THE TRUTH RUUUT! THOSE DELEGATES Rowlett Contests Instigated tel ' le Public. ALL BUT 74 WERE ABANDONED Aa Eumiflit cn of tha Facta Shaws That tha Tribunals Which Decidad Thaee Cantaats la Favor of Mr. Taft Ware R>|M la Every instance—Tha i Harm n| 1M Cm tests Were Frivol - MS, and Tha.' Prompt Abandonment Reflects Upon tha Genuineness and Validity af the Rcma.ndor. Washington. July 3-ltrrr mra tha (acta la rriitiss to the contested seats la the Btfahint nao.ua convent loo It la a rsaitt - of a detailed state ment going carefully ltiti* all of tha cases, a statement ao thorough that It Cakes e{. 120 pages of limited matter. This statement Is signed by Mr. Victor Itosmirr. chairman of the former Hr pol.-ican nat.uaJ committee: by Mr. J H Urrtae of Colorado, chairman of the committer on credential* of the Uepub Hcna national convention. and by Mr. Charles t>. Ilitles. rbslruiaa of the ■eesmt Republican uatlonai committee The total Maier of delegates >utn moand to the contention under its call nraa U>7\ with ne-euaary to a choice. Mr Taft had >11 rotes on the Cm aad only balk* and was declared tha nominee. There were Instituted against 23* af the delegates regularly ew tad fur Taft contests on behalf of innercit. These contests were avow aC'.f uaUptH not for the fmTpoee of seally irTing seats la the rwi* ration. M foe the [ur;.«< of adducing evi dence which would lead any re*iwct •t>-e can U> entertain the contest*, hut tar the patyuw of deceiving the public Cbelief '.bat Mr Koo*evelt had than he really had. a* tbe I aad primaries were la | for the selection of delegates This Is tot only a necessary inferete-e frsm the character of tbe contest*, hut II was boldly stowed by the chief edl tor at the newspapers owned by Mr. Memory, who has been Ur Koouevelts chief financial and newspaper sup porter The costssts were reduced by abandonment to seventy-four. The very fact of these I Cl frivolous Itself redecta upon tbe genu and validity of the remainder, enty fowr delegates Include sis at large from Arizona, four at largs trrtss Kentucky, four at large from In dmna. six at large from Michigan, sight at large from Texas and eight at large from Washington, and also two district delegates each front the Ninth Alabama the fifth Arkansas, the Thirteenth Indians, tbe Seventh. Eighth sad Eleventh Kentucky, the Third Oklahoma, the Second Tram* nos aad from each of nine districts, tbe First. Eenawd. Fourth. Fifth. Seventh. Eighth. Ninth. Tenth and Fourteenth at Texan CONTESTED DELEGATES AT LARGE Ancona. Xu the Arizona exmveutioo there were ninety-three votes. All the delegates— ats la number—were to be selected at larga. The counties were entitled to se lect their delegates through their coun ty committee or by primary. Id on# cwnnty. Marvepe. a majority of the derided to select Its de.e a minority to have a [>ri ls other counties there were and -be attar conmitt tee. fellow mg the usage of the national committee, gave a hearing to all coo teutonta In order to mate up tbe tem porary rotL There was a Hear major ity at the Taft delegates among Die delegates The committee le temporary roll and then sans a holt, sixty-four remaining In the bah and twenty-five withdraw ing therefrom The cane of the Taft majority was as Hear that it la difficult to owderatatid why a contest was mads Indiana. la Indiana the four Taft delegates at large were elected la a state cdfeven ttan la which Marion county. In which Indiana i«dla la attaate. was entitled to I2h *ot«a. A primary was held In In dtanai^lis. at which Taft polled G.000 end Roosevelt 1.400 rotes. This gare Taft Id delegates la the state conven tion *- the .-..iiventson which sent the if I i.'i'ii-istrs or by any other. They • an i:i: d ihat if the Roosevelt r . - laid laid a majority they would ! •• e is 1 .1 elected There were 2.o5n summoned to the convention i* «i-1 * There were 449 of these >• « is were contested. If all ot been ci.needed to Roosevelt • •a..! mr inaiie the Roosevelt vote > •- <-ss than a majority. The : ib- committee on credentials ;i .•. ilie ib whin of the national com .. • e •■- - tlrawloued. as it ought to uave been Michigan. ; X! :.