SYNOPSIS.
* CHAPTER I—A* the h- jrtin'.ne of rt«1
Ki «U> me the m--t.anidaa of th
MeMarr tustwi awbUir. drop* dead,
•scan**- reins Jeaae Fleyt volunteer*.
and ia accepted.
CHAPTER Il ia the rent during th'
twenty Immr hour mre Stanton meeti a
Bfi.sr«-. Min OaHtaJ*. who Introdute
leftH! The icechaiuriaa savas machine
trom urtefc.
torrh tarn After that, not hie; could
have Induced Stanton to allow his
machine Is other hand*.
Hour after hoar pasted. The nolty
music of the band crashed oat tnon
ntocouale, the crowd swayed. mur
muring. applauding, exclaiming, argus
rred and kaleidoscopic In color and'
mo-tom
At sunset, a hen the Mercury made
a trip into camp for supplies, neither
of Its me* left their seau. The beam
lag Mr. Greno came to shower con
gratulation* upon Stanton, and with
him the head of the Mercury Com
pany. himself a former driver whose
quiet appreciation had an expert's
rains Stanton was leanlag across the
wheel, chatting with them, when his
mphrsr broke the thread of speech.
“What la the matter with your
mechanician. Stanton*” ha queried
Stanton turned, suddenly conscious
of a light weight against his shoulder.
With his movement. Floyd also start
ed erect, their glance* crossing.
“Nothing.” the driver briefly an
swered to the other's Question. “Tired,
perhaps; he has been working. Am
yom were saying—"
But th* glimpsed picture stayed
with Stanton: th* fatigued young fao*
scalar. his arm. the drowsy, hsavy
Bdded eye* fleshing keenly awake,
the involuntary expression of angry
shame at th* moment's weakness.
And he would sooner have tied Floyd
la his scat, after that, thaa bar* added
th* fine insult ef offering to relieve
men scattered ta every direction, and
the Mercury wee off onoe more.
“Oar coals'* warned the mechani
cian. as they aha* from the paddock
entrance on to the track. “Duplex
Floyd was himself again, watchfully
businessWhe. nonchalantly fearless.
Color and glow faded from the sky;
once mote tke march-lights flared out
aronad the track and transformed It
ta a silver ribbon, running between
walls at ebony dsrkaeee except where
the lamp-gemmed stands arose. Al
ready newspapers were being cried
announcing Stanton’s coming victory.
Driving evenly, steadily, refusing
an challenges to speed duels and at
t« mptlng none of his deadly tactics of
the night before. Stanton ptloted his
car to the Inevitable result. At nine
o'clock the flag dropped, and amid a
hubbub of enthusiasm the Mercury
crossed the line, winner.
Later, when the triumphant tumult
In the Mercury camp had somewhat
subsided. Stent on walked over to
where Floyd was leaning against n
column of ncused tires.
“You've had twenty-four hours of
me.” be said abruptly. "How did It
strike you?"
Floyd raised bis candid gray eyes
to the other's face, and in spite of ex
haustion smiled with a glinting frank
ness and humor.
"If yon want me to tell you—" he
began.
"1 have asked you."
"It struck me rvther hard. But—
I'd like you to like me as well as I
do you."
"I need a mechanician to race with
me for tke rest of the season," Stan
ton gave brief Information. “Do you
want the position?"
Floyd straightened; even la the un
certain light the odor could be sees
to rise over his face.
“You'd take me; you?"
"Yea."
"Yen know oh. I can tune up a
motor. I understand my work, hut for
road racing—you know I can't crank
your car or change a tire without
help"
Sins ton smiled grimly.
"I guees I am big eaougb to crank
my own car" ha enoted st him. "Yen
msrhrn1-*-~ at least ~ superficially
cleaner and wrapped In a long dust
east, was leaving the training camp
“See here. Floyd; you are going to
race with Stanton right along, be
says.”
“Tea, sir."
Mr. Oreen agitated his foreboding
“Ton wont get along with him,” he
asserted darkly. “No one does. He,
be is—you’ll see. But you won*’
leave us on the edge of a race, wil
you? We are entered at Massachu
setts, for week after next; you'll turn
up on time, no matter what he does
in between r
“Surely, sir. I would not leave any
ene without notice, of course.”
