Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-07

Milo Valdez tells Bruce that thu
stranger Is Jaeint6 MAYER. hall German
thhies. He warns Noel Of the attempt /,
robbery. That night Noel gives q dinnel
to the governor Of the province to which
Bruce Is invited.
CHAPTER v1H-(Continued.)
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| Women love absolutely; for love 1t.
self. Men often love their own vanity
reflected in another. AT least, 1t
seems so to me. Mothers love their
children equally, whether they are
s1ecssses failures, ugly or lovely.
OF even dsforMed. 1t il the. fathers
who want to boast Of my son, the
soldier my daughter, the beauty.
know"
Some women are hard enough
qualified Bruce. And ambitious!
But l believe my cousin is like you
say. She is only a girl, yet. Still, !
know how she would feel about this
war. The Belgian children, now; she
loves children"
Milo Valdez nodded with marked
satisfaction. He did not say why he
pathies OF the lady named Rose.
When Bruce was ready, the two
young men went. downstairs together.
greatly to Corey Bruce's relief OF
mind. His natural disposition ia
dif1dence had been warped to a NOR
bid nervousness by his trial and his
year at the prison.
There was nothing especially
formidable, however, about the three
quiet gentlemen who were found
strollinE in the garden with their q.
en- older edition OF Milo Valdez; SEN
hor Ferraz was round Of face and f1s-
ure. Marshal Granados was a score
Of years younger than efthe Of his
fellow-guests; a gaunt, soldierly iman
about Noels ge. Evidently hel'and
Noel had been campaign comrades,
and comrades in many scenes. They
addressed n another by treir first
names, with. aKectionate friendship.
fcordiality prevailing between the four
men,. They all possessed that calm
poise stamped upon me accustomed
to absolute authority As Bruce
! knew, a fazendero, OF great landown-
err, rcigns upon his immense and
isolated estate as unq1Estioned mas
ter and judge. He Is the lay, and the
only law. He rewards. Furnishes,
hires, disraisses, and from his decision
away 40 Nv 0pPCoAs VI IkN9 4dl111ly AS
is unquestioned head; his sons, ~enter.
ing his house, kiss his hand no mat
ter what their W age pr dignity.
Such a man was Senior Valdez and
his friend Ferraz. Granados and
David Noel only differed from them
by lesser years and a greater cosmo-
politanism. Bruce studied them with
extreme interest. He was not sorry
that he and Milo Valdez as juniors.
chiefy played a role Of listeners!
The sdinner to which they went was
elaborate and deliberately served in
the Fr9nch fashion. The diners were
easily informal as at a camp mess,
yet always retained the gracious
courtliness which fingers among Bra
lillian society as a reminiscent per-
fume from the noA remote past.
Watching David Noel act the host of
his table, Bruce could have found it
been told by the man Of his own
lchildhood. Listening to his speech
with Granados. and recalling brief
CLEANS from Milo Valdez's chatter,
Bruce knew those two men had
fought a. revolution in company; Mad
fhunted and been 'runted; had been d.
feated. yet ultimate c%onquerors. The
lonely American eyed them wistfully,
envying their friendship and wonder
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which had carried the two to this
eminence before they were thirty-fve.
OF course. he reflected, the Noel
Mines had helped. But even that dis.
covery had been almost as much due
to enterprise as to luck: and Noel's
subsequent gift of the mines had ad-
vanced him farther than any mere ex-
ploiter could have foreseen.
the last Of the many courses
was removed, the servants retired,
The diners did not rise, but a little
phuse ensued. sNoe1's man Benito ap-
peared ,.csrefuf1y closed the doors -of
the dining hall, and went to take his
stand between the windows. arms
folded. eyelfds half closed: More
than ever, the Indian appeared differ
emit from the other native or negro
servants; he seemed wilder. more
kipd. Standing there between the
lustrous blue hangings that screened
the windows on either side Of him, he
looked like a panther muffledt in silk.
Presently, when David Noel looked
towards him, the Indians /. broad,
widesnoatriled. face answered with a
quickening intelligence Of expression
significant as speech. Noel nodded,
satisfied. and turned back to his
suests: who appeared co9nizant Of
the cause for Benito's presence.
Durtng the dinner many subjects
had been discussed, lightly, yet With
sufficient e~arnestness to give the dis
cussioDk interest. Philoophy versus
catholicism. the topic never outwoFn
In Brazil. had furnished material for
9 time.s The theaters Of Rio and San
Paolog the coffee market and the