DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD iiiiftT I,T' ,hinnnainr7nnnini i C ?, u . r vir . ! ' 1 MKj .- Ipl 'ft CHAPTER XIII Continued. 14 "I think so. I dure any Rlcardo hopes to take Snrros by surprise, bot tle tho city garrison up In the cuar tel and tho government palace and there besiege them. Having secured nominal control of n seaport, he can Import arms nnd ammunition; also he etui recruit openly, and nt his leisure hunt down the outlying garrisons. The Snrros crowd doesn't suspect his pres ence In Sobrante, and by a quick, sav age stroke ho should be able to jerk this one-horse government up by the heels In jig time particularly since the citizenry feel no loyalty toward tho Sarros regime nnd nro only kept In subjection through fear and lack of a leader. I'm going to play Rlcar do to win, If he isn't killed In the opening row, for I'm certain he'll lead his men." "I dare say he is greatly like his lather not afraid to die for his coun try," she replied presently. "I nm glad to be here when lie takes that risk." "Oh, but you mustn't be here," Web ster protested. v "Why?" "Because there'll be street fighting probably of a desperate character, and I understand your countrymen go rather wnr-mad and do things not sanctioned by The Hague tribunal. If there's a steamer in port at the time I'll put you aboard her until tho Issue Is decided. I'm going to see Rlcar do tomorrow night and learn the de tails of his plan of campaign; after hat I'll bo able to act Intelligently." Rlcardo Ruey, with Dr. Pncheco and Colonel Caravco, were engaged in consultation when Jnck Webster, hav ing left the Hotel Mateo via his bed room window In order to avoid, pos sible espionage and made his way to EI Buen Amlgo on foot, was an nounced by Mother Jenks. Tho three conspirators greeted him joyously, as Indeed they should, for his loyal friendship had thus far been one of their principal bulwarks. "Well," Webster inquired, .after greeting them and carefully closing the door behind hlirf, "here I am In Buenaventura, marking time and, like Mr. MIcawber, waiting for something to turn up." "You will not be required to wait long," Colouel Caravco assured him. "Thanks to your kindly ofllccs, the trap Is already baited." "Our friend, Ruey, has, since our first meeting, insisted on dispensing with my consent when using' me to promote his enterprises, Colonel. Strange to suy, I have been unable to berate him for his Impudence. I was down at Leber's wnrehouse this after ' noon. You have enough road-making tools consigned to :ne there to build a pretty fair highway to the gates of tho government palace, I should say. I hope you have all pondered the re sult to me, an Innocent bystander, if your enemies should take a notion to open one of those enses of shovels." Colonel Caravco favored him with a benignant smile. "You forgot, my friend, that I am second In command In the intelligence department, nnd that during the absence of your par ticular friend, Raoul Sarros, In New Orleans, I am first In command. Since I already know what those cases con tain, naturally I shall not take tb? trouble to Investigate." "Well, that's a comfort, Color-sl." "You have Investigated your mining concession, Webster?" Rlcardo Ruey asked. "You bet" "What did you find?" "A couple of millions In sight-" Rlcardo shook his head slowly. "It In not In sight, old man," he reminded Webster. "Without our aid nnd you cannot have our aid unless our revo lution Is successful, when you shall have It freely your millions are, most positively, not in sight. If you want those millions, friend Webster, there Ih but one wny to get them and that is to closo your eyes and piny our game to the limit. I wonder If you'd go further about $40,000 fur ther," to be exact." "I might, but 1 never go It blind for a wad like that. What's your trou ble?" "The Individual In charge of the funds of the revolutionary Juntn In New Orleans was murdered Inst night; tie funds were deposited to his cred it as agent In a certain bank, nnd be fore the Junta can obtain legal pos session of them again the psychologi es! time for their uso will hnve passed. "We have t steamer chartered, and 200 men, whose business It Is to light cadcr an flag at $5 gold per day act! no quf-etlonn asked, aro now mark up time on the lalo of I'lnes, off the 9aot of Cuba, waiting for our steam ir to call for them and land them, flth their rifles and ammunition and Skx 76-mlHlnieter field guns nnd some rao'd-flre Maxim nt San nruno, some l t5a up the coaat from here. 