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Money may bo remitted throo^h postmasters at ucl oar risk. farm Advertisements mist ted at the usual rotes, and the I son true ta mad* on reasonable terms. ? "] The Spartan circulates largely o*cr this and adjoining districts, end offers sn admirable medium to omt friends to rsauh customers. '' Job work of oil kinds promptly executed. rtag< Blank*, Tj-tw and Equity, continually on luiod or M printed to order. to ft> . CAROLINA SPARTAN. ^ w ? have Frv.n "Porter's Spr.t of tltc Times." je)'? TOE HIGH-MEfTLED RACER. BY CHAHLKS J. POSTER. rep]i OOVCUD'XD. she I ?.\ CHAPTER tV. "1 ^jyoufoevr isu.?? v y Afi?i a sleepless night, Tom Thornton Pr'st* rose early in the morning and went to the . stable uf Ins racer, .snd while hero ponder- j ing upon his double defeat at liaytown, and iu the matter of bis aspirations for the . hand of the belie, lie formed n resolution, 'i?T? He uiet his worthy fatlier, for tho first lime t,on8 itrce the race, at the bieuaf.ist titble. Tlie l',or yeoman wa? dull oid thoughtful; he did not attack the fat chine with his wonted ' ^?r est, and the County .Chonicle lay unopened before him. Even though he was then mor? pondering upon the pi ice ?{j?it cattle, and "?* L wheat, and barley, and ca^ilating how ^or ** much of each it would lake to raise a thou- ' ^ and pounds, he neglected to pursue the aut^ faithful market report of that excellent jviurnal. The meal over, he rose and took his ,ner * way to the straw-yard, whither his son fob ^.r* ^ lowed him. w'1'' "Father,".said ho, r.s the farmer called to ,',e r a boy to saddle his nag, "how much did you lose!" Ryd? "A good deal, Tom. Never mind how MPP? much, I can pay it all." . UP * "Was it a thousand, father?" ' pietu "Near about?a few |K>unds more or less. ^',ur ] can raise the money (oleiably easy. l',crs .Willi what is in the hank, the piicc of n l'1?1? load or two of wheat, and thai of the lat oxen and wethers, which must go to the ',u" butchers. I s'/ull imui a!l mi- 1.^1.-" ^ Ii was unfortunate," *aid Tom. . 4Tt wn?, but il can't l?e helped. If il was yet to come oil", I'd Lack. him tLcsntuu over || <! MgHIII. ' 1 "Well, then, do Lack liim over ^gain," Wl| ' anid bin son, eag?-rly. "If lie it ad vrim at ' Hay town, lie whh to have tun for the llaik- .it' ?*y Su.kes, here ai onr own races. Let "m | u? enter liim for that race. You owe no * 'e ' teui to the Squire, itni] voti own the two ' / mead >w*. Sell thtnn, and bet the lt*'r 'J' tuoucy on Sfrideaway. Thai's the way to wur" got even, and uiore loo." ward Old Thornton hatl hi:n*elf thought of "M>1' some such move ? > this, and had tlic ^mil- ,0] at iucliNHl on to he at something of llie _ sort; but he had held hack fiom proposing * t? risk more oil his son'* account. \Vh??u * lie heaid the proposition ot the lalter, lie .... surveyed him with undisguised pIcaMiie "(l and adiuiralion, crying ? "You are h boy alter my own heart, 1 Tom-?my son all over. A true Thornton, ,!i ^ by hcavou! It's a deuced pity to sell the nie.ulows, though?they are as much yours as mine, you know. They are tied up. art'1} Tom; entailed, you know, from father to "f' on forever. They have been in the family, crack Lord knows how long. Yowr grandfather, I'?*, * t ilSulu ?.?_?. 1 . i - - a .uuavii nuuiUII I IlhYV BOIU till eVeil lUI I K '?"l thin object." J "?g |> "His ton didn't own Slridenway, father," no wid Tom. ' we h'i That's true, Torn; nnd the horse ha* h ,'"n * right (o Rnotiier shy. It wouldn't l>o using ' vv?:i; iiiiu fair, to give in without another hv. ai i Stti?K the first defeat, and lie > h it 11 have it. But i horse perhaps we can mortgage tho two meadow* j instill; for enough, it ain't good to let theiu go c'"g out of t'ne family, if it can be helped anv his ^ other wny. I think we'll go up and nee j "C< the Squire upon this business my boy; if, ou' ol he h as got the money, he will lend it to ' sir, m me, I know; and if be ain't be knows some Knglx body that has. The meadows mustn't be , "Tl old, if it can bo done any other way." enco t A wise pair, this. Old Thornton having 1 foresoi lost all his surplus capital, was about to risk j of it? great poition of the remainder; and his ''lb sou Tom?"a true Thornton, by heaven" days, ?having Jest all hope of the belle, was raid 1 about to prove that, in common prudence, *'Su she ought to have discarded him. Neither Squirt of tiicui appeared to conceive the possibili- do it ? rtv of starting tho horse for the sweepstakes, comp? without also betting at least as much as one til they had lost on his previous race; and bo again* they were about, if necessary, to sacrifice the ml the long fis, :i : >* ubicb had been in the win m family for conlitiie*; purchased, perhaps, j self of with the rainioin ??l a .Saracen prince**, or ; your c other spoils ??l the crusades; for it is not be>! requin HereJ that either linger Hampton or Sor-j "At geatU Tom Thornim aided much to his. Thorn - - - 1 " ?