The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-11-18

stances. advertised Tar aDd Wide; !
warned the great raiiway lines, and EN-
ployed the most eminent detective whom
Scotland Yard could furnish. But no,
the slightest trace could be discovered,
excepting that a man hsd been stopped
a, H.xham, With u colt Of which he
would girc DO satisfactory account; but,
us it was a grey, and BED Rover was
a reddish. brown, the pasistFare not only
would not detain the man, but r.pri.
manded the police f; apprehendiog him
when they had the description Of tie
sto.eu horse in their hands.
Nothing had been heard Of Tom
Whi;e siuce his departure, nor did any
one know whittier he had gone. 1t did
cross Mr.. Stanton's mind that if Tom
White had bean in tho district, he was
not unlikely to have been OF use ID the
iaqairy. But no one ha seen or heard
If him, and Mr.. Stanton was obliged to
content hi,nslf with a second dismissal
of his servants. The detective was al
ways under the impression that the man
a. Hcxham vgs truly the thief, and
made no secret of his that the u,agis
,rate who liberated him was donkey {;
but he was a taciturn potentate BY nas
ture, and never condescended to cx-
plain a clue which. he had nevertheless
followed up until it broke.
Two ye,rs afterward there was some
curiosity excited at Que Of the great
races Of the year about horse which
was SO completely "dark" as to be al-
most out of the betting altogether. The
name I { the owner under Which he ran
was turf.narle assumed for the occca-
sion /; but he was understood to be the
property Of, or a. least to be vouched
for, by well.known halfsquire, hail
traiuer. But what he vas, or where he
was, no one knew. The "outs" We're
utterly ut fault. Trey could not dis
cover the place st Which he was trim.
ing, and us no efforts they made had
led to any result, unfricnded as the an-
i,nal vas by hackers, there was co'sld
able expectation created ON his appear
ance.
The horse could not te heard of the
night before. "Desertcr' had not re-
ported himself. Bet when the ground
was cleared for the preliminary cauter
he appeared, aud great was the rush to
the front to sec him. The first glimpse
of him showed he was TO, midaole the
long swinging, we'll extended stride with
which he took his canter Impressed all
the knowing oaes. lie was large and
sinewy, powerful Us well as handsome,
bnt his color was o kind Of mottled ches-
nut, such as is rarely found in the thor
oughbrcds. Mr.. Stanton was there.
aud, to his surprise, saw his old iricnd,
Tom White, mounted on the cynosure
Of the day.
The race vas atver IA doubt. The
stranger, hard held, remained beh'ud
the trent horses until 800 yards from
the post, aud then, out, ran home BY
himself, amid the shouts and acclama'
,ieas of the multitude.
The lace over, "Deserter" vanished
as n,y>teriously as he came, and, in spite
of Mr. S,antvu:s iuqui,cs, 10 tidInss
Of I, M White could b. discovered.
week aiterwardsa grouul arrived
Mr. Stanluu:s, leading ieddlsh-SIown
thoroughbred Of great power, aud deli
vered tu Mr.. Stanton note 10 the iol-
loving effect:
.h. Stantoa-SIR: 1 send you back
the Red Rover, as | borrowed two
ycars sgo l knew he could do it, il
| got hlm away from the aobblers. So
borrowed hln, aui beg your pard"n
il it Was wrong, I hsve pail in'oyouI
bank for you e2,5OJ, which ~os The
stakes, and | hope YOU Will overlook
the time whea .Rev,nse was nobbled
Your most ubedrnt 3, rvant.
I. WHITE.
IL am off to Australia, aud NC have
made a prc,:y peDry BY the desert
er." which VA, 'Rcd Rover
However irregular Tou White . way
of doing busin's, wa>, ut course: af'e'
such result, Mr.. S'autou Could hardly
find fault with 1t. lie sent me the note
unl begged Of Me to lind Tom ~'a'|