Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-29
AT. THE. OPEN DITCH.

Ike . hysterical school girl with youl
insane fancies. All you've got to do ID
% shove that photograph Of Mrs
What's-her-Name and everything con
! 1ected with her into the fire. 60 to bed
md to sleep. and don't give her anothe,
thought"
| What sort Of nights rest Jimmy hao
| do not know, but he completely spoil.
I'd mine for me. Not that 1 put any
,aith in his story. 1t was easy to un.
lerstand the hold an unscrupulous
woman would acquire over an impres.
] 'ior able. soft-hearted chap like poor
Jimmy. who. in his remorse. had taken
sober. serious earnest the empty raw.
J ngs Of an angry woman maddened by
jealousy. Given such q delusion, q
I promising Irritation interrupted by an
accident, a bout Of Mght-headednesa
md there you have the apparition
What a farce it all seemed. And vet
he frame of mind which produced the
| ipparition was a very serious thing. L,
vas heart-breaking that 80 good a fel
ow. with everything to make him hap.
', 2y, should allow his life to be spoiled
oy a mere bogey. Besides, a man who
sees spooks in every corner had no bus.
ness to be riding races. Altogether,
spent. thoroughly anxious, uncom.
Portable night.
Things improved in the morning.
remember with relief that Jimmy's
nerve for riding 80 far had never failed
him; that the Bolderton course present.
ad no very serious obstacles to any
horse or rider Of average capacity: and
that Jimmy's jockeyship, as we'll as his
mounts. were far beyond the average.
Besides, l was much too busy on my
own account to give way to morbid fan.
.ies. Increasing weight prevented my
taking any active part in the days do.
lngs. Still, l had a couple Of horses
running. and what with looking after
them, giving my subaltern, who was
riding for me, orders-to which the
BOBBY paid no attention-talking to va
rious old pals who had run down to
see the fun. and feeding the horde of
natives who descended like q swarm
Of locusts on the lunch and tea tent
for we sent Invitations to every soul
who called upon uS-my time was pret-
ty well taken up. Jimmy, too, was not
doing SO badly, either. He only came
in second for the Hunt cup, owing TO
4 loose horse crossing LIS mare, Molly
Malone, and upsetting her at the water
so that she refused. jumped badly, and
lost lot of ground. Still. he won the
r;,,,, tal In, nvtn 90,
favorite for tie last race On the card
q challenge cup. l was in the paddock
when, as the saddling bell rang, he
ca me up with Miss st. John, who had
come over for the day, and who, 1t ap
pea red, wanted to walk down to . |
lump. / offered myself as escort. on |
we started and reached the open ditch |
round the corner, at the bottom Of the |
slope. just as the horses came thunder. |
ing down to it. Good Lord, what a
pace. And that ass Saunders, con !,
found him! in front making the run. ]
ming, after my repeated warnings II
spare old Timothy down hill!
How fast they are going" prattlet /
my companion. ''Oh. Major Glyn, ism
1t very dangerous"
Well, it might be dangerous for Tim |
othy's groggy forelegs; or for Villiers !
who landed on his horses neck at every |
fence; or for AnStruther. riding thai |
mare of his, who tried |
to run out half a dozen times: bu |
Jimmy. lolloping along on that ole
stager Brutus, who could have gona
round half the steeplechase courses IL |
the country blindfolded, was as safe al
IL he were sitting in his armchair. ]
told her so, which seemed to reassurt{
her, and having watched them out OF
sight, she began to look about her and
criticise the bystanders.
oh, ajor Glyn," she suddenly cried |
what an extra ordinary woman! Such
4 get-up! Quite in the style Of the yeaI
one. Do look at her-there, in front OF
you. Who can she be? Do you known
l was not interested in the identity
Of any weird female; for they were just
and was vainly scanning the horizon
with my glass in search Of Timothy
However. ] looked. By the opposit.
wing. rather apart from the little group
II spectators, q woman was standing
! striking figure in a black and red
.own. with a red sunshade.
Never set eyes on her." I began,
vh.n she shifted her sunShade and
moved forward pace or two. caught
II the photograph.
Here they comet" Sleefully cried
he little fancee "Jim's leading. Oh"
with a sudden change Of tone, what 10
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What, indeed? 1 shall never forge,
he ghastly change that suddenly came
'ver Jimmy's face; the helpless way he
'eeled in the saddle; his instructive vio'
ent clutch at the reins. Did he pull
3rutus out Of his stride, or did that
strange panic communicate itself to the
Id horse? Who could say7 1t was all
'ver in a moment; a swerve, a rush, O
;rinding. sickening thud, as Brutus,
traight into the ditch.
Poor Jimmy fell on his head. while
iiss st. John, with a shrek, tainted
lead away. l rushed forward. There
lie lay, his neck broken, his dead face
till stamped with frozen look of hor-
or. And that she devil? Where was
he? l had seen her two minutes be-
ore; the fence was right out in the
pen. yet not a vestige of the red and
black figure was visible. She had done
Ter fiendish work, claimed her rights
md vanished.-Sporting and Dramatic
Jews.
Hercules Killed tho Hawk.
Some passengers over one Of the Ber.
In canal bridges the other day noticed
he sudden appearance Of two black
POINTS in the sky at a considerable dis
ance away, which developed into two
lucks. Behind them, at a lower level,
lew another bird which auddenIv roaaV |