The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-11
Alter Clyde


didn't know what he was driving at so what could
l say? Nothing / just looked wise and waited for
him go on.
To-day" says he, finally, to-day something has
got be done
"In-n the betting line:" says
Exactly" says he. and he snt bolt upright. TO
day We have got to plunge
Not with part of your live tbousandW says
with all OF IT," says he, and gave a gasp and sat
down the bed.
Then what about getting married IL you losc?Y
He began TO loo, too desperate to suit me.
II shant get married yet awhile that's ALL and
I'm not going 10 get married paltry five thou.
sand anyway, whether l break it or no-so no more
of that ] may be Il blamed coward" says he "and
II Is hard 10 wait but I'm not going TO bring her in
share my uncertainty It's either a Of win or
lose. and the matter stands now / have already
lost"
He fell silent for 4 moment and | lust sat and
stared at him as though had lost my wits
Think Of IT. says he, after bit Nell. of all
girls in the world, forced to endure poverty. per
hapS-for little money mets away-brought
into touch with the squalid hard side OF Dtc and
all through me" He got up and began TO pace the
floor. THANK God I'm not that kind Of u mani
And that was the end OF IT, he never mentioned her
name again until the thing all For the
last time two put heads together over the
horses that morning The fields were larger than
usual for the day and there seven events-onc
on the turf. nve The nnt and steepecbasc.
what do you Think" says he as l chuckcd the
entry sheet away and moved 60 the window.
Looking En- Over
mot damned thing" says ]. ITS the worst day
of the meet
"Al the more reason, my dear boy says he THAT
should pick carefully and not throw the entries
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OH you couldn't put him OFF he had made up
his mind. and knew by the way he picked up the
sheet that he had done IL for fair this time | came
back and glanced over his shoulder
down for two mounts myself but they would
be also rams" before they got the dag and knew
IL. II hurt think that far as my riding went
couldn't help him. My eye went down the sheet 1
jumped the maiden race, cut the Steeplcchase and
only o n hnlt the fourth Here Terrible stood
out far and away the class he was sure to be
hot favorite and II easy guessing that he would
be odds on Up and down my eve went back and
FORTH must have looked those blamed entries over
twenty times before a name struck me and then all
nj once tip OF the night before popped into my mind
At the time j hadn't been able TO sec IT; In fact /
gave the whole thing the ha-hn when It came to nv
ears. but some way that morning il didn't look so
Wild
The race Tor mile, aud there were twelve
starters Clyde would be favoriie the public would
certainly pick him after his nc showing in the handI
cap and the bookmakcrs would round Flora G. and
Lamplghtcr into being the conenders: that left nine
To swallow thc dust and limp In behind but the mora
looked and the more thought the less ! cared for
Clyde He was a biz, heavy stallion. and was in
clined believe that the handicap had hurt rather
than Improved him. TO be sure the held he had 70
beat was only fair but. call 1t n hunch or not a
you VIII, the only horse could was The Hebrew,
Now. they say look like jew You notice It. do
youf Well, I'm not one though wish | was for I