The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-23

| served you, suspected your iden.
tity, suspected that for some reas.
on you had arrived a day earlier
than that named in your letters. So
| started across to interview you
and then saw Dingle Bell. as I
call him. and instantly l was jeal.
GUS. So tried to kill Dingle Bell
according to you-although what
l really tried to do was to puncture
his tire. thought if | could sue.
coed in frightening him away be-
fore he had an opportunity to tell
You too much-the things | wanted
to tell you myself would be PROV
ing myself a very smart young man.
Well, succeeded. didn't II"
/ Roberta's face went scarlet. "Pm
so terribly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
rassed" p, ...s ~
Nonsense. 1t was grand joke
and / assure you grand jokes are
few and far between in this part of
/ the world. That rascal Dingle has
been talking to you and telling you
things that weren't so, and | saw
at once that you were perfectly will
ing to believe the worst of Jim Hig.
gins. while holding Jaime Higuenes
in a measure of respect"
"I-I can't believe you're a bad
man." Roberta faltered.
'I'm not. I'm lovely young fel.
Ter. and your cussed uncle did give
me q fiat tire and make south.
paw out of me for a while. And |
did bust him. good and plenty. and
have no regret for my action. I'm
forgiven, am not ~
| Roberta eyed her host coolly. "I'll
think it over. I'm sorry you de.
ceived meeven by such innocent
and undoubtedly amusing deceit.
Your letters were so delightfully."-
neighborly it seemed quite all right
to permit myself to be under obli.
CATION to you. But If had known
that Jaime Higuenes and not Jim
Higgins had killed my uncle
should not now find myself in the
position of scolding my host. of re-
GREETING my acceptance of his hos
pitalify."
"Say on, Miss Antrim. ! would be
the last man on earth to use his hos
pitaliry as a gag to free speech"
"My Uncle Bill will think II very.
very strange of me to accept sthe
hospitality of my Uncle Tom's-ah
remover. How shall explain II
to him?''
"Don't." Don Jaime suggested
meekly. "I'll do It. Give me Uncle
Bills address and I'll send him q
| wire tonight. That will give him
an opportunity to register his kick
| tomorrow. If II seems to yon then
that you ought TO leave Vale Verde
my car will he at your disposal"
| He called Mrs. Ganby and when
she entered Bobbie was holding to
her hand.
I Don Jaime poured cocktails and
served them. LADIES' To volIr
beautiful eyes," he toasted. and
added TO Roberta "And confusion
to your old Uncle Billw
"Idiofr' Roberta gasped. and
strangled with laughter She han
suddenly visnalized Glenn Hackett
standing beside Don Jaime Miguel
Higuenes and the comparison was
we'll Roberta langhedi
| To he called an idiot by ones
guest is moi exactly compliment.
4 nevertheless II hncl ed Dnn Jaime
Miguel Hignenes mp considerably
1--WE never been called an idiot he
FORE" he retorted gravely. yet.
for some strange reason. feel
pleased"
!, II didn't mean you. of course.
Don Jaime" Roberta FASTENED to
assure him. 81 was thinking Of
somebody else Just then"
IAN itlint?"
ION the contrary very intellec.
tnal. splendid gentleman of my ac
Quafnfance.
"Well. r'm glad you've pigeon.
holed him at last. whoever he Is
I don't like him. And agree with
you that he'd never do for Texas
Not flexible enough. What sort Of
fellow Is your Uncle Rill?"
ooh. Uncle Bills hnman-very
/. He was horn and raised I'm Texas
Spent most of his early hfe in this
state. In fact
I'm what line of endeavors"
Cows"
son a large scale?"
"Oh. yes!"
81 should know him or of him
| then. What's his last name?"
Latham. William r. Latham"
Don Jaime Miguel Higuenes set
dpwn his glass and stared at her
SIS Uncle Pill slightly lame in his
off mind leg-just suspicion of a
limp"
"Yes DO you really know nv
Uncle Bill?"
tTo BE coNTINuED.D
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