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Show ' 9 THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSYILLE, UTAII IrtWEBSIffi -- HANSMAN & Peter B. Kyne Author of Cappy The Valley of the Giants," Etc. Ricks,' CSbyyAHif M S, 1l?e Tampa, having been shipped to our 14 agent there on sight draft, with bill of "I think no. I dare nay Iticardo lading attached; the steamer la char lered and en route to Tampa from holies to take Sarros hy surprise, hot tie the city gnrrlson up In the cuar-te- l Norfolk, Va., and we must pay the and the government pulaee and owners $10,000 the day she begins tak therelo'slege them. Having secured Ing on her cargo, and $10,000 before nominal control of a seaport, he can she unloads It on ilghtera at Han Import arms and ammunition ; also lie Bruno. can recruit openly, and at his leisure "We must also pay 200 men one hunt down the outlying garrisons. The month's pay In advance that la, $30, Sarros crowd doesnt suspect his pres- 000; we cannot meet this expense and ence In Sobrante, and hy a quick, savstill take up that sight draft now age stroke he should he able to Jerk awaiting our attention In the bank at this government up by the Tampa. heels In Jig time particularly since "In return for this favor to the prothe citizenry feel no loyalty toward visional government of Sobrante, you the Snrros regime and are ofcly kept shall have the note of the provisional In subjection through fear and, lack government, signed by the provisional of a lender. I'm going to play Wear-dpresident, myself, and the provisional to win. If he Isn't killed In the cabinet, Dr. Pacheco, Colonel Caraopening row, for I'm certain hell lead veo, and two other gentlemen whom his men. you will meet Jo due course unless In I dare say he Is gregtly like his the Interim they should be killed. And father not afraid to die for bis coun- as a bonus for saving this country I am from a brutal dictator, who Is pillagtry, she replied presently. glud to he here when he takes that ing Its resources for his personal profrNk" it, you shall have a deed of gift, to Oh. hut you mustnt bo here, Webthat mining concession you and your ster protested. friend, Geary, are so desirous of work- "Why? Ing; nlso the title shall be certified "Because there'll be street fighting by the government and the Supreme probably of a desperate character, court of Sobrante and absolutely seand I understand your countrymen go cured to you against future aggresd and do things not sion in the event that the new regime rather sanctioned by The Hague tribunal. If should be overthrown at some future theres a steamer In port at the time date. Also you have my profound Ill put you aboard her until the Issue gratitude and that of my people." Is decided. I'm going to see Itlcnr-tl"Tell me your plan of campaign," tomorrow night and learn the de- Webster suggested. CHAPTER XIII one-hors- Continued. In e o war-ma- o tails of his plan of campaign ; after "In a secret rendezvous In the that Ml he able to act Intelligently. mountains I have 1,000 picked men my fathers veterans. They are armed Iticardo Huey, with Dr. Iacheco and with modern rifles and machetes. The Colotoel (araveo, were engaged In nitrate company, which has been suf"consultation when Jack Webster, hav- fering from heavy export duties Iming left the Hotel Mateo via his bedposed by Sarros, has loaned me all the room window iu order to avoid posrolling stock of the railroad for one sible espionage and made his way to night. It will be mobilized at San Bneu Andgo on foot, was an- Miguel tie Indua by next Saturday nounced by Mother Jenka. The three night; my troops will arrive late the conspirators greeted him Joyously, as same afternoon and entrain at once, Indeed they should, for hla loyal "In the Interim all telephone and friendship had thus far been one of telegraph communications with Buetheir principal bulwarks. naventura will be severed. The night Webster Inquired, after previous our steamer will have dis"Well, greeting them and carefully closing charged her cargo of men and munithe door behind him, "here I am In tions at San Bruno; a chain of outBuenaventura, marking time and, like posts will at once be established and Mr.Micawber, waiting for something all communication with the capital to tarn up." will be Rhut off. "You will not be required to wait "On Saturday night,- - also, the Conlong, Colonel Caraveo assured him. solidated Fruit companys steamer, Thanks to your kindly ofllees, the La will make port with 3ft Estrellita, trap Is already baited." TheSb Americans In her steerage. "Our friend, Ituey,' has, since our men will be e and miners first meeting. Insisted on dispensing Imported by Mr, J. S. Webster, and with my consent when using me to In order to make certain that they promote hla enterprises, Colonel. Strange to say, I have been unable to berate him for his Impudence. I was down at Lebers warehouse this after-soon- . You hove euough tools consigned to me there to build a pretty fair highway to the gates of the government palace, 1 should' say. I hope you have all pondered the result to me, an Innocent bystander. If your enemies should tuke a notion to pen one of those cases of shovels." Colonel Caraveo favored him with a You forget, my benignant smile. friend, that I am second In command In the Intelligence department, and that during the absence of your