And he had made these bets under the influence of Major Tifto.
Another sort for getting bets upon, to the drop-sight, with a single wabble!
"I'll put these in the water," said Melick, "and then we can lay our bets on them as we choose.
Some of the bets were off, but others remained an open question, and each side insisted upon a different view of the case.
They all related to race-horses, and to cunningly devised bets which were certain to make the fortunes of the clever gamblers on the turf who laid them. Absolute indifference on the part of the winners to the ruin of the losers, who were not in the secret, was the one feeling in common, which her father's correspondents presented.