Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-21

"poH 'Hc noiy Stute OIL matrlmOny
about year before. anu so that wire
elee of his was only natural
Well that let's you out of going
to The track today. eh?' said to him
AFTER few congratulatory cracks
Track he bawled. What track?
Say, I'm going TO hustle uptown in
an airship to take IL peek at that
twelve.pound piano mover.
uh-huh!' said !: but wait a min
ute--don't ring off yet. Dire remem.
Der an animated piece of horse CINE
named Rappahannock? Recall that
We had bit OF u conversation about
that one last evening mt my rooms?'
II could hear him slapping his
thigh through the phone.
by jee. | forgot all abont That ha
yelled back. Never would have re.
'membered 1t ir you hadn't mentioned
1t. walt minute. Let's see. There's
M chance for me TO make the track,
OF conrse-l've just nachully got TO
have personally conducted view of
that twlve-pomd hodcarrler within
the next three.quarters of an hour
or bust. But, say. I'll just hustle over
to the bridge and III be able TO nail
some pal who'll be aide to get your
thousand down all pat
IF he'd been able to see me at
mat, he'd have observed that | looked
never known one or
these third-hand bets to grease through
yet without some kind of n hitch.
But there was no other way out.
1t was too late then for me TO call
up some other friend bound ont for
the track. and as near as | knew any.
thing knew that Rappahannock was
Just as good as In.
IAN right 'phoned lack to my
young friend with the new twelve.
FOUNDER. but say. dent In thai swelled
up state of yours. hand the thousand
over to the first bridge newsboy Won
meet Give II to some grown-up rel.
low that both of us know. II YOU can
land one.
oh III connect with the right
KIND he replied and then he rang Off
10 run over TO the bridge to get hold
Oh man to give the Rappnhannocli
Thousand TO before chasing uptown to
see ms baby. quarter of an hour
later he called me Up again
It's all right he sa:1 To me. 4
shipped that thousanG 20 Jimmy So
and'so, naming racing man that |
knew wei, and perfectly responsible
CHAP He'll get It down all right
sorry, old man, | couldn't have at,
tended TO 1t myself, as per schedule,
pu. -"o"ee!--twelve pounds Sim
gong to make prizefighter out OF
NM, ana the rest was incoherent.
felt pretty good over the fact
mat my commission had been intrust-
cd 10 such solid chap as the one
fri Il,
Driuge, ana all that | had TO do then
was 10 wait for the word that Rappa.
hammock had waltZed home. 20.
that word four minutes after the race
My ianitor slipped around 10 n pool.
room at post time for me and brought
ME back the result, w:i;cn was thnt
RappahonnOck had slid home with an
average ofsl2 to one against his chalk.
For couple of hours my little bunk
or sickness seemed pretty soft to mo.
I'hCn OF sudden 1t became as knob,
by as II 1t had been filled with shiny
sticks. The ianitor brought me the
evening papers. On the first page of
several OF them was an account of a
roush-house on Il Brooklyn elevated
tram between guard and n well
known racing man nance Jimmy So
and.so. The guard hS7 attempted to
mix 1t with Mr.. James So-anl.so be-
cause the latter accidentally trod
upon his (the gliard's) foot in hust
ling to board the car, and my friend
James had merely tossed the guard
over the gate lattice work and onto
the downtown track. that's all
Wherefore, the well known racing
man walked in upon me. an express
sion of the deepest gloom upon his
face. He had just 0een bailed out
Of tho Brooklyn station. where he
had been taken on the charge Of as.
sanlting the elevated guard. and he
walked over TO my lounge and slipped
me my 5000 note.