The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-07
LOW BARROWS
MADE GOOD.

all the way from the gate 10 tne 'eTraSeN'
approach TO the broad piazza, Then the
sight of his daughter and Barrows smoth-
cred the audible sounds Of his wrath; but
his face vas like thunder cloud when he
halted before them.
NV, how rot you must be, General
said Barrows, as though his own appearance
of cooln-ss in clean linen and straw hat
was not enough to madden any ordinarily
warm man.
Il an. said the old gentleman, Convinc-
ingy.
Something must have happened, papa,
said Mary, wonderingy.
ave made discovery" jaculated the
General. vigorously. "Ive found out that
YOU might a. well try to make severn
holed flute out OF pigs tail as to depend
upon a confounded whipper-snapper OF
a college graduate to possess any common
sense
20. papa" exclaimed Mary. springing
I'D and looking from her wrathful parent
to Barrows.
The latter did not change color.
I'D not expect it, then. General. he
drawed. most exasperatingly.
Al that the old man almost suffocatsd
-Go-go into the house, Mary, he stam-
mered Mr.. Barrows and ] have some
business to discuss.
The girl turned pleading eyes on Bar.
rows. And as that young man was red
hot at the brutality of her fathers speech,
he continued to smile most sweetly
There ia but one thing keeping me
from breaking YOUR head and then inquir-
ing into the meaning Of your late remark
artcrwa I'd, General he said. his voice low.
And that is your age. I'm sorry you
haven't SON
But see you're turning my daughters
head, jim Barrows!" snapped the other,
Il tell you right from this hour. you'll keep
swav from here. And now we'll talk bust
uess--you AMI And We won't talk long.
NO not long" said Barrows, getting up
and looking down upon the angry old gen.
tleman from his height of feet l.
The old man drew a letter from his pocket
and unfolding il placed it in Barrowss
hand.
You read that-co,,deinn !e! .'pose
YOU remember that you sent that load o
lumber and the Lady Bird down there to
Fusibe on your own responsibility
Il did. There was sale for the lumber
there And you had told me to Use my own
Judgment il anything turned up finished
Rarrows, in his mistaken voice.
THAT lumbers with seven thousand
five hundred" suffered the old man,
dropping back into familiar idioms OF
speech, It ray nothin' Of the Lady Bird.
You.-you-'
If I've made a mistake. I'm prepared
% 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.
Barrows 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 Eusibe, and her captain would
take her there, despite my advice. Now.
Gen. Laguerre has sprung his mine and
holds Eusibe and all the surrounding
country.
.As we got our franchise from President
Do Blanchard paid him good round
price for it, too-we've got to stick to him:
and that means that the Lady Bird and
her cargo are worth about 80 cents in Con-
Tolerate money. Some Of you people up
there in New Orleans had better wake
up"
Barrows knew that the agent Of the
company was a man not given to crying
wolf, wolf when there was no danger.
Isn't there steamer sailing in the morn
ing?" 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" exclaimed 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 III make
good for this mistake Of mine and then the
company--and you-can 60 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. sWh,
you-you-condenn you, you'll get int
Jail down there or be shot against a dob.
wall
I'm not asking you to 60 my bail re
turned Barrows, and walked away with
his shoulders very square and his heac
high, But out of the tail Of his eye h,
saw white dress and winter hand at tn,
end window of the house.
II.
They rowed him ashore at Eusibe. Tn
captain of the Terre would not come in
too near, for several vessels had alread,
been seized by the redoubtable Laguerre.
III stop for you on our way back
in week." said the commander. good
naturally. If you keep your mouth shu
you may be alive then"
You needn't bother" said Barrows
lightly IN have steam up on the Lad
Bird yonder by that time and will brin
her out myself
As ne drew near the shore he studied tn
town itself.
1t looked like an egg salad-a back
ground of green. adobe houses sittn
about like hard boiled eggs.
There's the Consuls Office. sir" sal
the petty officer when the boats nos
grated on the strand. But il he's lik
most of them along here
His remark ended in a grunt OF cor
tempt. Barrows tossed him a silver dolla
You and the two men drink TO my goo
luck when you e., TO Bluefields, he sale
I'm beat you home to New Orleans
Nobody disturbed him rs he wake
up to the street fronting the water. II
even had hard work rousing particular
ragged specimen of negro to carry hi
hap He drew ont of this individual