The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-04

but In view OF his high professional
standing / let him have 1t for a nickel
q share / imagine he still has It.
bought bacA fater all the other stock
sold, because the property was
worthless, and In order to be a sport
offered him $500 for his block, but
he thought 1 was trying to swindle
him and asked $1,000"
"Oh, Caliphp
Wonderful game, isn't it--thls
game Of life. So sweet when fell
lows taking chances Now that am
fairly prosperous again, the only thing
In life that really matters is the UNI
certainty as to whether, when finally
do leave Sobrante, shall ride to
the steamship landing In a hack or
hearse."
"But you could go in a hack this
morning and avoid that uncertainty"
"The millionaire drudge I told you
Of could have gone to live in a pretty
villa on the Riviera, but she chose a
miners boarding house."
'Then why" she persisted. did you
leave the United States with the firm
intention Of remaining In Sobrante in
definitely, change your mind before
you were here eight hours, and cable
this Neddy Jerome person you would
return In 60 or 90 days-and the fol-
lowing morning decide to remain, aft
er ALP
my dear young lady, If 1 changed
M clothes as often as / change my
mind, the what-you-may-call-'em chaps
that manufacture a certain brand Of
clothes couldn't keep me dressed"
"But whyT
"That," he answered grGvely, sis a
secret"
women delight to pry into mems
secrets"
"I know 1t. Had friend once
married. Every night after dinner he
used to sit and stare into the FIRE and
his wife used to ask him what he was
thinking about. He would look up at
her owllshly and tell her 1t was some
thing he couldn't explain to her, be-
cause she'd never understand it--and
that was all he would tell her, al
though right frequently, dare say,
he felt like telling her some things
she could understand She brooded
over his secret until she couldn't stand
1t any more, and one day she packed
her buds and flew home to mother,
He let her stay there three months,
and finally one day he sent her blue
print Of what he'd been thinking
about"
"What was itT
Gan INSTRUMENTATION engine. You
see, until she left him, he'd never
been able to get set to figure Out
something in connection with the inlet
valves
"stop right there, Callph. I'm re
buked. I'll let you get set tC
think"
IL didn't mean that. You let me
get set yesterdey-and figured 1t al
out thenZand hast highland a min
ute ago. don't care to do any more
thinking today. Please talk to me-"
"And you refuse to tell me why yot
cabled your friend, JeromeT
"You will never know. told yoV
it's a secret"
"Bet you find out"
"How much7 That $4,000 you ex
pect to make from the fiour-gold II
your black-sand claim7 And, by th'
way, $40, please. won It for guess
ing you were interested IN a mining
proposition"
She returned to him the bill she had
won from him the day before. '"rer
thousand dollars suits me. OF course
haven't got the money just now, and
this Is what Billy calls a finger bet
but II / lose, / guarantee to pay. Ar
we betting even money! / think tina
is scarcely fair. Under the circum
stances should be entitled to odds
Nothing doingl No odds on a be
Of this nature to a seeress who has al
ready Jared me from soul to vermI
form appendix by making good Yol
know too blamed much already, AM
how you discovered Il is a problem
that may drive me crazy yet"
After breakfast they repaired to tn
veranda to await the result Of Web
ster's experiment with Don Juan Cafe
tero. Sure enough, the wreck had agaii
returned, he was seated on the edge o
the veranda waiting for them; as the,
approached. ne held up a grimy, quiv
erlng hand, in the palm Of which Ia.
IA flve-dollar gold piece.
"WhatY' Mr.. Webster said, amazed
"Still Unchanged"
II thried "a. change Il at half o dOze
, cantlnas," Don Juan wheezed, "bJ
divil a bit av systim did any av thiI
hoya Wan ofPerad fhia IN enfoOot