"Plenty at notice. Floyd. For you
can't stand Stanton.”
Stanton at that moment was in his
tent. contemplating with cynical spec
ulation a florist's box of fragrant
green leaves lying on a chair. There
waa no card with these, but they were
sprays of laurel. In fancy be saw the
message that had accompanied the
orchids, the delicately engraved let
ters: Valerie Atherton Carlisle. Did
•hs take him for a matinee idol, he
scoffed: or, what did she want? Some
thing. she wanted something of him.
What? Only amusement, probably.
He had not grown to manhood in New
York city without learning that men
and women in a certain set alleged
their extreme wealth as s license,
Which freed them from the restraint
of small conventionalities, and arro
gantly took such diversion as the mo
ment offered. And should he play the
game to which she invited him, or
decline It? Was it worth while? He
♦as weary to exhaustion, but still he
remained gazing at the box of laurel.
“You can't stand Stanton,” Mr.
Oreen waa warning Floyd, by way of
farewell.
And the mechanician was laughing.
CHAPTER IV.
The Reed te Massachusetts.
Stanton and Floyd did not meet
■gala for a fortnight. Their ways of
life did not run parallel except when
a race was doe or taking place. The
Mercury car had gone back to the
factory for a thorough overhauling,
after the twenty-four-hour grind, and
It would have aa soon occurred to
Stanton to Beek out his machine as
his mechanician. Some drivers grow
sentimentally attached to their cars
watching them fondly and jealously;
he did not, consistently and tempera
mentally practical in outlook on the
minor facts of life.
It was In the railroad depot, the
I morning he started for Massachusetts,
that Stanton saw his mechanician for
the first time since the Beach victory
Floyd was seated on one of the wait
ing-room benches, reading a magazine;
In his gray suit and long overcoat, his
head with its clustering bronze curls
bent over his book, he looked like a
particularly delicate and pretty boy
of eighteen, perhaps even a trifle ef
feminate. Remembering that cry
from the midst of the perilous strug
gle with the Duplex; “Cut him closer;
he's weakening! Cut him close!"
Stanton's lip curved in amused appre
ciation as he crossed to the absorbed
reader.
“Good morning.” he remarked.
Floyd glanced up, then rose with
an exclamation and held out his hand,
his ready color rising like a girl's un
der his fine, clear skin.
"Good morning; I didn’t see you
coming,” he responded.
"No, you were reading. You are go
ing—"
“To Lowell. The car is aboard, you
know."
“I did not know," corrected Stan
ton with indifference. He was study
ing the other curiously, striving to
analyse his singular attractiveness
and to find the reason why he, Stan
ton, should feel pleasure at the pros
pect of having this companion at his
«!4e; be, who had never formed friend
ships as most men did.
Floyd laughed, his grey eyes mis
chievous.
"Well, I know. We*ve been working
all the week at the machine, and we've
got her ticking like a watch. You
don’t bother about that—I suppose you
don't have to. it's up to us. - But If
yon will take her out on the track to
morrow, I’ll tune her up to the last
notch."
Suddenly Stanton put his finger on
the thing he sought, one thing that
made this mechanician different; and
voiced his thought before considering
wisdom.
“You're a different class. Floyd," he
stated abruptly. “You're no workman,
nor descendant of workmen.”
Floyd stared, startled at the brusk
Irrelevance, then melted into a
straight, direct smile as he met the
"Neither are yon," be countered.
“Nor It wouldn't be of any Importance
If we were, but we are not I'm not
making yon why you are working with
yonr hands instead of your head, and
I suppose yon are not asking me. Who
career*
“No one,” dryly agreed Stanton.
“Bnt I can teU yon that I am doing
this to make money, and make it
quick, and I would much prefer break-1
lag my neck to living in the ruck of
poverty. They are calling our train*
you had better come."
Tm supposed to keep in touch
udth Mr. Green.” Floyd observed
gathering up his magazine with cheer-’
ful nonchalance. "He is worrying
abont mo most of the time, for fear
IH Mao my nerve and desert”
Which was not precisely what was
Mercury company, and perhaps"Stan
ton of the rough temper knew It. ,
“I fancy your nerve will hold out,
if your patience does.” was his reply.
