Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-14

wrath, but his face was like a thunder
cloud when he halted before them.
my! how hot you must be. general"
said Barrows, as though his own appear
ance of GOODNESS in clean linen and "A straw
hat was not enough to madden any ordi-
narily warm man
Il am" said the old gentleman, convinc-
IngIy.
Something must have happened, papa"
said Mary, wonderingly.
i've made "a discovery" CALCULATED the
general. vigorously. I've found out that
you might as well try to make a seven
holed flute out of a pig tail as to depend
upon u COMPOUNDED whippersnapper of a
college graduate TO possess any common
sense"
"Oh, papa!' exclaimed Mary, springing
mp and looking from her wrathful parent
20 BarTows.
The latter did not change color. "Td
not expect it, then, general" he drawled,
most eXasperatingly.
A I that the old man almost suffocated-
"Go-go into the house, Mary" he STAN
mored. Mr.. Barrows and ! have some
business to discuss"
Tho 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 is but one thing keeping me from
breaking your head and then inquirlng into
the meaning Of your late remark after
ward, general he said, his voice low.
"And that is your age. I'm sorry you
haven't a son"
II l see you're turning my daughters
head, Jim Barrows!" snapped the other.
81 tell you, right from this hour, you'n
keep away from here. And now well talk
buslness-you an l. And we won't talk
long"
mo, not long, said Barrows, getting up
and looking down upon the angry old gem
tleman from his height of six feet one.
The old man drew a letter from his pocket
and. unfolding it. placed it in Barrows'
hand. You read that-cpndemn ye! 1
s'pose you remember that you sent that
load o lumber and Lady Bird down
there to Eusibe on your own RESPONSE
bility?"
81 did. There was a sale for the lumber
there, And you had told me TO use my own
Judgment il anything turned up finished
Barrows, in his mistaken voice.
THAT lumner's wuth seven thousand Ave
hundred suffered the old man, dropping
back into familiar idioms of speech, "t' say
nOthin' of Lady Bird. You-you-"
IF I've made a mistake, I'm prepared to
AahN bpOhI Sdlu DdIIOWSs piOuuly'
How'll you make good?" demanded the
general. "YOu'n never earn so much money
in your whole lazy, dawdling-oh, In!
Read that letter and sec 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 Lady
Bird to Eusibe and its captain would take
II there, despite my advice. Now Gen
Oral Laguerre has sprung his mine and
holds Eusibe and all the surrounding coun-
try. AS we got our franchise from Presi-
dent Die BlanCo-and paid him a good
round price for it, too-we've got to stick
TO him, and that means that Lady Bird
and its cargo is worth about 30 cents in
confederate money. Some of you people up
there I'm New Orleans had better wake up"
BarrOws knew that the agent of the COM
pany was "A man not given to crying Wolf!
Wolff when there was no danger. Isn't
there a steamer sailing in the morning."
he asked.
'"Terre. What do you want to dor"
IN go down myself"
mot at my expense! Not at my ex-
pense!" cried the general.
"Sir!' exclaimed the young man. wheel
Ing on him at last. you haven't money
ehoush u pay my p"ssaso uo"H '"ele-
nor to pay me for another days work!
But III make good for this mistake Of
mine and then the company-and you can
90 hang"
tut, tutg' exclaimed the old man, more
mildly. You don't mean to do anything
foolish?'
You can apologize after l nave come
back and your boat and its cargo are safe"
Eaid Barrows, shortly.
"Apologize!" shouted Compton. "Why
Fou-you-condemn you'll You'll get into
hil down there or be shot against the 'dobe
wall"
TN not asking you to go my ball. 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 a white dress and a whittier hand at
the end window of the house.