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I 8ERIAL STORY STANTON WINS r M. Author at "Tha Own and ih CaadW," Th 1 4 t- IMS, TSs I VNOP8II. At Die beginning of rut sntomobll race the mechanician or the Mroury, f im, ton's machine, drop dd. Strang youth. Jhn Floyd. volunteer, and I ac cepted. In th rt during th twenty four hour rao Stanton mwts a stranger, 'Mis CaiilaU. who Introduces hsrself. Th Msrmr orlna ram. Stanton rwoalveaJ H.iwwrs flym Mtaa fsrttals. wh: which h 1-"1 nor. Stanton mt Mis Carllal on a train, Thty alight to tak walk, and train Imim Stanton and Ml Carllal iHmjw in auto Accident by which Ban to! la hurt ! mysterious. Floyd, at lunch with Stanton, tails of hi boyhood. r CHAPTER V. (Contlnu.d.) Rtanton gasped. Where bad his memory been, not to recall the name of HoydT A multitude of confueed recollection rushed across hi mind, of that famous manufacturer and moor for abeer love of the sport, of the ruperb cart bs had built, and of his death In a railroad wreck, the previous year. "He tied ma In his car," continued fiord, with a shadowy smile, "whan t was too young to be trusted to hold on. 'If you are going to take my me-t-ban'r-tRn's seat, Jes.' he aatd to dm, ') on liee got to do my mechanician's work.' And by the time I was fifteen. I could. W used to race with tha rhlaf car tester, for combination train ing, on a mile practice track around tha factory. I held the wheel myself at seventy-five miles an hour, before I was seventeen. And he took me with Mm. as a spectator, to every big race here and tome abroad. Of course he was training me to take charge of the manufacturing business with him, not for racing myself. But, somehow affairs went wrong. When he died, eighteen months ago, everything col lapsed and I found nothing left. Tbe factory Itself hi tied up In a lawsuit; I may get that out of the ruin; butkd inga full of silent machinery I have no capital to use, and so heart to tell." There was a pause. "1 wonder. " Stanton mused slowly, "whjr you volunteered to act as my mechanician that night?" Floyd's gray eyes flashed to meet his. all his color and animation rush ing back. "Because I love the racing. I love it." be answered, impulsively frank. "1. I've cor ray father's Wood in my veins and the frail physique of a useless girt can't you see bow they fight T The very smell of exhaust gas anises my heart jump and purses tingle. Be sides, I had watched you often, 1 couldn't see you put oat of the run urag. Then. I was tired at " he checked himself sharply. "Ought we not to go back on the course?" Stanton rose, signaling the waiter. "You saw me through that difficul ty." he acknowledged. "But. you said ttils morning that you had a sister; I wonder you stayed with sue for the "My sister understands," Floyd ex plained; be had risen also, and stood for a moment besMe his chair, his unseeing gase bent on the ground. "She knows that I was aot brought up to live womsn-fashlos. 1 wish, if ever you hear anything of me that you do not like, that makes you feel different ly toward me, I wiah you too would remember that I was reared by a man to live among men and missed all that women teach." Stanton regarded him in an astonish ment at once Indulgent and Ironic. "I'm not likely to hear anything of you that will shock me very badly." he dryly returned. "De you think I am a gentle girl, myself, Floyd?" ' "Not so you could notice It," spraag the prompt opinion; the candid gray eyes laughed out of ttaelr short eclipse. They went back to the course to gether. The neat two hours were spent In rqpeatedly circling the ten tnile course in ten minutes; a reasonable practice aK. from Htanton'a point of view. On the last trip he and Floyd disagreed over a question of mixture, aad came P to the repair pita qusireilag vigor ously, exciting the interest of all be- timm If 1 dc'i t know when a motor needs is;....