The sun., 1916-11-05

Carvanza-And YOU tvcnomouslyl II
and Won my ,ruculent griugo friend, I
shall TAX over your hoil for the same
| kind of money-Mex. I will provide
tho Mex, to.morrow morning. Ha.
nv men vii, print IL during the night.
Ha, what?
Carson-By God, You can't do II!
Uncle Sam won't stand for II You UNI
| sauar e
Pu,nsm-At your invitation. and II
YOU 20 on with this outrage you will
pay for IT!
Carsou-You bet.
Garvanza [sneeringl-Ha! tSnaps
| his fingers.1
Jeff Ientering quickly, stands back
Of tablel-Oh Mars Carson. Thank
the Lord. Thank the Lord. Mars Car
son. Thank the Lord. tan gaze at
him wondcrngly.1 In de bay. a big
'Merican battleship.
Putnam-What?
Carson-Whoop-e-e tRuns to door
and looks out.1 by George! There she
is. Look at her, kid.
Putnam turns and looks. Carson
/ comes to him, catches his hand and
swings him around b~oisterously n q
dance. JEFF Toes a Jig on the side.1
Carson-By thunder! This Is q great
day.
[Lawlor, the American Consul, en-
ters.l
Putnam lat the same timel-Mr.
Lawlor!
tLawlor turns his eyes toward Jcff.
Jer coughs and retires very quietly to
the dining room.l
Lawlor-Ahem, Yes. yes! Thank
YOU!
3 Carson-Mr. Consul. we are Ameri-
can citizens. This man has lust taken
this boys II
Lawlor-Wait,
Garvanza-Yes. Wait. MY dear
friends. tBowing.1 Senior Lawlor.
you are very welcome. and come at the
proper moment. The message brought
by the battleship, b. so kind as to read
It to your people.
Putnam and Carson togetner-Mes-
SAGE! What,
Lawlor [sets himself as " for n
speech: reaches IN his pocket and pro-
duces an Official looking paperl-Gen-
tlemen. As American citizens. have
the honor to read to you an oficla,
communication from the Secretary Of
the State himself. I may say almost
a personal message to me. since II was
through his influence that myself
was appointed to represent our great
country in this Its sister republic,
HE pauses to adjust the paper again. ]
Carson. eagerly-Yos, Go on,
Lawlor-The American warship De-
catur is sent to this port in order that
all Americans in the vicinity may have
a haven Of refuge To which to retire.
And all American citizens in this zone
or hostilit!es are advised To leave and
! return To the United states. as our
Government cannot be responsible Tor
them II they stay
CARSON can't believe IT.
my prop
erty?
l.awlor-Temporarily. yes. Gen. Gar
vanza Twins his word that your prop
erty VIII be protected by his taking II
over-temporari!y.
Carson. with deadly dryness - Mr..
American Consul. every month ! buy
a Jar OF tobacco, n when ! amt
looking JeT just borrows II handful
temporarily n II never comes back
and II never VIII III o mean steal
] ing, say so.
Garvanza. drawing his sword an
l grily-Stealing' ! protest. You grin
goes. you Nth.
7 Lawlor-Gen Garvanza' Wait
Carson ! warn you II you an
tagonizc my friend lpoints To Gar
Vanza III not answer for your safety
Carson-Well, | don't see that your,
answering much now.
I.awler-But Gen. Garvanza ha,
given his word
$ Carson-Mr. Consul, When I mn
my pack on my back and went pros
pcctin' I'D in the hills. with my moo
$ little wife stragglin' after me. ~,
agreed on terms, and that was II
found oil the Government of this Mac
was TO get 10 cents. Mex. ROYALTY fo
ev'ry barrel that came ont. H. poir
to get IL. IL there il any damned GOV
eminent IN give Il 10 Inn, IN ,,,.o ~
o that oil for some pun paper note
u after I've sold the wears ~ my M
and the peaches ont OF my sally
n cheeks for II? ri sec Won in Hsl
first,
Putnam-Im with YOU. Dave. NJ,
n l. wlor. az an American ci,izon I 40
@ mand that the marines come on shor
n for our protection.
Lawlor - That's impossible, Du
q Government has determined tn sho,