Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-21

money, l supposei Or, rather,
moro money. How much?"
The Peruvian had a final hcsita-
ton, gave a glance at Don Luis
companion, and then, suddenly
making up his mind, said in q duls
voice:
Fifty thousand francs!'
"Oh, by Jove, by Jove!' cried
Don Luis. you're greedy, you
know! What do you say, NJ.
Mazeroux7 Fifty thousand francs
is u lot Of money. Especially as
Look here, my dear Caceres,
let $ go over the ground again.
Three years ago / had the
honor of making your acquaint-
ance in Algeria, when you were
touring the country. AT the same
time, [ understood the sort of man
you were; and | asked you if you
could manage, in three years, with
my name of Perenna, to fix me up
a Spanish Peruvian identity, fur
nished with unquestionable papers
and respectable ancestors. You
said, Yes We settled the price:
10000 francs. Last week, when
the project of police asked me for
my papers, I came to see you and
learned that you had just been in
structed to make inquiries into my
antecedents.
"Everything was ready, as it
happened. With the papers of a
deceased Peruvian nobleman, of
the name Of Pereia, properly re-
vised, you had faxed me up a first
rate civic status. We arranged
what you were to say before the
project Of police; and l paid up
the 10000. W. were quits. What
more do you want?"
The Peruvian attache did not be-
tray the least embarrassment. He
put his two elbows on the table
and said, very calmly:
Monsieur. when treating with
you, three years ago. l thought /
was dealing with a gentleman who,
hiding himself under the uniform
of the Foreign Legion, wished to
recover the means to live respecta-
bly, afterward. Today, l have to
do with the universal legatee Of
Cosmo Mornington, with a man
who, tomorrow, under a false name
will receive the sum Of 1000, 90
francs, and, in a few months, per-
haps, the sum Of 100. OOO, 600. That
is quite a different thing"
The argument seemed to strike
Don Luis. Nevertheless, he OBJ
.jected:
And, if | refuse-!"
IF you refuse, | shall inform
the solicitor and the project of
police that l made an error in my
inquiry and that there is some mis-
take about Don Luis Perenna. In
consequence Of which you will re-
ceive nothing at all and very likely
find yourself in Jail"
With you, my worthy sir"
MET"
"Of course OH a charge Of for
gerry and tampering with registers.
For you don't imagine that I
should take it lying down."
The attache did not reply. His
nose, which was a very big one,
seemed to lengthen out still far
Their between his two long whisk-
ers.
Don Luis began to laugh.
Come, Senior Caceres. don't
pull such q face! No ones going
to hurt you. Only don't think
that you car corner me. Better
men than you have tried and have
broken their backs in the process.
And; upon my word, you don't cut
much Of a figure when your e do
ing your best to diddle your fell
lOwmen.
"You look a hit Of . mug, in
fact, Caceres: . bit Of a mug is
what you look. So it's understood,
WHAT We lay down our arms. No
more base designs against our ex-
cellent friend Perenna. Capital,
Senior Caceres, capital. And now
III be magnanimous and prove to
you that the decent man OF us two
is-the one whom any one would
have th0uphtt'