The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-02
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they could not pay.
1t meant ruin and shame and all the
! rest OF it, and even the face Of his
friend OF Gaiety, all the happy boyish-
ness gone, was there in the evening
dusk, drawn and white and pleading.
1t was a bitter struggle. for Layton
had honor. plenty OF 1t, but the ODDS
were too great. lie could not fight
against 1t. and besides Johnson had not
contided In him. had not trusted him,
had not put him on his honor. 1t was
his luck that he had seen the trial.
Fate had drawn him there to show him
@ way out Of his difficulty.
Also, II he bought Xigzug In the lot
teries Johnson could claim half every
time. They could both win quite
enough. for the lotteries would bo very
heavy.
This was the day before the opening
Of the Lucknow spring meeting.
1t was the next morning Frank John
son was walking home from tho course
after having seen his string exercised.
when he was stopped by one Harvey,
trainer to the raJnh OF Jngnnt.
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boon pr'"e IN the lotteries. ana 1t would
'ake lot or money to back him 70 win
i"lr amount. lh"t would DO too
t T'hky II SlinpRin were AS good as uar.
Vey hhio.
! "fou CAN buy your 'orse IN hevery
b lottery" said the trainer. "hnnd well
:. take 'Alf or three uunrtcra. Just AZ yo,
IL IKE. He'll never bc backed 'eavily, 70
=, nobody but the stable knows nOu
II about 1m.'
Always when things Of this sort hap
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: to fate. That's just what tho captaiI
/ ,,!;, "rhc gods are bound TO thyus
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y he travelled down the tree shaded roa(
g toward a VI whit" bungalow.
}. Ana intc laughed little and went Il
sleep again. for he WAS not 20 act reoll,
I'LL the day OF the race.
4 johnson knew that three officer
% were framing the handicHps that yer.
% mornihg III Mai Jim'a bungalow.
10 Ike o'uht quite know how he was &c
,hh |" s'. hnhn III the business. but
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III hihohE 'h''h something was pr&tt
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Ell '''c 'oosn oarN green door or tho bu
as s","" ""H rl"s'd. lie gave kno'
llS "no H'''''H' u ""'upt'y open ana wal
ag fu Ill., pretending to De mighty surprl
DO eu III hhulhE anybody but Ills frien
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