Going Some

with Miss Blake, and signalled him from afar; but the young m

at's on your mind

seemed utterly lacking in the proper appreciation of a valet's

r companion showed his irritation. "See here, Larry, don't you k

he trainer. "As long as you didn'

what

slipped to me just no

tete-a-tete to tel

foot- runner." This time Glass laughed aloud, hoarsely

ght, I'

', Wally; you couldn't run a hundred yards in twenty minutes. These

ce comes off

open and his little eyes to pe

ate is too much for you," he said.

m doing." With an effort at re

s the

I was invited. Well, she believes, from something I said-one of those odd moments, you know-that I'm a great athlete, and she t

't hear nothing else. The ga

f being an athlete I

?

ingin' the gal, and

s laughed. "She is such a great admirer of athletics, it was quite natural. Any man would have d

me," said he, "you've got more nerve tha

wo. I'll wire him to hurry up. Fortunately I brought a lot of athletic clothes with me,

. "Now I'm hep. I was afraid y

will run the race; the cowboys will get their phonograph; and I'll get-well, if I can beat ou

but I plugged your game with the cowboys. Pawnee Bill

e I ever had to wear

, maybe I

elf too far. This thing is

and he's got a mint of money. Well, I'm going to work this athletic pose to death. I'm going into training, I'm going to talk, eat, sleep, live athletics for a week, and when I'm unexpectedly crippled on the eve of th

it to m

ce, I want some t

ht, don't b

ant you

! When do

ome dirt on it-it's too new. I think I'll lim

hese animal-trainers see you run, or

cret practice! That

aughed

rie, sung in a sympathetic tenor, and upon th

bout the time I sang Dearie to the

he gallery with her musi

week ago." Then spying Speed and his companion, she exclaimed: "Mr. Fr

dee

est shook up a hammock- cushion for th

ed remarked; "it's

o loo

ong with m

going to run that foot- race," Helen inter

ith my running?

n bea

nd seemed on the verge of hysteria. "Let

Helen, with a ma

ng this foot-race? We'll pul

ornly. "I don't want to run Skinner, the coo

d his shoulde

ou're a littl

train

until I beat this coo

, get a rep!" Then to his employer: "Come on, Wally, you've g

ne, Miss Blake c

e exclaimed. "You se

I adore

c." After a moment's meditation, he observed: "Speed doesn't look like a

is cribbage," s

-fifths seconds

hat f

ington can go the distance in nine and four-fifths secon

n can run as fast as that, Mr. Spe

he world's record is nine and three-fift

l, and the tenor wandered away, disgusted beyond mea

slow we'll have to wi

find out something

athletic clothing of various descriptions. There were running-suits, rowing-suits, baseball and football suits, sweaters, jerse

ur medals,

I'll we

. "Clerk of the course"; another was engraved "Starter." All were official badges of some sort or

rain. Native Son making love to Jean.-Wally.' Ten words, and it tells the whole story. I can hardly explain why I want him, can I? He expects to stop off in Omaha for a day or two, but he'll be under

scratch this Fr

hy

hep to

nse

ver Mariedetta, the Mexican maid, wh

trainer said, under

n Qu

red Mariedetta of

gram to go to the depo

as she went she flashed a look at Glass which caused

'm for her! She's

o you

I gave her a little

She may have a co

nted, dis

nys is jo

silken uniform, donned his spiked shoes

look?" h

kes athletes, it's

robe with the monogram. We'll g

m, but the other girls as well, while out in front were a dozen or more cowboys whom Fresno had rallied.

ank

boys we'd better hold a stop- watch

h?" said Gla

I have

his protege turned upon him. "Some other time, mebbe. You're

perhaps,"

dn't pr

ve timed lots of men.

." Glass held

It cost me one hundred a

nt occurred. Speed struck his elbow, and the watch fell.

n it!" he cri

! My fault," S

, maybe you'll fix it

for our little friend." He stripped off his bath robe, and h

s, big as

en other sprinters do, set himself for an instant,

oose running-trunks, and, above all, the generous display of medals. With a wild yell of delight they broke out upon the tr

ys," he cried, "