--_an tlie state convention iad in s . unit 1.2'n delegate. Thcri were only two counties in dispute o. - •i-'T One was Wayne county, ii * hi h I' .rnit is situated, and the othei * • ..Ih. iin comity. The evidence eft ;n> doubt that the Taft men car mil by a very large majority Wayn. -<.mity. but it was immaterial whethei tiiis was true or not. because, teavin; out Mh Wayne county and Calhoib ■ "inty. the only counties in contest the i aft delegates < utnumbered tv several hundred the Roosevelt dele gates, and they had a clear majorit. oot of the total number of votes tha should have tieeu in the convention The contest was so weak as to bardh merit recital. Texas. In Texas there were 219 counties, o: which four have no county govern uienL The 245 counties under the cal of the convention were allowed to hav. something over 1.000 delegates, repr. seating them. who were given authn: ity to cast 2W votes. Of the 245 coun ties there were ninety-nine counties u which the total Republican vote w: - but 2.000. in fourteen of which t her* were no Republican voters, in twenty ■even of which there were less that ten each and in none of which w:-> there any Republican organization ai: tn none of which had a primary or con vention been held. It was shown th:r Colouet Cecil Lyon, to whom had been • ‘signed as referee the disp. sitiou o’ the patronage of the national ttepun tican administration for tea years ii the state, had l>een tn the habit of con trolling the Republican st;ye cotiver don by securing from two federal ot ficeholders in each of these ninety nin counties a certificate granting a proxy to Colonel Lyon or a friend of his t> represent the county as if regular)., conferred by a Republican county or ganization. The national commute and the committee on credentials am the convention after the fullest Investi gation decided that these hinety-nim counties in which the Republican vo was so smalt and tn which there ns no Republican party, no convention i primary, no organization, was not tl. proper source for a proxy to give vote equal to that to be cas^by th» other 140 counties in which there wm a Republican organization and u which primaries or conventions wen held. The two committees therefor* j held such ninety-nine proxies to !m illegal and not the basts of proper rep resentation. The two tribunals who heard the case decided that they sboulc deduct the ninety-nine votes from the total of 245 and give the representation to those who controlled the majority of the remainder. The remainder v. as 152 votes, and out of that the Taft meu had carried eighty-nine counties having ninety votes This gave to th< Taft men a clear majority iu the st.iti convention and with it eight delega• -s at large WASHINGTON. The contest In Washington turned >n the question whether the Taft d-- <• gate< a(i{iolnted by the county com mit'ee in King county, in which Seat;it 1*» situate, were duly elected to tin convention or whether a primary which was «uh=ts;tn'iitly held and a which Uoosevdt delegates were elect e«t. was properly called. so that its re suit was legal. I'uder the law tin "unty committee had the power to tie tide whether it would select the den gates directly or should call a primary lu some eoutitieti of the state one* course was pursued and in other cotin ties the other In King couuty tin commit lee consisted of liuO men. tin majority of whom were for Taft, and that majority, acting through its exe< utlve committee, selected the Taft dele gates to the state convention Mean time the city couucil of Seattle bad re districted the city It before had ".'•< precincts Xoxv substantially the sann territory w-a* divided up, into Its! pre i cincts The chairman of the county reoindtlee »as a Kocsevelt man lit had been given authority by genera resolutioti to till vacancies occurring It. the committee A general luecUhg ol the committee had been held after tin Hty council had directed the redistrn i lug of the city. In xvbk-b it was re solved, the chairman not dissenting that representatives could mil be se levied to til I the XU uexx precincts u:t til an election was held in Seplembei 1912 Thereafter,and in spite of tin •oncinsioti the chairman assumed Hi right by his ap;>oiutuieiit to add to tin existing •omuiitlee l:tl precinct cc-n uiltt'-emen. and witti these voting ti the eoimai;tee it is claimed lhat a pri uiary wa* ordered There was so min i -onfusion in the meeting that tins t totibrful However the fart is t!:.r Hie Taft neu protested agaiusi nt;• action hr a committee so .,i!tstiti..