Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-09-07

dust. Mrs. harrington looked fondly
after it. Then her eye fell on Dono-
van, walking toward her.
Donovan was a product of the Amer
lean track. splendidly loyal to his en-
ployer and devoted to her interests.
On the death of harrington he had
taken full control of the stable for his
widow By his good Judgment and
economy he accomplished the I'M
usual-made the stable paying prop
osition- He judged men by horses His
success was due as much to his love
for his charges as his knowledge. His
one great pride ana hope was the wild
owls three-year-old Wildfire, entered
for the Ocean stakes the next day.
Educated in the college OF experience,
his language at times almost needed
translation for a listener not versed in
slang or the jargon of the stable.
Mrs. harrington feared for the be-
traya1 of her secret. Nettled but anx-
ious, she dismissed BERTHE. Then to
the trainer:
..Why have you come here. anyway?
Haven't 1 warned you against it time
and time again?'
Yes. but this time I was"- he be-
gan.
Walking to and fro in her nervous
ness she interrupted Donovan with the
question:
do you realize what would happen
if it became known that am the own
err of the John Duffy stable?"
Donovan replied with emphasis: It'll
never come out through me, and me
and you are the only ones that know.
Why, you've even kept it from your
own sister"
do you think that DR.. woodhurst
would agree to the match If he knew I
owned a racing stable? He'd break it
of in a minute"
ST guess that's right Say, that fussy
old guy just begins to steam up and
boil over every time anybody mentions
the race track. I suppose he thinks his
son feels the same way about it,
What do you mean? Do you know
anything against his sonY'
know anything against himr' he be-
gan. Then 1t dawned upon him that
might be betraytng a friend If
he told what he knew Ralph might be
thrown into deep water. He would see
the boy himself and warn him. So he
added mildly, Sure I don't"
Have you ever seen him at the
trackT' she asked
''MmmmI Yes, once or twice but
there's no harm in that" - =
This was a revelation for the widow.
It was not in the least soothing to the
nerves. Furttvely she dabbed her nose
with her handkerchief. Who could e1-
pect woman to be her real, composed
self just after a proposal OF marriage
from man whom she. had known only
two weeks and whose little sister was
to be married in. the. morning. to a
model young man who was patron OF
the track surreptihously?
He must stop it. His, father
wouldn't like it And he is engaged to
my sister. Can you see what an addt-
tionaI reason for secrecy that is-her
happiness at stake? oh, why did my
husband leave the horses to meT
'Say, last time I saw you I tipped
you off to the real John Duffy, didn't
IT.
In a worried voice she answered:
you told me there is such a man az
John Duffy" The widow shuddered
..He is doing everything in his power
to make life miserable for me-"
For you-that fourfushing book
maker?"
"Yes-John Duffy. He has rented a
cottage over on Jackson avenue, and
now he makes it point to go by here
several times day. Every time he
sees me he leers at me in the most in
sulting manner Oh, despise him, I
loathe him! Donovan, he's a brutep'
She stamped her foot
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