Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-02

himself. SO desifons OF doing some ia
yor TO the brave Senior Oyerton. who
had saved his precious life. and made
him Overwhelmingly his debtor.
When. however. the verbal communal,
cation Was delivered Jacks face took
on frown and he bit his lip, For the
stout general bore a message that
Dona Jaanita' desired to meet the
American at once; and he also gave
Jack To understand that this summons
Mas To be considered a grsa, honor.
abou, which. however. that worthy had
his doubts
lie concluded To meet Dons Jnanita.
He found the ssnori,a not far away.
and her manner of receiving him Was
peculiarly coy for one who had shown
herself so bold when the rival young
saiiants were yieins with each other
for the privilege of her smiles. Jack.
had he known these hot,blooiei erea-
lures Of GantaFiea better. would have
taken warning from this very fact and
studiousiy avoided the s.Rori,a. for 4,
was guile pat-at To the astute general
she had conceived a sudden and over
powerlns admiration for the American
AuAh NA@ F'tJ NFN ~ 1sSeNSM pA"7NasAS
into a passion
Jack carried on n spirited eonv.rsa-.
tion with III. bsiis OF San Jose. aud
could not but not- the deep satissae.
,ion shown by the general. In the
goodness OF his heart. no doub, he
wanted the man who had saved his
life To have all the prizes there wsr. In
tho lottery. and the s-norl,a. In his
mind. came within tha, category.
So he worked the strings.
Had Jack suspected his philanthrop.
ieai design. he might have deeply TO
srriied running those three revolution.
lists on ~hen they had the general cor.
neF-d
As Il was. having In mind sketch
Of some mythical goddess. which the
senorlla as he had seen her dancing 10
aiiuringiy before her many admirers
would MI TO perfection. h. studied her
while thus engaging her In eonvsrsa'
tion.
Doubtless he forgot that In thus CT.
.r;ins himself. with the purpose In
view Of drawing her out. he Mt the
same time accomplished n double oo-
ieet. and appeared unusually attrae.
tiy. In her eyes.
That was where the boomerang came
IN.
II chnnccd that after this night they
me, frcaucn,iy-no, no much through
his inclination as an apparent com.
bination of circumstances.
The lovely daughter of the tropics
had taken great fancy for Senior
Ovcrton. and his indifference piqusd
her. since she was so accustomed to
having Raiinnts 20 mad for an iotn of
tho favor shc bestowed upon Jack.
Sometimes IL appears as great crime
TO be difffdcnt aH to show cgotism-it
may not push one into hot water as
often. but there are occasions when II
counts as much.
And the willy general looked on. anu
behind Jacks back rubbed his hands.
very much as n miscr might over his
gold.
II was his purpose to devote his life
to showcring blessings on his noble
dclivercr-lovc, power. wealth. all
should be his. and he would bless the
day when he first met Pedro Alphonso
Barrnjo-indced. II would be n red.let.
ter day In the affairs of the little re.
public rs we'll.
overton had never taken the general
into his confidence. to tell him the bit.
ter story of his past and how he had
become a full.hedged woman hal.r.
pledged to remain forever bacneior.
He had found means OF engaging
in business. Such energy as he pos.
sessed was new element in San Juan.
and from the way In which he started
IL was evident that In due course of
time, say. ten years, II nothing hap.
pened to overturn matters-something
is always occurring in these torrid Int
tie republics-he bale fair to own the
whole community. which shows what
push and enterprise may accomplish
when properly applied.
Ten years was a long time to wait
he had calculated on half that period
when he could go back to London and
pay up old scores.
And then IL occurred to Jack to par.
TALLY take his friend the general into
his confidence, and tell him how neces-
sary II was that he should roll the ball
of fortune faster, in order that the re.
suit should be hastened.
Brave Barrajo had met danger when
1t appeared about to overwhelm him
with steady front and flashing
blade.
He was equal to the occasion now.
Slapping Jack most heartily on the
back, he winked his left eye mysteri.
ously. and. looking cautiously around
to see that they were alone. whispered
hoarsely:
"Carramba! Make your mind easy.
senor-it is all arranged-the train is
laid and at the proper time the match
will be applied-then comes the explo
sion, and, pouf! there you are in a
jump! One thing tell me, Senor Jack
how long you have been in San Jose
on Gautarican soil?"
Jack figured it out Just six months
to.morrow-how time has flown, and
! have only made start" he said
slowly.
The general rubbed his hands to
gether in almost delirious joy.
six months-it is quite enough
You shall be made citizen to-mor
row."
rs it positively necessary" dubi
ousy.
Undoubtedly So came the prompt