-a on the ground that the chairinan ho no authority to api>«iiit the i:{| t,ei cemmitteemea They refus.si to n, g part tu the primary anil so did the I. toilette men The nexx spnpets repori ed the unnilier of votes in the primer to lie something o’er g.ittxt The l!m -e veil roiiilionee *hisr«l lo ai'idaxu tit nui' lier to tie ■i.itri out of » usual to'a RrfOlh'lt ; n XI te -f To.f »M rhe act: .1 of the hairt..aii ol Hie o muiitlee II attempting to add 131 precinct men to the old committee was. of course, be yond bis power. The resolution au thorizing him to fill vacancies, of course, applied only to those places which betaine vacant after they had been filled and clearly did not apply to 131 Dew precincts. It could not in the nature of things apply to a change from the old system to a complete new system of precincts created by the city council, because If they were to be filled the entire number of 331 new precincts different from the old must be filled. Oue system could not be made Into the other by a mere addi tional appointment of 131 committee men. No lawyer will say that such action by the committee thus consti tuted was legal. Therefore the actioa which the lawful committee of 250 took In electing Taft delegates who made a majority in the state convention was the only one which could be recegniaed as valid. CONTESTED DISTRICT DELE GATES. ALABAMA. Ninth District. The Ninth Alabama contest turned on the question whether the chairman of a district committee had power to fill vacancies, whether a committee man who had sent his resignation to take effect only in case he was not present being present should be pre vented from acting as committeeman, and, third, on the Identity of another committeeman. The written resolu tion under which the right of the chairman to appoint to vacancies was claimed showed on Its face that the specific authority was written In In different writing and different colored pencil between the lines. A number of affidavits were filed by committeemen who were present when the resolution was passed to show that the resolu tion contained no such authority. This gave rise to a question of fact upon which a very large majority of both the national committee and the com mittee on credentials held that the lead pencil insertion was a forgery, that the chairman did not have the au thority therefore to appoint to tha vacancies, and therefore the action of his committee was not valid. This made It necessary to reject the contest ants. The committee decided the two other issues of fact before them In favor of the Taft contention, although the first decision was conclusive. ARKANSAS. Fifth District. In the Fifth Arkansas the question was one of the identity of oue faction or the other as the Republican party. This convection followed the example of the convention of 1908 in bolding that what was known as the Redding faction was not the Republican party, that it was a defunct organization and had only acquired life at the end of each four years for the purpose of using it in the national convention. The contestants were therefore reject ed. It was shown that the other or Taft had been in active existence at the Republican party, had nominated a local ticket and bad run a congress man. CALIFORNIA. Fourth District. The Fourth California presented this question: Under the state law the dele gation. two from each district, was elected on a general ticket, in a group of twenty-six. Each delegate might either express his presidential prefer ence or agree to vote for the presiden tial candidate receiving the highest number In the state. In the Fourth district the two candidates from that district on the Taft ticket expressed a preference for Taft, but did not agree to vote for the candidates hav ing the highest state vote. These Taft delegates in the Fourth district re ceived a majority of 200 more than the Roosevelt delegates in that dis trict The national call forbade any law or the acceptance of any law which prevented the election of dele gates by districts. In other words, the call of the national convention was at variance with the state law. The state law sought to enforce the state unit rule and required the whole twenty six delegates to be voted for all over the state, assigning two to each dis trict on the ticket to abide the state wide election, while the Republican national convention has Insisted opon the unit of the district since 1880. That has been the party law. This conven tion recognized the party law and held it to be more binding than that of the state law and allowed the two dele gates who had received in the Fourth district a vote larger than their two opponents assigned to that district, to become delegates In the convention. This was clearly lawful, for a state has no power to limit or control the basis »f representation of a voluntary na tional party in a national convention. The fact that President Taft by tele gram approved all the twenty-six dele gates as representing