The Washington herald., 1920-08-07

He found that willy warrior en-:
gagged in deleCtable conversation
with Mrs. O'Brien.
The Secretary of War is wait
n for US" said Kelley.
The General tore himself away
with an effort.
"Ay. senor." he said. with
sigh, duty makes a call. But.
senor," the senoras of your Esta-
dos Unidos-how beauties, For
complication, take you la Ma
dame 'Brien-que magnifica!
She is one goddess-one Juno
what you call one oX-cyed Juno"
Now Mr.. Kelley was a wit; and
better men have been shriveled
by the fire of their own imagina-
ton.
Sure" he said with grin;
but you mean a peroxide Juno,
don't you?'
Mrs. OBrien heard. and lifted
an auriferous head. Her bust
nesslike eye rested for an instant
upon the disappearing form of
Mr.. Kelley. Except in street cars
one should never be unnecessarily
rude to a lady.
when the gallant Colombian
and his escort arrived at the
Broadway address. they were held
in an anteroom for half an hour,
and then admitted into welt
equipped office, where distin-
guished locking man, with
smooth face, wrote at desk.
General Falcon was presented to
the Secretary of War of the Unit
ed States, and his mission made
known by his old friend, Mr.. kel
ley.
"Ah-Colombia," said the Sec
retary, significantly, when he was
made to understand; I'm afraid
there will be a little difficulty in
that case. The President and l
differ in our sympathies there.
He prefers the established gov
ernment. while THE Secretary
gave the General a mysterious
but encouraging smile. You, of
course, know, General Falcon,
that since the Tammany war. an
act of Congress has been passed
requiring all manufactured arms
and ammunition exported from
this country to pass through the
War Department. Now, if l can
do anything for you l will be glad
to do SO to oblige my old friend
Mr.. Kelley. But it must be abso-
Lutte secrecy, as the President, as
l have said, does not regard IA
vorably the efforts of your revo-
lutionary party in Colombia. l
will have my orderly bring a list
of the available arms now in the
warehouse"
The Secretary struck a bell, and
an orderly with the letters A. d.
T. on his cap stepped promptly
into the room.
Bring me Schedule B of the
small arms inventory" said the
Secretary.
The orderly quickly returned
with a printed paper. The Secre-
tary studied it closely.
81 find" he said, that in Ware
house 9, of government stores,
there is a shipment of 2,000 stands
of Winchester rifles that were or
dered by the Sultan of Morocco,
who forgot to send the cash with
his order. Our rule is that legal
tender money must be paid down
at the time of purchase. My dear
Kelley. your friend, Gen. Falcon.
shall have this lot of arms, il he
desires it, at the manufacturers
price. And you will forgive me.
| am sure, if l curtail our inter-
view. ] am expecting the Japan
ese Minister and Charles Murphy
every moment"
As one result of this interview,
the general was deeply grateful to
his esteemed friend, Mr.. Kelley.
As another, the nimbie Secretary
of War was extremely busy dur
ing the next two days buying
empty rife cases and flllng them
with bricks, which were then
stored in a warehouse rented for
that purpose. AS still another
when the general returned to the
Hotel Espanol. Mrs. OBrien went
up to him, plucked thread from
his lapel, and said:
Say, senior, / don't want to
butt in but what does that mon
key-faced. cat-eyed, rubber neck
ed tin horn tough want with
your
"Sangre de mi vidar' exclaimed
the general. Impossible It Ii