"Patience is supposed to be a wom
an's art,” doubted Floyd. “But I’ll
try to acquire it.”
Stanton laughed briefly.
"I wouldn’t give much for your
chance of success, in that case. If I
ever find a woman who will ride with
me as you do, I will—marry her.”
“Oh, no, you will not,” contradicted
the other, searching his pockets for
a missing glove. “Tou will marry a
fluffy Ruffles who will faint If you
exceed the eight-mile-an-hour speed
limit. And then you will quit racing
and be spoiled for the Mercury Com
pany, and all its rival manufacturers
To be Continued
Electric Lights •
Nearly Ready
We are in a position now to know
that very possibly within the next
two weeks the Electric Lighting
plant will be ready and in operation
all over the city. The long delayed
car of wire arrived Monday evening,
was unloaded Tuesday and a large
force are at work stringing the wires.
The engines at the power house
Monday morning started the 100-hour
run of charging the batteries, work
is progressing rapidly down by the
racecourse, getting ready for the pow
re from there.and the company is going
ahead at rapid speed along all lines to
finish the work of construction. The
wiring from the power house to Jen
ner's Park will be done by the Fourth
and the Park will be lighted by elec
tricity that night. The new postoffice
building will be lighted this week Sat
urday night, and possibly some other
buildings as well. In fact, the work
is progressing so rapidly it is pre
dicted the wiring may be finished,
the connections made and the build
ings already wired be ready for light
ing by the Fourth.
C. E. District Convention
The second annual convention of j
District No. 8. Nebraska C. E. Union I
was held in the Christian Church at
Grand Island. June 19 and 20. Those
attending from Loup City were Pearle
Needham, president of the district.
Rev. J. C. Tourtellot. Marcia Yer
Yalion and Nancy Harrod. The at
tendance was not as large asit-should
have been, but those who were there
were deeply interested in the work.
Several state officers were' present,
giving the convention, from their
store-house of experience along En
deavor lines. The Rev. Tourtellot
gave a splendid address, his subject
being “Truth Aflame". His hearers
were held in rapt attention, by the
earnest and forceful manner in which
he handled his subject. Attorney
Bayard H. Paine gave an address on
Christian Citizenship, which was a
rare treat indeed. Mr. Paine is a
man of striking personality and the
audience gave every evidence of
thoroughly enjoying his lecture.
There were several numbers of special
music during the convention, ren
dered by Grand Island talent. All in
all, the convention was a success and
those who did not attend were very
much tne losers, indeed.
Along R. R. No. 2.
Born. Monday, June 24. to Mr. and
Mrs. Ray MeFadden. a son.
Mrs. Henry Reed and daughter left
Monday for several weeks' visit in
Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shipley and
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rowe visited at
the Herman Jung home Sunday.
Albert Snyder and son dug out six
wolves last Friday.
The address at Wiggle Creek the
Fourth will be given by Prof. J. H.
Burwell. The sports of the day will
be as follows: Ball game between
Austin and Wiggle Creek: foot races,
tiltiug the ring, relay horse races,
high jumps and many other amuse
ments in the afternoon. Plenty of
refreshments on the grounds. Come.
Mrs. Ackerman visited at the home
of Clark Alleman Sunday.
Herman Jung marketed hogs at
Loup City Tuesday.
Art Gilbert painted W. O. Brown's
new residence the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Daddow and
daughter, Nellie, and Mrs. Jessie
MeFadden and daughters, left Tues
day morning overland to Polk county
for a visit with their sister, Mrs.
Fred Johnson.
Mrs. Ed Kilpatrick is visiting in
Ohio this week.
Rev. Gollalier. from Litchfield,
visited at the home of C. L. Alleman
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Yem Alleman visited
at Lew Hunker's Sunday.
The W. C. T. U. was reorganized at
the Wiggle Creek church Sunday: also
a branch for the young people.
Celebrate the Fourth on Wiggle
Creek. There will be a parade,
program, sports of all kinds, etc.
Come everybody and have a good
time.
Winnifred Hughes and wife visited
last Sunday at Tom McFadden’s.
Mrs. Ackerman, a promimdnt W.
C. T. U. organizer, delivered an inter
esting adress at the Wiggle Creek
church last Sunday afternoon.
