Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-20
CHAPTER XX-Continued.


The veranda at Lieber's was like
1hat Of Fazenda Flores only much big
ger. It looked out upon wide stretch
Of desert but away at the rim of the
desert one could feel the river. The
roar Of the fails mumbled in the ear
Tt came from so far away that one
had to strain ones ears to actually
define it, After supper they gathered
on the veranda They sat in rude, raw
hide chairs wnich were comfortably
strong and tilted them back to the
national angle. Lieber and Gerry
smoked cOrn-husk cigarettes but Kemp
stuck to his yellow papers. Gerry did
not want to talk. He sat where he
could watch the strange pair whose
companion he was for a night. Into
the souls of Lleber and Kemp the long
silences of solitude had entered and
become at home. They were patient
Of silence. Speech had its restricted
uses. They still had their hats on.
Lieher's was pushed back, Kemps
was drawn forward Kemp was whit
thng. kemp's words of farewell came
Dsck to Gerry. ITS long trail from
the Alamo to New York, but the whole
country's under one fence" Texan,
pennsylvania Dutchman and New
Yorker might be social poles but to-
nlght they seemed strangely near to
each other.
The next morning Gerry was I'D ear
", nervous after his first nights alb
sence from Fazenda Flores. Kemp
watched him saddle his horse. "That
amt one OF the FIVE" he remarked.
No" said Gerry Il traded the
roam for the iron-gray. Do you think
Z was done?'
i amt sayin'," said Kemp cautious
~ Il don't want you should think |
was teachin' you, Mr.. Lansing, but
that boss amt no iron-gray. There
amt no such color for a boss as | ever
1eern tell on. That boss is a blue an
ne's true blue"
All right, Kemp" said Gerry. smil-
ing You've named him true blue and
True Blue he is from this day"
Aleber came out in pyiamas and
called them for coffee. When they
We're seated he proposed to Kemp that
ne make his headquarters at the ranch
ior a While. The advantages WERE evil
dent 1t was a congregating point for
the natives from miles round. Goat
SKINS came into Iieber's from hun
lreds Of miles up country. They came
9IuGY, in donkey loads or in whole
iachtrains Sometimes they passed
t'fectiy into his hands from the pro-
duce'; sometimes they ran through a
1Aaln Of transfers, from hand TO hand.
All news centered ar and radiated
from Llebers. The same men that
drought in goatskins would be glad to
7lI orchids to their stock in trade.
Kemp grunted his thanks He had
waited two years for this offer. The
.e'"zation Of the obligation Lieber
vas putting him under embarrassed
~ lie began to talk. These greas-
ne said. take lot o. teachin'
ines, an sometimes they don't.
lance, you can tell EN- that Cat
dis are wO'th money and that the
their parasites amt, nd after
seen you throw Bulin tomas an
-44ns an AIiltonias into the dis
- 10 three months steady. they be
80 sober down to jest Cattleyas nd
~" mat its no use holdin a four
~ainst workin' pair"
~ me scientific names dropping so
1aous.y from Kemp's lips, Ger
lpei eating and looked up. Lie
-1ee wore ths smile Of one who
rd it before but Is quite will
1eaF # all over again.
continued Kemp "yo' en-
b. q. you're 3liH' en- you can't head