accustomed don't appear to be In the least Interested In the ordlnnry life of the people, which Is as much history as taking a fort or carrying an election, a writer In asserts. the St. Louis Between wars there Is almost a y blank Interregnum; and from the a never know thst would you book had been written, a picture painted or a machine Invented. We onca knew a school history of the United States that did not mention the com- Globe-Democr- his-tor- Explaining Met eon Meteors an never seen from the earth except when they come In contact with the esrth'e atmosphere. Their speed through the atmosphere causes them to burn and produce the light which we see. They are then within the clutches of the gravity of the earth and alwaya full toward It. 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