The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-05-05

lit feels like hell, sor."
"Caliph, don't be cruel" Dolores
pleaded. "Call a waiter and give Don
Juan what you promised him."
So Webster went into the hotel bar
and returned presently with bottle
OF brandy and glass. which he filed
and held out toward Don Juan. zone I
or the paradoxes Of existence, Don
JUAN" he observed, "lies In the fact
that so many Of the things In life that
are good for us are bad for us. This
Jolt Will disperse the menagerie and
quiet your nerves, but nevertheless 1t
Is nail In your cofiin."
Webster, accompanied by his pro-
tege, strolled uptown on shopping
tour. Here he outfitted Don Juan
neatly but not gaudily and added to
his own personal effects two high
power sporting rifles, three large-cal-
iber automatic pistols. and a plen-
tiful supply of ammunition-after
which he returned to the hotel, first
having conducted Don Juan to bar
ber shop and given him instructions
to report for orders and his midday
drink the instant he should have &C
quired the outward evidences Of re-
spectability.
At the hotel Webster found two
messages awaiting him. One was from
Billy Geary, up at San Miguel de Pad
'la, advising him that everything was
in readiness for trip to the mine;
the other was a note from Ricardo
lucy, but signed with his alias Of
Andrew Bowers. Webster read:
"Dear Friend:
"A certain higher-up has been con-
vinced that 1T would be extremely in
ivisable to eliminate you now. It
] rs been pointed out to this person
lat you are prom. cit. up i'm your
hack Of the woods and dangerous to
Onkey with-personally and because
!ch mOnkeying may lead to unpleas.
;nt complications with your paternal
''vernment. A far more artistic and
Elective way Of raising hell with you
Is been suggested to this higher-up
idividual, and he has accepted it. In
nced, the plan pleased him so much
that he laughed quite heartily. Real
", 1t is quite diabOlical, but remem-
er, he who laughs last laughs best
nd I'm the villaii In this sketch.
Barring accidents. my dear Web
ter, you are good for at least six
weeks of existence. Beyond that l
care not guarantee you.
"Thine,
ANDREW BOWERS"
"That makes 1t nice" the recipient
of this comforting communication So
10
packed duffle bag with such belong
ings as he would find necessary dur
ing prolonged stay in the mountains.
and at luncheon was fortunate enough
to find Dolores in the dining room
when he entered.
I'm going up to San Miguel de Pad
ua this afternoon" he announced as
he took his seat. A look of extreme
anxiety clouded her lovely face. and
he noticed 1t. "Oh, there's 10 risk"
he fastened to assure her. '"That
scamp of brother of yours through
his friends In high places, has man
age' to <et p,e a reprievc." He hand
ed her Ricardo's letter
She looked up, much relieved, from
her pcruSal. And how long do you
expect to he gone. Caliph2"
Quite while. III be- busy around
LAT drafted concession for a couple
OF weeks. surveying and assaying and
what-all; then, while waiting for our
machinery and supplies to arrive from
the United States. shall devote my
spare time to hunting and fishing and
reforming Don Juan Cafetero. The
cool hills for-mine."
"Wha: selfish. unsociable pro-
grant" she reflected. 81 wOnder II
1t will occur to him to come down
here once in n while and take me for
a drive on the Malecon and talk to
me to keep ME from dying of ennui
before ] meet Ricardo. I'll wait and
see II he suggests It,"
However. for reasons best known to
himself and the reader. Mr.. Webster
made no such interesting suggestion;
so she decided that while he was tre-
mendously nice. he was. nevertheless,
a very queer man and thoroughly ex-
asperating.
Just before the train pulled out
John Stuart Webster took Dolores
hand. "GoOd-by, Seeress." he said
very soberly. 1.-The trail forks here
for the first time-possibly the last.
although I'll try to be on hand to
make good on my promise to present
you to your brother the day he oc-
cupies the palace. However, II
shouldn't be In town that day. just
go up and introduce yourself to him.
It's been wonderful to have met you
and known you, even for such a brief
period. I shall never forget you and
the remarkable "a hours just passed."
'"I shall not soon forget them my
self. Caliph-nor you," she added.
Haven't you been a busy little cup
OF ten. Caliph! Within "a hours after
landing, you have changed your mind
three times, lost the best job In the
world, had your fortune told, been
marked for slaughter. acquired q new
found friend and commenced actively
and with extraordinarily good results
the work Of reforming him, soused a