* > it. .iu campaign Kiev ure, f made for "CImi ley over the water." "Oe Whsn the burner and hi* eon arrived at mer. ifie Mr. and Mr*. Hampton wore at thai ? LieukUst. In a fair minutes, they both en- day; I tered the room iuto wtticli the visitors had Tom, been fflo>wn by the toot.man. Wit ' Well, Farmer Thornton," Raid the leavinj Squite, cordially, "we made a mistake; or, time !c rather, suffered by an accident." Ryder, "A pure accident, I am certain," said the way f0 lady. of the MIf your loasea are heary, Mr. Thornton, were a jud you require some temporary assistance, knowU My the word. I will endeavor to assist lienor you to meet them," said the Squire. of llio "'Taift't that, Squire Hampton; I can pay plcte. all I've lost;- but wo 'don't want to give in, and pi when the horao wasn't beat upon hi* merits, traineri We propose, air, to enlor Stride*way for the sta fire Irarkawny Stake*, and as the payment Old of the late losaea will ?l?out strip tlie farm most pi he fat slock, and so forth, says Ton be, '"ell the two long mend own, fntlie bet the money upon Strideaway.' An i that, we shoulj like to have you ion." r. Hampton pondered. "Good horse for the Harknwny," said he?"horse uture age and |>owers?but Strideawa good horse, too; a famous horse. Stil ighl not be prudent for you to bet ? li upon hiin. Your son will want Mocked, yon know, when he mnrrie Miller's daughter." 'ho match is oif. sir, he says, if ther was anything in it." 'hero ia no possibility of such a mai ), sir," said the young man. r*. Hampton rose, and beckoning Tor llow her, led the way to a sofa, at th r end of iho room. Vhat'a this I heart" said she. "Yo had some silly quarrel with Miss Ilei Is it not so? Miss llenley is a favoi r mine, aud I wish to kuow." iVe have had no quarrel, madam," h ed. "She never loved ine, and not ikes another man." Vliat other!" 'lie soldier Dobson." tre you cerlaiu of this?" said she, sui d. told her I knew it; she did not den, She had told her father iIihI he shouli d mo to come to their house." cannot understand this. I do not be that she rr?r?ivns Mr with any favor. Courngc, Ton titou, she will be yours yet!" Never, madam," said be, positively father wouldn't hear of it, even wer .on out of the way. And what i i, I feel that 1 have been mistaken, i leceivod. Sho never had nny aflectioi te." am truly sorry that it is so," said she rising, returned to her husband's aide 'ter considering and discussing the far i project, the Squire suggested tbn iydOr should be invited to aid then his opinion, and the three set out fo ectory. hen liia visitors were announced, I)' r received tliem in his library?a wel ill ted and well furnished room, (itte< villi book cases, and decorated will res and prints. The fathers of th cli reposed U|K?n tho shelves; the fa of the Turf were upon the walls; fo hung the portraits of Eclipse, Flyinjj Sera, Old llarkuway, and the King u ips. S'e have called upon you for advice livdoi," said the Squire. "As you I.:. 111; ... m oners, i uuuevtt wo ate entitled l< I'm at yoOr service,** nahl the Rector a smile. out want-, to start Stiidenwny for lit away Slake*, and Thornton expect* t< tit money back by backing hiiu,"*ai? i.piiu*, in a few words, knowing ilia lyder would gra?p tlio gist of tlie mat i band all lite belter if there was n? y explanation. The doctor leaned fit oil llie table, and considered 4or a veil time. "Is lie right again,Tom!" sax e is all himself, sir." one of iliu-e symptoms remaining}" ot a trace of tliein, sir." bat horse wiw?" He looked at ole iloli, and suddenly paused. /hat, 1 )r. lf \ <lei f" said the farmer. idUpo-ed, sir, i.e was indisposed when it, or he would hate won, in my judg fliat about stalling hint for the 11 :iik Stakes?" said llie Sijnire. hi the llarkaway stake*, which i* tin kweepslako* ol these midland coun i* I conceive?the eniiie* aie alwayi lint if Strideaway come* to the s ail ost a* well as 1 have seen him, I set ason why lie should not win. Still tall have to lisk llie unceitain disposi f llie chances. If I betted on the race ild lake care to have something mi away, should he be entered, 'flic is a good horse, gentlemen- last and g?and as line as steel, when in racondition. What wonder?look at im and she!" jrtainly," said Tom, "by Thunderbolt' Maiigold ? the old Hampton breed, id the devil a butler ever was seen in Hid." lornton," s id Dr. Kydor, "in refero belling, if tlie horse is entered, as I e ho will be, do noi go about talking -keep it quiet at present." u in 1st lie entered within fourteen and every fc> >.ly will know it then," 'oin. on enough fur tliein too," said ihe ). "But a- to helling, Mr. Thornton, iiscreetly. l ake ihe advice of aoiiio itent person from lime to lime. At me, it may l-e well to take llio odds l your own home; at another, to lay Is against some one else's. Bet to loney, sir; and to do this, avail yourthe judgment of others as well as >wn. 1 will advance tlio money you 0 upon tlie property." ul any service 1 can bo of to Mr. ion, in any way, will give irie plensaid tlie Hector. iitlomon, your servant!" said the far"We may