Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17

Psrhaps 80. sir-perhaps
bet you an even hundred be don, -. ~
Ike" 'h ~
No; you might starr him a, e..
| won't risk more than a hupdr.s "a
not starting; but here's 1000 ~ Ioo, ~ u
don't win, once more" +
sam Pearman shook his head ana .
al events for once in his life. r,rr-s
Ct Tattersalrs thoroughly puz,laS = =
knew his horse 10 be perfectly IN n'
had scen him that morning. As fs-
hsd tried him. be had never tri.5 = :
year-old better. What were ths-. 'l's
men going OnI s
They make great mistakes NJ -,
these members Of the magic circIa ~.
brethren OF the Stock Exchange oo...:-
ally get the worst Of it also: but .,''''
rnie, either hackers or shareholds.. :
justified In feeling alarm s. 4 na-.;..- ~
assault on what their money nav 4. !
vested in The decline Of the favorits .. =
big race In the market is hardly - ~ ~
astrous 10 the world in general As -
shares dropping twenty per cent ~
premium Before Pearman lsf, ra-s -
the next day, he was aware, from 49,
sources. that Coriander's Stains !, \.
Letting was still further shaken. srd -
as much as five TO one had been OFF,,
agRinst the crack of forty-eight hour, -.
He thought Of il all the way boma =,
felt more utterly bewildered than bs L.
ever done before in the whole of bis :.
experience.
Could Sam Pearman have been ~.
at a conference held in Silky Dalliso1,
roons, between that astute gentleman aus
Grenville Rose. though be would han
been still long way from enlightened a,
the subject, yet ne would have Learned
good deal. 1t was the Friday night beio,
that eventful Monday. Grenville had !.
turned from Glinn the day previous. A
monldy old parchment lay on the tabs
between them; IL had apparently ben
consulted and thrown aside.
"RumfOrd says the deed is perfect,
good, and Mr.. Denison is quite certain
there has been no enfranchisement. That,
the chse, Gren, isn't itT'
Rose nodded, and Mr.. DalIison for
few minutes puffed meditatively at hb
cigar.
Well" he continued, ''the law part |
leave to you. / presume that is all rsh,.
EumfOrd's opinion is quite good enough
TO 20 on, and old Denison, you say, was
quite clear there has never been an En-.
franchisement. Odd there should no,
have been but no doubt Pearman a.
funct was quite unaware of the existencs
of our friend here" and Dallison jerk
ed his head in the direction Of the parcA
nent He wasn't the man TO leave such
blot in his game If he knew it. Tho1h
for the matter of that it was no blN
SO long as he lived Now, look here
must trust to you for the legal work.
ing Of this affair; the racing part za
manage. We've got Sam Pearman In 4
regular hole, and, better still, he doesn't
know it. l can make probably q good
bit Of money out Of this, both for you and
myself, without any risk whatever; but
Interior events must decide that. NJ.
Denison, at al events. must make good
bit; but without hurting his interests, In
fact rather furthering them, you and l
might pick mp some five thousand pouRdi
apiece. Do you understand"
Not in the least" replied Grenville
well, there's not much necessity yOA
should Leave that to me but you mlx
work the legal machinery as l direct
Can you put it in motion by "Wednesday
or Thursday?'
Let's say Thursday, certain" rejon.
ed Rose.
Very good, that will do; but don't
let's have any mistakes about it."
'All right" nodded the other. "rll
guarantee that, and go down myself"
Good. You told me the stake you vera
playing for, to start with. and as ycu
are in real earnest about winning wife,
think one may trust you. shall con-
mence operations at once. III see Pyar'
the bookmaker tomorrow, and put tha
first part of the program in his hands.
We're going, you and l, to lay about a
couple of Thousand each against Corr
ander; and I'm going to give him free
license to do as much as he likes for him
self"
Ito be continued.)