him is said to be an estoppel against his claiming the election of two of those delegates In their Fourth district What is there inconsistent In his approving the can didacy of all his delegates and the election of two of them? Why should he be thus estopped to claim that part of the lew was inoperative because in conflict with the call of the convention? INDIANA. Thirteenth District In the Thirteenth Indiana there was no question about the victory of the Taft men. because the temporary chair man representing the Taft side was conceded to have been elected by one half a vote more than the Rooseveli candidate. This one-balf vote extended through the riotous proceedings, and although it was not as wide as a barn door It was enough. The chairman pm the question as to electing the Taft delegates, and after continuous objec tion lasting three hours declared the THE HEM THEATER Change of Program Every Monday, Wednes day Friday and Saturday Nights A. Ot LEE i Entry days f or race horses and ex hibits at the State Hair to be held September 2nd to 6th are fast draw ing near. On August 12th racing entries will close in the 225, 2:18, 2:14 and 2dO trots, and 2:30, 2:20, 2:17, 2:09 and free-for-aTT pacing, each race be ing for $5: and also to the Nebraska Derby running, and ten mile relay race. The entries for horses and cattle close August 17tli, so that they can be published in the official cata log All other entries close at 6 o’clock Saturday night, August 31st vote carried. The Roosevelt men thus prevented a roll call and then bolted. KENTUCKY. 8eventh District. In the Seventh Kentucky district the total vote of the convention was 113. There were contests from four coun ties. Involving uluety-flve votes. Ac cording to the rules of the party In Kentucky, where two seats of creden tials ure presented those delegates whose credentials are approved by the county chairman are entitled to par ticipate in the temporary organization. On the temporary roll the Taft chair man was elected by ninety-eight votes and forty-seven votes were cast for the Roosevelt candidate. The committee on credentials was then appointed, con sisting of one member named by each county delegation. The majority re port of the committee was adopted unanimously by the convention, no del egation whose seats were contested being permitted to vote on Its own case. As soon as the majority report of the credentials committee had been adopted, the Roosevelt adherents bolt ed. There was not the slightest reason for sustaining the eoutest for Roosevelt delegates. Eighth Diatriot. The Eighth Kentucky district was composed of ten counties having 1C3 votes, of which eighty-two were neces sary to a choice. There was no con test in five of the counties, and al though the Roosevelt men claimed that there was one In Spencer county no contest was presented against the seating of the regularly elected Taft delegates from that county. This gave the Taft delegates eighty-four votes, or two more thau were necessary for a choice. In other words, assuming that the Roosevelt men were entitled to all the delegates from the counties in which they filed contests In the dis trict convention there remained a clear majority of uncontested delegates who voted for the Taft delegates to Chi cago. OKLAHOMA. Third District. In the Third Oklahoma district the question of the validity of the seats of the delegates turned on the constitu tion of the congressional committee, which was made up of twelve Taft men and seven Roosevelt men. The chairman, Cochran, was a Roosevelt man and attempted to prevent the ma Jority of the committee from taking action. The chairman was removed and another substituted, and thereupon the convention was duly called to order on the temporary roll prepared by the congressional committee, which was made the permanent roll, and the two Taft delegates to Chicago were duly selected. Every county in the district had its representation and vote in the regular convention, and no person properly accredited as a delegate was excluded or debarred from participat ing in its proceedings. Cochran and his followers bolted after his deposi tion. Assuming that all the committee who went out with him had the right to act on the committee, it left the committee standing twelve for Taft and seveu for Roosevelt, so it was sim ply a question whether a majority of the committee had the right to control its action or a minority. The bolting convention which Cochran held wa» not attended by a majority of the duly elected delegates to the convention. It did