then consoler it settled Uriileaway is to be entered. Good foel the obligation, and and so does 1 know. Good day." h (his the burly farmer departed, { his son, who was detained some >nger, listening to the views of Dr. , upon the management of Slridoar the race, and the histories he gavo horses that would be likely to bo, or Iready, entered for the contest. The idgo of the subjoct possessed by the of the running horses of that part kingdom was thorough and cornHe knew their ages, their pedigrees, Brformances, who owned them, their i, it ml estimated their capacities all by ndard of Htrideawnyv Thornton bad hurried aw y, for the ?rt, because be was eager to inform 1,1 John Jl?nley and the fat trainer of whut r, had been revived on. Though he had been d desired to say nothing about it, he know ir that it must be communicated to Mr. Jolly, and he determined to be the fiial to do it. ) lie found them, as he had anticipated, in s the tap of the Hampton Arras, y "Fuller rao, you two," said he, highly I, elated. "Here's a little game afoot. Folo ler me into the bar parlor." a When the three were installed round the >s table, each with his glass before him, Mr. Thornton said, "What do you think our e Tom's a going to do?" "Marry my niecr?" said John Henley, r- "Punch Dobson's head, mayhap," said thtf trainer, who entertained ? feeling of inn tense disgust and contempt for the Ensign, e basing been contradicted by him, the night before, as to the cause of Slrideaway's u losing. i- "lie's agoing," said old Thornton, laying r- a hand upon the sleeve of ert?h, "to enter Strideaway for the Ilarkawaji Slakes." e "Good. I'll back him!" cried Mr. lienv ley. "Hold!" said Mr. Jolly. "Don't run on the wron^sido of the post! Let nie tqienk. This nin'flfc all as it bhouliUbe,"ahe continued, willi a serious antWlispleased air. "Tom should have had the bust advice be y fore deciding on this. He ought to havu J asked me. I ought to have been consulted. The boy is a boy of good judgment, > but old beads is wanted where bosses are i* concerned. No interruption," said be, as 11 Thornton was about to interpose. "I don't say it aiu'l right for tho boss to run?it is '. right; but 1 bad ought to have been cone suited. Tern should have had ad rice." s "lie has had." f "Yourn!" 6aid the trainer, with some it contempt. "No, sir, not mine. The Squiro's and the , Parson's." i. "Now, this won't do, you know," said the trainer, as if expostulating. "The t Sutlire and the Parson lu? otw-o.r.1.- 1 -?? , ~ x '"V i nothing ngen 'em. Sensible men, in u geni eral way, nnd tolerable judges of a boss. It's well ennugli for tbem to give an opin ion, but before anything About a race boss I is decided, somebody elso ought to be ask1 e l. If the Squire felt himself competent to i ra mage his own race houses, what does he e pay me for, I should like to know. If he can't manage his own, how is he going to r manage Tom Thornton's?" I ' Nothing shall ho done without you say ' light," said Old Thornton. "No, no, Jolly must be consulted about 1 everything, especially as to the traiuing," 1 said Mr. lleuley. "Gentlemen," said the trainer, "I interim lor lite sake. au?j lltsl of tils (l? Iter and backets. Recollect what 1 said at L, Bayicwn; 'that boss ain't til to start,' says , I, '"cadsj why? somebody's done something I without asking me.* Well, then, when , lie's a being trained, let To in do nothing . without asking me. If the Squire and the Parson give opinions about lliis and that, let nie be a<ked before they are followed. . Recollect litis, Tom's the owner of the ho-i, I the Squire and the 1'arsoti he the friends of the boss, you two and all of us he the backers of the hoss, but 1 lie the trainer u! the boss. Training's the tiling. A race boss should be at the post in good condii tion, or not at all. To do it, you want an old head?an old head, and long expmienee." "Here's another thing?" said Mr. Thoui iuii| luin mill your niece li:t\o Ml out." "I inn sorry to hear it," said Mr. lien ley. "I ain't." *aid llio trainer, with u nod of profound meaning. ' "And **hy noil" said Mr. Henley. "They wo.!) made for each olliet, air. As fine a lad and lass as are to be found in the wholo hundred." "1 know it; a very pretty pair; and well matched to iuii in harness together. But here's the thing! Do you suppose, sir, that ; any young man can look after a running , hoss in training, and a gall like your niece, I Mis* Charlotte, as well? In can't bo done, sir; and I doubt this last race was lost along of Tout's having both of 'cm in hand at once." I It took r.n old head like Mr. Jolly'* to make this notable discovery, which appear \ cd to strike the others as superior wisdom.; "J never thought of that," said Henley. "Ain't it true?" "True as gospel. It's a blessed thing tboy have quarrelled," said old Thornton. | "Don't you go and tell 'em so, or they'll ' make it up ag'en. In these matters young ' I folks go by contradiction.'' CHAPTER V. "She never told her lore." The miller sal in his roomy chair, smo[ king his pipe