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Bellefonte, Pa., March 6, 1914.
The Ne’er-Do-Well.
[Continued from page 6, Col. 4.]
in his mind as directly as the circum-
stances permitted. Through a series of
natural transitions the conversation
was brought around to politics. and
Garavel was adroitly sounded. But he
displayed little interest. When at last
he consented to show his awareness of
the suggestion so constantly held out
he spoke with deliberate intention.
“General Alfarez is my respected
friend.” he said. with a quietness that
intensified his meaning. “and I rejoice |
that he will be the next president of
Panama.”
“You. of course, know that there is
opposition to him?” :
“All Panama knows that.”
“General Alfarez does not seem to be
a friend of the United States. May I
speak frankly?”
Garavel inclined his white head with-
out removing his intense, dark eyes
from the speaker.
“Don Anibal Alfarez can never be
president of Panama!”
The banker made no visible move-
ment, yet the effect of this positive
declaration was almost like that of a
blow. After a pause he said:
“May I tell him you said so?”
“If you wish, but I do not think you
will.”
The hearer let his eyes flit question-
ingly to Mrs. Cortlandt’s face to find
her smiling at him.
“Believe me. dear lady.” he said, “1
suspected that there were grave rea-
sons for this interview. but as yet |
am at sea. | am not a politician. you
know. I shall have no voice in our po-
litical affairs."
“Qf course we know that. Senor
Garavel, and of course there are grave
reasons why we wished to talk with
you. As Stephen has said. General
Alfarez cannot be president” —
“Madam,” he said coldly, “Panama is
a republic. The voice of the people is
supreme.”
“Down in your heart do you really
think so?" She was still smiling at
him. “No! The United States is su-
preme.”
“Ah! That day will come. perhaps—
1 have said so. I look forward to it
as the best solution, but”—
“The day has come.”
“Even so. Alfarez is an honorable
man, a strong man and the wealthiest
man in our country.”
“You are also a rich man, a man of
ability.” said Cortlandt. “Your name is
second to none in all Central. America.
There is no one better”—
“Impossible!” exclaimed the banker.
in a strange voice. *I1? No, no!”
“And why not? Have you neve had
political aspirations?”
“Of conrse. All men have dreams.
I was secretary of finance under Ama-
dor, but the Garavels have never real-
‘ly been public men. Politics have
been a curse to our house. My grand-
father”—
«1 know.” broke in Mrs. Cortlandt.
“But times have changed. Panama
bas seen her last revolution, and she
needs a business man at her head.
Panama is a healthy country. with no
national debt. She is growing. develop-
ing. She holds the gateway to the
Sopra
—
“Qh-h! These young ladies!” he cried.
western world. and her finances must
be administered wisely. There is no
one who can direct her so well as
you.”
«Jt is impossible!” repeated Garavel,
his agitation growing more pronounced.
“General Alfarez is my friend. His
son will be my son.”
“Ramon! Is Ramon engaged to your
daughter?”
“Yes.” exclaimed the banker, shortly.
He began to pace the room.
«What difference would that make,
if the young people love each other?”
“Certainly.” Cortlandt agreed. “They
are not children.”
“Ag for love. Ramon loves, and—my
daughter will love also, once she is
married, for she is a Garavel.”
«1¢# Ramon isn’t satisfactory to her,
ought you to force her inclination?”
Mrs. Cortlandt offered. eagerly. But
the banker flung his arms aloft in a
gesture of half humorous despair.
«“Qh-h! These young ladies!” he
cried. “They do not know what they
'! want.” He paused abruptly. “This;
{| and T know the public sentiment.”
comes upon me like a flood, my friends.
I am swept away. and yet I—1 will |
need to think seriously.” |
“Certainly.”
“To an honorable man the salary will
mean nothing. [ have many affairs:
I fear I cannot atford this sacrifice.”
“Would you retire in favor of some
one who could afford it?”
“Alfarez is honest.”
“Alfarez cannot be president.”
