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Show a hesitate when assured that she was right Tbe Governor. was gone, to be sure, so also was bis good wife, bnt in the library, a dull and shadowy place, waa that which she needed sorely. aud whih she meant to find. Like a ghost she flitted adown the hall, through the door which creaked warningly as she passed through, aad up to the massive table, where, holding her candle aloft, she searched eagerly for a packet of parchment forms and the ponderous seal of her uiule. the Governor. Then tame silence, save for the quick scratching of her quit) as she filled in the blank forms. Her uncle's name she signed with a great flourish, and then, leaning back, she surveyed her work with much satisfaction. The good Lord knows that there is forgery and forgery, she murmured,, without a qualm of conscience. There was no time to lose. s The vessel which would carry Jessamy into Virginia slavery sailed at dawn. Again attended b) her faithful servants. Mistress Spencer sallied forth, this time toward the town jail. , To the warden she said: It matters not how this yearns. Some one rode hard and fast that aa innocent woman might be saved a terrible wrong. Set her. free and have it known she is with me at the home of our most excellent Governor." There was a stormy scene that morning, when the Governor arrived at his home, but tired and sleepy though she was from her bard night and long vigil, fair Mistress Spencer carried the day. There was much wonderment and secret gosslpover the sudden release and pardon of Jessamy Wright, the strange wounds of John Hapgood and the sudden sailing of JdaJ. Golden, late commander of his majesty's forces. But while tongues wagged, the hearts of two lovers, tried and true, sang a hymn of thanksglvtng.wnd Mistress Spencer also gave thanks for that which she bad been spared through finding poor John Hapgood in her pathway that dark and dolorous night. Scott I. Littlefield In Utica DEATH AND DISASTER ATTEND PARIS-MARID AUTOMOBILE RACE D Death and disaster attended the automobile rare from Pans to Madrid, May 25, and it was abandoned. Premier Combes issued an order forbidding the rontinuaree of the contest on French territor and the Spanish government forbade the racers to cross the frontier The first stage of the rare, from Versailles to Bordeaux 343 miles, cost the lives of at least eight persons, and the injur) of several others Two soldiers two men one woman, and a child were killed on the road One chauffeur was burned to death the wmkage of bis machine and and another was killed outright Marcel Renault winner of the Paris Vienna rate last )ear, in turning from the tiack collided with a tree and was feai fully injured Lorraine Barrows, one of the best known automohillsts of France, was fatally injured Messrs. Porter and Stead wefe seriously hurt by the wreckage of their machines and feats for the recovery of both are entertained There were many other casualties of a less serious nature The deadl) lesults of the race caused a more painful impression .in France. It is feared tnat motor racing la a thing of the past for a long time to come One newspaper, La Fran-caiscalled the lace 'the d massacre' Marcel ltebault was injured at miles from Pole-tier- s Coupe, twentj-oiiHe was compelled to turn his machine abrupt!) into a ditch in order to avoid a locked level crossing.. In so doing he collided with a tree. Renault was throwu to the ground with great force and was unconscious when Ousl) hurt Two killed speciators were A woman- was killed near Abbs while tr)ing to cross the road ahead of one of the racing mat hines Details of the Race. As to the race itsea, Iuis Renault, brother of Marcel Rerauli. was the He lisd first to arrive at Bordeaux covered the distance m eight houis 14 minutes and 45 seconds, thus beat ing Fourniers record of eight hours 44 minutes Renault made a great race. Long before he reached Char tree he had overtaken and - passed Charles Jarrott, M Rene de Knylf and gained a lead which he never lost after Dispatches from Vendome, Tours and Pole tiers told of his pass-- , Ing through ahead, and Bordeaux sent the announcement of his arrival first. Chartres At Beourdlniere, between and Bonneval, his machine attained a maximum speed of 83s miles per hour. Charles Jarrott finished second at n 12 3D.' having covered tue course eight hours and 44 minutes The other contestauts who made fast time were J Salleroir, eight hours 40 minutest Baron de Crawher, eight hours 53 tninutes, J B Wirden, eight hours 60 minutes and M. Voight, eight hours 55 minutes. W. 1C. Vanderbilt, Jr. Henri Fournier and Baron de Forest, w lthdrew from the race tegether before reachAll of them suffered ing Chart i e breakdowns and having lost three hours they decided that it was useless to continue. Foxhall Keene, Tod bloan and W. J. Dannot, the American artist, did not appear at the starting line 'when their turn was reached and conse- - be-eat- h e r, ' e, Paris-Madri- e the firs' Riage of