The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-05-19
,.(Continued from last weekly

the succeeding days his mood of
cheerfnlness and devil-may-care indif-
ference never left him. And through.
out that period Of marking time Do
lores was much In his society, a con-
dition which he told himself was not
to his liking but which, nevertheless,
ne could not obviate without seeming
indifferent to her happiness. And to
permit his friends fiancee to Ianguish
In loneliness and heart-break did not
appear to John Stuart Webster as the
part OF true friend or a courtly gem
tleman-and he Remembered thar she
had once called him that.
They rode together in the cool of the
morning; they drove together on the
Malecon In the cool Of the evening
chaperoned by Don Juan Cafetero and
grinnfng Sobrantean, they went shark
fshing in Leber's launch; they played
dominees together; they discussed
throughout the long, lazy, quiet after.
moons, when the remainder Of their
world retired for the siesta, books, art.
men. women, and things.
And not once, throughout two weeks
or camaraderie, did the heart-racked
Webster forget for a single instant
that he was the new friend destined
to become the old friend; never, to
the girls watchful eyes, did he be.
trey the slightest disposition to estab.
lish their friendly relations on a closer
basis.
Thus did the arrival Of The Da1
find them. Toward sunset they rode
t0Dpthar thn ho ,ho
noted far out to sea the smear of
smoke that marked the approach OF
La Estrelita-on schedule time.
"You will go aboard her tonight"
Webster said very quietly to Dolores.
"And your"
II shall go aboard with you. | have
arranged with Don Juan for him to
stay ashore and to come out In Le-
ber's launch with the first reliable
news Of the conflict. IF Ricardo wins
the city. he wins the revolution, and
with him in the palace II he loses
the city, he loses the revolution, and
we will both do we'll to remain aboard
La Estreiita."
And in that event, what will be.
come of my brother?"
II do not know; forgot to ask
him, but II he survives, | imagine
hell have sense enough to know he's
whipped and will retreat on San Bru-
no. fighting rear guard action, en-
bark aboard the steamer that brought
si;s :s.S- thnre and escape"
'Tm worried about Mother .Jenks"
81 have asked Mother jerks to dine
with us at Z 30 this evening, and have
ordered carriage to cali for her
When she comes I'll tell her every
thing; then, If she wishes to stay
ashore, let her. She's been through
more than one such fracas and doesn't.
mind them at all, dare say"
And in this Webster was right.
Mother jerks listened I'm profound ST.
lence. nodding her approval, as Web.
ster related to her the story of the
advent In the country OF Ricardo Ruey
and biz plans, hut without revealing
the identity of Andrew Bowers.
At the conclusion of bis recital the
old publican merely said: "Gor Oh
mel"
After silence she added: MY
sainted Emery used to s'y the proper
holds for white man in bally row
o this nature was 40 to /. Cor, but
how my sainted Emery would henjoy
bein' ere this night to 'elp with the
guns" She sighed.
"How about little bottle of wine
to drink peace to your sainted Henry
and luck to The Cause?" Webster sug-
gested.
THAT'S wot I calls talkin'," Mother
jerks responded promptly, and Web
ster, gazing reflectively at the old
lady's beard, wondered why she had
not been born a man.
Dolores, fearful for her benefactor's
safety, urged Mother jerks to accom-
pany Them out aboard La Estrellita
but the old dame Indignantly refused
and when pressed for a reason gave
1T with the utmost frankness They'll
be tykin' SarrOs, an when they tyke
I'm they'll back him ag'in the same
wall he backed my sainted Emery and
your father against, my dear. I've a
notion that your fathers son'll let
Mrs. Col. Emery jerks come to the
party"
At 10 o'clock Webster accompanied
Mother jerks home I'm the carriage
which he dismissed at FL Buen Amigo
with instructions to return to the
hotel while he continued afOOt down
the Gale San Rosario to the bay
where Lebers huge corrugated iron
warehouse loomed darkly above high
water mark. He slipped along in the
deep shadow Of the warehouse wall
and out on the end of the little dock
where he satisfied himself that i.e-
ber's launch was at its mOorings;
then he went back to the warehouse
and whstled softly. whereupon IA man
crawled out from under the structure
and approached him. 1t was Don
Juan CafeterO.
They're all inside" he whispered
and laid finger on lip. "They got In
half an hour ago, an divl sow
fha DtSar