- I'll go take a correspond- ssu isSUns," was Floyd's last retort, us Ski skipped oat of bis teat. "It's running Mho it never did be fore, and you'll 1st it alone," Stanton sent the definite order after him. Th) witxtesse grinned at one an other. "Bay. Floid. that's a fine big brute of a machine you've got there," com pllnieuted the broadly amused Ueorge, aa the young niechauiciAn went by Mat "It sure as." came tbe cheerful agree ment "Yes. But it's sothing to ths brute ut A diivsr you've got." Floyd paused to glance buck "UK my driver alone," be advised. "MsAavtMi suad I uudertlMd each oiber All rlJf ' "Than ynu had better quit racing be fore you're demoralised," Jeered tbe other, and turned to find Stanton had come np behind htm. There was nothing said. Ptantnn went on as If he had not heard. Rut he carried with him the dltoovtry that It It the perfection of comrsdeablp to be able to quarrel without bitterness. There wat a tan-colored automobile drawn up oppoaite the exit, when he emerged. "Mr. Stanton," tumuinned a low toned, smooth voice, from the car; Valerie Carlisle leaned out, extending a tmall hand. She wat the on sum in nil on of cool daintiness and repose. It was Impos sible to meet her beautiful, concerned eyes without yielding admiration, at least. "I have been waiting here for an hour." she informed him. "1 am ao distressed that my car should have hurt you, I shall reproach myself ao much If anything happens to you to morrow because of your strained arm, that I wanted to ask you about it my self. A weakness there might kill you, might It net?" "It might. If It existed," he con firmed. "But the strain does sot trou ble me. I deserved to pay more se verely for such stupid carelessness." she did not avoid his keen gate at all. yet somehow failed to Imprest ber sincerity. "It wss sn accident." the deprecat ed. "I suppose you Just forgot. Frank ly, though, I with you were to drive a Duplex or an Atalanta, tomorrow. I do not like the Mercury, It is to often In wrecks." "It It fsster than either of the eth ers," Stanton defended, yet moved In spite of himself by her anxiety for his safety. "I am also obliged to admit that It Is not responsible for any of our mishaps, so fsr, st least; I lead It Into trouble, myself, sometimes." Her long, fair lashes fell; she tapped her Angers nervously upon the door panel. "If you could not race, who would be likely to win, Mr. Stanton?" "Yon are taking It for granted that I will succeed I easily may not- But wit heart the Mercury, probably tbe Du plex or the Atalanta on this long road race. On a track, I would choose the Italian car." She listened attentively, then smiled. "I am such sn amateur; I do not half understand. I have come with an invitation from pupa. He wishes to consult you about auto tires, those for your next race, and he hopes you will dine with us, this evening." Thoroughly surprised, be promptly declined. "Excuse me to Mr. Carlisle; I must get ready for tomorrow. Moreover, It la for the Mercury company to discuss tires, not for me." Her small mouth set, she drew sside ber shimmering skirts. "We will decide that on the way r Vjster,, Carlisle Out put you down at your tattel. at least Miss CsrUaie, 1 am Just from tbe connse; 1 am net presentable." "That la for sac as say," she remind sal "Pray do last refuse all my re quests." Almost under eomfulalon. Stanton entered the car. lie could have fancied ber breathing was quicker; she gssed at him with so singular and disproportionate s triumph as slmost to startle him Wttnou. waiting tbe chauffeur's move ment, she herself alasnmed tbe door of tbe car and snapped tbe handle, keen ing her eyes upon Stanton "I thought you would come," sbs murmured, half under her breath, "snd you will (fine with us." CHARTER VI. Missed. The most agitated man In Lowell, on the race uiornlug, waa tha assist aut mausur of the Mercury company. Aud ii.i i e wss s maddening irony In hia sltusiiou. At s quart after tss, fifteen minutes before Mis frrtt est was to start, the Mercury stood ready with. In his plsoe, tha trim, khakl-clad mechanician, concerning whose pot slble desertion Mr. Green had spent much worry. But tbe driver, Stanton the unfailing, wat ralislng. Is the midst of the gay hubbub of tbe scene, the Mercury camp wat on the verge of frenty. "You've telephoned to his hotel?" Inquired Floyd, no lets troubled be cause quiet, st Mr. Green came up wiping his browa. "Telephoned! I've telephoned to every hotel In the town, to the police, to to every one. He went to hta ho tel and dreased for the evening, after bs left here yesterday, and went off In an Atalanta automobile wltb some confounded woman; thst's sll I can learn. He never came back to tha ho tel, at all." Floyd's slender brown hand shut hard on the edge of the seat, tils lip curled slightly. "A woman?" he repealed, hit mer diet! young voice atlnglng. "They say so and I'd at toon have thought of Ralph Stanton getting drunk." "You'd better phone to the