the Paris Madrid automobilt lace to the iondon Daily After desChronicle lrom Chartres. cribing the assembling of the crowds and how fii ail) the raeers were Been concoming from 'he top of a hill, he tinued Vs the-ea- rs there Is no Other word for it - down the slopes and hed the i arrow bridge, jumped with a bound acioks and flew with scream up the rise? beyond, one could see bv the twUth of the wheels bow agonizing was the strain on the driv-eforced to make his way through crowds the endless, uncontrollable which littered the road from Paris to Bordeaux "Much as one nta) esteem the broadminded views of the Fregejj government in encouraging tnemotor the government's neglect to protect the course was criminal and nothing else Though on the stretch of eight kilometres between Chartrea and the first village there were from 5 000 to 10 two people and 500 to 1,000 cars, no attempt was njade to control the crowds, mostly made up of peasants and people from Paris who knew 1 nothing about automobiles. N horse-drawwaa stoptraffic "The ped during the race, but the fools on bicycles and the imbeciles on motors eareeued about and drew up anywhere all over the road, and only esraccaped killing themselves and the ing men by the sheer Mural) luck which Is sat to protect drunken men, Wright children and fools. Yet pdfeplewon-de- r linn, gray-clabard the sentence in sib nee to he why accidents happen. The conduct of ttad military au- sod into slavery In the colony of for the crime of wiuhuaft thorities was ireredlble. From Chartres to the narrow bridge at the foot Jf what avail would be protestsjor t of the hill the road was. kept by a btraillngs. Had not Hon Maj Golden Intimate of the magistrate and hud of the soldiery, been thief wit-nagainst her? Tbe sentence pronounced, the court rotm emptied rapidly, and , Jessamy, surrounded by soldiers, turned in the direction of .the town prison No friendly face greeted her as she passed out f the court room, yet something bade her hope. Kor waa 'she wrong. Through the gathering twilight a man was hurrying from her and yet for her. Only a r was John Hapgood, simple yet within his breast w as locked the secret witlPwblch he hoped to force the Infamous head of the Massachusetts soldiery to acknowledge that he had given false testimony. loved ' Jessamy , John Hapgood Wright a woman is seldom loved by mai, and li was this which made him bold to raise the great brass knocker of the gloomy house in Gorphlll where Maj. Golden and. bis staff were quartered. Tbe door opened and a soldier in scarlet uniform frowned upon the man of unpretentious bearing who bad dared call upon bis commander at the latters supper hour, I wish to see Maj. Golden, and that right quickly, said John Hap- j j n d Jet-saut- ) Vlr-gbl- a s ghlp-joine- good. Wbat name?1' The name matters little not give It; but the matter Something lq, Hapgoods tone impressed the soluter, who led the way to. a great room off the hall, where golden in bis gaudy uniform, stood staring gloomily Into the yawning fire quently did not take part in the race. C. Gray Dinsmore was thus the only American left In. The Contest Abandoned. The second stretch of the rare was not automobile started, owing to the Interdiction of the French and Spanish governments. Joseph Pennell, the artist and writer, sent a graphic description of regiment of Infantry and Some gendarmes, and though pedestrians were not permitted to cross the bridge, but bad to pass through the stream below, thus making a jam at both ends of the bridge, ordinary motor cars and motor cycles were allowed free passage, of which they took such advantage. that one of the racing cars was stopped dead in order that a person on an ordinary car might crawl over. DEATH OF MAX ORELL. As for the motor cycles In the race, they were simply used near Was Famous as Newspaper' Writer Chartres as pacing machines by any and Lecturer. stray scorcher who wanted to take Paul Blouet (Max ORell) died May them on. Measures for preserving the 25 at Paris, France. He had been safety of the 'public-waeither nonnever and for several months, ailing existent or of. ..the moat ridiculous character. Parls-Madri- d . s Mr. Pennell then describes the scenes at the headquarters at Chartres, and the appearance and often hysterical demeanor of the drivers who were cut out the race, and place. He gave Hapgood a supercilious glance, but tbe latter spoke up briskly as the soldier retired: fMaj. Golden I am here to make one last appeal to you to right the wrong you Mid thla - afternoon - to Jessamy Wright. You know sh is no more witch than was your good mother, and I jientand " )You are the lover . I ... have heard about, eh? I would not deny so great an honor, sir, and for that reason I am here. I heard your testimony at the trial, and 1 did you the Justice to hope that R zeal was occasioned by overmuch ratherthaa to satisfy a private revenge." , Private revenge What mean you, ' sirrah? What 1 know, Maj. Golden that Tou-rand- d ' w 1 v tf says: Further up