Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

Porter in astonishment.
mo, you didn't" drily answered her hus-
band.
Allis smiled; she had settled that part Of
1t with her father at the time.
IF you'll excuse me" began Crane. rising.
II think Mr.. Mortimer is getting tired. !
believe I'll jog back to Brookfeld."
Reluctantly the Reverend Dolman rose,
too. He felt, somehow, hat the atmos-
phere Of racing had smothered his expostu-
lation-that he had made little Roadway.
The intense honesty that was John Porter's
shielded him about almost as perfectly as
a higher form of belief might have done.
But with almost a worldly cunning II
occurred to the clergyman that he could
turn the drawn battle into a victory for
the church; and as they stood for a minute
in the gentle hustle Of leave-taking, he
said,
The ev-er-continuing fight that carry
on against the various forms Of gambling
must necessarily take on at times almost a
personal aspect"-he was addressing Mr..
Porter, ostensibly-"but in reality It is not
quite so. / think / understand your posi-
tion, Mr.. Porter, and-and-what shall
say?-personally feel that the wickedness
of racing doesn't appeal to you as q great
contamination; you withstand 1t, but-you
will forgive me saying so-thousands have
not the same strength Of character"
Porter made a deprecating gesture. but
Dolman proceeded. "What / was going to
say is that you possibly realize this your
self. You have acted SO wisely. with what
l would call Christian forethought, In plac-
ing your son Alan in a different walk OF
life, and"-he turned with a grave bow in
Cranes direction-'and in good hands
too"
'HA mother wished it," Porter said
simply.
Yes. John was very good about Alan'i
future" the mother concurred, but, hus'
band. you quite agreed that 1t was mucl
better for Alan to be in the bank thar
possibly drifting into association with
we'll, such d~ishonorable men as this Mr.
Langdon and his friends. He is so mucl
better on" she continued. with yourI
men such as Mr.. Crane would have sbou
him" H.,
The Rev. Dolman smiled meekly. but 1
was in triumph. He had called attention
to an act which spoke far louder than Mr.
Porter's disclaiming words.
Porter was not at all deceived by tn
minister; In fact he rather admired TIT
others eleverness in beating him on TIT
post. He gave a little laugh as he. said
II should not have succeeded very vel
In a bank. / am more at home with tn
horses than l am with figures. but l ex
pect l would have zone fairly straight ant
hope the boy will do the same. / fame!
one Of the great troubles about banking
10 to keep the men honest-the temptation
Of handling so. much money being great
They seem to have more chances to stea
than men on the race course"
AS usual, Porter seemed to be speaking
out OF his thoughts and without malice
no one took ofIense. 1t. was simply I
straightforward answer TO Dolman's charge
Porter had simply summed up the Who'll
business in q very small nutshell-tha
there was temptation everywhere and tina
honest men and thieves we're TO be fount
on race courses. in banks, in every bust
ness, but that, like horses, a fair share o
them we're honest.
speaking materially of race horses
quite outside OF the moral aspect" sal,
Crane as he was taking his leave. you'll
have to be mighty careful Of that Diablo
Mr.. Porter, when Miss Allis Is about. III
seems a vindietive brute"
yes. John, you'll have 70 sell hin
right away I'll be frightened to dealt
while he's about the place"
Il shall never be a BIT afraid OF him,
demonstrated Allis. shandy. who made al
the mischief. has been discharged"
"Diablo has always been more troubl
than he's worth" said Porter. II though
he was going to be q good horse. but h
| isn't. and II he has taken to eating peopl
I'll give him away some day. I wouldn'
sell him as a good horse and nobody'd bu.
! a man eater"
. "II buy him when you a up you
mind, Mr.. Porter" exclaimed Crane. some
what eagerly. Il have nobody sWse