'r. "-rfi cicsUJta xiv WEBSTER , -MAN'S MAN Peter B. Kyne Author, of "Cappy Ricks," "The Valley of the Giants," Etc. Vritt"VfWitf. In Tampa, having been shipped to our agent there on sight drnft, with bill of lading attached; the steamer is char tered and en route to Tampa from Norfolk, Va and we must pay tho owners $10,000 the day she begins tak ing on her cargo, and $10,000 before she unloads It on lighters at San Bruno. "We must also pny 200 men one month's pay In advance thnt Is, $30, 000 ; we cannot meet this expense and still take up that sight draft now awaiting our attention In the bank nt Tumpa. "In return for this favor to tho pro visional government of Sobrante, you shall have the note of tho provisional government, signed by the provisional president, myself, and the provisional cabinet, Dr. Pncheco, Colonel Cara vco, and two other gentlemen whom you will meet In due course unless In the Interim they should be killed. And as a bonus for saving this country from n brutal dictator, who Is pillag ing its resources for his personal prof it, you shall hnve a deed of gift to that mining concession you nnd your friend, Geary, are so desirous of work ing; also the title shall be certified by the government and the Supremo court of Sobrante and absolutely se cured to you against future aggres sion In thu event that the new regime should be overthrown at some future date. Also you have my profound gratitude and that of my people." "Tell me your plan of campaign," Webster suggested. "In a secret rendezvous In the mountains 1 have 1,000 picked men my father's veterans. They are anrcd with modern riiles nnd machetes. The nitrate company, which has been suf fering from heavy export duties Im posed by Sarros, has loaned mc all the rolling stock of the railroad for one night. It will be mobilized nt San Miguel do Padua by next Saturday night; my troops will arrive late tho same afternoon nnd entrain at once. "In the interim nil telephone nnd telegraph communications with Bue naventura will be severed. Tho night previous our steamer -will have dis charged her cargo of men and muni tions at San Bruno; a chnln of out posts will at once be established nnd nil communication with the capital will be shut off. "On Snturdny night, also, tho Con solidated Krult company's steamer, La Estrellita, will make port with 30 Americans In her steerage. These men will bo road-makers and miners Imported by Mr. .T. S. Webster, and In order to make certain that they "Tell Me Your Plan of Campaign." will come, you have alreudy ordered them by cable. We have arranged with tho port doctor to give La Ks trelllta a clean bill of health the very night she arrives. Hence the ship's authorities will not bo Misplclous, I hope, when we remove our men after dark and house them In Leber's ware house, where they will spend the night unpacking those spades, picks and shovels of yours nnd getting the fac tory grease off them. "At 4 o'clock In the morning vari ous citizens of Sobrante, with rebel lion In their hearts, will begin to mo bilize at Leber's warehouse, where they will bo Issued rides and ammuni tion and where they will wait until the action Is opened to the south by the detachment from Snn Bruno, which, having marched from Sun Bru no the night before, will hnve arrived outsldo the city, and will be awaiting the signal from mo. I will uttack from the went euutloiihly. "Now, thttre aiv 5,000 gMrbrumunt troops In ihi- city ami , in nrioua can tnniuni mi .in na'.-i- ". " (H4U tonmtnt are to bo nssiitd ad t afire; I figure that the confusion of our sudden attack will creato n riot particularly when I do something thnt Isn't very popular ns a war feature down this wny, nnd that Is charge and keep on coming. "Tho government troops will start to fall back on the city, only to 11ml themselves flanked by n flcrco artil lery flro from tho Snn Bruno contin gent ; tho troops from tho arsenal, the guards at tho palnco and tho Fif teenth regiment 'of Infantry, now sta tioned nt tho Cuartel de Infnnterln, next tho government palucc, will bo dispatched post haste to repulso the attack, and 400 men, with tho machine gun compnny wnlting In Leber's wnre house, will promptly move upon them from tho rear and enpturo Uie nrsennl. There aro a few thousand rifles and n lot of ammunition stored there; 1 miss my guess If, ns soon ns tho news of its enpturo by the rebels spreads through tho city (and I shall havo men to spread it), I shall not havo n few thousand volunteers eager to