Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-06-24
Written for the TINES
kINDERHOOK,
BY I.DSTDW.

Lester mounted a table and pro
claimed in voice of thunder, thai
there was evidently il conspiracy tc
beat the black horse. that the COW
ardly. GaStardlv and inhuman act
which might have resulted in tn
death of the horse and his rider, was
only the result of scheme. concocted
and planned by crowd of scoundrels
and that if these scoundrels put any
value on their carcasscs, the would
pay the money they had lost aud be
take themselves to parts unknown.
| The "circus" now began IN reaI
earnest, nonnybrook Fair wnultshAvt
blushed TO witness 1t, and Denny
brook Fair is hard 10 beat.
Scarcely had Lester finished his or.
alton when he and the table. on which
he was standing. turned "A Somersault
and both landed simultaneously on
the heads of friends and foes. rs
Lester Sprang to his feet and turned
to look after the man who had upset
him. blow from behind stretched
him bleeding and inSensible on the
track. He was Immediately avenged
Loudoun saw the dastardly assault
With one bound he WAS beside his
PROSTATE freend. aud with blow oil
his fist. that would have felled an OK,
he Knocked the rutlianlv assaiant in.
sensible by the side Of Lester.
Cries and curses and groaus re
sounded on all sides. Gardiner and
Neale. with their friends, headed BY
| Loudoun. who vas perfect demon in
the fight. used their clubs unmerci
| fully on the heads and shoulders OF
the dandytied gamblers and evil-eyed
roughs. who had surrounded the stand.
At this moment, and while the ex-
lcitement was at It's highest pitch. an
elderly gentleman. with gray beard
aud hair of silver. mounted on a pow.
srfuI gray horse. rode up 10 the judges
stand. The crowd lustiuc.ivcly Iarted
right and left 10 make way for the
ipranciug charger, and the c1mhatants
rested for while from their blood
thirsty efforts,
stop. all OF Won, this foolish and
oloody business. command Won in
the name of the law, rang ont in bu-
gle tones the rich haratone voice oil
old Col. Pluukett. Il am mag,s-
trate. Come on bows" pointing Ia
four stalwart looking yeomau farmers
who stood IN il knot together. holding
with grip Of iron trembling sorry
specimen of man in a dandy's dress
Bring that rascal here, Place him
On the judges stand, Now, you men
Of Charles county aud you men from
baltimore, Look well At that man
lie is the rascal that threw that stick
m the track, TO frighten the black
horse. | Was standing behind him
and san him 10 it. lie ran away i'm.
mediately, but those gallant boy:
there were too Gaick for him. Mr.
faddIs. the geutlcmanv owner OF the
,orTell hors.. agrees with the decision
# two of the judges. that the black
horse fairly won the race. aud that al
bets s,ieuld be decided IN favor Of that
morse Is for this unfortunate Young
nan. look at him we'll He ought tc
1e u gentleman. He Vas born one
out the company of gamblers and
black-legs and loafcrs have corrupted
md dcmorallzcd bun. For the sake
Of his honorable father. whom re
spect and esteem, | should like 20 dis
MSS him, but as his crime WAS public
80 must be his punishment. He viii
be locked up for trial. And now
friends one and all. young and old
lepart hence and % home
The crowd was mute. Surprise
wonder and anger were reflected from
the counteuances of all from those o
The gentlemen aud honest hystaudcrs
n condemnation of the outrage and
istestatiou of the crime from those
of the black-legs aud roughs, in cha
grin at the defe.t Of their daStardlS
plan and in regret at the heavy losse:
they had sustained.
The officers marched off with their
prisoner. preceded bya party Of friend;
aud followed by the worthy Colonel
IN horseback, with a half dozen gen
tlemen, also magistrates, who were tc
meet in Bryantown and temperate,
dispose of the prisoner
Lester. who had been stunned b,
the blow he had received, had long
since recovered. and taking the arm o.
Loudoun, they with their friends, pro
ceeded to the hotel. Loudoun re
minded Lester of the warning given
when the position of judge was Offered
him. but Lester laughed 1t off. re-
marking that there were no broken
bones in his body and the loss of lit
tie blood would be of benefit.
Susie was really alarmed when IN,
beheld Lester, with pale face anG
clothes saturated with blood, for he
was great favorite of hers, from The
fact that he always had merry rtpar
tee to her sallies o. wit, and always
paid his bills, which, by the way, wer,
often rather large, for Susie knew
how to charge when the pay was Ger
tain.
Telling his friends TO wait for hin
in the bar-room, Lester proceeded tt
Loudoun's little room: where with his
help and that of Susie, he soon hac
his head dressed and bound.
Descending TO the bar-room, they
found their friends and scores of 9th
. ers drinking, talking md congratu-
lating Mr.. Smith on the speed of hi'
pet horse. Feeling rather worse fo'
wear after the excitement attendant
upon the races, and being somewhat
hungry withal, Lester determined t(
take a long rest and good supper be
fore starting for Rosedale. to NEE
Col. Spalding and his family. An
other motive had also prompted hin
llo delay the journey. He did not de