The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-28

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az TAKE 81. observed Lord Pennlng.
rrH tranquility while he replaced
rt. field aagEes in their case. after
Watching the finish for the hard
v.eke Stakes, 40 Ascot, That this
..-.. ra,s the extlnguisher upon our
,- friend.
t- .-tas az u you were glad" re-
... ..s u..arEor. a short pldln-featur-
.s. whose age might have been
-..a between thirty and forty. and
-.. dark hair displayed threads OF
- which sEa had not th0uCh, Il worth
rl pick orr or diseimulate.
%. dear Wss Bob. ! amt glad. I'm
.-..s saTy backed his slug Of
81. ..- arr- against NV better JudE-
-. .. odds co. and-tEcrc you ar,
...- .r. said 10 ones self that. after
such moderate horse as EEactiiude
..s -s. Two stone 20 Nissel Thrush:
. Co.,. ems to be that any horse
.... .u-G.uE TO one OF Crossiey's.
-.- E.H a man 80 irrevocabiy
--.. .a r1u second or third. nor 50
f-- r rr-ksgTe OF winningi Wei,
.-- r... D hear Of his expenditure this
. .. eHa.r own winners or losers
r LONGER That's some comfort for
90 -. rave been idiots enough 10
.s-.- .H ..- tiGs."
"a sophie mind like yours can al
-.s discover compensatinE features In
,... -..r I.e o. others" remarked Miss
ps.-s a.sdorue dryly. as she turned
Miss borne was we'll aware that
~. Pennington. much as he disliked
-.-.-s a..a money. would not really
.-s-a OBJ. ton or fifteen pounds which
.. MISPLACED confidence in poor Philip
.---s-... might have cost him. She was
..r aware that that opulent. middle-aged
-r-r.r.r a.i not love Philip, whereas he
ri. I.r.-Cr 40 all events. very seriously
.Hr..-.E.rre beautiful Miss Meade. whose
sa.r--h.I .o Philip was upon the point
NJ being made public. She was well
,rarl TOO. that Philip. whose racing Ca
rrr- had been brief and disastrous, had
rr.rar1 ra-klcssly Of late; and these /
.re- made her pensive. Miss Bob"
as she was called by her intimates. was
.-rf.lrr t.s best friend that that foolish /.
ysrre fellow. Philip Crossley. had in the .
world But what IS the use Of being a i
mans best friend il he will not let you 4
Ff-r I.m2 Herself the only daughter of 4
a once vclrkrown maenate of the turf, 4
who had left her a considerable fortune, I
Miss Bob was as capable as anybody Of 1
giving sound advice respecting racing /
matters. only. as she did not bet and 4
was convinced, rightly or wrongly, that .
those who do are bound 10 come to grief 4
sooner or later, her advice was not likely
10 prove Of much avail with a youth who .
had once been 50 unfortunate as TO pull /
~ a tou-to-0ne chance in thousands. A
r.rh man. IF he be an old and tried friend.
may without Offcnse. offer loan TO an
embarrassed one-will, in all probability.
indeed. be requested TO do so; but a wo-
man friend IS otherwise situated. Philip,
fr might he taken as certain. would never
accept money from a woman. Moreover
there was a reason of which Miss Gis-
borne was COusCiOIs-SOmetimes she half
feared that Philip also was conscious Of
(which rendered her of ali women the
least HJred 10 lay him under an obliga-
zion Of that nature.
She met him presently in the paddock-a
taL handsome, gray-eyed fellow, with
brown hair which Curled tightly all over
his head, in spite of assiduous shearing;
aH. iI. answer 10 her anxious question he
sid, laughing and Struggling his should
frs.
"oh, dear yesl Stone broke this jour
art-it is now case OF sunk"
Didn't YOU back the colt both ways?"
Mss Osborne asked.
y did. for a trifie; but what's the good
o. that You were quite right, my dear
Bob. you always are quite right: and Mis-
STD Thrush is an arrant thief. He could
have Won ia a common canter if he had
chosen. We'll, we'll let us hope that he
Wu serve Pennington, who wants to buy
him. better than he has served me-"
There was no denying that Philip Cross
icy was a good loser. Miss Bob could not
help admiring him-but then she never
could help admiTng him In spite of all his
provoking lOllies-as he walked lightly
away. lie must have walked straight
.uay from the course, for he was nc
where TO be- seen when the next event
took place.
"He has gone TO tell that girl" thought
Mss Sob. remembering that Lily Meade,
VINO was staying in the same house with
him, had not accompanied her party TO
ths course that day. Now the question
is. What viii she say 10 him2''
Perhaps that was ID, question, although
FaiUn JI0s-Ley. striking swiftly across
3D.. heather toward a belt Of trees which
concealed the house AT which Miss Meade
and DC were guests for the race week ala
lot think So. He was bound. in his opin-
ioH 10 release Tie siIl-bound even to IN
s.st upon her accepting release, should
She d.mur lie was completely, iTretr1eT-
ably ruined. His horses, his home, every
thing mast Doe sold without delay; he could
lar ask or permit any girl 10 share his
coming iuI.g nee. Least of all could he
demand such @ sacrifice from an acknoWi-
..s-. beauty who had no money of her
oHu and Who had been VIGOROUSLY ad-
nral hv more than one wealthy and Il
'.. bachelor. Oh no; his course was oh
EYHs and Tho sooner he got through a
raH-u quarter OF On hour the better II
a.... Do, for both parties concerned III
Oh -r.l-y OF his mortal nature left him
H'a Hmetl.ue OF an arriere pensee he !
A.- uar t1 do him justice, aware OF en-
.'..a..I.g any.
lbs quick Wa.k-qu!cker because he did
A". HaH. 90 think more than he could
H..--rtld on a broad, smooth lawn,
H.... tail young woman. dressed all IN !
"... Was seated under the shade of
rHHr tree. She Jumped up at the first I
sight "f him and advanced. throwing
.".t ..e Illustrated newspaper which she {
g had not been peyusing.
t ...h. l'rl- Sif tf4tlt III a iuiiS !
...E affirmative than interTogative.
IT'D. Young man nodded. MISSED Thrush
.- " uH, There Vas always the dan !
...' ar might and he did"
AT. Thar was why / pretended to have I,
... / couldn't have gone and |
moving, as / did what defeat
"r imply"
.. "as momeItary silence during {
these ior.oT lovers surveyed each I
.uN-ausly and CuriOGsly. Then {
..' t. wiki a sigh:
... ny course, you knew. I didn't tell
reason for wishing that our en-
.H' should be- kept quiet until after $
t goa guessed that the Hard \
stakes must make me or break
. DIE Joss OF the Hardwicke Stakes
a. sou break of the engage
.. you mean asked the girl.
-Hr just Tor FORMS sake. have
.itlr more agitated. Philip Cross
.a while She as II happened.
a-ag q precisely similar inward 7