The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-10


| that senorita Leonica2''
suppose 1 dont7''
Then. suppose you have secret
[ you can stop other man!
"nut. frat" VI Pcon shook his
head. you pay me 5000 gold. Then
| tell you secret"
A BARGAIN
I'm pay your' Torres said readily.
aitho without the slightest thought
OF keeping his word. you tell me
FIRST. then. II no lie. III pay you.
Seer'
From his breast pocket he drew n
wallet buiging with paper bills. and
NJ pcon. uncasily acquiehcing. led
him down tho road to the crone on
| the beach.
'"rhin old woman" no explained.
''she no lie She sick woman. Pretty
aoon she die. She IS afraid. She talk
TO priest along Colon. Priest say
she must tell secret. or die and go
20 he'll. SO she no lie"
well. II she doesn't lie. what Is Il
she must teli7"
you pay mc7''
"surel Six hundred Eoldr'
wei. she born cadix. In old coun
| try. She number one servant. mum.
| Der one baby nurse. one time ahe
/ take sob with English family that
como travelling IN her country. Long
time she work with that family. She
so back along England Then bime
by-you know spanish blood very
/ hot-Hhe got very mad The family
have ono little baby girl She steal
little girl and run away TO Panama
That little baby girl Senior Solnno he
adopt Just the same his own daughs
ter.
! Tie have plenty sons and no
/ daughter SO that little baby girl he
make his daughter Hut that old
woman she no tell what name belong
little girls family That family's
name Morgan. You know that
Nance In Colon comes San Antonio
men who say Senior soiano's daugh'
ter marry English grlngo nam d
/ Morgan. That grinRo Morgan the Sc
noritA I.conica's brother
"Ahr' said Torres with maiencent
delight.
you pay mo now 5000 gold" said
/ VI pcon.
Thank you for tho fool you arer'
/ said Torres with untold mocksry In
his voice you will learn better per.
fhaps Homc day the business 81 selling
secrets Secrets are not rhora or ma
hogany timber. a secret told is no
more than whisper In the air. II
comes. II goes. II II gone. II is q
ghost Who has seen ~ You can
claim back shoes or mahogany tim
Der. You can never claim back &c.
crct when you have told H."
eve talk Of ghosts. you and J."
said NJ Peon. calmly. And the
ghosts are gone have told you no
secret. You have dreamed a dream.
when YOU tell men they viii ask you
who told you And you win say. VI
Peon' But VI Peon VIII say. Nor
And they will say. 'GhosuT and
laugh ~ your
NJ peon. feeling the other yield to
his superior Hubtlety OF thought. de
iibcrately paused
we have talked whispers" he re
umed after a few seconds. You
speak true when you say whispers
are ghosts. when l sell secrets do
not sell ghosts. | sell shoes. sell
mahogany timber. My proofs ARE
what I sell. They ARE solid. on the
scales they win weigh weight You
can tear the paper OF them. which Is
legal paper Of record. on which they
are written. Some Of them, not pa
per. YOU can bite with your teeth and
break your teeth upon. For the whts-
ecru are already gone like morning
mists. | have proofs You viii pay
me 5000 gold for the proofs or mon
will laugh nj you for lending your
ears TO ghosts
IAN right Torres capitulated.
convinced. SHOW me the proofs that
can tear and bitcF'
pay me the $500 goldr'
when you have shown me the
proofs
THE proofs you can tear and bite
are yours after you have put the
5000 gold into my hand. You prom
I sc. A promise is "A whisper. ghost.
II do not do business with < h osi
moacy. You pay me real money
can tear or bite"
And In the end Torres surrendered
having in advance for what did sat
lsfy him when he had examined the
documents. the old letters. the baby
locket and the baby trinkets And
Torres not only assured vi Peon he
was satisfied. but paid him in ad
vance. on the latter's insistcncc, and
an additional hundred gold to exc
. cute commission for him.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom which
connected their bedrooms. clad In
fresh underllnen and shaving with
safety razors. Henry and Francis
were singing:
Back to back against the main
mast,
Held at bay the entire crew."
In her charming quarters, aided
and abettcd by n couple OF Indiar
seamstresscs. Leonlca, half in mirth
half in sadness. md in all sweetness
land wholesomencss of generosity
, was initiating the Queen into tn,
charmingncss Of civilized woman,
/ dress.
Tho Queen, true woman to hei
hearts core, was wild with dclgh
, In the countless prettles of texture
, and adornment with which Leonica'i
+ wardrobe was stored. IL was
I maiden frolic for the pair OF them
! and a stitch here and a take.up there
4 modified certain of Leonica's gown
, to the Queens slendcrness.
4 mo" said Leonica, judiCially
\ you win not need corset YoI
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