Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-02-23

bridges of their wearers' noses; others
were upheld by a piece of one ear and
the force of habit. If Mr.. Sharp was
not in these men could always wait, and
they did it with II dead, surprising idle
ness which can only be acquired by long
practice. They chewed tobacco, mean
while, in darkly secret manner behind
the hollows of their right hands.
"What is all this, anyway, old man?'
said !, at last, to Hiram. "What are
you up top
"S-s-s-sh!" he whispered, leaning to
ward me. "rm trying to sell a horse"
"l'm relieved said I, earnestly. 81
was afraid you were trying to steal
one"
He laughed nervously.
"What gave you that idea?" he asked.
THAT fellow outside" and | nodded
in the direction of the waiting-room.
"He's either horse-thief or New
York court officer, Ivy the look of him"
"Oh, no! he's a good, straight fell
low said Hiram. "rhat's Mullins"
"Who's her"
Mullins? Why, he's friend of
Harris"
"And Harris is the man who's going
to buy the horse. see."
Hiram laughed.
Harris don't want to buy a horse, :"
he SAID. "He hasn't 81 in the world"
"Then what's he got to do with t?"
"S-s-s-sh. He's got good deal of in
huence with Williams
"And you want him to exert it in your
favor? OF course"
"That's it. So give Mullins $50; he
gives $50 to Harris and then Harris and
Williams divide"
"But you can't expect to bride Will
liams to buy your horse"
"Bless you, Williams doesn't want a
horse"
"What? supposed he was your Gus
toner"
"No, no; he only pretends to be-"
"Pretends to be?''
"Yes you see, in selling trotting
horse you've got to make start. You've
got to work up an interest in the animal.
Williams is doing that part of it for me.
Then there's Allen"
who's Allen?"
you've seen him in here. He's the
thin man with the hat over his eyes.
He's an agent for harness dressing
and he dyes his whiskers with it as an
advertisement"
"What's he doing for you?"
"S-s-s-sh! Slyboy-that's my horse
did mile in 2:l9 on private trial.
Allen held the watch"
"WhOse watch was itY'
"Why, mine, of course"
"Dld you get it back?'
"Certainly."
swell, you're in luck. | suppose you
pay Allen to talk about it?'
mo; pay him to keep STILL
"Why do you want him to keep still?''
because he's such a liar that if he
SAID anything about it everybody would
know it wasn't So"
"Why did you hire such a MANI
"IIe was just the sort of man want
ed. You don't seem to understand the
horse business. See here; it's known
that there was private trial and that
Allen held the watch. People naturally
ask him what the time was. Then he
shakes his head and they say, Gee whiz
If Allen can't lie about that time it must
have been close down to two minutes.
"What do you pay him?"
"Oh, I've let him have $50 or $40, but
that includes his work with Brill
"Who's Brill?"
Hes friend of Dopeson, the veteri-
nary. Allen hands my money to Brill
and he gives it to Dopeson. So only
have to pay Dopeson his regular fee"
"What do you want with veterinary
Is the horse sick?'
"Of course not. But | have to get
the veterinary to make good report for
my customer
~ should think the customer would
wait ~ CiiS dRC MS ONh fClSiih"i9 y
$50 he does. That's where we've got
him. He's going to engage Dopeson,
A fellow named Richards found that out
for me and | gave him So Afterward
Allen confirmed the information and
struck me for $40 more"
"Then Dopeson is paid by both sides"
"Of course. That is all right. They
always are. But he's an honest man."
"Then why do you bride him? Isn't
the horse all right?"
"SOund as nut. Dopeson will tell
you so. I've seen his report. 1t was
first rate. | didn't have to change il
very much. And he was reasonable
alb )ut it. He put In anything wanted
to have. Say, that's a great horse"
"Has he ever won race?'
"No, but he's going to-"
"When?'
"Next Wednesday. We've got a
nafch hatWaen SlVhov and Fender