The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-02-10
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\ lowed by the sudden. savage outbreak
OF fire when the guards made their
dash from the palace, brought Web
ster and Don Juan to mind Instantly
ina quick accesssbf terror and appre-
hensi0n she chung, trembling; ito stolid
Y old Mother jerks. Il. !s@ III
\ Somebody's breakin' In OF breakin'
out" the veteran decided calmly.
. Come to the corner, dearie,s an ave
d look. 's IS e I: 81 y .3sa
IL. She half dragged Dolores to the cor;
ner, from which they had an unob-
structed view down the cross-street
TO it's intersec tion three blocks distant
/ with THE Gale San Rosario; conse-5
quently they saw the dozen or more
survivors Of that Inflated dash from
4 the north gate Of the palace flash for
'sacond across fleir lille 81 81 vision
Mother jerks croaked dismally, like.
a disreputable old raven; she was try
\ ing to cheer. x n ;s35
~, 'S '''The rats are leavin' the sinkin''
ship she wheezed. ''Come AN see
them tyke the devils as killed my
sainted, Emery She broke eagerly
from Dolores OBTAINING grasp and ran
down the street. Dolores hesitated a
\ moment; then, reasoning that her duty
lay III pursuing Mother jerks and
preventing her from rushing headlong
3 into the conflict, she followed. 4: I,
Evidently the fleeing guards had
scurried around a corner into q cross,
street shortly after Dolores and Moth
er. jerks had seen them ghllop past,
for the firing down the Gale San Ro-
sario had ceased entirely by the time
they reached 1t. They stood moment
at the corner, gazing up the street at
i the dead-man and beast--with the
4 wounded crawling out Of the shambles
to the sidewalk. y = b u M. =. :. +.
Mother jerks nodded approyingly as
triumphant shouts from the north gate
told her the Ruey men were pouring
into the palace; with their arms about
! each other the two; women watched
and walted-and presently the nation
al flag on the palace came futterins
down from its staff. to be raised again
with the red banner of revolution flut-
tering above It, the insignia of q ma
Z ton reborn. go:
'safy lamb" Mother jerks said soft
" to Dolores; "the war is over. Wot's
the matter with goin' in the south gate
4 an wytin' on the palace steps for the,
provisional president to make his
grand ountray? If we estate five
minutes they'll have a bloomin' guard
on both gates, arskin' us 90 we are
an wot we want" II. f.. y ~ <s
.sBut Mr.. Webster will come back
] to that back street looking for me;
Z must 60 back and walt there for
him." u y, ID
.Wyte. nothinkl" Mother jerks
overruled the girls protest roughly.
"'E'll ave gone into the palace with
the crowd for a slook-see; we'll meet
I'm there an syve i'm the trouble o
'untfn' for us. Come !" And she half
dragged the shrinking girl toward the
gate, a block distant, where only a
few minutes before Webster and Don
Juan Cafetero had made their inef-
fectual stand. ,g
"Don't look at the blighters, honey"
Mother jerks warned Dolores when,
in approaching the gate, she caught
sight Of the bodies strewed in front
of it. "My word! Regular bally mess
IAN all spiggotiesl Cawn't be. Must
ave been some white meat on this
bird, as my sainted Emery ulster s'y.
Hah Thought SO! There's a red.
headed 'un Gawd's truth! An e
done all at-Gor' strike me pink
It's Don Juan CafeterO."
Mother jerks stepped over the CORY
corpses ringed around Don Juan and
knelt beside him. Don Juan y she
cried. "You bally, interferin' blighter,
you've gone an got I'll"
She ran her strong old arms under
his dripping body. lifted him and laid