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English racing tale of the 1870s. The narrator, then a young and naive clerk just come into an inheritance, bets on a horse hespite the advice of the kindly gentleman he shares dinner with. The old man, the owner of the favourite who loses, in fact saves his bet. Light. (PB)
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From 'Queer Stories' in London Truth, published by Special Arrangement with the Proprietor. (PB)
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