The Sunday globe., 1901-07-21
Tells How His NeighbOr Won a
Horse Race.
HE TAKES A VERY LONG SHOT.
A DAY or BY Order OF His Wife - She Puts
Five Dollar Bill in His Fist 10 Take
a Fysr-HOw He EnjoYes Himself and
the Manner in Which he Disposed Of
His Winnings

Whin ] Wint to the races. l mad as
foine Soime as iv% | had in my loife,
Myles, bethune Ourselves, | put little
lot ov money on wan ov the races me
horse came in fust, an l came out
ahead"
did yez know anythin' about the
horse yez put yer money on?"
"Divil a ha'porth"
"Why did yez back him?"
"Bekase no one else wanted any part
ov him; an besides loiked his looks"
AN he come in a winner"
GAS CLAIM as liver yez saw in yer
loife. All! O'Hara yez should have
seen him as | did, an yez i'd put yer
thrust in him, too-that is, iy yer as
fond ov a horse as l am, an shure
think yez are. 'Twant much | had to
risk, but before | risked it | said to
meself I'll 30 back in the paddock an
look em ovir. Well, sur, as soon as
lay me eyes on him, an watched his
moveminSs an knew he belonged to an
honist stable, an cum of a good strain,
there wus somethin' or other that
towld me that he was all right, Thin
lookt him ovir again an whole | wuz
doin' so he turnd his big brown eyes
on me, as much as to say, Mike, I'm
all roight; don't fear me, Say O'Hara,
'pon me sowl, he won me. He was the
most honist appearin' horse that iyeT
lookt through bridle.'
well me bowld admirer ov horse.
flesh, whot did yez do afther fallin' in
love wild yer Rosinante"
"Well, ! wint out to the place where
the min do their bettin' l walks up
to the fellow what registhers the
wagers. | towld him what l want'd.
twenty-five to wan, sez he. All roisAt,
sez |, an | put me good five up. Thin
started out widout another wurd,
got a good comfortable salt on the
sthand an enjoyed the race"
"An' your horse won"
"As claim as a whistle; an without
turnin a hair. OHara, | haven't been
on the Curragh ov Kildare, whin | wuz
goosoon, an know nothin' about
horses"
mike, I'm glad yer cum out a win.
ner. There's no man I'd sooner see get
on the roight side ov good forfeiture
than yerself, wild meself for fust
choice"
81 know it, O'Hara."
But say Mike, ov coorse afther win
min a bit ov money so aisy yez wint in
an plunged on the races that cum
afther"
GOV coorse didn't. | just wint
into the place undther the sthand, got
a plate ov clam chowder, a glass Of
beer and a tin-cint cigar, an walked
out. sed to meself: | have done a
good days wurk, an I'm Untitled to
inioy it. So up goes, takes me place
in a quiet corner ov the sthand and
watch'd the races an the people the
rist ov the afternoon
"Widout maxim another bet?"
mot wan"
"Ah! yez have no sportin' blood in
yez."
Y "Whots that?"
"Why, man, wild that hundred an
twinty.foive or thurty dollars ysz had
in per pockit, yer moight have made a
thousind or twilve hunderd."
An thin agin | moight have lost it"
"Nothin' ventchure, nothin' win"
"But | did venture, an win"
"Yis. A fve-dollar ventchurel"
"Thrue, Myles. Twas only foive dol
lars. but it wuz all | cud afford. Iv
lost it wud have quit jist as | did
whin | wan the hundred an twinty-
foive, an no wan would be a bit the
wiser. / wuz lucky an | didn't wish
to risk me luck in another ventchure,
So, sez / to meself sez /, a burd in the
hand is worth two in the bush. Let
well enuf alone for the prisint. So
wint to me perch on the sthand,
smoked me tin-cint perfecto, injoyed
the balance ov the races an wint home
in a continted state ov mind, in as
crowded an as durty a car as iyer
cattle Wuz penned in
AN whot did yez do wild all yer
money!"
"'Twant a graft dali, O'Hara, as yez
know; bat there wasn't wan oy the
childer that didn't hnifit by it. They
all got a new frock, pair ov shoes or
a hat-whotiyer they needed most-an'
thin, be way oy desert, | bought thin
candies"
"Jist loike yez, Mangan. Give us yer
fist More power t'yez. But say, Mike,
how did yez explain to the ovid woman
where yez boundless welth cum from?
Did she think yez wur thryin' to airn
the reputayshin oy wantin to die
poor?"
"Arrah, get away wild yez, O'Hara,
an don't be maxim fun ov me-.
That's all roight, Mike that's all
IOlSnls Dul NtL uiul Jell me HON NtA
explained to the ovid woman how yez
fell into the forchune She cudn't have
thought that Andy Carnaygee TUX ysz
fur libry an gave yez the money to
buy books"
"Ah, Myles, sthop yer Honsinse will
yez, an I'll be afther tellin' yez."
"G'wan thin"
well, as | towld ye, me whole cap
81 I,1I
wiRt in an wont OUT
"Yis."
"Now, d'yez know where [ got that
money? Civ guess"
"Arrah whots the use. Shure |
cudn't iv thried."
well, | tell yez. O'Hara, I've bin
purity hard wurkin' man, an iv do
have little divarshin' in me own way
at tonnes, don't do anybody any
harm, not even meself"
"Thrue fur yez."
well sur; as yez know yerself
have wan oy the best wimmin i'm the
wurruld fur a wife, bar none. An she
puts on no frills about it ayther. Well,
wasn't feein' very well last week
I'd been wurkin' purity hard, an the
hate ov the weather, as yeZ know. wuz
playin' the divil wild all ov us. Twas
almost fiyin the face ov providinse to
be out wild the hot sun pourin' down on
min an baist But the wurk had to be
done AMI in doin' it many a good man
an horse wint undher."
"Roight yez are; God save us from
all hurt an harm"
Amin. But say O'Hara, yez re-
mimber that hot Friday a week ago,
Whin we all suffered"