Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1921, Page 54

ble poise, carried the lighted candle | out any provocation, there were tears | sat up. his head wagging loosely on «1 mean Gonelli. T have a quarrel|you see the lighted windows But tears were runaing down e to his bed table, then crawled very|in his eves. He straightcned. threw [ his shoulders. with B, T thought it had been set-|the arcade. 1 can take vou in. cheeks and her breatn came fast. nimbly into bed, drawing the sili | hack his head. and gave Pug & proud | “I hate your damned American tleq #v the Sring squad. You have|I'm not sure that 1 can bring vou| “May 1 cut in® covers up around his chin with a per- | look: jokes,” he whispered. invecfered swith destiny. If vou will|out again. 1 count myself & dead| Pug caught Querita as she pameed ¥ and put his arm around her. He ceptible shiver. He lay for a moment| “For God's sake” he said. “let me *x % % cirpender him to me, 1 will spare you [ man aiready.” lh:r‘rnublr of dealing with coward Pug laughed. The band was play heard a shout of surprise, and the with his eves closed, his head strong- | die now—I'm tired. S b 3 Iy silhoustted against the pillows,' A shaft of light fell asiant the|PUG laughed. “I know a better joke apg u scoundrel ing the “Vespri Siciliani” FPeople | pushing. excited mob of nationalists Then he spoke. courtyard. gilding the lifted rifie bar- than that, Gonelli” he said. "1 ook his head. “You are too | passed and repassed. mossiping soft- | surrounded him. Then a space was " clearcd again. and he found himselt Tt is no trouble at all— Iv. Great white moths fluttered at are you going to do with|tha light of the street lamps. And ‘I am a Magellan. T hate my enemies. | Fels, the drifting clouds of dust. the dancing with Cammarillo’s girl. L3 ki v the story of your life. Y re . Kil now the e. You a S i | Forgiveness is both comic and degrad- | hattered wails. Like a great gold . ¢ . AN ADVENTURE OF L Tt e eater 1o kil than 4o trast a| coin the sun balancea on (Rehorizon. Ipretty well beaten. Your followers X overhead the stars were quietly | _And Cammarillo’s girl could dance nationalist.” and with a shock of color the whole have vanished: your political backers S it any busineas of vours?” Tuminous, like fairy lanterns swung | She was as light as a father fan. She SENOR PUG : : Casned He put | From the roof of the Nord [ Nax educiiva and clusive, fiery and tifarious. beautiful. hisyhand in his pocket and rattied| They crossed the street and wentlspintual. dangerous and desirable bility for Gonelli, Mr. President. Diego opened his eves, and I'ug saw <he was as light as a frather fan. She and the passion of Spain in her eves Puz took Diego’s pardon out of his |And you. my friend, are officially dead gam@ coins together. “Americans will|for a short distance alons 4 narrow vou are lying against the fortress mel*anything even their enemies. |alle: A light burned above a door B BalAhe pocket and tossed it ‘to the drowsy || Pug grinned. “I7 take the responsi- world became @ prism, dazzling. MUl- |pove cone over to President Diego, . The Spaniard's ey | a gleam of fire and humor in them.: ogi % “n) . Sy 5 - 5 G officer. Then he put his arm arcund | . sty e 11 How much? Way, and beneath it ning ag By Mildred Cram | roure a seamp.: he said. “Give me | Gonelli's shoulder and sieadied him wall. a crumpled, dusty bedy shot fult HES NG (g 1ack his chair and stood | the wali, a disrepufable fellow was|smile she gave Pug—something fresh 5 O e ou poison the air you walk in. |of holes. You are a revelutionary US.ECC N Ch to twist your nose.lkeeping guard. A cigarette hung he-|and buovant and bubbling that (ke vou A Bresent o the | D€, Sid. "but I'll Ret you out of this.” | Swiss cheese. You haven't a cause. an | Jo¥elito? tween his 1ips. his hands were thrust {10 his head Tike wine. He Tilustrated /by F).C. Yok Jife. " He is a liar. & thief the | Gonelii's legs were” wabbling. or a future. Therefore we are| The Spaniard smiled. shrugged his!into his belt bare foet were |and whispered to her ustrated by I. C. Yohn. e o, unexpected tears had washed streaks igoing to ‘the Cafe Albion. for break-| shodlders and answered, in a cool crossed in_a pose Absolute ind:f- i Querital Cammariilo will ea ‘fll stab vou in the back. Now run|across his dusty face, blackened with | fact ' i volge: “It would cost you a thousand | ference saw Gonelli hel yvour hand bef. dawn He heard tlone. Il oyan (o) sleen, Touw misnt gl swent andiplood: Helawayed isteadizd nelli_groancd and shut his eyes |goMars. Americano, and vour peace straightened, garette inte insistent tinkling of thr L s the saraxied Bara0D 'r‘lig‘:;;llf”dviivnhriztr;l.