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7 S E Rl AL \ L STORY J ? - 1 ?3 STANTON n WINS n By Eleanor M. Ingram Author of "The Gain* and the Candle," "The Flying Mercury," etc. I Ilu at nation* by froderlc Thornbnrgh Copyright IW1A Ttao Bubba- Morrill Company 12 SYNOPSIS. At the beginning of grout automobile rooe thu mechanician of the MeSlanton's machine, drops dead, btrnnge youth. Jesse Floyd, volunteers, and Is accepted. In the rest during the twentyfour hour race Stanton meets u strangur. Miss Carlisle, who Introduces herself. The Mercury wins race. Stunton receives flower3 from Mtss Carlisle, which he Ignores. Stanton meets Miss Carlisle on a train. They alight to take walk, and train leaves. Stanton and Miss Carlisle follow In auto Acclllont hu U-hinli ton Is hurt la mysterious. Floyd, at lunch with Stanton, te'.ls of his boyhood. Stanton again meets Miss Carlisle and they dine together. Stanton comes to track elck, but makes race. They have accident. Floyd hurt, but not seriously. At dinner Floyd tells Stanton of his twin sister. Jessica. Stanton becomes very 111 and loses consciousness. On recovery, at his hotel Stanton receives Invitation and visits Jessica. They ko to theater together, and meet Miss Carlisle. Stanton and Floyd meet again and talk business. CHAPTER VIII ? (Continued). The silence was long. After reading. Floyd turned his face to the window, . and so remained But at last he looked back to Stanton and nodded. "Yes, It means that I got hack my father's factory," he confirmed quietly. "I am very glad, although It doesn't do me much actual good. 1 have no capital to run an automobile plant, and I will not aell unless I am forced to It." "You would like to operate It?" The blood ran up tinder Floyd's fine Bkin he met Stanton's eyes with a glance of lire-ardent passion nnd desire. "I'd give nil the rest of my life to operate that factory for one year, as my father planned for me?I'd give it for six months to Justify his faith and training. You do not know, you can not know!" "Can I not?" Stanton retorted. "Floyd, what do yon think I am racing for, 'if I can not understand risking; something for an object. I told you once that I would not live poor? I was not born to that. If I win another prize or two this season, I will have enough capital to match somewhat with your factory. We both understand the motor business pretty well; do you want. In case all goes right, to join with mo and revive the famous Comet motor-cars? Don't answer now. think the thing over." "Stanton!" "Walt; there Is time enough. We may easily lose everything we put Into the venture, factory and all; or we may not." "I'd chance my part." "Why, so would I," agreed Rtnnton. "Meanwhile, you had better try me as a traveling companion before you take me as a partner. Remember we would be team-mates for a long race." "I'm not likely to forget." Floyd made slow answer. "Remember that for yourself, of me. Stanton." CHAPTER IX. The Chance for Jessica. When the assistant manager of the Mercury Company came through the train, next morning, and saw the two who were breakfasting together in the dining-car. he stopped in the aisle with an expression of one brought face to face with tho disagreeable unexpected. "Well!" he elaculnfed "Well'" "Start It with an H. if you like." suggested Stanton, coolly amused. Mr. CJ-een'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. "All right," was the answer. Floyd was engaged in blocking out a map with t< 'hpicks. and did not look up; he appeared even more ridiculously young and gay-spirited than usual, in the morning sunlight. Hut some thing In tho poise of his bright head echoed thnt "all right." Mr. Green went on. and interfered no more during 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 Mercury was entered for at least one event and frequently several, on each day. "Xien't there any Ataiauta cars en tered. at all?" Floyd wondered, on the first morning at the track. "None." Stanton assured. "Then I won't need to burn a Joss stick." "What for?" "Luck." said Floyd sweetly; and refused to explain Their luck held good. They had neither illness nor serious accident tc mar their series of victories and trials For Stanton drove as if by Insplra-' tlon, and many of the honors of the carnival remained with him. "You've struck the perfect course, Stanton," declared a famous rival, upon offering his congratulations after aufferltig a masterly defeat in a Overalls contest, lie did not like the otb r maii. but he wai obllgod to admire him. "How bo?" queried Stanton as succinctly. "Between recklessness and over-caution." It was quite true. With Floyd beside him. Stanton's driving was as daringly