Show I GATES WAGERS ON RACING RAIN DROPS New York Dec John John W. W Gates was wa riding with a friend and amid alil fellow plunger the other olier day In itt a ullman ulman car It I was raining antI and hr rain was coursing down the time window panes panel Gates watched the drops Two were trickling down side by side Bet you said Gates that thal my drop let reaches tho the bottom of time the th window window win win- win window dow before beCore your drop llop gets ets there Ill go o you OU said the tho other manRoth roan man mal Il with the Roth Both watched eager cager Interest two drops drop First one was ahead th then en the other Gates's drop o of water walor made madea maccI a spurt antI and nestled nested a 1 glistening globule on the bottom HushI sash Hush I 1 win said John W. W V V. V pocketing tin thc lu luI ye which had bad hen boon I counted counte out and put up whIlo the rac was wae wac on |