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

tune In Death Valley, Calf, boards
lady annoyed by masher, Thoroughly
trouncing the pest"
CHAPTER Hat Denver Webster re-
cefves a letter from Billy Geary his clos
est friend. Geary urges Kim to come to
Sobrante. Central America, to finance
and develop mining claim. He decides
to go.
CHAPTER Ill = Dolores Ruey. the
young woman Webster befriended. and
who has made a deep impression on him.
as he has on her. is also on the way to
Sobrante
CHAPTER Wat Buenaventura capt.
TAI OF Sobrante. Billy Geary, i'll and pen
niless is living on the charity of Mother
jerks" keeper of dramshop. She re-
ceives cablegram from Dolores. telling
of her coming
CHAPTER v.-Dolores' father, Ricardo
Ruey, president OF Sobrante had been
killed in a revolution led by sarros. the
eight was Struggled out of the country
Dy Mother jerks and supported by her
In the United States The old woman.
nshamed of her occupation and habits of
life. fears to meet Dolores. and sends
Geary to the boat to say she has gone
to the United States.
CHAPTER vI-webster, on his way to
Sobrante. is taken i'll on the train. and
Is In hospital at New Orleans two
weeks. Geary bungles his mission, Dolo-
res easily seeing through his story She
greets Mother jerks as her friend and
benefactor. Geary falls desperately in
love with the girl.
CHAPTER vII.-At New Orleans while
waiting for the steamer to Buenaventura
Webster saves the life of young man
VINO Is attacked by two assassins. The
youth leaves Webster without disclosing
his identity.
CHAPTER VIII .--On the steamer Web
ster finds his stateroon occupied by q
stranger who declares his intention Of
being his guest to Buenaventura. At first
angered. Webster and the stranger after
q somewhat forcibie argument, reach an
amicable agreement Webster recognizes
him ~ the youth whose life he had saved
the day before. though the other does
not know Webster
CHAPTER Ix.-Arriving at sobrante.
Geary welcomes Webster and 10 instru-
ashore The latter is known to webster
as Andrew Bowers" Geary houses him
at Mother jerks Webster gets the idea
with the intention OF giving Geary every
chance he smiiingly contradicts the girls
statement that they have met before.
CHAPTER X. = Webster receives a
warming conveyed by Don Juan Cafe
tero." really John ]. Cafferty. IrIshman
of good qualities fallen through overlndul-
assassinate him. Webster makes firm
friend of Cafferty. Later. the American
liz insulted by n Sabrantean army officer
to duel Is accepted under such stern
conditions that the sobranteans with
draw 1t.
Andrew Bowers at Mother jerks He
learns that Bowers" is Ricardo Ruey,
son of the assassinated president. brother
OF Dolores twhom he believes dead and
that a revolution is contemplated Next
morning he tells Dolores that her brother.
OF whom she has no recollection Is In
the t..a country; projecting the overthrow of
with the girl but believing that her af-
lection has been bestowed on Geary.
Webster leaves to investigate the mine
CHAPTER webster. after looking
II over. decides to put his whole fortune
INTO the mine. He sends Billy Geary to
the United States to purchase the neces-
sary equipment. advising him to marry
Dolores in Buenaventura before he leaves
Knowing that unless Ruey can overthrow
Sarros his mine Will be confiscated. Web
ster agrees to finance the venture Re
turning to Buenaventura, he is astonished
to f1nd Dolores sti1l there and Geary on
his way to the United States
distance. According to my calcula-
ton, that other man should have cut
the vein at SO feet--yet he had gone
on 1O2 before quitting. SO | got half
a dozen poems and drove ahead 10
feet on the other fellows tunnel: and
by Heck, Johnny. ] cut the vein!"
"Bully boy And thenT'
81 drifted ten feet on the vein. and
the ore suddenly gave out. 1t stopped
just like that, proving I'd come to
the upper end of the vein where II
had faulted; so just worked up and
around. stopeing and sinking Wine
here and there, until Just about the
time my cash reserve was getting pref
ty low / picked up the true vein and
opened 1t up for the full width. Come
in. and I'll show YOU
They entered the tunnel. to the sig
nal dismay of dozens of large bats.
When they reached the vein, Webster
broke off samples of the ore every
three or four feet. crawled after Billy
up through the stope and back TO the
true vein. from the face of which he
also took numerous samples; then he
crawled out into the sunshine again
hot, dirty. and perspiring.
BILLY, you'll be a real miner yet
see IL you won't" was all the praise
he rendered his youthful partner.
standing beside him In anticipation OF
compliment. as Webster got out his
portable assay outfit.
For three days Webster worked.
determining the values of each sam
pie. only to find that his assays con
firmed Biily's. "You were right. son"
he finally announced. .This mine is
humdinger and no mistake; II you
and live ten years we'll be worth
$1O.O0O.0O0 between us--maybe mere.
Biliy's jaundiced eyes glowed hun
griiy. We'll put ln hundred
.sfami,s----"