f How Higbbioder
Woo
3T seemed to me I liad readied the
end of my resources. Luck was
against me. My political opponent
had snatched the honors for which I
had been striving for mouths from my
hands at the very moment I deemed a
lucrative position contingent thereon
safely within my grasp. Worst of
all, this man had been hanging around
Alice's home, and her father, who thor
oughly understood my suit, bad begun
to treat me coldly, and recently upon
several occasions had asked Scoville to
share his box at the opera.
. Scoville had several fine horses on
(the track one in particular which had
horn the laurels from all competitors,
and only two days ago I had seen Alice
skimming through the park behind
this very trotter and by the side of
Bert Scoville.
It was a ridiculous thing to do, but
after rising late and a hasty breakfast,
I harried around to the stable, had my
horse harnessed up and was at Alice's
door before 10 o'clock. Her father
would surely be offended by such an
early call upon his daughter,
i She swept Into the room a beautiful
tigress of a woman, in soft cascades
f lace and silk and with the flush of
!the night's sleep still beneath her
yes
, "Gracious me, Ted, so early In the
morning! You look worried. How
'fray those curls are getting each side
of your forehead! Come, tell me what
It la?" And she pulled the aforesaid
curia gently.
"It's no use, Alice, I'm down in luck.
And I suppose your father has about
become tired of looking for me to do
something. You are right to give me
the shake and go over to Scoville."
. "Now, what nonsense lie's talking?
I suppose you mean the ride. Father
Insisted on my going. But I've a plan.
Ted, by wWcb we will circumvent
them all?" And her great golden
brown eyes became almost black as
be looked at tne meaningly.
' "What is it, Alice? Vor God's sake
peak at once!" I cried, my faith re
stored, as I drew her near to my chair
and clasped my arms loosely about her
waist
"You see Highbinder," she said,
pointing to where my horse stood
hitched to the pavement, at the foot
of the sloping lawn. Yes, I did see
.him. He was a young, large-boned,
muscular, homely horse, who was as
ugly as Satan in looks and actions, but
he displayed an unlimited endurance,
which Is an essential quality in a rac-
Jng horse. But while on the race
Course his temper was most vicious.
He would bite and kick at any one
,Who approached him, excepting my
aelf; and be often tried to ran away
ven while practicing on the turf. Yet
I always managed to keep control of
him, knowing that If I could ever get
him under proper training, he bad the
endurance and strength to win a race
from the best blooded stock In the
country.
At that moment Scoville drove slow
ly past with a light buggy and pair.
He looked my horse over in a way that
made me long to knock him down,
then turned to his companion with
some remark which caused both of
them to laugh derisively.
"Never mind, Tedums. My plan Is
for you to train Highbinder and beat
Robert ScovIUe's trotter. You can get
big odds. Put up thousands of dollars
on your horse!"
"Bat Alice !' I gasped. "It is so un
certain. And If I should lose, where
will the thossssds come fro" v'
She laid her band oil my arm and
looking steadfastly in my eyes said, In
the low tones peculiar to Intense na
tures: "Am I worth a risk? Have you no
confidence In me?"
I laughed good burooredly. "Haven't
I Shown confidence in yon? I haven't
had a doctor since knowing yon?"
"And my knowledge of drugs shall
serve us again ?' she said significantly.
As a request for an explanation rose
to my lips, she hurriedly Interrupted
me.
"You know the only obstacle to gain
ing my father's consent to our mar
riage has been the fact that you are
not wealthy. We shall obtain wealth.
Trust me do as I tell you and we shall
win."
What could I do but take her In my
unas and promise?