particular friend. Raoul Sarros, In New Orleans, lam first In command. Since I already know what those cases contain, naturally I shall not take the trouble to investigate." -Well, thats a comfort. Colonel." You have Investigated your mining concession, Webster?" Ricardo Ituey asked. , -- 1 . road-mak- road-makin- You g bet." What did you find?" A couple of millions In sight. It Iticardo shook his head slowly. Is not In sight, old man," he reminded Webster. -- Without our aid and you cannot have our aid unless our revolution la successful, when you shall have It freely your millions are, most positively, tot in sight. If you want those millions, friend Webster, there Is but one way to get them and that Is to close your eyes and wonder play our game to the limit. If youd go further about $10,000 further, to be exact." "I might, but I never go It blind for a wad like that. What's your trouble? The Indt ldual In charge of the funds of the revolutionary Junta in New Orleans was murdered Inst night; the funds were deposited to his credbeit as agent in a certain bank.-an- d fore the Junta can obtain legal possession of them again the psychological time for their nse will have passed. We have a steamer chartered, and 200 men, whose business It Is to fight tinder any flag at $3 gold per day and no questions asked, are now marking time on the Isle of Pines, off the coast of Cuba, waiting for our steamer to call for them and land them, with their rifles and ammunition and lx 7.Vui!llimeier And guns and some rapid Are Maxims at San Bruno, some 18 mile tip the inast from here. ions are now din? r" 1 '' tonments are to be rushed and set afire; I figure that the confusion ef our sodden attack will create a riot particularly when I do something that Isnt very popular as a war feature down thld way, and that Is charge and keep on coming. "The government troops will start to full back on the city, only to find themselves flanked by a fierce artillery fire from the San Bruno contingent; the troops from the arsenal, the guards at the palace and the Fifteenth regiment of Infantry, now stationed at the Cuartel de Infanterla, next the government palace, will be dispatched post haste to repulse the attack, and 400 men, with the machine gun company waiting In Lebers warehouse, will promptly move upon them from the rear and capture the arsenal There are a few thousand rifles and a lot of ammunition stored there; i miss my guess if, as soon as the news of Its capture by the rebels spreads through the city (and I shall, have men to spread It), I shall not have a few thousand vol&nteers eager to help overthrow Sarros. "Once, cut off from the arsenal and the palace, Sarros must fight his way out of theclty In order to have the slightest chance to suppress the rebellion, for be will have no refuge In the city. And with the railroad and all the rolling stock fn our hands, without a commissary for his troops, without k base of supplies, even should the government troops fight their way through, they leave the city in my hands and Ill recruit and arm my men r.nd hunt them down like Jack rabbits at tny leisure. Once let' the arsenal aud the palace fall Into my hands, once fet me proclaim myself provisional president, once let the people know that Ricardo Ruey, the beloved. Uvea again In the person of hla son, and I tell you, Webster, this country Is saved. How do you like my plan of campaign?" "It couldnt be any better If I had planned It myself. You might accept my suggestion and armor that little motor truck of mine. It arrived on yesterday's steamer." And some armor sheet steer with It sheet s(eel already for the barrels of the two machine guns It will carry!" Dr. Pacheco cried Joyloop-hole- d ously. "Have you provided a chauffeur, Doctor?" "I have likewise an armored sheet-stecloset for him to sit In while chaffeurlng." "How about that loan to the proRicardo devisional government?" manded pointedly. Webster did not hesitate. After all, what was money to him now? Billy lmd gone away, his hopes raised high, already a millionaire after the fash Ion of mining men, who are ever ready to count their chicks before they are hatched, provided only they see the eggs. Besides, there was Dolores. Full well Webster realized that Billy, tossed back once more Into the Jaws wolf of poverty, of the would not have the courage upon his return to Sobrante to ask Dolores to share his poverty with him; should the revolution fall, Ricardo Ituey would be an outcast, a hunted mnn With a price on bis head, and In no position to care for his sister, even should he survive long enough to know he had a Bister. She would be alone In the world If he, John Stuart Webster, failed her now more than ever she needed a mans strength and affection to help her navigate the s of life, for life to a' woman, alone and unprotected and dependent upon her labor for the bread she must eat, must contain, at best, a full measure of terror and despair and loneliness. He pictured her through a grim processional of years of skimping and petty sacrifices and all because he, John Stuart Webster, had hesitated to lend a dreamer and an Idealist a paltry $40,010 without security. If No, there was no alternative. his friendship for Billy was worth a sou. It was worth $40,000; If his silent, unrequited love for Dolores Ruey was worthy of her, no sacrifice on his part could be too