brilliant, but characterized by lomo rational consideration of the possibilities of disaster. Why? No one had time to speculate. It was commencing tn t rnuhlo Q?on ton himself, this growing affection for his mechanician that threatened to become an absorbing ns?d. He had never needed any one, he had been self-sufficient and self-centered; and now he felt a blank chill at the 'dea of losing the society of this boy-.nan. It chafed and fretted him w'th a sense of bondago; when he fjlt the cords draw most, he turnei upon Floyd and worried him save ,ely. Floyd laughed. And Floyd s laughter would have disarmed a Co sack. When he did not laugh, he .ashed back, spark to powder, so ?".at they quarreled on an average 'jur times a day. And they spent r ery available moment together antll their friendship became r ^t even to the skeptical - een. "We can plan out some of our factory affairs on the way home, on the train," Stanton arranged, at the close of the last day, when taking temporary leave of his mechanician at the Mercury camp. "I'm planning a fender for each side of the Comet racing car, bo that when you feel like knocking in a fewlengths of the lnfleld fence, as you did this afternoon, wo'll be ready for It," mocked Floyd, his effervescent youth heady as champagne. "Fence or no fence, we won," Stanton retorted indulgently. "Of course! You kept right on driving the front of your car. so the rear just naturally had to climb back on the road and follow. I expected that; you were too busy to stop for a little thing like side-wiping a fence." "You seemed to expect It," the other corroborated. He looked with Interested curiosity at his nonchalant assistant. "If I am too busy to worry at buch times, Floyd; you are not. Don't you ever think of what is likely 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," he gravely returned. "That Is, that when it comes, it will be a good smash. Nn nno rnlnHo inef ,1 elnn we're sure to <lo it some day, anyhow ?but to be mussed up and patched together again, no! Now," his irrepressible smile glanced out again, "that's why I feel so safe with you; there is a deadly finality about your driving methods?" "That is nbout enough." Stanton signified. "I'll 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 n decided, if furtive in. 1 I ! ' | I H I I Floyd Turned Toward th< / terest In the two who sat opposite each other in absorbed conversation or argument, making drawings on envelopes and time-tables to illustrate their points and even leaving rows of figures upon the menu cards in the dining-car. Incidentally, both men displayed a thorough training in mechanical de sign and construction, Stanton's fur the more finished and scientific. "I did not know?" Floyd marveled, at Inst. Stanton forestalled the question by indifferently explaining. "I am a mechanical engineer; 1 graduated from college at twenty-one; that was five years ago. You have dropped your pencil. What do you say to staying over half a day at Buffalo and visiting your factory?" "Fine," approved Floyd, a trifle slowly. "A half day, not more We have got to make ready for that Cup race." "Throe weeks off. You're getting as old-womanish as Green." "Too bad. Still I have to be at the Mercury plant when you don't. Halt j a day ought to be enough." Stanton surveyed him. Irritated, yejt without tangible cauBe for Irritation. There were times when he could have ' Imagined that Floyd evaded too close companionship with him, subtly held 1 him at arm's length. They stayed the half day at Buffalo, j and went out to the huge, allent group of buildings that had beeu the Comet factory. It gave Stanton a strange sensation to watch Floyd's assured familiarity with this place and atmosphere; to see him so naturally draw from his pocket the bunch of keys to admit j them and unhesitatingly fit each to its corresponding door or gate. Yet, this was where he belonged?only there should have been busy life Instead of this dead emptiness. Their voices eched loud through the desolation, where me luiusMve, inouoniess macninery stood towering; above the visitor and the slight young master of the domain. (tho metal-spotted, roughened factory floors reverberated under their footsteps. As they made the tour from room to room and building to building. Floyd grew slowly whiter, his explanations more brief. When thoy Anally arrived at a glass-set door marked office, he stopped short and laid his hand upon the wall as If to steady himself. "Go awav. for a moment." ho request, his voice catching. "I'll come after you. 1 haven't beon here since my father?" Stanton swung on his heel and went out; out to look at the mile track, j where Edgar Floyd used to practice racing