Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-10

ot anxiety which admiraoiy concea,-u the diabolical plot which she was forwarding. while both Mrs. Bradbury | and Harding. who assisted them to
 mount the drag. looked innocently un- conscious.
 Grace. dear" said Mrs. Bradbury.
 swectly. it seems you are favored
 above all other women. and Beatrice
 has come to ask your influence" My inhuenee!" laughed Miss Raw lings. With whom, pray?" Why. Percy Satterlee. of course. You know he is considered the best | cross-country' rider in New York No. really," exclaimed the heiress. then. remembering Satterlee's care
 less remarks, ITO be sure. l have
 heard that he rode very well" 'Of course you have" said Beatrice,
 her eyes sparkling with mischief. Well. the favor I want to ask is sim ply this. I am dying to have Mir.
 Satterlee ride my horse. Rocket. in
 the hunter class, but l dare rot ask him. Rocket is a good horse but a
 little neadstrong. and it takes a good
 rider like Mir. Satterlee to show him
 to advantage"
 "I am sure" said Miss Rawlings.
 that Mir. Satterlce would be only too
 delighted to ride for you if you asked
 him. Why don't your
 No. no! He would refuse. I am
 sure He is so modest about his | l HirE ha couldn't ride at all. Please, Miss
 Rawlings. do this for me, l beg of you" cried Beatrice. ..1 am going to drive home for luncheon, but will l come back here in about an hour for the answer Remember, l depend upon your influence"
 So saying. Beatrice got down from the drag and went with Harsing to seek her own carriage. Presently Satteriee returned. and luncheon hay ing been spread by the servants from the capacious hampers which were carried in the boot Of the drag, a mer- ry party assembled to dispatch it. Satterlee paid devoted court to the heiress throughout the informal meal. When 1t was finished and the men had lighted their pipes and cigars. he and Grace strolled away from the rest of the party. They talked of many things. and finally their conversation turned to the coming race.
 T want you to do something for me. I want you to ride certain horse in the hunter class" said Grace.
 Why, of course" replied Satterlee. but whose horse is it?''
 Satterlee's heart had almost stopped beating, and 1t was all he could do to prevent his knees from smiting each other. but it would never do to betray such tendencies.
 '1 am not going to tell you just reioined the party. She was delighted with her success in persuading Sat. terlee to do something which he would not do for such a favorite as Beatrice Halliday.
 So when that charming young sportswoman joined them after lunch Grace was all smiles.
 T have secured your rider for ycu, Miss Halliday" she cried triumphantly MT Satterlee says he will be de lighted to ride Rocket. Won't you, Mir Satterlee?"
 Ride Rocket Great heavens" calculated Satterlee mentally. Ride Rocket, the brute that had nearly done for him once. a horse known and feared as a terror even among the hard riders of the Meadowthorpe set, Was the woman mad?"
 But he pulled himself together with a might effort. He saw that Beatrice was looking at him with eyes full of ill-disguised mirth but he knew it was his only chance to win the heiress So he set his teeth and braced himself to murmur with an easy nonchalance:
 "Of course. Delighted, I'm sure"
 Then he treated Miss Halliday to Q look of deliberate defiance. which al most diseoncerted her. She could af- ford to yield him a point. however The plot was progressing merrily
 Tt is awfully good Of you" Beatrice murmured. Now am sure of the
 blue ribbon"
 Presently the rumor commenced to spread that Satterlee was going to ride Rocket in the hunter class. Peo-
 pie began coming up to the Bradbury drag by twos and threes to eongratn. late him on his nerve: some of them
 to pretend to dissuade him from his
 purpose. But SatterIee was not to be daunted. He knew as well as anyone that he
 was the victim of general mirth. but fortunately Grace, comparative stranger to Meadowthrope. knew noth- ing about horses in general or Rocket in particular Hearing of the ,atter's reputation from every side, however. she now became alarmed on Satter- lees account and begged him not to ride such an ill-tempered brute. Satterlee on,y laughed and gently treasured her. If it were intended that any horse should kill him. he would have been dead years ago. he told her.
 To the others who came up Satte-. lee youchsafed few peplies. but con- tented himself by staring at then, de fiantly through his monocie. As the . report spread and the time for the ] hunter class drew near he became the object of even more general interest He saw himself being pointed our from aIstance. and little groups Of people. entire strangers to him. con gregated in front of the drag to gaze si him and point him out to each other. Really, he was quite the hero of the hour. and he began to enjoy the sensation.
 But his eninYmenf received a sud.