help overthrow Sarros. "Once cut oft from tho nrsennl and tho palace, Sarros must 'fight his way out of the city in order to have the slightest chauce to suppress tho rebel lion, for he will have no refugo In tho city. And with tho railroad and all tho rolling stock In our hands, with out a commissary for his troops, with out a base of supplies, even should the government troops fight their way through, they leave the city in my hands nnd I'll recruit nnd arm my men r.nd hunt them down like Jnck rnbblts nt my leisure. Once let the arsenal aud the palace fall Into my hands, once let me proclaim myself provis ional president, onco let tho peoplo know thnt Rlcardo Ruey, tho beloved, lives again In the person of his son, and I tell you, Webster, this country Is saved. How do you like my plan of campaign?" "It couldn't be any better If I had planned it nlysclf. You might accept my suggestion nnd armor that little motor truck of mine. It nrrlvcd on yestcrdny's steamer." "And some armor sheet steel with It sheet steel already loop-holed for the barrels of the two machine guns It will carry 1" Dr. Pacheco cried Joy .ously. "Have you provided a chauffeur, Doctor?" "I have likewise an armored shcet stcel closet for him to sit In while chnffeurlng." "How about that loan to the pro visional government?" Rlcardo de manded pointedly. Webster did not hesitate. After all, whnt was money to him now? Billy hud gone away, his hopes raised high, alreudy a millionaire after the fash ion of mining men, who nre 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 of the well-known wolf of poverty, would not havo tho courage npon his return to Sobrante to ask Dolores to share his poverty with him; should the revolution fnll, Rlcardo Ruey would be an outcast, a hunted man with a price on his head, and in no position to enro for his sister, even should he survive long enough to know he had a sister. She would bo alono In the world If he, John Stu art Webster, failed her now more than ever she needed o man's strength nnd affection to help her navigate tho tlde-rlps of life, for life to a woman, nlone and unprotected nnd dependent upon her labor for the bread she must eat, must contain, nt best, a full meas ure of terror and despair and loneli ness. Ho pictured her through n grim processional of years of skimping nnd petty sncrlfices nnd nil becnuse he, John Stuart Webster, had hesitated to lend n dreamer and an Idealist a pal try $10,000 without security. No, there was no alternative. If his friendship for Billy was worth a sou. it wus worth $40,000; If his silent, unrequited love for Dolores Ruey wns worthy of her, no sacrifice on his part could bo too great, provided it guar anteed her happiness. "Ruined again,"v ho sighed. "This is only another of those numerous oc casions when the tall goes with the hide. How soon do you want the money?" Rlcardo Lulz Ruey leaned forward and gazed very earnestly at John Stu art Webster. "Do you really trust mo that much, my friend?" he asked feel ingly. "Remember, I nm asking you for $10,000 on faith." "Old sport," John Stuart Webster answered, "you went overboard In Buennventura harbor and took a chance among those big, liver-colored, hummer-headed sharks. And you did that because you hud a cause you thought worth dying for. I never know a man who had a cause- that wus worth dying for who would even es pouse a cause worth Hwlndllng for. You win only I want you to under stand ono thing, Rlcardo: I'm not doing this for the sake of suvlng that mining concession the Snrros govern ment gave my friend, floury. I'm above doing n thing like this for mon ey for myself. It seems to mo I must do It to guarantee the bnppincss of two people I love: My friend, Geary, and the girl he's going to marry. I reject your promissory note and your promise of a deed of gift for that con cession, nnd accept only your grati tude. Theru are no strings to thlH loan, because it Isn't a loan at all. It's a bet. If you lose, I'll help you get out of tho country and absolve you of any Indebtedness to me. How ever. If you should win, I know you'll reimburse me from tho nutlouul treas ury." "And you do not desire a bonus?" "Nothing thut will cost tho cltlzons of this country ono penny of their lrtf sac. I'm oln to ln thl mnn- ?j hot it, tmdcrstnnd, not loan It. Howeer, If you want to be n sport and grant mo n little favor In rcturu, you can." Tiro nwny." "After I give you this money, I don't want the doctor nnd tho colonel to kiss jno to show how grateful they