\ tried {0 put the | The cab bounced through the narrow of mind. " 1 auvise vou not to do 1t |the butier, b woled fore God 1 1% ar="ihe erashing | piano. = 2 3 sc 5 s mout w s % of the city, cro: o P . Vi o Gonel and v hed | claspe. ucrita and the 3 AT A TAT-TAT! Pug woke;day You surrcnder to a stronger Man. | folded it enreruliv. and went o the wins| pered: “Damn vone. maa i lohily | fireets of the city, crossed the Pinzza|Ho bowed and sent quickly out of | Car el And vanished as if an | Bl N el ! : Then we say ta-ta—good-bye e o You!" and fell slowly |Indcpendenza. and stopped before the! the “vafe, the big iron spurs at his invisible hand had snaicfied him into] rd nati With a start and sat up in| Bas taughod. Bt Lo cyes were on | (% With one lex across the sill he|forward on his knces Cafe Albion. It wak.7 o'clock. The!hegls clanking on the stone floor ce. They heard the €oft patter of /1 spinning in a summer storm bed. -Just for an instant hethe despening band of NEht in the | iarned to wate his hand, “No. thanke | The astonished cor shook his !erashing bells of the cathedral bagan — Pug whistled and turned to Gone feet uminl he had.tarned the cor-| wd shouted—savage. jocu- thought: “This is New York, | east. He had no idea where Diego's :9 said. “I might miss the sunrisa” He head. ) | to strike the hour with ponderous, re- “Wio is that comic opera brigand? ner into th planafie ‘ H amazed Some one on the fringe o, b e I men wore leading him until they | ncard Diego’s snort of impatience, then| “Excuse me, Signor Pugz. 1 don'tlverberating notes. The Cafe Albinn 0 1 arhok (he whip. Sighor Pug. | ~Upstairs,: Gonelfi whispered briefl the perspiring. Jostling people at's old Compton at the door. T g lhn "Gl o1l 08und a corner inth | e dropped to the street. . < shrieked ignor Pug’ Liberty! Fr must be late for breakfast” Then :the Iiazza Independenza. Beneath | Where (he deuce -t - | e OUmITACNAEENE he realized that he was occupying | ihe clinped tress it was vers dark | Here signorer The sentry came : G e e : e the spare bedroom of the American 2N Tus could hear the delicate tBK- | the consul's bedroom slippers with a : : 5 AMMARILLO had risen. He pushed consulate at Magella. it was pitch gumee . this sostamer sound . of | fourish. “I preserved them for s : | back his chair and with an im- dark and some one was pounding at drifting spray and high-flung jets of | P | passive face stood watching the the door. cool water. ! o s ey | American. He looked what he was y Hat o tet-tatt | He thought: “Gonelli must hate to UG accepted the shoes gravely, it haif 1 half Span il ‘leave all this' He has no morals to stepped into them and offered the ) plajhsman. Sail dnditn DAk S Who is it speak of. but he was a good enemy.” | sentry a cigarotte. “You're a damn poor iard. He touched the imagination be- The door opened. a aft of light, They crossed the square and "“‘“‘d!shm_ Giovanni,” h ked | cause he saild nothing of his own fell across the stone floor, and Pus | PTISKIY toward the presidents palace. | 3 S e !ins. Neither did he hoast. He knew : i a long. adobe building with an or-| The sentry, with a cautious upward i saw the consul's troubled face. I nate facade and a wide door flush!look at Diego's window, brought hi | the temper of his handits to be as orry to disturb you." he said. With the cobbled street. iflnzer- to hi et 5 | fluid as wa and as elusive as quick- “It's 3 o'clock, and I've just heen | The little rovalist laughed. “There 'S to hisicap, “¥iva iliSignor Pug 4 x , cer. He had promised them the arakeied f z | is no light in President Diego’'s win- | i said under his breath. : > : g z s | Fairchild mines. and hers, dancing akened out of a sound sleep by aldow. He has forgotten Gonmelli al-! Diego's s KIy awi : 2 ~ ; 5 X i with Querita. whom he had chosen To siquad of Diego's soldiers. They hav g0’s soldiers trotted brixkly awa. g | Q Rzt x 3 5 ers. They have | roady o much for that nationa o Z > : 2k 3 3 3 disciply was the YOung American Leen ringing the bell for twenty | puys glanced up at the palace, | LI€ir swords and spurs rattling. It was : i who h the nose of his v minutes. It seems that they Want . «ywhe a5 7= dark again, the compiete and impene- F Y < 3 5 2 > + s n t, had t Diegn A ‘Where 18 the president's room? & a X ~ s and man in the L & you' {asked trable darkness which comes just before 8% o Ve < 58 ’ < 7 pnirol of 1 val switchboars e oG o . “Over the door. signore. dawn. The stars winked out one by ? ’ ' % 22k p i had promis peace and mate- 3 Carlo Gonelli is going to be Shot | Thare was no ign of any one save | (¢ The air was sweet, inexpressibly | Tial prosperity to Magella. (amma- at dawn. \s a matter of courtesy | ne wolitary sentry d near the | fresh Tittle puffs of damp air came from ok wyes narrowed as he watched - 0 the solitary_sentry dozing ne I [ r < You're invited io the execution. 1 | the harbor across the flat-roofed houses Pihe disgusting spe But what entrance. Pug clenched his hands. “It's werth taking a chance” he |and the tanzled gardens. Once there 1housht made no impression on the thought I'd better tell vou.