Morris tribune., 1882-08-31

with special tips and.- =. every vile print
which could by any possibility have word
bearing upon the training Of the horses or
their antecedents The very grooms in the
| stable were tired of recounting how Bicycle
was descended from Velocipede, or explaining
to the anxious medical student how Eurydice
was by Orpheus out of Hades. One of them
discovered that her maternal grandmother had
come in third for the Ebor handicap; but the
curious way in which he stuck the half-crown
which he received into his left eye while he
winked at the coachman with his right, throws
some doubt on the veracty Of his statement.
AS he remarked in q berry whisper that
evening, "The bloke'll never know the differ,
and it's worth 'arf dollar for him to think as
its true"
As the day drew near the excitement in
| creased Mr.. Cronin and I used to glance
across at each other, and smile as Jack and
Sol preclpitated themselves upon the papers
at breakfast and devoured the list of the bet
ting. But matters eliminated upon the even
ing Immediately proceeding the race. The
lieutenant had run down to the station to Sc
cure the latest intelligence, and now he came
rushing ln,waiving crushed paper frantieally
over his head.
"Eurydice Is scr, tched!" he yelled "Your
horse is done for, Barker!"
WHAT" roared Sol.
Ozone for-utterly broken down in training
won't run at ALP.
"Let me see," groaned my cousin, seizing
the paper; and then. dropping it, he rushed
out of the room, and banged down the stairs
taking four al time. We saw no more of
him until late at night, when he skunk in,
looking very dishevelled, and crept quietly Off
to his ROOM Poor fellow, l should have con-
doled with him had it not been for his recent
dlsloyal conduct toward myself.
Jack seemed a changed man from that mo-
ment He began at once to pay me marked at
tention, very much to the annoyance of myself
and of some one else in the room. He played
and sang and proposed round games, and, in
fact, quite usurped the role usually played by
Mr. Nicholas Cronin. n. s-
remember that it struck me as remarkable
lhot on the morning of the Derby day the
lieutena. should have entirely lost his inter-
est in the race. He was in the greatest
| the paper in front of him. 1t was Mr. Cronn
who unfolded it at last aid glanced over its
columns.
''Whats the news, Nick?" asked my brother
Bob .. .r a
Nothing much. Oh, yes; here's something.
Another railway accident Collision appar-
entity. Westinghouse brake gone wrong. Two
killed, seven hurt, andy Jove! listen to
this: Among the victims was one of the COM
petitors in the equine Olympiad of to-day. A
sharp splinter had penetrated its side, and the
valuable animal had to be sacrificed upon the
shrine of humanity. The name of the horse
was Bicycle Hullo, you've gone and split
your coffee all over the cloth, Haw thorne! All,
forgot; Bicycle was your horse, wasn't it?
Your chance is gone, I'm afraid. I see that
lroquois, who started low has come to be
first fayorite now"
Ominous words, reader as no doubt your
nice discernment has taught you during, at the
least, the last three columns. Don't call me
f1irt and coquet until you have weighed the
facts. Consider my pique at the sudden de-
sertlon OF my admirers, think of my delight at
the confession from man whom had tried to
conceal from myself even that loved, think
of the opportunities which he enjoyed during
the time that Jack and Sol were Systematically
avoiding me, IN accordance with their ridicu-
lcus agreement Weigh all this, and which
among you will throw the first stone at the
blushing little prize of the Derby Sween?
Here it as it appeared at the end OF three
short months in the Morning Post s:Aug. 10.
At Hatherly church. Nicholas Cronin Esq,
eldest son of Nicholas Cronin. esq, of the
Woodlands, Cropshire, TO Miss Elernor Mon
tague. daughter of the late James Montague,
ESQ.,. J. P of Hatherly house"
Jack set off with the declared intention of
volunteering for a ballooning expedition to the
North pole. He came back, however, in three
days. and said that he had changed his mind,
but intended to walk in SANKEY'S footsteps
across Equatorial Africa.
Since then he has dropped one or two gloomy
illusions to forlorn hopes and the unutterable
joys Of death; but, on the whole, he is coming
round very nicely and has been heard to grum-
BILE of late on such occasions as the under
doing of the mutton and the OVERRIDING of the
beef, which may be fairly set down as very
healthy symptom.
Sol took it more quietly. but fear the iron
went deeper into his soul. However, he pulled
himself together like dear, brave fellow as
he is, and actually had the hardihood to pro-
pose the bridesmaids, on which occasion he
became inextricably mixed up IN labyrinth
of words. He washed his hands of the mu-
tinous- sentence, however, and resumed his seat
"a nf ,nl al
and applause. hear that he has confided his
woes and his disappointments to Grace Maber
ley's sister, and met with the sympathy which
he expected. Bob and Oracle are to be mar
ried in a few months. so possibly there may be
another wedding about that time.