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_ V Itt I r 27% . A few moments before, the spot where she stood had been empty save for a few touts and trainers. It seem- ed inconceivable, in the abrupt revela- tion of her presence, that she could, like himself, have been simply cut off from companions and left for the in- terval waiting. He caught himself casting about for a less prosaic ex- planation. Magic would seem to suit her better than mere actuality. She was sinuously slender, and there was a splendid hint of gallantry in the unconscious sweep of her shoulders. He was conscious that the simplicity of her pongee gown loaned itself to an almost barbaric freedom of car- riage with the same readiness as do the draperies of the Winged Victory. Yet, even the Winged Victory achieves her grace by a pose of triumphant ae- tion, while this woman stood in re- goseexcept for the delicate forward- ending excitement of watching the battle in the stretch. Most ears, he found himself reflect,.. ing with a sense of triumphant dis- covery; simply grow on the sides of heads, but this one might have been fashioned and set by a_hand gifted with the exquisite perfection of the jeweller’s art. -. - He stared because he had seen, as it seemed to him, a miracle, and the miracle was a girl. It was, at all events, nothing short of miraculous that such a girl should be discovered standing, apparently unaccompanied, down in this bricked area, a few yards from the paddock and the stools of the bookmakers. Unlike his own, her eyes had re..' mained constant to the outcome of the race, and now her face was averted, so that only the curve of one cheek, a small ear and a curling tendril of brown hair under the wide, soft brim of her Panama hat rewarded him for, the surrender of the spectacle on thel track. I Just now, the eyes saw not only the determination of a four-fu1'long dash for two-year-olds, but also, across the fresh turf of the infield, the radiant magic of May, under skies washed brilliant by April'sprins. Then, as the colts came abreast and passed in a muffled roar of drumming hoofs, his eyes suddenly abandoned the race at the exact moment of its climax: as hundreds of heads craned toward the judge's stand, his own gaze became a stare focussed on a poigt near his elbow. .. _ _ -Of the face itself, the eyes were the commanding features. They were gray eyes, set under level brows; keenly observant by token of their clear light, yet tinged by a half-wist, ful softness that dwells hauntingly in the eyes of dreamers. The man was not, by nature, sus- peptible. Women as sex magnates had little part in his life cosmos. The interest he felt now with electrical force, was the challenge that beauty in any form made his enthusiasm. Perhaps, that was why he stood all unrealizing the discourtesy of his gaping scrutiny-a scrutiny that, even with her eyes turned away, she must have felt. At all events, he must see her face. As the crescendo of the grandstand’s suspense graduated into the more positive note of climax and began to die, she turned toward him, Her lips were half-parted, and the sun struck her cheeks and mouth and chin into a delicate brilliance of color, while the hat-brim threw a band of shadow on the forehead and eyes. The man's impression was swift and definite. He had been waiting to see, and was pre- ared. The face, he decided, was not Eeautiful by the gauge of set stand- ards. It was, however, beautiful in the better sense of its individuality; in the delicacy of the small, yet reso- lute, chin and the expressive depth of the eyes. Just now, they were shad- ed into dark pools of blue, but he The man stood something like six feet of elear-eut physical fitness. There was a declaration in his breadth of shoulder and depth of chest, inthis ‘sIenderness of waist and thigh, of a life spent only partly within walls, while the free swing of torso might have intimated to the expert observer that some of it had been spent in the saddle. A tall stranger, who had lost his companion and host in the maelstrom of the betting shed, had taken his stand near the angle where the pad- dock grating meets the track fence. A Derby crowd at Churchill Downs is a congestion of humanity, and in the obvious impossibility of finding his friend he could here at least give his friend the opportunity of, finding him, since at this point were a few panels of fence almost clear. As the two colts fought out the final decisive fur- longs, the black nose stealing inch by inch along the bay neck, the strang- er's face wore an interest not alto- gether that of the casual race-gear. His shoulders were thrown back, and his rather lean jaw angle swept into an uncompromising firmness of ehitr--. just now uptilted. I ' r3433: Out