The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-09-21

W=Ay slid down pole leading from
the bedroom to the trainers quarters.
Tears Were streaming down his dirt
smudged face as he cried:
ITS a frame up! It's frameupr'
Whats wrong, Bud? What is the
matterr asked Mrs. harrington, who
entered the room at that moment, hay
ing got rid of the doctor.
Matter! Why, it's couple OF crooks.
OATS what's de matter. They've got
it all framed up for Wildfre to lose"
For Wildire to lose What do you
meanr' asked the stunned widow.
John Duffy--that's what | mean
| He come in here and he gets next to
de smoke jockey and tells him he'll be
in on de play" explained Bud, talking
in his own vernacular.
Bud sank into the rocker and cover
cd his face with his hands. Mrs Bar
rlngton knelt beside him.
Listen, Bud" she said I'm begin
ming to realize what's been going on
and you must tell me all about 1t
| quickly - quickly - for everything
have in the world depends on this
race"
Duffy comes on de main deck here"
cried the excited boy, while Pm up
aloft. He don't know dat-so he
| frames it all up with de dinge, and the
dinge hikes. Duffy and Garrison are
working together, and
Garrison"
"Sure-Garrison."
Il don't believe it," she cried In
dismay.
well, Duffy comes in an he sees de
coon" He ran to the window, beckon-
Ing her to follow him. When she had
joined him he continued "He sees der
coon, an he says to him: See dat win
dow? When youse comm to turn into
| der stretch, IL dere's a white handker-
chief waving dere you wins-if der
| amt no handkerchief you loses and
| Jackdaw wins and OATS all dere Is
| to It."
"A white handkerchief and wildHre
wins"' she repeated In her distress.
Mrs. harrington understood. Duffy
| and Garrison.--a queer combination.
she thought But they had met years
| ago. Were Garrisons pretensions all
| fraudulent. just to win her confidence?
| Were all her hopes to be shattered In
one blow and Garrison, he Of all men,
to deliver It? She thought quickly; al
ready plan was forming In her mind.
IF only could find Donovan
walled Bud
"Try. Bud, try! III stay here til you
come back" she begged. pushing him
to the door
! Helpless. almost hopeless, she paced
to and fro, awaiting Donovan's return.
From the cheers and handclapping she
knew the field was parading. She
| started for the window, when the door
burst open and Ralph rushed in.
Donovan he called, his voice trem-
bling with excitement
Ralph! What are you doing herer r
"Nothing--nothing." Ralph was al
most breathless.
And why are you 80 pale? Ralph,
what's the matterT' she demanded.
"It's-it's"-- The boy could not con-
fess to her.
you've been bettingr she cried.
Ralph nodded dumbly.
"And have LOST
His chin sank on his breast. 1.-TWO
thousand dollars" he faltered.
ITO whom?"
Duffy" he whispered.
"Dufy7 I'll pay him"
Ralph shook his head In agony.
"It's paid already" was his reply in a
weak voice.
"How?" she questioned.
with the money-with the money
Ralph began, with sob.
with the money your father give
you this morning" she asked.
The dropping Of his head confirmed
her surmise.
HE must never know. Some way or
other I'll get It for you" she assured
him confidentially.
| Mrs. Barrington's determination to
pay the money might be Of little help
to him. for he had to tell her:
"That isn't ALL"
isn't allT" Her heart sank at the
thought of the boy sinking deeper into
the mire Of the track.
mo. Hoping to win II back, I've
plunged on Wildfire with the rest" he
| confessed.
"Whaty' she cried In amazement at
the further revelations.
"Yes. And there's change In the
betting. That's what / came to see
Donovan about Do you see what this
means to me? II Wildfre loses father
will cast me of like the thief I am and
| shall lose everything-everything =
even Myrtle What a fool I've beenw
he waited. covering his face with his
hands.
Gently Mrs. harrington hid her
hands on his shoulders. The fault was
not all his. One OF the evils Of the
business in which she made her liveli
hood was coming to her own door. She
had never realized 1t fully before.
Vaguely she had heard of such cases,
but here 1t had come TO her. The boy