Onativia. As to Carlos Onativia, he is a product of
the soil. Started life as a coolie boss in a copper
mine, became manager and owner, built the bridge
over the Quitos River and the railroad up the
Andes; is the brightest man in Moccador and the
brains of the Paramba Government. One part of his
duty is to keep the people satisfied, and he does it
every single time; another is to divide with Paramba
every dollar he makes."

"But the lighthouse!" I interrupted. "Is it up?
You must have passed it on your way out of the
harbor."

"Up? Yes, and lighted every night--up in the
public garden in San Juan among the palms and
bananas. The people eat ice-cream on the first platform
and the band plays Sundays in the balcony
under the boat davits. The people are wild about it--
especially the women. It was the last coat of red
lead that did it."

And again the office rang with Lawton's laugh.




MISS MURDOCK,--"SPECIAL"