not have the credentials from the various counties, and its membership was largely made up of bystander* who had not been duly accredited by any county in the district Its action was entirely without authority. TENNESSEE. Second District. In the Second Tennessee district there were flftv-nine delegates uncon tested out of a possible total of 10S in the convention. There were forty-nine contested. The Roosevelt contestants In the forty-nine refused to abide the decision of the committee on creden tials and withdrew, leaving fifty-nine nncontested delegates. These fifty nine delegates, part of whom were Roosevelt men, remained in the con vention. appointed the proper commit tees, settled contests and proceeded to select Taft delegates. There can be no question about the validity there fore of their title. Continued on 4th page Our people were highly pleased this week to see Mrs. James Burnett in a wheeled chair on our streets, she re ceiving the chair Tuesday and so recovered from her serious illness as to be able to be wheeled about in it. German church. Sunday, August 11th. at Loup City. 10 a. m. Sunday school: 10:30 a. m., services. A Full Line Of Druggists Sundries are always kept at this store. You will find that they are of the best quality and reliable in every way. Our Medicines are absolutely pure. With them we compound prescrip tions that represent accurate ly the physicians idea for the patient. For Sale By Swanson & Lofholm SYNOFS1C. CHAPTER I—At the beginning of (treat «y.t.-mobile race the : aniciun of the H..e,-,:ry, Stanton’s machine, drops dead. Strange youth. Jesse Floyu. volunteers, and is accepted. CHAPTER IT—In the rest during the .wenty-four hour race Stanton meet? a stranger. Miss Carlisl", who introduces 'erself. The mechanician saves machine from wreck. CHAPTER III—The Mercury wins not. Stanton receives flowers from Miss Car lisle. which he ignores. CHAPTER TV—Stunt- *• meets Miss Car lisle on a train. They alight to take walk, and train leaves. Stanton and Miss Carlisle follow in auto. CH \ rTKTl V—Accident by which Sav ton is hurt is mysterious Floyd, at lunch wfth Stanton, tells of his boyhood. Stan ton again meets Miss Carlise and they dine together. CHAPTER VT—Stanton comes to track sick but makes race. They have acci dent. Floyd hurt, but not seriously. At dinner El'vd tells Stanton ef his twin sister. .Te s’-'a. Stanton becomes very ill and loses consciousness. CTT'PTER VTT—Cn re-eve rv. at k’e hotel Stanton r»r.:vs Invitation and vis its Jessica. Thev gr to theater together, trd meet Miss Carlisle. “I—vou are good'to think of ~it— but Mr. Green would never consent. He has arranged for me to go on to night.” “Why shouldn’t be consent? You would be there in plenty of time.” Floyd turned his mischievous gray eyes to the other man’s, guarding si lence. Rut Stanton halted in the mid die of 'he sidewalk, his face locking in his tte;’-h .rd anger and determina tion. ”1 know what you mean, Floyd. And. speak openly, do you believe that you would he unable to stand forty-eight hours cf me without leaving the com pany ?” “Xo.” '•Xo?” "Xo. I am very certain that I could stand much more of you than I am ever likely to get. Ralph Stanton. We aFe blocking traffic here, aren't we?” For one passing moment be had looked Jessica herself; Stanton saw again the girl's sorrowful face as she bent over the embroidery, and heard her answer “often" to his question of her loneliness. They were not alto gether sufficient for each ether, then, these twins? They might possibly ad mit a third? Stanton caught his breath; a slew strong pa's? of vague excitement began tn beat in him. and thereafter was never stilled until a day when all bis world crashed into blank stillness. They went on to the quiet French restau;ant that Floyd had chosen; so recovering true on :l.e way that they contrived to disagTv. ever the merits of rival speeh. ne rs and argued en ergetically ail Caro rh the dinner. They spent a long time over the sim ple meal, enjoying themselves com pletely. But Inst they sank into a thoughtful silence, which Stanton was the first to break. “I saw that His: Floyd’s arm was hurt, the other evening. I hope it is better.” Floyd raised his bend, starting so vio’entlv as to overturn the goblet of water beside him. “What do you mean?” he exclaimed sharply. “What do you mean? Her mm?" The shattering of g'ass and the con sequent flood brought their waiter on i run. but Floyd did net even glance lown at the wreck, his eyos upon -'tanton: who returned the gaze in ut -»r amazement. “What