The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-07-21

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uoln 70, salu SKinpsey sententiously.
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Wnae our
Mald Marian;'
9ne,s no Roou you TO MOI "
wen, wal. ana seei answered Skimp-
sey hinton says snes nt' ana 1 guess
nin.on kho"st
inaos 70, saiu QUO OF Che ooys ana
Nne group ulsperseu 70 Watcn the race
wn,ch Was gong On
.ueahwniie M'siu MARIAN, superb cnes.r
my ,,, my, WV oelng led around tne SAD
onhs pauuoek, anu one second race having
Deen decided, Skimpsey, IN Mr.. Meivllle's
colors, Win DIS saddle on his arm. made
MS way 10 the weighing room TO be
weighed IN.
AS no was leaving the place.he felt a
hand laid upon ms arm, ana looking up be
recognized Cflpps, Tine oo0kmaker.
'Heflo, Skimpseyf' sald that worthy
pleasantly, u see you're goin TO ride Maid
Marian"
Yes"
10 wlnr
Yes.
We'll, Skimpsey, keep dark on this.
You like money, and you'll make some by
winning, put mind TINS, Skimpsey, itu
MT me hard II youdo. You'll make q cool
tnousand u you lose, undefstandY
Yes, Skimpsey understood. He knew
700 much about the race track and its
darker methods not TO do 80; but before he
could mud a voice In which TO reply, the
bookmaker had gone and the trumpet had
sounded to call the horses 10 the post.
Hinton, the trainer, gave Skimpsey a leg
up ana taking Lady Marian by the head
led her out to the track Remember
Skimpsey" ne SAID, let her out early and
ride TO wln,'
Sklmpsey knotted the reins and sat az
proudly IN the saddle az any knight enter
ing the lists. Ills ireckled face was glow
ing us req us ms mar, and his blue eyes
shohe Win excitement. Then Tor an In
btint ne remembered the words OF the
bookmaker. A Thousand dollarsl More
than enough 70 make bhe coveted i've thou
sahdl lie need not pull the mare, only
Keep her from shooting her bolt at the
right moment. II would be set down to
mlsconception Of his orders, and that
would be the end OF 1t. Only for mo
ment, however, was he tempted, and then
he scorned the idea Putting the Maid
Marian INTO n canter, that slnuous, grace
lul lope peculiar 10 thoroughbreds, nc soon
ranged with the other horses at the start
lhg posi-
After several unsuccessful attempts TO
get the horses on, the ilag fell to heauti'
iul start, MAID Marian running easily at
third place Down past the grand stand
they came, the fayorlte, big bay, still
leading and Maid Marian third as before
AT the third post the Maid had moved up
70 second place, and 1t was almost time for
her 10 make her coup Sklmpsey knew
this, put lor an Instant again Cripps' thou.
sand dollars chme INTO MS mind, For a
lew seconds, That seemed hours TO poor
Skimpsey, the temptation struggled with
nus better nature In that BRIEF period he
tnonght OF MS mother, the green coat, the
silver chain aud the beaver hat, and then
suddenly, when he had fought down the
temptation, he found II was too late to
send the Maid ahead according TO orders.
for tine fayorlte ana another horse were
already Two lengths ahead and contesting
almost neck ana neck Tor the victory
Ihen Skimpsey's conscience smote him
with awful iorce' ana ne settled down into
the saddle 10 ride-to ride as he never rode
before as never Jockey rode before. He
telt that al MS honor, the honor OF his
name, which, humble as 1t was, he had
worked no hard TO recover, was ut stake
Ana 40 that iittle ninety pound hero, who
had conquered ms temptation, rode to win
she Seilslde stakes OF ls9-- Hoping against
nope he pushed his noble mount on slow
y, Oh, so very slowly he crept up to the
leaders They had passed the last furlong
post ana We're nearing the winning point
ana tle Maid had only managed to get her
nose abreast OF the layorlte's saddle glrth.
one more supreme effort Of The noble brute.
ohe more endeavor ana an unuttered
prayer from the lucky litble rider, and they
nad passed the Judges stand with Maid
Marian ahead oy the narest OF noses
a mighty shout went up from the multi
tunn. pVHtph died lnwpVnr IpQfunflN For