of the forefront of the struggle strained a blood-bay colt. The boy, crouched over the shoulders, was rid- ing with hand and heel to the last ounce of his strength and the last subtle feather-weight of his craft and skill. At his saddleskirts pressed a pail: of distended nostrils and a black, foam-flee1ced muzzle. Behind, with a gap td track and daylight between, trailed the laboring Iruelc.", _ , . uuu: j 155‘ "ar i?" - ' 395 f.cfy t'piylyi5 the (Hi The palings of the grandstand in-, closure creaked in protest under the pressure. The shadows of forward- surging men wavered far out across the track. A smother of ondriving dust broke, hurricane-like, around the last turn, sweeping before it into the straightaway a struggling mass of horse-flesh and a confusion of stable- colors. Back to the right, the grand- stand came to its feet, bellowing in a madman's chorus. _ _ it": or: FCA Key to Yesterday CHAPTER I. By CHARLES NEVILLE BUCK THE Back of the forming lines of win- ners with tickets to cash, he caught sight of a young man almost as tall ias himself and characterized by the ’Wholesomeness attractiveness of one who has taken life with zest and de-. cency. He were also upon feature and bearing the stamp of an aristocracy that is not decadent. To the side of this man, the stranger shouldered his way. -. -e His host took him by the elbow, and began steering him toward the pad- dock gate. "So, you have discovered a divinity, and are ready to be presented. And you are the scorer, who argues that women may be eliminated. You are--- OI' were-the man who didn't care to know them." [knew they qoyld brighten into limpid I violet. ' For a moment, the girl stood with herfaee resolutely set, then she look- ed up again, meeting his eyes grave- ly, though he thought that she had stifled a mutinous impulse of her pupils to riffle_into ampsement. ,, "Since you abandoned me," he ae- cused, "Pve been standing out there like a little boy who has lost his nurse." After a pause, he added: "And I've seen a wonderful girl-the one woman in your town I want to meet." The guest answered calmly and with breyity: H The stranger halted and looked at his friend and host with commiserat- ing pity. When he deigned to speak, it was with infinite scorn. "You are very kind and flattering," he said, his face instantly hardening. "f sha'n't tax you with explanation. I don't suppose any woman could be induced to understand that a man may look at her-eden stare at her --without disrespect, just as he might look at a sunset or a wonderful picture." Then, he added half in apo- logy, half in defiance: "I don’t know much about women. anyway." T rq must wait here for my uncle," she told him. "Unless you have to stay, perl1aps you had better go." A The tall stranger swung off toward the betting Shed without a backward glance, and engulfed himself in the mob where one had to fight and shoul- det, a diffjeqlt way in zigzag course. "Describe her? Why, you fool, I'm no poet laureate, and, if I were, I eouldn't describe her!" For reply, he receivegl only the dis, concerting mockery of ironical laugh- ter. "Urn not talking about women. I'm talking about a woman-and she's to- tally different." "Who is she, Bob?" "How should I know?" "f know a few of them-suppose you describe her." "My interest," the young man of the fence calmly deigned to explain, "is impersonal. I want to meet her, precisely as Pd get up early in the morning and climb a mountain to see the sun rise over a particularly love.. 1y valley. It's not as a woman, but as an object of art." - "Are you quite through looking at me? May I go now?" _ He was contrite. "I don't know that I could explain ---but it wasn't meant to be-to be ..._._" He broke off, floundering. "It's a little strange," she comment- ed quietly as though talking to her- self, "because you look like a gentle- man." The man flushed. On other and meaner days, the track at Churchill Downs may be in large part surrendered to its more rightful patrons , the ehronies and apostles of the turf, and racing may be only racing as roulette is roulette. But on Derby Day it is as though the community paid tribute to the savor of the soil, and honored in memory the tr,a(iti.ont,of thr,aneient regime. - ‘V - _,,_"-___ v- u“, .mux.n.uu L95uuc. To-day, in the club-house inclosure, the roomy verandahs, the elose-erop.. ped lawn and even the roof-gallery were crowded; not indeed to the con- gestion of the grandstand’s peespir- ing swarm, for Fashion's reservation still allowed some luxury of space, but beyond the numbers of less im- portant times. 