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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-08-20, Page 2HIE; EXETER TIMES-AQVQCATE Page $’Thursday, August 20thf 1942 SYNOPSIS ANNE LAURIE, reared at race tracks by her lovable father, TIM liaurie, left the tracki at 15 to join Ker maiden aunt who disapproved of the life she was leading. Now a commercial artist, she has returned; to the track because her father is ill, She dislikes RUSTY WALTON, whose stable is next to her on "pov­ erty row,” and distrusts SID SHORE who is operating her stable of four horses, Mister Pound, Countess Q, Moon Jade and Kokoa. She is de­ lighted to find her old, friend, DOC. BURGESS. CEPHUS LINCOLN is their aged Negro stable boy. Count­ ess Q wins a race paying Anne’s bet Of $100 off at $1,190.. Rusty tells ■her the race was crooked. When she gets to the bottom of the deal, she discharges Shore and starts for the steward’s office ’to return the money. Rusty tries to head* her off, Unable to dissuade Anne, -Rusty admiring her spunk, goes with her. The steward questions the jockeys. the the and Van Evers’ Bren- secojid. Dorado was gets the third place, announcement made.” Second. Spot “You don’t know? Why do you suppose he wanted you to ride Noah into the second spot? .Didn’t you think there was something wrong with orders like that?” NTo—sir—that is,” the boy’s hands were working nervously with his jacket, “There must be some explanation. Did he say anything else?” “Oh yes sir. He said he didn’t think Noah could take Mister Ricco's horse, but to do it if I could.” “Did you try?” “Yes, sir. sir.” “Don’t be other orders , “None, sir- “From someone else, perhaps. The boy hesitated, his face sud­ denly paled and he swayed as though he were going to collapse. He reached out one hand and stead­ ied himself against the desk. “I didn’t get any orders, sir, Mister Rocco did slip me a $20 et on Countess Q, just before I to the paddock.” “Did he say anything?” “No, sir. He didn't have knew what he meant.” “And what was that?” “That if I got 'a chance, I should let Countess Q win. I was surprised at- first because he had a horse of his own running. But I got the idea pretty fast when I glanced at the tote board and saw the odds on Countess Q. “So you pulled Noah, did you?” Held Him Back T beat Buzzer Boy, Whatevasive, Jarvis, did you get?” -—from Mister Walton.” tf But tick- went very much if you do— no„t if I can prevent it. Now clear out of here, all of you.” The steward busied himself writ­ ing at his desk for several minutes, while Anne sat quietly in her chair her eyes on Rusty Walton. The steward looked up and seemed sur­ prised to find them both there. “I thought I told everyone to clear out,” he staid. “Thei'e’s something- else to dp be­ fore I leave,” Anne said. “My -horse didn’t win fairly. I don’t want purse nor the money I won on bet. “Here’s every cent of it except my original hundred I put up. Give it to your favorite charity—the Red Gross perhaps.” “It will make a terrible mess, but I guess there is nothing else to do,” the steward said with a sigh, He consulted,a program sheet. “Let’s see, that moves Walton’s Noah up to first place da Van to fourth, so it ■I’ll have the "Good Anne said, * rising to her feet, “That’s settled.” Courageous “You’re a very courageous young woman, Miss Laurie,” the steward said. “If all the owners were as Straight as you, my job would be a Cinch.” Rusty followed Anne from the of­ fice, and walked beside her as she headed toward the stables. "You’re a darned fool,” he said. “Every gambler and crooked owner in the place will be after you with a knife.” She stopped and faced him., her eyes blazing. - “What would you have done if you -were sure the race was crook­ ed?” she demanded. "Probably just w’hat you did,” he admitted. “But I’m a man. I can take it. You’re a woman and a barn is no place for a woman.” "Phooie!” Anne remarked, eligantly, and walked away. CHAPTER IX to—I and Anne suddenly handkerchief. Rusty the boy, his mouth in the hospital,” the “She hasn’t “Yes, sir. I held him back just a little.” “Wby, Jarvis? Why would you do a thing like that knowing you’d be through for life if you were caught?” The boy suddenly burst into tears and stood mopping his face with his cap. Tony looked at him in disgust. -The other two boys looked decidedly uncomfortable, reached for her was staring at grim.. “My mother's boy finally blurted out. anybody but me to help her—I need money terrible, so I took a chance.” The steward cleared his throat. “It’s unfortunate, Jarvis, but you are through so far as Mayfpir is con­ cerned this season. I’ll have your story investigated—if it’s true, there may be reinstatement later,” . “Shore, you and Ricco are indef- , initely suspended and denied the privileges of the track. I’ll see that Ricco is barred for good. He’ll have to get rid of his stable or take it ■out of here, and he can’t land on an­ other legitimate track in the country. Tony, you lied. You know you did. You’re set down for the balance of the meeting. The board will decide if you’re ever reinstated.” “But'I ain’t no more to blame that the kid!” Tony started to pro­ test. Older “You’re older—-much older. You have been in the game a long time. Jarvis is no niore than a child. He may -get another chance, but I doubt in­ but he had disappeared. “He’s no particular chum of mine think he’s a very young man. All