The Washington herald., 1920-09-06
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And this map, Bowers, is no dla-
gram Of a holiday procession, IT
ye look again ven see that IT'S
the continent known as South
America, comprising fourteen
green, blue. red and yellow eoun-
tries, all crying out from time to
time to be liberated from the
yoke Of the oppressor-'
~ know says I 10 OCennor,
The idea is a literary one, The
lO-cent magazine stole 1t from
"Ridpath's History of the World
from the Sandstone Period TO the
Equator" You'll fRd 1t in every
one of 'em. It's continue"
story of a soldier of fortune, gen
orally named Okeefe, who gets
to be dictator while the spanish
American populace cries "Cespet-
to- and ether Italian naledic-
tons I misdoubt II it's ever been
done. You're not thinking OF try
ing that, are you, Barney ] asks,
Bowers says he, you're q
man of education and courage
How can l deny it?' says I,
Education runs in my family;
and / have acquired courage by
a hard struggle with life
ne ~ NOAANASH oag AANf 49,
a warlike race. There is me faith
er's sword; and here is the map,
\ life of inactieR is not for me,
The O'Connors were born to rule.
'Tis a ruler of men / must be-
Barney l says to him. why
don't you get on the force and
settle down to a quiet life Of
carnage and corruption instead Of
roaming of to foreign parts? In
what better way can you indulge
your desire to subdue and mall
treat the oppressed
Look again at the map says
he. at the country l have the
point of me knife on. 'Pis that
one 1 have selected to aid and
overthrow with me fathers
sword
II see says |. It's the green
one; and that does credit to your
patriotism, and it's the smallest
one; and that does credit to your
Judgment
DO We accuse me Of coward
iCe?' says Barney, turning pink.
No man. says /. who attacks
and COnfisCates a country single
handed could be called a coward.
The wOrst you can be charged
with Is plagiarism or imitation. II
Anthony Hope and Roosevelt let
you get away with it. nobody else
will have any right to kick.
'"Tm net jokin'.' SAYS O'CoRneF.
And I've got $500 cash to work
the scheme with. I've taken
liking to you. Do you want 1t, or
not?'
I'm not working | told him;
but how is il to he? De I eat
during the fermentation of the in
suTrsction, or am 7 only to be
Secretary OF War after the coun-
try is conquered? Is it to be a
pay envelope or only a portfolio"
III pay all expenses says
O'COnnOr. I want a man I can
trust. If We succeed you may
pick out any appointment you
want in the gift OF the govern
ment'
"'AlI right, then says !. You
can get me a bunch of drayins
contracts and then a quick
consignment to a seat on the Su-
preme Court bench so l won't be
In line for the presidency. The
kind Of cannon they chasten their
presidents with in that country
llNA Nop lllutU. GU can consider
me on the payroll
Two weeks afterwaFd O'Con-
nor and me took a steamer for
the small, green, doomed country
We were three weeks on the trim.
O'COnnor said he had his plans
all figured out in advance: but
being the commanding general. il
Consorted with his dignity to keen
the details concealed from his
army and cabinet. commonly
known as William T. Bowers.
Three dollars a day was the price
for which I Joined the cause OF
IIberating an undiscovered coun-
try from the ills that threatened
or sustained it. Every Saturday
night on the steamer I stood In
line at parade rest. and O'Connor
handed over the Ss1.
THE town we landed at was
named Guayaquerits. so they told
me Not for me says 7. .ItU be
little old HilIdaIe or Tonpkins-
will" or Cherry Tree Corners when
! speak of it. It's A clear case
whore spelling reform ought to
butt in and disenvoweI it
But the town locked fine from
the hsy when We sailed in. II
was whit" with green ruchinr,
and lace ruffles on the skirt when
the surf slashed up on the sand.
II looked as tropical and dolce
Tar ultra as the pictures Of Lake
HonkoHkoma in the brochure Of
the Passenger department Of the
Long Island Railroad,
We went through the ouarsn-
tine and custom house indiEnities
and then O'ConRaF leads me to a
'dobe house on street called
The Avenue of the Dolorous BUT
tfFhIes Of the Individual and
collective saints Ten feet wide
1t was, and kRee-deep in alfalfa
and cigar stumps.
HeoiiEsn Alley SAYS 7. re-
christening it.
Twill be our headquarters,
says O'CORner. My agent here,
Don Fernando Pacheao, secured
it for US
So in that house O'Conner and
me established the revolutionary
center. In the front room we had
oatenSlble things, such as fruit.
guitar and a table with a conch
smell on It, In the back room
OCoRnor had his desk and large
looking glass and his sword bid
in a roll Of straw mating. We
slept on hammocks that we hung
TO hooks in the wall; and took