The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-17
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Gopping andsI were lunchinp at the
club. Kydd and Hardy Joined us at
the window table. Kydd put down his
y Daily Marvel on the vacant chair.
J. G9ppiRg aSa gstp bounced e tSn on Il Just look
We an looked. 10 me It seemed ae NJ; no
different from any other q I's-save
for small white dot on the tail there
...Ah, but = that : the point!, puzzled
Coping. Il we spotted it dozens Of
times, and always in different let
ssPooh! = sneered Kydd. .s.sIt,,s as
simple as a 3 C-only shows which ma
chine printed the copy 49,,
Hardy remarked scornfulIy that ev.
cry infant-in-arms knew thati ! I tried
to smile, as if had known it since
the year one. And Copping asked vii
liam savagely what he meant by sery-
ing up cold potatoes.
All at once he frightened up.
Here's the Ostrich coming along:
l Il lay. fver he doesn't know!'' =
Couplings pet name for Tommy was
1.-THE Ostrich, = because he could swal-
low anything. Hardy's was ttthe Ev-
But Kydd lfor whom he e0l had Il the preat. pat.
est admiration) called him fool-tout
court.
mHel" shouted Hardy. nWhy, you
from Marsh
We burst out laughing as Tommy
Greene came rushing up-and he
laughed too. He was in a deuced hur-
IX, IX,,, ne explained to all and sundry.
brows began tospucker ominously. +
Remember!' he broke out signif.
cantly. Notaa word to living soul. =,
We nodded solemnly.
mad It from the assistant sub-edi-
tor himself he went on in low tones,
ION the strict q.t.'
We nodded more solemnly. Greene
rose to the bait.
"But I'm the only one you can be
quite sure Of" he chuckled with his
mouth full 9 seeing that I haven't the
iGas6 abo1t potf9n Az 10 Of hsi What you talking
row. io
opinion of me!'' ; w.
eDon + be huffy, old chapl'' soothed
| Kydd. After all, why Shouldn't t ]
trust you as well as the others9'' And
then he showed him the dot in the
"I've seen 'em before nodded
Greene eagerly. "What can it meanq':
tip!n whispered Kydd.
Really9n cried the other under hi,
breath. "But how9''
Kydd surpassed himself. It was thu
simplest thing in the world, he *
planned. The number Of the dotted let
ter correspondent with the number o.
the horse on their "list Of starters
for the chief race of the day. Thus
| if their stipO was the first horse, tht
1 dot would go in the first letter Of the
title; it 1t was the second horse, the
j dot would be in the second letter; anc
so on and so forth. Greene was fairl,
staggered. Indeed, SO were we all.
HBut what about their tip IN tn,
body of the paper9o he bethought sud
1 denly: ~
Coping groaned. Hardy laughed.
exchanged plying glances with Kydd
:Do you think they want the who'll
world in the knowS' he asked witt
inefable scorn. "It's only meant fo
friends Of the staff. -
Greene screwed up his lips-a sig,
he is thinking hard
s." Which horse do they give for to
Pegasus II9''
But Kydd always knows when tt
stop. "If you don, It mind ''-he folded
up his paper with dignity ID rathe,
Greene looked abashed. He scarcel,
spoke another word until he left Vi
| to- our coffee and fastened off to hi
appointment. I looked idly out Of tn,
window. There he was buying a ssDaily
MARVEL from the old pensioner across
the street! :
We fairly roared. (which hors,
would it work out atq,,' I asked, as
soon as I could speak "Just for thu
fun of the thing.'i
Kydd counted: nT.h.e D-a-i- that ,.
able starters. = "a = ssThe @ @siytI
ahoFse ho15es !, is $, Sir Thomas Jorkin's Silly
None of us had ever heard Of it
nLook at the betting" suggested
Kydd did SO. The result seemed i,
Sally he read out with grin. : :
We roared again. "But 1 hope h,
on,'' said I uneasily. He hasn has IT. i
big, income, you know
'No fear!' reassured Kydd. tHi.
head and his pocket aren't t on speak
ing terms.,or else he'd been bankrupt
long ago."
A few hours later I was looking al
the tape in the hall when Tommy
Greene rushed in like mad bull.
:, Where's Kydds' he shouted ex
I hate, rows. "Just gone home, J,
Ereplied, unblushingly.
Why, Hardy said-O he began
when the door Of the billiard-roon
opened and he dashed inside. KydG
tried to defend himself with the. cue
but the other seized both his hands;
81 shall never forget this, neverl'
\ he shrieked.
WWhat have / doneaD cried poo,
Kydd. struggling to free himself.
Thanks to you, put a tenner OF
Silly Sally gasped Greene. @
It WASH t my fault protested
i Kydd,a mere child, in his hands
But, man aliveo beamed. Tommy
(H don't you knows Silly Sally WON!,
ii. M. Jacobs. 81
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