Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-08

VINO, comfortably ensconced In the easiest
chair In the room. was making. apparent
", some abstruse calculations on piece
OF paper, and referring frequently for
guidance to a saily bound betting book.
"All right old fellow" he said, In re
turn to Grenville's greeting WANTED
to have q 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 finish what I am
about"
After the dit of fish and beetsteak"
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
II should, that Pearman had yielded to
your terms. l was of to Plyart directly
l got your message, and We have had
busy afternoon Of 1t. We rather woke up
the Subscription Room at Knightsbridge,
l natter myself. From being an outsider
In the betting, We brought Coriander back
to to 2, and made him once more first
favorite. l told you we had Pearman In
a hole, and We had. suppose you got
lot Of money out Of himY''
Yes, indeed; we made him pay f10,-
600 to let Of our claim" And then
Grenville recounted his interview with
Pearman.
VERY good; then he's now absolute
master Of the horse again. OF course,
exactly what / 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, $500 to fl 200
against Coriander; that was before he
was driven back In the betting; Of course
that left us to win f1,200 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
Coriander wins the Two Thousand. and
just quits II he loses. Not q bad book.
Grenville?"
"By Jove! no; and he's good chance,
hasn't hs"
"Yes, on previous running, wonderful
We know Pearman has backed him to win
him a 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 to our having ap-
propriated all tho long prices against the
colt"
Grenville's eyes sparkled, though he
said nothing, but smoked on In silence
for 4 minute or two. Yes, II that should
come of, he might marry Mauds at oncs
Dallison had regarded him intently.
Suddenly he broke silence:
II saw your eye fash up, and then
you plunged into q rsveris. had for
gotten the stake you told me you had on
this, when you hrst spoke to ms about
It, Whether it's been any good to 20 90
far, Of course I don't know; but you
stand as fair a chance a. Q man can do
Of winning $3.50 next wssk, II that will
help you at all. There's no certainly
about anything In this world-About how
long It's been q world. or about how long
Practically, mind. We are a. much canni-
balls az ever. and eat each other up with
as much alAcrity a. the Feejss Islanders.
A good heavy city swindle gulps us down
much as q whale takes herrings but
there's plenty Of pike about, who do their
cannibalism one at a time and not By
the shoal. Old Pearman was q pike OF
renown; In fact, he might have aspired
to the dignity Of shark, II he hadn't
been of a retiring disposition, and ever
anxious to hide his light under q bushel
Young Pearman has a fair dash of the
pike about him, too. Which way he car
make most money out Of Coriander don't
know; but should think. by winning
and II Pm right In my conjecture, bar
accidents, we shall win our money. Gren.
"And II 1t is the other way"
"Shan't lose II, thank goodness Blu,
I'm afraid II his book makes I'D a few
hundreds better on the, lose, Coriandel
will not run up to his previous perform
ances. We've done pretty we'll win OF
lose, We stand . big stake to nothing
Goodnight"
Grenville unused far into the night. Yes
he had been playing for high stakes late
Is, and winning game after game. Le
tiis only come Of, and he should hav,
fairly won his sweet cousin. Then tn,
thought came into his head that he mus
sec It, and then 1t flashed across him tha
Mauds must be with him. How he wa
to manage 1t, he didn't know. As inspira
lions fash across mankind, so do supersti
lions. Coriander's winning the Tw'
thousand depended upon M4uds and hin
being there to see.
"Ridiculous" !" you'll say. There 1
pretty well as much romance and super
stition going about the world as hereto
fore; but our nineteenth century training
teaches US, above all things, not to Ia,
ourselves open to ridiculs. We may In
q Al L. L.