131 the burgeoning variety of new spring gowns and hats, the women made bouquets, as though There was a note of contempt in her eyes that stung him, and presently he found himself stammering an ex- cuse. "I beg your pardon-l didn't realize it," he began lamely. Then he added as though to explain it all with the frank outspokennesis of a sqhoolbpy: "I was wishing that I could paiht yop_--f coqldn't help gazing.", _ For a few moments as she stood rigidly and indignantly silent, he had opportunity to redeet on the .inade- quaey of his explanation. At last, she spoke with the fine disdain of af- fronted royalty. - - - 4 _ He found himself all at once in deep confusion. He wanted to tell her that he had not realized the actuality of his staring impertinence, until she had, with a flush of unuttered wrath and embarrassment, revealed -the depth of his felony . . . for he could no longer regard it as a mis- demeanor. The human tide began'flowing back toward the betting shed, and left them alone in a cleared space by the pal- ings. Then, the man saw a quick an- ger sweep into the girl's face and deepen the color of her cheeks. Her chin went up a trifle, and her lips tightened. She straightened up as she turned and met his stare with a steadiness that should have diseoneerted it, yet he found himself still studying her with the detached, though utterly en- grossed interest 'of the critic. She did not start or turn hurriedly away. Somehow, he caught the realization that flight had no part in her system of things. KERR Lee rtee 2:31:53: 153.5 If 1L4. t . . .H-Ji "" at; (A? 325 The banana fraiis-thsesr-not-goul into his fields and pluck his bananas as he thinks they have properly ma-l tured, but receives telegraphic orders from the railway or steamship com- pany to cut bananas on a certain day not more than thirty-six hours in advance of the scheduled departure of the ship. Cars are 'placed on his sidetrack, usually directly in the plantation. i John flushed. Then he said in a low voice: "Oh, John, forgive mel" exclaimed the young girl. "How truly noble you "I render unto Caesar those things that are Caesar's-but what is your latest triumph?" She put her ques- tion innocently. "Did you win a bet?” "I was not clamoring for my own just dues," he explained, with mo- desty. "For myself, I shall,be satis- fied with an unostentatious tablet in bronze when I'm no longer with you in the flesh.. In this instance I was speaking of anpther." He did not hasten to announce the name of the other. In even the little things of life, this gentleman calew, lated to a nicety dramatic values and effects. Just as a public speaker in nominating a candidate works up to a climax of eulogy, and pauses to let his hearers shout, "Name him! Name your man!" so Mv. Bellton paused, waiting for someone to ask of whom he_spoke.___ - _--- - - HANDLING THE BANANA CROP. The value of the yield per acre of bananas in the Ceilba district, Hondu- ras, is less'than that of wheat, but, unlike wheat, the banana cannot be stored. It must be marketed when it is ready for marketing, as the demand in the north f1uetuates with the ex- tent of the frgit crop. The planter goes over his fields and cuts all fruit ready for shipping, neither too ripe nor too green, has it hauled to the waiting cars on mule- back or ox-earts and inspected. At the close of the day the waiting cars are picked up by the banana trains and hauled to the coast. A day is required to lobd the ship, and three days later the vessel is in New Or- leans. "John," she said, “fatherr saw you this morning going into a pawnbrok- er's with a large bundle." "Yes, that is true. I was taking the pawnbroker some of my old clothes. You see, he and his wife are frightfully hard up. arel "When one returns in triumph," he commented, "one should have chap- lets of bay and arches to walk under. It looks to me as though the reeep- tion-committee hasmot been on the jolt," Sarah Preston raised a face shroud- ed in gravity. Her voice was velvety, but Bellton_eaught its undernote of ridicule. If Mr. Bellton's quiek-dashing smile was an acknowledgment of the thrust at his somewhat notorious self-appraisement, his manner at least remained imperturably compla- cent. It was little Miss Buford who did so with the debutante's legitimate in.. terest in the possibility of fresh con- quest. -._. - _ Helping Uncle. She came down to the drawing room to meet her special young man, with a frown on her pretty face. Mr. Walter Bellton, having accom- plished the marvellous feat of eseap- ing from the bookmaker's maelstrom with the immaculateness of his per- sonal appearance intact, sauntered my}; to drop somewhat languidly into a e am How the Planters Rush the Product to Market. The band was blaring something popular and reminiscent of the win- ter's gayeties, but the brasses gave their notes to the May air, and the May air smoothed and melted them into softness. Dutska's eyes were fix- ed