Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-04-22
Webster MANS Man

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pner to the SObrantean revolutionary
junta in New Orleans to ship these
tools to you Immediately. They ar
rived on the last trip Of the Atlanta
and now repose in Leber's warehouse
waiting for you to call and remove
them"
"You scoundrell What have you
sent mel"
"A couple of hundred rifles and
three machine guns branded axes,
picks shovels, plows, and so on. ]
also ran in three cases Of ammunition,
labeled grindstones, two more cases
disguised as bolts, and quite several
thousand labeled nails in kegs.
should feel rather sorry for you If my
friend, SarrOs, should get suspicious
and investigate, but haven't any fear
that he will. You see, he knows you're
here on legitimate business. He has
investigated and learned that you are
a bona fide mining engineer of con-
siderable reputatiOn-and then, you
know, your friend, Geary, dickered
with him for the concession. The min
ing property you are about to devel-
op belongs to the people, not to Sar-
ros; vet he has bartered 1t away and
win divert the royalty to his own
rocket instead of the public treasury"
"Hum-m-m What do you want me
to 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
there 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 be
so handy for my purpose. You see
nv plan, do you not7 I'm going to
attack Buenaventura from within and
without. I'm going to come down on
Sarros like a wolf on the fold, and
: the lob 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
mix in its wealth." Ricardo reminded
! him.
"WellT
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
Tiers"
WHY?
"It'S been framed with Sarros to
Il you spend your money on that con-
.SSlOn and get the rline in running
'.r: 'hcn a fake < il. alleging an
error In the government survey, Will
be filed. 1t will be claimed that the
concession given your friend, Geary,
is, by virtue of erroneous government
surveys, the property of a citizen OF
SOhrante. The courts here do as Sar-
ros tells them. You are TO be kicked
out. busted, and despairing. and your
nicely equipped li-tle mine will be
taken over as government monopoly
and run for the benefit of the govern
ment, to-wit, Sarros and his satellites.
We had to cook up a dirty deal like
that to save your life. OF course, now
that | have warned you in time you
are safe. We schemed a 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 l 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 gunsT
wen have to carry them, / guess"
"Well, I'll have small auto-truck
delivered In Buenaventura by that
time. You might arrange to armor
it with sheet steel; and with cou-
pie of machine guns mounted in it.
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. I'll Dor
row the motor truck and arrange to
armor 1t. That's a bully idea. Are
you bound for Buenaventura nowY'
Webster nodded. "Then," Ricardo
suggested, "Tll meet you in my room
at FL Buen Amigo next Wednesday
night at II and explain the details OF
. ms, rlonS IN Won ~ Won care TO hear