The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-08-15

out any friends? =?
"Only me mother, if you please, sir.
I'll be avin to support er now
That SO; you will, responded Bur
nett, with the shade of amusement as
oourteously concealed as if he had been
discussing the great game of base ball with
the Chinese minister And what is your
particular profession ?
II aven't none, sir, but if You please
sir, me father always said | was andy
with oSses.
You inherit it, | presume. I'm sorry
yeur fathers dead It's hard to lose
fathers He was one of the best men in
a crowd after the pole MacMasters, | ever
saw. And young Burnett mused 50 long
over the treasure he had lost that the
younger Billy ventured to break in
Don YOU need another lad around
your stables, sir
Why, | don't know, I'm sure. \
boy can support his mother unless he has
something to DO. can he
No, sir
Where are You now
We as a little room down town, sir,
but We asnt much money left, an the
chap wot own it e says | n ave to ustle
round an get the rent, or hout We .oe~
Well well that i financial crisis,
iSn u2.'
Il ain just sure wot that i >ir. but !
knows it 5 bloody tough
They ali are, these financial troubles -
MacMa>iers, yon might run down with
this lad and see If what he SAYS j. all
straight and il it Is, pay up their rent for
> few weeks, and then take him up to the
stables ana tell Mr. Yorke to give him
something 10 DO. He may make rider
yet And the young Mr. Burnett turned
to his timetables aud waS flooded with
light and joy by discovering tha, the Re
~ort Fier stopped a, Pebble Beach June
tion At ; 05 aud 20, into the city at -.
a,uue him ample time. by HAVING Ihc
capable MacMastsrs meet Esu at the -ta
tjun aud help him struggle into evening
ir=s in his carnage, TO enter Mr. Dray
sen drawing room only q fsN minutes
late
MaeMasters found everything all
straight at Blllys home When 81 b,,-
came known At the stables that Mr. Bur
nett himself bad engaged the lad. he
promptly became aE object ot considerable
envy among the hule fami.F II stable boy.
rubheFS down. and exerri~ers Mr. Io1ke
,,.,n discovered too, that Billy was A. he
had aid andy wi,h gps,-s. and b.
gave the boy considerably more latitude
than he d,d ihc re-t ot the unisriiues,
particularly after the DAY when the owner
visited the stables and. f,,oasnIr,n. h.,
young importation. had spoken to him
kindly and whlspcr-i 20 Mr. NoJkc that
II woaA be 4 gryal thing II Billy the
yoanger should prove 10 have inherited
certain talents froaa his father
Billy vas grateful listle chap and next
20 hi, mother he wor,hlppsd hs. yoanr
master wi,h : ievotion which Wa a. sln.
serv A. it sa- unknowu t. the owner ot
Ss,lttcr
Next afins tbssc came SclltsF herself
Up between the promising usare and the
lad Ani !, dated almost from Ehc very
tsuu,eni that the animal had b--en assigned
70 Riily 60 care for and cxercisg
A splendid marr "a. Selsscr, and great
things wrre expected Of her Wha; hoa1s
Billy spent "a fa--sag over the thorough
brcd tuile, and then the glory Of the
eAIly morning o1crct,e spsn and the warm
ins up before Humbcs. the jpckcy. so,
aroand To pat 10 the an~ work on The
mare : training
There things knovs ah'at that
narr ws even .. nbcr doa /, be had
remarked ~ Nr 1oTkr one day af,cr he
had made 4 hItlr piiyat. test Of Ss.l;zer !.
sait oa the stretch u the PyAetlce track
which lAy around 90, Of slght behind the
woods And Nr Iorkc had only smiled
go.sd nAIuredly
Ii 81. the iay belurr the great race iar
the Ia Rue sake, ami all ghc town,
seemingly. was waiting GA The result S.lt-
ser vas biz fAyoriic 10 the brtilng, Wth
David only point leSs popular Rainbow
next Max q Reil next aud biz arld.
with s11ae rumors Of dark horss- In
the evening young Burnett chaneed 20 b.
passing veil knosn betting rr>ort, aad
gu, Of curiasity stepped inside \ book
maker was jaa making few of ihe rr-n-
lail5n remark, 50 YOU fellows arr
afraid Of the fayurit,s, arc YOU. aud don &
dare pick thirty lo-one shot Well.
now. | II Just pick \ winner myself once,
TO show you how pick Seltter, gcatle-
men. Who wants the Geld against her at
four to one No one ? Well, | Il make It
three 10 one, thirty to ten, three hundred
10 one hundred Come on, come on | II
bet you any way aud any figure. just then
a young man edged quietly through the
crowd. held a short conversation with the
bookmaker, received a ticket, and edged
quietly out Of the place Burnett looked
troubled He had recognized the young
man A. Humber brother law. This
looked odd Pulling his hat down over
his face, he hurried out just in time to So,
the young man disappearing into another
betting room farther down the street.
Burnett followed him The former
transaction was repeated though the odds
were only five TO two, and the young man
quietly retired as before, followed by
Seltzer Interested owner This time the
chase was longer Far up the street the
young man paused in the shadow Of a
building, aud an instant later was joined
by another man who was evidently waiting
foI him. There was short colloquy,
and the two separated
Burnett drew back into doorway.
The latest party in the affair passed hur-
riedly
Humber 7 remark the man IN the
door way in a whisper to himself. Strange
how hard it is to be honest, even on a
salary with FIVE figures in it!
Billy the younger was asleep, curled up
like little ball in his bed, when he awoke
suddenly to find Burnett bending over
him.