| Show 3 wa COCOANUT f by KENNETT HARRIS 11 1118 3 by slety Q hafl on one social occasion trooper i rooper wll wil ham J jones made a public declara tion that he could whip to a rich creamy roth froth any gentleman there pre ent and that aej on lady within so 1 I of ma Ms voice was his to hare bare and to hold he be chose to exercise his sovereign will abo go nien present numb numbered eted pd per aps tv aven wt ave or thirty and it war a ot their ual bahit habit to disregard any challenge of 0 this character but trooper william jones six u fel three inches in his government socks bull throated bullet headed beaded and with muscles of might jumping lumping up and down on the fiddlers platform hasay his es blaz ing in alcoholic frenzy his I 1 knotty nets fitts waving and lunging was vas so gitz and menacing on an object that they let the boast pass I 1 lofty silence allence at AP for ter tho the ladles well perhaps the kea less aid abat them the better afo however illustrated illustrates th fact that trooper william J jones BBS vias addicted to drink further that hen he bad indulged in this form of vice he became aggressively pugna cloua cious and particularly amorous it goes without saying that he was the cock of hie bli company and company D ban bait tome pretty husk men in its ite rana too one midsummer afternoon trooper jons jon s decided that be he was superior for to mil ry discipline he lie wag was as assle slated ted to t conclusion by a little yellow faced man in indecently tattered canvas trousers who came into camp ith a certificate of good character from the cuban general and a gunnysack aull ull of 0 green cocoanuts he ile presented the captain and lieutenants ct of company D with a cocoanut apiece and tun found the milk so mild and re that they had no in permitting the little yellow faced roan man to pa poodle adle the fruit around the camp trooper william J jones purchased a and ho lie found the milk so stimulating lating that he ae clard his intention of getting more of it and rose with V t i evident purpose of looking for tl 5 ellow faced man sit dorn do ilo rn you damned tool fool said his bunkle ouro drunk enough now hes iles five miles ott off by this time you lie ile retorted trooper jones I 1 the me mei met t y cocoanut hold more than a pint an you drunk a third 0 that aou ou grin grinning grinnin nin gan canglin glin ln spicier lev i tank tell me im drunk oa on a halt pint of new rum and III make r the heel beet q my boot toot im gano g ano to git some more it I 1 toller foller mister blister dago amiga to hell bell or their holler shelter tent was as within three lurches or a stagger of tho the managua at least those evolutions took tool tr hav ti t Vs M jumping up and down will am a J arnes into it and a moment later the mott mottles lel oad aad scarlet land crabs were ing before bis his uncertain tain feet as alij steered for the sevilla trail now it so happened that dolores teresa loyaro y vados had in this unlucky hour decided to visit her ela sla tt tr r aiila at her little red tiled house on ca tha outskirts of sevilla Sev llla sho she had no flea that there was any risk at tending tenting the proceeding for she was a rood r yat patriot riot and was wa not the presence of tho generous and brave br ve amer iwanos a sufficient guarantee that no spanish guerillas were in the neigh boyhood bo so ue mounted her little dooboy and set off right by te tle Br iRr reading mango at the gate cf of the he 11 rl at which entered the trill bhe she wee was deligh delighted tod to cee see trooper jones that Is she was delighted at first she waa was a little bit of albirt a flirt was dolores black but comely and the blackness count I 1 the province of Sant santiago lago when eho she first rt recognized the chaki uti uniform forra and noted the splendidly Diendl ur proportioned almost gigan ue tie form it clothed and caught tho the bold id admiring look ot of trooper jonea jones dark eyes ey she showed her white teeth la in an inviting amile smile hut when she aw saw now how be he lurched hi in hl lit gait and nd the stu baste with aft tx which ho he her the smile faded away and she he mote smote the ther ittle donkey V vleo bously ty hold on senorita too cried trooper jones r 1 t 0 donkey donkeys bridle a as it began dellbe delt bex abely to get andor way walt wait far ter fa me 1 honey gal ga s dont tx scared bo be 11 1 linued en her go gonor nereas cde waist j with his ami arm im heap rieney am f an youre just my size sabet sabe icare matter I 1 ala aint t to h burt U rt T you jest want to lova you quit yoi your an lt 1 t me pet you she screamed and buff otin his bul let lot head bead with both hancq strove f vain to escape trooper Willit