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Show Anna Daly Ran Last. II I , A H ' .' $ ! It was her first vls.lt to the race track Pciey hs.i1 saved up J5 and asked her lo go to Hrlghton He had told her to put on nil her finery for It wus Situr-clii) Situr-clii) and women nlvvnys nppeurel In the latest stle nnd tosger on that particular par-ticular day The crossed the brldg ond hut rled along with the lloodllde o hum mil)' hended for the special trnl'ia wedged In upon the nation platform where there wns neither room for their feet nor air lo keep them cool. Percy nnd Mind waited vvlili the rest of the ewelteilng crowd bent upon picking winners, ' l'raln foi the race truck'1 xdl-M the trainmen ns the cars rolled into the station In nn Instnnt there wns n riot Two hundred sluing men pushed nstdc women wo-men Jammed feather-weight men to the line Ktrrniittil nti.c . tl,..v.n.t ,.. .. . ,. .,. laf vvincicVw, ' """""" ,ur .i.""1 "" lot n ,IU' net aboard"'" polite!) po-lite!) usked Here) of a fat man who. In spite of tho hand. to-hand struggle, ..5" ,,."nilo"sl) to a pu m lent fan. lie ,"! ii "T. 'ho.repl). "Not n er lire I noil) Hver body for hlsself'" inure no gentieinuii, ' expostulated the girl's escort "Oct out, )er cod g wan and smoke up' Let the gal wait There's plenty inoie trains'" And the fat man plunged through the crowd like a football half-back through the center, leaving u trail of aching coins behind him The cars were Jammed to overflowing with men when the women tried to board them. Pen) flnnlly managed to squeeze Maud Into the platform wheie the soft coal from the locomotive began to get in Its work on lur new white hat and dress, ' Perc). I've got n cinder In m ee'" walled Mn ml when the train rushed Into In-to one of the tunnels near Piospect park Peic) tried In vain to extrnrt it lie Jabbed the coiner of his handkerchief Into her oe until It wns useless to Jnh any mote ,Tlien he pulled the lid up and tlonn but It wns nf no mall. "Sii), Hub!' remarked the dark faced fellow, "Why donrhcr git off'n thu cars and go to a 1181010'"' "The truln don't slop," suld the guard M.et her wait until she gits to the track " At Klng'B Highway the locomotive broke down. There was no going nny further. "All nf jees'll have ter git out nnd take the , Hollos'" elled the gusrd, and Maud was bundled to tho giound, hir ee 10 Inflamed thnt she could not see. Then tho train wns dragged away Trolley car after trollc) car followed, men hanging onto the steps "Lots of empty ones behind' ' the conductors con-ductors cried ns the ears whlticd by. ot men. regardless of possible broken legs nnd arms, leaped upon them, the women as usual lmlng no chance. At last a car that had standing room In it pulled up. Maud wns pushed In hurriedly hur-riedly and Tercy followed. Somebody Jolted hlm so hard Hint his hat fell on and when be got It back the crown had been crushed In. The ride to the trnck was slow, The Inspectors stationed nt Intervals of a rod or thereabouts kept counting over the passengers At ShoepBliead Hay another an-other crowd from the I.ong Island rull-road rull-road mobbed the rar until more than 100 passengers were aboard nf It. Maud and Percy were scparuted The girl was crowded ngulnil the guard rail, still trjing to pick the cinder from her eye, whllo her escort had dropped his cane somewhere and could not llnd room enough to pick It up. "All out for the nice truck!" wns the cry that started another riot. The men leaped to the ground llko cattle. The women were left ngnln Just outside the track Percy and Mnud encountered new troubles Howling der-Mshea der-Mshea who hnd tips to sell or give awa, got around them like a wall nf adamant, "Here, sport, git Hlack Smith's tips for a couple o' bucks and st the little lady goln 'right," yelled ono of the der-lslics. der-lslics. Percy llshed up his V. He had a feeling feel-ing of hatred for the world In general, but ho could not have his sporting proclivities pro-clivities challenged. With tl chango he bought a couple of tickets to the field and then had a dollar left. They made their way to tho grand stand and found seats nenr the top row. Maud's eye was all right now, she said, and Percy began to look over his program pro-gram tm Next to them sat a curiosity. It was dressed like a woman, though It talked with the gruff olce of a man. "I His yer wot I does yesterday," remarked re-marked the curiosity to Percy and Maud. ' I likes Hlsself. see?" 