Show WON BY A DREAM I 1 baNc tIre imia fd 0 three times I 1 11 I 1 alon lon t thai it a t I 1 r rink ink godf b las i nud and won uon the aen en I 1 cup it was as one of th tit fiat and mog lew itching of ion t icky iely a daughters daught erg that tho the chivalrous ul I 1 general turned to as he fie answered in I 1 on know the accepted tradition in to dreams jo and of cetire e there 1 h not a payton in thib thit enlightened ige age who attains the faintest trice true of I 1 ba hive e forbidden lint that I 1 inkee kovir of fours lie the privilege of coming hero here ind the mere plum isles of i I 1 dream are not boing to restore hlin to my in good graces gracea hut but jo hid bown the seed eed ind the look of confidence in n hir great brown told tint that she he anticipated i I 1 salts satis factor har harvest est the general walked toward the thinking it pacing pasing str inge thit that joti joe vision coln elded 0 a with iiii own on for he himself hid thrice been in III dreamland dreim land to see hit that dashing oung fellow from the north ride the black filly to victory victor there was wag another surprise in ili store for him whai hin he came upon tom toni rubbing the satin coat of the clean limbed ciare ami anti t liking to her as though she comprehended every word ord ani sentiment nt kuae I 1 oil se gvinter get dit dat cup misa high kise kase I 1 done lone dream free times dat mintah frank klin kim down heah an ou oil took him roun dat cow cowic se so fas dat he hid had no bret let de hain t loftin on aoah hoots kin keep in sight ob aou ou honey de way ay iy I 1 seed dit man ridin min ou data dats hones liones ole pal gal the handsome hin hind deoine some old general threw back his shoulders and knittel knitte I 1 his brows as ht turned iwa aiva thinking he lie had not been seen b the industrious rubber ind and falling failing to note the roll of the cunning acts thit that followed him superstition may ha hive e run out in the blood of the Payton liy ton 4 but here was one of n the older generation in troubled doubt it wis more than his common sense could accept icett and about the place seemed to he be dreaming the sime same thing as a mere coincidence lie would not go back of the strange stratigo fact in search bearch of 0 its inspiration for that would confess confes s i I 1 weakness he would not admit but it was forced upon him ar an irresistible conviction that frank fielder was astride of flash the local race of the alar and the coveted cup would go to maj Slick ton and the thought of at this was not to bo be endured to the gen cral tho tile fijor wig nas an upstart up an 3 i man of questionable reputation on the turf and utterly unprincipled where his hig interests were at stake besides this animus of dislike the general w was as moved by the consideration that he had bad been shrewdly goaded into posting 10 on the outcome of the rice race and to lose it meant disaster to the prospects of jo as an heiress it was this thought that hid had most troubled the proud old kentuckian Kentuck lan and before he slept that night he be had written frank to come at once the eur surprise prise of that boung gentleman was not diminished by the hospitable welcome nelcome that he lie rec received elvel but almost became a panic when he vae told by jo that he must ride for the cup aud and win it as the one sure way of overcoming personal objection to an event which was the crowning hope of his life fielder was wag a thoroughbred amer american he lie hid had nerve pluck quick perceptions and an iron will jo 1 ho he ans answered ered III take the chance and anti it if I 1 fall you know that be far the ficai lest lost loser of the day itt t 4 I 1 14 U e r t W I 1 v wr jk IN A CONFUSED MASS to the general he said I 1 ra in surprised at your choice 0 of riders I 1 ive ve made some fair records across country but have never gone from flag to flag over the rough obstacles acles aou ou people put in the wa down here I 1 that makes ou eligible for the private terms between the major and myself are that there are to be gentle n en ell up and no one that eer ever rode a like nee race before there are numerous nume roul entries tn tries but beat the majors s witch and sou all will hae have won cier thing at stake I 1 hive have n m i fear tor for tho the result I 1 and the old gentleman cit felt comfortable in the memory of those dreams who was that air little roin man that sit near the toot foot of the table asked I 1 holder lelder of jo as the walked out after dinner the first evening A mr air dimple front new Oi oens leans said to be very ri r h nefi iles the gantle sa nun mail tint that major has celec celestel tel to