Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08

CHAPS. with no enu Va le,s.,S.s an,
things. Mr.. shaw--sitt.:4g opposite
Miss Browne. you KNOWS rather
running things. so If you feel nervous
you should talk to him. Was with th'
South Polar expedition and all that
knows no end about this sort of thin,
wouldn't for moment think Of let
ting ladies run the risk OF being eat
en-
peeped around Apollo for .
glimpse Of the experienced Mr.. Shaw
saw strong featured, weather
beaten profile, the face of man some
| where In his thirties. and looking
| from this side view at least, not only
stern but grim.
made up my mind at once that tn,
| backbone of the party, and inevitabl,
the leader In its projected villainies
| whatever they might be, was thii
rugged-looking Mr.. Shaw. Yor
couldn't fancy him as the misled fol
lower of anybody, even the terrific
Violet.
As 1t seemed an unpropitious mo
ment for taking counsel with Mr.. Shaw
about eannibals, ! tried another tach
with the beautiful youth at my side
How did you like Panama?
fancy the old town Is very pictur
esque."
"Oh, rather!' assented Mr.. yane
| AT least, that is what those painter
chaps call it--met couple Of 'em al
the hotel. Beastly little narrow
streets and houses In shocking state
and all that. l like to see property
kept up, myself"
Il am afraid" said severely, ''thai
you are a philistinel"
He blinked little. "Ah--quite
sol" he murmured, recovering himself
CALAMITY. Zone of those chaps that
backed Goliath against David, WHAT
From this conversational impasse
we were rescued by the interposition
Of the gentleman opposite, whose small
twinkling eyes had been taking me In
with intentness.
II did some flittin' about that little
old burg on my own hook" he In
formed us, 'and what | got to say is,
1t needs wakin' up. l might have took
hand in II myself, If hadn't have
met up with Miss Browne and your
ant. Yes, sir, | had a slick little
proposition or two up my sleeve.
Backed by some Of the biggest capt.
tai in the U. s. Ain fact, there's
a bunch of fellers up there In Gods
country that's pretty sore on old Ell.
III. for passin' things up this way.
KEEP the wires hummin' for two-three
days, till they seen | wasn't to be
switched, and then the Old Man him.
self-no use mentionin' names, but
guess you know who | mean--Wall
Street would, quick enough, anyway
the Old Man himself threatened to
put his yacht In commission and come
down to find out what sort of little
game III. I'll. was playin' on him. But
j done like Br'er Rabbit-jest lay low.
Hamilton III. Tubbs knows good thing
when he sees 1t about as quick as the
next one-and he knows enough to
keep mum about 1t, tooi'
Three or four rough-looking men,
of whom one, certain Captain Mag
nus, belonged to our party and the
rest to the ship, continued vigorously
to hack their way through the meal
with Gathering knives and forks. OF
other sounds there was none. Such
gloom weighed heavily on the genial
spirit of Mr.. Tubbs, and he lightened
II by rising to propose toast.
Ladies and gentlemen, to her now
unfortunately laid low by the pangs Of
NAL de mer--our friend and bony dear,
Miss Hardingw
This was bewildering, for neither
by friend nor foe could Aunt Jane be
called bony. Later In the light of Mr..
Tubbs's passion for classical allusion,
l decided to translate 1t bona dea, and
consider the family complimented. At
the moment sat stunned. but Miss
Browne, with greater self-possession.
majestically inclined her head and
said.
''In the name of our absent friend.
thank you"
In spite Of wistfal looks from the
beautiful youth as we rose from the
table. and the allurement of tr0pic
moon, remained constant to duty
and Aunt Jane, and immured myself
In her stateroom, where passed an
enlivening evening listening to her
means. She showed faint returning
spark of life when | mentioned Cuth-
bert Vane. and raised her head to
murmur that he was Honorable and
she understood though not the heir,
stlll likely to inherit and perhaps after
all Providence
The unspoken end of Aunt James
sentence pursued me into dreams In
which an unknown gentleman oblig-
ingly broke his neck riding to hounds
and left Apollo heir to the title and
estates.