'Pa Daly's horse fer a bunch to win der handlcup, Den Hoxy, der commlsh he sex ter me. sex he. 'Oo ter littles" 'Wot fer?" sex I, cagey like. 'Why' sex Hoxy. dnt'a der trick! Der DwyerB Is goln' ter burn up der ring. See?" "Ho I goes to Ethics, good and hard, an1 Hthlcs wins! 'On It, Klhtcs. old socks" I yells, ns der colt swings down ter der wire wld free lengths der best of It, and I get's ready to put der cash away, when all of a sudden dose men up In the stand, do cooks and bottlew ash-era ash-era and stewards, dey ups and says Hthlcs don't win becouse tlat monkey Tommy nurns bumped somebody, Bo Hlsself gets der race, hs lie finishes second sec-ond hee? Haven piece of gum Kid?" Tho curiosity held out a bar of chewing chew-ing gum to Maud. "No, I thank ou, ma'm," said Percy. "She never chews gum" ...... "Thank ou. ma'm," replied Maud, softl). "I think I will "Hey, Hoxyl wot's der bettln' on Femesols?' asked tho curiosity, with n wave of the arm. "blx. two and four to five'" answered Hoxy, a low-browed fellow who could not look you In tho eye. "nut there's nothln' elnln' wld hlm!" "Den give mo Hessle McCarty! She s do game." "She's fnorlte!" "Here's two bucks! Put mo down." "Yer on'" . Maud looked At Tercy and Tercy looked at Maud, '"What Is sho doing, Tercy?" asked the girl, with a puzzled look "Why, betting, of course. Hvcrybody bets at the races." "Can I bet, Percy? "I wouldn't If I were jou" was 'be quick, nervous answer "It Isn't nlee," " , tHBl kafl "Hut 1 want to.' pleaded Ih girl. ll jMJ M Perc squeezed the dollar In his pock- 1 i'lWBl aH et and looked pleasant JaW Laaa "All right," said he, "go ahead." jEHl Lafl "What II I bet on?" IcBJ aH "An thing" .W LaH Maud looked at her two. dollar tips, . J M 'Then I'll take Feme-sole, rut a dol- ,!'3lMW LH lur on It, Perry." illfl Laafl The )nung man look his dollsr out aa 1 HtH H ho went below to see the bookmakers, f 1 j IH H kissed It gnod.l and placed It on Ke- ,! M mesole at 6 to 1 Femesole won In a I IB LaB gallop ;'; B Maud did not know It until Percy )iLT,H aal rnvv the numbers hoisted In fact he M& Lafl was nfrnld to look at the race at all. lOC'l aH for he did not have enough money In j 1, IJ7JH H his pocket to pay their car fare home '"?3aHl LbH I knew 1 would win"' chirruped '(tfll sbB Mnud 'How much do I get?" iViU tsH Seven dollars" , It ill aB ''Well, wot dr e tlnko' dat fer blind U 11 B luck'' blurted the curiosity ns she savr 111 ill Maud counting over the seven greasy !li.ll one-dollar hills "And der kid don t P1M know a horse from n soatl Wot del o ' II HH link nf it?' ' IaHI bbm '.Sow I'm going to bet on Hello of UM Bfl Lexington.' said Maud, her cheeks uf H 1'iished with excitement. . ' II 3 She sent Percy off with the J? to bet 'Uf! M the mare at 3 to 1. but Perc, takli c tstl M nut his dollar, bet IS Instead. jlf I B "Who's the cheap skate with you?" HI asked the curloslt) ' He's dead cheap, vSJ HB lie Is W h) he don't know a ting!' jiff 'lie's Percy, my beau, and ou must a nut call hlm cheap, lie makes 110 a iM week and expects a raise!" JM Oh. mommcrl" walled tho curiosity, s Percy enmo bark llelie of Lexington won and soon H HH Maud was counting over Kl In Mill. ";fl 11 looked like n fortune to her and she . .'HI was trembling with excitement The (CJ H gambling fever mounted to her soft ' fill LbH cheeks. Her eyes sparkled! She ' liH M laughed nervously. It was nil no new . (IH to her (J MB "Don t bet any mor! begget Tercy. ' t fl H 'Save It and well go ove- to the hotel ) j)U and have 11 swell supper. Then we'll f VIM go to Coney Island and shoot the !?i fi.fl chutes" I' jV ' I'm going to piny lluienk Durch"' i' ll wai Maud's firm reply, becnus she's liilH BBi owned by a woman" '!' VH BH Fn j:o went nn Kugenla I lurch at "IVl-H lo 1 The tills, rnn a grand rare and l,!?"lS won When Tercy. now shaking Ilk r'SliMI a leaf, counted nut 1140 Into .vinud a lap. I ' 8fjnl th" girl cried for Jo). 