The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-01-20

going to interview the cable agent
then I'm going to call at the steam
ship office and scan the passenger list
Of the last three nor'h-bound steam
ers, and II ! do not find Henrietta Will
kins' name on one Of those passenger
lists I'm going up to Gale de Con-
cordia No. 10"
a" surrender Internationally"
groaned Billy. "Tm a liar from be-
ginning to end. | overlooked my hand.
I beg Of you to believe me, however,
when I tell you that | only told you
those whoppers because I was In
honor bound to tell them. Personally,
l don't want you to go away-at least,
not until I'm ready to go away, too !!
Miss Kuey, my nose is in the dust.
There Is a fever In my brain and a
misery in my heart"
"And contrition in your face" she
interrupted him laughingly. you're
forgiven, Mr.. Geary on one condi-
ton"
"Name It." he answered.
"Tell me everything from beginning
to end"
rather have been visited with a plague
of boils, like our old friend, the late
Job, han have 70 tell you this, Miss
Ruey," he concluded his recital. MAN
proposes, but God disposes, and you're
here and bound to learn the truth
sooner or later. Mother isn't a lady
and she knows 1t, but take II from
me, Miss Ruey, she's a grand old
piece Of work. She's a scOut-a ring
tailed sport-a regular individual and
game as a gander."
"And | mustn't call at Ell Buen Ami
go, Mr.. GearyT'
"Perish the thought! Mother must
call on you. Ell Buen Amigo is what
you might term a hotel for tropical
tramps Of the masculine sex Nearly
all Of Mothers guests have a past,
you know. They're the submerged
white tenth Of Sobrante.
"Then my benefactor must call to
see me here?" Billy nodded. "When
will you bring her here?"
Billy reflected that Mother jerks
had been up rather late the night be-
fore and that trade in the cantina
Of FL Buen Amigo had been unusually
brisk so since he desired to exhibit
the old lady at her best, he concluded
It might be well to spar for wind.
Tomorrow at TO-" he declared. Do
lores inclined her head. Something
told her she had better leave all future
details to the amiable William.
81 remember you inquired for your
friend, Mr.. Webster, when you came
aboard the steamer"
81 remember 1t, too" Billy countered
ruefully. 81 can't imagine what's be-
come Of him. Miss Ruey, did you
ever go to meet the only human being
in the world and discover that for
some mysterious reason he had failed
to keep the appointment? Miss Ruey,
you'll have to meet old John Stuart
the minute he lights In ~Buenaventura.
He's some boy"
"Old ] Stuart?" she queried.
How oldT
"Oh, thirty-nipe or forty on actual
count, but one Of the kind that will
live to be a thousand and then have
to be killed with an axe. He's COM
ing to Sobrante to help me put we a
mining deal"
"How interesting, Mr.. Geary! No
wonder you were disappointed"
The last sentence was q shaft DELHI
erately launched; to Dolores delight
It made a keyhole In Billy Geary's
heart.
"Don't get me wrong, Miss Ruey,"
he FASTENED to assure her. 81 have q
good mine, but I'd trade 1t for a hand
shake from Jack! The good Lord only
published one edition Of Jack, and
limited the edition to one volume;
then the plates were melted for the
junk we call the human race. Two
weeks ago, when l was sick and pen
niless and despairing, the possessor Of
a concession on q fortune, but with
out a centavo In my pockets to buy a
banana, when l was a veritable beach
cOmber and existing on the charity Of
Mother jerks, l managed finally to
communicate with old Jack and told
him where I was and what I had.
There's his answer. Miss Ruey, and
I'm not ashamed to say that when /
got II / cried like q kid" And Billy
handed her John Stuart Webster's re
markable %cablegram, the receipt o
which had, for Billy Geary. trans
formed night into day, purgatory int
paradise. Dolores read 1t.
mo wonder you love him." she de
clared, and added artlessly: Hi
wife must simply adore him."
"'He has no wife to bother his life
so he paddles his own CANOE" Bill,
recited. II don't believe the old sou
dough has eve been in love with any
thing more charming than the GOODIES
Of fortune. He's woman-proof."
about Mrs. jerks" Dolores contin
ued. abruptly changing the subject
slow nice to reflect that after sh'
had trusted you and believed In 70,
when you were penniless, you wer
enabled to Justify her faith"
"You bet I" Billy declared. 81 fee