Marble Hill press., 1920-11-11

quaintanee she had been growing n
creasingiy fond Of oeary; for nearly .
week she had been desirous Of calling
him Blll. which II q comfortable name
and. 60 Dolores way OF thinking. Q pc
cullarly appropriate eognomen for
such a distinctly American young man.
A. mention Of tho beloved word he
glanced down at her pleasurably.
Thank yon." he said. -rm glad you
got around to II finally. Those that
love mo always call me BilL"
You called me Dolores"
4 move No make u unanimous I'm
q foe 20 formnlity."
second the molten. Bill No am J.
when I carr TO br-and In our case
your fortnality is spelling our comude
ship And now. with reference " the
extraordinary senor Webster
why. the poor old hor<s has been
down with ptomains poisoning. They
carried him on the train az 81 Louis
and stood him on his head and pumped
him out. and just did manage 60 cancel
his order for q new tombstone. lie
says he's feeding regularly again and
kas booked passaE. on la Estrsliita.
20 We cnn look for him on the next
steamer arriving
"oh. the poor fcllowI- Dolores mur-
mured-so feryently that Bliiy was On
the point Of hurting his heart at her
feet on the instant
The thousand dollars Webster had
cahlcd Bllly -for q road.s,sko- had
been dwindlins rapidly under the stlm.
ulus of one continGous opportunity To
spend the sane In = quarter where u
was calculated to bring the most Joy.
Mr.. Gcary was absolutely begged In
the quAgmirr of his nrst love AFFAIR.
but until his mining concession should
amply justify an avowal of his passion.
an Instructive sens. of the eternal ~.
ness of things reminded Billy of the
old proyerb that q closed mouth
catches no dies And In the meantime
tsuch IL the optimism % YOUTH he do
cidei there was no need for worry. for
when a gii calls q fellow Bill. when
she tells him he's q scout aud doesn't
care a Whc"? .c. say EoS;s;y sse-pl
hls-eannlha It's grrai
A wirrless from Webster warned
Biliy ~ the formers imminent arrival
Jus; before sunset nllly and poiores
riding along the Malecon. sighted q
blur - smoke far cut 20 s~a-a blur
tha; grcw and grew until they could
make out the graceful white hull - Ia
Esirrlllia before the swift ,rupie Night
Descended and the lights of the ereai
vessel shimmcr-d across the hartsor.
Too late 10 clear quarantine to-
night. Bllly mourned. Es 10 and To
lorcs rode hack 10 her hotel All tho
same. im going 20 borrow tho launch
o, my good trlrui Letter and his Jro
iesr Don Juan Cnfc,sro. and 50 out
10 the steamer tonight can h~aye TO
little Nay from the s;ramcE and usl.
cone the old HscAl. Anyho~-
Fortunately. eOod little Lsbsr ca
SEATED to Bnly's request. and Don Juan
Cafc,cro was sober enough 20 turn ths
engine over and run the launch. Frua
the dcck - the steamer Webster.
smoking bis post prandlai clear. caught
sight oi the laanchs rcd and gr~ea
s!ielIghs ohggging through the inky
hlackacss a. the little craft siii up
TO within q cables length q the s,s4sa-
cr and hove 20. something told Web
sier that H.liy Geary would sou -
paging him. lie edged over TO the
rail
That you. BlllT he shouted.
Hey Jack. old pal '- Blliy's delight.
ei voice ans~ rrci him
\ knew you'd come Buiy boy
Il knc~ you'd Guow Il, Johnny.
Can't come aboard. you kuuv. until the
ship clears but can lie OF here and
say hello, iIow Il your internal
mechAnlSm'"
Grand However. your query re-
minds inc hAvcar taken the mesilclnc
the doctor warned me to take after
meals for couple II Wccks Wait =
minute. Rlll, until SO to my s,ntrruos
and do my duty 10 nay stomach"
For ten minutes Rllly and pon .uAn
Caictcrp hoh,,cd about In the iaunch:
then a steuiorian voice shouted from
the steamer. Hey. you In the
launch. therr. Not so eiose. BACK
of"
Don Juan kicked the launch tack
nifty feet. THAT viii do!" the voice
called again
Hello" :" Billy SOllloquired. That's
Jack webster's voice Wonder what
he's up TO, thought he acted
s;ransely--prrferring medicine to the
the minute hailed hlm'-