william lIn J jonca laughed and 11 13 j hold on the donkeys bridle her hedw easily out ot of tho the saddle and carriom CArr Iod V her eggling and keching ki ching to thi n 4 road nind elde side and there set her down al at follst at the tb samo in mutant bitant ho he received a sting laa alow on an tho the check from their the twe ir t flat 0 of a machete and turning wit an aej oath saw before him an undersized mulatto in the dirty h to drill form onn of 0 an insurgent lieutenant I 1 who aa was dancing up and down sh i defiance de flance and brandishing his hi dolores instantly availed beragl be rael zi ot the diversion with a bound she waa on the little donkeys back and ita of my soul eo so adjured forgot tor r q once the perverse obstinacy ot of her nature and trotted briskly down the trail As for trooper jones he be lewise wasted no time the oath be uttered in his surprise changed to an j ja late howl bowl and the next moment the little mul mulatto aitto lieutenant waa wan caught a I 1 up in his arms and burled like stone acme from a catapult into the thorny aloe aloes that bristled at the side of the trall 11 wan was only air stiff resilience that saved Ten teniente tente neck then trooper jones who was cm am 1 i a ran man of one idea looked for dolores and seeing that he she wa was rapidly attaining attal ning the vanishing point gave chase he ile was a good runners and pepita woud would have had little 10 chance agathia him even with her lier start had it not been for the root of a ce cedr drilla llla that stretching stross tho the trail engaged his toot loot rind find bat him sprawling with a fore that t knock knocke 1 1 the breath out of his body ho H am 1 struggling to his feet when asheim a shin p ci pain shot through hio thigh aad a stream of big pitched excited spanish assailed his car ear it waa was tho the little insurgent lieutenant again and this alir ho be had scored as lb the e aloud klir down to ve t V o e troop cre brown gaiters testified trooper jones IN made another rueh rusho hot but this time the little mulatto was wary he be sprang f aside and as his bulky passed his machete flashed la in the 1 lm sunlight and tc into the troopers y shoulder who whirled at abit atit it and then stood stilt still trooper jonen jones felt and slid denly soLo red ored and alert he looked at alit man the mulattos eyes beret blazing with fury and hi his laps asre j re writhed above his teeth in a devilish devil leh grim but he too alert for all hie his rage no more rushes th tat trooper janic godf it if I 1 only d a igual bat 1 jit glanced rapidly around fora stick chere was zone ki agut thence The nhe cautiously lougy UDO hie big grinning too foe who retreat we 0 paces and then suddenly lunged 4 trooper jones leaped back budnot ice Q quickly as to avold a harp prick h in the side and at he stopped again alth a sudden realization of hia helplessness here he eald said 1 I ive ve got enough of this amico sabet 11 call dall it quits you vamon bamos sabe youre all right john ob oh daran youl hen get me if it you ess can for the ir atto latto made no reply but buta with ith the point of his machete ad danced began to circle around the american bis his body crouched and hie his choie one ono of absolute re then for the first tIme in bla his life tea fear crept lato into the heart ot of trooper william J jones and be lifted up his voice for help in a long i shrill ululation f the little man whirled his machete again but ones avoided the blow and rushed again his foe retreated and 1 began his wary circling something la to his crouching attitude atti to in r acne a kaste duel r i between two Meil cana that baj C witnessed in juarez coir year years before it gave him an inspiration he jud 1 denly stripped himself othia blouse and wrapped it about hi big left forearm for eara t juet just in time to prove ita its eM kaacy cacy by br PAY parrying 1119 a savage cut at hill head bead gaining confidence he be rushed again but the mulatto wair wai too quick for him and slashed him twice down the face then with a shout the little art cut at the unprotected wrist sut but that blow was bis his last tor for the trooper caught him in the pit of at the st at maco mach id and as he sta gerea ered back sick with pain jones got him af f they found mm lying in tho the hab s s the insurgent lieutenant almost dead trooper jones bw beeding beding from half hal il a score of ugly wound wounds waa was ax Is f ne net ner r lead dead as a man roan may be and yet be brought back to life they patched 1 him up rovelow roc rove chow how but ho he Is bot bood to look 1001 at rt a hd ad h d ho he will utter ferocious clona boasts lu ill the dance hall balls of el paso never mere 1 |
