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ense sum for a jockey."
"Yes," said another; "over two thousand dollars."
"I dare say he'll find some fool to ride the beast," added a third, "and for far less money."
"But," said a bystander, "two days of the week have passed and Emory has not unearthed his man yet."
Just then Neil came down from the dressing-room and entered the parlors. Little Selina Maury was standing by the door.
"Oh! I'm glad you've come! I thought you were so cut up that we wouldn't see you to-night."
He smilingly bowed his acknowledgments.
"Heavens!" thought the girl, "I wish Bob had so lovely an expression! He does nothing but grin!"
Then she took a rose from her breast and held it out to Neil.
He was fastening it in his coat when Mrs. Dale came up.
"How late you are! Let me take you to the supper-room. I dare say you may find an ice there."
Excusing himself to Miss Maury, the young man went away with his hostess. There was a jam at the door, which caused them to stop by a recessed window, where a girl sat, leaning lazily back against the cushions of a sofa, her slippered feet crossed before her and the trail of a green silk coiled out on the carpet beyond.
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