The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-29

III the world-bar none--and they
Keeps him locked up tight as a drum.
goes down and looks over the place,
and ! sees that the window to the
stan amt quite a foot square. Looks
pretty hopeless, don't II, pard?
BUT II don't look so bad to Sammy.
Knows that ! can lift up the Midget
and let him right through the hole
IN the wall IL Benny. who's n slick
talker all right, can get the stable
BOY and put some knockout drops in
IA sociable glass. our game 10 easy.
hehnE rails down on his end, but
teaches the Midget how to handle
cnlorotorm. and we goes about mid
be sleepin' hard.
/. We put the midget through the hole.
ana he puts the boy TO sleep and un-
locks the door. and all We has 10
that's some purity horse. Ciean-cut
black chap with four white legs TO the
knee. His coats like satin. He's some
horse all right-everybody knows that.
.yim@ no mes ven XGsr dark horse" laughed
all rlght-have another cigarette on me,
sammy. II was a mighty smart idea
ana l congratulate you for thinking II
up -
Sam took the cigarette and srinned
back at Jimmy.
Wished ! was going TO be out Their,
to see the free-for-all. There's at least
n dozen horses entered and the odds is
al against our horse. He'll win in
The fre-for-all would be- run In half an
hour Jimmy was in Jail with important
Information which he COUNT use-and
] was outside with none,
When | terrified the dwarf by asking
him a question regarding his where.
abouts for the past few days. little
charlie brushed by me and down to
the stables AT the further end OF the
fair ground. He hurried with desperate
speed and came at last to the door OF
n stan bearing the name, BLACK Joe"
AT this door he tapped eagerly He
was admitted at once to the interior
OF the stall. In II was black horse
with coat like satin. and n tIery
blaze in restless eyes as well as the
twitchine, distendcd rcd nostrils of n
! thoroughbred eager to run his race.
standing in earnest conversation with
his jockey was Ben Wilders. the book
maker Another man with a can in
his hand and a brush coated with some
dark substance was touching up the
/ horSc's ankles. He was going over those
slender pieces of wonderful 1.-the mech
anism with intent care.
ThrouRhout the stall there was an air
| or suppressed excitement and the cX-
citement fairly blazcd when the Midget
! burst into the group shouting, There =
woman and a detective after U.S.
Wilders stopped down TO the dwarf
anxiously. Tell your story, Charlie.
boy" he commanded. And a moment
! later he and the man who had been doc
| toring the horses ankles hurried out
| with tho dwarf leaving only the Jockey
TO mount guard over the beautifCl
| ebony-coated animal called BLACK joe
After the Midget ran away from me
with such desperate speed, I stood
waiting for cutie to come to the late
| lunch which she had to take when a
| iull in the days occupation permitted
| her
| related my failure to get the drawf
to tell me anything about his where
abouts for the past few days.
While We stood talking the Midget
came back to his long postponed mid
! day repast.
The tiny man hurried TO my side and
said with n smooth purring like that OF
a cat whose back. Is being stricken the
right way: well. Miss. I've decided
to confide In you. I'm In trouble with
| my girl, as you see-and guess bet:
ter have friend at court. II you
came with me I'll tell you"
So / followed the beckoning dwarf
out of the tent and I knew that poor
FACILITATING Cutie hurried to the door
to watch us go.
| Still the fitting dwarf kept Just
| ahead of me, motioninE in excited
pantomime for me to follow him
His absurd feeling that We were Tel