great, provided it guaranteed her happiness. "Ruined again," he sighed. This la only another of t)iose numerous occasions when the tail goes with the hide. IIow goon do you want the money?" Ricardo Lulz Ruey leaned forward and gazed very earnestly at John Stuart Webster. "Do you really trust me that much, my friend?" he asked feelingly. "Remember, 1 am asking you for $40,000 ou faith." "Old sport." John Stuart Webster answered, you Vent overboard in Buenaventura harbor and took a chance among thos big, hammer-heasharks. And you did that becausi you bad a cause jou thought worr dying for. I never knew a :uuo wh had a cause that was worth dylnn for who would even espouse a ciMse worth swindling for. You win only I want you to understand one thing. Ricardo: I'm not doing this tor the sake df saving that mining concession the Sarros goxern-nien- t gate my friend, Geury. I'm above doing a thing like this for money for myself. It seems to me I imi- -t do It to guarantee the happiness of two people 1 love: My friend, Geary, and the girl he's going to marry. 1 reject your promissory note and your promise of a deed of gift for that and accept only your gratitude. There, are no strings to this loan, because it Isn't a loan at ail. It's a bet. If you lose. I'll help you get out of the country and absolve you of any Indebtedness to me. However, If you should win. I know jou'U reimburse me from. the national treasury." And you do not desire a,hnn? "Nothing that will cost the citizens f their of this eouutry one penny heritage, lia going to bet this tnoo- - el well-know- n tide-rip- liver-colore- Kj. d "Tell Me Your Plan of Campaign." have already ordered them by cable. We have arranged with the port doctor to give Ia a clean bill of health the very Hence the ship's arrives. she night authbrltiea will not be suspicious, 1 hope, when we remove our men after dark and house them in lahera warehouse, where they will spend the night unpacking those spades, picks and shovels of yours and getting the facto grease off them. "At 4. oclock In the morning various citizens of Sobrante. with rebellion In. their hearts, will begin to mobilize at Lebers warehouse, where they will be Issued rifles and ammunh tlon and where they will wait until the action Is opened to the south, by from San Bruno, the detachment which, having marched from Sau Bruno the night before, will have arrived outside the city, and will be awaiting the signal from me. I will attack from the west cautiously. "Now. there are 5.000 government troops In the city and in various cantonments on the outskirts. These can will come, you ta -- How fa rd call K wonder RJeanJo, with hls northern viewpoint, pproacb-e-d alhls patriotic task with Webmost with contempt And when ster recalled that the provisional government had casually borrowed from him the sura of forty thousand dollars In order to turn the trick borrowing It forsooth. In much the same spirit as a commuter boarding hls train without the becessary fare halls a neighbor and borrows ten cent.hls natural optimism asserted itself and he chuckled as In fancy he heard himself telling the story to Neddy Jerome and being branded a liar for hls pains. "Well, Tve had one comfort ever since I first saw that girl, he re"While Ive flected philosophically. never been so unhappy In all my life before, or had to tear my soul out by the roots so often, things have been coming my way so fast from other directions that I havent had much opportunity to dwell on the matter. And for these compensating offsets, good Lord, I thank Thee. He was John Stuart Webster again when Dolores saw him next; during the succeeding dayi hla mood of Indifcheerfulness and And him. throughference never left out that period of marking time Dolores was much In hls society, a condition which he told himself was not to bis liking but which, nevertheless, he could not obviate without seeming Indifferent to her happiness. And to permit hls friend's fiancee to languish k did not In loneliness and as the Webster to Stuart John appear part of a true friend or a courtly gentleman and he remembered that she had once called him that. They rode together In the cool of the morning; they drove together on the Malecon In the cool of the evening; chaperoned by Don Jnan Cafetero and a grinning Sobrantean, they went shark fishing in Lebers launch; they played dominoes together; they discussed, throughout the long, lazy, quiet afternoons, when the remainder of their world retired for the siesta, books, art, men, women, aud things. And not once, throughout two weeks d of camaraderie, did the Webster forget for a single instant that he was the new friend, destined to become the old friend; never, to the girl's watchful eyes, . did he betray the slightest disposition to establish their friendly relation on a closer basis. Thus did the arrival of The Day find them. Toward sunset they rode out together along the bay shore and noted far out to sea the smear of Informed Dolores Fully of His Inter- - smoke that marked the approach of La Estrellita on schedule time. view. You will go aboard her tonight, Ing for my $40,000 and go through Webster said very quietly to Dolores. with It. I worked rather hard for And you?" , that $40,000, and If I must lose It, I I shall go aboard with you. I have do not Want to do It In a arranged with Don Juan for him to fight. Give me, at least, a bloody run stay ashore and to come out in Lefor my money. Ill have a reserved bers launch with the first reliable seat somewhere watching the game." news of the conflict. If Ricardo wins "If youll take my advice, youll go the city, he wins the revolution, and aboard La Estrellita and stay there I will then go ashore to dine and you until the Issue Is decided.