means asylum," advised tha mechanician, and turned hit back to the whole af fair, watching the brilliant spectacle before him with scornful gray eyes. Five minutes passed, ten. Tbe first car was called to Its station. The Mer cury had drawn fifth in the lottery for place. Just four minutes before the starting hour, a taxlcab bowled furl outly across ths crowds, came to s Jerky stop st ths edge of the court and opened to emit its passenger "Stanton !" hailed hit manager, choky ing with exasperation and relist "Stanton, for Heaven's take where what" "Sick," the driver flung at him, springing across to his car, from which Floyd slid out to give him en trance. "Mfsk, gloves, you others." "Sick?" echoed the unbelieving Mr. Green, amid the flurry of preparation. "You, you sick?" Stanton, in his seat, turned a color less face toward him before claapinf on the mask. "Sick," he reiterated explicitly. "Are you ready, Floyd?' 1 The Mercury drew up to her line on exact time. And In the moments while the cars In front were being sent away, Floyd found an opportunity to put a question. "You have been 111?" he coldly asked. "Acute indigestion; I've been in a doctor's office since nine o'clock laat night," mapped Stanton. "Did you think I wat lying to you?" "No. Are you tit to drive?" "If you're afraid I'm not, get out and leave me." The signal was given. Whan the Mercury flashed across the tine, Floyd was almost at pale from anger as Stanton from recent .. Extending a Small Hand. The rsc was for three huudrwd miles, thirty times over the ten mile courts with Itt sharp elbows And sleep hills, and waa expected to take tome six houra of continuous driving. The strain was not light for the pilot at Uie wheel. For the first bour there wat no iu cident oat of the usual. Floyd attend ! strictly to bis work snd 8unton drove rather more sanely tban usual. But at (he beginning of the second hour, tbe nfUr of tbe Atalanta car came In view through tbe fog of dual ahead; (he Atalanta, which bad start ed four minutes In advance of them Stanton sighed with grim satisfaction, ami speeded in pursuit "Turn ahead," warned Floyd, at his fM (TO BE .)N i lM BlXl Apprehension. "1 thought you were so devoted M a borne of your own, snd here you art talking about taking s tints st a hotel.'' "You don't understand. Mj sift I taking cooking lessous." Ill FEAR OF SENATE DEMOCRATS ANXIOUS REGARD ING ATTITUDE OF PARTY SIN ATORS TO TARIFF. SEE TROUBLE IN SOME ITEMS Sugar. Wool and Lumber Schedules Likely to Meet Opposition Other Important Ltgltlttlon Which Mutt Command Attsntlon. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington. There It Stfll keen anxiety among the Democratic leaden lest s minority of the Democrats In the sennte may make up their minds to fight against the adoption of certain of the provisions which the house will mske sr. s part of tha party 'a great tariff program. Thsrs Is still s dan gsr. It la said in other dispatches, that a minority of the Democrats Joining tbe Republicans and progressive Re-' publicans may change parts of the tariff bill so radically that the house may refuse to accept ths senate's findings in the cases In point. This will mean a long controversy in the conference between the two houses snd It msy possibly lead to compro mises of which President Wilson may fatl to approve. This does not mean that Mr. Wilton would veto the tariff legislation but it means, if It should corns about, that he may urge with all hit power the necessity of following the spirit of the Democratic platform and may take a personal hand In the conference at he has in the committee rooms already, and insist tbat pledges shall bs ful filled at be thinks the members of his party at large believe they should bs fulfilled One Democratic tenttor said the other day that sugar was alwayt tweet excepting that when it entered into the tariff rup and then it became In stantly exceedingly bitter. There are other things besides sugar which may cause trouble In the senate. Wool and lumber bave not yet paased safely the stage of troubling. There have been several tariff sessions In the last few years and in every one of them these three articles have been causes for bitterness of feeling, long drawn out debates, personalities which tome times have been almost offensive and "rows and ructions" generally. The party in power admits that it will look with much more complacency on life when new tariff legislation Is on tbe statute books approved by congress and by the president, and watting ap proval by the people. Other Work Ahead. I . mi jhl W ti Tcotfcp.