Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

who, comfortably ensconced in the easiest
chair In the room, was making, apparent
y, some abstruse calculations on piece
of paper, and referring frequently for
guidance to a gaily bound betting book.
IAN right, old fellow" he said, in re
turn to Grenville's greeting. Wanted
to have talk to you; knew you would
como 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 l 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
1t should, that Pearman had yielded to
your terms. l was off to Plyart directly
/ got your message, and we have had q
busy afternoon of It. We rather woke up
the Subscription Room at Knightsbridge,
l hatter myself. From being an outsider
In the betting, we brought Coriander back
to to 2, and made him once more first
favoritc. l told you we had Pearman In
hole, and we had. l suppose you got
lot Of money out Of him7"
"Yes, indeed we made him pay f10,-
| 900 to let off our claim" And then
Granville recounted his interview with
Pearman-
VERY good; then he's now absolute
master Of the horse again. OF course,
exactly what I expected from your tele-
gram. Now I'll tell you what I've done.
In the first place, laid, between us, or
rather Plynrt did for us, 1890 to 1920
against Coriander; that was before he
was driven back In tho betting Of course
that left us to win FL 200 II 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 f10,170 il
Corlander wins the Two Thousand, and
just quits IL he loses. Not a bad book,
Grenville?"
by Jove no; and he's good chance,
hasn't hs?"
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 I'M
less he was very confident about his
chance To wind up with, his own com
missioner backed him to-day for good
bit of money, although no had to take
shortish odds, owing TO 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 OF two. Yes, II that should
come Off, he might marry Mauds at once
Dallison had regarded him intently,
Suddenly be broke silence:
IT 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 abou,
1t. Whether it's been any good to 90 SC
far, Of course l don't know; but you
stand as fair chance as man can dc
Of winning fb,0S0 NEXT week, II that will
help you at all. There's no certainly
about anything In this world-about how
long It's been world. or about how LONG
we've been prsying on each other In II
Practically, mind, we are az much canni
balls as ever, and eat each other UP with
as much alAcrity as the Feejec Islanders
A good heavy city swindle gulps us dowr
much as whale takes herrings bu'
there's plenty Of pike about, who do theil
cannibalism one at a time. and not b.
the shoal. Old Pearman was pike o.
renown; In fact, he might have aspireS
to the dignity OF a shark, II he hadn'
I. been of a retiring disposition, and eve
anxious to hide his light under bushel
!, Young Pearman has fair dash of tn,
pike about him, too. Which way he cal
make most money out Of Coriandsr | dom
know; but l should think, by winning
and II I'm right In my conjecture, bai
J accidents we shall win our money, Gren-
"And II II Is the other wayf"
"Shan't lose It. thank goodness Blu
I'm afraid II his book makes up a few
, hundreds better on the lose, Coriande
viii not run up to his previous perform
, ancss. We've done pretty well; win o
lose, we stand a big stake to nothing
J Goodnight"
Granville unused far into the night Yes
he had been playing for high stakes late
IL, and winning game after game. lie
J this only come of, and he should hav
fairly won his sweet cousin. Then tn
thought came into his head that he mus
see II. and then It flashed across him tina
Maude must be with him. How he wa
to manage It, he didn't know. As inspirs
lions fash across mankind. SO do supersti
lions. Coriander's winning the Tw
Thousand depended upon Msuds and hir
being there to see.
, Ridiculous r. you'll say. There
pretty well as much romance and super
stition going about the world as hereto
fore, but our nineteenth century trainin
teaches us, above all things, not to Ia
ourselves open to ridicule. We may II
wardly admit such things; we don't ~
/, knowledge them.
Ito be continued-)