Mower County transcript., 1908-12-30

me train came to stopaat the sta-
.tion 81 El Paso three hours before
the appointed noon 81
..1hat next? What next p went
through Jerry's mind as he left the
train and went to the station, lunch
room. #Ass he ate : hearty meal he
wondered why he had not been met
by either Mike o. Connor or Marina;
but second thought told him that he
had forgotten to telegraph either Of
them. .Chump!" he chidingly unused;
.'and they told me they would stay
at the Hotel Houston until I came or
wired guess there was altogether
TOO much gold mine on my mind
After the meal he went to clothing
store and bought a suit OF clothes, new
undergarments, q shirt immediately
white, ! nobby straw hat, pair Of tan
shoes and i collar and q necktie. Then
: he went to = bathhouse, from which.
in due season, he emerged the picture
Of . complete Transformation. Fin
ishing up with shave and haircut,
he went to the hotel. Mike O'Connor,
quite as complete q transformation,
was seated near q window curling lazy
rings Of smoke in the air. Jerry ap-
preached him from behind.
Are you Yaqui?" he asked.
'Tommy-Jerry, my lad exclaimed
the big Irishman, surveying him with
admiring eyes; and if you don't look
respectable! Tell me all about 1t,
lad. What did you fnd?"
Jerry said nothing, but held out the
nuggets. ..
What" cried Mike, his voice being
loud enough to attract the attention Of
everybody in the room. Did you
finally locate it?'' + sss:s
For certainty, Mr.. NJ. Aloysius
O'Connor," answered Jerry. Il found
the number. But, WOW, what an ex-
perience!" =.
Jerry, l thought you was a fool
when you determined to 60 back to
that red-headed' mountain again, but I
guess you knew your business. : You
deserve everything you found, II It
was pile of gold as big as the noun
tain itself" 5s - -. M -#..
It's to be halver and halver, Mike.
old man." said Jerry, "and one Of
these days I'll lead you right. to old
fourteen. and then. when the time is
ripe, we'll put up monument to old
Jose and his dog" +.
You don't mean:it, Jerry: you cant
mean that you're goin' to share with
me what" @-.e 4
That's exactly what mean, Mike. =
4Jerry Chambers, alias Tommy Flan-
merry, you're the biggest puzzle in tho
world to me yet, but you're the whitest
divil have run across in all my life.
Why. wouldn't have gone back there
alone for all the money In the world"
"Nor would I, Mike-under normal
conditions. But I did 90 back and I
found the NINE" ~H D. =
when are you goin' back?''
Jerry looked at his watch. The time
was IL o'clock. -
Il must sec Marina first, Mike" said
he, "and then l have little business
to look after up on Montezuma street,
wherever that Is. can tell you more
after have attended to this business" :"
'I'll wait for you right here" said
Mike. "The little girl has been in bed
a good deal Of the time since our ar
rival-nothing serious, you know, but
a sort of reaction. I think she's wor-
ried herself sick about you. About
700 times day she asks what I've
heard from Jerry. It's just Jerry this
and Jerry that from sunrise to sunset
You needn't fear how you stand there,
lad. You'd better mcsey up to her
parlor right away. When you get
there"-with significant little twin
kle-"tell the gineral / want to see
him down here in two Hmes."
A few minutes later ferry was alone
with the woman he loved. His only
explanation to her was that his "af-
fair of business" had been satisfac-
torily attended to. ,.-.
But. Jerry, why don't you tell me
Ill? she asked. = s7<<
Really, dear, like you to be curl
ous, he laughed. Il am going to ex-