- things oeeidss-tariS blch soon must occupy the attention the Democrats, and a few of them are occupying their attention today Here are tbe principal things which the party In power hopet to put into legislative form before the congress now in session ends its life in March 1915: : Tariff revision. Currency reform. Revision of the Sherman law. A budget system to make easier the consideration of the appropritlou bills and legislation which will make for ef flclency and economy In the govern ment's departmental service. Philippine Independence. Panama canal legislation again In volving the question of free toll for coastwise ships. Legislation looking to flood pre v en tion. Conservation wtth a leaning toward control by the states Revision of the rules of the bouse, but rnvislonof a kind which will not make It appear that the dominant party wishes to restore a one man rule. Legislation for the compensation of federal employe wbo are Injured or wbo suffer from occupational diseases in the course of their employment, legislation which In another form will cover employes engaged In interstate commerce. This ts recognized by the Democrats as a most ambitious program and com paratlvt'ly few ef them apparently think that all tbe things here set down can bo accomplished within the life of one congress. Some of the leaders say that If any three ef the greater thlnga are done and Snd acceptance with the country, tbe Sixty-fourth congress, like the present one, will be found to be well within the control of the Dem ocratic party. Old Line Senators at Sea. President WUsou aad the Dauiecrata la official life In Washington generally are not the only ones In the capital deeply interested in the outcasts of tariff legislation in the upper! house At this extra session It Is perfectly apparent that the old line Kepublicau leaders of the senate are on the un certain seat They do not know whether to become active fighters ainai the Democratic bill or to remain as uon combatants Natural!) they ar looking to the future and to tha future of their party, and Judging froui apissarancea tbay would give much to know today Jual what pros pect there is of ultimate concord among the Democratic seiialots on ths subject of the house bill. In tbe senate tbe progressive Kepub licaua are In tbe main apparently fair ly well satisfied with a good many of ilie paragraphs in the Democratic tar iff bill at the house bus prepared It i m. of these progressive Republtc a who have declined lo Join tha Pro grenslve party are aaxlout tbai tha two factious of HepnblU-sulsm shall get tosetber once mors in order that akJted front caii be prrseuted lo lbs Democratic SASSV In the sent eft tlos. Tbeee progressive Republicana. man like Cummins, llorah and others, srt moderate tariff revisionists and It is not likely thst they would stand wtth the old line Republicana in oppo sition tS those provisions of the new bill which make only moderate cuts In some of the schedules. Old Tlmtrs in Doubt. Tbe senste Republicans of tbe old school do not know whether or not to sit back and let the tariff bill go through without much protest If tbey csn get tbe support of the progree slvss of their party tbey may be will ing to make s stand and to protest vir tually against every provision In the bill, but otherwise they may elect to Allow the messure to go through with out math debate and ths trust to ths lowered rstes to bring destruction to ths Democratic psrty." Some time ago, even before tbe new Democratic tariff bill waa under dis cussion by tbe house wsyt and meant committee, some of the high protec tion Republicans in the senste ssld publicly that It would be better for the party not to enter any vigorous pretest against the passage of ths bill, but simply to allow It to go through with sn extremely limited amount of opposition debate, and to make a faw speeches tsylng tbst tbe bill would be disastrous t the coun try, snd then to sit back . let the meas ure go through "aad trust the result to God snd ths ultimate consumer Now It msy be thst s change of mind w ill come to the old Una Repub licans. It It certain to come If the progressives of thstr party will Join with them In s program of ssssult upon sll the provisions of tbe bill. The old line