Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-28
THE SPORT Or KINGS
BY ARTHUR sOMERs ROCHE
Author Of Loot" Plunder,' Etc. Etc. Etc.
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Sale Herman. a racing trainer, who
tells the story charges Classon, a veal
thy horse owner with crooked collusion
his charges he is himself barred from
further racing. He decides to go to
Juarez; Mexico, mi takes a steamer
On the boat Herman meets a Miss Le-
land. and wins >her friendship by his
kindness to a horse, enormously suppos-
ca to have, a vicious temper. which she
Is taking south.
The ship ts wrecked off the Florida
coast. The other passengers escape in
the boats but Herman stays behind to
Herman and the horse reach shore
safely. although Herman is injured. He
agrees to work for Miss Leland as q
CHAPTER V.-(Oontinued.)
"Mr. Herman and his friend are not
going to Tampa" said Miss Leland.
i've engaged them to look after my
race stable. Well go as far as Burn
ham with you, but We'll change there
for Stephanie."
The captain looked a bit surprised
but said nothing. What he might
have said will never be known by me
lAoI a. lIld .IlllIulc MIS-. CLARKE, not
making a very brave show, what with
having lost a few puffs and having
her clothes somewhat spoiled by salt
water, Joined us. In fact. she'd join
ed US Is Miss Leland was finishing
her speech to Captain Sanderson. and
Id thought that there was a bit of
defiance in the girls voice and man.
ner. 1t was needed, for Mrs. Clarke
gasped.
What on earth are you saying,
Roberta? You've engaged this mar
to-
ITO look after my horses, Luella,'
said Miss Leland crisply. I've en-
gagged him.
Her round chin thrust forward a
trife and evidently she was prepared
to do battle with her %chaperon. But
must be worsted in any encounter.
She merely shifted disdainfully, and
J avoided speaking her opinion.
i They tell us the train will be here
in half an hour, Captain"
COR less" said the captain. so
you ladies will please get ready"
Miss Leland laughed merrily. She
shook out the wrinkled skirt which
chung to her slim figure. There isn't
much preparation needed, Captain"
Eyes" he assented, Its the first
time I eve knew ladies to be willing
to go on a journey without delaying
for packing"
And with a somewhat rueful smile
he walked off.
Poor mani" said Miss Leland:
Think of it! Not a single dress
not ven an extra pair of shoes,
not"
"Our lives are saved; let US thank
God for that much, Luella," said the
girl quietly. Mrs. Clarke flushed a:
the rebuke and became stiffly silent.
But 1 could feel her disappearing eyes
upon me and repented of the bar
gain so hastily and incompletely en-
tered into.
miss Leland, II said quietly.
through a mistaken sense of obliga-
ton you've engaged me-" IL want
to release you from the bargain.
Your friend. Mrs. Clarke"
II run my own stable" she answer
ed quietly. "And what you say re.
minds me that we havn't arranged
any terms"
YOU'D expected to pick some one
up down in Florida?" 1 said.
She nodded.
"Whatever you'd Intended to pay
any one else" said.
She looked musingly out at the
storm-tossed ocean. mo, tina
wouldn't do" she said. you're Sale
Herman"
But out of employment" I said
hastily. 1 didn't know how rich she
was and I'll confess that my repent
ance of the bargain ceased as swiftly
as it had risen. I didn't want toe
much. 1t was enough to be near her
She went on as though she had not
heard me.
Il think that two hundred dollar.
10 ~@-th 1~N a ro~oonfo oo NJ Tixya n.
diere's-of the stables winnings
would be fair. Fifty per cent" she
added.
"The stable? But I thought Vivian
diere was your only horse"
"The only horse that amounts tc
anything, and even she Before ia:
ther-" She paused a moment and
he hoped the day would come
when the Leland colors were not rep.
PRESENTED on the turf. Since he-went
away-I've done the best I could"
I'm going to get some more coffee
Roberta" said Mrs. Clarke icily.
"sure, TIL be afther. gettin' it fol
We. ma'am," said Jerry.
She squelched him with a glance
and walked disdainfully away. Thai
is. as disdainfully as may a woman
who depends greatly on clothing fol
her effect on others, and whose cloth
ing happens to appear as though i
were purchased at some second hand
store and donned without cleansing
or pressing. Miss Leland smiled
family; alphabetically. pityingly, al
most. She sat down on the beach
and rested her chin on her palm.
"But racing was somewhat Of
business with father" she said. "He
made money out Of his stable, an6
by buying and selling. I soon found
that I'd lose all I had If l did that
SOL sold most of the string. 1 KEEP
two or three and I've been racing
them at the smaller meetings. And
last winter I raced at Granthan
down here. We have wtntered here
since my mother died-eight year.
ago. They've not earned their keep
butts what father would have
liked-to know that his colors were
, to be seen on the track, and so-Tvt
done it. And Vivandiere-of course
I shouldn't have bought her, but she
sold for such a ridiculous price, be.
cause of her temper, thirty-fve hun.
dred dollars-that, we'll, I had sort o.
a half-formed idea that she might be.
gin her racing career all over dow1
here. She's only a three-year-old
|and-now that I've seen what yol
lean do with her.
It was a queer place for conf.
dences. on the sands near Boo,
Grande, with the waves pounding tt
pieces, a mile oR-shore, the ship tina
lhah grounded in the late NIGHT. vith