The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-03-24

with him for the concession. The min
ing property you are about to devel-
Oh belongs to the people, not TO Sar-
ros; yet he has bartered IL away and
will divert the royalty to his own
pocket instead of the public treasury"
thurman What do you want me
10 do with all those munitions con-
signed to me?"
Arrange with Leber to keep them
there until you get ready TO build
YOUR road into the mine. / want them
sere when my American mercenaries
arrive In Buenaventura. BY the way
you are going to import these mer-
cenaries for me. They are American
miners and road builders in the en-
ploy of the Honda Mining & Develop
ment company, which is to be the
name of your enterprise. hope you'll
like the name. Webster. picked 1t
out myself"
You cool scoundrel You're max
ing CATS paw out Of me-"
"That is because you happen to he
so handy for my purpose You see
my plan do you not? I'm going TO
attack Buenaventura from within and
without. I'm going TO come down on
Sarros like wolf on the fold, and
the job Is scheduled for next Satur-
day night a week"
Look here, Rick. my boy, | have
no desire to mix In the politics of this
country"
"You have some desire, however, to
IA II: a
him.
"Well?"
I'm the only man that can help
you. BY the way. do not order your
machinery shipped until after | am
seated firmly on the throne of my IA
| hers
why's"
ITS been framed with Sarros t.
iet you spend your money on that con
| essIon and get the mine In running
rider: then fake suit. alleging an
error In the government. survey, win
| be filed. II will be claimed that the
concession given your friend, Geary.
Is. by virtue of erroneous government
surveys. the property of citizen of
Sobrante. The courts here do as Sar-
r"s tells them. You are to be Kicked
out. busted. and despairing. and your
nicely equipped little mine will be
taken over as government monopoly
and run for the benefit of the govern
| ment, to-wis Sarros and his satellites.
We had to cook up dirty deal like
that to save your life. OF course. now
| that | have warned you In time. you
| are safe. We schemed proposition.
however. that worked both ways. II
enabled us to save you and to save
us. by permitting the shipment, free
OF suspicion. of arms for the rebels
that are to attack the city from with
in. Naturally had to cache their
arms within the city--and that was
hard problem until You happened
| along. Thank you. fairy godfather"
my thanks are due you, Ricardo.
I'm for you. first, last. and all the
time, and against this SarrOs outfit.
BY the way, how do you purpose NOV
ing your machine gunsw
well have to carry them. guess"
well, I'll have small auto-truck
delivered In Buenaventura by that
time. You might arrange to armor
II with sheet STEEL and with a cou-
| pie of machine guns mounted in 1t,
and a crew OF resolute Americans be-
hind the machine guns. you could ca
per from one end of the city to the
other and clear a path for your In
fantry."
THANK you, my friend. III Dor
row the motor truck and arrange TO
-armor 1t. That's bully idea. Are
you bound for Buenaventura now?"
Webster nodded. "Then." Ricardo
suggested "Tll meet you in my room
at Ell Buen Amigo next Wednesday
night at IL and explain the details Of
my plans to you If you care to hear
them. think they're alright my
self. but somehow think I'd feel more
certain of them if'you approve them"
"T'll be there. Rick. and the day
you run that outlaw Sarros off the
grass you'll know why ! am for you"
"Good-by, old man. You will new
err know how grateful you have made
me-"
Ruey shook hands with Webster
and rode Off through the timber. leav-
ing John Stuart Webster to pursue
the even tenor of his way, until at
length he arrived once more in Bue-
naventura and sought accommodations
at the Hotel Mateo. And there as he
| entered the lobby and gazed through a
glass door across the patio and unto
the veranda. he saw that which dis
turbed him greatly. In big wicker
rocker Dolores Ruey sat, rocking gent
Iy and busily stitching on a piece OF
fancy work.
Billy Geary gone back to the Unit
ed States. and Dolores was still In
Buenaventura Amazing! Why,
what the devil did Billy mean by
letting her have her own way like
that2 or course, they hadn't been
married. or she would not now be out
there on the veranda. and. of course.
they hadn't quarreled. because that
was an impossibility. and, of course,