The Washington times., 1919-07-08

At permission given BY the stern
faced leader, the eaptiVes about to
be released. removed their blind
folds.
Seems I've been here before"
Henry laughed, looking about and
Identifying the place.
Seems the oil well Is stiI1 burn
ing" Francis said. pointing out half
the field of hay that was eaten mp
by the black smoke pail "Peon.
look upon your handiwork. For q
man who possesses nothing, you are
the biggest spendeP ever met 1
have heard Of drunken oil kings
lighting cigars with thousand-dol-
lar bank notes, but here you are
burning up q million dollars q
minute"
81 am not a poor man." the pe0n
boosted in proud righteousness.
"A millionaire in disguise" Henry
twitted.
Where do you deposit|'' was lie
oncia's contribution ain the Chem
ical National Bank?"
The peon did not understand the
illusions, but knew that he was
being made fun Of, and drew him
self up in proud silence
The Leader SPEAKS.
The stern leader spoke:
From this point you may now
go your various ways. The Just
One has so commanded You,
Seniors, will dismount and turn over
to me your mules. As for the
senorita, she may retain her mule
as a present from the Just One. who
would not care to be responsible for
compelling q senorita to walk The
two senors, without hardship, may
walk. Especially has the Just Ono
recommended walking for the rich
senior.
The possession Of riches, he ad-
vised, leads to too little walking.
Too little walking leads to stout
ness, and stoutness does not lead
to the woman wonderful. Such Is
the wisdom of the Just One.
Further, he has repeated his
advice to the peon to remain in the
mountains. In the mountains he
will md this woman wonderful, and
IT is wisest that such woman be Of
his own race. The women OF the
TERRA caliente are for the men Of
the TERRA caliente. The CordilleeaS
women are for the Cordilleras men.
God dislikes mixed breeds. The
world was not intended for mixel
breeds, but man has male for him
self many inventions. Pure races
interbred leads to impurity.
Neither will oil nor water con-
genially intermingle. Since kind
begets kind, only kind should mate
Such are the words OF the Just Ons
which I have repeated as COM
a.
pressed upon me to add that he
knows whereof he speaks, for he
too, has sinned in just such ways.
And Henry and Francis OF Anglo
Saxon stock, and Leopcia, Of the
Latin knew perturbation and en-
barrassment as the vicarious judg-
ment OF the Blind Brigand sank
home. Leoncia, with her splendid
eyes Of woman, would have ap-
pealed protest to either man she
loved. had the other been absent:
while both Henry and Francis
would have voiced protest to Leon
ella, had either Of them been alone
with her. And yet. under II all
deep down, uncannily. was q sense
OF correctness OF the Blind Brig
and's thought And heavily, on the
heart OF each, rested the burden OF
the conscious oppression OF sin
A crashing and scrambling in the
brush diverted their train OF
thought, as descending the canyon
slope on desperately slipping and
sliding horses. appeared on the
scene the haciendado with several
followers. His, greeting OF the
daughter OF the Solanos was hidal-
go-like and profound. and only less
-. hIa orFaRkfn(Y
to the two men for whom Enrtco
Solano had stood sponsor.
where is your noble fatherT he
asked Leoncia- Il have good news
for him. In the week since I last
saw YOU 1 have been sick with
fever and encamped. But by swift
messengers and favoring winds
across Chiriqui Lagoon to BocRs
del Toro 1 have used the Govern
ment wfrelesS-the Jefe Of RocaS
del Toro is my friend-and, have
communicated with the President
Of Panama, who il my ancient COM
rade whose nose / rubbed as often
in the dirt as did he mine in the
boyhood days when we were school
mates and cuptcle-mates together
at Colon.
and the word has come back
that all is we'll, that justice has
misearried in the court at San An
tonic from, the too great but none
the less worthy, zeal OF the Jefe
PoIJtico. and that all is forgiven,
pardoned and forever legally and
politically forgotten against all OF
the noble Solano family and their
two noble GringO friends"
Here, the haciendado bowed low
to Henry and Francis. And here,