tho street was another car with a huge gash in its tire of one wheel, the otaer tire down, and the whole twisted and bent. In the hands of a dozen workmen. Walking away therefrom was a being with part of a cap over one ear and part of a pair of goggles over the other, mud afd oil. In rags 'and t -- so I will is press- ing." picked up and carried to a nearby farmhouse. His chauffeur was so seriously injured that hlajife s despaired of. Louis Renault, Marcels brother, was deeply affected by the news and at once started back to his brothers assistance. Onfers were given to withdraw all the. Renault cars from the race. Lorraine Barrows met with his disaster near Libourne. seventeen miles from Bordeaux, at 1:43 Sunday afternoon. It appears that Mr. Barrows had tried to avoid a dog which wts crossing the track, and his monster car. No. 5 in the rare, struck a tree with terrific force. His chauffeur was killed outright. Barrows himself w as picked up unconscious but still breathing, and was taken to a hoepital, where his condition was declated to be critical His car was dashed to pieces. Two. miles from Angouleme a car driven at a high rate of speed by M. TouranU swerved front the roadway and dashed into a group of spectators. It was here that the greatest loss of life occurred. The car was wrecked, s and two soldiers, a child, and M. machinist were killed. M. Tou-ranhimself was seriously hurt. ' Another terrible accident occurred s, u ear " Bonneval - nineteen imten where an automobilist, L. His Porter met a shocking death car was overturned while 'crossing the Paris-Tour- s track. railroad The broken gasoline reservoir spread Us contents over the demolished car and the wreckage instantly caught fire. Mr. Porter was pinned beneath the debris and he burned to death' before aaslstance could reach him. representative of ourking and betrothed to the governor's niece. "Think well, Maj Golden. This is your last chance. Ah, you threaten. Well, do your Sonteme Is passed and the worst Governor, who alone may pardon, Is on a journey." , Hapgood passed around the table Globe. ....... j I... and confronted the angry major. "Nur ia your- - falsa. tastimnayaU-thaTOLP.TQ. BE A WOMAN. I know What would Boston say to the forged note given tor. a gamb- A Remark That Set a Groaning Man ' Patient to Thinking. ling debt? And what was thbnamd "We men are frequently called cowyou bore In our mother country ?v Ah, I see you have not forgotten. . ards when it comes to enduring physiWith a gasp of rage Golden drew cal jpain, and it may be we deserve It, his sword and rushed upon Hapgood, for how often do we bear about a man pot being able to suffer as much pain as a woman,, said a treasury official, but I never had the fact so forcibly to me as one morning last ' V;; presented " 'V.W-- r r week. I had been suffering from my 'U bead for a few days and on my way to the office' one morning last. week determined to see the doctor about it, and did so. Contrary to all rules con- cernlng a visit 'to the doctor, the paia became more intense instead of stopping or even getting better. "It may have been that my groans disturbed the patient for whom the doctor was prescribing in an adjoining room. At any rate, in a short time the door Hew open and I prepared to pour my woes into bis sympathetl ear. f Instead I was greeted fwith: Wbat in heaven's name is tbe matter with you, Jack? What are you . groaning about? I tried to tell him, aud, feeling rather ashamed of myself, made it a little worse than it really was. la Oral all? came back at me; well Ill get to you after while; -- you have little cold, and tor heaven's sake atop ' your moaning; brace up, and be a . woman tof once In your life. After that blow I remain'd quiet Like a ghost she flitted down tho hall. but the latter, anticipating the move, until it came my turn to seek medihad leaped backward, and now, with cal advice. I then agreed with him tbe precision of a trained swordsman, that it was nothing but a slight cold, held his ground with a cutlass snatch- and he laughingly told me aa I went out that be hoped that the last dose ed from tbe wan. Golden swore and sputtered as he would be as beneficial as the first- fought, but Hapgood wasted no energy Washington Post. 1 In words. So sturdily did he press his realized Golden Ths Sick Child. . opponent that . Maj. lie fur whom the world was made that his chances were ill. Indeed. The blades rang fiercely. The crafty ''an not lift hie heavy head. All Its pretty curie puffed out, Golden, pretending to yield, fell bark Burnt with fevers, parched with draught to the wall, jerked the bellrope and then renewed his attack with a vigor He, the tyrant, whimsical. the round world for bis ball, that surprised and unarmed his adver- With In a dreadfnl patience lies, sary just as soldiers rushed to their Old since yesterday and wise. commanders aid. Five minutes later Jolm Hapaobd, Like S martyr on the rack t lea, fete soft Jlfi burnt to black, . limp and apparently . lifeless, lay tn a