do I mean? I say that your lister’s bracelet slipped oS and scratched her arm. the night we went to the play, and I asked you If she were well. What la the matter with you?” Floyd pushed back bis chair to per mit the waiter's ministrations, his lashes falling. “You gave me a turnhe exclaimed, with hurried tightness. “I wondered if Jessica had hurt herself ar.d not told me. We've only got eachhjtfter, and we are twins—I suppose we are silly about each other, in fact I re member. now, that she did have a scratch on her arm; I blamed it on the kitten.” He was still pale, and paid the check without looking at his compan ion. “your nerves ace out,” Stanton frankly commented, contemplating him with curiosity. “One would think it was you who were just over the ar rest. You’ll have to get in form be fore we strike a race-track.” “Don't you worry.” besought Floyd, his gaiety and color rushing back to gether. “I’ll take some smelling-salts The Mercury Uttered a Vibrant Roar and Leaped. with me in case I feel faint when you commence to speed up." Outside the two paused, Floyd look ing at his watch. “I've got to go over to the office,” be said. “Shall I see you again be fore we leave?" “Whan is that?" o oloca from ti. Grand Cen tral. We always start a few days ahead of you. of course.” “Better shake hands, then,” advised Stanton. They d.id so. and separated. At five minutes past nine, that even ing. the Chicago special pulled out ot Xew York. Ten minutes later a hand was laid on Floyd's shoulder, as he sat gazing out the window at the fly ing darkness and brightness that was the outskirts of the city. “Do you want to talk, or shall I go back to my own section in the next car?” Stanton inquired. His mechanician turned swiftly, in credulously. “Stanton? Really you?” “Since you had to start to-night, I saw no reason why I should not do likewise. 1 hate train travel; well get it over You haven’t answered my question yet.” “1 didn’t know that I had :o.” emil ed Floyd. And indeed there !»r.d been no pos sible irjrtaliipg cf the welcome and p-e?? ire in his cry. or in fcir truthful race. Stanton took th° seat r-'postte and pulled a folded revs pa;)-: from his pocket, passing it across. “1 suppose you have seen that.” he inferred “Race gossip?” qu€~i:crea the o*bcr, taking the paper. “Court news.” was the correction. The silence was long. After reading. Floyd turned his face to the window. ar.d so remain d. Ru: at last he looked back to Stanton 3rd nodded. “Yes. it means that T net back try father’s factory.” he confirmed quiet’y “I ;. a very glad, although it doesn’t do me much actual good. I have no capi tal to run an automobile plant, and I v. ill not sell unless I am fcrcrcl to it." “You would like to operate it?’* ’rho bleed rar. up under Flcy l’r fRe skin, he met Stanton’s eyes with a glance of fire-ardent passion and de ;ire. ’ “T’d give all the rest of nay Mfe to operate thrt factory for cue yerr. as my father p'.anr.ed for ice—I’d give it for six months to justify his faith rrd training. You do act know, you can not know!” “Can I not?” Stanton retorted. “Floyd, what do you thir.k I a:a me ins* for. if I can r.et understand risk ing something-for an object. I told you once that I would net live peer— I was not bom to that. If I win anoth er r-!ze or two this season. I will have enough capital to match somewhat vith your factory. We both under .r, t the motor business pretty well; o you want, in case a1' goe* right, to join with me and revive the famous Comet motor-cars? Don’t answer cow. thirl: the thing over.” “Cnnton!” ’Wait: there is time enough. Wo • ay easily lose everything we put into the venture, factory and all; or we i/in sot. ’Td chance my part." ' Why, so would 1,” agreed Stanton. ‘ Mrrnvhile. yen had better try me as •i traveling companion before you take me as a partner. Remember we would 1 o team-mates for a long race.” “I’m not likely to forget.” Fiovd :r.p.dc slow answer. “Remember that :'07 vourself, of me. Stanton.” CHAPTER iX. The Charce for Jessica. When the assistant manager of the ■ 'fr.