The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-11-11


tai of Sobrante. Billy Geary, i'll and pen
niless. Is living on the charity of Mother
jerks" keeper of dramshop. She re-
ceives cablegram from Dolores, telling
Of her coming.
CHAPTER V.-Dolores' father, Ricardo
killed in a revolution led by Sarros, the
present executive. Dolores, child of
eight. was struggled out of the country
by Mother jerks and supported by her
ashamed of her occupation and habits Of
life. fears to meet Dolores and sends
Geary to the boat to say she has gone
to the United States
Chapter vi Continued)
"What's human life to a doctor?
Besides, he's on the slush-fund pay
roll and does whatever the higherups
tell him. You be guided by what tell
you. Miss Ruey, and do not set foot
on Sobrantean soil. If you stay
aboard La Estrellita, you'll have your
nice clean stateroom, your we'll
cooked meals. your bath, and the at
tentiOns Of the stewardess. The steam
er will be loaded In two days; then
you 60 back to New Orleans. and by
the time you arrive there I'll have
been in communication by cable with
Mother Jenks-I mean"
Mother whOT Dolores demanded.
"A mere slip Of the tongue, Miss
Ruey. I was thinking Of my landlady.
I meant Mrs. wilkins"
"I'm SO awfully obliged to you, Mr.
Geary. You're so kind, I'm sure I'd
be a most ungrateful girl not to be
guided by you accordingly. You
wouldn't risk any friend of yours In
this terrible place, would you, Mr..
Geary"
"Indeed. I would not. BY permitting
anybody thought anything Of to come
to this city, I should feel guilty Of
murder"
"Tm sure you would, Mr.. Geary.
Nevertheless. there is one point that Is
not quite clear In my mind. and / wish
you'd explain"
Command me. Miss Ruey."
IF this is such frightful place,
why are you so anxious. IL l may en-
ploy such language. to hornsw0ggle
your dearest friend, Mr.. John s. Web
ster, into coming down here? Do you
want to kill him and get his money
or whatr
Bllly's face famed at thought of the
embarrassing trap his glib tongue had
led him into. He cursed himself for
a star-spangled jackass. and while he
was engaged In this interesting pas
time Dolores spoke again.
"And by the way. which is 1t? Miss
wilkins or Mrs? You've called her
both, and when I reminded you she
was a Miss, you agreed with me,
whereas she is nothing of the sort.
She's Mrs. Then you blurted out
something about Mother jerks. and
finally, Mr.. Geary 1t occurs to me that
for complete stranger you are I'M
duly interested in my welfare. I'm
not such a goose as to assimilate your
weird tales of death from disease. 1t
occurs to me that If your friend John
S. Webster can risk Buenaventura,
can also"
"You-you know that old tarantu-
lap Billy gasped. "Why II came
out to warn him off the grass. too"
Dolores walked a step closer to Billy
and eyed him disapprovingly. I'm so
sorry l can't believe that statement"
she replied. at happens that l was
standing by the companion-ladder
when You came aboard and spoke to
the purser; when you asked him If Mr.
Webster was aboard. your face was
alight with eagerness and anticipation,
but when you had reason to believe he
was not aboard, you looked so terribly
disappointed felt sorry for you.
I'm going ashore, If it's the last act
Of my life, and wlen get there I'm
going to interview the cable agent !;
then I'm going to call at the steam
ship Office and scan the passenger list
OF the last three north-bound steam
ers. and IL do not find Henrietta Will
kins' name on one of those passenger
lists I'm going up to Gale de Con-
cOrdia No. 10"
II surrender Internationally"
grOaned Billy. I'm a liar from be-
ginning to end. I overlooked my hand.
beg of you to believe me, however,
when I tell you that l only told you
those whoppers because l. was in
honor bound to tell them. Personally,
l don't want You to go away--at least.
not until I'm ready to go away, too
Miss Ruey, my nose is in the dust.
There Is fever in my brain and a
misery In my heart"
And contrltion In your face" she
interrupted him laughingly. you're
forgiven, Mr.. Geary = on one condi-
tlon."
Name It." he answered.
TELL me everything from beginning
to end"
So Billy told her. ST would much
rather have been visited with plague
of boils. like our old friend, the late
Job. than have to tell you this, Miss
Ruey," he concluded his recital. MAN
proposes, but God disposes, and you're
here and bound to learn the truth
sooner or later. Mother isn't a lady
and she knows It. but take 1t from
me. Miss SRuey. she's q grand Ole
rNlassa Af Chat.