with little Jes tied in the car beside him. and where later the older Jes played mechan'cian to his fnther's driving. And standing there under the dull October sky. Stanton thought of many things. j When Floyd came after him. half an hour later, Stanton turned from his position against the track railing "Floyd, what do you Agure Is going to become of your sister?" he abruptly demanded. Floyd stopped, gazing at the other with parted lips and startled gray [ eyes. A strong wind was blowing off ]>ake Erie, tossing his bronze hnir and wrapping his long coat about him. | "My sister?" he repented. "Why?" "She Is a woman, she must have some life of her own. You can't keep her like n nun until she finds herself grown old without a chance at living." Floyd continued to gaze at him. saying nothing: that half-hour in the ofAce had left him almost wan In the gray afternoon light. "You know me. Jes Floyd. If any one does. You know my vile temper, my rough tongue, and that I atn a cross-grained brute at best. Hut I think there may be enough of the inherent gentleman left in mo to make me decent to a woman. If, in time, things fell out so that I'd asked you for your sister, would you be willing? fipcnk frankly. If you do not think m? fit to ho trusted with her. pay ho?it will not break our friendship." "You have seen her once," Floyd re_ . . J ' v>5 Window and So Remained. called, as If to himself He lisped, his surest sign of excitement Stanton had never heard him use that soft, slurring sj>eech except on the rare- j tracks; heard now in the quiet country surroundings, it infected the listen- j er with a contagious agitation and emotion. "I know, I know," he deprecated i "But, I might see her more, and se?e j ing no better men she might come to hear with me. Not that there is much In me worth it?she probably never would look at me. What I am asking j you, now, is whether you want me to | keep away from her. Say yes. and we will shake hands and drop the sub Ject for ever." Very slowly Floyd held out his slender hand. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Ideal. Teacher?There is no glass In the windows of the Eskimos. Jimtnle?Ain't that great? I'll bet the kids up there play ball the whole year round. I . CAPTAIN KNEW HIS VISITOR Also Realized That Even Superdreadnought Would Be Imperiled by Presence of Idiot. The brand-new battleship of the buperdreaduought type had been thrown open to visitors. Her captain stood at the gangway receiving his guests, pride and delight in his magnificent vessel shining in every lineament. Suddenly his gaze concentrated upon an approaching figure. His face grew Dale to the lips; he shook In every fiber. Controlling hlB terror by u mighty effort, he turned hastily to his executive officer. "Clear for action, Mr, Ftlooddiet," he cried. "Roat to niliirtf>rB l.onrt willi grape. Order the marines to concentrate behind me, prepared to repel boarders." "Aye. aye, sir." responded the officer promptly, although thoroughly bewildered. The blood returned to the captain's face and he regained his composure as he remarked how quickly his orders were carried out, and how they were prepared to meet their formidable foe successfully. When his eves again sought the object of his fears He was close aboard. "Hello, cap'n!" ho cried, a vacuous smile playing I about his weak mouth. "Hack!" shouted the captain sternly. "Back, or I'll blow you up!" "Say, cap'n, that's what you seem ! to he doln'," responded the enemy, ( giggling. "Don't you try to set foot on board ; my ship." continued the captain vehe | mently. "I'm not going to jeopardize boat, crew and visitors for your pleasure." "Oh, say, cap'n." remonstrated the enemy with another silly grin, "don't you know me?" "You bet 1 do. You're the idot that rocks the boat, and you shall not come on board mine." ECZEMA ITCHED AND BURNED II. F. I). No. 8, Maryville, Tenn.? "My baby, when threo months old. took eczema 011 his face and head. Iiis head and one side of his face were almost in a solid sore. The ec! zema at finrt was kind of a rash and then it broke out in water pimples , and they would burst and looked very j badly. It would itch and burn so bad- i Iy that ho could not rest at all and , his hair just all fell out at once till his head was perfectly bald. He could ! j not sleep at night and was very cross. ] "I tried remedies without any relief ! at all: he nnlv i-nf nl! ?lw> ilm? I until I used Cuticura Soap and Oint- ; ment. He had great relief the llrst , application. Ho was soon cured and his hair began to grow back and now he has just beautiful fino hair and has no sign of eczema." (Signed) Mrs. H. I). 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