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ee CHAPTER VILL | T here i is a = Sean shout of voices and a * = a - e, ¥ ae A SURPRISE. , abating of nervous feet, and shrill cries - ea ‘of ‘*Denver Bay! Denver Bay !’’ = Shy he race track is all excitement. | They sweep past the stand, past the z - People fight their way through the long rows of excited faces, erated the : =F iw to the bookmakers, and deposit turn and away. Deive rey many of them eS ton} ‘Then'there is silence for a moment, = but only for a moment. S os. “Daisy falls back!’’ shouts one, swing- tae I aaa ‘ing his field glass aloft. E Bes wd rushes up the stairways,| ¢:penver Bay leads!’ shouts an other, | é “the: next moment a splendid bay). mid the wildest cheers. . ae ‘comes around the head of the | Nick Carter stands close by the side of Fe tretch. . : st 'Amos as the horses turn into the home- oF “Denver Bay! Denver Bay!” is the stretch, : cry. . The detective sees that the man’s face af ‘Close behind him come other favorites. |i, 45 pale as death, and that his hands ate ‘9 = They go down the paddock, followed | trembling. ; in a straggling way by the rest of the ‘You beat me on the 3 jumping match, ? t said Nick, turning to the excited man, fe Meee 3G “The jockeys and helpers crowd abou “but DIL be ona t I’ll bet you an a “their mounts, and excitement is every- ise wikis ie begs See ten that Denver 3 _ where. |. Amos makes nor , “ = “*Hello,”’ shouts Denver Bay's jockey, - Fae nibshed his a and yon in ~ as a man, wearing the horse’s © OTS, | ano crowd, ‘muttering incohérently #6 2 x moves up to him. ‘‘Don’t you think you Mianeelf. = ie are a dude ?’’ = vt was a dude yesterday, is the sullen | | I at must be time,” a Nick _Weaes him a= Tf it don’t tbe, ‘they'll all blame Non soukeriia there,’’ oe capac pS e horse wit a sponge in| oie 2 Ae bas about aay, ”? With straining muscles and glaring - The detective watches the man closely, |¢yes, the horses pound up the track, | and — smiles as he sees something white Denver Bay still in the lead. 3 iiatening in his palm. | ‘°‘This is ruin!’’ gasps Amos, now we 4 ‘here isa flash of colors and a gleam | utterly regardless of the people about Bes oe: fs down in the paddock, as the) him. aa ) int their HORSES, and the en-| The horses are only a few rods away. mene 24 _ Then Nick sees the excited ait ee = — os Seads. grasped by the throat, and realizes that ee He minces along with a knowing air, isis pation =e tiny A to ok of a3 =| ? ing wi 1S too ag thorough) realizing his im- dogs fake te thes ere te — : = gest of the field follows in single The horses thunder past, and I Denver “their glossy | hides shining in the | | Bay wins by a good length. Ens gets Sz n like satin. The great handicap race is over and = it cali Pini take their places in a long, | Denver Bay is_ offici declared | meee | ads of, dust follow several false. ks ie crowd surges aria :s and hang over the starting poifit. jning horse and the jockey is being: : Th . si snal ¢ comes, and down the stretch | weighed, there is a cry from the g en Pe cee the bright shirts of the|stand that some one has fainted. | Nick sees that the excitemen ts [5 a -suddex plunge or | the spot the Wall Street broker selected __ ‘something like two /as his seat, and hastens in Sh at cme e ove - e y in Soa As es reaches the ye > ts SS “es ae > -? ae. , Bet a ; t - - . - - ets ee, ae ae $1 paz i COMICDOOk ; qe a a. a oa ws %. i >