™ Pux shouted and leaped out of bed. | (i s E ouen | was a whi i nade : 2 : : spered. *T_guess Tl try 5 irring of wings and a_shrill. : . f : . Aed mmmobility of hi face Tie Ganced® bicwhen i bare feet | Heikicked oftithe consul's bedroom | fragmentary chorus of birds. as if some - ey ¢ X 5 Qierita whispered suddenly: “Stop e e oo i Lcres My coatl|alippers. sending them flying above | feathered traveler from behind the Chris G P 4 3 5 i : L 3 i BRGSE eer cott, G < o % e AR arlec | tina had brought news ol ¢ 5 : ; “ammarillos sta > 1t her eat Seott, Gonelli mustnt be Shol | Diego's soldiers like twe scarlet ught news of the coming of 3 Ammarillo’s stare. and Pug fe pimeons im full flight. Then he|!h® &reat round sun. Diego's soldiers leaped for the cornice of the biz|threaded a maze of crooked striets. doorway. caught it. stuck his bare | turned at right angles, and came out on toes inte the ornate carving of the i the water front, where the broad Espla- Pu ughed. He lifted the girl above his head. and., running through the {crowd with a shout of triumph. swung and sat down on the edge of Pug's bed. dangling his feel clear of the cold_floor. 1 r j body droop in his arms. “1 am afraid | | | “Yesterday,” he said. “Gonelli was nade dwindled ol i oot 7 - swung himsel fup from the windled into a narrow way of 5 2 her up on the bar. h h your enemy. You rubbed his impu- ane Medge | above. and | ®harves. warehouses and railway tracks, : : X ) - o G > | beside her. enatened a glass of native pened? The Magellans have forgot- | SCrambled through the open window | the beginning of that half-moon of e i g 3 . 3 < iy ey : S wine from an unsteady Ind, ':i -Inln_ Ten all about him. A defeated leader | ©f Fresident Diego's room. y waste land which dwindles at one tip “ . . > i S SR 4 smiled down into that pool P is a dead leader. You can't possibly | The gentry's rifle went off with an | into the snow-white beaches of 11 Capo. e 2 s . 2 turned faces e themre save him. 2 SS101Y | stounding explosion. a futile spat- | Then, suddenly. it was quite light again, - ok 4 3 i R v Signori” he 1 m_u-“\ one AL i Tering of bullets against the palace | A% if a great curtain had been littel in e P ’ i 3 Jlor Lo skiute nou Wiatclots My A “Dieso's orders. You may be the|wall the east. Pug saw a filthy street pitted i E R 4 % 2 SR . gy in ue vewiFark - Have ot €L B IEiicar matites Hevo of + “The room was silent and dark. Pug|with mud puddles. dilapidated buildings, Bt Dicre o mantd e rfirx'rvh;s:‘\'.’:g"tl\nuxhz Quickly, “There's some one!infinitely deserted and forlorn Nor my dear fellow: I advise vou to!here” and ducked. There was alof rubbish, loot from the Americ Fo to the execution and fo behave flash. a rear and an acrid smell of | way stores, still smoldered from ¥ ) . . | revolutionary conflagrations of the night : B v g : > 3 B 2mmariilo shouted. and his follow - ers surged forward with a roaf Querita dropped behind the bar and ‘rouchad there with her hands over Pug ran along the pol- iike a gentleman—a Magellan gen- | Smoke s 5 ke o 8 8 = "Got you!" a voice cried from the |before, and Pug thought. “What a con- . o : 4 ; : ; ! Yaarble counter. kicking glasses L tsineling tato hiseloinds: aarkness, - . foundéd fool T am, feeling sorry for th 4 Ished Tarl e At apd left. caught at He tied his tie in a bowknof. thrust | “Guess again'" Pug shouted. fellow ! He probably isn't worth saving. : ; ! laborate chandeiier which hung his bare feet into a berrowed pair of | Outside the sentry was still pep-| The soldiers broke into a trot, and 2 5 WA Y 77, %5 e the low ceiling. swung _thers The comsuls bedroom slippers. and | pering the walls, and Diego's sol- | the littlest one—he of the cigarctte— e < iE 5 K | Move The ‘heads of the sruggling Srabbed his hat. “Hanzed if 1l do | diers. beside themselves with horror. | panted cheerfully: “It would be a - ¢ SN L, Ao then Soomped. He fell ion the anything of the sort.” he laughed. He | were pounding on the door. Pug|pity to miss the execution. after so s L e . ! T iern of twe gigantic vaqueros . Brushed by the astonished consul and | heard & scuffe of feet. a scream:|much trouble. The fortress is just| : : ; " : ; 773 . { e Thins. own. . Batihe took the stairs four at a time. | (heu Mome ignc, certAIniy nofmore [[=headjthetesiwnerelyoWIScGhEnIgn % i ¢ £ ; Toan haim, laughing, and kicked his than a foot away. demande a| wall.” . ; ¥ 3 G ate gy " w o - il | tonte. furious voice: “Where the devil | The sky hehind the Santa Chris- ; ; \ 3 | i 7 {wav fothe platform with the whols HE consul ran nimbly to the door | are you?" 7 tina was aflame now. Against the | G . B | . : ToomEal B mending them and shouted after him: “I warn | “I'm right ‘h-wt-Mldml Tf::rmr:fé sudden zlory ‘;‘.vrlk.gn](kmn mountains 2 : 1 : >3 ! ';:;‘Wf,‘:“g“'},bfid,bm‘.' and spurn the Pug: was eltendy /in| the: contle | mnsor Bige fantastic and unreal. On the farther- 2 o - g jlent twist. Pnen he swalted K= BE vard. Diego's soidiers were waiting; | A chair turned over with a cragh. The, moat point_of (hrusting land he l . : : j"::; e niatforn on’. topLiofi e Sl s S " | unsteady voice whimpered: 't Capo light still burned. a tiny white 2 4 : ed na B they saluted, bringing their heels to- | ARS(CAOY oG FURIE ono, 1 can't | fame combating the s4y's conflagra- | quirming| beap of dazed nations}is’, gether sharply, with a rattle of | anq the matches i tion. He had nolkbue. 