The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-04-14
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should be glad to come, Don jaime"
"You are very kind. Ken, you run
up to Ell Paso and get tn, boy. Mrs.
Candy will arrange that detail with
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.
"How long have you known Don
Jaime?" she asked Hobart.
"A long time Went to the state uni
versity with him. My father and j
had a cow outfit down in the Big
Bend country but we went broke dur
ing the postwar defiation period. Don
Jaime and | enlisted for the World
war-and spent two years guarding
the border. At that we lodged more
lead than some of those who went to
France. After the bank closed in on
the Hobarts joined the rangers; now
I've left them to work for Don Jaime"
"He is congenitally magnificent"
Ken Hobart laughed. Always re-
members he's muy caballero, Mrs.
Candy. He does things with -four
ish. 1t isn't pose. His people have
always done it. His father died when
he was twenty. He's twenty-eight
now. His mother died giving him
birth, so you see he's man-raised."
why do you suppose he engaged
me, Mr.. Hobart? Do you think he sus-
pected he was doing a very wonder
full thing for my boy and met"
Eyes, think so. Jimmy can see
through a ladder. But he engaged
you, principally, l think, because he
wants the Casa Higuenes to be run
ming in civilized fashion in case his
luck holds and he should have the
honor of entertaining Miss Roberta
Antrim and her duenna."
"She'll not have q duenna."
"Oh, yes, she will You'll supply
and formal"
"Why is he so interested in the
niece of this vicious old man he had
to kill?"
Because Don Jaime Miguel Hig-
uenes is a romantic Mick, that's why.
He saw full-page rotogravure pic
ture of her in the Suburban Gentle
man, and picked her for the mother Of
his children"
"Oh, dear, he's quite hopeless! She
may photograph beautifully even with
red hair, freckles and green eyes. but
she may also be mean and selfish and
irritating; she may be without man.
ners."
I'm that event." said Ken Hobart,
"she just won't be the mother of his
children. Don Jaime doesn't want the
Higuenes tribe to vanish from the
earth, but he would prefer to have
them vanish rather than breed some
thing ignoble. Where will find this
boy of yours? he demanded, to change
the conversation. "I'm starting for
Ell Paso now"
Mrs. Candy wrote note to the peo-
pie with whom she boarded her Grip
pied son and returned to her pa
tient.
"What charming man your Mr..
Hobart is. Don Jaime" she began.
Hell do in a pinch"
"He is very devoted to your In
terests."
Don jaime did not answer. His
glance was out through the arched
gateway. from which the road ran
straight down the valley. mile
away dust-cloud was gathering on
that road.
Somebody is coming in a hurry"
he murmured. when they hurry it's
always bad news"
A solitary horseman galloped up
to the gate, threw himself off and hur-
ried up the steps.
swell, my friend% Don jaime
queried in Spanish. what evil mes
sage do you bring and from whomT
Thirty riders crossed the Rio
Grande at daylight, senior. They are
rounding up several hundred of the
senor's cattle. 1t is raid"
my thanks are due you, my friend.
They will not get far. Who sent you
here"
1.-THE American customs agent at
Los Algodones, Don Jaime. He bids
you send your riders to head them off
before they recross the river with your
cattle"
Return and tell him 1 have but
forty men available. The others are
attending bale at the Rancho Yer
dugo. Forty men will be sufficient. 1
think. Return to the customs agent
with my gratitude for his timely warn.
ing and tell him my men will start in
ten minutes. perhaps less"
The man touched his hat, flung him.
self on his horse and galloped away.
Don Jaime lighted cigar an, smoked
contentedly, while Mrs. Candy watched
him with alert curiosity.
Presently Ken Hobart, arrayed in
his "town" clothes, came to announce
his impending departure.
Delay it until tomorrow, Ken" his
employer ordered casually. 81 have
job for you" And he recounted the
tale brought by his recent visitor.
take forty men and ride for the
river. If this mans tale is the truth
-,,- $1,000