The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-12-09

aufPnn Yfem ne IN ny OF tnoiE Nv
cu.intauce she had been growing In
cYeasingly fond Of 0eary; FER nearly
week she had been DESTROYS Of calling
him BIZ. which Is q comfortable name
and TO dolores way Of thinking. pc
cul,arly appropriate eognomen Tor
auch A distinctly American young man.
AZ mention Of the beloved word ne
glanced down at her pleasurably.
THANK you" he said. I'm glad you
got around to II finally. Those that
Isvs me always call me Bill.
~You called me Dolores"
move we make II unanimous. I'm
q foe to Formally"
Second the motion, Bill SO am T.
when I care to be-and In our case
your fornallty is spelling our comrade-
sblp. And now, with reference to the
extraordinary Senior Webster
"why, the poor old horse has been
Down with ptomaine poisoning. They
carried him OF the train at 81 Louis
and stood him on his head and pumped
him out and Just did manage 70 cancel
his order for q new tombstone. He
says he's feeding regularly again and
has booked passage on La Estrellita,
10 We can look fer him on the next
steamer arriving
"Oh. the poor fellOvi" Dolores muir
mured--so fervently that Billy was on
the point Of hurting his heart ct her
feet on the instant
The thousand cellars Webster had
eabled Billy for q road-stakc" had
been dwindling rapidly under the slim
illus OF one continuous opportunity to
spend the same In a quarter where II
vas calculated to bring the most JOY:
Mr.. Geary was absolutely begged In
the Quagmire Of his nrst love affair,
but until his mining concession should
amply justify an avowal OF his passion,
an instructive sense Of the eternal ut
ness OF things reminded Billy Of the
old proverb that Q closed mouth
catches no fiies. And In the meantime
(such is the optimism Of YOUTH he de-
cided there was no need for worry, for
when a girl calls q fellow Bill. when
she tells him he's q scout and doesn't
care a whoop for any society except
hls-cnramba 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 q
blur Of smoke far out to sea--a 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 20 out
to the steamer tonight. can heave to
little way from the steamer and vel
come the old rascal. anyhow"
Fortunately, good little Leber con.
sented to Bllly's request, and Don Juar
Cafetero was sober enough to turn ths
engine over and run the launch. From
the deck of the steamer Webster
smoking his post-prandial cigar, caught
sight of the launch's red and green
sldelIghts chugglng through the inky
blackness; as the little craft slid up
to within a cables length Of the steam.
er and hove to, something told Web
ster that Billy Geary would soon be
paging him. He edged over to the
rail.
THAT you, Bill7" he shouted.
"Hey! Jack, old pail" Bllly's delight.
ed voice answered him.
II knew you'd come, Billy boy"
II knew you'd know II, Johnny
Can't come aboard, you know. until the
ship clears, but l can lie off here and
say hello. How Is your internal
mechanism"
Grand. However, your query re-
minds me haven't taken the medicine
the doctor warned me to take after
meals for a couple Of weeks. Wait a
minute. Bill. until 20 to my stateroom
and do my duty TO my stomach"
For ten minutes Billy and Don Juan
Cafetero bobbed about in the launch
then a stentorian voice shouted from
the steamer. "Hey. you'll In the
launch, there. Not 30 close. Back
on"
Don Juan kicked the launch back
hfty feet. THAT will dol" the voice
called again.
"Hellol" Bully soilloqulzed. THAT'S
Jack Webster's voice. Wonder what
he's up to- thought he acted
strangely-preferring medicine to me
the minute l hailed hint"