The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-01-13


with a .44-Caliher revolver ana upon
emerging from the railroad hospital a
month later had been tried 10y a So
brantean magistrate and fined the sum
OF 10000, legal tender Of the republic
OF Sohrante. or course, he had paid
Il Off within six months from his
wages as section boss, but the mem
DRY Of the injustice always RANKED
him. and gradually he moved down the
scale OF society from section boss TO
day laborer, day laborer 70 tropical
tramp, and tropical tramp TO beach
comher. In which latter state he had
now existed for several months.
To return TO Mother jerks.
Before Don Juan could even utter q
matutInal greeting, Mother jerks laid
finger 10 lip and sIlenced him. go
back 10 Leber's and return In an hour"
she whispered. II ave my reasons for
wantln' that bloomln' cablegram de-
livered later"
Don Juan hadn't the least Idea what
Mother jerks reasons might be, but
he presumed she was up to some CHI
canery. and so he winked his blood
shot eye very knowingly and nodded
his acQuiescence In the program.
When he had gone, Mother jerks
went behind the bar and fortified her
self with her mornings morning
which rite having been performed, her
sleep-benumbed brain llvened up i'm
m~ediately.
Cords truth" the lady murmured.
AN me about to turn him adrift for
the lawst fortnight! Well for i'm e
alters hadmired the picture o my
sainted Emery. as was the spittln' i'm
age OF his own fawther. 'Evings
ELS bellsl But that was a bit of a
tight squeak! Just as I'm fully con-
WINGED 'e's beat it an I'm left 'oldin'
the sack, all along O. my kindness of
cart, e gets the cablegram 'e's been
lookin' for this W months past an e
alters claimed as 'ow any time e got
q cablegram it'd be an answer to is
letter. with money to foller! My word,
but that was touch an GO"
Still congratulating herself upon her
good fortune in intercepting Don Juan
Cafetero, Mother jerks proceeded up
stairs TO her chamber, clothed her
self. and adjourned TO the kitchen.
After giving orders for an extra spe-
cial breakfast for two, Mother jerks
returned TO her cantina, and formally
opened the same for the business of
that day and night.
To her came presently, via the tiled
hallway, the object Of her sOlicitude,
a young man on the sunny side of
thirty. He was thin for one Of his
height and breadth of chest in color
his countenance resembled that of a
sick Chlnaman. His hair was thick
and wavy, but lusterless; his dark
blue eyes carried q hint of jaundice;
and a generous mouth, beneath an
equally generous upper lip, gave am
pie ground for the suspicion that while
Mr.. William Geary's speech denoted
him an American citizen, al least n
of his maternal ancestors had been
wooed and won by an Irishman. An
old Panama hat, sad relic Of a pros
porous past, a pair of soiled buck skin
pumps, a suit OF unbleached linen
equally %befouled, and last but not
least, the remnants Of a smile that
much hard luck could never quite OBJ
literate, completed his attire-and to
one a stranger in the tropics would
appear to constitute a complete inven-
tory of Mr. Geary's possessions.
"Dulce coraZo milo, l extend a
greeting" he called at the entrance.
II trust you rested well last night,
Mother jerks, and that no evil dreams
were born of your midnight repast Of
f~rijoles refritos, marmalade, and arr
an'-arfv
Chop yer spooin', WILLIE" Mother
jerks simpered. my heyel So I'm
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