Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-11-10

silver" Don Jaime explained. "Fellow
In New York once heard had 1t and
sent his secretary down to buy 1t. He
offered me an unbelievably high price
for the service and didn't seem to be-
lleve me when told him 1t was not
for sale. He just kept fitting the ante
and couldn't seem to see he was an
moving me. Some people are like that.
They think money is the beginning
and the end of everything
perhaps you would. also. Mr..
Higuenes. II you had ever been poor"
Roberta suggested.
1--WE paid 10 per cent for rented
MONEY!" he retarted. I've had the
ranch mortgaged in bad years and
banks carried my father half his life
time Only those who are poor In
spirit. who lack courage. can be really
poor
do you not find life little lonely
here
"A busy man Is seldom lonely. My
father spent his life In bondage to the
irrigation system you probably OBJ
served en- route here. but after his
death completed ii and transformed
senllarid valley into alfalfa and cot
ton fields. got rid Of the scrubby
long horned cattle that were built for
speed and substituted Herefords which
e. A tr hur ~.
a considerable task and fell to my
hands when l was eighteen. That was
ten years ago.
after | was demobillzed In the
spring of 1919 | really started to put
this ranch on paying basis.
cleaned up on cotton In 1919 and 20
And cattle prices were unbelievably
high. | had feeling, however. that
such wartime prosperity wouldn't
last, SO | sold all my cattle In the
fall of 1920. and In 1921 didn't plant
any cotton. Well. the market smashed
on hoth-and lucky Jim didn't have
any
Instead raised alfalfa and stacked
It; then bought cattle for song
when the banks and the governmental
loan agencies forecl0sed Cheap cat
tie and cheap feed. you know. ! had
my moments of panic. the road was
rough and rocky In spots. although
that, OF course. made 1t all the more
interesting, the victory all the more
| delightful. | think that when one has
had to fight for his land and his people
/ he learns to love both. no matter how
| unlovey or unlnterestlng they may
! appear to those whose lives have been
spent In shelter and without effort
MY life has been spent that way.
must admit" Roberta confessed. And
I like IT," she added
"Why not? You've never tried any
other life, have you?"
Roberta noticed that her host was
much more at his ease, now that theii
conversation had veered into new
channels. Ii occurred to the girl tor
that Don Jaime Miguel Higuenes hat
lived more In five minutes Of his color
full life than had the last three genera
lions of Hacketts. And the Hackett!
were long-lived race.
"What gainful occupation. II any
does Mr.. Latham practice now?" Dol
Jaime asked Roberta.
HE plays the stock market"
"With success, hope
HE has always been very success
full until recently, when he lost prac
tically everything he had-or at leas
he would have lost 1t without the ali
OF some people who love him. w
anticipate a reverse In the marke
which will pull him out. If not with
profit at least without terrific loss
my father loved your Uncle Bill
even If he did shoot him In the hee
and disagree with him politically.
would be glad to give my father
friend leg up. You live with you
. Uncle BILL take It,"
ave been his ward and membe
of his household since my tenth brit
day. have never known wish h
hasn't FASTENED to crafty. at whateve
cost So. you see. now that he's Of
and liable to suffer financial reverse
1t is my duty to take care OF him. an
|, for that reason my Uncle Toms estat
comes to me somewhat In the natur
Of a godsend."
"0ne more reason why ! should /
], dealt with charitahly In the matter
your deceased avuncular relative It
young man suggested hnmorous
: "Wcll. wen pull you out all right G
the sheep"
II understand the estate Is boardlr
:. on you. Mr.. IIiguenes.
Don Jaime shrugged. IFS NADIA"
replied. ''That Is. the grass they co
sumo doesn't amount to that" and
snapped his fingers. "The knowled'
that | am serving distressed lady
d rich reward"
; Two maids removed the empty sol
I. plates and set the roast down In fro