American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-07-06


Switzerland We think of sending on
little George to school there; education i
so much cheaper abroad than in En-
gland"
And So il ought to be-" said the mil
Ter, grinning "thcy tell me us Il darne,
sight nastier But do you mean to say
You'll put them seas, and | don't know
what else, between yourselves and al
only child Why, bless nv soul ~
Mrs. Stanhope-Brown looked furtively
at her husband, who answered for her
"Well, Mary didn't like the notion a
all at first, but she listened To reason
! You see, James, we have, owadays, such
! quick and easy means of communication
that it really makes very little difference
whether your school is in Il remote par,
of England, or on the Continent"
And so much more attention is paid
to manners abroad" simpered Mrs
stanhope- Brown.
Poor lad, poor lad !" said the miller,
compassionately mo cricket, nor moth.
| ing; only dominocs, they tell me. Well,
well l reckon your months outing II
cost a sight o money, ell 2"
"You can't travel for nothing, GER
tainly," answered Mr.. Stanhope- Brown,
evasivelv but all my little ventures
have lately turned out pretty well-all, bar
one"
ooh. you got hit once, then ?" sug-
gested the miller.
or not" rejoined Mr.. Stanhope- Brown,
carelessly.
You dabble a little in them funds"
remarked the miller, disparagingly, land
vet YOU will never make a bet, even on a
certainty"
Mr.. Stanhope- Brown smiled feebly. and
shook his head.
81 always put ten-pun note on every
big race said the miller, confidently sit
gives YOU an interest in the thing and,
on the whole, I'm not out o pocket. 1
get very good information. You'd bet
ter give me tenner, and let me put it on
for you when I get down to the course"
"No, no. thank you," answered Mr..
Stanhope Brown, decisively.
s'rm sure George will not do anything
of the kind" cried Mrs. StanhopeB Brown,
with moisture in her eyes and flush on
her check; che hasn't so many ten-pound
notes to spare as you have, James"
Mr. Stanhope- Brown shook his head
once more; and the miller laughed good
naturally.
'sDo you know what the betting is this
morning, George" asked the latter.
81 don't understand it," answered Mr..
Stanhope-Brown, fretfully; there's the
paper"
ooh, three to one bar one," said the
miller, eagerly, after glance at the quo
tations.
ssBar oner' exclaimed Mr.. Stanhope-
Brown, as if he were puzzled, in loud
and excited voice.
Eyes" replied the miller, patronizing
ly; ''bar Nor, of course. You can get
three to one against any boss you fancy,
except Nor. But, bless you, it's a GER
tainty: he's been going up in the betting
every day, and put my tenner on him
when it was ten to one against him.
''Then, if you'd put ten tenners on,
you'd have stood to win a thousand
pounds, besides getting back your hun
dred," said Mr.. Stanhope-Brown, with an
air of interest
"Less the commissioners percentage,
and unless you hedged," assented the mil
Ter; ''but you have to go in for the regu-
lar book-making business for that sort of
thing, and that wouldn't suit either you
or me-"
Decidedly not" said Mr.. Stanhope-
Brown, emphatically; "Why, you could
hardly keep your transactions concealed,
and your character as a steady man of bus
mess would he gone"
"You speak like book, George" re-
Joined the miller, laughing; lust bet
once on one horse, and stick to him. If
you have to do is to write to a proper
sort of commissioner, and even your own
wife," he added, winking at Mrs. Tamlin,
needn't know anything about it, unless
you like"
81 had curious dream last night" said
Mrs. Tamlin; 81 suppose in consequence
of your talking so much about this race
just before we went to bed. l saw the
whole race as distinctly as if l had been
there and wide awake"
"Did zee, nowr' exclaimed the miller,
with broad grin. TEL us what you
saw; that's good woman"
81 saw about thirty or more horses.
with riders looking like harlequins and
whatnot, all going round and round, and
jumping about at the bottom of hill
with white ratings on each side of it; and
all of a sudden away they went up the
hill, as if they'd been shot from cata-
pult'-
THAT was the start" interrupted the
miller, rubbing his hands with glee.
"They were all in cluster at the top of
a hill, continued Mrs. Tamlin; land then
they turned to the left, and lost sight of
them for few seconds"
1.-THE bushes hid EN-" broke in the mil
ler
when 1 saw them again." proceeded
Mrs. Tamlin ''they were broken up into
tours, and threes, and twos, streaming
along in a crooked line; then they turned
sharp to the left again, and rushed down
a fearful hill close by some more white
'Tattenham Corner" roared the mil
Ter.
'And, just as the leaders were turning
the corner, one of the horses-the one
nearest the rails-seemed to slip up and
fall with Il frightful crash. All the others
went on like flash of lightning; and,
about "a hundred yards before they reach
ed sort of sentry-box, in which l could
see nothing but a mans hat, one horse
jumped right away from the other three
that had been in front, and they never
caught him, so | suppose he won. At any
rate, he was brought back in custody by
n mounted policeman, and was taken, with
his rider, into some place near the sentry
box"
''Ah, he won, safe enough" roared the |
miller But / reckon, now, you couldn't
tell us what color he was, and what his |
riders colors wcre?"
Gle seemed to me-" said Mrs. Tamlin,
quietly, 'to be "a very dark-colored horse;
and his rider looked like a chimney sweep
with a white nightcap on"
1T was Nor, by gumi' observed the
miller, solemnly; "he's very dark bay
boss, and his riders colors are black and
white cap. And how about that un that
fell, my dear?"
Il only tell you what dreamed mind"
answered Mrs. Tamlin, with the half
half -patronizing air OF a per
son who has had an unexpected triumph ;
u but have it impressed upon my mind
hat it was beautiful cream-colored crea-
ture"-
Never ras race-hoss that color, and
never will he. - gpeere1 the miller CON