Evening star., 1909-05-23

let 60 at that without any more of your sidelghts
Il slipped him the two thousand that had been
handed to in a canvas bag, and he went away
cracking his claws together like land crab was
to wait for few days. until some surveys could be
hauled out and looked and until little old Higher
Up could be creased along for his signature to the
concessions, and then I'd have copied They
weren't scheduled to fall down on me or give me
the double-X, because my friend the one time
State Treasurer, due to stick around Honduador
for the balance of his days, and he was good pro-
ducer for the Government, any old Government
that happened to slide in overnight
THAT'S the way it was rigged, when the afore-
= mentioned Greaser maiden hurtled herself upon
the and Grabbed the situation just easy
Il chummed around with my host, lighting up
three four times day with him, and taking
cold bath after each bun SOS to have fresh start
for about fortnight, when day got the
pected telephone call to the Office of the Minister of
the Interior. l did the distance in cart at one
thirty nine to the mile clip; for the gay dog rum
miferous life with my entertainer was telling my
in nards and was keen to nail that gripful OF con-
cessions and hike for the marts where knew there
be sooner buyers for them.
"And the concessions were waiting for me. The
quietly worked pull of my host had done the trick
they needed moneyed one like him on their staff
and skeetered any design they might have had of
stalking to the fish eye when | called for the
goods. The papers were all ready signed, sealed,
and delivered, and after the exchange of little
line of hot air backed out, intending to get ready
that day for the rocky mule ride down to the coast
for the boat to the land where, above all others,
there's market for dashing looking documents
with nice curlycue swelerino signatures and lot
Of ribboned seals attached to them.
A passed down the steps to where my caloosh
was waiting-get that my caloosh!-l noticed
pretty, excited looking girl, with guitar slung
over her back by green ribbon. standing at the
entrance of the Office of the Minister of the Interior
sort of muttering to herself and wringng her hands
ALI Greaser girls look excited to me all the time,
the way they handle their faces and feet and hands
o,1 I idr'f fharrr ch o1Ot1fh horo hat
/ wondered what the mutters about.
Il was driven over the way to the bar OF the
Hotel La Paz for short celebratory gargle and
was just putting it away when heard tumult
outside that sounded as if the lady members of the
Buttonhoe Makers Union performing picket
duty upon recalcitrant one The screams though
all being exuded by one female as saw when
l bobbed to the door of the bar, and that one
female the troubled looking girl I'd noticed with
the guitar on her back couple OF minutes before
I stepped out into the street to what COM
ing off. | that the girl was being chased by
whole passel of white diked young fellows: They
were clerks in the government offices: but didn't
know that-then. The girl, in frenzy, and with
her hair flying Wild raced over to as soon as she
saw me and dropped to her knees in front Of me in
agony of supplication.
- am Rosta Conception, the singing girl of the
Plaza, and they trying to carry me away! was
what made out of the bunch of Spanish that she
hurled at me, and every choppy sentence was topped
off by shreking Save me, oh, noble Americana,
for the Lady Mothers sake, save mel
well, l reckon l just will you you poor
little Straggly punch OF Wild moss! says l. Jump
into this hewgag of mine and we'll give those dog
goned lummoxes for their coin, that's what
we'll dol! and whisked her into the cart, swung in
myself and grabbed the reins when the advance
guard of young fellows in white duds were almost
atop of US whacked the horse around the legs, and
we off, After getting Strengthened out on the
road twisted about and looked behind, and there
were all of my gay young kidnapping bravos me
thinking them thatl-bunched in the middle of the
road where I'd pulled away from them just more
than shaking their fists at
Il pulled the horse down from his galloping stride
and drove him straight to the hacienda, where
let the girl down.