and drinking his strong ale, ; and turning from time to time a look of in- , qiiiry and perplexity toward* his daughter and her guests, Mr*. Dohfton, Miss Dohs.in, i alul Mr. Ifuhunn ilio <n.i?n 'Pi.? . _ . M . ..w I ?IU lUlllllV willi which Mrs. iJnbson and lier children ' I had discarded nil their objections to vulgar ! tastes mid manners was beautiful to see. Tliey Mil and snuffed up the fragrant fumes of the miller's pipe, as if they were incense ! | in their nostrils; they listened to the miller's j decidedly homely, rind sometimes rather \ vulgar, observations, as though they were : the words of superior wisdom or brilliant ! wit. Elegance and refinement were down upon their knees at the shrine of gold; and, as usual, tlio golden calf was gently bellowing his satisfaction and content at inleresti ed and thoroughly hypocritical worship. It was the metal, not tho animal the devotees ! adored. After much deferonce had been paid to (he miller, and a great deal of convention 1 upon various topics had been addressed to him without striking his vein, the Ensign ; remarked that Tom Thornton was about ! to outer his horso for tho Harkuway i Slake*. 'What do 'o say,n bawled the miller. ' Thornton's horse is to run for the llnrkaway Stakes, sir, and he isaure to lose." wIs he though! Tnen I might win niy money back^ neigbborl" cried the miller groc briskly. then 'It it a positive certainty, air, there can- ? not be a doubt about it. I know be will and lose." thor "My son is oxlrciuely well informed on or t< such matters, sir," observed Mrs. Dobeou. V "So he snys, ma'am! so lie says! And no weol fool in other things, I lake it 1 was thiuk- high ing cf saying a fow words to him and you, the ma'am, and I may as well do it now. Gals, Jolh go iuto the garden ami look at tho flowers, ?"d till I sing out for 'e to coine back." been Uatlier surprised at this singular address, awa_ the young ladies retiied; whereupon tho was miller drew his chair up in front of that oc- dene cupicd by Mrs. Dobson, placed liis hands turn upon his kne?*, and looking her full iu the "tak face, said, "Mrs. Dobson, 1 bo a plain apo- to tl ken man." any Had the excellent lady been a widow, lislei sho would have looked for a proposal for pity, her hand; as she was not, sho anticipated agai an otfer for her sou's, bred "Ma'am!" said the miller, with shocking raou slowness and distinctness; "you nnd 1 be old. dctn You havo got a son, and I have got a race dn'nrlor, both growed up. Your son acts piou as if he had a hankering after my da'arter; exati I have oiio objection to that." syllu "What is that, sir," said the lady. with "He's a soger, and I don't liko sogers, leuv They make the taxes high, and be no pood spec at all!" ' then "The military renown of the country must man be maintained,*sir," said Dobson proudly. wliic "Military fiddlestick!" said the miller, the "Who wants to maintain a lot of lazy so- note gers? We don't want sogers here, and so coac 1 tell 'e. If you want to be a soger, why plae dou't 'e go to Cawbull and fight the Aft- pupi ghans? What do *e stop here lor, breaking had folk's fences, and treading their barley and Win clover down?" Raid* This was the last eruption of a fierce vol- was canic indignation, which had raged and The swelled in the breast of the miller at inter- excil vals since that day woek, when the Ensign The had made his way through two quickset of n hedges, and tramped over a field of barley the < and one of clover. * J angi "Liia regiment is at piesent at Netting- wv'. liain, sir?lie will join it tliero shortly," saiil Mrs. Dobson. * er w "Well, then, if lie's lobe a soger still, it's to I no use for him to think of Charlotte, be- Sum cause I won't let him have her." der "If my son was to marry, ho would retire !nor from tho niray." ho I "Yes, sir, in that case I should do so," he c said Dobson. ' "And what business would you take to?" ,u? f said tho practical miller. "What ilo 'e wou think of the maltstering business? 1 could I cone arii e hoiv to buy bailey." The Kusign was al?out to decline per emptorily any business whatever, except that of an independent gentleman, but a '' warning look from his mother slopped him. The miller descanted upon the business of making malt and money for some lime; | Ut: and then, after saying that he w.mld give j .a ^ his daughter ten thousand pounds as a mar j ridge |HirlioU, if she maiiied to please him, j J1 ',r,< he put the point blank question, how much ' " " would Mr. I)ohson give his son to set liirn j Has up in life? Mi*. D >bson had always talked j jj'l,rj to the miller of her husband's possession-, in a vety magnificent, though somewhat , 'lsl.* vague and misty way, and she now evadt-d ' the question. She was much mistaken j though, if she conceived that anything but co" 1 the most tangible an I conclusive proofs of ' llie wealth of Mr. Dohson would satisfy ' Mr. I'hilip ileuley; or thai he would neglect ' to exact these proofs before the signing and j m"' v sealing of the marriage articles. Nothing i f?" ' | luorc was said on tliat occasion, nor was 1 ,w< ' lire matter mentioned to Miss Henley. 