Some of the pearlers showed plainly they were not at all sorry Amos Hooker was gone from their midst. He had bullied everyone in the settlement and was generally disliked.
"I wonder what Kylis did it for," said one man.
"He had good reason for it, no doubt; Amos was a devil where blacks were concerned," answered another.
CHAPTER TWENTIETH
THE TRAINER'S SUGGESTION
When Jack Redland and Barry Tuxford arrived in Sydney, it was arranged that the former should go to Randwick and ascertain if Joel Kenley would take charge of Lucky Boy.
"He will probably have received a letter from his brother about you," said Barry, "and that will serve as an introduction."
Nothing loath, Jack went by train and found his way to Joel Kenley's house.
The trainer's stables were at lower Randwick, where he had a comfortable house and about a score horse boxes. Jack was favourably impressed with his first glimpse of the "Newmarket" of New South Wales. He saw the racecourse as the train went past and wound at a steady pace up the hill. He had no difficulty in finding Joel Kenley's, for the first man he asked said, in reply to his question,—