The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-20


you. Phil" he said. mo matter what
you think about em. you got to be
polite. haven't you? Well, that's tho
way you get drawn fn-next time yea
SO by. now the old man will pump you
dry--you see. No. ar, the only way
to get along with these Mex!cens ts
not to have @ thing TO do with 'em.
Nc sayvy'--shat'sI my, mottoi".
We'll. muchAs, grac!as' is mine" ab.
carved De Lancey. 1T doesn't. cost
anything. and 1t .buys q whole lott
), 5".snre.", agreed Bud: but We ain't
buying nothing from him-he's the
one particular hombse wa want to
steer clear of. and keep him guessing
as long ag vs can. That's my view
Of It. pardner."
3';Oh, that's all right" laughed De
Lancey, "he won't get anything out
OF me-that Is. nothing but a bunch
OF hot air. Say, hes q shrewd-looking
+, OLE guinea. isn't he? Did you. notice
that game eye? He kept 1t kind OF
drooped. almost shut. until he came
to the point-and then ho opened it
up real fierce. Reminds mo Of big
Aghting ow, waking up In the day
time. But you Just watch rne handle
him. and IL don't fool the old boy
at every turn It'll be because l run
out of bull" @
We'll, you can hand him the bull
4 you want to-" srumbled Bud, but
the first time you give anything away
I'm going to pick such O row with
the, old cuss that we'll have to mako a
new trail. TO get by. 90. leave I'm
alona, II you ever expect to see that
grill"
A. close association, with Phil De
Lancey, had left BUD not unaware, Of
his special weaknesses,. .ana Phil was
undoubtedly ROMANTIC. GiYen a haired
and silent .ia,Yse. ,shat OF from the
street BIZ ghItehed walls and a ve-
rande acreaped Yttk .apYssa, an1 the
Questing eyes. 9f Mr, Pc Lahsey would
turned 70 those barred windowe as Ger.
taiDly ss the die seeks the pole.
On every IT,. coming and going, he
had qDnped the Aragon house from the
vine:covered corredor in front to the
walled.in summer garden behind. hop
ing to surprise view of the beautiful
daughter Of the house. And unless ru-
NOR and Don Juan were at fault, she
was indeed worthy Of his solicitude-
gay and sprightly creature, brown
eyed like her mother and with the
same glorious CHESTNUT hair.
Already those dark. mischievona
eyes hah been busy and. at the last
big dance at Fortuna. she had set
mRny heads awhirl. Twice within two
years her father. ina rage, had, sent
her away to school In order to break
OF some iil-consldered love affair. and
now q battle royal was being .waged
between Manuel del Rey, the dashlng
captain OF the rurales stationed at
FpfiunAs qua Felis, Luna, aon OF q rich
hacienfado down "a the hot country,
for. the honor of her band. ~.
What more romantic. then, than that
q handseme, American. Atepping grace
fully Into the; breach, should keep the
naughty IoyeF& fsnm, slaytng each
othsr BY hearing ,off thu rrize hifnsaiff I
SO reasoned ,Phiiip Da I1ancey, mus
Ing UPON thu ease with which he could
act the part: but for prtlaential pur-
poses NE. said nothing OF his yauntipg
ambitions, knowing. full well that they
would receive an active veto from Bud.
For. while De Lancey did most of
the talking. and q great deal OF. the
thinking for the partnership. Hooker