The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-07

hected philosophlcally. "While I've
never been so unhappy in all my life
before. or had to tear my soul out by
the roots so often, things have been
coming my way so fast from other d.
rectiOns that | haven't had much op-
p%ortunity to dwell on the matter. And
for these compensating offsets, good
Lord, / thank Thee"
He was John Stuart Webster again
when Dolores saw him next; during
the succeeding days his mood of
cheerfulness 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-
dltion which he told himself was not
to his liking but which. nevertheless,
Indifferent to her happiness. And to
permit his friends fiancee to langulsh
In loneliness and heart-break did not
appear to John Stuart Webster as the
part Of q true friend or a courtly gen.
tleman-and he remembered that she
mao once Calleu MIN In0t.
They rode together in the cool Of the
morning; they drove together on the
Malecon In the cool Of the evening f:
chaperoned by Don Juan Cafetero and
a grinning Sobrantean, they went shark
fishing in Leber's launch; they played
dominoes 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
Of 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-
tray the slightest disposition to estab-
lish their friendly relations on q closer
basis.
Thus did the arrival Of The Day
find them. Toward sunset they rode
out together along the bay shore and
noted far out to sea the smear Of
smoke that marked the approach of
La Estrellita-on schedule time.
"You will go aboard her tonight"
Webster said very quietly to Dolores.
"And your
81 shall 60 aboard with YOU 1 have
arranged with Don Juan for him to
stay ashore and to come out In Lee
ber's launch with the first reliable
news Of the conflict. If Ricardo wins
the city, he wins the revolution, and
you and l will then go ashore-to dine
with him in the palace. If he loses
the city, he loses the revolution, and
we will both do we'll to remain aboard
La Estrellita."
Sand in that event, what will be-
come OF my brother?"
II do not know; I forgot to ask
him, but II he survives, I imagine
he'll have sense enough to know he's
whipped and will retreat on San Bru-
no, fighting a rear guard action, en-
bark aboard the steamer that brought
his men there, and escape"
SIN worried about Mother jerks"
II have asked Mother jerks to dine
with us at 7:30 this evening, and have
ordered a carriage to call 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.
Mothes jerks listened In profound 81
lence, nodding her approval. as Web
ster related to her the story Of the
advent In the country Of Ricardo Ruey
and his plans, but without revealing
the identity Of Andrew Bowers.
At the conclusion Of his recital the