1 1 though Miss Ltolison threw out sundry j l444,43 liints, and lavished upon lier a great many j sisterly caresses. Tlie news, however, dew '" I" far anil near upon the lips of all the gossips j MKT in the country aide; ami the staple of the I !"'0"v tea parlies ami after church conversations ' J,,c 1 I was the brilliant match about to be conciu ' "" ded between young Mr. l>ob<on,of London, 811 l,c ! ami the rich miller's daughter. Weeks passed on, and Tom Thornton took no notice of the reported wedding. vv'***' Perhaps, as the fat trainer had declared, a ?i i" race-horse was quite enough to occupy the ; l1, thoughts and attention of any one man. ku.le For any sign he gave, there might have S''1-4 been no such person as the Belle of Woodburno then in existence in that delightful \ '"Is ' hamlet. The young ladv, too, to all outward appearance, had thoroughly ignored 111 the existence of the "owner and trainer of ' the thoroughbred racer." Yet Mr. Tom l''? { Thornton smoked furiously in the porch neaily eveiy night, ami his hearing was ' marvellously acute whenever the miller's :m'? gate slammed about the hour of ton; and Bam Miss lleuley was silent, and perhaps dis- Ju pleased, whenever Pohson pronounced tip ten l< on the desperate chances of the forlorn 'iglil Sliideaway. The merry month ot June "V was past and gone, the July ?tin had tinged k-.-l h with brown the waving wheat fields, the field soaiing lark lose from hi* dewy bed and the towered aloft, to mark the tirstliiii? of the : the morning g?ay, and greet the golden beams dy'e uf opening day; tlien rose tiie miller's (laugh- V tor most beautiful and fail! She put on a the v light morning robe and slippers, threw tip "I her window, drew aside a little corner ot bav!' the muslin curtain, and pooped timidly out. 'J'h What brought her there, at the first tinge <]ios i of day, the twilight of the mornf Was it and the mellow landacape stretching away leane through the fair Vale?f Woodbourno, soon ,,f t?n to be painted in all its loveliest lights and had i fleeting shades by Nature's master hand.' ros cj Was it the blossoms in her own fair gar- uway den, brilliant with dew and loaded with haul perfume? Was it the fragrance of tho elo- glorii vor hay? Or the rich scent of the blossom- rushi ing beanfields? None of them! none! Was t|l0 g it the largo flat meadow?Old Thornton's their dairy-ground?where the late cowslip bow- Si|hoi od to Iter mother earth on slender stem? vour Forty cows and the pied bull still lay upon i|)e li the dark herbage, dotting tho green with as th various colors?was it to see the short behii horns, up rose tho early belle! Certainly ty! ti not; for soon there came along two men j raplu with a borio?Tom Thornton, Joe the onco >ui, and the higl)-inettled racer. And ( i the young farmer mounted, took him j tiling gallop round the duiry ground, then turned homeward under the haw- | n hedge; whereat the belle let fall a tear | wo, and turned again to bed. foodbourno races drew nigh, the last , k in September, and the village was in | i excitement. Squire llatnplon and Rector wore often in council with Mr. < r, who was, if possible, more absolute , dogmatical than ever. Nulkiug had r i done without asking htm, and Stride j y was in capital condition. The betting ten toono was against him,but iheconti- j :e of the Woodbourno people had ro- > cd, and the money of the town was v ed upon him. Dobson alone declared j te miller that the horse could not by t possibility win, and the fat trainer i tied with an air of contemptuous { Tom Thornton was a great man x n; "owner and trainer of the thorough- , racor," his name was in everybody's ^ lb. Tlie boys at the boarding school f anded a half holiday to go and see the t r, and the worthy master marched ( idly at their head to the farm. After j niuing the hoiae, they were regaled with j ilmb. while Mr. Syntax took bis toddy j the farmer and the fat trainer. liefore , ing, the worthy master made a neat f ch to his scholars, in which lie told ) ? that the great nations bad upheld j ly amusements, and that the races t :h had longest presorvcd their liberty, , Arabs of the Desert aud Tartars, were , d for their attachment to the horse, lie ) luded by observing, with much com- ( L'liey, that Tom Thornton had been his , I, and that be himself, in his youth, seen the great Eclipse run and win. , ereupon Mr. Jolly look Old Thornton { p, and assured liiiu that Mr. Syntax | an eloquent, learned, and sensible man. , day approached, ami the anxiety and , lenient in NVoodbourne drew to a head. i beadle and the parish clerk dis; uled v ices in the belfry, and forgot to wind up t church clock. The villaire baker l??r o - ^ | C jod bis two apprentice* about Stride- | v, while Mr*. Dobson's pastry for a , id parlv burnt tor.cinder. The weatlias dry, and a hard course was thought j ?o unfavorable to Strideaway on the j Jay, two days before the races, Dr. lty- j introduced the prayer