The Minneapolis journal., 1905-05-06

By IZOLA FORRES7ER

Some day it will boom, and expand, i
and have q plaza, and an excursion
garden some day, perhaps, when they
have cut the neck Of Panama, and the
swarm comes down from the States.
Just at present it is scattered hand
full Of little yellow and white houses,
which you cannot even distinguish
milo at sea, only a spreading grove Of
many palms that rise along the shore
like gigantic feather busters. A couple
Of miles inland there is tired volcano,
which forms a large amethyst blur
against a dove-gray sky, and makes an
interesting back drop for the setting OF
Hualtepec.
Bosworth landed in June from a New
York trade schooner. The fact that he
sold nothing, bought nothing, and did
nothing, endeared him to the populace.
1t is warm and trying climate. Strenu-
osity is unpopular.
Bosworth intimated that he had mere
| ly dropped in on the way to South
America. The particular schooner he
had been able to apply persuasion to
went only as far as Hualtepec. He
would wait for another schooner with
an inclination towards the Argentine
Republic. There were promising signs
Of a revolution, he told the doctor and
| the resident missionary, when they gave
him the hand of welcome and the word
Of peace. He had never seen a revolu-
tion. Yes, it was curiosity, he admit.
ted to the missionary-also spirit of
adventure. Oh, yesl Also, and Incl
them in cheerful confidence upon the
doctors veranda, over coffee and the
small, dark cigars in which his soul
newly delighted.
The doctor was silent and attentive.
such. things had been before, even in
Hualtepec.
"From anything specials" asked the
"1AsS5SorEy;;, AWork,;, answered Bosworth, and
the subject dropped, being strictly a
private, affair, and not affecting the
moral tone of the community.
The revolutionary cause in the Ar.
gentine Republic languished during
; July, most Of the revolutionists being
in New York raising funds and fervor
No schooner showed up with southerly
venture also languished. It was mighty
comfortable at Hualtepec. He LACED
: and became lotus muncher, and lei
: the doctor tell him he needed rest
! He had been thin, and spooky around
}. the eyes when he landed, but after {
month he began to brace up and taxi
w GuS C1lIldUC. LII was Cu6 uUp0 VI tu'
: girl who waited up north that gave hin
strength. He told the Doctors wifi
:, about her-the girl named Helen.
: He had met her at a reception at tn
u Art Students league. A first nigh
!, view. Of somebody's salon stuff it was
y y Stapleton had been with him. She ha
q sat alone on one of the long Flemisl
. oak settees, slim, inconspicuous fg
n ure in brown. stapleton had stood still
and intenf1v Snrpaua6 thr,, bo1 II
closed eyes. It had made nice bit o
8, study. the seal-brown dress, the swee
u Of brown marten stole from he
throat to the floor, the velvet hat wit
,, it's single plume, and beneath, brow
u hair, brown eyes and colorless skin wit
,. the cream of ivory in, its softness. Sh
q had been looking at the people, not tn
e pictures.
10 Bosworth had left his companion
es and, standing close to a washy blur Q
q French impressionism, had been peerin
at it thru his rimless eyeglasses, an
o. the girl had been looking at him wit
% the same contented interest Stapleto
s was giving her. Suddenly Boswort
Is Is had turned and seen her. There. ha
k the look Of two who had met as stra1
+, gers in strange world, and yet ha
Il recognized in each other the one waite
r for. --
2r Stapleton had found out who she WE
u later in the evening. ri
" " "She doesn It scrib, daub or soul
h. h. and she isn't studying for the stag
: She's just a regular girl. Fathers or
"a Of the directors-W. H. Marshall, inte
in ested in phosphate somewhere in Flo
n ida. Got an artist. cousin who's exhi
he are all right. Andy Phipps know
"a them
-. Bosworth had said nothing, but ]
+ th had started in Immediately to impro7
is his acquaintance with. Phipps.
nd And the DOCTORS wife drew her ov
: conclusion, from the look in Bosworth
eyes and the retrospective smile on b
lips. He never told her the story /
yond the ripening Of the acquaintan
with Phipps, but she knew a weddi
lay somewhere ahead to finish off t
In chapter.
It was all very cosy and congeni
until one day Billy Stapleton walk
across the gangplank Of the "Yem:
er. see," when she made her month
is the heads Of the natives, saw one fam
cse lar face, and called out, Hello Bos
op- Bosworth responded .joyously, a
lot asked if he were relief expediti
we sent after the missing.
'ur You re not missing" laughed 81
CC. pletOn. - Ou re QeaQ. Cra1S OI I
Id, Times Herald found your body piled
led with bunch Of revolutionists at
lst grand staircase Of the Governor-Gen
Fps al g palace in Japala. Full account 9
try week ago, with photos of bunch. sta
Mt, case and hero himself He gripI
inc Bosworth s hand happily: "Awfu
the glad to see you, Tommy
ely "Thanks. Any news9"
he Stapleton looked back at the sea
had come from.
ter HThe Marshalls are all down at Pa
Beach. I Just left them
the Interested in phosphates"
Stapleton grinned boyishly.
or "Not exactly. I'm going to be c
Inc sui here for awhile, and had to show
MS at once, but the wedding will be n
gar month all the same. -
ex- Bosworth did not show any curios1
yes. He swallowed the statement whole a.
aIy was given, added a flash Of intuiti
ofIs and marveled in his heart whether
sple had ever hated a man as he sudde
[ac- &C hated one Billy Stapleton.
iity The following night, comfortably .
the connectedlv m on the doctor, g Yer
ugs da, d staplefon Identified the remains
aul, the satisfaction of the missionary
Ing paper artist up in Minneapolis Q
cue, upon a time. He had made a hit
ted some congressional cartoon, and
atty come down to New York to win o
Ills, They had worked together during
llch same campaign up north. Boswc
'orn had stuck to conservative art, ant