0 e e swords and spurs. Pug nodded. the | It T light one will You promise mot| The fortress gate swung open to et & Spurt of flame. @ > e - ope oy | to shoot™ . ladmit them. and they hurried up a 4 3 “bullet s red :""’“” Indian boy opened the heavy | Moolil. s fool,” the voice said. ! steep ramp to the courtyard. It was 2 : £ : : £ ) |pu of mmoke mon i 2 oor. dmd the t;.r!!k funeral party | «qpunks' a dusty place inclosed by four high B e honted ott ot 3 walls. Little of soldiers N 8 icked . g ' "T,'° ':" it :”T""‘ Towith e D ca ittt doooyava of | Joldiers | prG LIFTED THE GIRL ABOVE HIS HEAD AND SWUNG HER UP ON THE BAR. THEN HE STOOD BESIDE HER, SNATCHED A GLASS OF NATIVE picked up one of the guitar e sky was still patterned wit HE match flared and Pug saw | 2UnBe in the doormave and & o o WINE—AND- SMILED DOWN INTO THAT POOL OF UPTURNED FACES players chairs and smashed his way stars, but Pug saw a band of light, President Diego standing before | filthy and haggard, squattad in the D R e ahoiver e o very wan and faint, behind the 3aW- |, pigp plack marble mantel. A tall |dust and quarreled together over . Sy Ll ” ; 2 3 S . ; seized bottles, glasses. bottles. and e e e e R e X tha mtubiof o clearetie: understand. This fellow is as good |itself was ready for the usual break-|Now. you sec. I dance. In return for| The cafe was crowded. A bar ran!SCiz £ =y tooth beaks of the Santa Christing. |mirror loomed behind him. Diego | “iphic"o ® gignore.” s dead. You would better let us | fast gathering of official Magella. The| my miserable life I dance like a train- along one whole side of the long, nar- |more glasses. and used the enrag 1t was the mere ghost of dawn. Vet | lue wearing an old-fashioned night [ Diegos soldicrs ran across the | njsh him. long narrow room, with its immense|ed bear. That was Pedro Cammarillo.” row room. Behind it. shelves fulj of {faces below him as targets o oo B Ty e o O R ol L orrt. wnd mis thin oid legs, very | courtyard, plunked hrough a low | I'UE shook his head mirrors and elaborate chandeliers, had| “Who is he?" glittering glasses and bottles and two :,‘“.‘l‘n fl"‘)’;‘”“”::)_ ‘;efsm' - Later, perhaps—if he doesn’ been put in some sort of order “A wealthy landowner—half Span- or three enormous mirrcrs were un- | Would soon filaminate the world. Ma- _ door and.’ threading a maze of pas i £ e J ; E . ;.'ei‘ll;d;::zpla:“;nlfler e e roe aas | spindle-shanked. were as bare a8 an | cageways, came out on the ramparts| He ‘put hig hands under Gonellis the destructive riots of two days fard. half Tapadas. He comes from broken—the only bar in Magelia to! Suddenly. with a completences g Elorien Of theilght. All the blings (urchin's. His heavy crop of white)or'the forthess directly above an-|arms and lifted him Half carrying fore. Waitcrs were polishing the mar-| hehind the Christina. He is the lead- escape the revolutionary vandals. On;Was stifing. the lights Wen: out. TEE e aragm the wooden Courtyara | Dair was standing erect like & 1ons | ther and smaller quadranic. | half pushing the nationalist, he got ble tables and a handful of rovalist of-| er of the nationalists.” i ralsed platform at the farther end heard groans. curses. sobbing. an in. ..., e T o Darscd; Seeq |mane. his Cyeater of Cy-atersville) 'Rl SRolt BUL™ e’ exccu- | Nim across the quadrangle throuzh ficers. released from-guard duty we “Good Lord'” Pug groaned, “are of the room two b were playing:Sane scuffle of feel. the thump © the street lights fickered faintly, as | mustaches looked as if they mIEA!|tion. | the twisted passageways (o the courl- gosspiing in a corner. Pug s there two of you? guitars. A crowd of men stood about | Podies in desperate collision, Fe took if_discoussEea-by the Geepening redi- | pave been.put on burriedly, askew.| Pux looked down and saw the | ¥ard and into the strects, a crowd of reeling, bloodstained. furious -G “1 fought Cammarillo's battles. Sig- a cleared ce watching the danc-:2 flying leap into hecame ance of the emst, e glared at Pug. pointin; is re- | fring squad directly beneath him. A ] oficers and soldicrs trailing beftnd. :to a table and ordered coffee. When 1tinor Pug. He could have raised an | ers—tall plainsmen in gaudy poncho. . jentangled with a dozen bairs of arm “Where foi Pag asked. volver straight at the SDULLering | gleepy officer gave a command in al A cab was waiting in the muddy | cume nelli drank hurriedly. thelarmy of his own. but he preferred 1o Neapoiitans, the dregs of the foreign {2nd les, shook them off. and wrig- One of Diego's fancg:goliliers tirned | Match. Before God, Signor Pug.” | stifled voice. and all the rifles were | Plazza before the fortress. Pug put cup trembling in his hands. Then with|let me risk my unimportant neck. [ population. Chinese. spectacled ,,_Iglm on his hands and knees ll)vh(‘l\" a smiling fage. “Tp the fortress. sig- | he_said, gravely, “I still think you |lifted with a precise and ominous | Gonelli aboard, climbed in beside him.