Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-05-13

"Well, how did you pass your first
night in Buenaventura 2" she inquired,
In the manufacture Of breakfast con-
versation.
mot very well. Jiggers BIT me and
woke me up. and finally 1 fell into
trance and had a vision-about you.
After that couldn't go to sleep again.
I was fairly bursting to see yoU at
breakfast and read your palm. I've
just discovered a wonderful system"
"Show me-" she flashed back at
him and she extended her little hand.
He picked It up gravely and with the
dull tine Of a FORK made 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 In carayels. 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, at that time president
of Sobrante, failed to suppress a revo-
luton and was cornered il 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 TO raise you lydy,
and Mother jerks has carried out
those instructions. Colonel jerks and
your father were executed, and Mother
jerks sent you to the United States
to be educated. You had a brother,
Ricardo Luis Ruey, older than your
self by seven or eight years, l 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 ar something for liy-
ing, and lnasmuch as you haven't been
able to set aside a great deal Of mon
ey from your earnings, you are plan
ming to 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 to work. These
plans, however, will never be con-
summated.
"Why7 Because you are to be mar
ried to a nice man and live happily
ever afterward, and about sixty days
from now, if all goes well, 1, John S.
Webster, am going to introduce you to
your long-lost brother Ricardo. You
Will 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, if. 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 ii will be proud and hap
py day for me when I bring him to
you. In the interim, what do you pur-
pose having for breakfast? Ham and
eggs sunny side up, an omelette or
He released her hand and favored
her with the boyish grin that always
had the effect Of stripping the years
from him as one strips the husk from
a ripe ear Of corn. She was gazing at
him in wide-eyed amazement.
as my brother really alive?
"He was as late as midnight last
night. Do you recall the chap saved
from being assassinated in New Or
leans?"
Eyes"
"Your worthy brother. AID do you
recall the chauffeur whose passage TO
this port 1 was forced TO pay7"
yes"
"The same individual. I sent him
ashore in the launch with Billy, and he
has been housed at Ell Buen Amigo
but left early this morning for the
back country to open a recruiting Of |
Ice"
She reached across the little table |
and squeezed his big brown hand i'm
lulsively. You're the most wonderful |
nan I ever knew. AID does my poor |
brother know 1 am living, Mr.. Web
;ter?"
"No-and I'm not going TO tell him.
I think 1t will be much nicer 10 re-
store you TO each other on the steps
If the government palace on the day
when the Ruey faction comes into its
WI again. That will make his victory
III Che sweeter. By the way, where
vas Ricardo when your fathers ship
f state went on the rocksT
AT school in a military academy In
kentucky"
ut is marvellous mix-up. which RI
ardo can doubtless explain, Miss
lucy. / know he believes his sister
erished with her father. Mother
enks didn't know where he was and
ouldn't communicate with him-and
here you are. However, little old
acl1 Fix-It will bring you together
gain in due course. II the interim,
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