Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-05

who, comfortably ensconced in the easiest
chair In the room, was making, apparent
ly, some abstruse calculations on a piece
Of paper, and referring frequently for
guidance to a gaily bound betting book.
"All right, old fellow" he said, in re-
turn to Grenville's greeting Wanted
to have a talk to you knew you would
come up by that train; told the old party
to get food for two at half-past seven
wants just ten minutes: Go and wash
your hands, while 1 finish what l am
about"
After the 'bit of fish and beefsteak"
that constitute an ordinary bachelor din
ner in chambers, the two began to smoke
Now" said Dallison "'shall be back
to dinner Of course meant, as we agreed
it should, that Pearman had yielded to
your terms. / was off to Plyart directly
| got your message, and we have had a
busy afternoon of it. We rather woke up
the Subscription Room at Knightsbridge,
l fatter myself From being an outsider
IN the betting, we brought Coriander back
to Z to 2, and made him once more first
favorite. 1 told you we had Pearman In
hole, and we had. l suppose you got a
lot of money out of him"
Eyes, indeed we made him pay f10,-
600 to let off our claim" And then
Grerville recounted his interview with
Pearman.
very good then he's now absolute
master of the horse again. OF course,
exactly what l expected from your tele-
gram. Now I'll tell you what I've done.
In the first place, laid, between us, or
rather Plyart did for us, $4,000 to FL 200
against Coriander; that was before he
was driven back in the betting; of course
that left us to win f1,20o If he was beat
or didn't start. After getting your tele-
gram l went down to Tattersall's, and,
with Plyart's assistance, got that whole
FL, 200 on the horse at long odds. We
now stand to win, between us E10,170 if
Coriander wins the Two Thousand, and
just quits If he loses. Not a bad book,
Grenville?'H
by Jovel mo- and he's good chance,
hasn't her"
Eyes, on previous running, wonderful.
We know Pearman has backed him to win
him lot Of money. It's not likely he
would have paid you 10000 to-day un-
less he was very confident about his
chance. To wind up with, his own COM
missioner backed him to-day for a good
bit Of money, although he had to take
shortish odds, owing 10 our having ap-
propriated all the long prices against the
colt"
Grenville'S eyes sparkled, though he
said nothing, but smoked on in silence
for a minute or two. Yes, II that should
come of, he might marry Maude at once
Dallison had regarded him intently.
Suddenly he broke silence.
II saw your eye fash up, and then.
You plunged into a reverie. had for
gotten the stake you told me you had on
this, when you first spoke to me about
1t. Whether it's been any good to 90 80
far, Of course don't know; but you
stand as fair a chance as a man can do
Of winning fb,08o next week, II that will
help You at all There's no certainly
about anything In this world-6bout how
long It's been world, or about how long
we've been preying on each other in II.
Practically, mind, we are as much canni-
balls as ever, and eat each other UP with
as much alAcrity as the Feejee Islanders.
A good heavy city swindle gulps us down
much as a whale takes herrings; but
there's plenty Of pike about, who do their
cannibalism one at time, and not by
the shoal. Old Pearman was a pike Of
.renown In fact, he might have aspired
to the dignity of a shark, If he hadn't
been of retiring disposition, and, ever
anxious to hide his light under a bushel.
Young Pearman has fair dash of the
pike about him, too. Which way he can
make most money out Of Coriander don't
know; but 1 should think, by winning /;
and II I'm right In my conjecture, bar
accidents, we shall win our money, Gren."
"And If 1t is the other wayf"
ashanti lose It, thank goodness But
I'm afraid If his book makes up a few
hundreds better on the lose, Coriander
will not run up to his previous perform
anoss. We've done pretty well; win or
lose, we stand big stake to nothing.
Goodnight"
Granville unused far into the night. Yes,
he had been playing for high stakes late
", and winning game after game. Let
this only come of, and he should have
fairly won his sweet cousin. Then the
thought came into his head that he must
see It, and then 1t flashed across him that
Maude must be with him. How he was
to manage It, he didn't know. As inspira-
tions fash across mankind, so do supersti-
tons. Coriander's winning the Two
Thousand depended upon MGude and him
being there to see.
Ridiculous r. you'll say. There Is
pretty we'll as much romance and super
stition going about the world as hereto
fore but our nineteenth century training
teaches M, above all things, not to lay
ourselves open to ridioule. We may IN
Wardly admit such thingsI We don't 40
knowledge them.
ITO be continued.)