- - Wheh the with him In the palace. If he loses first gun Is fired. It signals the open the he loses the revolution, and city, season on mining engineers who butt we will both do well to remain aboard In on affairs of state." La Estrellita." And me with a healthy "What! And In that event, what will bebet down on the result! I hope Im come of my brother?" a better sport than that." I do not know; I forgot to ask Be careful, "Youre Incorrigible. him, but If he survives, I Imagine then, and dont get yourself potted by he'll have sense enough to know hes a stray bullet. will retreat on San Bruand whipped "Shall I see you fellows before the no, fighting a rear guard action, emblow-offbark aboard the steamer that brought I scarcely think so. men there, and escape. Then If you're through with me, his worried about Mother Jenks." "Im bid I'll and good luck. you all good-bI have asked Mother Jenks to dine Ill have dinner with you In the pal- with us at 7 :30 this evening, and have ace Sunday evening. to call for her. a ordered carriage Taken. comes When she tell her everyIll "May I bring a guest?" If she wishes to stay then, thing; "By all means. her. been Shes let ashore, through Webster shook hands with the trio one such more fracas and than doesnt and departed for his hotel. For the first time In many years he was heavy mind them at alt, I dare say." And in this Webster was right. of heart, crushed. Neddy Jerome Mother Jenks listened in profound siwas right. he soliloquized. This Is the last place on earth for me to have lence, nodding her approval, as Webcome to. Ive made Neddy sore on ster related to her the story of the advent In the country of Ricardo Ruey me, nnd hes lost patience and put anman In other the job be promised me; and hls plans, but without revealing Ive raised Billys hopes and the Identity of Andrew Bowers. At the conclusion of bis recital the had to bet $40,000 to keep them there; old publican merely said: "Gor bli Ive been fool enough to fall In love me!" with my friends fiancee; I'm a After a silence she added: "My cats paw, and the finest thing I can do now is to go out next Sunday sainted 'Enery used to sy the proper hodds for a white man in a bally row morning with that machine gun como this nature was 40 to L Gor, but from Leber's warehouse pany and get how my sainted 'Enery would henjoy killed." bein ere this night to 'elp with the CHAPTER XIV. She sighed. guns. How about a little bottle of wine The following morning Webster In- to drink peace to your sainted formed Dolores fully of hls Interview and luck to The Cause? WebsterHenry sugwith her brother and his confreres the gested. night before, concealing from her only That's wot I calls talkin," Mother the fact that be was financing the Jenks responded promptly, and Webrevolution and his reasons for financster, gazing reflectively at the old ing It He was still depressed, and ladys board, wondered why she had Dolores, observing his mood, forbore not been born a man. to intrude upon It. Accordingly she Dolores, fearful for her benefactors claimed the prerogative of her sex safety, urged Mother Jenks to accoma slight headache and retreated to them out aboard La Estrellita, pany her room. In the privacy of which she hut the old dame indignantly refused, was suddenly very uhk Ii surprised to and when pressed for a reason gave find herself weeping softly 'because It with the utmost frankness: Theyll John Stuart Webster was unhappy he tykin Sarros, an when they tyke ami didnt deserve to be. lm It was Impossible, 'however, for w theyll back him agln the same all he backed my sainted Enery and Webster long to remain Impervious to your the note of ridiculousness underlying notionfather against, my dear. Ive a the forthcoming tragic events. Here Mrs. that your father's son'll let Col. 'Enery Jenks come to the was a little 2x4 hot' Party." bed of Ignoranee and Intrigue callln BE (TO CONTINUED ! 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"You wonderful fellow I Jack Webwant ster, If I had a sister I should her to marry you." "Show how little you'd think sentl your sister staking her to a the cable Shall I mental Jackass. mornIn the money to New Orleans ing?" "That will do very nicely." To whom shall I cable the money? "Send It to the Picayune National bank of New Orleans, with instructions to credit account No. 24.1 trustee. In this little game E. we are playing, my friend, it Is safer to deal In numbers and Initials rather than names. The local cable office leaks quite regularly. "Very well, Ricardo. I'll attend to It first thing in the morning. Go to It and win, or therell be several new faces whining around the devil, not the least of which will be mine. When you charge, remember youre chargey gty. , about-to-be-bor- n Eirthrfa and Armiverar CP,. tl aele tit le, f be UiU. Our reasonable pn cn-til- .5KvTc BOYD PARK y Jewelers SOYD PAR BLDG I, devil-may-ca- re Pleasant, profitable work for Ud,es young and old. 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