The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-02

q bunch, hut it was quite plain 10
man up a tree that they were tryin'
hard to pocket tn Smuggler, but Mar
vim, his driver, pulled him on tn out
side iv tn bunch. where he could show
thin how it was done in Kansas, COM
in down tn stretch like thousand
iv 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 FIR me
collatheral, but something tould me to
go SHOW an not be maxim a chump
iv meself.
"Whin they came out FIR tn fourth
hate tn crowd whit wild an seemed
to be lesin' their heads as well as theil
collateral. But you can bet your
luvly loife that l hung on to both.
"'Go!' sed tn judge, an me sowl
it was a 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 iv Gatlin gu-u-n, tn Smuggler
havin' little tn best iv tn Maid.
winnin' tn hate an maxim it two an
two.
"Well, iv all tn commotion that was
liver commoted that took tn cake.
gave hoop FIR Smuggler, but tn duck
wild tn satchel, not to be outdone,
shouted at tn top iv his left an only
lung: Ten to one that tn Maid wins!'
whats that? SEE l. 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 sez l, 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 cyclone at his side.
looked round FIR me friends, tn
shports, an l saw at a 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 FIR an express wagon
to come an hand back their Goliath
eral. But there's an Guild sayin', some
thing about his moneys soon part
ed I've forgotten tn first iv 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 iv Jersey loightnin' an I-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.
"On an on he came until his nose
passed under tn wire, winnin' tn fifth
hate an tn race, lawn tn entoire
bunch behind
II trun up me hat in tn air an gave
three hoops FIR tn Smuggler, an its
no lie, I've niver seen me hat from
that tonne to this.
Il 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 l placed in me pantaloon
pockets l thin made me escape throo'
tt 'broken-hearted shports, until ]
shpied tn shwellest baroosh that liver
came over tn pike.
care We engaged?' SEE l to tn
dhriver
"'I am not, seq he.
"'Well, you are now seq l. What
will you charge to dhrive me to tn
Cannard house?' SEE |.
DO you want to go alone? SEE he.
"I do sez 1.
"'Foive dollars SEE he.
"'Open up your ambulance, sez I.
81 Jumped in, took tn back safe,
wild me arms shpread out on both
sides, an divil a hat on me head, I
was dhriven out throo' tn mob, whin
who should l shpy walkin' but Bill
Tod, George Tod. Bill Hitchcock, Lug
Moor, Gale Wick an tn rest iv tn
shports 1 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 a windfall of good luck for him.
self.-The Horseman.