Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-30

clarRe. 'qhe Gil i turned pf 6 ne ~
'I'd intended to- 90 back Just be-
fore Thanksgiving" she said .anu re-
main north until after c Christina /
/ nodded, Id heard some such
talk Of her custom.
But now" she resumed. Mrs.
Clarke isn't feeling well. and, my lit
tie ride Of yesterday has aggravated
her illness
Indeed it has" exclaimed Mrs,
Clarke. You'll never know"
I'm trying to understand, Luella,''
Thought. Amy way. we're going!"
And Mrs. Clarke looked, I thought,
ftriumphantly al me. As for myself,
IL tried to avoid looking -uncomforta-
BILE, upset.
$50, Of course, I'll leave everything
in your hands. Mr.. KEENAN, said the
girl. THE Grantham meeting opens
January first: I'll. hope to be at
Grantham by then. A little later, at
may draw upon me for. IL hope
that vivandiere will live up to our
hopes"
land" 1 said. II believe she will"
I stood a moment awkwardly. Then
she gave me her hand; ! bowed above
lit, and stepped away from her; Mrs.
Clarke and I exchanged frigid bows
and then-I was put OF the house and
walking down toward our cottage.
Jerry met me in the doorway.
We'll, what's wrong?" he asked.
noting, I imagine. my gloomy coun-
tenance.
"That Clarke woman" I said saw
agely, has persuaded Miss Leland to
go north at once-today. Took yes
terday's affair as her excuse-horri-
guess it. Hysteria, reproaches-all
the rest Of it.
II know" said Jerry. 'Still-may-
herself"
Shouldn't wonder" said I bitterly.
t"Florida is no place until, otter
Christmas. Then she'll have her
friends down. and"
"And maybe it ain,t her friends
1.-The lady don't strike me as one Of
them social butterflies. Any gir-rl
thatll run a stable is pretty iivil-
headed. Maybe she amt missin' TIL
intertainmints in New York. Maybe
she'd be glad OF the rist down here
until her friends come down to. visit
her"
=" lHeH why oOesn SHe STAY 1
asked. II hope Mrs. Clarke chokes!"
her. is thryin' to git a chance to. find
her mind" said Jerry. Eye see,
Misther Sale, il she gets away from
We. she'll have a chance to get the
right proportions of things. Just at
present ye're the only man in sight:
we've done her a favor: risked ye'er
life for her, and-away from We. she'll
know"
Jerry" I said, II suppose l wear
my heart on my sleeve, don't II"
well, it's pinned on TIL outside Of
ye'er vest" he grinned.
well, hers isn't" 1 snapped. 'She
doesn't care a tinker's damn for me
couldn't-and-let's not talk about it
any more! Our business is training
horses. Let's stick to it!"5t fa
Right" agreed Jerry.
|. On the afternoon train Miss Leland
left. She waved to me from her car
|riage as she and her chaperon were
driven by: Mrs. Clarke didn't even
look at me. Next day 1 was hard at
work preparing the little string for its
campaign on tho Grantham track.
November passed; I began to see
possibilities in the other horses. be-
sides vivandiere. They'd never do
|up north, but It Grantham they
might help pay the stables bills. /
began to study theSelist of owners who
were to ace5atathis Florida meeting.
II was glad to notice that some fairly
prominent anne in race circles had
entered horses. Not their real good
ones, but still-there'd be sport
a-pienty, of~~a mediocre Skfhd,, &aat'
Grantham, this winter,
In December 1 received a letter,
from Miss Leland-the first one. 1t
merely answered one Of mine, a bust
ness one, and told; me to move the
string to Grantham whenever 7
thought best. In the middle of De-
|ce1nber I shipped three horses besides
Vivandiere to the track on the west
coast. I took along a couple Of hands
and two exercise boys, one Of wAom
II, thought might develop into a fair
Jockey. Jerry, of course, went with
me. I acquired a small stable near
1.-THE track and settled down to active
business. preparing my own horses.
and studying the lay Of the land.
Continued in tomorrow
I@a Evenings Herald. 1853 4,
I hate a man who coughs in my
just for the opportunity to say par
don me-"