“It would require a great deal of |
money. | am considered a rich man.
but I have discounted the future, and
my enterprises’— He flung out his
arms. “I have spread out. [ must be
careful. It is not alone my money
that I have invested.”
“It will require very little money.”
said Cortlandt. "1 have been from |
David to Darien, from Bocas to Colon
It was midnight before Senor Andres |
Garavel. the banker, bade his friends
goodby. When he descended the ho-|
tel steps to his carriage he held his |
white head proudly erect. and there |
was new dignity in his bearing.
* * * * *® * * |
The winter season was at its height |
now. Every ship from the north came |
laden with tourists, and the social life
of the city grew brilliant and gay |
Now that nature smiled, the work |
upon the cand went forward with ever |
growing eagerness. Records were
broken in every department, the rail-
road groaned beneath its burden, the |
giant buman machine was strained to
ite fullest efficiency.
Young Anthony mastered the details
of his work very rapidly. Being in-
tensely interested in his work. he avoid-
ad all sovinl entanglements, despite re-
neated invitations from Mrs. Cort-
landt. But when the grand opera sei-
son began he made an exception and |
joined her bex party on the opening |
night. i
It seemed quite like old times to don
un evening suit: the stiff white linen
awakened a pang of regret. There was |
a somewhat formal dinner in the Cort-
landts’ new home. at which there were |
f dozen guests, so Kirk had no oppoy- |
tunity of speaking with his hostess
until they had reached the theater.
“I’ve scarcely seen you lately,” she
said at the first opportunity. ‘You're
a very neglectful young man. 1 began
to think you were avoiding us.”
“You must know better than that.”
She regarded him shrewdly over her |
shoulder. “You're not still thinking of
—that night at Taboga?”
He blushed and nodded frankly. "I |
can’t help thinking about it. You were
mighty nice to overlook a break like
that. but’— Unconsciously his eyes
shifted to Cortlandt, who was convers- |
ing politely with a giggly old lady.
She tapped his cheek lightly with her |
fan. ‘Just to show you how forgiving |
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There Was the Girl of His Dreams.
I am, 1 am going to ask you to go rid- |
ing with me. The late afternoons are
lovely now. and I’ve found a good
horse for you. I suppose you ride?”
“1 love it.” |
“Wednesday at 5, then.” She turned
to another guest, and Kirk leaned back :
to take in the scene about him. |
CHAPTER XV.
Gertrudis Garavel.
IKE most Latin-American cit-
jes, Panama - prides herself
upon her government theater.
Although it remains dark
most of the year, its brief period of
opera is celebrated by a notable out-
pouring of Americans and Panaman-
fans. It was an exceedingly well
dressed audience, for although the pit
was plentitully sprinkled with men in |
white, the two lower galleries were in |
solid full dress. In the center box of |
the first tier, ornately hung with flags
and a coat of arms. Anthony beheld a
giant black man of majestic appear-
ance, flanked by a half dozen aids in
uniform.
“That is President Galleo,”
told him.
As the curtain fell on the first act
Kirk rose with the others and, accom-
panied by Mrs. Cortlandt. made his
way down the long passageway and
out into a brightly lighted, highly dec-
orated foyer. filling now with voluble
people. It was a splendid room, but
he had no eyes for it. His gaze was
fixed upon the welcome open air prom-
enade outside, and his fingers fumbled
with his cigarette case.
Edith
i think of you by any other.
| customs?
| be forced to walk with my father.”
. my
~ permission to call on you.”
from our people.
liberate, wicked—your social customs
are not like ours. You do not at all
: will not understand.
| man is accepted into a Spanish house,
| er, you and IL
“Oh, wait. please.” he heard Edith
say. “1 want you to meet some one.”
There. not a yard away, was the gir
of his dreams demurely bowing to
Edith Cortlandt. her hand upon the
arm of a swarthy man, whom Kirk
knew at once as her fatber. He felt
the blood rush blindingly to his head,
felt it drumming at his ears. knew
that he must be staring like a man be-
reft. Mrs. Cortlandt was speaking,
and he caught the name “Garavel” like
a bugle call.