Km! rever still The devours Whrie cross-road- , pierced in half a dozen Ills small body, sweet aa flowers. places. A good Job, murmured Golden, Dreadful patience like a sword his mother's heart, dear Lord ; smoothing the braid on his gray Htaba Make him haughty, wild and gay coat. Tbe watch will find the body As he was but yesterday, - ; In the "morning and alt Boston will was in hr pays killed Little John serytees that u , Hapgood jay and his praise. -a tavern brawl with some of my With hts kisses ask While hi eyes pardon still drunken men, That he's troublesome and lll- - th from-Chartre- tatters of wbat had once been a suit of clothes, It opened.. its mouth and a voice chokedwinriears, and In the American language: T do not mind breaking Mown again, but It makes me so very, angry.' It was said In drills ' Mr. Vanderbilt, and be had been in a 1 Near Arveyre,.Mr.Stead and an- recovered ecUrely from. the effects of other competitor collided, and both, an operation performed some time ago men, with their machinist, jerlously In New York. injured. They had been racing wheel Paul Blouet was born in Brittany, to wheel, and both machines went into Mr. 'Stead was France, March 2, 1848. He received the ditch together. caught under his machine, while hjs his education in Paris, completing it chauffeur waa hurled to a distance of in 1865. He Immediately began to thirty feet and had bis hesd and body write, and In J869 gave this np tempobadly . cut. Mr. Stead was conscious rarily when he received a commission when be was picked up, but complain- in the French army. He took ptfrt in war, and was ed of suffering great pain. He waa the taken prisoner at Sedan in 1870. He conveyed to the nearest fartm-- , fighting Near Angouleme a, machine was whs badly wounded in overturned and its two (vtcupants eri- - against the commune. x Franco-Prussia- n ditch The Gordon Bennett Cup Race. , The Dublin Gazette contains the regulations Jon the ay to race lor the James Gordon Bennett cup, which Is to take place In Ireland July J. The whole course wilt be closed from 6 oclock In the morning until the race ,for Id is finished, and the other regulations "What would Boston say to thedebtT a for note gambling given reduce the possibility of rrtopt to a minimum. It is believed, the Irish once you wooed, but did not win, Jesadministration is considering still fur- samy Wrlghf, ar.d therefnrp gwrr" rether precautions to Insure the safety venge. How this matter came to my ears Is not for you to know, hut if the of the public. " The Royal Automobile Club has de- good folk from Boston were to h ar himself drew Golden pr. uJly. up cided to return to the donors tbe The good folk or Boston -- Id sly prizes offered for the suppressed that it is but tbe Idle prsti..-- of an addlepated fool. I am Vej. ;Gplden, i Parls-Msdri- d i Mistress Anne Spencer, ttlece of the Governor, gave a shrill scream and clutched the arm of the men servants who attended her homeward from a 1 neighborly call. TtJWBFrvanfoir her left --raised hir lantern, and all three stared down upon the huddled figure, - Then one oT the toed bent over aud felL for the heart, which still beat faintly. Mistress Spencer was no coward. Hejs sorely wounded. Bear him to tbe bouse and let us waste no time, she straightway commanded. She carried the lantern while her two servants bore tbe senseless form of John Hapgood Into the Governors mansiotr. Thcn, with tender and not unskilful hands, she bound up i his wounds, and, sitting by bis side all through the early night watches, she listened to the -- words of delirium, which told her much. But it was until his brain cleared in the early morning hours that she learned the whole bitter truth concerning tbe ruan to whom her hakd bad been promised In marriage. Her hand, but net her heart, and politics went down before this love story of another and a sadly wronfced-woman- . iMUtrcss gpencer was not one to : He lies smiting with a Are In hts chicks blown high and higher. By the wind of fever fanned. Lord, his kisses on my handl Give me back my boy; I pray, Turbulent of yeetercisy, I Not this angel, like a sword In hts mother's bcirt. dear Lord InKatharine Tynan, Spectator. Hissing In tha Theater, With some curiosity we have noted Boston a discussion recently of judge's decision that a spectator at a theater has a right to hlt Thero, seems to be a widespread sentiment of satisfaction over this reaffirmation of the right to lilxertjs. and tbs pursuit of happiness- - As freeborn ctd zens we applaud the ruling of tho learned court, yet venture to - hops that the establishment of the right will not lead to general seizure of !L If a patron feels aggrieved by the entertainment offered in return for his money It is better for him to withdraw and advertise the fact to his friends rather than thrust it dowu the throats of strangers who .may hold different views. Let him retire to the box office and hiss the manager or wait at the stage door gnd hiss the offending as they emerge. j thespians |