Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29

hoD Don Jdtae'S manager, believes his
employers hfe 10 IN danger. Don Jdi'ne's
mind, hopeper, dtoelis on other things.
He had fallen In lore NTH q picture ne
mas seen In a fashionable ndodzine-G
picture Of Miss Roberta Antrim, society
belle OF Westchester. He Is attacked from
ambHsh and shoots &c out NTH his
opponent. Hobart hads him iooHnded
and the opponent dead. On the body is
o picture OF Roberta and her address.
NTH the request that she be notified IN
the event OF Tom AntTim's death. DON
Jaime sends her a message saying that
Tom Antrim wds killed By a man named
Jimmy Higgins after q quarrel. Roberta,
sDho tires NTH her uncle, CROOKED BiiP'
Latham, sees herself as a hsires. she
considers going to Tsras to take care OF
her interests.
NINTH INSTALLMENT.
THE assistant general manager of
of the Rancho Vale Verde
walked into the vine Enclosed
4 veranda where Dom Jaime lay
at ease in his chaise Tongue,
while a nurse, almost old enough to be
his mother, sat In an adjacent chair
knitting.
"weli. how's our boss, Mrs. Ganby2"
Ken Hobart queried.
k1lo WOuIlUS nave Ola 1ICbl6Q Dy 1ALcb
Intention" the nurse answered. II
should say he'll be up and around again
in q month. Probably lame for q month
or two thereafter. At any rate, he loses
me next week.
Don Jaime, with q polite request to
be excused, read his mail. Presently he
looked up and there was q CLINT OF
deviltry in his black eyes.
don Prudencio Alviso writes me that
he has been engaged by Miss Antrim
as attorney for the estate; that Miss
Antrim has given the Federal Trust Co.
q check in payment Of the notes 1t held
against the estate and that the bank
has resigned as co-executor. Old Prudy
writes to thank me for sending him the
business He tells me that with his
appointment he received q retainer Of q
thousand dollars and instructions to
secure a good man to count those sheep.
He suggests you, old leather-face, and I
second the nomination, which is tanta-
mount to election where Judge Aurelio
Vasquez,is concerned. Miss Antrim says
she's going to leave everything In her
lawyers hands, with instructions to con-
suit with me, and whatever we two
decide to do will meet with her approval.
She says she breads coming down here
in Summer and she has accepted 50
many engagements Of social nature"
who Is Miss Antrim" the nurse
inquired.
THE niece and sole heir of the man
Antrim killed after he'd busted me,
Mrs. Candy"
"oh, she doesn't know bumped old
Tom OF. wrote her q chap named
Jim Higgins had done it."
Ken Hobart chuckled.
That's his gringo alias, Mrs. Candy.
The first Higuenes to be heard Of IN
Spain was called James Michael Hig-
gins. But the Spaniards gave it Span
ish twist-the r has the sound OF e
in Spanish and they have habit OF
say sheepes or Sleeps as the plural OF
sheep, for instance So with the passage
of time James Michael Higgins, the big
Mick, developed into Jaime Miguel
Higuenes. When did that happen, Don
Jaime?"
when the first J. M. married red
headed Spanish woman, who insisted on
spelling the name as 1t was pronounced.
My ancestor did not object. 50 the tribe
of Higuenes was born. The family mi-
grated to Mexico in the nineteenth CEN
fury, and my great-grandfather married
the daughter Of an 1rishman who owned
this rancho. That brought the Celtic
strain up little. My grandfather add
ed to 1t by marrying girl who was half
spring he was glad he'd done 1t. lie
noticed the cross had increased the
height, breadth, general appearance. In
dustry and temper Of the Higuenes
tribe. We looked much more like Black
Irish than Mexicans now, and were
probably, little more than half Celt.
But we had Spanish customs and
in1@ 80 at@Ia mas
our mother tongue. Also we had no rea-
son to be other than proud of our Span
ish blood, so we never mixed 1t with
Indian. When we moved to Texas my
grandfather fought under the Stars and
Bars. He sent my father 10 the Virginia
Military Institute and father married
q Carol Of Virginia and begot me-"
you have never been married?" the
nurse asked.
Never"
aren't you going to be?"
ct fear not. The loneliness here-the
coyote chorus on the buttes-all initiate
against It, Mrs. Candy"
1.-THE right girl" said Mrs. Candy,
wouldn't mind 1t In the least. Go forth
and search for her, Don Jaime"
with kindly interest. "Mrs. Candy, you
told me you are widow. Have you
any children?"
"One-a boy Of fifteen. He has been
quite crippled since his twelfth birth
day. Infantile paralysis"
Don Jaime considered this. Suppose
you had a comfortable home where you
could be with your boy always? I should
have q hostess here. For some time I
have felt that Flavio's wife is too--well,
elemental, for the job. This hacienda
should have a gentlewomans manage
nnent-at nurses wages"
"Oh, Don Jaime! You mean It'll"
He nodded. I'D like to be able to In
vite nice people to visit me, Mrs. Candy
should like to have my friends from
the surrounding country come to din
ner oftener, but I'm never satisfied with
the appearance of my board, the menu,
or the service. have no time to train
maids and housekeepers-and If did
wouldn't know how"
Eyes, a man is very helpless. should
be glad to come. Don jaime"
''You are very kind, Ken. you run
up to FL Paso and get the boy. Mrs.
Candy will arrange that detail for you.
Now clear out and let me sleep"
Mrs. Candy, with tears Of happiness
In her middle-aged eyes, followed the
assistant general manager into the
ranch Office.
why do you suppose he engaged
me, Mr.; Hobart' Do you think ne sus,
thing for my boy and me?"
Eyes, I think so. But he engaged
YOU principally I think, because he
wants the Casa Higuenes to be running
in civilized fashion in case his luck
holds and he should have the honor
of entertaining Miss Roberta Antrim
and her duenna."
shell not have a duenna."
"Oh, yes, she will. You'll supply that
lack. Don Jaime Is very tactful and
formal"
"Why is he so interested In the niece