I trained Highbinder on the race
course and off of It, day after day,
sooth niter month, at first without
nek prospect of betterment of bis
fretting capacity or of confining his
groat surplus energy Into proper chan
nels. Bat nt Inst I was a Me to bold
Uaf town to bin pace. Alice watcbod
tha proceedings with as much Interest
aa I did. Spring and summer worn
way, uad when the Ian racing season
C'l dnddod to put blm to a
I bad, far tbo asoot part, kept Higb
Vzt training a secret tram those
ctLXwbsuu I should bo Kkaty to eoav
fU arr aafca iny beta, no tbat they did
txt fcaw bow watt prepared I waa to
ftt O Onm nay had aoon bat
frr a-r aSorta aaua ay nanntb
til ndM aatasnl, and ky that they
f 'MWM-iawaM." i had
t at 3ar" nan waa M
OatteOktia I teasl eta day
His Race
on which he was to make or ruin me,
possessed alternately by fear and conti
nence. It was scarcely more than light when
I went around to the stables to look
him over. As I approached them I
was surprised to see Alice, In a severe
black riding habit that showed to ad
vantage the curves of her beautiful
form, glide softly through the door as
if she did not wish to be seen, and
mounting her own nervous pretty
mare, ride rapidly away.
"What did the lady want?" I asked
of the sleepy groom, who was lazily
commencing his morning duties.
"Asked to have a look at your boss,
boss, an' you said to always show her
every attention when she came. This
tlm she went right inter the ugly crit
ter's stall!"
I turned pale. "My God, man, you
shouldn't have let her do that."
"Well, she came out safe enough,
didn't she?'
I turned away, at first a little puz
zled by her action. But then, Alice
was as much of a horse fancier as I
was myself, and must of course be
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"TED, THE BACK IS YOUUS."
anxious concerning the horse's condi
tion. So I thought no more of the cir
cumstance. As I stood outside for a few moments
looking away over the course, I heard
a commotion In the stable and present
ly the groom came running to me, enp
less and breathless, with his shirt rip
ped Into rags.
"Say, boss!" he cried excitedly, "the
devil's In the horse o' yourn. He like
t' a killed me! An' he's tearin' away
at the boards In his stall and kicking
down the partitions!"
X rsshed !n and found several of the
stable men standing near, but not dar
ing to approach my animal, who was
acting as crazy as a loon. He bad
demolished his stall and I saw be
would soon break loose from bis moor
ings. But the moment I spoke to blm
he became suddenly quiet. As I ap
proached 1 saw by bis demeanor that
I had complete control of blm. But
his eyes fairly flamed and his mouth
was full of foam.
"Come, Highbinder, mettle la good,
but you must be on your best behavior
to-day."
I took blm out and exercised blm
with the light sulky, and as I felt the
quivering mass of horse flesh under my
bands, I knew tbat I should win if It
lay within old Highbinder's frame to
secure the victory.
When the time came for the first
beat, fresh trouble arose. No Jockey
could handle my nettled horse and the
moment for the start bad almost ar
rived. As I stood In perplexity I hap
pened to look toward the grand stand.
Alice waa there In all ber magnificence
and by ber side sat ucovllle, leering
down at mo In tbo most contemptuous
manner. It waa bard to tell what
Alice was thinking as ber eyea rested
upon me, for they were almost cur
tained by the peculiar droop of the
naa, which she affected when aba did
not wlah to bo understood.
The ball rang.
"I don't see how you're going la oa
It you can't get no one to drlTe that
boss." said ScovIUe's Jockey.
I turned suddenly sick and dlsay.
Presently I waa aotaed with an Man,
1 will lad a Jockey: hold back for a
few aataataa."
la a abort time I reappeared with a
Jackoy'a cap palled wall ovar asy eyas
ao ana should know asa. My
fear was In the weight I should put
upon my horse.
At the word go, Highbinder took the
bit between his ugly teeth and held
down to the work. lie did his level
best, seeming to understand with hu
man intelligence what was at stake on
big effort. He easily took the lead, bis
long, awkward limbs seeming to veri
tably skim over the ground. ScovIUe's
horse forged ahead of the others, but
he was scarcely beyond the three-quarter
pole when Highbinder passed un
der the wire. The shouting multitude
was scarcely more surprised than I
was. As I with difficulty checked the
mad pace of my horse, I heard Scoville
roundly abusing bis Jockey for his
handling of bis animal.
"Yon told nip to hold him down. sir.
