Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-12-31

webster retortSd. sJust o trlhe fso
cocksure. Up to the present moment
y0u have proffered no evidence why
you should not be adjudged cad, and
1 do not like cads and must decline to
permit one to occupy the same state
room at my expense. You are clever
and amusing and laughed at yen, but
at the same time nay sense Of humor ~
not SO great as to cause me to ever
look your impudence and laugh with
you. New, IL yen have anything te
say, say 1t quickly, because you're
going to 60 away frem herein q
hurry"
Il plead guilty to the indictment,
Mr.. Webster, and submit as an excuse
the fact that desperate circumstances
require desperate measures. an not
begging my way, neither am beating
1t. for the reason that both FERNS OF
travel are repugnaRt to nae. am
merely taking advantage of certain
fOrtuitous circumstances to force yOu,
an entire stranger, t0 extend to me a
credit Of fifty dsllars until we reach
San Buenaventura, when ySu will be
promptly reimbursed"
1T is not my habit" Webster retort-
ed stifay. ito extend credit to stran-
gers who demand It,"
II do not demand 1t, sir beg it Of
you, and because cannot afford to be
refused took care to arrange matters
50 that yeu weuld not be likely to re-
fuse my request. Really. de net mean
to be cocksure and irnpudent, but be-
fore you throw me cut Pd Ike to let
you in on secret about yourself"
"WeIl?"
you're not going to throw me out"
''Why metz"
Because yeu can't"
That's fighting talk. Now, just to
prove to yeu the depth of error In
which you founder, yeung man, am
about to throw yeu out" And he
grasped Andrew Bowers i'm the grip Of
q grizzly bear and whisked him out Of
the top berth.
"Wait one second" his helpless vic
tim cried. 81 have something to say
before you 60 any further"
"Say it," Webster ordered. "Your
tongue Is the only part Of you that
cannot control"
"When you throw me out on deck
Andrew Bowers queried, do your pa
jamas go with me? Does the hair &c
with the hide?"
'They cost me sixteen dollars in Salt
Lake City, but-good lord, yes. I CAM
throw you out mother naked d-n 1t,
can't throw you out at ALL"
didn't tell you sOf Be good fel
low and turn me loose"
"Certainly-fOr the time being
You'll stay locked in this stateroon
while l have a talk with the captain
He'll probably dig up shirt, pair o.
dungarees and some old shoes for vol
and set you ashore before we get on
of the river. II he doesn't do that he'll
keep you aboard and you'll shovel Goa
for your passage"
''But I'm Andrew Bowers and tn
purser has collected my first-clas
ticket"
'What Of itS / shall declare-an,
with truth-that you are not Andrey
Bowers. that you are not my valet, ant
that did not buy the ticket for yOu.
dare you to face the captain in my Pc
jamas and prove you aren't stowa
way"
'You would win on that point" tn
battling guest admitted, but 1t Is
point you will not raise. Why7 Be
cause have another trump up my x
mono" He climbed back into the VI
per berth and from that vantage poin
gazed down benevolently upon job
Stuart Webster. I'm disappointed /
you" he continued sadly. II though
you'd show a little normal human cur
Osity about me-and you haven't. 70
do not ask questions or i could e.
plain, while cannot volunteer info
nation without seeming to seek you
pity, and that Of course would be n
pugnant to me. / am hoping you wi
accept my word Of honor that 70
shall be reimbursed two hours 0fte
: you land in San Buenavatura."
New music to your song, my frient
but the same old words" Webster r,
torted, and stepped to the staterool
door. You're doomed to -hovel coal {
: go ashore"
Listen. If go ashore, your respol
sibllity for my life ceases, Mr.. Wei
ster, but If the chief engineer happier
! to be short one coal-passer and Il
! captain sends me down to the stok
hole, your responsibility for my deaf
begins. for I'll be put ashore public
e ut San Bpenaventura and two houl
. later I'll be facing firing squad H. Ct
cemetery at the Cathedral de la Vel
= Cruz"
Gosh" John Stuart Webster mu
INJURED dazedly, "I'm afraid can't tai
chance like that for fifty dollars 7
! whipped to a FRAGILE. Any time I
J. sitting In back of a royal flush and Il
:, other fellow bluffs me out Of the pot,
/ always buy the wine. When It arriY
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