The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-14
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CHAPTER l-toiu STUART webster. min.
iug eugIur... g4l,. cleaning ~ "a fortune u
D,aiH valley, CAM, botrls a train tor th'
East. lie Dr!rieulH q young lady annoyed b.
a masler, ihoruuE uIy trOuucIEE the pest
tHAIILR II-At Denver Webster tc-
c,Iy,s "a letter from Billy Geary, his closest
friend. GaaTy urges him to come 10 so
nraui,. Central America, 70 finance ahd de
yeIop q mining claim. lie decides 10 30.
CHAPTER III-DOIOTcs Ruey, the younS
woman Webster befrieuGcd, and who mas
made % deep impression on him. as he has
on her, also on the way TO Sobrante.
CHAPTER IN.-At Buenaycntura, capital
Of Spbraute. Biily Geary, III and penniIess is
l,lus on the charity Of Neither jerks
keeper OF a draInshOp. she receives a cable
gram from Dolores. telling OF her coming.
CHAPTER w. Dolores father, Ricardo
Itu,y, president OF Sobrante, had been killed
iu "a revolution led By Sarros. the present
executive. Dolores, a child OF eight, was
struggled out of che country by Mother
jerks and supported by her IN the United
States The Old woman. ashamed OF her
occupation and habits OF ne, fears to meet
Dolores, and sends Geary 10 the boat to say
she has gone to the United states.
CHAPTER Winchester, on his way TO
Sobraute, Is taken an ON the train, and is
In a hospital at New Orleans two weeks.
Goary buugIes his mission. Dolores easily
seeing through his story. She greets Mother
jerks as her friends and OcucitClOT. GDary
fails desperately in love with the girl
CHAPTER NlI.-At New Orleans. while
waiting for the steamer TO Buenaventura,
Webster saves the hfe of a young man who Is
attacked by two assasslns. The youth leaves
Webster without disclosing his identity.
CHAPTER \IlL-Ou the steamer Webster
finds his stateroom occupied by a stranger
VINO declares his intention OF being his guest
TO Bueuayoutura. At first augercd, Webster
and the stranger, after a somewhat forCible
argument, reach an dmicablc agreement.
Webster recognizes him as the youth whose
lise he had saved the day before, though
the other does not know Webster.
CHAPTER II. - Arriving at Sobraute,
Geary welcomes Webster and Is instrumental
IN helping his friends guest ashore. The
latter is known to Webster as Andrew
Bowers Geary houses him at Mother
jerks. Webster gets the idea that Geary
and Dolores are In love, and with the intou-
ton Of giving Geary every chance he smil-
ingly Contradict5 the girls statement that
they have met before.
CHAPTER X.-WCbstcr receives a warn
ing conveyed by Don Juan CafetcrO," really
John j. Caferty. Irishman of good qualities
fallen through oyerindulEcucc IN liquor, that
there Is a plot to assasstuate him. Webster
makes "A firm friend OF Carerty. Later, the
American is insulted by a Sobrantean army
officer and publicly ridiCulcs him. \ challenge
to a duel is accepted under such stern condi-
tions that the Sobrantcans withdraw 1t.
NI. - Webster secretly visits
Andrew Bowers at Mother jerks. lie
learns that Bowers Is Ricardo Ruey. son
OF the assassinated president, brother of Do
lores (whom he believes dead, and that a
revolution is contemplated. Next morning ~
tells Dolores that her brother, of whom she
has no recollection, is in the country, pro-
jecting the overthrow OF President Sarros.
Very much in love with the girl, but be-
lieving that her affection has been bestowed
on Geary, Webster leaves to Investigate the
mine which he has come to finance.
Xll.-Webster. after looking 1t
over. decides to put his whole fortune into
the mine. He sends Billy Geary to the United
States to purchase the necessary equipment,
advising him 10 marry Dolores in Buena-
ventura before he leaves. KNOWN that un-
less Ruey can overthrow Sarros his mine
Will be contscated. Webster agrees to fl
nance the venture. Returning TO Buenaven-
tura, he is astonished to find Dolores still
there and Geary on his way to the United
States.
XIII. - Dolores tells Webster
that Billy Gcary had asked her TO marry
him and that she had refused. Amazed,
but entirely misunderstanding the situation,
he accepts the explanation. He explains to
Dolores how her brother has laid his plans
or the overthrow OF aSrros. Webster and
Ricardo have a final understanding.