She was the same dainty, desirous
maid he had wet in the forest, but now
splendidly radiant and perfect beyond
his imagining. She was no longer the
simple wood sprite. but a tiny princess
in filmy white molded by some master
craftsman. As on that earlier meet-
ing. she was thrilling with sotie subtle
mirth which flickered on her lips or
danced in the depths of her great. dark
eyes.
How he ever got through that wild
introductory moment without making
a show of himself Anthony never
knew. The general confusion perhaps
helped to hide his emotion, for around
them eddied a constant human tide,
through which at last came Mr. Cort-
landt and the other members of his
party. Then by some glorious miracle
Kirk found himself moving toward the
open air at her side. with Mrs. Cort-
landt and the hanker in advance of
them.
*Oh. Chiquita.”
he said softly. *!
| thought I'd never find you. I've hunted
everywhere.”
At the tremendous intensity of his
tone she tiashed him a startled glance.
“Chiquita is not my name.” she said,
reprovingly.
“Yes. it be. 1 can't
Hasn't it
is; it must
. been whispering at my ears ever since
you said it*
mad.
It has nearly driven me
Why didn't yon come back as
| you promised?”
“It was Stephanie—she is such a
ferocious person! 1 was brought to
| the city that day - but no. senor. 1
did not promise. 1 said only ‘per-
haps.’
“Have you done your penance?”
‘«It was finished yesterday. This is
the first time I have been out. Oh, it
{s delightful. The music—the people!”
“And 1 can come to see you now?”
“Very well do you kuow that you
cannot. Have you not learned our
Lo not be foolish, or I shall
“Don’t do that. Can't you see we
must make haste while the curtain is
{ down?"
+I do not see. 1 am strolling in search
of the cool air.” She bowed and smiled
at some passing friends. She seemed
very careless, very fiippant. She was
not at all the impetuous, mischievous |
Chiquita he had met in the woods.
“See here!” he said, soberly.
can’t go on this way. Now that I've
met your father, I'm going to explain
intentions to him, and ask his
“My father is a stern man. In his
| home he is entirely a Spaniard, and if
he learned how—we met, for instance”
—even under the electric light he saw
her flush—'he would create a terrible
scene.”
“rust me! I sha'n’t tell him.”
“There are so many reasons why it
is useless.”
“Name one.”
“One!” She shrugged lightly. “In the
first place 1 care nothing for you. Is
; not that enough?”
“No. indeed. You'll get over that.”
“Let us imagine, then, the contrary.
You Americans are entirely different
You are cold, de-
understand us. How then could you
. be interested to meet a Spanish fam-
iy?”
**Why, you're half American.”
“Qh, yes, although it is to be re-
gretted. Why, there is no other nice
, girl in all Panama who would have
| talked with you as I did in the forest
| that day.”
“But what has all this to do with
my coming to see you?”
“It is difficult to explain, since you
When a young
many things are taken for granted.
Besides that. we do not know each oth-
Also, if you should
come to see me it would cause gossip.
misunderstanding among my friends.”
“I’ll declare myself in advance,” he
. promised warmly.
“No, no, no! We Spanish-Americans
do not care for strangers. We have
our own people and we are satisfied.
It is much better that old people who
| are of more experience should discuss
these auestions.”
“We |
“But don't you want to have a voice
in your own affairs?" he eagerly urged.
She answered frankly: “I do rebel
sometimes. I protest. but it is only the
American blood in me.”
“If you'd learn to know me a little
bit. maybe you'd enjoy having me
around the house.”
“But [I cannot know you, any more
than you can know me,” she cried.
with a little gesture of despair at his
dullness. “Don’t you see—before we
could get acquainted nicely people
would be talking.”
“Let’s try. You're living at the coun-
try place again, aren’t you? Suppose
1 should get lost some day—tomorrow,
for instance?”
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