Republicans, bowevsr, say they do not believe it would do the future of their party any good If the Progressives were to Jotn with them in their attacks on parts of the Demo cratic measure snd to Join with the Democrats In tile defense of other parts of It. The high protection Re publtcsns say that such s course sim ply would accentrate the difference u' tariff opinion in their party. May B Little Opposition So it may be that tbe tariff bill aa framed by the Democrats will go through the senate without much Re publican opposition, but It is possible that if the Republicans find there are enough Democrats willing to Join i lien, in opposition to the cat in the sugar and wool rates tbey may agree to en ter the light even though the progres sives of thsir party will not go along with thsm wholeheartedly. As has been Intimated, President Wilson htmself Is still in the twilight zone on the subject of the outcome in the senate on tariff legislation as pro posed by the bill which has been In troduced into the house. No president ever has been able to know definitely in advance hxt the senators ware going to do. president Wilson seemingly is op timistic even while he does not see his wsy yet perfectly clesr to com plete success for his tariff measure in congress. The friends of the ad ministration declare that the president thinks all tbe Democratic senators eventually will be brought Into line and that the bill which will go through will bear so few marks of compro mise that it rightly can be called an administration measure and a Balti more platform measure. The progres sive Democrats in the senate are doing everything which they can to bring their higher protection brethren Into line on sugar, lumber and wool. It they succeed it will make little differ ence probably what the Republicans do, for the Democrats have a solid majority of six In the upper house aud this Is as good as if It were six hun dred. May Fine Absentees. I'ulesa the members of the new con gress are more regular in attendance at the sessions than were tbe members of the laat congress It is the Intention of the leaders to adopt rules for the first time in the history of the govern meut which shall compel the presence of members at the session, and "com pel" is the word the leaders are using when they speak of the projected reg ulation. Mluntly, it is the plan to propone and to secure the adoption of a rule under which heavy fines shall be in dieted on representatives in congress who abaeut themselves from the legis lative chamber without adequate ex cuse st times when their presence not only Is needed but It merely desirable It must be understood that tbla at tendance matter hA nothing to do with politics uor with parties, and In dlscusalng it the leaders of the three political orgauizatlons In the house coufar together aud la entire sympa thy. They all seem to deplore tbe growing habit of absenteeism. The records of the lsst three congresses sre records of extraordlnsry dlmcul tles at tbe tlmea when ths effort has been to get a quorum when impor tant measures have been up snd upon which free discussion aad a full vote were deemed esaenttal not only to ths good of legislation but for the good name of the houae. Seven I of the leaders of the bouse bave called the condition deplorable, ujid It ia know ii definitely that unless lecturing and the enforcement of a rule requiring voting on all questions, is of avail to bring about better con ditions, tbe leaders, probably through the rub s committee or in whs ever S) the thing must be done, will ace to It that absentees sre fined an amount so large that even men who have private Income added to their IT.EtUti a year from the government cannot afford to stay In their office rooms or In their hotels when a gsst Ml regard for their duty would demand tbat tbey should bs Is tbeir , ui 'lie bouse. MlIMONAL SBIMSOWOL Lesson (By K. O. SKl.t.KRH. Director of Fvm tng iJepMitn.em The Moody BlbU lu aUtute of CM ago.) LESSON FOR APRIL 27 JOSIPH SOLO INTO EGYPT. I.RSSON TKJ. I :.r. T. 2S-M. GOI.ORM TKXT- 'Uev envteth not " I Cor. 11.4, This is tbe first of seven lessons dealing with Joseph, a fact which sug gests to us Sis importance in the his tory and the working out of Qod't plan. This particular lesson occurs about ten years after Jacob s return to the land of Canaan. There are msny points of similarity between Joseph snd Christ (1) JUs name means "add Inge. ' ses Isa. :, 7; Lake i . 