The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-01-13

companied her into the dining room
for breakfast.
'Well, how did you pass your first
night in Buenaventura?" she inquired.
in the manufacture of breakfast con-
versation.
mot very well. Jiggers bit me and
woke me up, and finally l fell into
trance and had a vision-about you.
After that l couldn't go to sleep again.
l was fairly bursting to see you at
breakfast and read your palm. I've
just discovered wonderful system"
"Show me-" she flashed back at
him and she extended her little hand.
He picked 1t up gravely and with the
dull tine of a fork made a great show
of tracing the lines on her palm.
"You are about twenty-four years
old, and your ancestors were pure-bred
Castilians who came from Madrid,
crossing the Atlantic in caravels. Ever
since the first Ruey landed on this
coast the family has been identified
with the government of the country in
one way or another. When you were
quite little girl, your father, Don
Ricardo Ruey, at that time president
of Sobrante, failed to suppress revo-
luton and was cornered il the govern
ment palace, which was set afire.
Through the bravery and devotion
of cOckney gentleman, Colonel Henry
jerks, an artillery officer in your
fathers army you were saved from
perishing in the burning palace. Col
olel jerks turned you over to his
spouse, now known as Mother jerks,
with instructions to raise you a lydy,
and Mother jerks has carried out
those instructions. Colonel jerks and
your father were executed, and Mother
jerks sent you to the United States
| to be educated. You had a brother,
Ricardo Luis Ruey. older than your
self by seven or eight years. I should
| Judge. In some mysterious manner
| you and your brother lost track of
each other, and at the present moment
he believes you persisted in the flames
that Quilted the government palace.
| "You are of a proud, Independent ma.
| ture; you work at something for liv-
ing, and inasmuch as you haven't been
| u
ey from your earnings, you are plan
ming to terminate your visit to your
| native land at an early date and re-
turn to the United States for the pur-
pose of getting back to work. These
plans, however, will never be con-
sumnated
"Why? Because you are to be mar
| ri ol RI mir ha n
ever afterward, and about sixty days
from now, if all goes well, l. John S.
Webster, am going to introduce you to
your long-lost brother Ricardo. You
will first see Ricardo riding at the
head of his victorious rebel troops as
he enters Buenaventura. He will be
the next president of this wretched
country, if, fortunately, he is not killed
in the revolution he is now fomenting
against his fathers ancient enemy
Your brother does not know you are
living and it will be proud and hap
by day for me when l bring him t.
you. In the interim, what do you pur
pose having for breakfast? Ham ant
eggs sunny side up, an omelette or 1
cereal?"
He released her hand and favored
her with the boyish grin that Away
had the effect of stripping the year
from him as one strips the husk iron
ripe ear of corn. She was gazing a
him in wide-eyed amazement.
as my brother really alive?"
HE was as late as midnight las
night. Do you recall the chap l save,
from being assassinated in New o.
leans?"
"Yes."
''Your worthy brother. A1d do 20
recall the chauffeur whose passage
this port ! was forced to pay?"
"Yes."
"The same individual. sent hil
ashore in the launch with Billy, and
hasAcen housed at Ell Buen Amig'
: but lefr early this morning for tn
B>ck coAntry to open recruiting o
fice
She reached across the little tabl
and squeezed his big brown haud in
pulsvely. You're the most wonderfl
man | ever knew. And does my poo