“Here’s the stakes, Blackie,” said Wallingford, passing over the money toward him. “You’re all willing he should hold the money?”
They were. They knew Blackie.
“Moreover,” observed Yap Pickins meaningly, “we’ll keep close to him.”
“Here’s another thousand that you can cover at five to one,” offered Wallingford, counting out the money.
Now they were as eager as he.
“We’ll take you,” said Teller, “but I’ll have to go out and get more mezuma.”
“All right. Bring all you can scrape together and I’ll cover the balance of it at two to one.”
For just one moment they were suspicious.
“Look here,” said Billy Banting, “do you know something about this horse?”