The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-16

IL. that l leaped into the bull ring at
santos and faced a wild bull with my
hands. II Is true. the bull rolled me.
but did I not leap into the ringY''
Pedro took the bottle and prepared
to knock It's neck on
Hold cried Rafael you were
paid TO be honests'
''By a man who was not himself
honest came the rctort. THE stun
IL contrahand. IL has never paid
duty. Tho cid man In possession of
TmugEicd goods Let US now CRATE
fully and with clear conscience In.
vest ourselves In its possession. We
viii coniiscate IL. We will destroy
it
Not waiting for tho bottle 90 pass.
ignacio and Rafael unwrapped fresh
ones and broke OF the nccks.
Three stars--most excelientr' Pc
dro zurtta GRATED In a pause. point.
ing 20 the trade mark. you see, all
Gringo whisky il good. One star
shows that IL Is very good. two stars
that IL IL excellent. three stars that
Il Is superb. the best. and better than
beyond that All, know Tn. Grin.
eos arc strong on strong drink. No
puiaue for them"
And four stars aueried Ignaelo.
his voice husky from the liquor. the
moisture gathering In HIS eyes.
-Four starsf Friend Isnacio. four
stars would be either sudden death
or translation into Paradise"
In not many minutes Rafael. his
arm around another gendarme. WAS
calling him brother and prociaiming
that Il took little 10 make men happy
here below.
The Old man was n fool. three
times a fool. and thrice that voiun
teercd Augustine. a sulicn gandarfne.
who for the FIRST time gavo tongue to
speech.
Viva Augustine ehccrcd Rafael.
The three stars have worked mir.
aclci nehold-have they not un.
locked Augustino's mouthf''
And thrice times thrice again was
the old man a foolr' Augustine bel.
lowed, fiercely. THE very drink Of
the gods was his. all his. and he has
been Ave days alone with II on tho
road from Bocaa del Toro and never
taken one little sip. such fools ar
he should be stretched out naked on
an ant heap. say r.
The old man was a roguev' auoth
Pedro. And when he comes back
tomorrow for his three stars I shall
arrest him for a smuggier. IL Will
bc feather in all our caps"
THE EFFECT or LIQUOR
III we destroy tn. evidence
thusg' qucricd Augustine. knocking
on another neck.
we will save the evidence thus"
Pedro replied. smashing an empty
bottle on the stone flags. Listen.
comrades. The box was very heavy
we are all agreed. IL fell. The bot.
ties broke. Tho liquor ran out. and
so we were made aware OF the con
traband. The box and tho broken
bottles win be evidence Sufficient"
Tho uproar grew as tho liquor al.
minished. One gendarme quafreied
with ignacio over a forgotten deb, Of
10 centnvos. Two others sat upon the
floor. arms around each Others
necks. and went over the rnIseries OF
their married lot. Augustine. like a
very spendthrift OF speech. explained
his philosophy that silence was goi.
den. and Pedro Zurita became senti-
mental on brotherhood.
Even my prisoners" he naun.
dered. II love them as brothers.
Life is sad A gush OF tears in his
eyes made him desist while he took
another drink. MY prisoners are
my very children. Ny heart bleeds
for them. Behold, weep. Let us
share with them. Let them have n
moments happiness-Ignacio. dear.
est brother OF my heart. DO me n
favor. See. / weep on your hand.
Carry n bottle OF this elixir TO the
Gringo Morgan. Tell him my sor.
row that he must hang tomorrow.
Give him my love and bid him drink
and be happy today
And as Ignacio passed out on the
errand tho gendarme who had once
leaped into the bull ring at Santos
began roaring;
II want n bull, / want a bulir'
'He wants Il. dear soul. that he
may put his arms around IL and love
IT," Pedro Zurita explained. with a
fresh access OF weeping. II. too. love
bulls. love all things. love even
mosquitoes. All the world In love.
That IL the secret OF the world. I
should like to have a lion 20 play
with -
The unmistakable air OF Back TO
Back Against the Mainmast," being
whistled openly in the street caught
Henry's attention. and he was cross.
ing his big cell TO tho window when
the grating OF n key In the door
made him lie down quickly on the
floor and feign sleep. Ignacio stag.
gered drunkenly in. bottle In hand.
which he gravcly presented to Henry.
with the high compliments OF our
good TALLER. Pedro Zurita," he mum.
bled. HE says to drink and forget
that he must stretch your neck to.
morrow"
My high compliments TO Senior.
Pedro zurita, and tell him from me
10 10 TO hell. along with his whiskyr'
Henry replied.
The turnkey Strengthened I'D and
ceased swaying, as II suddenly be
come sober.
A SHORT FUSE
VERY well. senior" he said. then
passed out and locked the door.
In rush Henry was mt the win
dow, just in time 10 encounter Fran.
els. face TO face and thrustlng a re.
yolver to him thru the bars.
Greetings, camaradaw Francis
said. Wen have you out OF here in
a jiffy." He held up two sticks of
dynamite with fuse and .aps conn,