"Sure and I will. Just a peep. Come!"
She opened the fan half-way, and disclosed a tiny picture of himself
sewed on one of the slats.
"And it's meself that you care for, Annette!" he whispered. "I knew
it, you rascal, you rogue!"
"Let g-go my hand," she whispered, half laughing, half scolding.
"Look, Carter, what I have on my fan!" and, to Sandy's chagrin, she
opened the fan on the reverse side and disclosed a picture of Nelson.
But Carter had neither eyes nor ears for her now. His whole attention
was centered on the ring, where the most important event of the day
was about to take place.
It was a trial of two-year-olds for speed and durability. There were
four entries--two bays, a sorrel, and Carter's own little thoroughbred
"Nettie." He watched her as she pranced around the ring under Ricks's
skilful handling; she had nothing to fear from the bays, but the
sorrel was a close competitor.
"Oh, this is your race, isn't it?" cried Annette as the band struck up
"Dixie." "Where's my namesake? The pretty one just c-coming, with the
ugly driver? Why, he's Sandy's friend, isn't he?"
Sandy winced under her teasing, but he held his peace.
The first heat Nettie won; the second, the sorrel; the third brought
the grand stand to its feet.
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