Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-27
HELPED THE Sinner.


Of University College Oxford, was as
popular man as any In the whole
varsity. He was q good fellow, a good
athlete, a good sportsman. Had ne
taken the trouble TO read he would also
have been q good scholar.
The dOns did more than call him idle,
they threatened him with pains and
penalties, they communicated his delin-
Quencies to the young mans father.
The latter was an austere man and q
BishOp-Jhe Bishop of Snchester-so
we'll known as 4 pillar Of the Church AS
ISOLATION.
You ought TO have more sense and
more consideration" said the Bishop.
You know that l have a large family,
and that my expenses are heavy. am
investing capital in your education be-
cause I think a good education Is the
best investment l can make for you. II
is not only foolish, It IS positively dis
honest of you to waste your time as you
are now doing. When you leave Ok
ford you Will have to look out for your
self: and then you Will find what DIFF
ference q good degree makes to you"
II don't believe that it makes such an
awful difference" answered Tom. I've
heard yOu say yourself. father, that you
didn't read much when you were at the
varsity. And yet, though you only
took third they've made you Bishop.
You see" Tom FASTENED to add, for he
saw frown gathering on the episcopal
brow, they knew what a good man
You were. without applying the paltry
test Of little Latin and Greek"
True" asseDted the Bishop. Il was
fool, and wasted my time most culpa-
bly,. But because I was a fool and have
been fortunate enough 70 escape the
consequences Of my folly there is no
reason why YOU should be a fool and ex-
pact TO escape the consequences of
yours. Besides said HIS Lordship,
with q profound look, times have
changed since l was young. Tom"
Il dare say they have, father"
AZ Oxford the Bishop had gone the
pace with The best Of them. He often
told, with a self-satisded air, how clev-
erly he had broken the intelligence Of
his debts TO his father, and how blue
/ the old gentleman looked when he
/ heard. IL Tom had such a comunlca-
ton TO the Bishop now he would have
/ been kicked straight out Of the house.
Tom, however, did not make such a
communication. The debts existed. but
I The time for revealing them was not vet
/ ripe. Tom hoped that It never would
/ be-
He had great coup in his minds eye
/ by which he expected 10 gain a large
/ enough sum OF money 10 discharge his
/ liabilities. IL You looked at the betting
quotations you would see that 1t was. in
/ TACT, so TO /. This was the price booked
at Tattersalls' about MIR. MHlngtOn' s
The Sinner. Mr.. MillingtOn was a new
name on the turf 1t covered the per
/ sonality Of our friend Tom.
The Sinner had been accepted for the
/ Lincolnshire Handicap. How Tom had
become her owner demands word OF
/ explanation.
y month or so previously. when
| Toms lucky star was for a short time
IN the ascendant, he had engaged In q
| great duel at poker with young Wis
/ count VilladOme of the house. Villa
| dome had acquired two or three very
/ tolerable horses. The best OF thesf
horses was the Sinner-a bay colt OF
respectable though not first rate Dedi-
gree. He had been entered for the Lin.
| cOlnshire Handicap of that year be-
fore NilladOme bought him.
The greet poker duel between Tom
Bickers and Yilladome took place at
the end of January, eight weeks before
/ the Lincoln meeting. The Viscounts
rooms in Peckwater were the scene OF
/ The encounter.
Tom had never enjoyed such luck
Time after time Velladcme went down
before him. The stakes grew hotter as
the game proceeded. But Toms luck
never deserted him.
At ten minutes TO twelve he rose the
winner Of $4,000. Villadome took his
drubbing we'll He wrote Tom out a
check for his winnings without turning
q hair. Tom received the pink slip OF
paper and was about to pocket It, when
an idea suddenly occurred to him
Il say, EilladOme," cried the beard
less sportsman, planking down the
check in the center Of the table, there S
just time for another deal. III play
YOU for the Sinner against this check. II
The cards were dealt; the hands
were shown Luck had declared once
more for Tom.
The $4,000 soon went There were
many rapaciOus creditors TO be appeas-
ed with payments on account, and there
were many current expenses TO be met
which could only be satisfied with cash
But then he had the Sinner, and it was
to The Sinner that he looked for his
means of salvation.
Tom did not know exactly where to
/ turn for money. But at last it Occurr-
ed 10 him that he might go over 10 New
/ market and interview Latterday, the
| trainer. Latterday was a man of wealth
and possibly he could be induced to
advance him some money on the secur-
| fly of The Sinner.
Hum" said the trainer. Il don't
usually lend money. How much dc
YOU want?'
twenty-five hundred dollars" an
swered Tom.
It's just this way. Mr.. Bickers. The
Sinner may be worth a good bit OF
money. and he mayen't be worth much
There's the stuff in him for a flyer,
believe. But he seems trife shy and
as he has never been run in public
devil alone knows how he'll acQuii
himself at Lincoln next week. How
ever. I'll make you this offer-Iu give
YOU $500 for half share in the colt.
you mean you'll buy half The SIN
ner for s.. 500? said Tom.
Precisely" answered Levi Latter
day.
Levi Lntterday opened his bureau,
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