The Washington herald., 1920-10-13

Eobbled him up. He plunged en-
Enthusiastically into his work,
which was to forget Rosine.
Now, they who dine on the To-
tus rarely consume it plain. There
Is q sauce au diable that goes ,
with 1t; and the distillers are the
chefs who prepare it. And on
Johnny's menu card 1t read
brandy" With a bottle between
them, he and Billy Keogh would |
sit on the porch of the little con-
suIate at night and roar out great, |
indecorous songs, until the natives, I
slipping hastily past would shrug /
a shoulder and mutter things to
themselves about the "Americanos
dlablos-"
One day Johnny's mOZo brought |
the mail and dumped it on the |
table. Johnny leaned from his
hammock and fingered the four
or five letters dejectedly. heogh
was sitting on the edge OF the
table chOpping lazily with pa
per knife at the legs of cent?
pede that was crawling among
the stationery jimmy a. AA
that phase of lotus-eating when
all the world tastes bitter in ones
mouth.
same old thing he complain
ed. Fool people writing for in
formation about the country.
They want to know all about
raising fruit. and how to make a
fortune without work. Half OF
EN- don't even send stamps for a
reply. They think a consul hasn't
anything TO do but write letters.
Slit these envelopes for me. old ,
man. and see what they want.
I'm feeling too rocky to move"
Keu2h. acclimated beyond all
possibility of ill-humOr, drew his
chair to the table with smiling
compliance on his rOSe-ptnk
countenance. and began to slit
open the letters. Four of them
were from citizens in various
parts of the United States who
seemed to regard the consul at
COraHo as a cyclopaedia of infor-
nation. They asked long lists of
questions. numerically arranged.
about the climate, products. pos
sibilities, laws, business chances.
and statistics of the country in
which the consul had the honor
of representing his own govern
ment
Write EN-. please. Billy" said
that inert official, Just line, re-
ferring them to the latest consul
lar report. Tell 'cm the State De-
partment will be delighted to fur
nish the literary gems. Sign my
name. Don't let your pen scratch,
Billv: it'll keep me awake"
Don't snOre," said keogh. ami
ably, and I'll do your work for
you. You need 4 corps OF assist
ants. anyhow. Don't see how You
ever get out a report. Wake up a
minute!-here's one more letter.
it's from your own town, too
Dalesburg"
That so?" murmured Johnny,
showing a mild and obligatory
interest. What's it about"
Postmaster writes" explained
Keogh. Says a citizen of the
town wants some facts and ad-
vice from you. Says the citizen
has an idea in his head OF COM
ing down where you are and
opening a shoe store. Wants to
know If you think the business
would pay. Says he's heard of
the boom along this coast. ana
wants to get in on the ground
floor"
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