VWNU Service CHAPTER VI—Continued — “How dare you presume to address me?" Roberta cut in icily. "I am not aware that I have the dubious honor of your acquaintance, sir, although I believe you are my uncle's slayer, Jim Higgins.” He stared at her nor did the pleasant smile that had crinkled his undeniably good-looking countenance fade the slightest. Ro- berta made swift appraisal of him. He was about six feet tall, strongly built, lithe and graceful, His com- plexion was a reddish brown, a most agreeable color-scheme when taken in conjunction with crinkly jet-black hair and large, black, snappy Mack Irish,” Roberta reflected, noting his thick, almost snubby the broad upper lip and the square jowls., “The very worst kind of Irish! “Yes, I am Jim Higgins,” Don Jaime admitted, without a particle of shame or embarrassment, and from the In flection of his from a certain faint clipped manner of slurring his consonants, Rol that ish was this man's tongue, ‘It my misiortu instrument of an ins« your « in the . without rancor, eyes, nose, voice, “Has any! a cool gins? ={Oh, Rob not going the ference scoun Do you face “Why, i herders, and old Din flushed in a week” “He'll be the Ins many years if there as law and justic “Oh, we're deed Very of the Rio or profit. Y rested, “] cer “Well, the sheriff and tell over By ing arou: intention platform body to very few of Graz parted precipit: tf you ti Jaime M over for Jaime?” “I've kr "What so “Weell, a fair =a this day? “Why iV it somewh here to 1 } tor truck for you Higuenes prid punctuality ali very much afr nean Mise—An trim, tha legs get word to Don Jaime the station ere here, “How Dare You Presume to Ad Mz?” Reberta Cut dress in Icily And com master will have to (ake you in I know he isn ped for pany.” Roberta's trou young man's wit ance now, bled ganze met the h just a bint of toler. “1 suppose you have your humane moments, Mr. Higgins, Re member, however, 1 am certainly goo ing to prosecute you for the attempted murder of Mr. Dingle. so don’t tangle yourself up in rash promises te ren der first aid. You may send word to wor Higuenes if you wish, but all It awill avail you is my thanks “You may even omit the thanks" he replied brightly. “1 am delightod to have an opportunity to withdraw from your peppery with your permission, senorita, 1 shall ride swift- ly to the humble abode of this fellow Higuenes and tell him to beat it over bere like the devil with his car” Agaia his hat swept the platform, before he climbed down and limped to his horse, spoke a few words to the boy who was waiting there for him, and set off down the road at a smart gallop. “There goes the presence, so handsomest, most cultured, most interesting ruffian any woman will ever meet,” Roberta de- clared, *I do hope his lameness will not be permanent.” “He's marvelous, gorgeous. ™ Mignon. *I wonder go in the “Mr, Higgins beautifully in breathed why he doesn't movies.” ought to get along that profession.” Ro- berta sighed. “He certainly has ad- mirable control of his temper. 1 couldn't seem to insult him,” In about an hour a handsome sedan appeared, accompanied by a speed Both driven by youths of undoubted Aztec ancestry With out a word they fell upon Roberta's baggage and stowed It in the speed gon, whereupon the driver of the hat in hand and wagon were approached, thees piimen ‘m to gsenorits Ix Jaime iI! to me to say to the seno the “1 wonder in Texas” As the party reached low range after . square ile of smiling green valley lay out- them Evi chauffeur was aware of the comfort of stopped 3 square mile spread before dently thelr beauty for he oppor- the scene, the car to give them tunity to enjoy it “All thees,” he hand and a barns and on to the ancestral home of Don Jaime Miguel Higuenes, They halted under a red tiled porte-cochere, and Mrs. Ganby them, “Don Jaime begged me to present his excuses for his failure to meet you, Miss Antrim,” she explained. “He has been working cattle with his men the past two days—they're shipping from Valle Verde station—and Don Jaime has only just gotten home and is busy making himself pretty. And this young lady with you is—" “My maid, Mignon, Mrs. Ganby.” “You are fortunate to have brought her with you. Don Jaime has Mexi- can or Indian maids—l1 don't know which—to care for the house, but until I came he had nobody to train them and everything has been at sixes and I've here about six weeks and am gradually order out of chaos, Do you speak Spanish, Miss Antrim? “Unfortunately, no." *The servants understand else. I am studyl the language and am beginning to make myself under. stood. You modern bath wit} hot and cold water. Dinner is “Does Don Jaime dress for dinner?” “He haven't laughed, came out to welcome sevens, been getting nothing ing have a at six." puts on his coat, even when had ain and was at least three old. The windows opened ont the pat and the scen flowers filled the roon A cl pled a vase on the “Don Ja ] p aced them uster of roses occq dressing table lucked here himself” her. “He these Mrs informed wis in arrive tod you It was fo call him, and instantly 1 was jealous. So I tried to kill Dingle Bell ing to you--although what tried to do was to puncture I thought if 1 could succeed in ening him y hefore he portunity to tel things 1 wanted I would be smart young didn't I? Roberta's face riet, go terribly ashamed — go - rassed."” “Nonsense, It was a grand joke end I assure you grand jokes are and far between in this part of world, That rascal Dingle had been talking to you and telling you things that weren't so, and I saw at once that you perfectly willing to the worst of Jim Higgins, while hold. ing Jaime Higuenes in a measure of respect.” “I-11 can't believe man,” Roberta faltered. “I'm not. I'm a lovely and your cussed flat tire and make a so me for a while, good and pl for my not? accord I really his