The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-09-26

"In tn third hate they whit on In
. bunch, but It was quite plain to a
man up q tree that they were tryin
hard to pocket tn Smuggler. but Mar
win, his driver. pulled him on tn out
side Nv tn bunch. where he could show
thin how 1t was done In Kansas, COM
in down tn stretch like thousand
Nv brick an winnin' tn hate.
Thin tn sphort wild tn grip made
himself offensive to me by shoutin:
Eight to one that tn Maid would win
tn next hate Wild that felt f'r me
collateral, but something tould me to
go SHOW an not be maxim chump
" meself.
"Whin they came out f'r tn fourth
hate tn crowd whit wild an seemed
to be losin' their heads as well as their
collateral. But you can bet your
luvly loife that hung on to both.
"'Go!' sed tn judge. an me sowl
1t was go from start to finish, nose
an nose, neck an neck, loike two
horses hooked to one sulky, down they
came as though they had been shot
out Nv a GatIin gu-u-n, tn Smuggler
havin' little tn best Nv tn Maid,
winnin' tn hate an maxim 1t two an
two.
"Well, Nv all tn commotion that was
liver commoted that took tn cake. 1
gave hoop f'r Smuggler, but tn duck
wild tn satchel, not to be outdone.
shouted at tn top Nv his left an only
lung: Ten to one that tn Maid wins!'
What's thatT SEE !. Let me un-
derstand you correctly. Are We willin'
to wager tin dollars to one that tn
Maid will win tn racer
81 am, SEE he.
Just then something whispered in
me ear FIR tn third tonne, 'now's your
tonne to unroll your wad, Maurice, now
or niver.' Tin to one was shtill tn
call. Give me thirteen dollars worth
o. that SEE I, handin' up me Goliath
eral TIL final wu-r-rd was given an
they were off before had tonne to de-
post me ticket in me inside pocket.
THE Smuggler had tn pole wild tn
Maid goin' like a cyclone at his side.
looked round f'r me friends, tn
shports, an saw at glance that
they had livery clint that they could
call their own, as well as all they
could borry, staked on tn Maid. an
were only waitin' fr an express wagon
to come an hand back their Goliath
eral. But there's an ould sayin', some
thing about his moneys soon part
ed I've forgotten tn first Nv It.
while all this was goin' through
me fevered brain, l poked me head
over tn fince an saw tn horses COM
in down tn home stretch loike a
streak Nv Jersey loightnin' an l could
see that tn 'Smuggler had blood in his
eye. His driver touched him on tn
flank wild tn whip an he made squirt
which caused me to think tn Maid
was shtandin' shtill.
ION an on he came until his nose
passed under tn wire, winnin' tn fifth
hate an tn race, lawn tn entoire
bunch behind.
Il trun up me hat in tn air an gave
three hoops f'r tn Smuggler, an its
no lie, I've niver seen me hat from
tnat tOlme 10 tnlS.
II walked up to tn shport w.d tn
well-nigh collapsed satchel an axed-
him to fork over me collateral. He
handed me one hundred an forty-three
dollars, which placed in me pantaloon
pockets. thin made me escape throo'
IL 'broken-hearted shp ports, until
shpied tn shwellest baroosh that liver
came over tn pike.
"'Are we engaged? SEE l to tn
dhriver.
"I am not, SEE he.
"Well, you are now sez l. What
will you charge to dhrive me to tn
Cannard house?' sez l.
do you want to go alone?' SEE he.
81 do SEE |.
"'Foivc dollars, SEE he.
"'Open up your ambulance SEE /.
II jumped in, took tn back safe,
wild me arms shpread out on both
sides, an divil a hat on me head, l
was dhriven out throo' tn mob, whin
who should | shpy walkin' but Bill
Tod, George Tod. Bill Hitchcock, Lug
Moor. Gale Wick an tn rest Nv tn
shports. waved me hand an shouted
out:
"'Ta-ta, shports, ta-ta. I'll see We
later"
And SO ended my friends account
of how the Smuggler's triumph had
been windfall of good luck for him
Golf The Horsemau