The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-03-11


practically alone In the worid--at
least you were when Bill met you
and fell In love with you--and know
that boy so well was convinced, aft.
er meeting you. that his future happI-
ness and yours would best be con-
served II you married him. ! realize
this Is most unusual conversa-
ton"
"Qulte to be expected Of an unusual
man, Caliph. And do not think you
were one bit presumptuous. II was
wonderfully dear of you. and I am
profoundly grateful that Billy and l
have such true, unselfish friend.
whose first thought Is for our happi-
ness. or course, you realize how bad
felt to think couldn't accede to
Billy's plan. Billy's such dear, 1t
quite broke my heart to dlsappoint
him. but little temporary unhappi-
ness will not ruin Billy, will it7 II
makes me feel blue to talk about 1t.
Caliph."
"Not at all. not at all. Miss Ruey.
Bill is one of the impulslve. whirl-
wind kind, up In the clouds today
and down In the slough of despond
tomorrow. He'll survive the shock.
However. I'm glad to know everything
will come out all right. Seeing you
here gave me a momentary chill
thought cog had slipped somewhere.
so helped myself to Cupids license
and asked. A man cannot learn very
much from woman unless he asks
questions, can hef I mean on the sub
ject Of love-"
She smiled little. wistful, knowing
smile. "No, Caliph," she answered Sc
riously, somehow the Master Of
Things ordained that on the subject
Of love man must do all the talking"
"Yes, but on the other hand, wom-
an has the last word-as usual. How
ever. the only thing In your case and
Billy's that worries me Is the thought
that since Bill left his magnet behind
he will be drawn back here before he
Is In the kind of shape, physically,
that l want him to be In before he
relieves me on the job so / can go
away"
do not worry on that point. Ca
liph. / am your ally there; between
us both think we can manage him."
"Fine business And with those
few kind words we'll dismiss William
until you care to talk about him again.
although II you're as deep in love as
Bill you'll not stay Off the subject
very long. Hope you haven't been
into mischief"
"I haven't been idle. I've made sew
eral dresses for Mother jerks and
done q lot of fancy work and begun
the study of my mother tongue. IL
my brother should become president
of this country, It would III become his
sister not to be able to speak Spanish.
By the way, BILLY told M. you were
going to remain up In th~ hills quite
while yet. What brought you back
to town so soon?"
Expected I'd have some freight ar
rivlng shortly"
"How long will you remain In Bue-
naventura"
Considering the fact that he was
no longer subject TO temptation. since
the object of his temptation was now
definitely promised to his friend. Bill
ly, Webster suddenly decided to re-
main until the political atmosphere
should be cleared. although prior to
his conversation with Dolores he had
cherished a definite plan to go back
to the hills within 4S hours.
"Pm going back" he replied sober
ly, "after l have kept my promise
and introduced you to your brother
In the government palace. II ! can
not Introduce him to you there, the IT,
tie to our mining concession will be
cIouded, in which event 1t will not be
necessary for Billy or myself to fuss
with It further"
He related to her the Information
cleaned from her brother two days
previously.
"It's no use for an individual to
fight government despot in courts
controlled by the latter" he conclud-
ed. "Your brother must win and de-
pose the Sarros; then with the title
to the property certified by the gov
ernment as without flaw, / may dare
to spend $4,000 developing It."
"And II my brother doesn't winr
II may never have an opportunity
to present you to him. We mustn't
be squeamish about this matter, Miss
Ruey. II Ricardo doesn't turn the
trick, he may go the way Of his ia
ther, unless he can manage to get out
of tie country"
She was silent, digesting this grim
alternative. "As understand II, then,
CalIph. Ricardo hopes to win his rev.
olution when he strikes the first blow"
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