The Wiggle Creek aid society met
with Mrs. Albert Snyder last Thurs
day, with 56 in attendance and all
having a good time.
Mrs. Homer Hughes came home
from the hospital at Grand Island
last Saturday, where she had been
for an operation.
The Ravenna Creamery Co. served
ice cream to its patrons at the
creamery last Saturday. Manager Joe
Thompson, his wife and Miss Amick
did the honors and
treat to the patroos.it was a great
W. Hawk’s new bam is being rushed
as fast as possible and when completed
will rank with anv on the route.
* v
Miss Winnie Parsley and Miss
Mamie Garnett were visiting at the
carrier's home last Friday and
Saturday.
Vera Alleman marketed a load^_of
porkers last Friday.
_ John Gallaway lost a good ltorse
last week.
Wm. Rutherford has been paintinj
his barn and outbuildings the past
week.
Geo. Stork finished decorating the
inside of W. II. Gunn’s new house
last week.
F. J. Breeze is working for Wm.
Rutherford.
Hugh Cash had one of his ankles
badly sprained last week.
Mr. and Mrs Nick Daddow and
daughter and Mrs. E. A. Brown
went overland to Homestead. Neb.,
to visit several days with A. L.
Throckmorten and family at that
place.
Those who have cut the weeds along
their lines the past week are C- Wag
ner. John Olson. W. O. Brown. Rob
ert Dinsdale. Wilber Curry. H. W.
Brodock and F. G. Casteel.
Henry Reed and son had several
loads of hogs on the market last Sat
urday. _ __ __
“Andy Gray is quite poorly.
Charley Gunn left last Saturday for
his home at Kearney.
R. P. Ratslall and son visited a
few days at Henderson. Neb.
Mrs. John Kociemba has been en
joying a visit with her mother from
Duncan. Neb., and a sister from
Washington state. She had not seen
her sister for 19 years.
Stewart McFadden helped Henry
Reed get his hogs on the market last
Saturday.
Jolrn Haller was seen on Route 2
Saturday with an auto load of pass
engers.
Mrs. Kociemba's father died the
first of May.
Henry Kuhl has 120 acres in alfalfa
and has just finished putting a
bumper.crop into stack the past week.
He was offered $5 an acre rent for
part of the acreage for five years.
Mrs. C. W. Ogle of Lincoln was a
guest at the Simson Iosa home last
week.
A W. C. T. I*, was organized at the
Bufa chapel on Clear Creek last Fri
day evening.
Mr. Garnett of Clear Creek has
purchased a new auto.
Billy Coulton got back from an op
eration for appendicitis last Monday,
and is feeling line. A bunch of Odd
Fellows autoed out to his farm tc
visit him last Sunday.
Geo. Wagner was visiting his son
on Wiggle Creek last week.
Mr. and His. Jim Rouscli are agair
patrons on route 2, having moved or
the Gunn place this week. Jim has
rented the farm for a term of 5 years
Fritz Bieliel is putting up a bij.
barn this week and is hauling th<
lumber from Loup City.
Clarence Burt marketed a load o:
hogs at Loup City Monday.
.1. C. Wall, near H. Bichel's, luu
been hauling lumber for a nexi
barn.
W. O. Brown's new house will sooi
be finished.
The Sweedish congregation held ;
big picnic on Cob Creek Monday.
The school board in Prairie Gen
district was in session Monday.
Ashton 0 Dannebrog S
Ashton was shut out by Dannebroj
Thursday by a score of 5 to 0. Jezew
ski and Hoyt both pitched a good
game. b.:t Hoyt getting better sup
port. 3 hits a base on balls and a
couple of costly errors gave Dannebrog
4 runs in the 4th inning. They got
their 5tli score in the 8Ui inning on a
hit, two errors and a sacrifice.
Ashton got 7 hits to Dannebrogs e
but they were badly scattered and
not at the right time. In the Stli
and 9th innings Ashton had three
and two men on bases and only one
out but they could not connect with
the ball for a safe hit.
Score by innings r h i
Ashton 000000000-0 7 f
Iannebrog 00040001 0-5 5 e
2 base hits: S. Polski. Struck out: bj
Jezewski 12: by Hoyt 12, Base on balls
off Jezewski 1: off Hoyt none.