is to keep out of either. In fact I fresh impertinent I want him to do my way,” “Oh, yeah?” the newspaper man remarked- and lighted a cigaret. He eyed her through narrowed lids. “You know you’re a pretty keen little number. It’s too bad you got off on the wrong foot here. You might have given Breirda competition.” • “Competition? mean?” “As queen of got every, body well-manicured hands/’ “You think there’ll be trouble be- cause of what I did?” What do you the stables. She-’s eating out of her Plenty Tough popu- birds cause “Well you won’t win any larity prizes. Some of these are plenty tough—they can plenty of trouble.” * “That’s what . Dpc Burgess and Rusty said. * But I don't see what my the get Anne found the Laurie Stables knee deep in newspaper men and photographers when she arrived at the track the following morning, all of them set on glorifying the girl who had the nerve and honesty to call a race crooked and insist that hex* horse be disqualified. Pat Barnes A bit flustered at the attention and more than & little annoyed at the sotto voice wisecracks from Rus­ ty who was an amused onlooker, the girl thought she had finished with the newsmen when she looked around and discovered 'Pat Barnes of the Star patiently waiting turn. I “I thought I’d brushed off people and could get to work/’ sighed as he introduced himself. She recognized him as one of the men she had seen in Brenda Van Evers’ tack room her first day at the track. “I work -for a morning sheet,” Pat answered and I’ve got plenty of time. Suppose you let down your hair and tell me all about it?” “About what?” “The stunt of turning In Shore. Those things happen right along, you-know, and no one ever squacks but the suckers who have bet on the wrong nag/’ “Would it amuse that I really am on Barnes?” “Not particularly, shatter my idea owners.” Anne felt herself “Gypsies are just aS mucn level as your Van Evers’ ana other hoity toities who play around With horses as a means of self-glorifica­ tion,” she'’ retorted. You’ll find crooks among them, of course, but but most of them are trying to get by the hard way/’ "What’S the matter/’ Pat, grinned, “has Brenda been stepping on your toes?” "Not in the least, I scarcely know her, and I certainly don’t know any­ thing about her.” . Ask Rusty “Ask your pal Rusty some time.” Anne looked around for Walton, you the his you she CAT AIK TF JS “Yeah. I shppose so. But just for your information, Sid Shore is as straight as John the Baptist alongside of those boys. I wouldn’t be surprised if Shore or -Ricco or some of the other gambler gents sent them to you.” “They’re crooks?” they can do. So long as I keep eyes open and make sure of people around me, they can't me involved. “There’s a lot more to it than that,” Barnes told her. “They’ll try to set you in some way and some­ how they may be able to do it. Crook­ ed gamblers aren’t very strong on fair play.” “I hope I can count on Barnes—Pat. It will be have one friend I can lean “I hope you get along at Mayfair, Anne- “I’ve got to,” and before she realized it she was pouring the story of her troubles in­ to Barties sympathetic,., ears. She was conscious, as she talked, of a growing liking for the newspaper man, » » It wasn’t exactly his. appearance which attracted her, although lie wasn’t hard to look at. It was the: honest sincerity she sensed in him, hidden not too far beneath his rath­ er blase exterior. * She couldn’t help but contrast him with Rusty, the only other young man with whom she had come in contact since her arrival at May- fair. Rusty suffered considerably by comparison for ' he was carelessly dressed almost to the point of being sloppy, while Pat was neat in every particular. His black hair was combed down smoothly, while Rus­ ty’s wild and unruly locks looked as though a brush was something they had never heard about. Out of Doors Look you, Mr. nice to on.” all right i—and I mean it.” the girl confessed, Crooks “An ordinary crook would be ahhamed to admit they belonged to the same lodge. In my opinion, people who monkey with horses are the lowest form of life,” After another fruitless day of seaTching, Anne decided there was. no help for her—she’d have to do the best she could for herself and enlist the aid of Doc Burgess. The old vet was a confirmed souse —his right hand seemed permanen­ tly curved to grab a bottle or glass —but she knew he was honest and that he was as smart about horses as anyone in America. Burgess himself was touched uy Anne’s confidence in him, and swore that he would never touch another drop so long as he was working for her. And then he promptly cele­ brated his resolution by adjourning to the nearest gin mill. CHAPTER X Pat was taller too, and 'broader and had the healthy look of a man who spent most of his time out of doors. There was something about Rusty that had its appeal, too. She couldn’t decide whether it was the way his lips twisted into a crook­ ed grin at the slightest provocation, or the way his eyes frequently spark­ led with a rather bility; I’d like to see Barnes suggested her recital, mean, ner, for instance Anne thought it was an excellent idea and gave him her address. "It might help to have- a newspap­ er man on my side,” she decided as Barnes departed and she went look­ ing for Rusty. "I hate to ask favours,” she "But I’ve got to have help. I a trainer. Any suggestions?” impish irresponsi- to know