The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-09-24
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Onward be wens--bul slack and sicw. e
= His savage force at length Ger spent.
II edroophng courser, faint and slow,

= All sfseby foaming went, . - s.
:. 'Baytown races we're over. Toa Thorn.
: tons horse had started. but had beeu beaten.
-almost without a, Struggle. =, lhe Jockey
: was instructed to pail him up. when he
fSnud that how beaten, and lie prom ptly
did 50. This result, fulfilling tue predic
tton OF stl,e Ensign, and humLl;pg Tom
Thornton, pntfed up the former even TO a
more eytrayagant degree than before. -
sit was tho evening after Mr.. Dohson's
return from the. faces. chat he called upon
tue ws-Fsi.y miller sat:his, own ileuse. The
1snbsiaotla! genslemsni 10 whom Mr. Dobson
addressed himself upon enteriag the room.
received his visitor with 4 sortiof growing
toleration, according very weilwitii his per,
~sonal arpearaaee and present occupation.
Ahent hesage Of fifty. of tall and heavy
bptid, with thick, beciling eyebrows, aud !;
bulldog sort expression about The mouth.
sMF. Pldfps Henley looked exactly like a
miller who sscsred for nobody, no, not her
Attifcd ina shabby suit of pepper and.sait
,coiored scleIl,.af d low crowned whitehall.
ile sat smoking pipe, m large aag-bot,
komed chair. rom which ha did moi rise
when Mr.. Dobson entered. The miller
! prided himself upon being plain spoke,,
man. as he considered man oflis weight.
sofs'netsi he was worth fiiy thousand
pcunds--had right to be. All this ,,ar.
ticetar jancture he was inclined 10 be ex.
ceedngly plain spoken, for he was in no
aIniable humor. Miss Henley was looking
out OF the window, aud Miss Dobson was
hdgesppg uneasily il q chair by her side,
at as great q distance from tile a,niable nit
Ter as she could consenienlly get.
sI understand, Mr. Henley, tliat Old
Thornton has lost above a thousand pounds
upon this race said Dobson.
"More fool heis said the miller. senten !,
tiously. "a =.
."Undoubtediy. There never was snch
infatuation as they have been tile victims
of. After the repeated warnings gave 20
che young fellow, it was ridiculous pre.
sumption for them 10 suppose their horse
could possibly vim ss
The miller tiifned stern eyo upon Doh.
son, took a deep draught Of Ills rIs. knock.
cd the ashes out d. his pipe, refilled it, and
went on smoking without reply. : q. I
: II consider that those whoIost upon that
race are perfect iinmitigatel fools, sir ..
said Dobson.
"Wiiat The devil doe mean by tl,a,gs
, cred tue miller, wish surly scowl Il m
cursed, II didn't back that horse myseiep.
-ae am misunderstood, sir; entirely mis-
understood. 4 mean those who owned the
horse and trained him, aud had every ol,.s
porunity of knowing what he was. The.
way 10 which they have deceived others.
and induced Them 10 bet by. misreprese,,.
statious, is as.shamefal, as their own foolish
confidence vas dcplorablc wish could
acqpit the young farmer OF biame,v said
Dobson, with q side look at the belle.
.4gg'9 on knomed this hoss wouldn't win,
sheyfy =
: s"That Yves my decided opinion, often ex.
pressed, sir" SAID Dobson, with much com
placence. S&
IS "Wby didn't o express il to me!r
81 did not think YOU were a betting man,
sir.n "
II bent, sir but they got me to lay this
time Told me I was sure 10 win. rot ,emln.
''ls il possible!p said Dobson, with an en-.
deayor at sympathy. q,
~" Had ! supposed tllat designing per-
cuswcre misleading one whom / SO great.
ly respect, ! should have interposcd, sir; /
should have spoken; these shameful nachi-
nations would have been detested.n
ut was my uncle who told father thai
the horse was sure TO win" said Miss Hem
ley, with. some dispieasnse.
And Tom Thornton as WE'LL" said Tie !
miller, with q snarl.
IN be, did, be was mistaken father, aud
that's nll. He wonid knowingly deceive no
one, much less yca Hc may have beeii