tire, fright had _ an op you too n ucfh-—-the to tell proving main, “i'm embar went sca fow the were believe you're a ung uncle did g me a Aacce] tance Don Mn men across the Qe people are his the simple «51 ’ the mantie of tered under inthropy. He is the master, tie despot ghtest wish is law. He ig a feudal! baron. Ro- berta, you're trembling on the brink of a great adventure. How | would enjoy having Glenn Hackett and know a man like Don Jaime Miguel IHig- uenes ! The car rolled across wooden bridges over irrigation canals: and on the borders of a distant field Roberta saw a long queue of teams drawing mow- ers. Dozens of hay wagons were load- ing and stacking the new.cut alfalfa hay: perhaps a hundred men were raking and piling it. The fragrance of the harvest came pleasantly to the girl's senses and it occurred to her that this valley had once been dry nd barren until metamorphosed into a vast garden hy men of vision, cour. nee and faith, To her it seemed a worth-while thing to have done There was drama She knew no little and that none but on with it. And Don Jaime whose sl meet hig. gomething Homerie, in it—poelry, man had done this, a big man could carry her Impatience to moet Miznel Higuenes inerefsed They swept up throuzh the Indian pueblo and were barked at and pur gued by inealeulable numbers of dogs of assorted breeds, “If Glenn Hnckett were the overlord here he wonld ban fsh those curs,” Roberta thought, “and justify his act on the ground of effi clency and sanitation, But these peones must have their dogs and doubtless Don Jaime realizes that. Let them have dogs—millions of them, What affair is it of his? 1 dare say he has dogs of his own” Assorted brown children, In varying Cogrees of nudity, stared and shonuted #t them: fat brown women, seated on doorsteps or hanging over fences in homely gossip, bowed or curisied; then they were through the pueblo and rushing up a gentle slope, through an avenue of oleanders, past great white fon, iresy sal on nd was un ner in bobt best Mig ridor Don way down the Ganby led her cious living room. At a small sideboard, his back toward her, stood her host. He was arrayed In flannel trousers and white buckskin shoes, a soft white silk shirt, a black silk bow tie, and a blue serge cont. Roberta was impressed by the extreme youthfulness of his for she had anticipated a very older man and, for a reason she had no ground for entertaining, she had expected him to be short and portly, Mrs. Ganby spoke: “Don Jaime !™ , He turned “This young Indy is Miss Antrim, Don Jaime" Don Jaime bowed. “You are wel come to my poor house Mees Antrim.” he sald evenly, and advanced to take her hand “Jim Higgins!" she cried furiously. “If you insist upon applying the lit. eral translation of my monicker, James Michael Higgins is as correct as Jaime Miguel Higuenes, Dear me, can’t you see the map of Erin on my face, Miss Antrim?" Her eyes blazed at him. “You're a positive devil,” she whispered as she reluctantly surrendered her hand to his. “Why did you deceive me at the station to day?” “Dear Mees Antrim, | did not de ceive you. You nsked me If | were Jim Higgins and 1 admitted it. Then you started to work on me and [ had a great curiosity to see how far you would go” “If 1 had known you were Jaime Miguel Higuenes 1 would have had Dingle take me over to my late uncle's ranch.” “I feared the son of a gun was planning to take you ihere. You and your maid ure the first women to get off at that station in a year, and when from a distance 1 observed you, 1 sus. pected your identity, suspected that for some reason you had arrived a day arlier than that named In your let- ter. So | siarted across to interview you--and then 1 saw Dingle Bell, as 1 inio ime s figure, much great left arm today, didn't we? ut Robbie 1 told with the cook in and lead your behind. overdone {t, son. What are we going to do about that, eh? looked felt so good, you disobeyed orders, you to ride home the chuck wagon You've pony tobbie distressed *But Jimmy * he began. Don Jaime shook him and set him down. "I put you on the payroll at ten dollars a month. At the end of the month youll collect nine. You are fined a dollar for disobedience of ders” The boy threw hiz arms around Don Jaime's waist and looked up at him almost tearfully, “Are you angry with me, Jimmy?" “Of course not. Do you a short sport? But an der and given to be obeyed. You promised to obey me, son, and you must learn that a promise must be kept. Understand? No matter what hap- pens, a man must keep his promises It's costing you a dollar to learn that, and the lesson would be cheap at double the money. Run along now and wash your face and hands and get ready for dinner.” Roberta caught think I'm order's an or the boy's mother's glance fixed on Don Jalme of maternal adoration, i requires manhandling.” Don Jaim her “That atrophi notion of the fon, down at “1 have a oming Yapsasl should loge confidence | me I'd be tomorrow out and served ur beautiful “fed Can't Believe You're a Bad Man,” Roberta Faitered. ro you rea i I do not. B my la ather knew him very well got into an argument once as to which was the best for the country the gold stand ard or Bryan's sixteen-fo-one silver idea. Your Uncle Bill was an outeast in Texns, at the time being a Rep Hiean, My father, of Democrat. In thelr argument waxed personal, and finally cle Bill called my father a d-—d4 an archistic greaser, So my father yelled: ‘Hurroo! Faugha ballagh and hit your Uncle Bi on the nose and canted it five degrees to the east. My parent then ran to his horse to get his gun, which he wore In a mel holster, and on his way there le Bil shot his hat off. This 80 my father re your Unele Bill COUrse, Was a they your Un ertith pom your Une was getting personal, talinted by shooting in the heel” “Why. 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