The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10

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getting anywhere without a battle
so | will take a chance stop You
know my people so do not have
to furnish social referenc stop
Can furnish financial credentials to
please any save most eXacting"
what are you going to say in
reply, Mr.. Latham?"
I'm going to encourage the boy,
of course"
"Why do that?"
ITO make him work. Remem
ber Glenn, there Is one thing Ro-
berta will never forgive, and That's
bad taste. You can't kill a girls
uncle and then expect to rush her
off her feet, even though you killed
in self-defense and In so doing per
formed a public service. | tell you
this man Higuenes doesn't know
any better than to walk into
straight lefts and rights"
Crooked Bill hung up and imme-
diately dispatched the following
telegram to Don Jaime Miguel H:g-
uenes:
You have the nerve of a lion
tanner stop Thanks for the compli
ment implied in your telegram hui
have nothing to say about it stop
However you have my best wishes
and | will even give you some good
advice stop Pile on the high rO-
nance and sound the old Castilian
note your good old father knew so
well stop If there is anything in
hienders law you should be dark.
haired and dark-eyed like Mike and
with these assets a fair singing
voice and a guitar some moonlight
and a pachydermous hide | should
say that you stand slightly more
chance than a cellulOid dog chas-
! ing an asbestos cat through the
internal regions. LATHAN."
"And now he murmured, "hav-
ing done my full Christian duty by
all concerned, think | should re-
turn to my breakfast"
Well had he been nicknamed
| Crooked Bill!
Mignon awakened Roberta at
seven o'clock next morning. Its
! Sunday" she reminded her dis
| creetly. "What will Won wear.
miss?"
Roberta had given considerable
thought to that very subject the
night previous. THAT sports suit
bought just before leaving New
York" she answered promptly.
Breakfast was ready on the gal
lery when Roberta came out look
/ ing for her host. The table was
! set for two and Don Jaime was
waiting for her. His lazy dark
eyes swept her in one glance-from
her white kid pumps to her Titan
/ head.
you are as beautiful as an army
with banners, Miss Antrim" he an
nOunced in the matter-of-fact tone
In which one proclalms that two
and two make four or that a
straight line is the shortest dis.
tance between two points. Not so
much a compliment or the natural
desire of a man to fiatter a woman,
as a definite statement OF fact.
! Roberta flushed-and hated her
self for it. because 1t was not her
habit to exhibit such apparent
pleasure at compliments from men
Il suppose he'll ask me If slept
we'll" she decided. 1.-The usual
banal query"
He did not He tucked her into
her seat. sat down opposite, looked
at her casually and said: IL see
you had a good nights rest in the
gigantic bed of my ancestors. You
appear much refreshed and am
very glad of it, And you arrive
for breakfast promptly at eight.
Punctuality is a paramount virtue.
particularly in women, so just for
that you win a rose" And he
leaned back and plucked one from
the vine that clambered around a
pillar Of the gallery. You're too
red for red roses" he rambled on.
handing ii to her. so this lovely
mauve rose is just the right shade"
"I'm not red. I'm auburn.
Thanks for the rose, however. It's
lovely"
well, whatever it is. it suits
me fine. You and | are going to
be the best of friends. Roberta"
We'll. | like them fast on their
feet-and you're a whiz-bang. jim
my. I've been trying very hard to
dislike you but | must confide it's
an uphill job"
"Of course. it's very uuethical to
like me-" he admitted demurely.
Let us say it is unusual and let
il go at that"
His eyes devoured her. Roberta.
you're mighty sweet. | think. if
may. I'll call you Bobby"
"My friends all do. Shamus. Fire
away. Oldtimer."
She saw him swallow something
and it was not food. The fire
died out of his eyes, and the sud
den, wistful. little-bOy look faded