News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-09-06

love, / was never permitted to see her.
so that whatever communications pass
ed between us were necessarily of a
semiclandestine character, and this was
both irksome and undignified TO persons
of full age and possessed of their fair
share of common sense. Had been
in parliament at this time, / should GER
tainly have endeavored to bring in a
bill for the limitation of parental au-
thority in respect of grown up daugh-
tiers. / was particularly annoyed about
il for my mothers sake, who, while
fully approving of Ella, resented this
treatment OF her son as an indignity to
his family, which she naturally held to
be quite as good a one as the Cholmon-
dely-Davenports. In consequence she
urged me to give up Ella, and | was
daily in dread of her making it a point
of duty to herself that | should do so.
There are few more disagreeable situa-
tons for an honorable man to be in
than to be engaged to a girl under such
circumstances. There was no valid
reason for giving it up and little salts
faction in continuing the engagement.
Happily my interview with Ella at the
ball had removed from me all doubts
as to her constancy, as well as any jeal-
ousy might have felt toward my rival.
With what amount of honor my cOus-
in Richard behaved toward me at this
time l have never quite known. We
did not often meet, but when we did
we were civil enough to each other,
and no word about Ella ever passed be-
tween us. Some one, however, I'M
doubtedly did at this time spread very
nasty report concerning me, that was
running myself by betting, as my uncle
had done who left me the horses, and
that, having been poor man to start
with, was already on my last legs.
Now, this report, although absolutely
untrue, was calculated to do me serious
mischief under my present circum-
stances. felt sure that it must have
reached the ears of the DavenpUrts be-
fore it came round to me, and no doubt
they would make use of it to prejudice
me with Ella. | had no misgivings as
to her waiting for an explanation from
me, but meanwhile it would make her
anxious, and | could not remember that
had ever told her of my resolution to
have nothing to do with the booklnak-
ers, although | had entered upon their
domain. The report, at any rate, gained
ground, and at length the colonel,
seeing me perhaps more gloomy and re-
served than was wont to be, asked me
about it and appeared greatly relieved
when l told him there was not the
slightest foundation for such a report
But he said kindly enough:
g am deuced glad to hear it. don't
like to interfere in matters of a private
nature, but do wish. Martindale, you
could see your way to getting rid of
those race horses. If you don't bet
yourself, they encourage your brother
officers to do So and | IN afraid some
of the youngsters may be led into losing
more than they can afford for the honor
of the corps. An occasional steeple-
chase | don't mind, but when a man
takes to fiat racing there's the devil to
pay. You'll take what say in good
part, know, Martindale.
Certainly, colonel, replied, and
FASTENED to explain that | had but one
horse left and was DESTROYS to sell that
so soon as | could do 50 advantageously
Shortly after this news came from
Pimperne, where the mare was being
trained, that she had overpowered her
lad in gallop and bolted across the
downs; that she had run so far and so
stoutly as to make it evident to her
trainer that she was a slayer of no COM
mon order, and that, acting upon this
informal trial, they had resolved to &C.
cept for her in the Cesare witch, for
which she had been entered, and accord
ingly she was to be trained for dis
lance and reserved for that race. In
order to give her the best possible chance
| was persuaded to pay considerable
sum to retain the services of one of the
best lightweight jockeys who happened
were published, it was found she had
been leniently dealt with, being called
upon to carry no more than seven stone
two, and soon had the satisfaction of
seeing the name of my horse figuring in
the --latest betting'-a pretty figure
she was at too-30 to /. 1t did not ap-
pear as though the professionals thought
much of her chance. Still somebody
must have backed her.
1t soon transpired that two or three
of our fellows had done SO, whereat l
groaned in spirit, remembering the
colonel's misgivings. Feeling sure they
had done this foolish thing merely from
esprit de corps, | went to Phipps and
DalrJmple and offered to take their
bets off their hands, representing that
the management of the mare was not
in my hands, and that it might be
deemed advisable to scratch her at the
last moment, as had been done once be-
fore. But they only laughed at me,
saying l did not like being forestalled,
and so on. must say that was much
surprised, when l told Natty about it,
to hear that he had backed the mare,
too, at the same odds.
81 don't often bet, " he said, but /
couldn't resist the price, SO put on my
modest tenner, and l advise you to do
the same"
But this l absolutely refused to do.
| I had 6otermina6 when 7 bnpan 70 pm