\a perceptible effort he pulled himself, you say in Engiish?—|mans wearing pongee coats and din- |40or — “If it's locked he whis- nore.” 5% & are a fool. __ [rattle. Facing them. an unlighted|#nd they drove toward the cif the | togetker, glared at the astounded rov- | Ry Straw hats, the inevitable mozo,|Pered. But it gave way and he found Pz felt in the pockets of his white | PUE let the mateh g0 out. While | cigarette in his mouth. his hands | cabby cracking his whip over thealists, and whispered: “What's the demanded. “What | Indians, vaqueros., voung rancheros |Bimself on the sieep flight of narrow liner coat, found a package of cigar | he fumbled for another he spoke hur- | clasped behind his hack, Carlo Gonellj j ambulating skeleton called. by cour-|game e Ve Whose énormous hats towered above |Stairs that led to the street. There Ites. “and. offered one (o the eager |riedly. passionately. with all the con- ! gtood quietly waiting. fesy. a horse. The nationalist was | Pug leaned back in his chair. “I had| “Gonelli glanced around the cafe and |the crowd, one or two soldiers. and {leaning against the wall with his arms folded and his eves closed. 3 : i little rovalist. They paused to share | Viction he could muster: “President Pug pushed Diego's laughing sol- | Propped against Pug. as limp and jan idea you might like to fight on ‘hFi‘ lowered his voice. Pug saw that his [the ragged remnants of Gonellr's hired ‘he mateh that-Pug struck against a | Diego. they say Carlo Gonelli is go-|diers aside, leaped and landed on his | flabby as a corpse s hy right side.” {hana was trembiing. “But the look | nationalists, ‘tone wall, then hurried on again,|ing to be shot at dawn—in a few|feat about two vards behind Gonelli Is he dedd - sigrore?” the cabby lif G¥our sidezs. he gave the American was steady| A cloud of smoke hung under the asked, politel Perhaps. You remember what a|enough. “The answer is simple. You |Ceiling. The air was close and fetid. found Carlo Gonelli. They raced to- gether to the street. Behind them they heard a roar of voices. a stacca- :side by side. Pug asked, casually.|minutes. I want you to pardon him.!“Want a light. Gonelli” he asked | ‘Did they give Carlo Gonelll @ faid | After what you promised your people| The officer shouted. the rifics wa-| “L hope not. 1 certain great man said about making {ire in control of the Fairchild mines. |1ike a Whiff from somg infernal fur- |10 Tatile of shots. the splintering of 2l lon that baicony tonight—fair play.|vered, and the lounging soldiers in| “Yesterday he was very much alive | the world safe for democracy? This|iiego is behind you. Cammarillo [nace. There was an incessant clap- glass gorner of the globe isn't safe Vet | i) form a new party, stage a revo- |PIng of hands. a loud. insistent shuf- | i e The roy t took a deep breath, |freedom, democracy, justice—can you|the background. suddenly galvanized | His pockets were fuil of money and & 0 & Jdew a cloud of smoke through his |permit any man, even your enemy. to|into action. howled uproariously.| his mouth was full of pretty prom- G ot by a long shot! You Magellans lostrils and nodded violently, °Si, |he shot without'a fair trial? Gonelli| Gonelli turned and met Pug's eves|ises. What are you going (0 dotwith | 2re Stankidumb ferazy. ARG el ignore. They asked him many ques- | is a scoundrel. but he is also intelli- | with a look of concentrated hate and{ him. signore?" And blind! You go aboul stabbing ions. Was he a nationalist? Yes: | gent. He would be a useful man in|despair BT 1 lenow. Gach other in the Dack ax a pastime. | Magella. After all. what did he do”| “Much obliged,” he said, in a calm| The cabby rolled a ¢ { You're too proud to work for a liv- | lution and destroy vou if he can.”|fling of feet. a roar of voices singing The defeated nationalist took a|the passionate refrain of the dance spluttering drink of coffee and said | music. | in a tense, passionate whisper: “I cry | Pug elbowed his way through the|band was plaving with vou Viva la liberta: But Ma-|crowd. He had forgotten (onelli jair was sweet with the breath of the HE Esplanade was quiet and dark In the distance the municipal “Traviata” The irette with T R A e e s hd ot | selanasd ing. You hire men to fight for vou ry?