In the first beat," responded the Jockey
in an undertone.
"Very well, then," said Scoville, with
a threatening backward glance. "But
mind your I's and Q's!"
My eyes sought Alice's face. It was
aglow as she turned to say something
to her father.
When we were off again, nighbinder
as before sped far In advance of the
others, followed by ScovIUe's horse,
and the remaining competitors being
distanced, gradually dropped out of
the race. As we entered the last quar
ter, ScovIUe's horse was left far be
hind, but I feared that Highbinder's
magnificent waste of energy would un
fit blm for the heats following. Once
more he was the first under the wire.
"Just one more one more!" I mut
tered between my teeth, as I endeavor
ed to soothe my restive animal. He
was terribly excited, attempting to
stand on his hind feet and foaming at
the mouth. Something told me that
what was to be done must be done
quickly.
As I was preparing to once more
mount the sulky, I came face to face
with Scoville.
"Fool."' be sneered, with a black
look, and laugh enough to be beard by
Alice's father who stood near him. "So
you've turned Jockey! A fitting occu
pation. But you'll never win another
heat with that horse."
"Will I not?" I retorted, throwing
! back my cap. "Well, we shall see!"
Once more I looked up at Alice, and
saw by a brief pallor that she bad
recognized me.
I leaped to the sulky and once more
we were off. For the third time High
binder spun ahead, but at the first
quarter pole he began to lose bis speed,
and ScovIUe's horse was gaining on
him. At the half mile post Highbind
er was only a nose ahead, and on that
last quarter stretch they were neck
and neck. As they passed under the
wire a great shout arose. Some of the
spectators were yelling for my horse,
some for ScovIUe's. But Highbinder
wss beaten.
How shall I relate the results of the
next beat. My poor horse bad evident
ly expended ull of his reserve force,
and we were Ignomlnlously defeated.
As I stood with despair and terror In
my heart, Alice hurried past me with
out speaking. So this waa the end for
which I bad striven. She despised me
because I had displayed the courage
aroused by this greatest extremity of
my life n assuming the bablt of a
Jockey. She paused bealde my borse,
looking at blm sympathetically. He
was covered with foam and perspira
tion and hla Urn be were trembling.
There waa a peculiar look about bis
nostrils tbat la a sure indication of
something radically wrong. With a
quick movement she took bis bead be
tween ber bands. Before I could
spring forward and warn ber away,
she waa gone.
1 felt It would bo useless to try the
laat boat With Highbinder la hb) pres
ent condition, all wan lost hope, lore,
honor. Thato waa but one thing left
for a man la my posHloa.
Aa I stood with drooping bond a
woman's rosea whispered la my oar,
"Coward."
I startod aa If t had bona stung. Al
though Alice had turned to SeoTtlle,
and waa chatting and laughing, I knew
aba had aatd tbo ward.
tt YI I A I
i v .--cy m i. Mt i n
Spurred Into anger and action I set
my teeth and gathered up t'" reins.
She should see. We would win or die
In the track, even If she were to repu
diate the promised reward of my ef
forts. The start was not very encouraging.
ScovIUe's outfit had no difficulty In
leaving my horse in the rear. But as
we progressed, Highbinder seemed to
slightly pick up his courage. He bad
made up a little of the distance as we
passed the first quarter. I felt that he
was gradually gaining momentum. At
the half mile post be had lessened
the distance between hlni and his op
ponent -considerably;-- although -even
now the prospects were not reassuring.
Upon entering the Inst quarter. High
binder laid back bis ears and once
more seizod the bit between his teeth.
I wondered what was coining. He
gathered himself up and threw himself
forward at a pace that astounded me.
He bad reacned the rear of ScovIUe's
sulky he had reached the horse's
rump his shoulder, bis head they
were neck and neck. The goal was
in sight. Within fifty feet of the wire
the old fellow made one unearthly ef
fort. The screams of the spectators
were deafening, and although I dared
not look, I felt the entire multitude
rising to his feet Highbinder gave a
sudden plunge and passed under the
wire. ScovIUe's borse was so close
upon him that amid the shouts of
"Highbinder!" "Highbinder!" a low
buzz of dispute arose, and presently
ScovIUe's lowering face loomed up be
fore me.
