The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-04-07
a true lovers kiss.

a true lovers kiss.
| "All's well with the world" John
| Stuart Webster announced when he
could use his lips once more for con-
versation. "ARd," he added. sowing
| to the fact that started trihe late
! in life, believe / could stand little
more of the same"
The door opened and Ricardo looked
in on them.
"Killjoy!" Webster growled. "Old
| KilljOy the Thirteenth, King of So
| brante. Is this surprise to yOu?"
"NOt a bit of 1t, Jack. I knew 1t
was due"
cam I welcome in the Ruey family?"
Ricardo came over and kissed his
sister Don't be lobster Jack" he
protested. 81 dislike foolish ques-
tions." And he pressed his friends
hand with fervor that testified to his
pleasure.
"I'm sorry to crowd in at a time
like this Jack" he continued with a
hug for Dolores, "but Mr.. What-you-
may-cal-him, the American consul. has
called to pay his respects. AS a fellow
citizen of yours. he is vitality interested
in your welfare. Would you care to
receive him for a few minutes?"
zone minute will do Webster de-
clared with emphasis. "Show the hu-
man slug up, Rick"
Mr.. Lemuel Tolliver tripped breezily
| IN with Outstretched hand. "My dear
Mr.. Webster" he began, but Webster
cut him short with a peremptOry ges-
ture.
Listen. friend TOllver." he said.
THE only reason / received you was
~ tell you I'm going to remain in this
country awhile and help develop it.
l may even conclude to grow up Win
it. | shall not, of course. renOunce my
American citizenship: and of course
as an American citizen. am naturally
interested in the man my country
sends to Sobrante to represent it.
might as well be frank and tell YOU
that you won't do. / called on you
once to do your duty, and you weren't
there; | told you then ! might have
something to say about your job later
on. and now I'm due to say it. Mr..
Tolliver, I'm the power behind the
throne in this little Jim-crOw country,
ana to quote your own elegant phrase
OlOgy, you, as American consul, are
nuX vomica to the Sobrantean gov
eminent. Moreover. as soon as the
Sobrantean ambassador reaches Wash
ington. he's, going to tell the president
that you are, and then the president
will be courteous enough to remove
you. In the meantime, fare thee well,
Mr.. Consul"
But, Mr.. Webster"
"Vaya!"
Mr.. Tolliver, approaching the utter
futility of argument, bowed and de-
parted.
verify, life grows sweeter with each
passing day. Webster murmured
whimsically. "Rick, old man, think
you had better escort the consul to
the front door. Your presence is nuX
vOmica to me also. See that you back
me up and dispose of that fellow Toll
liver or you can't come to our we'd
ulnS-can ne, SWeetheart!
When Ricardo had taken his depar-
ture John Stuart Webster looked up
quite seriously at his wife-to-be. "Can
you explain to me, Dolores" he asked,
"hOw it happened that your relatives
and your fathers old friends here in
Sobrante, whom you met shortly after
your arrival never informed you that
Ricardo was living?"
''They didn't know any more about
him than l did and he left here as
mere boy. He was scarcely acquainted
with his relatives. all of whom bowed
quite SubmisSvely to the Sarros yoke.
Indeed my fathers half-brother, An
tonic Ruey, actually accepted a port
folio under the Sarros regime and held
it up to his death. Ricardo has
wholesome contempt for his relatives,
and as for his fathers old friends,
none of them knew anything about his
plans. Apparently his identity was
known only to the Sarros intelligence
bureau, and it did not permit the infor-
nation to leak out"
Sunny mix up" he commented.
"And by the way. where did you get
all the inside dope about Neddy Je-
rOme?"
She laughed and related to him the
details of Neddys perfidy
"And you actually agreed to deliv-
er me, hog-tied and helpless. to that
old schemer, DolOres?'
''Why not. dear. l loved you; al
ways meant to marry you. if you'd let
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