_ He said "No' to that! .So t e led a band of cutthroats against!voice. one deft twist of his free hand, stuck | = ¥ § i 0T oM SYiata. fettel vill hav 3 -k | He "stood on th i r ot 3 - v that i s 2 RGLL 2 3 and to die for you. You're all caked | gella’s fetters will have to be struck | & on the rim of the dancing !, e spicy o of tropic trung him up by the wrists from |the American workmen at Santa'! Pug grinned as he struck the| it in the corner of his _mouth L e o R feara i [ off one by one. Signor Pug. and the |f00r. looking for Cammarilio. He |5 'h¢ *F Cragrance’ of Jopplc was not surprised at the crudeness of | flowers. the aromatic dust of old “he chandetier until he gave them the Christina because he honestly be- mateh. “I've got a pardon for vou|shrugzed hiz shoulders. The sun had | s S b R Silo “ight answer. They cailed him trai- 'lieved that the mines belong to Ma- ' in my pocket.” he iwhispered. climbed out of e Deople wete [ smeteiliione handed dovn fel w00 | heavies: Ciain Ol L e Rk feitines g or and stuck their swords into”hisigella. 1t was piracy. and we pun-lpiay to the gallery if you car surring in the ets. The market; o' "Xnd some of you Italians and | head and grinned happily. “Where * Xk ¥ % i Want a lizht. Signor Pug™ Gonelii | Spaniards who have come here in the jdoes vour fire-cat co-star _hang B was farther from 5th avenue|asked in a mentle voi Tast twenty vears—are exploiting fout” T want to twist his nose.” ‘H 7 |mvesuelasked in o mentle oloe S0 SLUL L Magella for your own benefit. “He will be at the Cafe Nazionale| 'han he had ever heen. Civiliza- And you?" Gonelii asked. tonight. There is a girl who dances tion was ten thousand miles awa “Perhaps the Fairchild Company | there— " 5 their eves met. with suspicion. with | jhumor. almost with appreciation and he was standing elbow ‘to elbow | Thanks™ said Pug has done that in the past. But I'm | wwell s © | : e stooped e t s cig- | here to see that Magella has a square | “Not 1 nelll answered in with the maddest adventurers left on ,.:: T :m’ ,"lvl:-(r\‘,l E ]:’xz;h:':\xm Dua':! deal in the futur sullen voice. “Cammarillo never shows | the face of an enlightened globe. The |then straightened. smiling in the TInE Tor, worth ARRUNE for. Look | Lo CaEnt L hen ot Camr [folly. Progress went hand in hand |PShi: But who put out the lghis?. at vour lsuints. your pocts. VOUF|marillos ‘pleasure. Do vou know |With murder. There were no laws|swered. You crack the whip. and T of martyred pricsts and assassinated lwl\at lhal\_m‘dnsl' Thirst, starvation, |only insane ideals, lofty intentions|dance. T dance like a fool. like a I pricsta s Ssaspinar orture-—No!" 2 A T = . {elown. like u monke: nrn;':g;x:;s.m? astel See here, onelll | ®Huc"did not answer. He paid for [ ARG RAPDY movalicy, el V'I:"'”}‘:“’ allcan still say Viva la liberta that magnificent, empty harbor out | the cpffee. put the tottering. blood- |tilting at shadows. These ‘mad pa-| Then. side by side, in great good there and the leprous beggars on the | Stained nationalist into a cab. and | trigts would go on stranglin, l"":}*umnr. they crossed the city to the cathedral steps. Some -day Europe [drove to the American consulate |dering and dying until PR, Plun- | consulate < and America will know . their way |lcaving the Cafe Albion paralyzed|made plain the insane futility of their (Coprrizht. Trodd. Mead & Oo.) blindfolded into this port. And there, With curiosity. The consul's Indian|struggle. Then, perhaps. Magella sren’t going to b hired spies l?:a;\l' Pg"lne':‘ :mn( o flfl“h\“d e [would safe. 5 and’ howlink anarchistx. “Cant vou|bed, and between they washod thel The music' stopped: the dancers Fruit by Steamer. it? Wide streets, shops with big | unds in s hach and side (he 130 [nantine and laughing. swept back blateiglase windows, theaters, hotels (hm';\ inflicte ,du:‘|;|‘;. the night by the |against the watching crowd, and Tug P',;,.-(,mv; fast rail transport the Ao O e i amrners o meni sviokeaia | por wielzlslanding alons in the ven- |13 Weamils table wal minplied with ipal docks along the water-front. big | dozen cigareites. shut his eves. and |hair was held in x-.‘.‘p:.-‘i;\ KH;’r“r:x 00th | rroch fruits and vegetables only when ships coming and golne, Peaccl™ " {suid nothing. “L'm not dead, after she wore a shawl over her shoulders |such things were ripe in one's own or & moment Goneili was_ |1 he - lik e beat- land a tight calico sk N od mhbo oss He atirred his eoffes gentls. Then he | ing of is own hearl. steady. sure |motioniess. her oves an the eoeo | JC/Shborhood rand crop loss there aised his ¢ iznor Pug.” he|and vital—the heart that might have [smiling a slight. disdainful smiie that |Te2"0 4t no fruits and no vegeta- ¥ —the) « d 1 He liked the wa e ace “Querita.” some 3 o e = . Fangnt an died for Hberts. 1 Tk 10 | b wit “ouin * When' Fus and - ihe | (rick voice, “damee pne Calied. in alfast freights and refrigerator oars figh _ 11ike to die Lut nol| Tngian bov had zone. leaving him| The girl shrugged and looked over |PO% C31T¥ fresh and perishable food 4-r::k<lh2"‘whllp"av::l, 3! to the blessed luxury of clean sheets|her shoulder at the guitar players.