Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-05-14


row with Colonel Jolson and may no
wait for his vacation to quit In
promised the vacancy"
Then you have seen the colonelI"
No, but have seen Mrs. Cortlandt
felt l had right to ask something
from her In return for What did fol
You. l know that sounds rotten, bu
you'll understand how 1t is. Colone
JolsOn wants his brothCr-in-!.i law, Blake
ey to have the place. but I'm entitled
to II, and she has proofs, d to fix it fol
mo- If l go up you - tao. That's
why I was worried when This CliilorG
party appeared
There Is something, | suppose.
ought to tell you. although it docsil'I
amount to much. | was mixed up ii
scrape the night left New York. 4
plain clothes man lapiened to get his
had under falling bottle and nearly
died from the effects
This Clifford party is stopping at
the Hotel Central Better look him
over"
X Will" said Kirk. feeling more con
Germ than he cared to show. but his
apprehension turned ont To he quite
Mfounded. On inspection Clifford
proved to bear no resemblance what
ever to Williams, nor did he seem to
have amy concealed design. He was n
good sort. apparently. with a linnck OF
milking himself agreeable. and IN the
weeks that followed he and Kirk be-
cnme quite friendly. Meanwhile, no
word had come from Senior Garavel,
and Kirk was beginning to fret But
Just rs he had reached the LIMIT of his
patience he received II note which
transported Rim With JOY.
Senior Andres Garave, he rcad. would
be In the city on the following Tuesday
evening. and would be pleased to have
him call
Even with his recent experiences of
Spanish etiquette Kirk hr,liv loalized
the extent of the concession thni had
been made to him He Knew nothing
OF the tears. the plcn,llnes and the spir.
tied championship of his cause that
had overborne the last parental oiiec-
ton. 1t was lucky for him tIlat Chi
quita was n spoiled child and G:lavel
very Americanzed SlMniard How.
ever. as 1t WAS, he Went nearly med
with delight and had hard work To re-
frain from shaving himself twice that
Tuesday evening. so overcarefnl WAS hn
about his toilet, vet his excitement was
as nothing compared to that of Allan.
VINO looked on with admiration tenn
Hered by anxious criticism.
1T will BIO n grand wedding, sar," he
exclaimed. "1I'Allan will be there for
giving you away"
The residence Of Senior Garavel is
considered one of the show places of
Pnnam9. 1t Is OF Spanish architecture.
built OF brick and stucco and cmbel-
lhhed with highly ornamental iron bal.
comics. 1t stands upon corner over
looking one Of tho several public
s4uhres, guarded from the street by Il
breast high stone wall crowned with
a stout iron fence Dineonallv oppo
site and running the full lcnath Of tlla
Dlock is huge weather staiilA, ,@tile.
drnl. and fronting upon the ii>tels,e ti,1s,
street is tiny shrine with mn image a
the Madonna smiling downward All
night Its bright radiance illnn,ines the
dM-kness round about and lends thc
spot certain sanctity
AN Indian woman, clad In barl5arols
colors, her bare feet ncasea In san.
dals. admitted him. and the hqnl.ar
himself met him in the hail He lea
the way Into Il great barren ,arar
where, to Kinks embarrassment he
FOUND quite company gathered Ills
host formally presented him to then
one after another There were eenor
Pedro Garavel, Il brother of .Siltl.ps
Sonora Garavel. bis wife. who was fat
and short of wind: The two Misses
Gnravel. their daughters: then a little !
wrinkied. brown old l@t!y in SIT hli, /. |
Silk who spoke NO English Kirk ratl
cred that she WAS somebody's aunt or
grandmother Last Of Mi. t;ertrts;;s
chne sllyiy forward and put her hnd
In his, then glidcd back to 4 sem be
hind the old lady Just us they wcf,
seating themselves another member Of
the family appeared this tilne !, sex.
old cousin from Guatemala Like the
gsNndmother. he was Us i.no,alnt Of
English as Kirk was of silamish. ia.t |
he had pair of f!'iglltfl:'ly intense
black eyes with which he dcvoured tile
American