Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-04-15
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gence IN liquor, that tnere Is a plot 10
assassInate him. Webster makes a firm
friend Of Cafferty. Later, the American
is insulted by Sobrantean army officer
and publicly rldlcules him. A challenge
20 a duel Is accepted under such stern
conditions that the sobranteans with
draw 1t.
CHAPTER xi.-we6ster secretly visits
Andrew Bowers" at Mother jerks. He
learns that Bowers" is Ricardo Ruey,
son OF the assassnated president, brother
of Dolores Whom he believes dead, and
that a revolution is contemplated. Next
morning he tells Dolores that her brother,
of whom she has no recollection, is in
the country projecting the overthrow Of
President Sarros. Very much In love
with the girl but believing that her af-
fecton has been bestowed on Geary
Webster leaves to investigate the mine
which he has come to finance.
she was very serious now, ror oy ner
medding she had, she realized, so ar
ranged matters that at a time when
John Stuart Webster's very life de-
pended upon his immediate departure
from Buenaventura, he was planning
tn stay and face the music, just to be
obstinate. "You must reconsider your
decision to remain in this country"
she insisted "Your life may be the
price of liberty of action, you know.
Isn't Billy capable OF developing the
mine after you advance the cashT
II wouldn't advance him cent for
his mine until l had investigated it
myself"
"Then you should make some ar
rangements to safeguard yourself
while making the investigation, and
leave Sobrante Immediately thereafter.
Isn't that a sensible proposition"
"Very-if / felt like leaving So
brante. But do not. If that mining
concession is a potential winner, I'll
have to stick around and make win
ner out of 1t before l go away and
leave Bill in charge. Besides, I'm wor-
ried about Bill. He's full Of malarial
fever, and last night | got thinking
about him and decided to send him
back to the Colorado mountains for a
few months. | want some regular doc
tors to work on Bill so he'll be fit when
he gets back on the job
AS a matter Of fact. this idea of send
ing Billy to the United States had but
that moment occurred to Jack Web
Ster; he reflected now that this plan
was little short of an inspiration. 1t
would give Billy and Dolores an OPP
pOrtunity to marry and have honey
moon; it would leave him free of her
disturbing presence, and enable him TO
leave SObrante when the Gearys should
return. He resolved to speak to Billy
about it.
Dolores voice broke in upon his cum
ming reflections. But Billy tells me
you already have a fortune sufficient
for the needs of a caliph without a
court. Why risk your precious life to
acquire more? Money isn't everything
in life
mo, but the game is"
"What game? Mning"
1.-THE game of life"
but this is the game of death"
(Which makes life all the sweeter
if can beat the game. Perhaps | can
better illustrate my point of view with
story. Some years ago | was sent
10 Arizona to examine a mining prop
erty and report upon it; if | advised
its purchase, my principals were pre-
pared to buy at my valuation. We'll
when arrived, found a miserable
Shanty close to shaft and dump, and
IN the Shanty found a weather-beat
en- couple. The woman was probably
forty but looked fifty. The man had
never been anything but a hardrock
.."r-Sl day had been the limit OF
his earnings in any one day until he
stumbled on some float, traced it up,
and located the claims l was there to
examine and try to buy.
Ills wife had been a miners daugh-
Ter, knowing nothing but drudgery and
poverty and continuing that existence
after marriage. For 20 years she had
been darning her husbands socks,
washing his clothes, and cooking his
meals. Even after they uncovered the
ledge, 1t wasn't worth any more than
the country rock to them unless they
could sell 1t, because the man had
neither the money nor the ability to
develop it himself. He even lacked
the ability to sell It, because 1t re-
quires real ability to unload any kind
Of a mine for $1,OO0,000, and real
nerve on the part of the man who
buys. / examined the mine. decided
it was cheap at $1,OO0,OO0 and so re-
ported to my principals. They wired
me to close, and so l took a 6O-day
option in order to verify the title.
swell, time passed, and one bright
day 1 rode up to that shanty with a
deed and a certified check for $1,000
900 In my pocket; whereupon l dis
covered the woman had had a change
Of heart and bucked over the traces
No, street She would not sign tibet
there deed-and inasmuch as the claim
was community property, her sigma
ture was vitality necessary. She asked
me 80 many questions, however. as to