The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

Tears were streaming down his dirt
smudged face as he cried:
Its a frame upl It's a %frameupl"
whats wrong, Bud? What Is the
matter?" asked Mrs. harrington, who
entered the Dol at that moment, nav
ing got rid Of the doctor.
"Matterl why, it's a couple Of crooks.
OATS what's de matter. They've got
1t all framed up for wildAre to lose"
For Wildfre to losel What do you
meanY' asked the stunned widow.
John ~Dufy-thats what I 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
ed bis face with his hands Mrx Bar
rington 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 1
have In the world depends on this
race"
duffy comes on de main deck here"
cried the excited boy, while I'm up
aloft He don't know dat-so he
frames 1t all up with de dinge, and the
dinge hikes. Duffy and Garrison are
working together, and
Garrison
"Sure-Garrison."
II 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 you'se comm to turn into
der stretch, II dere's a white handker-
chief waving dere you wins-h der
amt no handkerchief you loses and
Jackdaw wins and OATS all dere Is
to it"
"a white handkerchief and Wildire
winsw she repeated in her distress.
Mrs. harrington understood. Duny
and GarrisonI-a queer combination,
she thought. But they had met years
ago. Were Garrison's pretensions all
fraudulent, just to win her confidence?
Were all her hopes to be shattered in
one blow and Garrison, he of al men,
to deliver It'll She thought quickly; al
ready a plan was forming in her mind.
"If l only could ind Donovan
walled Bud.
TRY, Bud, tryi I'll stay here till 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 here?-
Notwithstanding" Ralph was al
most breathless.
And why are you 80 pale? Ralph,
what's the matter?' she demanded
"Its-it's'- The boy could not IN
fess to her.
you've been bettingv 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.
duffy? III 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 a sob.
with the money your father gave
you this morningY" she asked.
The dropping Of his head confirmed
her surmise.
"He must never know. Some way o.
other I'll get 1t for you." she assure
him c~onfidentially.
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 all?" Her heart sank at the
thought Of the boy sinking deeper into
the mire of the track.
mo. Hoping to win 1t back, I've
plunged on Wildfre with the rest" he
confessed.
"What?' she cried In amazement at
the further revelations.
Eyes. And there's a change IN the
betting. That's what I came to see
Donovan about. Do you see what this
means to me? IL Wildfire loses father
will cast me off like the thief I am and
| shall lose everything-everything-
even Myrtle! What a fool I've been,'
he walled. covering his face with his
hands.
Gently Mrs. harrington laid 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 it fully before.
Vaguely she had heard of such cases
hut here II had coma IN her The hox