The Press., 1914-09-09

town-can't exactly recall the name but it began with "" ss
 "Varrejo?" inquired Shaw, the de tective. quietly.
 "The very place." agreed Carus. worthy. glad to come by the name. You know your geography, Shawl
 Have to-" was Shaw's laconic an swer.
 "Well,' went on the narrator, Il had been making a thorough investi- gatiOn of certain mines in which l was interested. ...,
 "Of course it had been convenient to make my visits to the nearest ship ping point" "f the mines in my private car, and had managed pretty well to avoid tiIJSe sad hOStelries of fea bitten popuI ce. I carried my own hO- tel. On the night of which I'm telling my car had Lcen sided at little town not an inch on the map from the Tex as border nd l was counting on hit ting the st $ some time the next day. VarrejO was the name, as Shaw re- minded mo .a
 "But the through limited that was to pick me up was reported full six hours late and an attack of acute in digestion didn't help me to look on the bright side of the situation.
 "I went to bed early, but sleep wouldn't woo for a copper. So got up. slipped on the universal duck and Panama ri" of the cline and time, left the car with ut being seen by any of my attendants and made for anything that might >hOw semblance of drug store. rIStled into dilapidated wickiur. reused prOfusely polite Mex ican from pt ~4prandial slumber and de- manded son.e cure all device of the doctors for that sense of oppression. "He led, with many explanations, to , a stuffy little rear room, and there l underwent the ordeal of the most con glOmerate mixture of all the Russian Turko-Fiz Zip, steam-calOriflc" baths that ever suffered the shock of.
 "But, nota bene, it did the trick. l became another pleased patron and reached for my roll for the wherewith to requite my deliverer.
 My hasty toilet had omitted the
 
 hastened back to the siding.
 My car was gone. The through limited had caught up some of that lost time and. likewise, as per sched- ule, had caught up my outfit and was now merrily whirling my belongings northward. And my crew thought l was comfortably ensconced for the night. It was distinctly annoying.
 "I hastened back to the apothecary and explained the situation. l could not blame him for that smile of in- politeness. The tale was rather tall one, and 1t was evident that he took me for a new species of the genus x civilized expedient in this extremity. "STill you direct me to the telegraph : officoY assumed more or less of an 1 imperial tone, for calculated on soon disabusing my creditor of his erroneous impression concerning myself and 1 standing. I will telegraph to New York for money
 His expression changed from one of sarcasm to one of alarm. You're from l New York. SenOrY
 ""Certa1nly! WnaCS O00 about thatY I replied, somewhat nettled by his attitude, for I could see that his alarm was coupled to hatred which an unpaid bill could scarcely account for.
 "He changed his face on the in stant, and, assuming a semblance of his former politeness, he said: Certain ly, senor l. myself will conduct you to the telegraphic office, though it is rather late"
 "He led the way up q dingy street, casting furtive and what seemed to me uneasy glances at a litt4e shack beside what took to be freight de pot My guide here left me for mo- ment, saying, I'll see what can be 6OT1n SonnP'