The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-24

weegs ago when I was sick and per
nlles~ AMI despnring the possessor o
concession on fortune. but with
out centavo In my pockets to buy
banana. when ! was q veritable beach
comber and existing on the charity o.
Mother jerks, ] managed finally d
communicate with old Jack and told
him where ] was and what I had
There's his answer Miss Ruey. anC
I'm not ashamed 10 say that when
got II | cried like kid" And Billy
handed her John Stuart webster's re
markable cablegram. the receipt o
which had, for Billy Geary. trans
formed night into day. purgatory int.
! paradise Dolores read il.
mo wonder you love him." she de
clared and added artlessly: "Hii
| wife must simply adore him"
"'He has no wife to bother his life
so he paddles his own canoe" Billy
recited ~ don't believe the old sour
dough has ever been in love with any
thing more charming than the goddess
of fortune. He's womanproof."
about Mrs. jerks" Dolores contin-
ued, abruptly changing the subject.
How nice 10 reflect that after she
had trusted YOU and believed in you
when you were pennlless, you were
enabled to justify her faith"
"You betw Billy declared. II feel
that | can never possibly hope 10
catch even with the old Samaritan,
although | did try to show her how
much | appreciated her.
II dare say you went right out and
bought her an impossible hat" Dolores
challenged roguishly
mo, | didn't. for a very sufficient
reason. Down here the ladies do not
wear hats. But III tell you what did
buy her, Miss Ruey-and oh. by
George, I'm glad now | did It, She'll
wear them tomorrow when bring her
to see you. | bought her new black
silk dress and an old-lace collar, and
gold breast pin and a tortoise shell
hair comb and hired an open carriage
and took her for an evening ride on
the Malecon to listen to the band con-
cert"
did she like that?"
"She ate 1t up" Billy declared with
conviction. ~ think It was her first
adventure In democracy"
Billy's pulse was still far from nor
nal when he reached El Buen Amigo,
for ne was infused with a strange,
new-found warmth that burned like
malarial fever, but wasn't. He wasted
no preliminaries on Mother jerks, but
bluntly acquainted her with the facts
In the case
Mother jerks eyed him a moment
wildly Cords truth" she gasped;
she reached for her favorite elixir, but
Billy got the bottle first.
Nothing doing" he warned this
strange publican. Mother, you're
'unking it-and what would your
salnted Emery say to that? Do you
want that angel to kiss you and get a
~hiff of this brandy?"
Mother jerks eyes actually popped.
Cor, Willle.H she gasped, "aven't III |
old We she's lydy Me kiss the lamb
HI trust, Mr.. Geary, as 'ow | knows
ny place an can keep IT,"
Yes. know" Billy soothed the
frightened old woman. "but the trouble
Miss Dolores doesn't know hers |
md something tells me If She does.
he'll forget 1t. She'll take you In hen
rms and kiss you. sure as death and |
axes"
And she did my lamb. my lamb"
obbed Mother jerks the next MORN
ng, and rested her old check. with It's
hue close to the rose
inted ivory cheek of her ward. Me
-wot | am-an' to think"
You're sweet old dear" Dolores
whispered, patting the gray head:
and I'm going to call you Mother"
Mr., William II. Geary," the girl
that night. II know now why
our friend, Mr.. Webster. sent that
ahlegram. ! think you're a scout
DO"
For reasons best known to himself
IT. Geary hlushed furiously. I'D
etter go and break the news to Moth.
r, he suggested namely. She held
ut her hand; and Billy. having been
ing enough in Sobrante to have ac-
ulred the habit, bent his malarial
erson over that hand and kissed II.
* he went out II occurred to him
nat had the lobby of the Hotel Ma
20 been paved with eggs he must
ave hoated over them like a wrath.
light did he feel within. |;