Macon beacon., 1917-06-08

81 know. | know a great DEAL"
at would scarcely be safe for you
to call; the country is full Of Candle
leristas--"
"Cattlew said the officer, with a
careless shrug. "Did not that great
poet Byron swim across an ocean to
see a lovely lady? Well, /, too, am
poet. ! have beautiful fancies-sOngs |
Of love run through my mind. Those
Englishmen know nothing Of passion.
Your American men are cold. Only
Mexican can love. We have fire In |
our veins, senora."
To these perfervld protestations Do
lores listened with growing fright; her
eyes were WIDE and they were fixed
hypnotically upon the speaker; she pre-
sented much the appearance Of rab-
bit charmed by serpent. But to Lon.
gorio she did not exist; she was chat
tel, a servant, and therefore devoid Of
soul or intelligence or use beyond that
Of serving her mistress.
Thinking to put an end to these
establishments, Alalre undertook to re-
turn the generals ring, with the pre-
tense that she considered 1t no more
than q talIsman loaned her for the time
being. But 1t was task to make Lon
gorio accept 1t. He was shocked, Of
Tended, hurt; he declared the ring to
be Of no value; 1t was no more than
trifllng evidence Of his esteem. But
Alalre was firm.
II was an odd, unreal ride, through
the blazing heat Of the long afternoon.
Iongorlo cast off all pretense and open
ly laid siege to the red-haired wOman's
heart-all without Offering her the
smallest chance to rebuff him, the
slightest ground for open resentment,
so respectful and guarded were his
advances. When the train arrived at
It's destination, his victim was we'll
nigh exhausted from the struggle.
After good nights rest, however, she
was able to smile at yesterdays adven-
ture. LongoriO did not bulk so large
now; even these few hours had greatly
diminished his Importance, so that he
appeared merely as an impulsive for
' elgner who had allowed woman to
/, turn his head.
Once back across the river she dis
), covered that there were obstacles to
a prompt adjustment Of her claim. The
a red tape of her own government was
+ as nothing to that Of Mexico. There
A were a thousand formalities, a myriad
n Of maddening details to be observed,
4 and they called for the services Of an
4 advocate, a notary, a jefe politico, q
jefe de armas-officials without end
r. All Of these worthless were patient and
d polite, but they displayed malarial
Indifference to delay, and responsl
20 bility seemed to rest nowhere. During
n. the day Alaire became bewildered, al
n most lost In the mazes Of official pro
cedure, and was half minded to tele
" graph to Judge Ellsworth.
N Longorlo by no means shared he
disappointment. On the contrary, h
II. assured her they were making splen
did progress, and he was dellghte,
" with her grasp Of detail and her knowl
r.. edge of business essentials. AT hi
no word all Nuevo Pueblo bowed an
scraped to her; he arranged for he
an elaborate luncheon In his quarters
"You can never know what these tw
days have been for me-" the geners
said as he and Alaire fingered owe
their meal. "They will afford me som,
thing to think about all my life. 1t
- delicious comfort to know that 20
Is trust me, that you do not dislike M
= And you do not dislike me, ehY
= "Why, of course not. have gret
! deal for which to thank you.'
M General Longorio fingered his win
glass and stared into 1t. II am nj
like other men. am man of iron
III yes, an invlncible solder-yet l hay
a heart, and woman could rule me
A "You say you have heart" Alai
Il studied her vls-a-vls curiously as
II met her eyes with his mournful gaz
III "How Is it that / hear such strani
II stories about you, general?"
HI 'Ties, all Of them!" Longorio Q
I'll serted.
"For instance, they tell me that Y,
shoot your prisoners"
49, "Of coursew Then. at her shock
exclamation, he explained: 1T Is
necessity of war. Listen, sonora! '
our have twelve million Indians In Mexit
uld and few selfish men who incite the
to revolt. To permit the lower class
you to rise would result in chaos, black q
archy, indescribable outrages agar
Jul life and property. There is but o
is way to pacify such people-exterr
are nate them! Mexico is civilized 1
eve ton; there is no greater In the worl
ms but she must be ruled with an ir
art hand. We shall drive oil the traitC
lied into the sea, and Mexico shall ha
will peace. But I am not a bloodthirs
,u." man. No, am poet and lover
aral heart. AS great patriot as a
use. | could be faithless to my country
lire one smile from the woman adore.
Alaire did not color under the ardt
III 4 u. Al