Sacrifice hits: Wilson. Kwiatkowski
and Knother. Stolen bases: G. Polski
Christensen. Left on bast s: Ashton 7
1 >annebrog 4. Time of game 1:30.
Umpires Jamrog and Xeli-on.
Ashton 13 Fatwell 5
Ashton got 13 hits off Farwell Sun
day 6 of which were for two bases,
which gave them 13 runs. The game
was a slugging match for both sides,
Farwell also getting three2 base hits.
The feature of the game was a one
hand catch by L. Polski, who had tc
make a long run in order to get the
ball.
Score by innings R H I
1 Ashton 401 01205 -13 13 S
Farwell 101200100-5 8 K
2 base hits: J. Polski, L. Polski
Jezewski, Jamrog, G. Polski, Kwiat
kowski, Burke, Kloss. Peterson. 3base
hits: Rasmussen. Kloss. Struck out
! by Polski 6: b¥ Stack 3; by Fort 1
Stolen bases: J. Polski. G. Polski
Burke. Kloss, Peterson. Base on balls
off Polski none: off Stack 1; off Fort. 1
Hit by pitched ball: by Polski 2. Left
on bases: Ashton 7; Farwell 8; Time
of game: ISO. Umpires: Lorentz A
CELEBRATE
JULY 4th
JENNER’S
PARK
A fill TIM EBABAltTEED TO ALL
Ten Years of Advancement of the Union ||
PACIFIC RAILROAD |g
I TIN YEARS AAO THIS HONTh| ^
;As Clipped trom the Newspa
pers of that date
Anaonnccmcni was made at the I'nlou
Pacific lieadvnarten that the double
tracking: of the line from Omaha to Valley
|was to be completed in the near future
A comparisn of double tracking figures between the years 1902 and i912 shows Ip
a vast and interesting growth. Prior to 1902 the Union Pacific had a total of only |p
74.4i miles of double track. Today there is an unbroken stretch of double track of j||2
364 miles from Omaha to Julesburg, Colo.; while there is a total of 694 miles of
. double track on the main line and branches—not including 130 mile now being
While reviewing the above figures, note a few of the improvements and extensions other than double
gg tracking that have been brought about during the last decade.
§§ The equipment of the entire line with a system of automatic electric block safety signals affording
gvg protetion to patron and employees. The ballasting of its roadbed with Sherman grave! (disintegrated ,
granite) incuring the traveler freedom from all road dust. g|fj
The straightening of sharp curves, the elimination of steep grades, the shortening of distances by
cut-offs, the tunneling of solid granite mountains, tbe filling in of deep valleys, the bridging of wide ggg
gjfS expanses of water and the making of various other improvements that contribute to thecomfort and Big
cag safey of its patrons. iSSSj
|fg|{ Union Pacific |
^ \||9vV rhe and dlract rout* to Yaltawrtona NATIONAL PARK U the groat Ration*, bl(hw»y ^
I ^ over which, (or two goacrattosa tho «» haa (•>• wart and the wort gono aaat
Gerret Fort, Passenger traffic Manager, Omaha, Nebraska |||j
Greatest Gelebfatiop ip Nebraska, fwo big
days at Gfapd fslapd, July 3-4
. »
Nearly Everybody’s going to go
world’s famous Aviators fly both days
C .|Ata the BIRD MAH who made the wonderful flight from the Atlantic to
I" OWI0I the Pacific will positively fly both days. Grand Island has secured him
at an^enormous expense.
4
s _ • _ will make several flights on both days. He is one
U21VlSMXll0 Qaring of the most sensational and spectacular aviators in
the world. See him.
Professional Automobile RacesJri^ng* ^-0^oni>b,gt«‘“siie
track in the west Motorcycle races, Auto obstacle races, Bicycle races etc.
These events will take place on the two mile track near Grand Island, under the super
vision of Tom Bradstrest 60c admissiea; Grand stand 25c; Children and old soldiers free
on July 3rd. 60c for each auto or team.
ail., Professional baseball, Kearney vs Grand Island, State League teams
Other Events both days; Mammoth display of fhre works on night of July 4t“
Bands and lots of Music; Minor races. x