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ve me ,the- gun, I tell you," re -
Clay. - "I'm not going bo hurt
m, I4it only going to show him. how
I can shot. '
'Mac'Williams moved grudgingly a-
cross the porch and brougttit back the
revolver and handed it to Clay.
"Look 'out now," he said, "it's load-
ed."
At Clay s words the General had
retreated _rosily to. iris horse.' a head
and had begun 'unbuckling the strap
of .his ,holster, and the orderly reach-
ed back ince) the boot for his carbine.
Clay told 'him in Spanish to throw
up .his hands, and the man, with a
frightened bink at his officer, did as
the revolver suggested. Then Clay
motioned with his empty hand for
the other to desist. "Don't do that,"
he said,. "l m not going to hurt you;
I'm only going w frighten you a lit-
tle."
He turned and looked at the stud-
ent lamp inside, wlhere it stood on
the table in full view. Then he rais-
ed his revolver. He did not appar-
ently hold it away from him by the
"butt, as other men do, but 'et it lie
in the palm of Itis hand, into which
it. seemed to fit like the hand of a
friend. His first shot broke the top
of the glass-himney, tie second shat-
tered the green globe ikourtd it, t'he
third put out the.iixht, and the next
'drove' the lamp crashing to the floor'.
Thane was a wild yell of terror from
the back a the house, and the noise
of a guitar falling dawn a flight 'of
steps. "I have probably killed a
very good cook," said Clay, "as I
should as certainly kill you. if I•were
to meet you. Langham," he continu-
ed, "go tell that cookto come bask."
The General stprang into his saddle,
,, and the altitude it gave him seemed
to bring back some of the jauntiness
the had lost. •
"That was very pretty," he said;
"you have .been a cowboy, so they
tel -1 rte. It is quite evident by your
manners. No matter. if we'do not
meet to -morrow it will be because I
have more serious work to do. Two
months from to -day ,there will be a
new 'Government in Olancho and a
new President, and the mines will have
a new dire tar. I have tried' to be
your friend, Mr. Clay. See how you
like me:for an enemy. Good -night,
gentlemen."
"Good-nighe" ea id ibeacWrlliama;,
unproved. "Please ask your man to
close the *gate after you."
When tlhe sound of the ,hoofs had
died away the men still stood in an
uncomfortable silence, with Clay
twirling the revolver around his mid-
dle finger. "I'm sorry I had to make
a gallery play of that sort." he said.
"But it was the only way to make
that sort of man understand."
Langham sighed and shook his
tread ruefully.
"Well," .he said, "I thought all the
'trouble was over, but t looks to me
as though it had just begun. So far
as I can see they've going to give the
governor a run for his money yet."
Clay turned to MacWilliams.
"How many of Mendoza's soldiers
have We in the mines, Mac?" he
asked.
"About fifteen hundred," MacWil-
hams answered. "But you ought to
!}year the way they talk ofy him."
"They do,. eh?" said Clay, with a
smile of satisfaction. "That's good.
Six hundred slaves who hate "their'
masters,' What do they say. about
me?"
"Oh, . they think you're all right.
They' know you got them their pay
and ale. that. They'd do _a lot for
you.,l
"Would they fight for me?" asked
Clay. •
MaaWilliaari's looked tee and lawglh-
ed pneasily.' "I don't know," he said.
"Why, old man? -What' do you mean
to do?"
"Oh, I don't know," Clay answered.
"I was just wondering __whether I
should like to be President of Olen -
oho."
III i
The Langhams were to arrive on
Friday, and during the week before
that , day Clay. went :about. with . a
long slip' of paper in his pocket which
be would consult earnestly in corners,
anti ' upon which he would note down
. the ,things that .Ilrey' had left undone.
-At -night- he would sit staring at it
and turning'it over in much concern,
and 'would beg_ Langham to tell him
what he could have meant when he
wrote "see Weimer," or "clean brass-
es," or "S. Q. M." "Why should' 1
see Weimer" he -would exclaim, "and
which brasses, and what does S.Q.M.
stand for, for "heaven's sake?"
They 'hold a full-dress rehearsal i
the bungalow to improve its state of
preparation and dtell'ed the servants
and harked. )nglish to them, so that
they would know what was wanted
when the young ladies came. It watt
bn . nteitesting exercise, and :bad the
three oupg men been less serious in
tl+air� *nxiety to welcome the coming
(guests, they would halve found thein-
stebeetr ver amusing—as when -Leng-
bnm would lean over the (balcony► n
t{ji mel tea Bur
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the court and shout back into the
kitchen, in what was stapposed to be
an imitation of his sister's manner,
"Bring my' coffee _ and rolls — and
dont take ail day about it either,"
while to ay and MacWilliams stood
anxiously below to dread off the ser.
wants when they carried in a can of
hot water •instead of bringing the
horses • round to the door, as they
had been told to do.