for rain in the , ning service, and read it with n fervor t rad not been thought to possess, llad ( oncludod it, not according to the Liter- | hut by saying, "Grant us a fair raceand , itvor, and let the best horse win," there j Itl have been a loud "Amen" from the j [regation. * , CII.UMr.R vi. j i came bom N,?iii.u k- t a i.u-taiUd crack, t m Willi Tom Thornton's spaiikiOj black." , "Somebody l>ci on tlic blu?.k!" < lie beauty and fashion of four counties i assembled on Woodbourne Heath. The : :? were liliy in a row, and twenty deep, i 10 grand stand, besides hundred-,in carss. Multitudes of people on foot stood , o the long lines of mounted men. Vast | the galheiing of "geutlemeu and tsim;ii;" and great was the clamor of awuy g'psy women, crying, "correct of all the running hor-os, with the j Ins, names, and colors of the riders!" mid all th? uoiso, fun, hilarity, and , usiou, Mr. Jolly maintained a severe j despotic deporluient. This was the , big with the fate of C:e?ar and of . ie," This was no time for than to o suggestions, as lie assured Old Thorn- ^ tnd John Henley; adding to Tom, that >uId be a Messed and most propitious ;l "it somebody would take tbeui iwo > to ill ink. nn<l put laudanum in llieir . dy." lie answered \)r. Kydei's curl ii if* at llio saJd'iug place m a hoarse, > .lectio whisper, and positively lot bade a , ersation between llio Squire and the jy. '"No interference! 1 have lolled s what lo do; if he wants any further in- v lions, he'll ask mo." l\s between him and the Newmarket J " said lie as a last word lo the jockey, u I uiounled, liefoie he let g.? the biidle. y Mother's got a ghost of a chance. |, a the running, Jim; let hiiu go like a t from the stall, and he'll cut down the s II ? the Woodhourao horse came on, tak- I lis breathing g .llop, somewhat later the others, a murmur ro>e, and swell ito a shout, at his long and easy stride, c 'hat horse is ail ugly customer!1' said t. iwnor of the Newmarket gray, the k ler. "lie goes with a swinging stride." ]> lo goes like liia mother, old Marigold, ; a by da I, she was a rasper!" said Mr. | ti ptoii. ' tl si that day week the odds had been I v > one against Strideaway; now ho was b on Hie heels of the favorite. [ b Vho'll bet the odds upon the Newinar- ? orse? Who'll lay seven to four on the f' against the Woodhourne horse! said P ajtiire. "Who'll bet livo to four upon t ' liitinier against Strideaway? What d say, Colonel, they aro at the post?" j ^ ^'oti'l do, Hampton! tliov'ioolf. Even's '' tord?even on tlie giay!" j I' one, llien! Five liun I red even on the i " ? >e Fell rang fa?t and louJ, and tho la- : " in llic stand, after stretching forwnul i " catching night of the horses1 heads,; <1 backward in their seals, with an air . " iso and delicious expectation, l'hey icarcely done so, when ihe liftoert hor- j line whirling by in a cluster, Stride- 8i leading half a length and pulling , n upon the bridle. "I>v heavens, it is a I 91 oils night It) see!" Fifteen swift racers, I ng past, spurning the sod, and making ' [round reverberate to the thunder of| v hoof-.! Tho brilliant colors of tho , a caps and jackets ju-?t flash before ; a eyes, and llieu the bright plates on r, lorsos1 heels twinkle in the sunshine, oy go like the wind, and leave you far 1] id. Talk about pace! talk about beau- t ilk about nature! You who go into si lies over statues and opera dancers, go r; and see tho "teaiing high bred cattle" t! it their topmost speed; then tell ui of the I >oeUy of motion." I Ilalf way round Strideaway led four 1 engtlis, and the pace waa great. "It's all i lis own, my boy," said Dr. Ryder to Tom; 'they can never catch him. Jim makes i ill the play, and keeps him together too; le rides him beautifully.1' < Tom Thornton's heart beat to every stride i >f his gallant horse, and he had no eyes, i 10 ears, no tongue for anything, until the < ace was eildeu, and Strideaway had ruu I n an easy winner by three lengths. i After a mighty shout, as lie passed the udges' stand, there was a great rush to- j vnrds the horse, as he was led back to the i veighiug house. The ladies rose in a body i n the grand stand, to get another look at he winner; and tlio smiles and congratula- I ory noils of many a fair, from chariot and i mrouche, saluted Torn Thornton, as ho | talked by his side. Mrs. Hampton made | narked demonstrations of delight, and the ! squire elbowed liis way to Tom Thornton's ide. Mr. Jolly, who was leading the horse >y the bridle, passed with an air of mugis- i erial superiority. "You done the trick, i liin!" said he, when he first saluted the ockoy. after which ho seemed to consider i t beneath hitn to notice anything, liis inswer to various expression, of admiration i ind noisy congratulation which surrounded 1 iin. was an air which seemed to say, "ihis s all very well, you know, but it's 110 part )f the races, gentlemen. We merely tolerite this sort of thing, l>ocuu*o wecau'l have aces without it. if I had my way, uobody jut the tininers and riders should be allowj 1 to come