on the green turf of the infield Efliere several trees pointed into the lue. She had a delightfully refractory way of making her own laws to gov- ern her own world-a system for which she offered no apology; and this found its vindication in the fact that her world was well-governed - though with absolutism. I Indeed, it seemed to be this fourth who held, with entire unconsciousness, more than an equal share of atten- tion. Duska Filson was no more cut to the pattern of the ordinary than the Russian name her romantic young mother had given her was an expon- ent of the life about her. She was dif- ferent, and at every point of her divergence from a routine type it was the type that suffered by the con- trast. Having preferred being a boy until she reached that age when it be- came necessary to bow to the dictate of Fate and accept her sex, she had retained an understanding for, and a comradeship with, men that made them hers in bondage. This quality she had combined with all that was subtly and deliciously feminine, and, though she loved men as she loved small boys, some of them had dis- covered that it was always as men, never as a man. living flowers had been brought to the. shrine of the thoroughbred. A table at the far end of the ver- andah seemed to be a little Mecca for strolling visitors. In the party sur- rounding it, one might almost have caught the impression that the pret- tiness of the feminine display had been here arranged, and that in seat- tering attractive tyr-'s along the front of the white elub-house, some landscape gardener had reserved the most appealing beauties for a sort of climacteric effect at the end, Sarah and Anne Preston were there, and wherever the Preston sisters ap- peared there also were usually gath- ered together men, not to the number of two and three, but in full quorum. And, besides, the Preston sisters, this group included Miss Buford and a fourth girl. l" (To be continued.) l Pleading that 3,000,000 persons de- pendent on the industries of Poland are starving, the Workmen's Union of Poland has sent to the Governor Gen- eral, Herr von Beseler, a memorial I urging the re-opening of the factories, ', the adoption of a protective tariff and l the return of machines, mechanical tit- itings, and especially belts and gears, "vhieh were taken out of factories and 'workshops during the early days of I' German occupation. The memorial states that "the working population of Poland includes 350,000 workmen in factories, 60,000 in the building trades and 500,000 in small industries." Including the fam- ilies of these workmen, this industrial population reaches' a total of 3,000,000 iersons, with a normal income of about $150,000,000 a year. The memorial deals briefly with the question of articles commandeered by the German military authorities, stating that the complete confiscation of all raw material would paralyze in- dustry, and that enough machinery should be left in the factories to en- able them to continue in partial oper- ation. The customs tariff promulgated on June 22 by the German commander is criticized as unsuitable, because it fails to protect Polish industry and even in normal times would 'siiiii about its ruin. Therefore the estab- lishment of the old tariff is asked There is a further demand for a low: ering of railway rates, which are al- leged to be now on a burdensome and impossible scale. Pumice-stone is a mineral thrown out by volcanoes. overcome them, and overcome the Turks into the Bargain, Germany is growing a. little less confident about a Berlin-Bagdad thoroughfare, and we all know in what terms Mr. Asquith, in his statement on the war the other day in Parliament, referred to Sir John's victorious campaign. "In April," said the Prime Minister, "a second division was added to the force, and the command was assumed by General Sir John Nixon. After a brilliant series, and an absolutely un- chequered series), of land and river operations, the Turks were driven back both up the Euphrates and up the Tigris. In July their final posi- tions on both rivers were captured, "ithgrheavy casualties, and General lfliii'rmfs force is now within a measur- able distance of Bagdad. I do not think that in the whole course of the war there has been a series of opera- tions more carefully contrived, more brilliantly conducted, and with a bet- ter prospect of final success" A certain proportion of this popu- lation/it is stated, has been sent to Germany, and another section is re- ceiving aid from former employers-- where the latter are still able to help. "But there is still a great mass (K people who are actually starving," says the memorial, "and for the sake of these persons it is advisable to put at least some of the factories into operation, especially