Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-14

borrowed from him the SUM of forty
thousand dollars In order to turn the
trick--borrowlng 1t, forsooth, In much
the same spirit a. commuter board
Ing his train without the necessary
fare halls neighbor and borrows ten
cents-his natural optimism asserted
Itself and he chuckled as In fancy he
heard himself telling the story to Ned
dy Jerome and being branded liar
for his pains.
well, I've had one comfort ever
since first saw that girl" he re-
Elected phllosophically. "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 OPP
portunity to dwell on the matter. And
for these compensatlng 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 deyil.may- indf-
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,
he could not obviate without seeming
Indifferent TO her happiness. And TO
permit his friends fiancee to languish
in loneliness and heart-break did not
appear to John Stuart Webster as the
part Of n true friend or courtly gen.
tleman-and he remembered that she
had once called him that.
They rode together in the cool Of the
morning; they drove together Oh the
Malecon In the cool of the evening;
chaperoned by Don Juan Cafetero and
n grlnning Sobrantean, they went shark
fishing in Leber's launch; they played
dominoes together; they discussed,
throughout the lone, lazy, quiet after
moons, when the reminder of their
world retired for the siesta, books, art
men, women, and things.
And not once, throughout two weeks
OF camNraderie, ga 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 relatioLs on 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 Estrelita--on schedule time.
"You will 90 aboard her tonight"
Webster said very quietly to Dolores.
"And you?'
~ shall 20 aboard with you. have
with Don Juan for him to
stay ashore and to come out in Lee
bers launch with the first reliable
news of the conflict. If Ricardo wins
the chy. he wins the revolution. and
YOU and will then 90 ashOre-to dine
with him in the palace. If he loses
the city, he loses the revolution, and
we will both do well to remain aboard
La Estrellita."
"And in that event, what will be
come of my hrother?"
~ do not know; | forgot TO ask
him, but If he survives, | imagine
he'll have sense enough to know he's
whipped and will retreat on San Bru-
no. fighting 4 rear guard action, EN-
bark aboard the steamer that brought
his men there, and escape
I'm worried about Mother jerks"
II have asked Mother jerks TO dine
with us at 80 this evening, and have
ordered carriage TO call for her.
When she comes I'll tell her every
thing; then, II 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 in profound ST.
ence, 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
Did publican merely said: Cor biz
me-"
After a silence she added: MY
sainted Emery used to sy the proper
lodds for white man in bally row
} this nature was 40 to |. Cor, but
now my sainted Enery would henjoy
Dein' ere this nigAt to clip with the
guns She sighed.
"How about little bottle of wine
% drink peace to iour sainted Henry
lllu luCh W Inc ~ use hcbSbSi Su5
seSted.
"rhat's wot | calls talkin'," Mother
Jenks responded promptly, and Web
'ter, gazing refleGtively at the old
adys beard, wondered why she had
lot been born a man.
Dolores, fearful for her beneeactor's
;afety, urged Mother jerks to accom-
Dany them out aboard La Estrellita,
nut the old dame Indignantly refused,
md when pressed for a reason gave
[ with the utmost frankness They'll
le tykn' Sarros, an when they tyke
i'm they'll back him agin the same
wall he backed my sRlnted Emery and
,our father against. my dear. I've
lotlon that your fathers sonll let
Mrs. Col. Emery enks come to the
larty."
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