are." "You wonderful fellow I Jack Web ster, If I had a sister I should want her to mnrry you." "Show how little you'd think of your sister staking her to n senti mental Jackass. Shall I cable tho money to New Orleans in the morn ing?" "That will do very nicely." "To whom shall I cable tho mon ey?" "Send It to the Picayune National bnnk of Now Orleans, with Instruc tions to credit account No. 1240, J. B. P., trustee. In this little game we are playing, my friend, It Is saf er to deal In numbers nnd Initials rather than names. The local cable olllce leaks quite regularly." "Very well, Rlcardo, I'll attend to It first thing In the morning. Go to It and win, or there'll be scvernl new faces whining around the devil, not the least of which will be mine. When you chnrge, remeinber you're charg- J mm yffil SanBi Ww Hewn' Uksk WFWI ': 'ftEH (H ill - 15?8Eai5JEK'f v?- zyi' Informed Dolores Fully of His Inter view. ing for my $10,000 and go through with It. I worked rather hard for tlint $40,000, and If I must lose It, 1 do not want to do It In a half-hearted fight. Give me, nt least, a bloody run for, my money. I'll have a reserved seat somewhere wntchlng tho game." If. you'll tnko my ndvlce, you'll go aboard Ln Estrellita and stay there until the Issue Is decided. When the first gun Is fired, It signals the open senson on mining engineer? who butt In on nlTnlrs of slnte." "WhutI And me with a healthy bet down on tho result! I hope I'm a better sport than that." "You're Incorrigible. Bo enreful, then, nnd don't get yourself potted by a stray bullet." "Shall I see you fellows before the blow-off?" "I scarcely thlpk so." "Then if you're through with me, I'll bid you all good-by and good luck. I'll have dinner with you In tho pal ace Sunday evening." "Taken."' "May I bring a guest?" "By all means." Webster shook hands with the trio nnd departed for his hotel. For tho first time In many years ho was heavy of heart, crushed. "Noddy Jerome was right," he soliloquized. "This Is the last place on earth for me to havo come to. I've made Neddy sore on me, nnd he's lost patience nnd put an other mnn In tho Job he promised me; I've raised Billy's hopes sky-high and had to bet $10,000 to keep them there; I've been fool enough to full In love with my friend's flnnceo; I'm a hu man cat's paw, and the finest thing I can do now Is to go out next Sunday morning with that machine gun com pany from Leber's wareliou.se and get killed." CHAPTER XIV. The following morning Webster In formed Dolores fully of his Interview wlili her brother and his confreres the night before, concealing from her only the fact that he was financing tho revolution and his re ns for financ ing It. He who stl depressed, nnd Iiolores, observing .i mood, forbore to intrude upon It Accordingly she claimed the prerogative of her sex a slight headache and retreated to her room, In the privacy of which she wa- suddenly very much surprised to llti'i herself weeping softly because John Stuart Webster was unhappy and didn't deserve to be. It was Impossible, however, for Wi-hfcter long to remain Impervious to the note of ridiculousness underlying the forthcoming tragic events. Here was ii little 2x4 poverty-stricken hot bed of Ignorance and Intrlguo calling Ithelf n republic, a llttlo stretch of country no larger than a couple of big western counties, about to Indulge 'n the national pastime of civil war and unnhlo to do It except by iruce of an humblo citizen of a ulster re public 1 Fle or six thousand Ignorant, 111. equipped, Ill-drilled soml-brlgumlH call ing themselves soldiers, entrusted with the task of unnbllng ono of tholr num ber to rMd, hm-'Mf and dog, ovfir 1,000, POO ueop'nl How farclca' wonder Rtc.irCa, with his northoi, .-w point, approach cd his patriotic task with gayety, nf most with contempt. And when Web ster recalled thnt tho nbout-to-bo-boni provisional government had casual!, borrowed from him the sum of forty, thousand dollnrs in order to turn tha trick borrowing It, forsooth, In mne tho snino spirit ns a commuter hoard ing his train without the necessary faro halls n neighbor nnd borrows tea cents his nnturul optimism asserted itself nnd he chuckled as In fancy h heard himself telling the story to Ned dy Jerome nnd being branded Ha for his pains. "Well, I've had one comfort erar since I first saw that girl," he in flected philosophically. "While Pra never been so unhappy in all my Itfa before, or had to tear my soul out by thu roots so often, things havo boeo coming my way so fast from