The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-03-25

there; / told You then : might have
something to say about your Job later
on, and now I'm due to say It. hr.
Tolliver, Tn the power behind the
throne in this little Jim-crow country,
and to quote your own elegant phrase
ology, you, as American consul, are
nux vomica to the Sobrantean gov
eminent. Moreover, as soon as the
Sobrantean ambassador reaches Wash
ington, he's going to tell the president
that you are. and then the president
will be courteous enough to remove
you. In the meantime, fare thee well,
Mr.. Consul"
'But, Mr.. Webster"
'sVaya /"
Mr.. Tolliver, approaching the utter
futility of argument, bowed and de-
parted.
"Verily, life grows sweeter with each
passing day." Webster murmured
whimsically. "Rick, old man, / think
you had better escort the consul to
the front door. Your presence is nux
vomica to me also. See that you back
me up and dispose of that fellow Toll
liver, or you can't come to our we'd
ding-can he, sweetheartw
When Ricardo hed taken his depar-
ture John Stuart Webster looked up
quite seriously at his wife-to-be. "Can
you explain to me, Dolores" he asked,
''how It happened that your relatives
and your fathers old friends here In
Sobrante, whom you met shortly after
your arrival, never informed you that
Ricardo was lving7"
'They didn't know any more about
him than / did, and he left here as a
mere boy. He was scarcely acquainted
with his relatives, all Of whom bowed
quite submissively to the Sarros yoke.
Indeed, my fathers half-brother, An
tonic Ruey, actually accepted a port
folio under the Sarros regime and held
1t up to his death. Ricardo has q
wholesome contempt for his relatives.
and as for his fathers old friends,
none Of them knew anything about his
plans. Apparently his identity was
known only to the Earros intelligence
bureau, and It did not permit the infor-
nation to leak out"
Sunny mix up," he commented.
Sand by the way, where did you get
all the inside dope about Neddy Je-
rome2"
She laughed and related to him the
details of Neddy's perfidy.
"And you actually agreed to dellv-
er me, hog-tied and helpless, to that
old schemer, DolOres7"
''Why not, dear. loved you; al
ways meant to marry you. If you'd let
me; and $4,000 would have lasted me
for pin money long time"
swell, you and Neddy have both lost
out. Better send the old pelican cue
bic and wake him out Of his day
dream"
81 sent the cable yesterday. John
dear"
Extraordinary womanw
"Tve just received an answer. Ned
dy has spent nearly $50 telling me by
cable what a fine man you are and
how thankful l ought to be to the
good Lord for permitting you to marry
me-"
Dolores. you are perfectly amazing.
only proposed to you a minute ago."
II know you did, slow-poke, but that
is not your fault. You would have
proposed to me yesterday. only /
thought best not to disturb you until
you were a little stronger. This eve
ming, however, 1 made up my mind to
settle the matter, and so T."
"But suppose hadn't proposed to
you, after all2"
"Then, John, should have proposed
to you, fear"
"But you we're running an awful risk,
sending that telegram to Neddy Je-
rome"
She took one large red ear in each
little hand and shook his head loving
ly. "Silly," she whispered, "don't be
goose. knew you loved me; I
would have known II, even If Neddy
Jerome hadn't told me so. So /
played a safe game all the way
through, and oh, dear Caliph John, I'm
so happy could cry"
"God bless my widowed SOUL" John
Stuart Webster murmured helplessly.
The entire matter was quite beyond
his comprehension
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