Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-02-04


do leave Sobrante, shalls ride to
the steamship landing In a hack or
hearse."
"But you could go in q hack this
morning and avoid that uncertainty"
"The millionaire drudge told you
Of could have gone to live in pretty
villa on the Riviera, but she chose a
miners boarding house."
Then why" she persisted. did you
leave the. United States with the firm
Intention of remaining in Sobrante In
definitely, change your mind before
You were here eight hours. and cable
this Neddy Jerome person you would
return In go or 90 days-and the fol-
lowing morning decide to remain, aft
err air"
"My dear young lady, If changed
my clothes as often as / change my
mind, the what-you-may-call-'em chaps
that manufacture a certain brand OF
clothes couldn't keep me dressed"
"But whyT'
THAT" he answered gravely, sis a
secret"
women delight to pry into mems
secrets"
II know it. Had a friend once
married. Every night after dinner he
used to sit and stare into the fire and
his wife used to ask him what he was
thinking about. He would look up at
her owlishly and tell her it was some
thing he couldn't explain to her, be-
cause she'd never understand it-and
that was all he would tell her, al
though right frequently, dare say,
he felt like telling her some things
she could understand? She brooded
over his secret until she couldn't stand
1t any more, and one day she packed
her buds and few home to mother.
He let her stay there three months,
and finally one day he sent her a blue
print Of what he'd been thinking
about"
''What was tit"
can internal-combustio engine. You
see, until she left him, he'd never
been able to get set to figure out
something In connection with the inlet
valves"
stop right there, Caliph. I'm re-
buked. I'LL let you get set to
think"
81 didn't mean that. You let me
get set yesterday-and figured It all
out then-and last highland min
ute ago. l don't care to do any more
thinking today. Please talk to me-"
"And you refuse to tell me why you
cabled your friend, JeromeY
"You win never know. told you
it's a secret"
"Bet. you I find out"
How much7 That $4,000 you ex-
pect to make from the flour-gold 10
your black-sand claImf And, by the
way, $40, please. won it for guess.
ing you were Interested in mining
| proposition"
She returned to him the bill she had
won from him the day before. '.Ten
thousand dollars suits me. OF course
haven't got the money just now. and
this Is what Billy calls finger bet
but If | lose, / guarantee to pay. Are
we betting even money! / think thai
is scarcely fair. Under the circum
stances i should be entitled to odds.
Nothing doing! No odds on bel
Of this nature to a seeress who has al
ready Jared me from soul to vermi
form appendix by making goodl Yot
know too blamed much already. ant
how you discovered 1t Is problem
that may drive me crazy yet"
After breakfast they repaired to this
veranda to await the result Of Web
ster's experiment with Don Juan Cafe
tero. Sure enough, the wreck had AGAR
returned, he was seated on the edge o.
the veranda waiting for them; as thes
approached, he held up grlmy, quiv
ering hand, in the palm Of which laS
Ia five-dollar gold piece.
"What7' Mr.. Webster said. amazed
"Still unchangedw
81 thried to change 1t at half dozei
cantinas," Don Juan wheezed "bu
divii a bit av systlm did any ay thin
have. Wan offered this In spiggot.
money an the other offered that. an
sure If I'd taken the best that wa
offered me In exchange, We might havl
fought I'd tux more nor wan dhrink.
"Bravot Three long, loud. raucou
cheers for Don Juan Cafeteroi" DO
lores cried. WAS It terrible task t
come back without drink, Don Juan
He shivered. "a shky-blue kangaro
wit a pink tail an green ears chaseI
me into this patio. ma'am."
You're very brave, Cafferty. Hos
does 1t feel 70 win back your sell
respect7" Webster asked him.
, ''Beggin' the young leddy's pardo
lit feels like hell, sor."
"Caliph, don't be cruel" Dolore
} pleaded "Call waiter and give DO
Juan what you promised him.
So Webster went into the hotel ba
and returned presently with bottl
of brandy and a glass, which he file
and held out toward Don Juan. ION
Of the paradoxes Of existence, Do
( Juan" he observed, "lles In the fal