other di rections that I haven't hnd much op portunity to dwell on the ninttcr. And for these compensating olTsets, goo Lord, I thank Thee." He wns John Stuart Webster again when Dolores saw him next; durla the succeeding dnys his mood f cheerfulness and devll-mny-cnro Indif ference never left him. And through out that period of marking time Do lores wns much In his society, a con dition which he told himself was not to his liking but which, ncvertheleac, he could not obvlntc without sccminff Indifferent to her happiness. And to permit his friend's fiancee to Innplt In loneliness nnd henrt-break did n4 appear to John Stuart Webster as tta part of a true friend or a courtly ge tlcninn nnd he remembered thnt sfcc had once called him that. They rodo together In the cool of tfca morning; they drovo together on th Mnlccon ln tho cool of the evcnlngf chaperoned by Don Junn Cafetero and a grinning Sobrnntean, they went shark fishing in Leber's launch; they played dominoes together; they discussed throughout the long, lazy, quiet aftoe noons, when the remainder of thotr world retired for the siesta, books, art. men, women, nnd things. And not once, throughout twovceeko of cuninrnderle, did tho henrt-racked Webster forget for a single Instnnt thnt he was tho new friend, destine to become the old friend; never, be tho girl's watchful eyes, did he be tray the slightest disposition to estab lish their friendly relntlm.s on a closes basis. Thus did the arrival of Tho Dmy find them. Toward sunset they rodo out together along ftio bay shore an noted. far out, to sea the smear smoke thnt marked the approach of La Kstrellltu on schedule time. "You will go aboard her tonight," Webster said very quietly to Dolores. "And you?" "I sliiill go aboard with you. I hava arranged with Don Junn for him to stay ashore and to come out In Le ber's launch with tho first rellablo news of the conflict. If Rlcardo wlnn tho ctty, he wins the' revolution, and you and I will then go nshorb to dine with him In the palace. If ho loses tho city, ho loses tho revolution, and we will both do well to remain aboard La Hstrolllta." "And In that event, what will be come of my brother?" "I do not know; I forgot to ask him, but If ho survives, I Imngljio he'll have senso enough to know Iio'h whipped nnd will retreat on San Bru no, fighting a rear guard action, em bark aboard tho steumet' thnt brought his men there, nnd escape." "I'm worried about Mother Jenks." "I hnvo asked Mother Jenks to dine with us nt 7:30 this evening, nnd havo ordered a carriage to call for her. When she cornea I'll toll her every thing; then, If bhe wlshos to stay ashore, let her. She's been through more than ono such fracas nnd doesn't mind them nt all, I daio say." And In this Webster was right. Mother Jenks listened In profound si lence, nodding her approval, as Web ster related to her the story of the advent In the country of Rlcardo Ruey and his plans, but without revealing the Identity of Andrew Bowers. At the conclusion of his recitill tho old publican merely said: "Gor bll' me I" After a silence she added: "My sainted 'Knory used to s'y tho proper hodds for a white man In a bally row o tills nature was 40 to 1. Gor', but how my Milnteil 'I'tu-ry would henjoj beln' 'ere this night to 'elp with thu guns." She slgliud. "How nbotit a Utile bottlo of wlnu to drink peace t your sainted Henry and luck to The Cause?" Webster sug gested. "That's wot I calls talkln'," Mother Jenks responded promptly, anil Web ster, gazing reflectively at the old lady's beard, wondered why she had not been born a man. Dolores, fearful for her bouefnetor'a safety, urged Mother Jenks to accom pany them out aboard La I'strollltu but the old dame Indignantly refused, nnd when pressed for a reason gave. It with the utmost frankness: "They'll bo tykln' Surros, an' when they tykn Im they'll back him ug'ln tho Kiime wnll ho backed my sainted 'Iinery anil your father ugaliiHt, my dear. I've a notion thnt your father's son'II let Mrs. Col. 'Knery Jenks como to the pa,rty." (TO ni3 CONTINTJKD.) Improved Household Bell. Three different Hlgnnl tones from oa electric bell of ordinary appearance, calling the householder to the front, rear, or fildo door, are now muilo possi ble by tho Ingenious iUvle.6 (: cm Ohio mniiufncturor. The two eiec tromnii'ile colls of the bell liar Kopf.mie nrmatnres, ono of which carrier' tho bell clapper, h:5e tn other con.'TtltuloH n L3uur.i'i9tiltf Mechanic MurBatv. 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