The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
AN ENGLISH RACING STORY

AN ENGLISH RACING STORY
a do wish to goodness somebody wouj
take him away. There will be mischief
he stops much longer. / never saw hi
like this before
"Who? like what, Mark" ..#...
'Why, the Squire" F."
"What is the matter now2 Is he in on
ofhis mad fits? Has he done any dam
age?'' .:...:
''No. And that is the worst Of it. Whe
he takes il iuCo his lead to wreck a Dime
service, or to play Aunt Sally with tn
glass, do not mind, so long as nobody il
hurt. Such amusement calms him, and ht
always pays the bill. =
The speakers were Mark Hartbrook anC
Jane, his wife, host and hostess Of The
Whinridge Arms, Thornford. The scene
of fthciranXious interview, their own small
snuggery behind the bar; the time of it,
al evening in April. The Thornford Hunt
meeting had taken place that day, and it
! was now CATER dinner" with the stewards
| and their friends i'll the principal room of
| the Whinridge Arms.
| HartbroOl1 had abundant cause for
anxiety. The Squire, Of whom he and his
| wife spoke, handsome Gustayus Whinridge
| Of Thorntord Hall, was their landlord and
! Mark, : former master. A Warm-hearted,
generous-natured fellow, imhued with old
world ideas Of honor, he WAS, unhappily
/ forhis personal peace and the habitual COM
fort of those with whom he was brought in
contact, handicapped with hot head and
spirit that brooked not the least contra
dietion.
"He and young Dykely are flying at each
other, Jenny: and how the row will end, |
cont know. y """I
"What, the Captain?" queried Mrs.
HTtbrool, with look ofalar1n.
"Ies, replied my host. ''You know
There's been bad blood between the pair
ever since Mark got six months for poaeh-
lng on Dykleyis land. Although the
squire is durable hand at preserving, he
lHeYer forgage him for prosecuting that
EoaHg scamp"
"Wh2t are they aisputing about?"
'Why, the Hunt Cup. -
SBut if Dyl<ely won, he beat nothing
from the Hall. y
That's nothing to do with it. The
fqutre means mischief tonight. Go it? =
tontnued he, apostrophjzing a bell, which
Ehook above his head with unusual vio-
Enee. II know whose hand is at the end
Fthatwire. Imust go; if anybody else
bced him at this moment something dread
Plwould happen, y
Here upon the bell was shaken with aug
hented ierocity.
"Allright. 1 am coming, Gustavus the ]
Erribler i
With which sati1fcal observation Mark
Hartford vanished. {
The scene in the dinning-rcom az mine
l%t entered was literally one of admired
sofder Half dozen men We're speaking {
once, and two members of the. company i
EeEe aecentuating their remarks by means 4
gestures that betokeneds anger. One was s
Squire, who had risen his full height, Y
P|ard Of six feet, and was standing with V
back to The uncertain mirror at the q
esIdenfs end of the table, confronting {
t1h ll1shei face and dangerous eyes, his Q
Ponent, Captain DybeIy, thin-iipped, 0
FS-haired wiry man Of pallid COM Il
Son, The voices could scarcely be said q
lngle; Whinridge's was at the top Of u
entire discordant chorus of expostula- IL
I. he turned as Hartbrook entered, o.
passed one hand through his yet lux n
a0t euris, in color a slightly grizzled II
ganl, he folded his arms across his chest 2
said: D
fiaFtbrook, | want you, . te
am Mt your service, Sir. . ia
Ny friend "a slightly sinister en- III
Fss Oh The word frieud-'smy friend W
San Dykely aud mySelfhaye had dis
and we wantyou TO decide it. = pt
you can, y interposed the Captain, G
VOC" and manner thata less irritable III
.on than Chg Squire would have deemed af
Rperating. .- if
Know he can, sir; and that ought to
&e Now listen. You were on the IA
aeo-day, and you saw the race for the an
of
did, sir. . hi
very good. Now what do you know tn
Flaetaker, Captain Dykely's horse? !? tn
enot--,' dc
slaire Squire! = protested several Of o.
company.
Son are right, gentlemen. irwin not al
lea1ing question. Wen, Flnefaker?a
ason of Agrimony and Fluff. Did IN
Esaga as two-year-old. Was beaten iis
Ge was backed BY the public, and al
aeouple of plates when he wasn't at &c
I Was bought out Of il selling race, br
Eaed over hurdles at four. That is all
F How lie came to be qualified to Sc
Eotay for the HUNT Cup is what | do
taow. .
aat did ] say, gentlemen? That sts
Iaegse WAS not Il genuine hunter.
aSing been out u few times and ~;
4oa, whereby he got chat trumpery he
4etFom n. II. H., was not proper N,
,aaoll: !, and ! repeat my words, :; .sn
II Nhinlidge brought his fist down tin
" toaEd with d defiant yigor that ii. ii.
W glasses jingle again tfWhy, lof
+ ss as at equal weights this patched die
/ HIM p leather-happer would not rat
H. sast chance against an honest bai
sef 9 fsif line OF country. y iii
sa sl ee matched against anything tle
so1. ~ your stable, when and fol
t. /, .l5. please axclaintReS aptain she
kss, alls time thoroughly Folsed. lig
,.'s sslil hff almost slllialyed the hae
}95 aatll you are on. sir. Hang ii, Of
asl,s - sne eap, and back for a siul
e,a,, plis'I the Captain, with en- .spl
ae - weights. Name sonr time. s,n.
~ tine2 Of coarsa= Il viii. trai
III, splAili Dykeiy, il tonight. one unit
ie taa o.1 app
we'd u y, feaheh present who quo
MIG Il. n, tla's apparently insane Esq
s 'aiffr she speaker1 I'll nan