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Now, now, now stop that!" and he held up his finger warningly, as the other raised his voice in mild protest; "it's to yer credit. It'll do ye no good in wan way, av coorse, for, as ye say, she'll never know it." Redpath had not made the statement Mike attributed to him, but the latter was giving him a kindly pointer. "But it'll do ye no harm.
"You mustn't mind Mike, Redpath," said Allis; "he's a good friend of our family, and is upset over the race, that's all." "I don't blame him," answered the jockey; "he would have rode it out and spoiled your chance with the mare that would have done no good." "Still, I hardly like it," answered the girl. "I know you did it for my sake, but it doesn't seem quite right.
The instances of Negroes struggling to obtain an education read like the beautiful romances of a people in an heroic age. Sometimes Negroes of the type of Lott Carey educated themselves. James Redpath discovered in Savannah that in spite of the law great numbers of slaves had learned to read well. Many of them had acquired a rudimentary knowledge of arithmetic.
"Oh, it's from Frank Hedley, and well, he has been successful after all! Listen, Robin. Excuse me, Mrs Redpath. May I read it aloud?" "By all means," answered the pretty little woman, who would probably have answered the same if he had asked leave to go to bed in his boots. "`Your affair settled'" continued Sam, reading. "`Great Eastern starts almost immediately. Come without delay."
In New York there was a ceaseless demand for it, and with the aid of Hilbourne L. Roosevelt, a famous organ builder, and uncle of ex-President Roosevelt, concerts were given at which the phonograph was "featured." To manage this novel show business the services of James Redpath were called into requisition with great success.
Every species of beautiful scenery presented itself from the low scrubby plain, with clumps of tropical plants here and there, to undulating uplands and hills. "You must have some difficulties in your telegraph operations here," said Robin to Redpath, "with which we have not to contend in Europe." "A few," replied his friend, "especially in the wilder parts of the East.
Redpath seemed to think that some explanation was necessary, as he came up to Allis and the Trainer, so he said: "The little mare seemed to have a chance when I turned into the stretch, an' I thought once I was goin' to win; but that big Black just kept galloping, galloping, an' I never could get to his head; I'd a been in the money, though, if somethin' hadn't bumped me; an' then my mount just died away she just seemed to die away."
Jockey Redpath had been riding Lucretia in her gallops since she had come to Gravesend. At last Dixon had been singularly fortunate in the matter of jockeys. Redpath was just making his reputation, making it as all jockey reputations are made, by winning races. This somewhat unstudied factor in racing had loomed large on his mental vision.
During October the casualties in the Machine Gun Section were only three wounded, McNab, Redpath and Jack Lee all getting hit on the same day. They were sent back to England. At that time it was not considered the proper thing for a man to go back if he could, by any means, "carry on" and these three were all bitterly disappointed when they found that they would have to leave the section.
People must now live in a certain style, inhabit handsome houses, give good dinners, drink fine wines, and have a handsome equipage. Perhaps they are only able to accomplish this by overreaching or by dishonesty. Everybody wondered at the generosity and style of Redpath and Robson; but there are hundreds, if not thousands, of Redpaths and Robsons now.
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