|from one side of the continent to the and deep pillows. he'lay still. watch- Then, slowly, with her hands on her | 0ther. and a crop loss in one locality, dance i S inli g sho You're ing the thin slivers of sunlight be-|hips, her eves closed. and her though it means serious loss to the T T had faded inio rose. info violet. inte ftars Swept into frantic melody. the |Prices to all consumers in that neigh- am @ visionary, Signor Pug. Iver, into the complete blackness staring rancheros shouted, and there | Porhood. does not leave the table bare. idea You are a materialist with ( Bight o began again the thumping of feet and | The deficiency is met by bringing an inspired sense of the dramatic * Kk k * the clapping of many palms ome | produce from other neighborhoods. one climbed up on the platform at the| Transportation of fresh foods by .. ¢ end of the room and smote the piano |Ship is making progress and fruits his cnemy. He could see noth-lwith a crash. Querita was dancing{and vegetables are being sent across ing of him. save the glowing tip of [the tango—not the tango of the bou- | the seas. American fruits from as levards. nor of Broadway. nor of |far west as California are sold in the Michigan avenue—the tanzo of the {fruit shops of Europe and this trade We ought to get along very well to- | 1)UG opened the door and looked at pether: 1 have no Triends. When | L vou defeated me the nationalists went to Diego. There isn't a con-! 2 fessed nationalist in Mazella this | his cigarette, in the opaque and im- norning. lvery one is a rovalist. e s 5 3 5 v yeny (one T4 Waloning you, mot e |iPspetranle ditknect oF LIS South American dance $all. She was{is. perhaps, in its infanc ruits. g cause you promise them reforms. but It's § o'clock,” he said. “I've got|seductive, malicious. implacable. | especially Virginia apples, have found Decause you sit & horse like a plains- | some fresh clothes for you. Put|Slowly circling the crowd of eager|a wide market in Europe. In the fruit man, shoot straight, laugh when on. We're going to the Cafe|™SD: She searched for a partner. shops of Washington and other east- B Gonelli whispered. touching Pug's{ern cities pears, peaches and grapes ou're afraid and take what you to twist Cammarillo's | 4 0 e [Cammirilicis sitting over therelfrom Afrka nry on Sile i fwinter 1P id. are i a2 rout vil ree other men—the table in|Under present conditions such things fighting PR e thr""gfm? R ¢ ',‘.T“,"‘.,“T",'“““‘ ouTe a tragic|ihe center. The littie fellow tn " the D e cow e bount only by down here to protect the Fairchild [ “0p, ptracr Straw hat. Now that vou have seen |the rich or extravaguni There are mines and to put a railway into the | pyz fighted the old-fashioned kero- | gl ! :‘hgni"';if‘;“':‘; 1.{\‘15 i signs, however, that N;frl;:fieffll%\‘::lga . Marias, You and your hired soldiers | sune lamp which stood on the dresser, | ;IU% shook his head. “You don't un-|will some time bring fruits and vege tried 16 block me. For patriotic rea- | 300 Guneill, strugsling sty to his | dersiand me. Gonelli. T never go home | tables from one side of the world to :n_rlnls?h 1\:(“:1. 'ma(:.l-r of _r&m. I\L«gr;lkI‘ll fect. began slowly and painfully to| it 08 18DIEe A Q:;lgfiked. xy]n’ go- m?l;‘émxlr in ?:r:r:lx‘:“ ities that they will benet ¢ the rai s she | ; o myselr.” | will be low 5 would never have benefitted by 3-|)ur{d,;,,]“ by side they crossed the city to Qu_f]rua_ had paused before Cam-| Recently a trial shipment of frurts. brand of pulriotism-anarchy, scifish | (e’ Gapianade. “The strects were still | T2 TS fid something to nim inincluding mielone, inded at, Now ambition and disorde Tittered with broken glass. A ragged. | 21 2 ». Cammarillo, | York from o A e Phat &nd an upturned | Without pavinz the slightest atten- |cold storage compartment of a regu- e ere Iving on the pedestal |tion 1o her. weut on drinking and|lar passenger ship from the west ing attention. | o¢" Gin Martino's statue. But the |!alKing. The dancer.:lips trembled. |coast of South America and tnrougn Dind was playing in the open-air |She stamped her foot, threw back her |the Panama canal. The tomatoes. wide eyes, in which there was a sud- | Casino on the Esplanade and an end- head, and said in “a loud voice:|peaches. pears. melons and oiher IFTED WITH A PRECISE AND OMINOUS RATTLE. e = less procession of carriages circled [ Cammarillo! Have yo6u forgotten [things arrived in sound condition. Last winter the New York Botanic (‘flx LI was not 1 T He was staring beyond Pug with SEPY OFFICER GAVE A COMMAND IN A STIFLED VOICE AND ALL THE RIFLES WERE FACING THEM, CARLO GO L1 STOOD QUIETLY WAITING. den flash of terror. Pug turned | (i purk- scedy cabs drawn by ema- [ QUETIAT" <. old-fashfoned victorias e Spaniard. after a slight pause, |Garden received a package containing - ] uickly. A man was standing be-|ciated hor - fa yictorias | The SRy arter & o den & 2 8 pac i Chair— S boasting pairs of long-eared mules, a et his eyes rest |a W’ ower ooms in the wi- ot far. onls to bring the Blood. ]1shed him. President Diego. Magella | 1ittle vaudeville— the crowd loves it: | was aiready crowded. Beneath tm.1hin3 M8 chair—a smal fellow with DOaetinK Dire o ke and an_oc. |on the girl with an uncomprenendingicinity of Cape Town, Sot=k Afmad We Magellans a is going to be taken serousiy by the | Heroic stuff, That's it» take your|provised canopies made of straw and | dark-brown, lean face. black hair.