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

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0uafntance she had been growing In
creasingly fond Of Geary; for nearly
week she had been DESTROYS Of calling /
him Bill, which Is a comfortable name
and. to Dolores way Of thinking, pc
cuIiarly appropriate cognomen Tor
such a distinctly American yeung man. !
At mention OF the believed word ne
glanced down at her pleasurably
'aThank you" he said. I'm glad you
got around to 1t finally. Those that
Isve me always call me Bill"
aYOu called me Dolores"
aI move we make 1t unanimous. I'm
q fee to formality."
"Second the motion. Bill. So am +
when / care to be-and in our case
yeur fOrmality is spelling our comrade-
ship. And now, with reference to the
extraordinary Senior Webster
"Why, the poor old horse has been
dewn with ptomaine poisoning. They
carried him OF the train at st. Louis
and stoOd him on his head and pumped
him out, and just did manage to cancel
his order fer q new tombstone. He
says he's feeding regularly again and
has booked passage on La Estrellita,
So we can look for him on the next
steamer arriving"
"Oh, the poor fellow!" Dolores MUIR
mured-so feryently that Billy was on
the point of hurting his heart at her
feet on the instant.
The thousand dollars Webster had
| cabled Billy flor q road-stake" had
been dwindling rapidly under the slim
illus OF one continuous opportunity to
spend the same In quarter where 1t
was calculated to bring the most JOY.
Mr.. Geary was absolutely begged IN
the quagmire OF his first love affair,
but until his mining concession Should
amply justify an ayOwal of his passion,
an instructive sense Of the eternal MT
ness of things reminded Billy of the
old proverb that a closed mouth
catches ne flies. And in the meantime
(such Is the optimism Of YOUTH he de-
cided there was no need for worry, for
when a girl calls fellow Bill, when
she tells him he's a scout and doesn't
care a whoOp for any society except
his-caramba it's great
A wireless from Webster warned
Billy Of the formers imminent arrival.
Just before sunset Billy and Dolores,
riding along the Malecon, sighted a
blur of smoke far out to sea- blur
that grew and grew until they could
make out the graceful white hull Of La
Estrellita, before the swift tropic night
descended and the lights Of the great
vessel shimmered across the harbor.
"TOo late to clear quarantine to
night" Billy mourned, as he and Do
lores rode back to her hotel. "All the
same, I'm going to borrow the launch
Of my good friend Leber and his pro
tege Don Juan CafeterO, and &c Out
to the steamer tonight / can heave t.
a little way from the steamer and wei
come the old rascal, anyhow"
Fortunately, good little Leber con
sented to Billy's request, and Don Juar
Cafetero was sober enough to turn the
engine over and run the launch. From
the deck OF the steamer Webster
smoking his post-prandial cigar, caugh
sight Of the launch's red and greer
sidelights chugging through the ink!
blackness; rs the little craft slid nj
to within q cables length Of the steam
er and hove to, something told Web
ster that Billy Geary would soon b,
paging him. He edged over to tn,
rail-
"That you, Bill?" he shouted.
Hey Jack, old pal !" Billy's delight
al vOio0 answered him
81 knew you'd come, Billy boy"
81 knew you'd know It, Johnny
Can't come aboard, you know. until tn
ship clears, but / can lie off here AM
say hello. How is your interns
mechanism"
"Grand. However, your query re
minds me haven't taken the medicin
the doctor warned me to take afte
meals for q couple Of weeks. Wait
minute, Bill. until 60 to my stateroor
and do my duty to my stomach"
For ten minutes Billy and Don Sua
Cafetero bobbed about in the launch
then stentorian voice shouted frol
the steamer Hey, you'll In tn
launch, there. Not so close. Bac
E off,
= Don Juan kicked the launch bac
t fifty feet. "That will dol' the voiC
: called again.
= "Hello!" Billy sollloQuized. THAT
: Jack Webster's voice. Wonder wins
he's up to. I thought he acte
' strangely-preferring medicine to m
t the minute hailed himi"