31-33 and John 3:3ft (2) His birth which re moved RsrneVs reproach (30: S4) even so the birth of Christ has removed ths reproach of sin, Col. M2 15, Ron. 1:1; (t) Tbe love of bis father, see Matt 3:17. (4) His sufferings st tbe bands of his brethren. Ps. 69:4; John 16:36. (6) His deliverance from prts on which was a sbsdow of Christ's res n rrection Acts 2:23-14. (() His marriage to one of another race, Bpb 1:8.4. (7) file revelation of himself to nit brothert, see Zacn. 12:10, 13:1. Their Envy Aroused. The cause of the enmity of Joseph's brethren waa four-fold. (1) Hit tab bearing. 37:2, his pure mind could not brook their Infamous slanders and be reported the same to his father (2) His father's partiality as evidenced by the cost of msny colors (v. 31). Only the opulent and noble, kings' sons, wore such a garment, and Joseph waa thereby differentiated from bis ls boring brothers.' (3) His dreams, n 6-7. Ood was revealing himself In a marked manner to this young man. which fact aroused their envy (v. 11), and (4) bis very virtues were a re buke to bis evil minded brothers. Five wordB will serve to fix this les son hi our minds: Deprivation, Dis grace, Deliverance, Deceit and De portation I. Deprivation v. 23. Joseph's coat was symbolical of regal power and au thority. It wss not a mere patch work, but A long woven garment of bright hues. His dreams, too. hsd had to do wltb bis exaltation above his brethren. As a matter of policy, perhaps, be ought not to hsvs worn the garment, but who can quest. ou God's providential dealings. Bom. 8: 28. Joseph's reception was like thst of Jesus. John 1:11: Matt. 37:38. 1 a. Prirjrae, va-tfi&r. Stride c: the coat, Joseph is cast into a pit. One wonders if the fact that there wss no water there is evldencs of the malignity of bis nine brothers or of their somewhat tempered wrath. Jo seph had pursued a long Journey snd was doubtless hungry and thirsty, yet these men sat outside eating and drinking while murder lurked In thfelr hearts w. 20, 26. 26). Joseph stAi-v lng. wss, however, in a better case than these brethren. One smong them, Reuben, had averted a trag edy (v. 22). now God intervenes and sends this way a company of Ishmael its traders from the land of Mldian (see Judges 8:22-24). Cupidity prompt both the traders and the brothers as they made merchandise of Joseph, thus svoidlng murder (Gen. 4:10). Vslued Cheaply. ITI. Oeliverar.cc. V. 28. Like Ss Christ wss sold by one of his chosei ones, so Joseph Is sold by the very ones to whom of a right he should have looked for love and protection and how cheaply be was valued, prob ably a little more tban 312. His bitter cries were of bo avail (42:31), bu this slavery was the road to a sov -erelgnty. IV. Deceit vv. ?9:S8. These broth era are sn illustration of that degen eration of character which results from evil courses. It took place witb ln a very brier time, probably not to exceed In years. Their Jealousy was the outcome of their own evil courses The intervention Dt Judab and Reuben wss not entirely above auspiclon, snd not ons of them had any esteem of the truth. They hated Joseph the dreamer because ot his superior say gacity. The commission of ons sin Always calls forth others In A vain endeavor to cover the first Their ready willingness to deesive their aged father. And tbeir scornful words "thy son's cost " reveal the blsckness of their chsractere and their abso lute lack of all filial love. V. Deportation, v. Si. Reuben, re turning touud an empty pit, whether h ahared the profit of Joseph's ssls. ws are tsft to later His plan of dVliverunce could not. however, have succeeded, as God had other sad great r purposes in store for Joseph. As for Jacob, he bad deceived his father Isaac, and Is compelled to reap a he had sown, QsJ. 6:T. Tbs bated coat Is used as a means of thsir de ception ThiB is an easy lesson to tell, but care must be taken that it be not over drawn Too much description will lose the ethical and spiritual teaching Jealousy and its development will be. enough to emphasize the moral teach ing He sure to cuiuhasiie Joseph as u type of tbe Christ. Do not antici pate his other and later experiences . tell fOSJ sjggg that lht siory is to bn continued. Fur tbe older scholar attention eat: be drawn to these same truths, and in addition discuss oumpioinlse, parental egoiltoi lack of discretion aud !ax dpH.ipiu.e lii dealing with cuildrcsv