Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-05-27

z no ueSire 10 mix IN the ponies OF I'M
!. country"
s you have some desire, however, I
( mix IN its wealth." Ricardo reminde
e him.
4 Wells"
J I'm the only man that can hell
: you By the way, do not order you
machinery shipped until after / an
seated firmly on the throne of my ia
Tiers"
"Why?"
TITS been framed with Sarros to
let you spend your money on that con-
cession and get the mine In running
order; then a fake suit, 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 citizen of
SObrante. The courts here do as Sar-
ros tells them. You are to be kicked
out, busted. and despairing and your
nicely equipped little mine will be
taken over as a 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 l have warned you in time. you
are safe. We schemed a proposition,
however that worked both ways. 1t
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 / had to cache their
arms within the city-and that was a
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 guns?"
"Well have to carry them, / guess" |
well. I'll have a small auto-truck |
delivered in Buenaventura by that
time. You might arrange to armor
II with sheet STEEL and with a cou-
pie of machine guns mounted in 1t,
and 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 bor-
row the motor truck and arrange to
armor it. That's a bully idea. Are
you bound for Buenaventura now?"
Webster nodded Then" Ricardo
suggested. an meet you in my room
at III Buen Amigo next Wednesday
night at II and explain the details of
my plans to YOU If you care to hear
them. | think they're air-tight my
self. but somehow l think I'd feel more
certain of them If yen approve them"
I'm be there, Rick, and the day
you run that outlaw Sarros off the
grass you'll know why I am for you"
"Good-by, old man. You will new
er know how grateful you have made
me-"
Ruey shook hands with Webster
and rode Off through the timber. leav-
ing John Stuart Webster to pursue
the even tenor of his way. until at |
length he arrived once more in Bue- '
naventura and sought accommodations l
1t the Hotel MateO. And there, as he
entered the lobby and gazed through a t
glass door across the patio and into i
he veranda. he saw that which dis l.
urbed him greatly. In a big wicker L
ecker Dolores Ruey sat, rocking gent a
v and busily stitching on a piece of S
ancy work n
Billy Geary gone back to the Unit a
ID States. and Dolores was still in h
}uenaventura Amazing Why, n
What the devil did Billy mean by o
citing her have her own way like l
hat2 OF course. they hadn't been v
married., or she would not now Ne out c,
here on the veranda, and, of course.
hey hadn't quarreled. because that
'as an impossibility, and OF course,
lilly had departed alone for the U. al
A.. else he would have returned to &C
leir camp I'm the hills back Of San
Iiguel de Padua. W
'Well. l know what I'm going to al
D." Webster decided. I'm not going at
be led INTO temptation while Bill tn
IS not on the job-so I'll not put up W,
the Hotel Mateo after all. I'll hc
st sneak around to FL Buen Ami tn
and fix it with that old Mother
INKS not to tip OF my presence in
wn to Dolores Ruey until l can get on
e lay Of the land and SEE what the of
vii hes happened TO all my we'll fir
d plans" hin
He retreated out the front door and TO
He'd a carriage, into which he was In,
out to step, bag and baggage. when he
N Juan Cafetero came rushing I'D sal
great excitement. -Sure, where are int
goin' now. sor. Is there no room I'D
ye In the Hotel Ma.eoT' VIII
"Fheis beds have jiggars in them. sor
just remembered that" Web If ,
r Hbbed. Hop In, John, and wen a
W around to Mr.. Geary's lodgings ha,
II Buen Amigo" mo
But | come trough the patio just I h
v" Don Juan explained. IAN who | pro