The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-15

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Hutchins, soothingly for Mary was IN 70 q
white rage be fore the finish, " s s
83'yrrue!"8 said Mary. True " And she
laughed. You don't know @ Xle. Ilxc cent
Colonel Trayne, ,he!s the best sport q eyer Y
knew. g oB on,E ckse. q 3 81
81 Dicksie finished the article. It closed
witllga& statement that Mr. Oxenfo ord 8 re-
,5trements was pernNps due TO the fact that
he was f'cripGicd b, recent heavy loss
Mary !pluc!.ta tlf1 her bandagc and blink
ed at them Ike a. sick kit ten. a III $g
elln''S she said. 1 'nt4 going to X write
ono letter before T so blind" And she
room, in spite Of thunder gust of8pro-
test. s. l y NJ
Dear pxie," she wrote; they say
you're a heavy loser. 1T wish " you hadn't
gone over there L haven't touched the
Quentin money, and + want YOU to do
something for me. ] wantIyou to take
1t, for at really never was mine. You
know that / owe tito you. Please, please.
OSle, don't send this check back to me.
Yours, Mary. sBs X Fl IN } f3s
How dare those people say such things
about you J" 5s 3iYt IN 4 & Y Il f8aa 3t
oxenford reached New York on the day
when Flittermousc was to have his try
for the Greenwich sweepstakes. 4 But Ok
enford was not thinking Of INlittermouse
as he made his way uptown. When he
reached the landing outside the flat lie
almost fell over Miss Hutchins: She was
talking In q low tone to an old man Of
q distinctly sporting type. n Oxen ford rc-
cognlzed II Con Delaney, who n had 81 been
Honest Johns driver for years. y He put
his hand on the old man s shoulder. u X.
Hello, Con" he said. heartily. Come
to see Miss Mary? ss39 55i II .e5l n SSj Vi 3
,i mi, :, ~, ali
Con stammcredt with such trouble in his
face that Miss Hutchins fastened to
explain isS4 ~ 3s5i n sf5 5
TITS that wretched Fltternouse,"" she
said, Indignantly, 353 AZ They Vi say there's
something wrong with him. and he can't
racc.nl mi ia @ ~ 5ss3 .a a R25y,s "A Il Z
~ OXenford remembered then and UNDER
stood. "rhnt foot of his again? ''tG Old
Con nodded, TOO bad. but Il t can't be.
helped, You needn't walt, Con; III tell
Miss Mary" 8S331s3 (, Il, i
Old Con hesitntc ed 4 He knew very little
outside Of horses. but lie was devoted to
Mary, and somehow The idea was fixed
| Iii his old head that ISIS Mary was worry
| ing over what she owed OXenford. AZ Con
knew something Of TIonost Johns affairs.
Mr. OXenford'' he'muttered. Oxenford
turned on him, and under his surprised
look Con found his words with difficulty,
80 w UuSIlH9 MISS GlhES IuT
| money" he said. THE horse ain't done
yet, sir" ~ X n
5.gy".Youso old fooll" sud oxenford, but not
lSunkndly. Get out!n5 and waited for
Miss Ilutchins toslead tho way into the
| fiat y3 III a 81 Y So III sa5s n III
But that young woman faced him des-
perately, her face almost tragic under
the tiny Jet OF gas TINT nlckered on the
I stairway, Re 535 4 81 ~
# don't believe sloll SEQ you. Mr.
ONenford," 4sF IA !, Y 5st 3 ts3s A
; why not?,' asked Oxenford, quietly,
Did she find ont Miss Murray wrote to
me?' Gi 55 isl En- VI
Eyes" Miss Hutchins admitted, some
! what startled by d the presence OF this
I lig, quiet horseman, & 81 II 81 I, III NJ u E5 s
E'Dicksie's curnte made y her tell Mary
/ last night" lf34 81 ~ is33
1 Oxenford did not damn pcksIe's curate,
hut his expression spoke for him. There
! We're tears In Miss TIutchins's dark eyes.
MI 1TllttemouseE wins this race, she
1 says she is gping to take the money and
30 off somewhere. She meyer wants to
see any of us again. \. Ell;
| How about lhe9'' asked oxenford,
| thousltfully. He was not sorry hat Fit
4 teinouse had q bad foot. III " III mi
SHE says she can. never NJ face Z you
/ again, = She doesn't want YOU to think
she's q whmpering little blind begg an
OSenford did not smile even at that,
for he could imagine Mary,s misery,
But I've got to SEQ her YOU knoW,''
he said frownlnE TELL her It's Con, Z rs