The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-01-20

it's a secret
"Bet you / find out"
How much? That $4,000 you ex-
pect to make from the four-gOld in
your black-sand cfafm7 And, by the
way, $40, please. l won 1t 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,
4 haven't got the money just now, and
this is what Billy calls q finger bet.
but II lose, l guarantee to pay. Are
We betting even money! / think that
Is scarcely fair. Under the circum-
stances should be entitled to odds"
Nothing doingi No odds on a bet
Of this nature to seeress who has al
ready Jared me from soul to vermi-
form appendix by making goodi You
know too blamed much already, and
how you discovered It is problem
that may drive me crazy yet"
After breakfast they repaired to the
veranda to await the result of Web
ster's experiment with Don Juan Cafe,
tero. Sure enough, the wreck had again
returned, he was seated on the edge Of
the veranda waiting for them; as they
approached, he held up a grimy, quiv-
ering hand, in the palm OF which lay
"a fve-dollar gold piece.
"What?" Mr.. Webster said, amazed.
"Still unchanged"
II thried to change 1t at half dozen
cantinas," Don Juan wheezed, "but
diyil a bit ay systim did any av thin
have. Wan offered this In spiggoty
money an the other offered that, an
sure If I'd taken the best that was
offered me In exchange, We might have
fought I'd TUX more nor wan drink"
"Bravol Three long, loud. raucous
cheers for Don Juan Cafetero!" Do
lores cried, WAS 1t terrible task to
come back without a drink. Don Juan?"
He shivered, "A shky-b1ue kangaroo
wit a pink tail an green ears chased
me into this patio, ma'am." ,,44at
you're very brave, Cafferty. How
does it feels:to win back; your self
respect?" Webster asked him. -
"Beggin' the young leddy's pardon
1t feels like he'll, sor.' y
"Caliph, don't be cruel" Dolores
pleaded. "Call waiter and give Don
Juan what, you promised him."
So Webster went into the hotel bar
and returned presently with bottle
of brandy and glass, which he filled
and held out toward Don Juan. Zone
of the paradoxes Of existence, Don
JUAN" he observed, ''lies in the fact
that 80 many of the things in life that
are good for us are bad for us. This
jolt will dispense the menagerie and
quiet your nerves, but nevertheless it
is nail in your coffin"
Webster, accompanied by his pro-
tege, strolled uptown on a shopping
tour. Here he QUILTED Don Juan
neatly but not gaudily and added to
his own personal effects two high
power sporting rifles, three large-cal.
iber automatic pistols, and a plen-
tiful supply of /. ammunition-after
which he returned to the hotel. first
having conducted Don Juan to bar
Der shop and given him instructions
! to, report for. orders and his midday
| drink the instant he should have &C.
quired the outward evidences Of re-
/ spectability. ~:
AT the hotel Webster found two
messages awaiting him. One was from
Billy Geary, up at San Miguel de Pad
ua, advising him that everything was
in readiness for a trip to the mine ;
| the other was note from Ricardo
Ruey, but signed with his alias Of
Andrew Bowers. Webster read:
Dear Friend:
"A certain higher-up has been con-
WINGED that 1t would be extremely In
advisable to eliminate you now. 1t
has been pointed out to this person
that you are prom. cit. up in your
neck of the woods and dangerous to
monkey with-personally and because
such monkeying. may lead to unpleas-
ant complications with your paternal
government. A far more artistic and
effective way Of raising hell with you
has been suggested to this higher-np
individual, and he has accepted It. In.
deed, the plan pleased him so much
that he laughed quite heartily. Real.
~, It is quite diabolicai, but remem.