s to famish,'"
quoted the horseman, "'but he casteth away the substance of the
wicked.'"

"A-a-men!" said old Gabe. "An' a fine job o' castin' away been done
this evenin'! Mist' Curry, I'm quit hoss racin' now, but yo' the
whites' man I met in all my time."

"Go 'way with you!" laughed Curry.

It was one of the black stable hands who recalled Pitkin to a sense
of his responsibilities. The roustabout approached, leading a bay
colt.

"Boss, is Gabe done quit us?"

"Huh?" grunted Pitkin, emerging from a deep-brown study. "Yes, he's
gone, confound him!"

"Well, he lef thisyer Gen'al Duval hoss behin' him. The Gen'al's
cooled out now; whut you want me to do with him?"

"Put him in his stall," mumbled Pitkin. "To-morrow I'll see if I can
get rid of him."

It is a very stupid race horse which does not know its own stall. The
stable hand released his hold on the halter and slapped the colt's
flank.

"G'long with yo'!" said he.

Then, and not until then, did Henry M. Pitkin begin to estimate his
misfortune correctly, for the bay colt which had won the maiden race
in the name of General Duval and carried the racing colours of
Gabriel Johnson to their first and only victory marched straight into
Sergeant Smith's stall and thrust his muzzle into Sergeant Smith's
feed box!

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