Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-21
CHAPTER X1v.-Continued.

CHAPTER XIv-Continued.
For a moment the expression on my
unclo's face made me realize that this
match was really a serious matter to him.
Then he shrugged his shoulders with an
incredulous smile.
a the worse for the fools who give the
odds. said he. MY man is all right. You
saw him yesterday. nephew
'He was all right yesterday. sir
"If anything had gone wrong should
have heard
but. perhaps" said War;, 'it as not
gone wrong with i'm yet"
"What d'you mean?"
"Tll tell you what l mean, sir. You re-
member Berks? You know that he amt
TO be much depended upon at any time and
that he had a grudge against your man
cause he laid him out in the coach house.
Well, last night, about 10 o'clock, in he
comes into my bar, an the three bloodiest
rogucs in London at is 'eels. There was
Red Ike, i'm that was warned of the ring
cause he fought a cross with Bittoon. And
there was Fightin' Yussef, who would sell
his mother for a 7-shillin' bit. The third
was Chris Mccarthy, who is a fogle snatcher
by trade with a pitch outside the Haymarket
theater. You don't often see four such
beauties together, anu All VIII dS "NN"
they could carry, save only Chris, who is
too leary a cove to drink when there's
somethin' goin' forward. For my part |
showed them into the parlor, not COS
they was worthy Of it, but COS |
knew right well they would start oashih
some Of my customers and maybe get my
license into trouble II | left EN- in the bar.
served EN- with drink and stayed with
'em Just to see that they didn't lay their
lands on the stuffed parroquet and the
pictures.
TO talk about the fight, and they all laughed
about the idea that young Jim Arrlsoh
could win it-all except Chris ana e KEEP
a-nudgin' and a-twitchin' at the others
until Joe Berks nearly gave him a wipe
across the face for his trouble. / saw
somethin' was in the wind, an II WASH |
very ard to guess what it was-especlaliy
when Red Ike was ready to put up a hNer
that lin 'Arrison would never hight at all
60 7 IN 10 get another. bottle of liptrap
and | slipped around to the shutter that
we pass the liquor through from the private
bar into the parlor. l drew 1t an men
open. and might ave been at the Iaple
With them. l could ear every word that
clearly. .o,,,;,, ~
them for not keepin' their tongues stlll, ana
there was Toe Berks swearin thal t "oult
knock is face in IL e dared give i'm any OF
lie lin So Chris e sort Of argued with EN-,
for e was frightened of Berks, and g put
II to them whether they would be MT lor Ihe
Job in the mornIn', and whether the gov nor
would pay the money II e found they al
heen drinkin', and were not to be trusted.
This struck them sober, all three, ana
Fightin' Yussef asked what time they were
20 start. Chris said that as long as thes
were at Crawley before the George shut up
thev could work 1t. It's poor pay for a
chance of a rope said Red Ike. Rope be
id cried Chris, takin' a lutte loaueu
stick out of is side pocket. III three Oh you
-. I'D T Iraol iiS rim hone with
this. we've earned our money, and we don !
risk more'n six months skilly and crank.
He'll fight said Berks. Well, IT'S the only
fight Ell get said Chris: And that was an
card of il. This mornin' out | went, and
found, as ! told you, that the money is
goin' onto Wilson by the ton, and that no
odds are too long for the layers. so IT
stands, gov'nor, and you know wnat the
meanin' OF 1t may De petIei lneh DIN "
Very good, War;" said my uncle, rising.
81 am very much obliged to you for telling
ms this. and | will see that you are not a
inser Inv II, put 1t down as the gossip of
drunken rufians, but none the less you
have served me vastly by calling my atteh-
ton to it. ] suppose shall see you at inc
Downs tomorrow -,
"Mr. Jackson as asked me 10 De one D
the beaters-out, sir"
VERY good. I hope that we shall nave a
fair and good fight. Good day to you, ana
thank you
NV uncle had preserved his jaunty de-
meanor as long as War; was in the room.
but the door had hardly closed upon him
before he turned to me with a face which
was more agitated than l had ever seen it.
I'VE must be off for Crawley at once
nephew" said he. ringing the bell. There's
not a moment 20 be lost. Lorimer, order the
bays to be aarnessed in the curricle. Put
the toilet 4hings in, and tell William to
have 1t round at the door as soon as posi-
BILE"
'Ill see to It, sir" said I, and away I
ran 70 the news in Little Ryder street,
where my uncle stabbed his horses. The
groom was away and l had to send a lad
in search of him.. while with the help of the
liveryman | dragged the curricle from the
coach house and brought the two mares out
OF their stalls. 1t was half an hour or
possibly three-quarters before everything
had been found, and Lorimer was already