Nebraska Newspapers

    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 *-<un Manas county, and If they
■sere protest/ seated tlie control of the
eanventlue by a large majority was
wu a di d to TafL Attempt was made
•a tmiwach the returns from Marion
enuady by chargee of fraud and repeat
tag. These (Larges were of a general
character, without sferlfiratiea except
us la one ward oat of fifteen wards,
ami than the impeaching witness ad
muted he ceeid eo< claim fraud enough
la change the result in that ward. The
uuthmal commun-e. upon which there
warn fifteen anU Taft men. rejected
the Kenneii contestants and gave the
Taft drtrgitrs their easts by a unani
mous vote Senator Borah and Mr
Frank B Kellogg, both Roosevelt men.
made speeches la explaining the votes
m which they said that the case turned
wholly « the Marion county primary,
and as there was no evidence to Im
peach the result certified, the title of
the Taft delegates was clear. This Is
the eseseatioa whose proceedings
called forth oarh load charge* of theft
and fraud from Mr Uoueeveit.
Kentucky.
la Kentucky a contest was filed
against only (Arc* of the four delegates
.■Miriii raft delegate’s
ai " - an.uni.-sied The three con
st! u- e J iniT.s! they were not elect
. *■> 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.
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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
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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
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short notice should there be a recur
rence of a certain pastevent. A word
to the wise is always s.tticient.
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