within forty ynrds of the ruu1 ng horses." It was night, and all went "merry as a Marriage boll" at the race ball at tbo Woodjourne Arms. lJobson was not there, laving been lakon suddenly unwell on the ace course. Tlio ball went bravely on without him, and in his absence his moth ;r and sister made a very good figure, and veil represented the family. The belle was here, more beautiful lhati ever before. Her theek was tlushed, her eye biiiliaut, and sir lops were firmly closed?her inanuer vas somewhat hurried aud excited. The Squiie opened the ball with Lady Martingale, and Tom Thornton danced with Vlis. Hampton. He bowed formally to Miss [lunlev. who returned his saint* with ?nn?. - rl? ent composure. She danced in every set, >nd never Intel appeared more wrapt in ibe injoytnenl of the bour. So it was till sup >er, when, glass in band, and witb an auiuated preface, Mr. Hampton proposed 'the leallh of Tom Tbornlon, and success to tbe jigh mettled racer, liefore tbe tumultuous vpplause bad ceased, Miss Henley had left ,bc room. lluirjing to bor pailor, the threw herself upon the sofa, and begau o weep. It was so ber uncle found ber, when bo sought her, with a particular re juest. from old Sir Jasper Jottrel and Colore! ilarkaway, that she would favor them by oining Totu Thornton in singing "The Death of Tom Moody.*' "Charlotte," said he, "what's tbo matter, ny dear? Is it because the Ensigu ain't lereC She shook her head and sobbeJ, "Uucle," said she, "pray don't raonlion his. I am so unhappy, all because I mis ed Tom Thornton." 'Tie says you diJ, but be bears you no nalice. Says bo to me, 'If it had been, ns once thought, and Miss Ilenloy had loved ne, I should have been this night tbe bap>ie?t man in ull England." "Uncle, dear uncle, 1 did love him, and lid not know it," she cried. ' Well, then, I'll just go and tell him so, ind we'll settle everything in two minutes." 1 She caught his arm, and extorted a iromisc that he would say nothing to him ibout it. However, he immediately sought J is Hampton, and told ber all about the natter, hkc a sensible man. 1 "Mr. Thornton," said Mr#. Hampton, as I _? ? - - ue leu me way 10 uid pat lor, "you have J iron ft wife, as well as a lace, to-day?Cliar- J utle llenlev has always loved you.*' "Don't j<>ko with me on that subject, na'aiu; I cannot stand it," said Tom. "See!" said she, gently openiug the paror door. "Charlotte! dear Charlotte! forgive me!" aid he, rushing to her side. "Oh, Tom! I ? you?. It was tuy fault, believe. I am sure it was." "It was mine, all mine." M rs. Hampton returned to the ball-room, ' ousidering how old Henley's consent was j be obtained to this match of her re-ma;ing, and wondering how the match with '.tisigii Dobson was to bo broken oft. Just s she entered the l>? 11 room, she discovered he burly miller stalking suddenly along by he dancers, as if seeking some one. Our rorlhy friend, the plain spoken man, had een a heavy lo*er upon the race; ho had ecu drinking deeply, and iie was as savge as a baited bull?in short, very delightil company for a ball room or a small tea arty. Hie miller was looking for Mr. )obsoo. lie had reposed implicit confionce in that gentleman's predictions about tndcaway'n lace, and having io6l all his ot? in COliscuuence. his feeliin/s toward* ti>? I ? ? *t ***" , ropliut wore not wholly amiable. lie rould base ground his bone* to the finest uiir with a grunt deal of pleasure. As the lillor passed along, he lieaid Mrs. Dobsou ' i conversation with another lady, and with liunder on his brow, he paused before them | usccn, for they were wholly occupied. "1 am surprised at Mr. Hampton propo ing the health of a?a?young Thornton," aid Mrs. hobsoti. "Indeed, the horse ought i ol to have won; he did not win fairly; my ( t>n says so, and ho knows." I "Your son is a cussed fool, ma'am, and so j tell 'e candid!" roared the miller, in a oioo of stentorian power. "Mr. Henley, what language is this to ' pply to a young man w ho is about to mar- | y your daughter?" said Mrs. llaiuplon. "lie marry my da'ater. madam! I'll be ? lie death of the villain, if [ ketch him in- i ido of my gale urter her. The scoundrel i hall pay me bark what 1 bare lost on ibis i are. This infernal roguo, ladies,"continued 1 he mtllor, looking arouud at the ball-room belles, who listened with a good deal of astonishment and some amusement, "got lb? key of Tom Thornton's stable at BavLowa, and?" Here Mr. ilamplon interrupted him, and after a short conference, they left the rooflfc,. The miller then proceeded to join the party [>f his brother, old Thornton, and Mr. Jolly, in the bar-parlor. Here he and Mr. Jolly loon quarrelled?tho latter saying hit looses served him right, and that ho was glad lo hear of them. The miller was black with rage. "Not that I blame you for not being a judge of a race horse?there's very few that are?but you knowod what my opinion was, and tlint ought to have been enough for you. To go and take the word of a fellow like that, Dobson in preference to mint about a race!" said Mr. Jolly, in high dts* gust. "When you're agoing to hot again, get Tom Thornton's opinion; that's worth having. And to make all euro, ask me. Now, here's Tom's father $nj your brolhor have been guided by vie in this matter; they ain't done nothing without my nrkit><; inc. What's the consequeuce? They bavo won above five thousand pounds, over and above what they lost at Baytowu." After pondering over this for some lime, the miller rose, uoddod lo the others, and went out. "Where's our Charlotte! Charlotte, where be 'o gal!" said be, at the parlor door. "Miss llenloy is here, sir," replied Tom Thornton, briskly. "And bow be you, Tom!