Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-02
I ground my Rlass@s against the

marx there later on. They were
around the last turn: they straight
ened outls Vivandiere was by Queen
Molly; at Bay Kings shoulder; by-by
she had Sthe rail-! 4
"Oh, you vivandiere! Oh, you
baby; oh,.,jyou bright-eyed ~dolly-girl!''
Two furlongs to go! One little bit
front! s
Out in front! With the blood of
the Water family in her veins! The
blood OF the racers who had made
turf history, and behind that blood
the blood of Lexington! The blood
Of Lexington, greatest. four-miler of
his or any other day! Speed Of the
Waters. heart Of Lexingtons And out
in front with over asnlle behind her,
a furlong to go, and-no horse that
lived could catch my baby now!
! dropped my glasses to my side
and laughed ,aioud. And then my
laugh died away. I whipped the
glasses to my eyes nee more. For I
couldn't believe it! 1t couldn't be so!
home, a clear length in the lead, VII.
wanderers Jockey was using~the whip.
The whip! On the proudest-stepping
lady that ever spurned the track. The
whip! I heard a gas from the crowd.
I heard some n lshriek, in the
silence Of a second:
Lost his head, the-coon!"
Then / heard myself groan. For
the blue-blooded lady whose turf ca
resented It as savagely as ever
before. She lost her stride; she went
suddenly wild with rage: she stopped;
she crashed against the fence. Queen
Molly flashed under the wire, a win
near. s
! Understood now-everything!
Ikey Blatz' unwillingness to take my
false odds. The dirty dogs! An out
law track! Outlaw was right. They'd
fixed my jock, reached him. They
|Aured the form players away from
|Cressweli, Bay King and Queen Mol
", by the r~idiculous price at which
they'd held vivandiere. The public
money had gone down on my baby.
won!
CHAPTER x.
I ASK MYSELF MANY QUESTIONS.
1t seemed to me that within ten
seconds after the. number of Queen
Molly, first. Bay King, second, Cress-
we'll, third, had been put up, every
pair of Eyes in the crowd had found,
me and was glarings at me. I could
hear. my name running from mouth
to mouth, and some Of the language
used was enough to make me want
to fight. But / didn't do anything
like that. My yes were fixed on Miss
Leland and I was aking my fwayEdOwn
the grandstand to her. She was pale,
and a CLINT ofsanger was In her eyeA
Beside her stood Dane. 81
well, Mr. Kernan?. she said
THAT jock has sold 10 cut, Mis-
Leland,'I,I told her. He had HIS or
Lders and
80 it seemed" said Dane meaning
|ly.
/ turned to him. He was just
About my size; maybe q little heavier.
i rather think i was harder. "
put my hands behind my.sback, after.
looking him over coIdly, md faced,
Miss Leland again. He was q friend
Eof hers; that let him out with meat
present. n SSMsg4t8S
aThe-the people seem quite angry,
Mr.. Herman, z she said.
They have a right to be- I an
|swered. They're Victims Of ri raw
asdeaIs 81 ever was pulled a Florida,
and that means anywhere. They
were coaxsd to bet on the mar byS
the juicy pdds. and all the was
framed-yolIl have TO excuse me;
Miss 4 Leland. I've got TO 80 that'
She laid her hand Oh nv I'm.
Hes only poor. ignorant ltttis
negro y she said. ss al
Eftsht.S VI { admitted. me islt Wort6'
pose Of making him talk. But---a
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