Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01


engagements, though Mr., Jackson
went 80 fur as 10 admit By this time
that the colt was no more lame than
he was. But / amt going TO let him
fritter away his strength in two-year-
old races, said Mr.. Jackson, decisive
ly; Il amt forgotten Bon lie Dundee. ="
Gilbert Sinclair submitted unwilling
ly being at thi time very low down In
his luck as u racing man, and anxious
for any success which might In some
wise redeem his position.
Now came spring-yiolets and prim,.
roses; woodlands white and chestnut
bloom, and hawthorn; nightingales
warbling their vesper love songs, and
much more important TO gentlemen
Of Mr.. Sincair's class Two Thou
sand Guineas. And now Goblin camo
forward to perform his first important
engagement as three.year-old, and
Gilbert Sinclair was richly rewarded
for his patience.
Goblin--a horse entirely unknown Ia
tho racing public-came In an easy
winner, and Gilbert, who had taken
his trainers advice, and had backed
his hor @ to the utmost capacity, wor
q small fortune, as well as feeling
pretty sure about his ipectatlons for
the perb;.
1t was the FIRST great succ oss Gilbert
Sicclair had ever had upon the turf,
AMI he left Newmarket that night al
most lightheaded with eXcit meat,
Things had been going much better
since January. the men had gone
back to their work in the grimy north,
Indian steamers were using Mr., Sin
clar's coal as fast as he could produce
it, The go den tide was llJwing int
his eXcheluar again, and his bankers
book no longer presented u dismal
blank upon its lcft-hand pages, The
success ut Newmarket was TIC crown.
ing mercy. He felt himself Il rich mar
once more, and laughed to scorn the
notion OF surrendering Davenant at
midsummer. Wyatt had bOu int and
paid for the estate, but OF course
would be glad to sell it again at profit.
The scheme for Constance Sinclair.
restoration had prospered wonderfully,
Health and strength had returned and
with these the clear light OF reason,
She had never doubted the identity oil
the little girl Lord Clanyarde had
brought her that winter evening with
the child she had lost.
She had readily accepted the story
q somewhat lame One-of the childs
rescue by some kind German peas,
ants who had brought it over to En-
gland, where by curious chain OF cir
cunistances, Lord Clanyarde had come
to know of its existence. The little
girl was known to the whole household
as Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair's own child.
There would be time enough by and by
toreveal the imposture. Even Martha
Briggs-little Christabel's devoted
nurae had never suspected the trick
that had been played upon her mis-
tress. The only member Of the hou,e.
hold that had shown any particular
curiosity or desire to know the ms and
outs of this business was Melanie Du-
port. That young woman had asked
az many questions as she could venture
to put, and had appeared somewhat
mystified by the course of events.
SO there had been peace at Daven'
ant during the early spring. Constance
had been quietly ha py in the little
girls society, and in those joys which
the convalescent feels when q world
that has been darkened to the wander.
ing mind reappears in all its light and
beauty. Never had the woods and
fields, the blue April sky and shining
river, seemed so lovely in the eyes OF
Constance Sinclair as they appeared
this year Her love Of music, of art,
of ali bright things, seemed intensified
by that awful season of darkness, in
which these delights had been blotted
from Ter mind.
Her husband was tolerably kind to
her, but spent much of his time away
IRON Davenant, and did not trouble her
repose by filing the house with his
raCkety companions.
Mr. Wyatt came now and then for a
day or two, but he was the only guest
during the tranquil srringtime,
Thus stood matters early in May,
when Goblin won the Two Thousand
Guineas, and, in the trainers phrase
ology, brought his owner a pot OF
money.
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