Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

came In second to The Nun half
quid. I'd made a bit on 'Champane
Bottle In the sellin' plate. Run me
eye over the lists and picked out
abaht her said to a fren', Here's my
fancy. Don't know nothin' abaht her,
but she's one OF Lord Rawchester's,
an his horses run stright'-that's
what | said-'His horses run stright'
and give me a stright run boss with
wooden leg before any of your
fliers with a dope in his belly or a
pullin jockey on his back. But the
grown did her, she was beat on the
post by ham an eek. you'll remember.
that bit O. soggy grown be the post.
That grown want overhaulin', han a
shower O rain, and boss wants fms
and fippers instead O. hoofs."
"a few Said !, Zones Drs: That's That So"
would put it rite" continued the
other, sit amt fair on the hosses.
and It ain't fair on the back
ers. arr quid dropped on
that mucky bit o. grown. Last Dom
caster meetin' ] was sayin' the very
same thing to Lor' Lonsdale over
the Doncaster course. met him
man to man like, outside the ring. and
ne handed me out a cigar. We talked
same as you and me might be talkin'
now. and / says to him: What we
wants more money put into drains on
the courses. Look at them mnckv
farmers they way they drains their
land, said i, and look at us runnin'
hosses and lynn our bets and let
down, horses and hackers and all, for
want or the courses bein' looked after
proper
He tapped the dottle out of his pine.
picked up the bundle and rose
grumbling.
Then he led the way In the direction
of NOrthbourne
1t was little after o'clock now.
and the day was sultry. Jones. de-
spite his other troubles. was vastly
interested In his companion. The
never appeared truly till shown him
by the farmer and this tramp. They
knew him. To them, without any
doubt, the philosophers and poets Of
the world were unknown, but they
knew the Earl Of Rochester. and not
unfavorably.
Millions upon millions Of the Eng
lish world were equally acquainted
with. his lordship---he was most evil
IDENTITY national figure. His uncon-
venttonality, his "larks," his lavish
however they might pain his family,
would be meat to the legions who
loved a lord, who loved bet, who
loved a horse and a picturesque
spendthrift. ~,
lord, 1t was more than that 1t was
to be famous. national character,
whose picture was printed on the
retina of the million. Never had
Jones felt more inclined to stick to
his position than now. with the
hounds on his traces. a tramp for his
companion. and darkness ahead He
felt that IL he could once get to Lon
don, once lay his hand on that eight
thousand pounds lying In the National
PrnOtnOio1 90 nj hn M. Hrv1S Vtsrl,
for freedom, get lawyers to help him
and retain his phantom coronet.
He had ceased to fear Madness all
that dread of losing himself had van
ished. at least for the moment. Hoo
yer had cured him,
Meanwhile they talked as they went.
the tramp laying down the law as to
rights over commons and waste lands,
seeming absolutely to forget that he
was talking to. or supposed to be talk
they reached the white ribbon that
runs over the cliffs from sandbourne
to Northbourne and beyond.
Here's the road" said the tramp.
"and III be takin' leave of your lor'
ship. I'll take 1t easy. for a bit among
them bushes, there's no call for me to
hurry. / shawnt forget meetin' your
lor'ship. Blimy IL will. Me sittin'
there under that hedge an thinkin'
OF that half quid dropped over White
Lady. and your lor'-ship comm" along.
1t gets me!
Up to this moment of parting he had
not once 1ordshipped Jones.
Jones: feeling in his pocket. produced
the half.
sovereign, which. with five pounds and
nine pence made Up his worldly wealth
Mt the moment. ttt
He handed it over and the tramp spat
on It for luck.
Then they parted. and the fugitive
resumed his way with q lighter pocket,
but somewhat lighter heart. : ~s' :.
There are people who increase and
people who reduce ones energy; 1t IL
sometimes enough to look at them with
OUT even talking to them. Tho tramp
belonged to the former class. He had
cheered Jones. There was nothing par.
ticularly. CHEEKY in his conversation all
the Same the effect had been produced.
Now, along the clt0 road and corning
from the direction Of Northhournos ~
black speok developed, resolving itself at
hast Into the form ofAAn Old man carry
inG,s basket. The basket was hMeds with