"You've lost!" he cried, excitedly.
"You've lost!"
But my attention was diverted from
him by my horse, who, staggering a
little to the left, reeled and fell dead.
I was on my knees In a moment be
side him, oblivious to everything else,
until I felt a little band on my shoul
der and a whisper in my ear.
"Ted, the race Is yours!"
My only reply was to point at mj
dead friend.
"But Ted," and her voice trembled,
"you don't think more of him than
of "
"No, no, my dear God bless you!"
"And I have $10,000 up on the race.
We shall have enoughat least to
start!"
"I beg your pardon," said ber fath
er, approaching with a stern frown on
his face; "but I must insist upon my
daughter discontinuing this conversa
tion with a Jockey particularly In the
presence of Mr. Scoville, her affianced
husband, to whom It Is distasteful."
Alice wavered uncertainly for a mo
ment with a despairing glance at me,
then she stepped resolutely to my side.
"With all due respect to you, sir,"
I replied, "I believe that I, and not
Mr. Scoville, have won this time, and
I must Insist upon my rights. But
what did you do to that horse, Alice,
to prod him up to such mettle?" I
added In an undertone. She only
blushed and would not say nor bat
she told me to this day. The Hearth
stone. HOW 8AM JONES WA8 FLOORED.
Beady Answer of a Virginia Parson
Disconcerted the Evangelist.
"Traveling on the steamer Northum
berland, on the Bappahannock Kiver
liist week," said Itev. E. B. Bagby, of
the Ninth Street Christian Church, "I
fell In with a group of ministers on
the upper deck, and soon we were swap
ping stories. The eccentricities of the
famous evangelist, Sam Jones, proved
a prolific topic. Rev. Mr. Butts, a
Methodist minister from Gloucester
County, said that the only time he had
ever known Sam to be disconcerted was
at II , Va., where be had been called
to conduct a union revival. The first
night of the meeting the pastors of the
different churches were on the platform
and crowds filled the pews. All were
looking for something sensational, and
were not disappointed. Evangelist
Jones arose, turned to the Methodist
preacher and said:
'Brother 8., how many members
have you In your church?"
" Three hundred,' was the answer.
' 'How many are willing to pray in
public?'
" 'About a dozen.
" 'What Is your salary?
"'Five hundred'dollars.'
"Then each minister was called in
turn and Interrogated upon the same
points; revealing the fact tbat the
amount of salary received by the min
ister and the number taking public part
In the services was woefully small In
comparison with the size of the con
gregation. "Well, said Mr. Jones, addressing
the ministers, but with a sidelong
glance at the audience, 'If I bad such
a mean, measly lot of people in my
church, you know what I would do? I
would get them op In a pen and send
off and get a bound dog and set blm
on them and say: 'Sic 'em, Tlge; sic
em, Tiger
' 'Kxcuse me, Brother Jones,' said the
Methodist preacher, rising and step
ping forward, 'but tbat is Just what we
have done. We bare gathered the peo
ple together. Now, "81c 'em, Sam; sic
'em, Sara!"
"If Mr. Jones was not himself the
balance of the evening It wss probable
tbat be was thinking of the bound dog."
Animal 1 satinet.
A curious detail of ths Martinique
eruption la the prevision of disaster
wblcb almost all the animals In the la-
land seem to bare bad. Cattle became
so uneasy tbat they coo,' 4 hardly bo
managed, dogs bowled continually and
bowed every symptom of four, the
nnkea left the vicinity of tbo volcano,
where they abound, and arm the birds
ceased to sing and left tbo trees on the
mountain aide. All this waa la April,
weeks before the outbreak.
Dorian- dull times, rvi break aotna
thlng every tlato yoa tar 'reuad.
