The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12

I'm satisfied" the Kentuckian an !
swered- 1T was worth twice the
trouble of coming-to say nothing OF
the tale I shall tell the major. on. nus
he'll be a proud man-after the Search
light, His fear had been always that
The Brave couldn't stay. All the folts
wins, you know, have been at q mile
and under. He hasn't got Lexington
and Longfellow blood for nothing. At
ter today l shan't fear to bet on him,
in any company. He'll win from eend
TO eend.
BLOOD does tell" Bascom said al
most affably. The Kentuckian laugh
ed as he answered, Sometimes linen,
after a little pause, he ran on:
''Yes-sometimes. But there has got
to be something else. You'll hardly be-
lieve ii, but The Brave has got blood
brother, just his own age, and as IKE
him as two peas in the pod, who can
run over anything as long as ne stays
in front, but quits like cur the MIN
ute he is eollared, or even find another
horse close behind"
Are you sure of his breeding? Bas-
com asked.
Il ought to bel bred him myself
Same sire, and dams full sisters, the
Kentuckian said with a grimace. And
I thought / had a world Deater-until
the brute came two years old. Money
wouldn't have bought him, as year
ling. l was glad to give him to EEL
low who was going up in Ohio. OF
course 1 couldn't let him stay in Ken
tucky-there we have no use for quit
tiers and towards"
You should have shot him." Bascom
said, with laugh. THAT is the proper
ending for the story, which really has
interested me very much. The Brave
has been a sort of hoodoo for me all
this season, but l shall have TO for
/ give him, after this morning. l agree
with you, he wins on his courage.
/ Bascom did not speak on the way
/ home Andriese drove, with hands SO
/ tremulous the horses after while be-
came skittish. When. for the third
/ time, they began to dance, threatening
/ to upset the trap, BaScom snatcned the
reins. Still he kept silence until ne
was alone with Andriese in his own
I apartments. He had sat at his desk
/ for 10 minutes, running down the col
umns of the stud book. AS ne looked
up from it he said with leaping
1 smile. II hate sending you on such an
errand, 'Drieso-you have an incon-
venient amount of eonsc snce still-but
there is nobody else l s3re trust IN
such a matter
'Driese got very white. 81 have no
conscience except for you he said.
"You know that. l saw your plan IN
your eyes while that man was talking.
Give it UP, RiX! Dol Think of the
risk
L live for-risks'' Bascom said,
shutting his liDs hard. They are the
only things worth living for-almost.
Still. l think l might satisfy my craV-
ing with one big, Overwhelming risk
that had honor and ease and pront on
one side-and on the other the black
ness of darkness. That is why L am
so set on this adventure. Help me
carry it through 1 give you my word
if it succeeds, and L don't see how II
can fail, we shall be able to chuck ul
the ring-and we will. l will take
you away with me TO some far coun-
try
Don't" Driese said, putting hand
over his eyes. ''RiX, you don't need &c
bribe me, even with promises. Only tel
me what l am TO do"
Baseom told, speaking low and rap
idly. and at the end thrusting into
Dresses hand huge roll OF money
When il was safely slowed away Bas-
com ran on: Start at once, by the
fastest train, and telegraph the min
ute you find out anything Here arr
the names-horse and owner ONLY
hone the horse has not been thrown
out of training. If he has, we mus
wait-but this is the golden time W.
shall never have such another chance
Mark Harris is in trouble. what tn'
trouble is shall know before tomor
row night"
II was a trouble common enough ant
sordid enough. Harris, a rich owner
thice-trusted employee, had droppet
SO. 900 of money not his own in the Ell
$ forL to beat the books by an infalllDl
system. Unless he could make good tn
2 stables bank balance within the mex
D fortnight there would be the eXposur
4 which meant ruin. Sharp, the owner
prided himself upon paying so wel IN
, men he paid must remain hones'
\ Therefore. he was pitiless to the leas
r fault in them. 1t was certain that II
0 discovered a great one the wrongdoe
e would pay the full penalty OF the law
!, IL wanted to pull The BraVe-ou
n there on the cOurse-So 10 1901 70
bOokies into laying big odds against MN
| know he can win as he pleases-if onl
: | could a-kept you from known II, to'
| | might a-had a chance Harris Woun
p up miserably. Bascom chewed the en-
n of his cigar minute, then thrust n
o hand deep in his pocket. He drew II OF
. full of thousand-dollar bills Luck bee
: fair this week, Mark, he said, so
!. can spare this lot of pictures TOR goo
u while. You take EN- and square thlhg
S AfterWard-We'll talk of balancing az
Y counts with-Sharp and all the. rest.
/ When Bascom got home iate IN, th1
o night a yellow envelope lay on ms oeSi
= Inside there was a single line: Brotn'
\ in condition to be brought east-coInln
q via Chicago" There was neither date M
It SIGNATURE but BaScOm UNDERSTOOD, an
r smiled. He pulled forward CALENDAR an
e marked off fifteen days on IL I don
know whether the time is too long or e
short" he said TO himself. anyway
have, got the cards in my hand, and a
certainly going to play the gan
Z through"
t Loris park was at its best upon l
: last day of summer racing. The howe
n on the lawns had never been so DR.
h liant the turf so green and velVety, u
= throng in stand and club house quite
j. distinguished, nor that in the free ne
n 0uite so overlooking with pure Jolllty az
t. delight in sport. The day had been Gle;
he and white hot, as BELTS Augustus lar
10 well. but toward 8 o'clock delicate mo
! tied white cloud dimmed without chlllll
the streaming sunshine. There was bar
u " wind enough to flutter the hags up
he their staffs and to ruffie the dusty leaN
at uDon the trees around the course
Here or there, in convenient FORKS al