|cagional brougham of respectable (Stare. The crowd was silent whilesThe plazt was in bloom wm it was aur courage. 1 remember— warld some d. she's got to have a|time.’ bright-colored strips of cloth, Indian | 8harp nose and the sloping, muscu-|contour. The women rode; the men Cammarillo and the dancer faced each |shipped from Africa and the flowers whn <igned the order for the exe- |clean reco i remember what * % % ¥ women sold fruits, sw and to- |14t shoulders of a fighter. Stared at them from the sidewalk.|Other. Some one in the backgroundjwere still fresh. bright and fiwgrant cution™ happened not long &g0 to A NAtion| <ONELLI'S breath came f Je| Paceo. A long strini of mules trotted thought you were dead,” he said | pyz saw powdered faces. brilliant [18ughed, there wWas a loud, sibilant,when they-reached New York. president Diega. They woke him |thar went in for firing squads— (GIELLLS breath. came fant. €| in from the: plains, laden with vege- panish. N | eyes, shapely hands holding enor- |hiss from the rest. and the amused] The growth of ‘the tropicar fruit ap as @ oclock, and he sizned ood | The second match flared. and Pug said nothing. as if, with the | tables, and driven by shouting men am very much -alive.” Gonelli]l mous black fans, Just for an in- on ookers held their breath before the { trade_ is one of the marvels of food. fance: We dagel nev fow | held it ahove staring pricst's absolution, he had lost in- | Who Tan n«sidnl the animals. oblivious cred, “thanks to this gentlc-{gtunt he longed rm-hsn\. uvenurfl. the ::LH- lr_-l;xze_dy of Querita’s failure. |Two or three- generations ago or- L coward” {Drego in the une bt Beh 5 . 5 of the heat and the suffocating clouds o . p northern air. the shop windows. mmarillo’s e traveled from h. ges, limes, lemons and pineapples e Carlo Gonelli & coward?” e roa wad: ponnding ] = ooht in oldiquarrels. Misjclothes| or venow: aust The Spaniard turned and. D i DT Feai lhier fent anbaali el e R e aiiin ey e aniA St s He had riftes, ammuni- at the door. The man turned WCre torn, his shirt was |.)nm1.m.:nm.I “Where to”" the cabhy asked. pull- closing his little black eyes.|Then he remembered the promise he | shrugged, frowned and turned hisfonly in “exclusive” "grocery stores * 1on followers y were roady tolquickly opened the door. and said iny@ lock of black h hung over his | inz the skeleton up with an astound- | €Xamined Pug from head to foot. His|han made his dad—"“frce Magella!” | back. ““l4nd were so costly that they were e for him I he d He a e Vot Gio away® 1 am|forchead. Yet in the steady look he | MK Jerk. fingers were covered with silver | He snatched off his hat and grinned | For a moment the zirl hesitated. She | generally bought ‘only for persons rings; he wore an claborate “flowered | gy at the stars. Magella and youth |saw the look that flashed into the eves | who were sick or feeble. The banana ferondered n Americane’ receiving Sirnor = hen he s i T C . T swere BT b e Mas | cotked hatch cn tie mmatel, fomiehoy | Buve Tug there wis smoldering fire, | ~TO the Cafe Albion.! DU snuwered. {vest und u corduroy facket. He blow iyid a.hard fzht— of.the crowd: she heard a murmur of [was rare. Until the great war came | Zllans hate Americans. principaliy lup one of the heavy candelsticks that | Just the flicker of jauntiness. And glanced t Gonelli. e nation- |« cloud of cigarette sSmoke into Pug's [~ Gonelli stared sidewise at his en- {laughter and mockery. Backing away [on these fruits were cheap and plenti- A e e L & asan o Iove i .t aea rH LCatIek LAt | e face was mullen with path. fie|| Ml eves were open, and ne stared | face, waved his hand, and asked: 3 0 you know where you're[from Cammarillo a Step or twn. on|ful and no doubt when trade_be- hem™ You Aeleated Gonelli. Very |mateh. Tug saw that his hands wers | managed (o lean forward to the | nostiiand Curious. venomous and un: e R R L e e e e L e e e P e e At 7‘ T ha fhew 3 Uatil some | tresbi 'But. Diego, wi 5 2 zionale is the meeting place of the |Then, snapping her fingers and stamp- i d 4 el We JOUs ing. 80, with admira-{ match Pug held for him. Then, with- certain. He made & violent effort-and | - "My prisoner?® anti-royalists. There it is—where ling her foot, she hn:a.rfd«ncu:l: again. :.:défi:; nxtu;':l:::!a\n'::.nu s “’2 . i \ l 1 (,*h