Or
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4--H"M--H--M"M
1
NK hundred and iweniy-five
ears ago, the American Con
gress, in session at riiiinuei-
plila resolved "that the flag of the
1' uited States be thirteen stripes alter
nate red and white; the Union to be
thirteen Stars, white, on a blue field,
representing a new constellation, the
stars to be arranged In a circle."
There are many traditions afloat con
cerning the origin of this design, but
one in which there Is undoubtedly the
most truth Is that which credits the
Idea of the design to Washington. The
general found In the coat-of-arnis of
his own family a hint from which he
drew the design for the flag. The coat-of-anns
of the Waxhlngton family was
two red bars on a white ground, and
three gilt stars above the top bar. The
American flag, once decided upon,
was rushed through in a hurry, for the
army was badly In need of a standard.
Betsy Boss, of Philadelphia, enthu
siastically undertook the work, and in
a few days a beautiful star-spangled
banner was ready to bo unfurled. She
had made one alteration in the design
submitted by Washington. The Gen
eral had made his star six pointed, as
they were on his coat-of arms; Betsy
f'lng t thi" Colonic. Predecessor of the Stan
and Hlrin-.
Tbe KattlnuBk Flag.
Boss made her stars with five points
and five points have been used ever
since. For several years Mrs. Hops
mads the flags for the Government.
The first using of the stars, and
itripes In military service. It is claimed,
was at Fort Stauwix, renamed Fort
Schuyler, now Home, New York, 1777.
August 2 of that year the fort was be
sieged by the BrlUsh and Indians; the
garrison was without a flag, but one
was made in the fort. Tbe red stripes
were of a petticoat furnished by a
woman, the white for stripes and stars
was supplied by an officer, who gave
his shirt for the purpose, and the blue
was a piece of Colonel Peter Gaitse
voort's military cloak. Three women
worked on the flag, and It was raised to
victory on the 22d of August, when the
redmen and the British were defeated
at the fort.
The next record of the using of the
Stars and Stripes is on the first anni
versary of American Independence,
Charleston, S. C, and other places,
July 4, 3777. The banner was used nt
the battle of the Brandywlne Septem
ber 11, 1777; a- tiermantown, October
4, of the same year, and It also float
ed over the surrender of Burgoyne.
this flag cheered the revolutionists at
Valley Forge the next winter; it waved
at Yorktown and shared in the rejoic
ings at the close of the war.
Some of the first flags were made un
der difficulties and at great cost, the
greatest Ingenuity being required on
x-casions to secure the necessary mate
rials for tbe banners.
As lass 23 the States remsiaea th!r
teen la number the original design of
the circle of stars waa all right, but
n-ben, In 1781. Vermont and In 1792
fba rtrat Flac Mada bv Rata n
Adopted 17 Concresa Jasa 14. 1777.
Ths "Uf aS Altered Is 179S, when Kentucky
Kentucky were taken Into tbe Union,
t was decided to arrange the stars In
the form of one huge constellation.
In 17U5 It was decided to add a striDe
is well aa a star for each State which
ante Into tbe Union, consequently In
:bat year Vermont and Kentucky were
narked on tbe nag, one by a white and
ihe other by a red stripe; but some
rise prophet, looking ahead soma
twenty or mora years, saw this plaa of
tddlng a stripe as well as a star for
ach State added to tbo Union would
mean a constant changing of the nag,
rrblch would, In a few years, become so
arge and ungainly tbat Ita beauty
would bo lost A committee In 1812
waa elected by Coo tress to decide upon
permanent design for tbe flag, and
ba result was tbat the original tblr-
aea stripes were again used, the stars
irraoged on tbe blue Held la the form
tt a square, with one crastellattaa for
ch now Ma to. la 1814 this plaa waa
rormally adopted by Congraaa, and th
1 -an
- sa
of arm of th
Wa-hinlos K: mil jr.
Tb FU It ! To d j. T
h
flag, ttitli Its thirteen stripes and atari
correKiMJiiding In number to the Statci
In the Union, lvalue the established
emblem of the United States of Amen
lea.
