Cheyenne record., 1921-05-19

with his northern viewpoint "pp.
ed bis patriotic task with gayer, ~
Moot M with contempt. And when Weo-
ster recalled that the about.to-be-porn
nrov,sIonal government had casually
borrowed from him the sum OF io,s
thousand dollars In order to turn tne
trick-borrowing 1t, forsooth. In mucn
the same spirit as commuter ooaru-
ing his train without the necessary
fare halls neighbor and borro"s ten
cents-his natural optimism asserteu
itself and he chuckled as In fancy ne
heard himself telling the story to Ned
DIV Jerome and being branded iial
for bis pains.
swell, I've had one comfort ever
since 1 first saw that girl" he re-
fiected phIlosophically "While ive
never been so unhappy In all my iiie
before, or had to tear my soul OUT py
the roots so often, things have Deen
coming my way so fast from other ui'
rections that l haven't had much op.
portunity to dwell on the matter. Ana
for these compensating ohsets' soou
Lord, thank Thee"
He was John Stuart Webster again
when Dolores saw him next; during
the succeeding days his mood Oh
cheerfulness and devil-may-care lnoii-
ference never left him. And through
out that period of marking time Do-
lores was much In his society, con-
dition which he told himself was not
to his liking but which. nevertheless
he could not obvIate without seeming
Indifferent to her happiness. And 10
permit his friends fiancee to languish
In loneliness and heart-break did not
appear to John Stuart Webster as the
part of true friend or a courtly gen.
tleman-and he remembered that sne
had once called him that.
They rode together in the cool of the
morning; they drove together on the
Malecon In the cool Of the evening !;
chaperoned by Don Juan Cafetero and
a grinning Sobrnntean, they went shark
fishing in Leber's launch; they played
domInoes together; they discussed,
throughout the long. lazy. quiet after
moons, when the remainder OF their
world retired for the siesta. books. art,
men, women. and things.
And not once. throughout two weeks
Of camaraderie, did the heart-racked
Webster forget for a single instant
that he was the new friend. destined
to become the old friend; never. to
the girls watchful eyes, did he be-
tray the slightest disposition to estab'
lIsh their friendly relations on q closer
basis.
Thus did the arrival Of Tho Day
fnd them. Toward sunset they rode
out together along the bay shore and
noted far out to sea the smear Of
smoke that marked the approach Of
La Estrellita-on schedule time.
"You will 60 aboard her tonight"
Webster said very quietly to Dolores
"And you1"
II shall 90 aboard with you. have
arranged with Don Juan for him Il
stay ashore and to come out in Le
ber's launch with the hrst reliable
news Of the conflict. II Ricardo win
the city, he wins the revolution, ant
you and will then 60 ashore-to din'
with him in the palace. II he losel
the city. he loses the revolution, ami
we will both do well to remain aboar,
La Estrellita."
"And in that event. what will b
come of my brotherr'
II do not know; forgot to asl
him, but II he survives, I imagin'
he'll have sense enough to know he'
whipped and will retreat on San Bru
no. fighting rear guard action. en-
bark aboard the steamer that brough
bis men there. and escape"
"Tm worried about Mother jerks.
II have asked Mother jerks to din,
with us at 1880 this evening, and hav,
ordered carriage to call for her
When she comes I'll tell her every
thing; then, II she wishes to sta,
ashore, let her. She's been through
more than one such fracas and doesn'
mind them at all. ! dare say"
And In this Webster was right
Mother jerks listened in profound 81
lence, nodding her approval. as Web
ster related to her the story Of the
advent in the country Of Ricardo Ruey
and his plans, but without revealing
the identity Of Andrew Bowers.
At the conclusion Of his recital the
old publican merely said: "Gor' bli
mel"
After a silence she added: MY
sainted Emery used to s'y the proper
holds for white man In a bally row
O. this nature was 40 to 1. Cor, but
how my sainted Emery would henjoy
bein' ere this night to 'elp with the
guns" She sighed.
"How about little bottle of wine
to drink peace to your sainted Henry
and luck to The Cause" Webster sug-
gested.
THAT'S wot calls talkin'," Mother
jerks responded promptly. and Web
ster. gazing reflecuvely at the old
lady's beard. wondered why she had
not been born a man.
Dolores, fearful for her benefactor's
safety. urged Mother jerks to accom-