"Of nurse it's a bit rough and all
that," Clay would say, "but they
have only to tell us what they want
changed and we can have it ready
Zor tthem in an hour."
"Oh, my sisters are all right,"
Lan,har, would reassure him; "they'll
think it's fine. Lt will be like camp -
Jig out t:; them, or a picnic. They'll
.inderstand."
But to inske sure, and to "test his
girders " es (lay put it, they gave a
dinner, and after that a brealdast.
rhe Prssident came to the first, with
his wife, the Countess Manuelata,
Madams: la Preaidenta, and Captain
Stuart, -late of the Gordon Highland-
ers, and now in command of the
household troops at the Government
House and of the body -guard of the
President. He was a friend of play's
and popular with every one present,
except for the fact that he occupied
this position, instead of serving his
own Government in has awn 1 army.
Some people said he had been cross-
ed in love, others,. less sentimental,
that he had forged a check, or mixed
up the mess accounts of. his company.
'But Clay and MacWilliams said it
concerned no one why he was there,
and then emphasized the remark by
picking a quarrel with a ,man who
had given an unpleasant reason for
it. Stuart, so far as they were can-
cerned, could do no wrong.
The dinner went off very well, and
the President consented to dine with
them .in a week, on the invitation of
young Langham to meet his father.
"Miss Langham is very beautiful,
they tell me," Madame Alvarez said
to Clay. "I heard of her one winter
in Rome; she was tpresented.here
and much admired."
"Yes, I believe she is considered
very beautiful," Olay said. "I have
only just met her, but she has travel-
led a great deal and knows every
one who is of interest, and I think
you will like her very ,mush."
"I mean to like her;'' said the wo-
man. "There are very few of the
native ladies who have seen much of
the world beyond a trap to Paris,
where they live In th�1?- hotels and
at the dressmaker's 'while their hus-
bands enjoy themselves; and some-
times I am rather heaetssieak for my
[home and my own people. I was
overjoyed when I heard Miss Lang -
ham was to be with us this winter.
But you must not keep her out here
to yourselves. It is too far'and too -
selfish. She must spend some time
with me.at the Government House."
"Yes," said Clay, "I am afraid of
that. I am afraid the young ladies
will find it rather lonely'out here."
"Ah, no," exclaimed 'the woman,
quickly: "You have mad it beauti-
ful, and it is only a half-hhour's ride,
except when it rains," she added
laughing, "and then it is almost as
easy. to row as to ride."
"I will have the road repaired,"
in'berrupted the.President. "It is my
wish, Mr. Clay, that you will com-
mand me in every way; I am moat
desirous to make the visit of Mr.
Langham agreeable to him, he is do-
ing so much for us."
The breakfast was •given later in
the week, and only men were present.
They, were the rich planters and
bankers of Valencia, generals in the
army, and members of the Cabinet, ' t
and offers from the tiny war -ship in
the harbor. The breeze from the bay
touched them through the open doors,
the food and wine cheered them, and
the easter courtesy and hospitality of
the three Americans pleased and flat-
tered them. They were of a people
who better appreciate the amenities
of life than its sacrifices.
The breakfast lasted far into the
afternoon, and, inspired by the suc-
cess of the banquet, Clay quite un-
expectedly•found (hims'elf on his feet
)with his hand on his heart, thanking
the guests for the good-wil-1 and as-
sistance which they had given him
in hi&.'worsk. "I have tramped down
your coffee -plants, and cutaway your
forests, and - disturbed your sleep
with' my. engines, and you have not
complained," he said, in his best
Spanish, "anis we will alto* that we
are not ungrateful."
Then Weimer, - the Consul, spoke;
and told them that in his Annual
Consular Report, which he had just
forwarded to the State Department,
he had related how ready the Gov-
ernment of Olancho had'been to as-
sist the American company. "And
I hope," he concluded, "that you will
allow me, .gentlemen; to propose the
health of President Alvarez and the
members of his Cabinet."