*1 said the miller. "I have lost on your race, and I be sorry for that, aud so 1 tell 'e, boy; but I be glad you have won." Tom thanked him, and the miller continued, "Call in and see us, Tom; wo shall bo main glad to see 'e." "I am going to walk borne with Miss Henley, sir," said Torn. "You bo, be 'c! Well, if she don't want to ride, you may as well. Mind and abet the garden gale, Tom; and if you'd like to take anything, she's got the keys of the cupboard. I shall be gone to bed. Good L:,l.W Ill gUti Good night! and e'en again good morrow! man of money and master of the mWI. No day but thus Tom Thornton hailed the burly miller. And uow no more at da) break wept the miller's daugh e . What time again the tear drop sparkled in her dancing eye, like the bright dew that fringed Aurorn's lids, the blackbird carolled in the blithe spring tnoru! Over the vales the gentle May brecio swept, kissing her sunny cheek and lily ne.*k; and like the airy cloud that robed the heaven*, floated the web that veiled the virgin bride. Wbat mighty ale and old iho milior drank on that auspicious day, and how he forthwith browed, to keep the christening of his first grandchild; what stakes the racer after won; how Jolly ruled; what cups aud raciug plates of massy gold, fasbioued in cunning mould, adorned the side-board of Torn Thornton's wife, it boolelh not to tell; na now, upon her wedding day, her husband holds the needless rein, while she aud her four bridesmaids pat the sleek sides of the -High Mettled ltacer." Moral Courage.?Sidney Smith, in his work on moral philosophy, speaks in this wise of what inen lo-?o for want of a little morn! courage or independence of mind; **A great deal of talent is lost in the world for the want of a little courage. Keery day sends to the grave a number of obsenre men, who have only remained in obscurity because their timidity has prevented them from making a fii-t effort; aud who, if they could have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lenghtbs in the career of fame. The fact is, to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not ? nn/1 K...L- ??,J . 1.1.. l-i. 1. ? cold and danger, bul jump in and scramble through as well as we can. ll will not do to be perpetually calculating tasks, and adjusting nice chances; it did very well*4>elore the Hood, where a man could consult hi* friends upon an intended publication for a hundred and Gfty years, an l then live to see its success afterward; but at present a man waits and doubts, and hesitates, and consults his brother, and his uncle, and particular fiicnd*, till, one fire day, he finds he is sixty years of age; that he has lost so much tuue in consulting his first cousin and particular friends, that he has uo more tiiue to follow their advice." Rules for Growing Old.?At the late commencement of Yale College, Rev. Daniel Waldo, as the oldest graduate pre-om. [of the class of 178S,) thus closed a speech to the assembled Alumni: '*1 am an old man. 1 have seen nearly * coutury, Do you know how to grow ild slowly and happily 1 L?t me tell you. Always eat slow?masticate well. Go to pour food, to lest, to your occupation, smiling. Keep a good nature and soft temper jrery where. Never give way to anger. \ violent tempest of passion tear* down the xtnstilulion more than n typhus fever. (Jullivate a good memory, and to do this you must he always communicative; repent what you have read; talk about it. L>r. Johnson's great inomorj was owing to hfo communicativeness. You young men who are just leaving college, let niu advise you to choose a profession in which you can ex srci*6 your ulonu lite beat, ami at the s?ma limo be honest." Sugar from the Chinese Cax*.?Dr. I). Lee, of the Southern Cultivator, ha* ihowii the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel a sample of one or two jwuiids of well granulated and well tasted sugar, made by hi in at the plantation of Mr. W. J. Kve, oif Augusta, as the result of his first experiment with the juice of the Cliinf'?e Sugar Cane. This result is the more interesting from the fact, that scientific gentlemen in ltoston have expressed the opinion, that this plant contains no cane sugar, but gnipo or fruit sugar only. Dr. T,< <?' < knowledge <>f ehemistry has enabled him to corrocl this error, and demonstrate that tho Chinese enne is nearly as rich io chryslalizahle sugar as that of the beet cane grown in Louisiana,