Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-30
The Flag Paramount
By O. HENRY S.s III Il: WIZ: s5S5,5s5s e:
Continued From Page ons.)

| trife restively. ito acknowledge, at
| least, that you catch the sound Of my
words" 1t was possible that the fellow
might be lacking in senses as well as
The admiral emitted croaking, harsh
| laugh, and spake:
They will stand you" he said. with
| your face to wall and shoot you dead.
That is the way they kill. traitors
1 knew you when you stepped into my
boat | have seen your picture in a
! pook. You are Sabas Placido, traitor to
| your country. With your face to a wall
So, you viii die. l am the admiral, and
| VIII take You TO them. With your face
| to wall. Yes"
| hand' with ringing laugh, toward his
| Fellow fugitives, ITO YOU cabaIleros I
nave related the history of that session
| when we issued that o. SO ridiculous
commission. OF a truth our Jest has
6een turned against US. Behold the
fFehKensteins monster we have created 90
Don Sabas glanced toward the shore.
| Inc lights of C0rali0 were drawing near
ne could see the beach, the warehouse OF
/ the BOdega Nacional the long low
Quartet occupied by the soldiers, and.
behind that, cleaning in the moonlight,
a stretch of high adobe wall He had
seen men stood with their faces to that
wall and shot dead
| Again he addressed the extravagant
! figure at the helm.
1T is true" he said. that I am fee
Ing the country. But, receive the assur-
ance that l care very little for that.
courts and camps everywhere are open
/ to Sabas PlacidO. Vayai what is this
molehllI Of a republic-this pigs head Of
country-to a man like me 81 am q
/ palsano of everywhere. In Rome, In Lon
! don, in Paris, in Vienna you win hear
mem say Welcome back, Don Sabas.'
/ experimentation Of o boy-Admiral.
/ Whatever you call yourself, turn your
! boat, Put us on board the Salvador
and here is your pay-fve hundred pesos
IN money of the Estados Untdos-more
| IMAM your lying government will pay you
/ in twenty years"
! Don Ssbas pressed plump purse
! against the youths hand The admiral
! gave no heed to the words or the move
! ment. Braced against the helm, he was
holding the sloop dead on her shoreward
| course His duh face was lit almost
/ 70 intelligence by some inward couceit
/ that seemed to afford him JOY. and found
! utterance In another parrot-llke Cackle.
! rms is why they do It," be said
SO that you VIII not see the guns. They
! your face to the wall. Yes"
/ The admiral called a sudden order 10
/ his crew. The 1.-THE silent Caribs made
tSst the sheets they held, and slipped
down the hatchway into tho hold Of the
3
peared Don S0bas. like n big. brown
/ leopard. leaped forward, closed and fls-
/ tened the hatch and stood, smiling
No rifles, If you please. dear admiral"
ne sald. IT was whimsey of mine
once q compile a dictionary Of the Carlb
lengua So, ! understood your order.
Perhaps now you will"
! He cut short his words. for he heard
the DUH swish Of iron scraping along
tin The admiral had drawn the cutlass
Of Pedro LATTE. and was darling uUou
him The blade descended. and II was
only by a display Of surprising agility
that the large man escap ped. with only a
/ bruised shoulder. the glaucing weaDon
de was drawing his pistol as he sprang
and the next instant he shot the admiral
down.
Don sabas STOPPED over him, and rose
again.
In the heart" he said briefly. "se-
nores, the Navy is abolished"
colonel Rafael sprang 10 the helm
and the other officer Fastened to IoosS
the mainsail sheets The boom swung
round; 'El Nacional" yeered and began
to tack industriously for the "salyad0r."
onel Rafael our friends on the steamer
Will wonder why we are sailing under st."
We'll sa a. cried Don Sabas Ad-
vancing 10 The mast he lowered tie tag
to the deck, whore lay It's too loyal sup
porter. Thus ended the minister Of
wars little piece OF after dinner drolery,
and by the same hand that began It,
+ suddenly Don Sab8s gave q great cry
OF JOY and ran down the slantlng deck
20 the side of Colonel Rafael. Across his
arm he carried the flag Of the extin-
guished navy.
See" he cried. stroklrg the flag. al
ready can l hear that great bear or an
] Oestreicher shout .Du hast meln herr
gebrochen! Mire. or my friend, Herr
Grunitz Of Vienna, you have heard me
relate. That man has Travelled to CeyIon
! for an orchid TO Patagonia for a head
dress--to Beuares for slipper-to Mo-
zamblque for q spearhead 10 add 10 his
famous collections Thou knowest also
amigo Rafael. that have been a gath
erer of cugi0s. Ny collection II bar. le
hags Of the worlds navies was the most
complete In existence until last year
/ Then Herr Gruniz secured two, O! such
rare specimens. One OF a Barbary state
and one Of the Makarooroos. a tribe on
the west coast Of Africa. I have not
those, but they can be procured. But
this flag, seuOr-do you know what 1T
is? Name Of God, DO you know? See
that red cross upon the blue and white
ground! You never saw II before
Seguramente no. 1t IS the naval Dag Of