The sun., 1901-09-29
PLUNGED ON THE DARK HORSE.
A MAvwHo DTDNT wrNcz.o .ooo. 900
ON a1HK MELBOURAE CUP.

Ever be~n 10 the Meibourns races1- m
onir,si the man with this dull. rowing eye
pouring out "a ar fingers Of raw absinths
and pushing &c into his countcnsnoe viii
no more outvas svidenoss Of shosk thar
n the LIQUOR ha a been 90 much bfushfu
hippocrcns.
What Melbou rne7' saked the qutst-
looking man who happsnsd 10 be On tbs
other side OF the tsble IN ths slcovs. alp
ping q stein Of malt.
Down below replied the man WITH the
rowing eye. kokin, tho floor With his heal
sOther side o thii
-Oh. Melbourne. Aussr Ala put IN the
q,Iiet-loOkng man regarding with IN
absent gaze the % aer who was again. al
ready, fimbling the abstnthe nagon-
'Nopa Never saw Melbourne wors; Of
it is,. he added vii b = grin. I DOM want
70. Little old
'Uh-huh: little oi,l Moo Yswk Il do you.
never mind saying that; gets tiresomo,
broke IN the man vii the rowing eye, again
rsxalfng himself win q drink Of the green
iiuid that would mail Minnesota lumber
man late hole oui ~ all the forumen AMI
simekcspers Of the "a nnt, and yet he never
bstted an eys over IT, IF you haven't been
% Melbourne. y'ou,rht 20 We born And
n you haven't seen the ram for tho Mel
bourne Cup. y'oasht'so bs-.shsmed 20 say
90, Hsyi'
sGwnn,' cad ths quis tjooking man,
vHping from his ste N. srd making rings
On tho table with the bottom OF H. your
tinchpln's loose
The msn with the rowing eye smiled
rreasaly and leaned ovsr tho tsbs.
Let us have peace he said. smishly.
Don't you feel 90 ba6 Just becarss saw
the raoe for the Melbo' Irne Cup and you
didn't, pons be iesio,'- You're all right.
.dGay,. said the ,tusct-Iookins man
you've got haty,iids "a your loft What
dye think I'd 20 90 Aus tralla 90 sre a race
for, when I can slink over the way 70 Long
Island and drop me ccin without taking a
wet and fossy r'd" on q boat Tor a couple
sI'u tell you Why replied the. man Of
tho green oordiG -Because the Mel
bourne Cups raoe. a racc-rsce, race-
race-race- race- rsse-rse. Real thing. Won
know. Time saw IL run Oh the race wa
iGit on,s said the quies-looIsinx man.
sHone-t,- said the unsteady eyed one.
leaning o~er, N. tnble conhdentislly.
we'll, dye want 20 hoar about IL?
-Oh, IN listen 20 any old thing. 90 the
music OF the choo-choo csrS, any old thing.
answered i've man with th. stein. ITS
my watch on. and hstesling's whero shine
biggcrn big red noon over misty swamp.
Idt ap. " YOU want to
Thu. invite d. the man with the dull,
rowing eve OF 90 more Refreshed himself
with enough o. the raw green product OF
wormwood 10 pwalyse q dozen French
loulcvariierS Ia n row. took three hong
inhalations from a rank yellow Cuban
cigarette, and bcvan:
TT behooveth ne not 10 lay before you
n L.. L. 81.
NJ. nor whom was doing; but was there
hiRgern salt wIaer turtle IN the bottom
Of n kanRka canoe. and was there just To
sce thc Melbourne races. | saw EN-, and
ing 40 .ffectnally that, demrne. IL looked for
tine a. " I'D have 10 20 20 work How
ever aud he took three more long IN
halstions, "A hit Of hiok eventually obvisted
that gun-pme new ssity, and 30 l was on
bg ON the dark ono that was 10 90 out foT
the Melbourne cup.
Got tipu.ed or or that dark borse In a
peculiar way. too Was walking aimlesslv
on the outskirts Of Melbourne one night.
wondering why II was that they couldn't
make ANYTHING To caiee me 60 H. lees thirsty.
when In raising by a shed heard the low
pitched voces Of two men inside tho shed.
It's nd a gamble. one Of EN- was
.ayips 70 The ,,oS S'hc ssss-as sor Hsi,,n, nv.
run away from any 1rld OF hors-- that ever
wen, on iron. He csin 60 around any track
on earth twic~ TO tb-sfr once
oh, the devil srowled the other man
In the shed. Who ever heard OF this He'll
lentY L.mme have a look ~ the horse
and maybe III think over putting up the
money
But that. Just what cannot do said
Hellbsnt's owner Tie horse wont h-
shown 20 mortal man ,esidc- myself until
he wallus 90 the post foi the cup I've got
reasons for this. You know I'm no sun
downer or crook. Tase my word for IL
and put up the f?ooOo AZ The long price,
and you'll 90 back TO old England with
millions
You must take ms for = tidy ass,
grunbled the other man. I won't 20
farhing on this pis IN ., a! a poke ",G OF yours
him coming out Of the she'd.
Il stopped 20 one side and watched him
stride on down IN. dark street, and then
stepped into the shed quccr-looling.
tall angular fellow, with "A stubbly, grsyish
beard. that I'd never claT ped an eve on be-
fore. was just picking up a lantern and pre-
pairing TO come out.
Hello. oign, .sd I. scrpins night
say. I'm your man. Two got ten thousand
POUND thatn stand for nay word on II.
Whcre'd you got HIM What's his psii,
sr~e' Has hs run before, II he q ringer
from the old country Why are you 40
THE msn raised hi- lantern - that its
raw struck my face, and for nlly three
minutes he r-gardcd Ire earnestly and
YOU ask a lot o. questions said he.
for man whose money haven't seen the
color of
Il pulled out a stray handful 81 one
hundred-pnund bank notes He bid the
LANTERN 20 them and noddei his bead
An right. said he slowly. Thai loolcs
tidy enough. I'm to get half of the winning
you understand, whsn Hcllbeut strolls ia
all alonoE
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