Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 27 of 36
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7 _ al ‘ -— « - al > — ‘ 7 he ' ’ , ‘ -~ " A” = - © « i > ” _ - . . | * , mex Y ‘ Ly ; ‘ @ i ' . ; " ’ 7+. | - ra ) WEEKLY. o-d “T°]] not let you lose a cent to-day.’”’ | ‘*They won’t let you win, says he, but Great Scott!’ exclaimed Beck with|I tole Luke I knewa thing or two and teal anxiety. aE aoe Magee high oe ‘that ’'d come home with more money _ “Mephisto seems to be drawing away than i took away. from them again!” Seed ae Guess I’m going to doit tew, hain’t “It can’t be possible!’’ muttered War-|I, Mr. Warren? gh ‘ren. | “IT congratulate you, Mr. Bascum,’’. two lengths between Mephisto and the your money. SiN 2 | oro Carpet horses?” You won’t forget that you’re going to “He will fall yet,’? returned Warren | spend the evening and the night with me, under his breath. will POS OF hs Soe ene Deeeee tinct dé so! No siree, an’ I’d just like the chance ~ But Mephisto did not fall. oe) cae tew treat ye tew bari ie pent, - He thundered down the home stretch, ‘IT never age se haw ether in increasing the distance between him and my lite pin : aeeS hain’t nothin’ m his rivals at every stride and won the race about me ae if erica ya brilliantly, amid the roaring cheers of the“ You Jest le ae MH pred . wiry i} thousands who packed the grand stand and 8 ke hig OR: BERS «OUR eee te ee th Trai >) ~~ cy ic, | Tea -« : the rail alongside. . | iach Tie bare ke _ Warren put down his glass with trem-) SHAMS Ctenl< gia Exige ty Ss bling hand and turned to Beck. tains smile,” '4 1). Zo. YOR OR ee _ ‘*We’re done,’’ he said in French. © the time comes. — tl TE Sat eae a ‘ **How could it have happened ?”’ asked For the next ten minutes babe ene and ai 2ck in response. Beck were kept busy payins **There’s no u king any such ques-| ning bets. ; i i J i . > ee a et a ett Hokets had been presented tion as that,’? retorted Warren’ impa-| When all tickets fad F é sage yew tiently. | as ee they had hardly enough cash left in their if we pay all these bets.’’ part Ge ser} A DETR. We, DELI OS aiar eee > ‘Can't we make a sneak of it?” asked gramme however and they (ic Their Beck. best to make up for part of their losses ie late. 2) > on that. . Sat so confic t I had fixed) They won a trifle, but they had been sphisto that he couldn’t win that I hard hit and they knew that they coulc ‘not hope to keep on their business ‘unless they succeeded in getting posses: sion of Bascum’s money. ae Before the day’s events were over Trim make up for it, saw O’Brien looking around as if hunting for somebody in the betting tmg- The horse owner was looking for Trim but the detective did not make himself _ **f wasso confident tha + { *. + ' b-. . .¢ oo. J A * ! haven’t a thing packed up. “Tf we were going to sneak we’d ought to have fixed things up during the race. — No, we’ve got to stand it now and Frank, by touching the wad of the ‘old ‘ - 4 . Jay’ to-night.’’ fp : . 9: ' = . _ ‘ —_ , a \ 7 it ’ axraeagsgaey : )’Brien is feeling pretty good,’’ he — $ WARREN’S COFFEE. bhiut there 4s: nothing 1 ore that it would be fnat 1 can do for him and I'll let him Me ewes ol elome wet 1 ve SOF through with Warren btalee Tile plane 1 FBS Oe ee ee didn't think 1 present his; ‘‘I understand you Cien © Unk much © Wager -, — lof Mephisto,’’? remarked O’Brien, pausing — “T wish |in front of Warren’s stand. : . rn . t i. - _, s . . * . | ] i ” we = = . se a . é ; - , , i ; —— * ‘ ; » ’