Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-08-19

vested on Il horse tomorrow viii
bring you in thousands.
"Bah" l answered. An talk.
"Woll," said the stranger, with u
sigh, II would like you to have it.
1t would do You a lot of good. Urpc-
cially ~ YOU are III money troubles
Say 3 shillingsl"
"W"ll, if : shillings Will nC of
any service To you, here they are, -
l said, producing two half crowns.
"N0u Will never regret 1t. thank
you. And, placing II neatly folded
paper upon tn" table, my mysterious
friend disappeared.
Soothing at myself for being so
easily dupcd, and yet with a strong
feeling of curiosity, | opened the
sheet. ON looking at the date |
found to my astonismmvnt that
my friend had spoken truly. Today
was tn" 18th, and the paper held
i'll my hands was dated the 18th
Mechanically turned To the cot
ton market, and found that my par
ticular holding was two points up,
and although / only had the word
of this mysterious stranger to vouch
for the accuracy of the report. u
strange glow of hope took posses.
sion of me.
For was l not morally certain in
my own mind that the market
would rise during the coming week I
oh, if ! could only hold ON but
settling day was at hand, and the
market could not possibly recover
itself sufficiently to balance my
losses III SO short Il time what could
l dor
Turning to other items of tho pa
per l found many paragraphs of
stale news, Il number of new tole-
grams relating to foreign affairs
and then my eyes fell upon TO
day s Racing
WINNER OF Thu INTERNATIONAL STAKES
Blnckfriar /
SohSDiru
The Poppy ............ ......... ..... 3
Bct,ing-S3 to Rluckfriar: : tol Sunr,,ird
100 to Til" Poppy Won 10y neck
"Thirty- three To one, " reflected
"A rank outsider; tlCO ON Black
friar would bring in over ~. coo -
more than sufficient to meet settling
day. Oh, if could only trust itr'
The more l thought about it, the
more fascinated l became. Thirty
three to one. Could | risk it, The
paper was no doubt Il fraud, but
had chance thrown it in my way
for purpose2
But | wuS ignorant of betting
affairs; even should decide to risk
half of my goo, how was l to set
about it,
My further thoughts We're rudely
interrupted by resounding slap on
the shoulder, and on turning round
beheld III the intruder an old col
lege chum, Dick Hampton.
Jack Farmer, by all that : lucky
Why, who would have thought of
running up against you like thisS"
"Why, when did You come down,
Dickl"
"Only arrived tonight, my boy.
I've just left the north to see the
International run tomorrow"
The international, murmured,
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.
NO" l answered II cannot
leave business
Observation-Disclosures business. i
suppose You are on the road to be-
come "A milhonaire-cht"
Not quite. But what is going to
win tomorrow"
"Songbird, my boy, without u
doubt. You tako my advice and have
n 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 Blackfrinrq"
asked.
Anything you like"
And Songbird2"
"Oh, Songbird is quoted at to
l tonight.
"Supposing ! wished to put GlOO
on Blackfriar-how could l do iti"
"Pshaw, my dear boy, you could
get 81, 900 on as easily ~ wink, if
you wished to lose it. "
But" I persisted, say had
G10o to throw away on an of
chance, would you undertake to in
vcst it for me on Blackfriar2"
There, ! knew you were mil.
lionairo 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"
well, anyway l will give you
my check for e100 to he put on
Blackfriar for the International.
IS. p" inquired Hampton.
what is that2" | asked.
II say, Jack, old man, but you
are green's. p. means starting
price. If you back it 5. p, you get
your money back if it doesn't run,
but if you take IL stated price about
il, and il gets scratched, you lose
your money without having the
satisfaction of run for il. "