The men rose to their feet, one by
one, filling .their glasses and laugh-
ing and saying, "Viva el Gobernador,"
until they were all standing. Then,
as they looked at one another and
Saw only, the faces of friends, some
one of totem coiled, suddenly, "To
President Alvarez, Dictator of Wan-
e/sof"
The cry Wets drowned' in a yell of
exultation, sad sea spree, cheering
to their chairs Waving•- their naak
An* 'a ' Mose lPbo
wort sword* dres theta ifed 1Lttiffttld
them in die air, and ice• Tatty
asked i an sans , of
Sold by E. • Umbach.
In Walton by W. G. Neal.
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wild excitement. play *pushed back
his chair from the head of the table
with an anxious look at the servants
gathered about the open_ door, and
eimer clutched frantically at Lang -
ham's elbow and whispered, "What
. did I say? For heaven's sake, how
did it begin?"
The outburst ceased as 'suddenly as
it had started,' and old General! Ro-
jas, the Viice4President, called out,
"What is said is said, but it must not
be repeated."
Stuart waited until after the rent
had gone, and Clay led him out to the
end of the veranda. "Now will you
kindly tell me valrat that was?" Clay
asked. "It didn't sound, like cham-
pagne." '
"No," said the other, "I thought
you knew. Alvarez means to pro-
claim •himaeelf Dictator, if he can, be-
fore the spring elections."
"And are you going to heli him?"
"Of course," said the Englishman
simply.
"Well, that's all right," said Clay,
"but there's no use shouting the fact
alil over the shop Pike that—and they
shouldn't drag me into it."
Stuart laughed easily and shook his
head. "It won't be long before you'll
be in it yourself," he said.
Olay awoke early Friday morning
to 'hear the shutters beating viciously
against the side of the house, and
the wind rushing through the palms,
and the rain beating in, splashes on
the zinc roof. It did not come sooth-
ingly and in a steady downpour, but
brokenly like the rush of waves
sweeping over a rough beach. He
turned on the pillow and .shut his
eyes again with the same impotent
and rebellious sense of disa,spoint-
nient that he .used to feel when he
had wakened as a boy and found it
storming on his holiday and he tried
to sieeip once more in the hope that
when he again awoke the sun would
be slhining in his eyes; 'but the storm
only slackened and did not cease, and
the rain continued to fall with dreary,
relentless persistence. The men climb-
ed the muddy road to the Palms, and
viewed in silence the wreck which
the night had brought to their •plants
and .garden -paths. Rivulets of mud-
dy water had cut gutters over the
lawn and poured out from under the
veranda, and plants and 'palms lay
bent and 'broken, with tlheir broad
leaves bedraggled and coated with
mud. The harbor and the encircling
mountains showed dimly through a
curtain of warm, sticky rain. To
something that 'Langham said of
making the best of it, MacWilliams
replied, replied, gloomily, that he would not
be at all surprised if the ladies re- ,
fused to leave the ship and demand
to be taken home immediately. "I
am sorry," Clay said, sir:.ply ; "I
wanted them to like it."
The men walked back to the office
in grim silence, and took turns in
watching with a glass the arms of
the semaphore, three miles below, at
the narrow opening of the bay. Clay
smiled nervously at himself, with a
sudden sinking at the heart, and with
a het blush of plr•isure, as he thought
of how often he had looked at its •
great arms outlined like a mast a-
gainst the sky, and thanked it inead-
sance for telling him that she was 1
near. In the harbor below, the ves-
sels lay with bare yards and empty
(leeks, the wharves were deserted, and
only an occasional small boat moved
across tills beaten surface of tihe bay.
But at twelve o'clock MacWilliams
lowered the glass quickly, with a lit-
tle grasp of excitem^nt, rubbed its c
moist lens on the inside of his coat t
and turned it again toward a limp 1
strip of bunting that ,v is crawling '
slowly u+p the halyards of the senna-
phare. A second dripping rang an- , d
swered it from the semaphore in
front orf the Custom -House, and Mac- +
Williams laughed nervously andshut
,he glass.
"It's red," he said ; "they've came." ,h
They had planned to wear white b
duck suits. and go out in a launch : a
with a flag flying, and they had made
MacWilliams purchase a red cummer-
bund and a 'pith helmet ; but they
tumbled into the launch now, wet
and • bedraggled as they 'were And
raced Weiner in his boat, with the
p,:ericts.n deg climbing tee., pole,
,i the slue sof; the bl ates as ehe
drew slowly' into the bray. Other et
ie
row -beets and Immense and liyht,es
begin to push out from the wharves,
men appeared under "thea�a,g
awnings of the bartehoueee en' e.0e •
-iver-front and the euseeei
health officers in *shining oil-skna
and puffing damp cigars elm***
over the aide.
