Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-01-26

NtAis INV uiu you pass your uTSA
night In BuenaventuraT' she inquired.
In the manufacture OF breakfast con-
verSation.
"Not very well. Jiggers BIT me and
woke me up and finally / fell into a
trance and had visiOn-about you.
After that couldn't go TO sleep again.
! was fairly Bursting 20 see yoI at
breakfast and read your palm. I've
just discovered wonderful system"
"Show me-" she flashed back at
him and she extended her little hand.
lie picked II up gravely and with the
dull tine OF a fork made a great show
of tracing the lines on her palm.
"You are about twenty-four years
old. and your ancestors were pure-bred
Castilians who came from Madrid.
crossing the Atlantic I'm caravels. Ever
since the first Ruey landed on this
coast the family, has been Identified
with the government OF the country in
one way or another. When you were
quite a little girl. your father, Don
Ricardo Ruey. az that time president
OF SObrante. failed TO suppress a revo-
luton and was cornered IN the govern
ment palace. which was set afire.
Through the bravery and devotion
OF a cOckney gentleman. Colonel Henry
jerks. an artillery officer In your
fathers army you were saved from
perishing In the burning palace. Col
oael jerks turned you over TO his
spouse. now known as Mother jerks.
with instructions 10 raise you a lydy,
and Mother jerks has carried out
those instructions. Colonel jerks and
your father were executed. and Mother
jerks sent you 10 the Ualted States
10 be educated. You had a brother.
Ricardo Luis Ruey. older than your
self by seven or eight years should
Judge. In some mysterious manner
you and your brother lost track of
each other. and at the present moment
he believes you persisted In the flames
that Quilted the government palace.
"You are OF a proud. Independent ma
ture: you work at something for liv-
ing. and inasmuch as you haven't been
able 10 set aside a great deal of mon
ey from your earnings. you are plan
ming 20 terminate your visit to your
native land at an early date and re-
turn TO the United States for the pur-
pose Of getting back 10 work. These
plans. however. will never be con-
suinmated.
"whyg Because you are 20 be mar
RED 20 a nice man and live happily
ever afterward. and about sixty days
from now. II all goes well. I. John s.
Webster. am going 10 introduce you to
your long-lOst brother Ricardo. You
win first see Ricardo riding at the
head OF his victorious rebel troops as
he enters Buenaventura. He will be
the next president Of this wretched
country, AZ. fortunately, he Is not killed
In the revolution he is now fomenting
against his fathers ancient enemy.
Your brother does not know you are
living and IL will be a proud and hap
DIV day for me when 1 bring him to
you. In the interim. what do you pur-
pose having for breakfast Ham and
eggs sunny side up. an Omelette or a
cerealT'
He released ner hand and favored
her with the boyish grin that always
had the effect Of stripping the years
from hiEn as one strips the husk from
a ripe ear OF corn. She was gazing AZ
him I'm wide-eyed amEzcment.
us my brother really aslve?
"He was as late as uAidnight last
night. DO you recall the chap saved
from being assassinated Ia New Or
leansT"
Yes"
"Your worthy brother. AID do you
recall the chauffeur whose passage to
this port was forced to payf'
yes"
The same individual sent him
ashore In the launch with Billy, and he
has been housed at Fl Buen Amigo,
but left early this morning for the
back country TO open a recruiting Of
fee"
She reached across the little table
and squeezed his big brown hand Inn
pulsively. You're the most wonderful
man / ever knew. AID does my poor
nENAntE hu0N aAu AAfAAAs @AAs W.
sterT'
"No-and I'm not going to tell him.
I think Il will be much nicer TO re-
store you 70 each other on the steps
OF the government palace on the day
when the Ruey faction comes into its
own again. That will make his victory
all the sweeter. By the way. where
was Ricardo when your fathers ship
OF state went on the rocksT
eat school In a military academy In
Kentucky"
ct is a marvellous mix-up. which RI
cardO can doubtless explain. Miss
Ruey. / know he believes his sister
persisted with her father. Mother
jerks didn't know where he was and
couldn't communicate with him--and
there you are. However. little old
Jack Fix-it will bring you together
again in due course. In the interim.
how about those eggsf Straight up
-Or flip emf"
She haamed across at him. "We are