The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-17
HOW MOLLY WON
THE M AND M
Tale of Absorbing Interest Of a
Racing Romance Way
Back East.

walked into Farmer Josh Middleton's
farmyard, where he was busily stacking
salt hay. The farmer saw his approach
and his usually rudy countenance
wh.tened
You know that you owe me $1,000 on
this place, Middleton, and that it has
been overdue for more'n two months
Now, I've got chance to sell Inc place
for snug sum that'll leave you a few
dollars, and why not do it? You well
know that you can't pay it,
Great drops of perspiration stood on
Middletons forehead as he slowly
Strengthened his angular form and looked
the miser full in the face.
yes, 1 know 1 owe you $1,000 Gerard
Braman, and, goodness knows, Il wish
didn't. But the place'll never be sold
with my consent. Why man, it would
break mothers heart. Don't you know
all our girls and boys wuz born here, an
we've only got John left out of the
seven? No, Gerard Braman, the good
Lord'll pervide some way for me to save
our old home if yen only give me little
time"
Tut, mani" replied Braman. Your
crops have failed this year on account
Oh the drought, ana where unQer heavens
can you look for a dollar to come from,
I'd Ike to know?"
This was staggerer for Middleton, as
he knew that his relentless creditor was
only telling. the truth.
''You might possible sell the mare Molly
for couple of hundred dollars" went
on Braman. 'I don't know but I would
give it myself"
This touched Middleton in a sensitive
part, for the mare was the idol of the
family. She was possessed of a great
burst of speed, but had never been train
ed except an occasional trial on the road
for short distances when she invariably
left her competitors far in the rear.
Much obleeged, Mr.. Braman, but Mol
lyil never leave the farm till we all go
together. l raised her from a baby, an
she's got warm place in old Josh Mid
dleton's heart. Why, she'd die from
inconsistencies, if she went where she
missed the apples and little sweetmeats
we give her. Any part of the farm
where she can hear my call she'll an
swer an come like a streak o. dark
nghtnin'''
At that moment John drove into the
yard with the mare hitched to { rickety
old Wagon. Her nostrils were well open,
and the thin pointed ears, narrow muz-
zle, wide forehead, long barrel, thin, fiat
bony legs, and long, sweeping tail be-
spoke the inheritance of some pure we'll
bred strain in her blood.
Been racin' agin, John?" asked Mid
dleton, as he fondly eyed his pet and
stroked her nose softly.
yes dad. Y'see, ] was comm down
the turnpike when Mr.. Dexter, thet rich
man from out west pulled out on US with
his trotter, tibet Bill Jenkins seq he paid
thousan' dollars for. As it was a good
stretch I let Molly go, and we beat him
all boiler; didn't we, Molly?"
We'll, Middleton, I'll give you until the
18th day of July to pay me in full, and
not a day longer. / mean interest and
principal Don't forget it,
AS Braman left the yard Mr.. Dexter
drove in, having followed John home.
Good afternoon. Mr. Middleton, I sup
pose?''
! That's my name, as some calls me,
but 1 like Josh better. VIVA. can 1 do
for you?" said the farmer.
II have a horse here with a record OF
; 2min. 15sec., for which I paid a con-
siderable sum of money. Now as your
mare can beat him so easily I want to
buy her. Name your price, and make II
enough as I mean to have her.
Mr.. Dexter, when you drove in here
the man who left at the same time
! interest, and if 1 don't pay him on the
25th day of July, interest and principal
away goes our home and everything will
it--and he-he-wanted to buy Molly, bu
I can't sell her, I can't sell her-its NJ
use"
Tll-pay your mortgage in full to-mor
row, Mr.. Middleton, if you'll give a bill
. of sale of the mare to me when l hant
you the papers," said the visitor, watch
will admitting
:, This order made Middleton hold hi
: breath Here was a chance to get on
!. of his old enemy's clutches and save hi
: home. Back and forth the old maj
n paced, while John was crying like bah,
:. at the thought of parting with his OLE
Q companion
n Just as the farmer had about made VI
. his mind to say yes" the mare whin
o MED and rubbed her nose against hi
/. already moistened cheek. That settles
$ it. Throwing his barred brown arm
around her neck and patting it fondly
: he replied:
9 you've offered more'n she's with, MI
: Dexter, but I can't part with her, an
e must trust to some other way of gettini
p out of my trouble with Mr.. Braman."
e The affection exhibited for the intel
e ligent animal touched the wealth
4 Chicagoan. When he saw that Middleton
4 would sooner lace the mortgage tnan Sc
p his pet, he knew that she was not TO
: sale
e Mr.. Dexter, after a few moments o
Il deep thought, made proposition to tn
$ farmer. the result of which found tn
three men and the mare at the half
u track in town near by on the afternoo
of the following day. A sulky was pro
II cured by Mr. Dexter, and the mare wa
y given three full miles under the watc
in time that caused smile to settl
. over the westerner's face, but he KEEP
whatever pleased him to himself
In a few days a nice bicycle sulky an
e handsome pair of feather-weight quartz
>, boots, with a splendid racing harness
II arrived from Boston, and under Mr.. DeS
:, ter's experienced eye the mare was dali
- trained the next week.
1t was the day of the great M. and
= stake race in large city in the ives
~ where the winner would receive abou
: $4,000. There were over 80 entries !
= this, the greatest trotting race of tn
year, and every horse but one was fror
the stables of well known men,
= The jockeys and rubbers, as well as tn
owners, were asking themselves VIII
. Josh Middleton was and his mare Mol!
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