"14tblem" cried Langh
lr.g up , olid' rocking the boat"t
e2eit4ment. "There they are in tbi
bow. That's Hope' waving* -Mend
hullo, tll.l" he shouted, "huller
Clay recognised her standing between
the youngele sister and her fates,
•with the raiil•'beating rl'i all of theja,
' and waving her hand to Langhalla.;
The men took oliheir eats, and as
' they pulled up 'ailonrestde she bowed:
t, Clay and nodded b iehtly. Thety,,
sent Langha•nt up the tint,
end waited euntil. he h„1 made his
greetings to les family alone.
"We have hada terrible trip, Mr
flay," Misr Lane'ham s. id to him
beginning, as pcoele r with tit
test few days, as thou.en they wer
of the greatest 'import. tt •e; "and We
could see nothing of yo a: she mines
at all as we massed --,ply wet tiag
and a lot of., very Mee': weeknicn
%tho cheered and fire} ,K pans of
,dynamite." `
"They did, did they''" said Clay
with a satisfied nod. "That's all
right, then. That was a royal eal-
ute in your honor. Kirkland had
that to do. Hes the foreman of A.
opening. I am awfully sorry about
this rain—it spoils everything."
"I hope it hasn't spar, l our break-
fast," said Mr. Lane earn. "We
haven't eaten anything morning,
because- we wanted a c',xnge of diet,
and the captain told us we should
be on shore before now."
"We have some carriages for you
at the wharf, and we wia drive you
right out to the Palms,' said young
Langham. "It's shorter by water,
but there's a hill that the girls
couldn't climb to -day. 'That's 'the
house we built for you, Governor,
with the flag pole, up there on the
hill; and there's your ue'y old pier;
and that's where we live, in the little
shack above it, with the 'in roof; and
that opening to the right is the term-
inus of the railroad 11 eiWilliams
built. Where's MacWil secs? Here
Mac, I want you to know lily father.
This is MacWilliams. sir "f wham I
wrote you." •
There was some delle• about the
baggage, and in (;letting the party
together in the boles tee Langham
and the Consul had bron;rh' ; and af-
ter they had stood ,for '- se. ?ime on
the wet dock, hungry •'' ' dame, it
was rather aggravating find that
the earriages which Lanch tot had or-
dered to be at one pier had gone to
'another. So the • new arrivals sat
rather silently under the shed of the
lev'ie on a row of cotton b .!es, while
Clay and MacWilliams raced off af-
ter elle carriages.
"I wish we didn't ._.,ve to keep the
hood down," young Langham said,
anxiously, as they at last proceeded
heavily up the muddy streets; "it
makes it so hot. and you can't see
anything. Not that it's worth see-
ing in all this mud and oseek, but it's
great when the sur shines We had
planned it all so differently."
He was alone iv th ' is fancily now
in one carriage, and .he other men
and the servants were rsfore t}i ni in
two others. It seemc,i an intermin-
able ride to them a'I --to the strang-
ers and to the men wh , were anxious
that they should be ,t'eased. They
left the city at last a'.d toiled long
the 'limestone road to the Palms,
rocking from side to side and sin ing
in ruts filled with rushing water.
When they opened the flap of the
hood the rain b..at i't an the"t, and
when they closed it they stewed in
at damp, warm atmosphere of wet
eather and horse -'}Lair
"This' is worse stli'.n a Turkish
bath," said Hope. f,intly. "Don't
you have, anywhere, T 1?"
"Oih, it's not fa r rw," said the
younger brother, dare illy; but even
as he spoke the carri - -e lurched for-
ward and plunged ts, one side and
ams to a halt and ' .ey could hear
he streams rushin"• oast the wheels
ike the water at the !.ow of a boat.
A wet, black face ar-peared at the
opening of the hood, ,,-,,1 a man spoke
e
e right, then," Hope called back. She
took bold of the huge Meodcan bite
close to the mouth, where the preis-
euro was not so cruel., and then coax-
, lug and 'tugging by turns, and Slip-
ping as often as the horses them-
selves, she drew them out of the
mud, and with the help of the arnen
back of the carriage . pulled it clear
until it stood free again at the top
of the hill. Then she released her
hold on the bridles and looked down,
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"He says we're steal, in the mud,"
explained Lanethane lie looked at
hem so ,beseechingly :• d so pitifully,
ith the perspiration reaming down
is face. and his el, ,es damp and
edraggled, that Hie leaned hack
nd laughed, and hi- father patted
him on the knee. ''I' can't be any
worse," he said, cheer i ulily; "it must
mend now. It is n ,' your fault,
Ted, that we're star,' r g and lost in
the mud."
