Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-15

III Armenia; Sir Walter Raleigh thought it was one of the Molucca islands, while Arias Montanus, led by the similarity of the word Parvaim, -oend. them nome, Westley. Now, MT. Crane, we'll drive back to the house an have bit of lunch"
 As they drove along Crane brought up the subject of the trial. '"The colt must be extra good, Lang don, or the black is-wcll, as he was represented to be, not much account" "I guess Diablo's about good enough to win big handicap if he happened to be in one at light weight"
 "He didn't win to-day"
 t'He came pretty near it."
 But where would he have been car~ rying his proper weight?" About where he was, guess" "You said as 8 four-year-old he should have had up a hundred and twenty-six, and he carried hundred and twelve and, besides, had the best boy by seven pounds on his back" "Just pass me that saddle, MT. Crane" said Langdon, by way of an- swer. "No, not that-the one took off 1 Diablo.''
 Crane reached down his hand, but the saddle didn't come quite as freely | as it should have. Whats it caught l in?" he asked, fretfully. "In itself, reckon-lift it.'' Cad! it's heavy Did Diablo carry 1 that? Whats in it?"
 "Lead-built into it; it's my old fd- dle, you know. You're the first man that's had his hand on that saddle for some time, can tell you" 1 Then Diablo did carry his full weight?" commented Crane, 8 light l breaking in upon him.
 l "Just about, and carried it like a stake horse, too"
 "And you"
 "Yes; I changed the saddles after Westley weighed. He's a good boy, and don't shoot off his mouth much, but all the same things will out while ridin' boys have the power of speech"
 sIt looks as though Dfablo had some thing in him." said Crane, meditative- ly.
 Hes got the Brooklyn in him. Fan cy The Dutchman in at seventy pounds; that's what it comes to. Di ablo's got ninety to carry, an he gave the other twenty pounds to-day. You've l the greatest thing on earth right in your hands now"
 Langdon hesitated for minute, and then added: "But I guess you knew this all before, or yoa wouldn't have sent him here"
 T bought him for bad horse," an- | swered Crane, quietly; @.but if he turns out well, that's so much to the good. But it's bit of luck Porter's not hay ing declared him out to save nearly a hundred. He seems to have raced pretty loose.'
 T wonder if he thinks I'm taking in that fairy tale?" thought Langdon. Aloud, he said: But you'll back him now, sir, won't you? He must be 8 long price in the winter books"
 Yes; I'll arrange that" answered the other, " and I'll take care of you, too. I suppose Wesley will take the mount?" ... .
 Surely"
 Well, you can just give him to un. the horse wins" AI D CAS biSChl9 Il, Sii, IS IL!
 Seems like it.''
 II won't say anything about the race to Wesley, though
 "1'll leave all that to you. I'll attend to getting the money on; you do the l rest
 When Crane had gone LaDgdon paid further mental tribute to his masters astuteness, Now l see it all" he nut tered, "the old man just thought to keep me quiet; throw me off the scent till he duplicated the other trial, when ever they pulled it off. Now he's got q sure line on the black, an he'll make such killin' that the booksll remem- Der him for many day. But why does he keep throwin' that fairy tale into me about buyin' bad horse to oblige somebody? A man would be a sucker to believe that of Crane; he's not the sort. But one sure thing, he said he'd look after me, an he will. He'd break 8 man quick enough, but when he gives his word it stands. Mir. Jakey Faust can look after himself; I'm not goin' to take chances of losin' a big stable of bread-winners by doublin' on the boss.''
 And true to his resolve. Langdon ut- terly refused to share his confidence with Jakey Faust.
 We've tried the horses" he said, and The Dutchman won, but Crane knows more about the whole business than do. You go to him, Jake, or wait till he sends for you, an you'll find out all about it.'' That was all Fa1Isf couId Ioarp When an occasion offered he slipped 8 ten-dollar note into Shandy's hand, but Shandy knew no more than did the Dc0kmaker. The Dutchman had won the trial from the black quite easily, was the extent of of his knowledge. As to Diablo himself, Shandy gave him a very bad character indeed
 lTo Be Continued.1