Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

hot at the brutality of her fathers Speech
he continued to smile most sweetly
There is but one thing keeping me from
breaking your head and then inqulring
into the meaning of your late remark al
terward general he said. his voice low
And that is your age. m sorry YOU
haven't a son. ,,-.,
head Jim Barrowsv' snapped the other
Il tell you. right from this hour. you IL
keen away from here. And now we II taih
business-you an l. Ana we won '"iA
long: o.z uorro,.s getting I'm
and looking down upon the angry OLD
gentleman from his height OF SIX ieet one,
The old man drew letter from his pocket
and unfolding it, placed it In Barrows
hand You read that-condemn ye' l
s'pose YOU remember that you sent that
load o. lumber and the Lady Bird down
there to Eusibe on your own respoiSlph-
lty?" ,o,, Co.. ,ha ,,,r,bor
there. And you had told me to use my own
Judgment if anything turned up, hhlShed
Barrows in his mistaken voice
THAT lumber's with seven thousand five
hundred" suffered the old man. dropping
back into familiar idioms of speech, t
saw nothin' of the Lady Bird You-you-
''If I've made a mistake, I'm prepared TO
make good" said Barrows. proudly;
How'll you make good?' demanded the
general. You'll never earn so much money
In your whole lazy. dawdling-oh. damn!
Read that letter and see what Spero says.
He stamped up and down the walk. Bar
rows looked at the letter received that very
afternoon by the Central American mail
The fats all in the fire., read Barrows,
with unwrinkled brow. You ordered the
Lady Bird to Eusbe. and her captain would
take her there. despite my advice. Now
General I.aguerre has sprung his mine and
holds Eusibe and all the surrounding coun-
try.
"As we got our franchise from President
Dio Banco-and paid him good round
tOO-wa'Ve got to stick to him;
and that means that the Lady Bird and
her cargo Is worth about 20 cents in con-
federate money. Some or you people up
there in New Orleans had better wake
up
Barrows knew that the agent of the COM
pany was a man not given to crying
''Wolf! WOLF when there was no danger
Isn't there a steamer sailing in the morn
lng?' he asked.
"The Terre. What do you want to do?'
IN go down myself
Not at my expense! not at my eXpenSe!
cried the general.
Sir" cried the young man. wheeling
on him at last. You haven't money enough
TO pay my passage down there-nor to pay
me for another days work. But I'll make
good for this mistake of mine and then the
company-and you-can go hang.
Tut TUT exclaimed the old man. more
mildly. you don't mean to do anything
foolish?'
You can apologize after I have come
back. and your boat and her cargo are
safe" said Barrows, shortly.
Apologize" shouted Compton. why.
you-you-condemn you! you'll get into Jail
down there or be shot against 'dobe
wall"
I'm not asking you to go my bail" re-
turned Barrows, and walked away with his
shoulders very square and his head high
But out of the tail of his eye he saw q
white dress and a whittier hand at the end
window of the house.
They rowed him ashore at Eusible The
captain of the Terre would not come in
too near. for several vessels had already
been seized by the redoubtabie I4aguerre
I'm stop for you our way back-in a
week" said the commander. good natured-
~ ''If you keep your mouth shut you may
be alive then
you needn't bother" said Barrows
lightly. "Ill have steam up on the Lady
Bird yonder by that time and will bring
her out myself"
AS he drew near the shore he studied
the town itself
IL looked like an egg salad-a back
ground OF green adobe houses setting
like hard boiled eggs
There's the consurs Office. SIR said the
petty officer. when the boats nose grated
on the strand. But II he's like most of
them along here
His remark ended I'm a grunt of con-
Tempt. Barrows tossed him a silver dollar
You and the two men drink to my good
luck when you get to Biuefelds." he said.
beat you home to New Orleans"
NOBODY disturbed him as he walked up