Langham 'looked e,e to find Clay.
and 'MacWilliams kr: "-deep in the
running water with ,sir shoulders
against the muddy wheels, and the
driver lashing at 'e be-ses and
dragging at -their 'b ' _ s. s sprang
out to their -ass's s, 1 Hone,
'shaking off her , - -ir's detaining
hands, jumped out a r him, laugh-
ing. She splashed u • ',he hill to the
horses' heads. motionin ; to the driver
to release his hold on their bridles.
"That is not t'-•^ y to treat a
horse," she said. _s ne hat'.' them.
Are you men :all ,e,d down there?"
she called. Epch of 'he, three men
glued a shoulder to .a wheel, and
clenched his teeth an 1 nodded. "Ail
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with their faces washed wit
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and - perspiration, that the girl g&�vve
way suddenly to an moon
shriek of delight. The men *tared
blankly at her for a moment, sad
then inquiringly at one another, and
as the humor of the situation struck
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S. S. CANADIAN FIST-IER
OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT MERCHANT MARINE
A party, numbering twenty-seven representative Canadian manufacturers and 'wives, sailed from Halifax
on Wednesday, February 15th, for a tour of the West Indies. The delegates left Toronto by Canadian National -
Grand Trunk route on Sunday evening, February 12th, travelling in special sleeping car direct to the ship's sidt
They arrived at Halifax on the evening of February 14th, sailing the following evening on the "S.S Canadian Fisher,-
one of the Canadian Government Merthant Marine's fine ships regularly in this service They will arrive at Kings-
ton, Jamaica, on February 25th, where they will be interviewed by the Governor of Jamaica Arrangements have -
also been completed for the entertainment of the party at various other points en route by (.overnment Trade Com-
missioners, Boards of Trade, and Chambers of Commerce.
The primacy object of this trip is to consider how trade between Canada and the British West Indies can
best be promoted. It is felt that tle trade agreement recently negotiated between Canada and the Wcst Indies
should be very beneficial and should foster a large interchange of commerce. With the object tin view of Looking
into conditions generally, to learn what goods the West Indies have to sell to Canada, and to describe what goods
Canada has to sell to the West Indies, this tour was organized by the Canadian Manufacturers Association.
The tour will occupy a month, during which time the following places will he visited Nassau, B.1., Kingston,
Jamaica, Panama Canal, La Guaira (Caracas), Port of Spain, Trinidad, Demerara, Grenada, St Vincent, Barbados,
t. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Kitts and Bermuda.
The following is a list of the persons constituting the party: Sir Alexander and Lady Bertram, John Bert-
ram & Sons, Co. Ltd., Montreal, Que.; Col. and Mrs. R. W. Leonard and Mr. Douglas Mutch,Coniagas Reduction
Co. Ltd., St. Catharines, Ont.; Mr. G. Clifford McAvity, Mr. and Mrs. J. W Dividson, T. cAvity & Sons, Si.
John, N.B.; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stratton, Peterboro Review Co. Ltd.. Peterboro, Ont . Mr and Mrs. Geo. J. Lip-
pert, Geo. J. Lippert Table Co. Ltd., Kitchener, Ont.; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Turner, J. J Turner, Ltd., Peterboro,
Ont.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Pocock, I.ondon Concrete Machinery Co. Ltd., London, Ont , Mr. and Mrs C. H Payne,
Secretary of the Commercial intelligence Branch of the Department of Trade and Commerce of Canada. Col Arthur
Hatch, Canada Steel Goods Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont Mr. las. Anderson, representing the Border Cities Chamber •
of Commerce, Windsor, Ont.; Mr. W. H. Shapley, Goold, Shapley & Muir Co. Ltd., Brantford, Ont. Mr. H. V.
Greene, Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd., Walkerville, Ont.; Mr. J. D Johnson, Canada Cement, Co. Ltd.. Mortts'esl •
Que.; Col. H. L. Edmonds, Jahn Morrow Screw and Nut Co. Ltd., Ingersoll, Ont., Mr. W J Aitchison D. Aitch-
ison & Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont.; Mr. S. L. Gunn, The McClary Mfg. Company, London, Ont., Mr Graham P. -
Towers, Superintendent Foreign Trade Department, Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal. Que -
Canadian National Railways and Canadian Government Merchant Marine. Limited, will be repreetw ed (ew
the trip by Mr, C. K. Howard, of Torontd, their General Tourist Aitenll
.PP