The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-06-30

when she sprang forward, and in an
instant was a dozen yards in ad, auce
of her competitors Suddenly Sue
staggered, and nearly fell on Lsr
head, recovered her legs partially.
raced few yards further and then
rolled over and over, bruising her
rider, who narrowly escaped being
troddcn upon by the other horses as
the swept past. Among the crowd
which gathered around the fallen man
and horse, the faces OF the owner and
trainer were conspicuous-that of the
former deadly pale but quiet; that Of
the latter flushed, and every muscle
twitching with excitement. No sus
picion attached to Lester, who too
maniiestly risked his own lite TO be
suspected of having any concern in
the illness of the animal he rode,
though there were plenty to aver that
there must have been foul cause for
such a sudden failure of powers. -
The doctors, however, were of q diff
ferent opinion. They knew of drugs
in abundance which would produce
similar SYMPTOMS, but none which
would allow her to run with such
speed after their administration, and
act so suddenly in the middle of the
race; they decided, therefore, that it
was q rush of blood TO the head,
arising from natural causes. Either
they did not know, or it did not oc
cur to them, that there were capsules
made of gelatine capable of resisting
the natural heat Of the body, mles.
raised greatly above its normal tenn
perature. In n few days the mare
seemed as well as ever, but her owner
was absolutely beggard, and had been
obliged to steal away from the race
course. ond without ovon rvtu uiug.
to his house, to 90 with all speed to
southampton, thence to Jersey, and
from that place to France. Dawkins,
the trainer, too, had lost the savings
of his whole life. and eneumbered
himself with q debt which would keep
him in poverty for the remainder of
his days; especially as lie had not
been n trainer long, and had acted
for nobody but Lord -. Having
raised every farthing he could to pay
as much Of his loss in bets as was in
his power, his creditors seized his
furniture, and left hIm with an empty
house. q poor shelter tor his wife and
four little children. This, with the
anxiety caused by the disputes con
nectel with the possession OF Lord
--'S Stul, irritated him to q degree
that his manner seemed almost fcro.
ciouS. 1t was agreed between them
that Lcster should remain to assist
/ him until the stud was disposed OF.
/ One evening, the trainer went TO Les
7 ter-s apa''trIr-rrt, tester brius sLsenE
and looking carelesslY about the
room, he saw, lying on the floor, a
letter This was not enclosed in an
envelope, hut even if it had hccn, it
is not likely that Dawsins would have
hesitated to read it, from mere curl
osity. He then opened it. and began
to read; the change that came upon
him as he did so was frighttul. He
dashed the letter to the ground, and
went into the stable to ask where the
jockey had gone. Not receiving a
satisfactory answer from the FIRST boy
he spoke to, he snatched up a pitch
lork and struck him 4 blow on the
head which stunned him. Another,
alarmed by this, ut once revealed
where Lester was to ,be found.
The sun and moon were shining
, beside each ether in an almost cloud
I less sky; but penetrating as was the
light there We're but few openings fol
+ it among the dense foliage Of u large
clump OF fir trees standing on part
of Salisbury Plain, known as Ber
rington's Down. There was y pub
lie rootpNth through this wood, lead.
I ing from few cottages which consti.
tuted the village OF Litton; and tc
this village it was Lester had gone or
the day when the trainer read the let
ter, which, TO his suspicious mind
was explicit enough to satisfy hin
that, to the Jockeys treachery hC
owed hIs ruin. Into the wood Les
ter was seen to enter by two or thre,
women who lived in Litton; from tha
/ day neither he nor the trainer wer,
beheld by mortal eye; il was rs II tn,
earth had opened and swallowed then
both.
Three years after the events de
scril,ed, the woodman, in thinning thu
frs in the wood near Litton, directed
the laborers who worked under hi'
order, TO remove, along with those
newly cut down, two trunks whicl
had fallen with the soil in which the,
grew to the bottom OF a deep chall
pit which lay on the one side Of til,
wood close beside the pathway. Til,
mass or chalk and earth which haC
been carried down by these trees wa
very large and men were sent will
carts 20 remove it, and scatter It owe
the field which had been sown will
: grass, being too poor to grow any
thing else, and only scanty crol
OF that When the men had carte,
awav = portion ofthis chalk, the pick
ax turned mp with it's point sticlSini
through n piece OF cloth. Findin!
the cloth could not be pulled out, tn
earth and chalk living upon it wcr
removed with great care; when buriec
in II were. the remains Of two men
rybo xyora i1antifa1 bt- tho oIotbos n