The evening world., 1915-02-10

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CHAPTER XI.
with Chance Eliminated.
vH HE man servants lips were
snowy white, and the HANDS
that held the bulky paper
bag trembled violently.
"But--dod bless my soul.
,iri" he chartered. "I"--
TITS all right. Phil" said the cap
lain kindly. you've got more'n half
\ million dollars O. mine under your
arm there. and I'm . poor man and
can't afford to take any risks with II.
You Just keep II careful TIL tell you
to give 1t back to me. and nothing'n
happen" -r .u 49,
.But-how long before you'n want
Il back againr' asked Philip.
"Whatf Oh. land! Not mors'n ten
or fifteen minutes At the outside"
The captain was impatisnt. Come
along ...f. .. .,
He trudgsd on braskly up the neg
lsctsd drive that led 70 the little pri-
vats raco-track, and The man aarvapt
faithful Blister 70 his left.
William Ryan, after . long and
thoughtful case In their direction.
started slowly after bAstds his chief.
and something very like conscience
was puckcring bis too powerful couA'
The Snake, obssrvins the puoksrs.
did not undsrStand until he caught
william Ryan's hoarss
say. kooby. Y this ri0htr
rs what r1ghtr
Trimming an old guy like that
that ain't s'l there " bis MIND" the
seen fellers run into terrible hard ludk
after q stunt like this"
"Irs . fact, Robby!" urged william
Ryan. "velvet's going Into his sec
ond childhood-anybody 10 that would
put real money on that Henry p
and he's getting worss fast and show
Ing II. too. Robby. the old mans
breaking up. and Ill swear ] don't
wen. lot him brsaki" Mr.. Pol
bother your head about 2, Stll. till
this fool race II over and fvo had q
chance 20 plan how to sst the rest Of
hi. money. snake!" ,'
..csn you ride s.,iir'
'T certainly can"
"Wsli-hs sssms TO 10 In . mood 70
fall for anything this aftsrnooni"
ehuckled Mr.. Pollard - hs hurried
after the poor captain.
Tho soldier Of fortune was examin-
In a. rhAs - a
stables. He had led Henry p. forth
with some difficulty. too. for the un-
lucky animal sa1sed wearlly and
blinked At his hacker In . fashion far
from encouraging. ..h
Mr.. Pollard studied the pair and
felt his sinful heart grow warmer
and more assured-as o matter Of
fact Bill seemed to be right. Capt.
velvet's keen mentality was on at
least on . temporary vacation: he
smoked and looked over Henry p.
the squine's faiiings. Now he was
"You get me his saddle. Philip"
Going to warm him up . Hitler
Robert Pollard asked. t.
I'm Just going to saddle him and
see how he walks. Robby." Capt. Vel
vet said dubiously. "He Amt up to
much for looks Just now-not near AZ
much A. I thought. but guess he'll
have TO DO"
Il guess he will. unlsss you want to
quit before we start" said tho Snake.
II don't. Jimmy" sighed the cap
Phil. and treat him gentle"
The Snake led Lixette from her
stall. Rather Alphabetically the elderly
mare glanced from one TO another OF
them; but she moved away from the
saddle with quite encouraging brisk
ness when the dapper member
brought II, and even essayed little
.tiff f,jointed prancins as he set It on
You picked the lively one. Robby."
There Isn't much to choose" said
Mr.. Pollard. ..-
II dunno about that" the adven-
turer muttered as he looked moodily
over his somnolent steed. This
burned hoss looks m n he'd lost
Interest In life somehow. I'll take
him out and walk him little and
see u ] can't talk sense into him.
but--I dunno"
He concluded with a shruR. Mr..
Pollard's own smile grew very kindly,
well. they're both old animals, OF
course" he said. hut ono thing ID
resting heavy on my conscience. You
weigh very nearly 200 pounds. do YOU
not7''
"One- ninety eight. whyf" :.
because II In altogether too much
for that poor old horse to carry. and
Il puts you out Of the running before
we start" the master mind said ear
nestly. "In fact, for . horse like thil
to nm under . weight like youys 4
saurrlv ahas,rd WHY NAT 1ok yinn1