level, Mr. itbut about would gypsy getting angry, on the Ten hours before the crowd start­ ed surging, feverishly from vantage points where the odds board can be 'seep toward the mutual windows, the stable area begins to show the first sign of'life. Four a.m. 4 a.m. petted thoroughbreds to stir restlessly in their pad­ stalls struggling awkwardly the soft, fragrant straw you again soon,” as Anne finished “Unprofessionally, I How about to-night? Din- Had Another Bad Night? Wouldn’t You let Any Best! To those who toss, night after night., on sleepless beds. To those Who sleep ih tt kind of & way, but whoso rest is broken by bad dreams and nightmare, To those Whft Wake up in the morning aS tired as when they went to bed, wo offer in Milbum’s Health and Nerve Pills A tonic remedy to help soothe and strengthen the nerVes. When this is done theta should bo ho more restless nights dilcr w bad dreams and nightmares. FHea50dAbo^65pills,ataUdrug<^ Look for our registered trade mark a -TKed Heart" on the package. Th# T< Milburn tAndhd, Toronto, Ont,s the scrambling of hooves and curses of stable boys as they tugged and pulled at their charges, She had Cephus saddle Moon Jade first and walk him Slowly to the gate which opened onto the track. She- walked him half way around tne mije oval before she let him break into a light canter. He was eager to run and she had difficulty holding him back until he was warmed to it1 properly. A horse must be handled as care­ fully as a delicate piece of machin­ ery, and she was glad Doc Burgess had reminded her the previous night when they talked over their plans. She had known it awhen she was With her father, for often she was the only excercise “boy” he could afford. Boys get 50c for working a horse, and many a time Old -Tim hadn’t a half dollar to spare, If he had, he could put it to much better use ing buying a good meal for his grow- daughter, (To be Continued) Something went wrong in the cookhouse and the pie-crust was as Itard as a brick. The mess wag sent it back with a message:— •“Give us the tools and we’ll finish the job.” At begin 'ded from which serves as their beds. For a horse is one of the clumsiest of animals when it is off of its feet. Getting on to its four legs Is a job that takes considerable snorting and groaning, Unlike a" cow, Which gets its hind legs under its first, a horse rises with its front feet, If the feet are out of position or get stretched in j front of the animal it needs help, and | (Anne shortly after - four o'clock the following morning already could hear ! *1 Hotel Waveriey \ Spadiwa Av*. at Collxo* St. I RATES /SINGLE - $1^0 to $3.00 / DOUBLE - $2.50 to $<5.00 / \ Special Weekly X N and \ Monthly Rates A MODERN ... QUIET ... WILL CONDUCTED . . . CONVENIENTLY LOCATED HOTEL ... Close to Parliament Buildings, University of Toronto,.Maple Leaf Gardens,. Fashionable Shopping District, Wholesale / Houses,. Theatres, Churches ’ of Every Denomination. A M. 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Bird, Poultry Division, Central Expei'D mental Farm, Ottawa, The light may be provided by 40 ■ watt electric lamps under 16 Inch wide reflectors not.more than 4 in­ ches deep, These units should be hung 6 feet from the floor and ten feet -apart and burn a sufficient length of -time to give, combined with the natural daylight, a total) of thirteen hours of bright light in the pen. For in­ stance, if it becomes dark enough for the birds to seek the roosts at 5 p.m. the lights should be turned on at 4 a.m. and left burning till day­ light is bright enough to keep the birds working. The reason for hanging the light­ ing units six feet from the floor is partly to have them out of the way of the attendant and so that the light will strike the birds -on the roosts. . If reflectors are deeper than four inches this latter object will be defeated. 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These photos Were taken at No. 8 Air Observer School, Ancienne Lor­ etto, R.Q., which is operated by Quebec Airways (Observers) Ltd., under the supervision of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Limited in Con­ junction with the British Common­ wealth Ait Training Plan.- Seven such civilian-conducted flying schools across Canada aro sponsored by Canadian Pacific Air Lines Lim­ ited on a non-profit basis. The young ladies in these pictures aro from Quebec City, In the oval at the loft is Miss Jeanninc Beau­ champ, gassing the wing tanks, Upper photo (left to right) showsMiss Beauchamp, Miss Alice Parry, Miss Cecile Noel and Miss Mabel Robert­ son (on tractor). Lower right (left to right) shows-Miss Beauchamp fueling the aircraft; Miss Robertson, of the instrument Department, check- ing, and Miss Parry attaching o, ground wife; More and more women .arc bcm;; recruited for this type of work, ano still more are being sought for it. 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MacKinnon were on their honeymoon and visited Montreal and Toronto enroute from Halifax, groom is stationed with Canadian Navy, While they were entertained lovely dinner parties given by the mother of the groom and other re- latives.-^#Zurich Herald, SO SORRY A doctor was attending a pretty film star who had been ill for some time. “You’ve got acute appendicitis/* he announoed. The girl sat up indignantly. "Say, cut out the freshness/* she said, "I want to he examined, not admired/’