1 it , "Oh, think nf the nice tilings I II iSI f.W hu!" she exclaimed 'Oh. Isn't thl'i , $ )J.W line' I nevei saw so muc'i money In R jffl alt my life"' -;' bill. Kid," chimed In tho curiosity, V' ifiEQ ' er der luckiest dot evr come ove-der k'fB vWfl Pike' Der er wont ter make a klllln'T 'rik'.'Qi Hey?" nfr.s J "A what '" asked the. girl, Innocently. IT W "Why, a klllln', o' course. A regular I !3 .7 old-fiishloned hog klllln' Plttaburu (sli Hi Phil nnd Dave (lldenn Is me Intimate f A'j sfljai filinde He) Is goln" to lict JVI.000 on ' ! ,M MM a loire In der next race at odds 0' 30 to C, I 1 He'll come home on der bit. see If i iff . er vvant lo get next. Hoxy will put er 1 h I 'Oh. think of It'" said the girl "Think 'MI Mm of putting 1100 on at 10 to 1. Why that ilrrfM IH would be (3000 to 1100, wouldnt It?' HAM IBl And Mnud opened her eyes ani gasped. : I'JtliB BjBjl '(limine der money nnd I'll give It ter 1 fill llnxy and he It give It ter der commlsh s tJ W BH wot bets fer Pittsburg and Have." salj tis ' HH tin curiosity Ai w MM "Why. Percy can bet It, can't he?" !,?? il HH asked Maud. jjl IfJJ MMf "No, Hoxy Is der one ter do It, Vaue "M . j 1 he Is going ter bet S'lOO fer me, Be-e, . tfrl ? HH hue's ilei coin!" . 9 HH With that the curiosity handed over a , VI h9 HHI big bunch of bills to Hoxy who was I JiT'lSM HH conveniently nrar. n Vhi M UU "I won't tell der namo of der horse f cjnjP .' I HHf unless )er let'a Hoxy bet der money," lifclf1 'I MM "All right," chimed In Percy, who fv 1 I UWM had been chewing the head of his cane. S!il . I HHal "All right, let llaxy bet It. What's the 7 hftX ' I H horse's name1'" l (Pui I H "Anna Daly'" replied the curiosity. 'll'Cill I HHal "Anna Dull! she's a slake horse In lli'iU I HHal wld a lot of selling platers, and she'll j!5'il H HH come home on the chin strap"' 'Mki H iHH So Hoxy hurried away with Maud's ,113' I HHjl 1100 Ho tame back In a minute and (l.1 f HHal 1 II 1' 'Anna Daly is CO to 1! I bet yer ' 1 HHal hundred nt dose odds. I II bet the rest ,!? ' Hjl of yer money at der same price It yer if j HHal caies to put It down!" 'j, j HHbI Maud handed aver 110 more with f'j ' HHal trembling fingers. She had visions of (4 , HHal luxury. l' 1 HHI ' Percy." said she, "I'm so glad we it HHH came' When I get nil of this money ;? I HHal well go home In nn automobile and eT I HHal surprise ma Won't sho be glad. Ohl ' j HHI I'm so elated" 'i? jt HHI "It's great," murmured Percy with a, 1 j J HHal faraway look. "It's great!" ',.' 1 HHal The curiosity looked on with . an ll t ' H umused expression on her face. Anns, f I 1 HH Daly was Inst In a field of sixteen ;i , ' . HHjl maiden twn-year-olds. Uf h HHH "Didn't she wlnr' gasped Maud, u 5 j HHH the numbers were hung up. J" C BHH "No!" groaned Percy. "Bhe was J ', ',' 1 HHH Maud fainted The curiosity laughed. i . aaaaaal Hoxy laughed, loo. He whispered some- (f, ; thing to the curiosity and then handed '( . HHH her a bunch of bills. ,.', j HHH "Thai," sold he, "Is what you won , '1J ' HHH on the first race!" t'w-irl HHH Tercy wus fumbling In his pocket. Ha C3 J ! HHH fished out a crumpled dollar, u$ HHI Come," said he, as ho lifted the rlrl i.fvC ' HHH from her seat, "Come home! We've I ri1 ' HHH been done up1" ,11 ( HHH Maud quickly clapped her hand over i f j ( BHH her bloodshot eye. iI j, HHHJ "The cinder's there'" she said. In evl- , Ii it HHH dent pslnt "Oh, I can't stand It any 1 ' HHH longer" mi, HHH Percy led her away and when the "') ' trolley car conductor gave hlm 99 cents I HHHJ In change he took a solemn, silent vow i, that he'd never bring his girl to the 1 I HHHJ race track again i ? HHHJ The curiosity and Hoxy had a swell 1 V HHHJ dinner that night and later went over irir' HHH to Coney Island and shot the chutes. iiY-tUr) HHH "They were dead easy!' laughed . !mS HHal Hoxy ."'',,' HHI 'Yer ran bet on It," replied the curt- kllt'f oslty, us she put her face Into a foam- ViW.lj ' HHal Ing bcukcr. "Dead easy!" N. Y. Jour- Sf,Jl ' HHal naK . Mm |
