Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-02

bring you in th"U~,u4s.'
BAH" answered. An talk
'Woll," said the stranger. With "a
sigh, II would like you to- have it.
1t would do you a lot of good. v~pC-
cially N you are i'll money troubles
Say shillingsl"
"W"ll, if ) shillings Will Eo of
any service To You, here th,y are,
said, producing two half crowns.
"Nou willucvvr r"Ervtit. THANK
you. And, placing II neatly folded
paper upon the table, my mysterious
friend disappeared.
Soothing AT myself for being 50
easily dupcd, and yet with a strong
feeling of curiosity, | opened the
sheet. ON looking at the date l
found t" my ustnnishmrnt that
my friend had spoken truly. Today
was tn" 18th, and tn" paper | held
in my hands was dated the 18th
Mechanically turned t" the cot
ton market, and found that my par.
ticular holding was two points w,
and although only had the word
of this mysterious stranger Ia vUurh
for the accuracy of the report. a
strange glow of hop" took pussvs.
sion of me.
For was l not morally certain in
my own mind that the market
would rise during the coming week (
oh, if could only hold ON but
settling day was at hand and the
market could not possibly recover
itself sufficiently to halanc" my
losses III 50 short time what could
l dor
Turning TO other items of the pa
per | found many paragraphs of
stale news, Il number of new tclc-
grams relating to foreign affairs
and then my eyes fell upon TO
day Racing"
wINNEK OF TnE INTEUNATIuNAI hrAKEs
Songhird NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .... 2
Tho Poppy. ........... ..... ....... ...... 3
Bctting-S9 to l Rlucifriar: tol Song,drd
| 100 to TIL" Poppy. Won 10y u neck
"Thlty- three to one. " | reflected
"A rank outsider; clCO ON Blark-
friar would bring in over ~. COO
more than sufficient to Mrrt settling
day. Oh, if l could only trust it,
The more l thought about it, the
more fascinated l became. Thirty
three to one. Could risk it, The
paper was no doubt fraud, but
had chance thrown it in my way
for purposet
But | was ignorant of betting
affairs; even should l decide to risk
half of my goo, how was l to set
about iti
My further thoughts We're rudcly
interrupted by resounding slap on
the shoulder, and ON turning round
beheld in the intruder an old col
lege chum, Dick Hampton.
jack Farmer, 10y all that's lucky!
Why, who would have thought of
running up against you like thisS'
why, when did You come down,
Dick2"
"Only arrived tonight, my boy.
I've just left the north TO see the
international run tomorrow.
The international, lmurmured,
as l crumplcd the paper into my
pocket.
Yes. Why, what's the matter
with your You are looking awfully
down. Come along with mo to the
races i'll the morning. 1t will liven
you up"
mo" l answered. II cannot
leave business"
| "Business-always business. l
| suppose You are on the road to be-
come a milhonaire-chr"
Not quite. But what is going to
win tomorrow"
"Songbird, my boy, without u
doubt You take my advice and have
a couple of ponies on it"
What chance has BlackfriarS"
Not the slightest ghost of one
it is AS rank an outsider as ever car
ried jockey. Songbird will romp
home and make hacks of the field. +"
What price is Blnckfrinr4" i
asked
Anything you like"
And Songbirda"
"Oh, Songbird is quoted at to
l tonight
Surprising wished to put 600
on Blackfriar-howc could do it,
"Pshaw, my dear boy, you could
get 81, 900 on as easily az wink, if
you wished to lose it.
But" persisted, say had
g10O to throw away on an OF
chance, would you undertake to in
vest it for me on Blackfriar2"
There, knew you were n mil.
lionaire. OF course, if you have a
fancy for the animal, back it, but
as sure as ducks can swim the
money might just as we'll be thrown
into the gutter"
We'll, anyway l will give You
my check for 600 to he put ON
Blackfriar for the international.
IS. P.i' inquired Hampton.
'What is thatt" ! asked.
II say, Jack, old man, but you
are green's. p. means starting
price. If you back il s. p, you get
your money back if it doesn't run,
but if you take stated price about
it, and il gets scratched, you lose
your money without having the
satisfaction of run for it, "
"Then S. p. by all means" an
swercd. And now let us 90 and