-jjT C ’nrrny camp through the "'•n. next morning, and saw the two to w--*re breakfasting together in the • :nh he stopped in the aisle with i e>. cession of one brought face to race with the disagreeable unexpected. “Well!” he ejaculated. “Well!” “Start it with an H. if you like,” suggested Stanton, coolly amused. Mr. Green's mouth grew thin from pressure. “If you quarrel with Floyd, I shall not know where out here I can get you another mechanician in time,” he gave stiff warning. “AI1 right,” was the answer. Floyd was engaged in blocking oat a map with toothpicks, and did not look up; he appeared even more ridiculous ly young and gay-spirited than usual, in the morning sunlight But some thing in the poise of his bright head echoed that “all right." Mr. Green went on. and interfered no more dur ing the journey. The speed carnival held upon the superb two-mile track was to extend over three days. The contests were of varied types and classes, but the Mer cury was entered for at least one event and frequently several, on each day. '• "Aren’t there any At&lanta care en tered, at all?” Floyd wondered, on the first morning at the track. “None,” Stanton assured. “Then I won’t need to bum a joss stick." "What for?” "Luck,” said Koyd sweetly; and re fused to explain. Their luck held good. They had ! neither illness nor seridus accident t6 mar their series of victories and trials. For Stanton drove as if by inspira tion, and many of the honors of the carnival remained with him. “You’ve struck the perfect course, Stanton,” declased a famous rival, upon offering his congratulations after suffering a masterly defeat in a five mile contest. He did not like the oth sr man, but he was obliged to admire him. “How so?” queried Stanton as sue-, cinctly. “Between recklessness and over-cau tion.” _ _ __ It was quite true. With Floyd be side him. Stanton’s driving was as iaricgly brilliant, but characterized by rational ^ousiu era Moti of the pos ■ sib!lities~“CT v^TasCeV. Wily?" Tvoljfle had time to speculate. It was commencing to trouble Stan ton himself, this growing affection for his mechanician that threatened to be come an absorbing need. He had never needed any cne. he had been self-sufficient and self-centered; and now he felt a blank chill at the idea of losing the society of this boy-man. It chafed and fretted him with a sense of bondage: when he felt tho cords draw most, he turned upon Floyd and worried him savagely. Floyd laughed. And Floyd's laughter would have disarmed Co s~?v Whoa he did not laugh, he flashed hack, spark to powder, so that they pmn reled on an average four times a day. And they spent every available mo ment together, until their fr!e~dshin became patent even to the skeptical Mr. Green “We can plan out some of cur fac tory affairs on .he way home, on the train.” Stanton arranged, at the closo of the last day, when t.iking temporary leave of his mechanician at the Mer cury camp “I’m planning a fonder ror each side of the Comet racing car. so tea; vb n you feel like knocking in a t'?w lengths of the infield fem e, as you < ; l this afternoon, we’l! be ready for it, 1 mocked Floyd, his effervescent youth heady as champagne. “Fence or no fence we won,” Stan ton retorted indulgently. “Of course! You kept right on driv ing the front of your cer. so the r.; r just naturally had to climb l ack . n the road and follow. I expected tbit: you were too busy to stop for a little thing like side-wiping a fence ” “You seemed to expect it." ilio c... i Floyd Turned Toward the Window and So Remained. er corroborated. He looked with in terested curiosity at his nonchalant assistant. "If I am too busy to wor ry at such times. Floyd; you ere not. Don't you ever think of what is lik. y to happen when we are on the verge of a smash?" Floyd paused, turning his large clear eyes on the questioner. “There’s just one thing I’m asking." be gravely returned. “That is. that when it comes, it will be a gc: .1 smash. No one minds just dying— we’re sure to do it some day, anyhow —but to be mussed up and patched to gether again, no! Now,” his irrepres sible smile glanced out again, "that's why I feet so safe with you; there Is a deadly finality about your driving methods—” "That is about enough,” Stanton sig nified. “Ill see you on the train, then.” They did meet on the train, and passed long hours of travel in work and discussion. The other passengers came to take a decided, if furtive in terest in the two who gat opposite each other In absorbed conversation or argument, making drawings on en To be continued Workmen employed by companies should be compelled by their masters to be civil to people with whom they come in contact. We have in mind one fellow who may be taught a valuable lesson in the future, unless he improves in his manners. A bill of particulars can be furnished on short notice should there be a recur rence of a certain pastevent. A word to the wise is always s.tticient. For a Square Deal IN Real Estate And Insurance See J. 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