The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18
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through the main thoroughfares of the City.
watching the madding crowd the pave in hotel
ridors and the theatres the summary costumes OF the
elegantly dressed ladies' reminding one of lime rather
than of December
From the roof garden of the ST. Charles a vision of
lamps amid vstas of palms and trees came
OF the latest topical airs telling the passing
year amid the gayest surroundings while decorations
and flags at the Grunewald strongly sug-
sested Mard Gras, and that its fierce abandon
hand.
In Upper Canal Rampant and St Charles streets
the perfume of the olives honey
filled the night air gratied the senses while the
entire influence of the semtropical night soothing
and gratifying TO visitors from the
die south The Crescent City at its best winter
home of many and varied pleasures is an expert
ence of many years have thought it quite SO
attractive as at this particular New Year time
The corridors of the New St Charles were blaze of
lights The evening trains had in from the north
taxed to their utmost capacity and the pleasant routine
to the management witnessed visitors
from all parts of the country and foreign
lining up al the counter TO register. while mot
ft'-was the late
Friends greeted friends and the racing coterie
hotel measurably increased telling additional spec
uative interest the Fair morrow where
the programme, attractive one included
all the country.
1t well past midnight, and with the New
Year fifty inaugurated started for convenient
graph office to send of greeting my
the distant north. AS the office file of tee-
graph blanks lay before but if directed by the
hand of fate passed to the far counter.
Here another lot of the usual telegraph pads
tered around. and among them with small
sheet of carbon it. the manifold"
sheet exactly corresponding size the pad of
blanks.
To to act instiuctively I raised the car
bon sheet to of the underlying blanks my
message, at the time wondering to myself how the
carbon sheet there.
AS I lifted the carbon started back an excla-
nation that nearly drew the attention of the clerks
behind the counter, but they busy with
business. My surprise natural for there below
carbon the next telegraph blank underneath
impression of message just sent and a message of
decidedly interesting import. II
New Orleans l. 1893
To ]. - Co.. S. Calvert St. Baltimore. Md
Send by wire today $500 from my personal
Don't fail. Have good thing-May Belle. Can't lose
VIII get away from the post this time. Signed.
Barome St, New Orleans.
To say that surprised putting it mildly.
Astonshed that the sender of like this had
failed to notice the carbon impression and that such
occurrence should happen to OF all others.
not But I did not get far conclusion that
point for wanted time to think and pocketing the fate
full duplicate went by the
in, after sending my telegram of greeting home
Once outside in the night wondered whether
was asleep awake but the in the pocket
of raglan told that there reality than
imagination about the episode thus far. But wanted
mere time for reflection what fate had thrown in
and turning out of st. Charles street into Canal
Royal and into Cosmopolitan Cafe.
Ordering pousse cafe" down take another
at the faeful bit Of paper.
Now. not superstitious in racing matters. But
rs fate would have it, had few days before placed
a moderate wager the very animal named in the tele
gram, and she had got left at the And of
my notices in such matters had always been Took
for my money where lost it further impressed
with this strange happening of the night
On noting further the strange assurance She
away from the post this time, began to in
my mind to whether there might be something this
'windfa after ALL and 1t not hard, therefore, to
persuade myself follow it up.
On the table lay item extra, and scanning
the list of entries for today Git was 80 A. M
noted the of the May Belle in the opening
ey ent the curtain raiser days sport
inspection of the horses she had beat rather
my enthusiasm, for Swordish and Prince True.
Dr. Clark and Rebonnet all looked to hold her safe
However went to my and slept the strange
with the telegram under head for
dream vision perhaps. But came to as slept
the sleep non-dyspeptc, the morning said
myself. in the language of the middle You for
it. old The you. Get it back or let
It you more I did not know who u. j"
was but the coincidence cncher to
Out at the racecourse there holiday crowd OF
5000 people, and hand early to the opening
betting. May Belle opened at l. but money
her price with the stable boy Hay in the saddle.
and finally 30 l. The so TO chalked
= the Of Bookmsker Rsnnan, and l made
mind that good enough for Handing Rannan
bills. received back ticket calling for 500
betting is STYLED in the peculiar vernaear
Then outside watch further
Developments
! had not got on instant too Hardly had
steps leading from the ring caizis restau
ant before there scurrying of feet around the
ing darling hther and thther
the paddock the trainer of the
all lank. redheaded chap. with whom I already had
light acquaintance. 1 showed him the telegram had
ound he Immediately much interested He did
know the signer. u. = and more than did At
dscamed acquaintance with the resident 81
ne Monumental City. and. pulling telegram from his
ocket, handed it to The trainers telegram read:
New York. Jan.
% c. NJ, New Orleans:
Shrewd people backing your mare here for steady
money. What is there in it? l..
Trainer NJ told that he had answered l.:
Mare good II she gets from the post half
ny find where assured that she would away
the post and parted crossed the track the
gfeId
At the post May Belle mulish. usual and she
roed break after break | began to my money
. 'glimmerng" Notwithstanding the assurance the
break in which the flag would go
fay Belle the post the starter called Jockey
lay: Now look here you boy. will you just
lore chance. Do you hear? Only / am rot
TO tire these horses lust