lido lide the hinitch itch in the nee rie although mr air dimple cime carne h rt rl with ith letters of intro luction to pip pipa 1 tit m it pa lively decline 1 at birst because our gust but papa aa ji 11 t pooh pooped such ard rd ft it Is ertain the nitch all bo be ridden to wa in jo I 1 thought I 1 knew k that t fellow ile lies s lit english jo kiv an ani I 1 one of the best roush rough riders fr arm m the other side ho ire wis was i 1 king kin among in lin ion ton turf turkmen nien ind and I 1 heim hint toasted mi self elt a 1 dozen lines in 11 of the labile public houses rhe I he ill dijt r s pla plying ing a fool game jo ami aull i ti cm it to our worn ins wita N its to un tin over oer it AN e ell 11 keep our own counsel but ou fathom the plot while I 1 ini ni bating acquainted with alth I 1 ilish lash il ish hit a bouty ches hes fit to run for ii kingdom aare ere the comments with which fielder capitali c cited til ill the stable boys and bin tho saw sav the gallant maro mare fikh ig hedges fences anil arid ditches like a gru hound never neer breaking her pace or th thaing i lucking cing her terrific speed alu win dincin singing and arid n thing quaint bleecher ble echea in their cesta cles soiled it frank whispered jo excitedly on the morning of the race dimple Is in anglish jockey and anti le Is to hae haie 2 it he mria ins for the tile major hut but that 1 Is not the meanest part of the conspiracy sam gunn who a owna ns and anti rides the I 1 UK ig gray haa has i it mall farm on which the tile major holds a mortgage it is ininger inin ged for sani sam to make sure fure of 0 beating flash b crosing her it at the first fenie fence no tho being taken of 0 your precious prec loue life in this arrangement arnn arrin Kement gement they met down doan at the crek erek last to make sure that eich each min m in understood chiq part and I 1 was t listener all ma not be fair in horse racing frink frank but it Is in ill love aou kno know 1 dimple made the major paa pa 1500 on the spot sam tried to beg off but was threatened ind cajoled into keeping his agre agree e ment men hen the separated pirated se I 1 followed sun tin and beaole I 1 left him he was ao so ahamed inhumed he hinted to shoot the tile mi jor I 1 pitied hlin 0 eo o that I 1 I 1 ass assumed that mortgage then the in ajor t ua ole advantage vantage id Is in his imported jochec 91 I 1 am sure of at it the familiar f scene it the track need not be describe I 1 all the people of the count were A ere there tor for a holiday and many guests flom other sections en the ereno before the saddling bell tang for the call of the race for tho the cup nearly every one hid had risked something on the outcome I 1 lash and 1 itch carr carrl ing ng the money for it was accepted that one of them must win the genei gene I chanced some more on the stretch of thoe dreams and the major pill plunged it g e it because of hie his sure thing for sam G U nil had mentioned no change in the program after the preliminary canter it was not tho th generals general a words you will iv win in or the exaggerated assurances of ahe the stable boys but the fl flaming arning eyes of jo that caused fielder to set his teeth like a roan man fighting for his life they re off w ent up tip the shout and there followed the breathless breath lesa ieso silence allence of suspense for three fields the ar horses ran bt lunched ached flash and witch back with riders watching at ching each other like hawks but as they neared the fourth jump an ugly ditch and hedge sim sam imperceptibly pulled his gray until hardly a length ahead of the favorites the witch coming to bla his left and hash to his light over went the leaders but sam a horse apparently refused ail all swerved to the left there was vas no time for wimple to elop following the crash the crowd saw the two horses and a man in a con fused mass sam having gone from bis his saddle to the other aide of the hedge with tho the of 0 a circus rider all fielder had to do now was to guide flash over the course winning the race the tile cup and one of the loveliest of all the lovel love women omen of kentuck ever since the general has been an 1 implicit believer in dreams though lift h ai at everything else which has a flavor of the supernatural he lie did dream of flash and fielder because they were vere the chief objects of bis his thought bu bill he never knew that jo him confiding the vision to bla his old friand col Buckler that the dreams she reported vere ere all evolved from her imagination in broad daylight and that she had ben instrumental in having tom torn the rubber make the speech to flash which was meant solely for the ears of her owner |