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NEW NiCK CARTER WEEKLY. up to it and found Beck | slickest peetan. I ever seen in the way of | horseflesh, young man. Y) E ‘IT guess you’re a good judge of he tr. Bascum ??? at wark th ere. : A good many curious glances were| turned toward Trim and he heard more'| M orses, 8 a, beg or tough-looking man wonderi ing} ‘' ouess I’ve webesin a plow and Se if “the old jay’’ had a wad with him, 'druv tew waka often ’nough Pilg: She ie was frequent! y approached by tout-|suthin’ about ’em.” ers who tried to sell him tips and pro-} ‘‘And so you think you’lltakea chance §tammes. }0n Mephisto, do you ?”? ‘Trim played his part well; always claim-| Shouldn’t be surprised if I did.” ing to be afraid of sharpers and telling} Trim s y took out his big wallet and everybody that he read the newspapers| half removed a bill from the fat roll it” and that they couldn’t fool him. | contained. Beck looked at him with a smile as he| He replaced the bill suddenly and put —. + ¥ 7 : . . 4 a? aye pu al t o aT ra ~ . rt . . * ° a bm ef at “/? . F , = # a oe on | . we ‘J Py ».- ee es. apptcached and waved his hand to him. | ithe wallet in his pocket, saying he eS fea “tes Sieh OP aa man,’’ - said | hnieive +he’d wait a while and see how Spo {Trim ow be ye | the betting was going. * aaa ‘‘Good-morning, Mr. Bascum,’’ said] Beck advised him to not to wait too i ira od eee out his hand, “for I sup-| ‘long and Trim prom ptly answered that BES OD - ore isn’t Yn /he’d get his money down before the bel] fell, I yum!’ exclaimed Trim. Tung. 7 ‘How ‘did you get on to that? | ‘The detective's purpose in showing his : AT hain’ ‘t tole my name since I left} wallet was to convince Beck that he had Jamaica. |a great deal of money with him. 3 Bas: ye hain’t no bunco man, be 1 ye! 399 | peck would of course tel] this to War- ees “Not I, Mr. Bascum, but I’ve heard of |tén and Trim hoped that they would fed toy you just the saine. 3 oe | | give him a chance to pray his Geep gaine pees Shi Jater. ie ee | ris is Mr. Warren’s stand. You}. He was already certain that he had ey -|done all that could be done for O° Brien pi es ane Narren—why he’s the feller that I’mj|and’that the horse owner would win the Aste Me ‘try 1 tew on [race unless Mephisto found that a ies fee: uxac y; Mr. Bascum. Mr. Warren is|animal had | been put up against | Sehgectc » (q, Gerayed 456 lusiness this morning but he| ‘Trim was working now upon what he ~ told me to) the lookout for you and | called his secret mission, that is, the mys- — ise anagy you feel com-| tery of pegoké aperwer's: Geath. a Have yor got a. seat on the grand through the betting ring to the rail 1 near i i ane | the H asiahe stand. | was already lined with sp ctators | who had come early to get a g00d place. — ae ‘Tim walk ed along he saw that hi he BR ee nln Mr Racin ae ‘ees l byan “ge. and s suspect- Pe dice aig iat ae aaees Be Soa ing what was up, he tool tases pepe OT Fh. on , as a. and I was : wi lin’ to. pay | in ‘such ; a ‘et 7 this is man ‘could cena eae tw enty-five cer its for it, but when they | proach him. - tole: Soba it cost te sit en Shes Phi al The mats ent so. 4, ull 4 ~ i : i a * . f : a i | ‘ ay a _ q - i) ' » & - + = f : en J s * » ; : P . - aa ‘a . ' £ ! tc ) = tah Oe * ‘ . “ll ee "= ©* ¥ /* ee wy : ’ oe ' = . »s 4 4 Pe Ff _ ¢ — ~~ + a ! ' t : a tl 4 = | : He pushed u ip ag S "ing bat he key My - et he felt a sig Ee Ss (ee ay 01? Sa ry eh a." | , "5h « = -— > ; (