Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-01-21

question"
"Ask 1t now"
aAre you a SObranteanT
sI was born In this country and
raised here until / was fourteen"
@But you're-why, hang 1t, You're
not a LatinT"
"No. I'm a mixture, with Latin pre-
dominating. My forebears were pure
CastiIians from Madrid, and crossed
the Western ocean in caravels. It's
been a matter of pride with the house
of Ruey to keep the breed pure, but
despite all precautions, the family tree
has been grated once with a Scotch
thistle. twice with the lily of France
and once with the shamrock OF Ire
land. My mother was an Irish woman.
"You abb yourself perfectly, Ricar'
do, and my curiosity Is appeased. Per-
NIT me to continue my tale" he added
In Spanish, and forthwith he related
with humorous detail his adventure az
the gangplank of the steamer that had
borne him AID Ricardo Ruey south.
Ricardo interrupted him. I'VE know
all about that, friend Webster, and we
knew the two delightful gentlemen had
been told off to get yOu-unOff1ciaily
The Sobrantean revolutionary Junta
has Headquarters in New Orleans. i
Is composed Of political exiles, Tor
Sarros, the present dictator Of So
brante, rnles with an iron hand, ana
has a cute little habit of railrOading
his enemies to the cemetery via the
treason charge and the firing squad.
He killed my father, who was the
best president this benighted country
ever had, and consider 1t my Chris
tian duty to avenge my father and
patriotic duty to take up the task ne
left uafinlshed-the task of making
over my country.
"In Sobrante, as in most Of the coun-
tries In Central America, there are
two distinct classes of people-the
aristocrats and peons-and the aristo-
crat fattens on the peon, as he has
had habit of doing since Adam. We
haven't any middle class to stand as
a buffer between the two-which
makes it sad proposition. My father
was an idealist and dreamer and he
dreamed of reform in government and
solution of the agrarian problem
which confronts all Latin-America. He
trusted one Pablo Sarros, an educated
peon. who had commanded the gov
eminent forces under the regime my
father overthrow. My tender-hearted
parent discovered that Sarros was
plotting to overthrow him; but instead
of having him shot, he merely removed
him from command. Sarros gathered
a handful Of bandits, Joined the old
government forces my father had con-
quered, hired couple dozen Yankee
artillerymel and-he won out. My
father was captured and executed; the
palace was burned, and my sister per-
ished In the flames. I'm here to pay
off the score"
"A worthy ambition So you organ
lied the revolutionary 5unta In New
Orleans. eh7'
Ricardo nodded. "Word of 1t reached
Sarros, and he sent his brother Raoul,
chief Of the intelligence bureau, to In
vestigate and report. As fast as he
reported, Colonel Caraveo reported to
me. My fathers so7 possesses a name
to conjure with. Consequently it was
to the interest of the Sarros admins
tration that 1 be eliminated. They
watched every boat; hence my scheme
for eluding their vigilance-which,
thanks to you. worked like a charm.
But" Webster complained, "I'm not
sitting in the game at all, and yet I'm
caught between the upper and neither
millstones."
"That is easy to explain. You inter-
fered that morning in Jackson square
then Raonl SarrOs met you going
aboard the steamer for Buenaventura
and you manhandled him, and natural
ly, putting two and two together, he
has concluded that you are not only
his personal enemy but also a friend
and protector Of mine and consequent
ly an enemy Of the state"
Sand as a consequence I'm marked
for slaughter%
ut would be well, my friend" Doc
tor Pacheco suggested, ''to return to
the United States until after Ricardo
and his friends have eliminated your
Nemesis"
"How soon win that happy event
transpire?"
in about sixty days we hope to be
ready to strike, Mr.. Webster"
Colonel CaraveO cleared his throat
Il understand from Ricardo that von
and another American are interested
in mining concession, Mr.. Webster. y
4 Webster nodded.
is this concession from private
landhOlder or did your friend secure
1t from the Sarros governments"
From the government. We nav ten
per cent. royalty. on ninety-nine-year
lease. and that's all know about IT.
l have never seen the property. and
my object in coming was to examine It
and, If satisfied, finance the project"
III you will return IN Won. ho4oy