The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-29

air when the horse won and then You
tainted, and 1 never thought of it again
Looks awkward, don't it,"
Oh laughed Maude, I'm SO glac.
Why, you were as bad as me. / think
we had better go home, Gren: we are not
fit to go racing. We haven't the requi-
size control of our feelings, and make
shows of ourselves"
But though the hat, a little the worse
Cor its aerial excursion. was speedily re-
turned by some jackal Of the heath. Har-
old Denison was not so easily come st,
and the cousins were perforce doomed to
see the day out. Though / doubt whether
they ever saw another race, they bore
themselves resignedly. and fancy passed
tolerably pleasant two hours. A gentle
man on a neat hack, after a moments
hesitation, pulled ap at their carriage
Lifting his hat to Maude, he nodded cheer
lily to Rose. and leaning over, murmured:
mo end of congratulstion. I'm very
well satisfied: but, Gren, you have played
for high stakes. and / suppose / may say
have won them. Adieu! !" And with an
other glance and raising of his hat 10
Maude, he cantered off.
"Who was that?" she inquired.
"Dallison, who did all my betting foi
me-"
And did he known"
"He knew what that 5000 meant To
me- He's right. Maude have been play
ing high stakes, and to think that !
should win ALL
Mr.. Denison turned up in the most jubi'
liant spirits. He had had q delightful day.
and won a hundred and odd pounds, he
told them. Don't think l am going on
with it. Granville, but as 1 had come TO
see The Guineas' run for once more
| determined to risk my pony on it, and
Lacked the horse that had already been
such a good friend to me and as that was
successful l invested two or three more
ten-pound notes or the strength of my
first win, SO that my gains mounted up,
my selections having proved successful"
Within twenty-four hours Grenvills
Rose had had long CONTEMPLATION with
his uncle, and succeeded in convincing
| him that be was. thanks to the additional
5000, in a position to marry his cousin
at once: he could make up L ow f600 a
year, and he was sure business would
shortly come to him. Denison demurred
/ II
Obligation to his nephew about that mort
cage. The domestic current, too ran
strong in Grenville's favor; so, after q
little, he yielded, saying that IF they
thought fit to begin the world on that
income. he had no more to say, further
than that they could expect but little
help from him in his lifetime"
Maude and Grenville rocked little OF
that and in three months time they
were married; and one of the handsomcsf
wedding presents Maude received was,
strange enough to say, from Sam Pear
man, with a very correct note. TO the eff
feet that, Forgetting all the past, he
trusted Miss Denison would still consider
him as a friend and well-wisher."
Moreover, so immensely struck was that
gentleman with Grenville's acuteness in
the prosecution of the heriot claim. that
he threw a considerable amount of his
own and friends legal business into
Roses hands; and three or four years
after that memorable Two Thousand you
seldom saw a horse case in which Gren-
Vile was not employed. Briefs, too, fell
thick from other sources; the CoriandeI
story was bruited about, and the attor.
"
and endorsed their opinions practically.
The picture of that distinguished RAGS
horse may be seen in the dining room al
Nanners,ey, and Pearman often contem-
plates it. and soliloquizes as he does so
Yes you cost me f10,Co0 hard cash, and
the prettiest girl in England but you
won the Guineas and the Derby-you
did,
Over Roses study mantelpiece hangs o
print of that same celebrity. Deep in his
papers in the evening, sometimes, when
work is so plentiful that it becomes hard
to grapple with, Maude will glide softly
in. and say Come, Gren; tea is in. Come
and drink Coriander's health-the dear
old horse that gave us to each other" And
he yields TO the voice of the charmer,
and. TO the benefit of his health, enjoys
a sturdy little boy of some three years
old or so, who, having been once taken by
his mother into Court, has determined oD
being n judge almost Immediately.
1t is solemn compact between Maude
and Mr.. Pearman that when anything
happens to Coriander-who having much
distinguished himself, has now retired into
domestic life-one of his illustrious feet
is TO be placed at her disposal.
The squire is still muddling on, but,
thanks to an occasional lookup from
Grenville, and a change of bailifs. con-
tinues 10 about make both ends meet. As
for Mrs. Denison, with her temperament,
cannot you fancy the delight she has in
a visit to or from her darling daughter.
and with a couple of grandchildren to pet
and spoil?
(The End.)
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