the sugar, vine- gar and yeast factories, mills, brew- eries, sawmills, brick yards and foun. dries." Memorial Urging Better Industrial Conditions. His Campaign In Mesopotamia Is Highly Praised. Any day now we may hear from Sir John Nixon, commander-in-chief of the British army in Mesopotamia, of the fall of Bagdad, the great Mo- hammedan capital of the Far East. Most of Sir John's work has been in India. South Africa, where he led a cavalry division with great-distinction, was an irterlude--a welcome enough interlude in the dusty business of sor. diering under the sun of Southern India. Educated at Wellington, he first served in the King's Own Bor- derers and the Bengal Lancers. One staff appointment after another kept him in the East, and though cam- paigning toolChim once to Soyth Afri- ca and several times to the Hills, he has been long years in the heat. When in April he took over the com- mand of our forces in Mesopotamia, he found himself in the hottest spot on earth, Thirst and sand storms--- sand storms that carry no refreshing wind with them, but only sand-have been among his troubles. He has STARVATION IN POLAND. General Sir John Nixon SIR JOHN NIXON "As a general proposition the man between 20 and 30 is aggressive, am- bitious and conceited. He would rule the world with a club. This stage gradually merges into another, to that as a general proposition the man between 30 and 40 is in the artistic stage of life. He is a lover of poetry, music, painting and sculpture. "The artistic stage gradually merges into the practical stage, which may be generally defined as be- tween 40 and 50. The practical man looks at the dollars and cents, wishes to improve government, and has the qualities of statesmanship. As he passes beyond 50 into his older age he becomes philosophic in his senti- ments and moral in his maxims. "These different qualities are sim- ply different forms of one and the same mental energy. within the man, and they are spread out through his life much as red rays, yellow rays, These conclusions are set forth in the book called "Dynamie Evolution," by Caspar L. Redfield, recently pub- lished. The author writes: Literary distinction, genius in any particular direction, which distin- guished a certain father are quite frequently absent in the case of his son. In wondering at this we fail to take note of the period in the father's life when he "made his mark." After patient investigation science has come to the conclusion that the son inherits from his father only the qualities that were dominant at the time of his birth. Fourth-All refuse and material from stable and barnyard should be removed to a place not accessible toe cattle or hogs arid covered with fresh- ly slaked lime. If this manure is spread on fields it should be turned under immediately, while the wood should be burned. 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"While men born in one of these divisions," writes the author, "may show the type of character represent-' ed in the next adjacent division, above or below, the extremes do not meet. No mild-mannered moralist of the type represented by Buddha and Con- fueius is found in the son of a man less than 31 years of age, and no ag- gressive military commander of the type of Alexander or Napoleon is found in the son of a man more than 31 years of age." It is remarked that Mohammed, whose father was 25, though a metal- ist and prophet, would rule the world by the sword; also that a great gener- al, whose father was 51, went to war because his moral obligations forced him to do so and not because he want, ed to, ' C At the age of 31 to 40, the artistic age, their fathers presented to the world such geniuses as Bach, Beetlv. oven, Goethe, Shakespeare, Raphel, Carlyle and others of their status. In the list of statesmen these were born when their fathers were aged from 41 to 50: Bismarck, Cato, Cromwell, Machiavelli, Webster. Great names in philosophy born when their fathers were over "51 are: Aristotle, Bacon, Buddha, Confucius, Franklin, Moses and Solomon. If a man is married to a good W0- man he may not think it necessary to go to church. Clean Water Essential. An important factor in dairy feeds ing is the supply of water. In the summer, with plenty of grass and green forage, and in the winter with roots and silage, the consumption of water is relatively less than when, the cows are on dry feed, but cows must always ‘have plenty of pure, fresh water if they are to produce pure milk. Unless the pastures and yards are watered by a brook or a spring, the water should be procured from a well, kept clean and not sub, ject to surface drainage and free from foreign matter and taints of any kind. 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