Although the United States is one ol
the youngest nations of tbe world, its
ting is one of the oldest among the pow
ers. The country's standard, with Itl
thirteen stars and stripes, which wai
first unfurled June 14, 1777, has re
mained practically unchanged througs
the progress and growth of the coun
try of which it saw the birth. Tbt
star-spangled banner which now floats
over Uncle Sam's possessions on landi
and seas, is unaltered, with tbe excep
tion of the number and arrangement ol
the stars, from the one which Betsy
Boss, at General Washington's request,
made at her home, No. 239 Arch street;
Philadelphia.
On the death of Queen Kllwibeta, la
1003, King James VI. of Scotland, as
cended the throne of England, reign
ing as King James I., and in honor ol
the union of the Scottish and Bngllsa
Crowns he placed the white Cross ol
St. Andrew on the national flag, chang
ing the field from white to blue. Th1i
union of the two crosses was called tb
"King's colors," or "Union" colors,
and the first permanent settlement In
what Is now the United States wers
made under its protection, and ths
"King's colors" were generally un
furled by each new body of explorer!
who came from the M other Country of
the New World, until. In 1707 the
Americans adopted the red flag, but
added to it a device of their own In
place of the crosses. .
The device of a rattlesnake was pop
ular among the colonists, and its origin
ns an American emblem Is a curlotu
feature In the national history. It ha
been stated that Its use grew out of
a humorous suggi'stion made by a wri
ter In Franklin's jwper the I'ennsyl.
vania Gazette that, In n-turn for th
wrongs which the British authorities of
the time were forcing upon the Amer
ican colonists, a cargo of rattlesnakes
should be sent to the Mother Country
and "distributed In St. James Park and
other places of pleasure."
Colonel -Gadsden, one of the Marina
Committee, presented to Congress on
the 8th of February, 1770, "an elegant
standard, such as is to be used by th!
commander-in-chief of the American
navy," being a yellow flag with
flag uiH-d by the Colnnlols nt Iiuokri Bili,
Juue 17th, 1775.
i'lue Trr-e Klmr, lined on frlratecrsateo dur
ing tbe ".evolution.
a representation of a rattlesnake roiled
for attack.
Another use for the rattlesnake was
upon a ground of thirteen horizontal
bars, alternate red and white, tbe
snake extending diagonally across the
stripes, and the lower white stripes
bearing the motto: "Don't Tread oa
Me.' The snake was always repre-m-uit-d
bb iiaviug tbirtpps rsttlos. Ou
of the favorite flags also was of whit
with a pine tree In the centre. Tbt.
words at tbe top were: "An Appeal t
God," and underneath the snake were
the words: "Don't Tread on Me."
Several of the companies of minute
men adopted a similar flag, giving ths
name of their company, with the mot
to, "Liberty or Death."
Massacbuetta clung to the pine tree
as ber symbol for some time. Trum
bull, in bis celebrated picture of ths
"Battle of Bunker Hill," which now
hangs in the rotunda of tbe Oapktol at
Washington, represents tbe red dag,
white corner and green pine tree.
Why They Paid Their Bills. ,
At a debating society some time age
the Irish question was discuawed. Aa
English doctor was sustaining tbe argu
ment that the Irish were naturally a
depraved and dishonest race. At Liv
erpool he said he bad 300 Irish patients
on his books, and of these only thirty
paid him for attendance. "Son," said
an Irishman who rose with flushed
cheek to defend bis countrymen "sorr,
there Is never an effect without a
cause. There Is never a phenomenon
that does not admit of an explanation.
Row can we explain tbo astounding
phenomenon to which tbe doctor has
called our attention lie flnda aa ex
planation In the natural depravity of
Irish nature; I, sorr, have another ex
planation to offer, and It la thie: Tbe
thirty patients recoveredl"
It la perhaps wall to rssralod that
girl wboaa parents ara doing all they
can to tnaka bar happy, and who la
than dtiaatlaflod, that aaata day her
bapptost momeat la Ufa wll ha
ANAPfXlL$ro.n
tha baby la
