Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-04-22

inders at once.
"And when 1 was feeling tip-top
once more I'd wire old John Stuart
Webster and tell him so, after which
I'd stand by for cable from the said
sOurdOugh inviting me to return and
take up my labOrs."
Bllly's wan yellow face lighted up
like sunrise on the desert. II guess
that plans kind of poor" he an
nounced feelingly. you're right
Jack I'm in rotten condition and
ought to be right before | start Still,
If should arrange to get married be-
fore l leave. I'd like mighty we'll to
have good man and true see me
safely over the hurdles"
"That's nice, son, but haven't time
to be your best man. Arranging the
honeymoon lets me out, Bill. I'm In
hurry to finish here and get back,
so the sooner we both start our pros
pective jobs the sooner We'll finish
Have a quiet little marriage, Bill,
without any fuss or feathers or voices
breathing DER Eden. What are the
odds, provided you get hltched prop
erly? Besides, I'm in mortal dread OF
that town of Buenaventura, The sew
er system is bad; it's rotten with fe-
yer; and you'd better get that girl
out of it p. d. O., and the quicker the
better. Myself, l prefer to stay up
here in these mountains in a tenn
perate climate where there are no
mosquitoes"
Billy saw that Webster was serious
and would resent any Interference in
his plans. "All right Jack" he as
scented. you're the boss"
"Fine Now, Bill, you listen to ia
Their and be guided accordingly. When
you get to Buenayentura wire the
Bingham Engineering company of
Denver using my name, and tell them
to add to my order given them last
month and held for shipping direc-
tiOns, - dozen picks u dozen shov-
els, - dozen mattOcks, say six dozen
axes, brush knives, big road pillow,
and whatever other things you happen
to think of and which would come in
handy when building our road. Also,
when you get to New Orleans buy IA
stanch three-tOn motor truck. Wen
need it for getting in supplies from
San Miguel de Padua. Pay for the
truck also, and if you go broke and
cannot reach me by cable, wire Ned
dy Jerome at the Engineers club in
Denver and kick his eye out in my
honOred name.
81 guess that's about all Of your
lob, Bill. AS for me, I'll camp right
here. I'll have a deal of surveying
to do and | plan to sweat the booze
out of that Cafferty person. I'll
make Don Juan my chain man and
run the tail off him. Then I'll be
busy with preliminary plans, arrang-
ing for labor and so on, and when
I'm idle I'll go hunting"
In conformity with this plan, there
fore. Billy said gOod-by to his friend
and packed out for San Miguel de
Padua bright and early next morn
ing. During the following ten days
Webster managed to keep himself
fairly busy around the camp at the
mine; then for a week he hunted and
fished, and finally, when that began
to pail on him, his agile mind re-
turned to business and the considera-
tiOn of the possibility of a flaw In
Bllly's title to the claim whereupon
he suddenly decided to return to Bue-
naventura and investigate that title
fully before proceeding to throw dol
lars right and left.
At the head of his little cavalcade,
therefore, he rode out one morning
for the railroad, whereat providence,
in its nscrutable wisdom, ordained
that en- route he should fall in with
no less a parsonage than Don Ricardo
Luiz Ruey, ne Andrew Bowers. Ri