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The OREGON STATES MAN,"T3alem, Oregon, Friday Morning, Decwnher 18, 1931
"The Gay Bandit Border" W
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Yesterdays
. , . Of Old Salt
HERE'S HOW
By EDSON
' "tfo Favor Stray Us; No Fear Shall Aw19
From Firtt Statesman. March 28, 1851
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Judges Help Scouting
THE amount of volunteer service which busy men give to
boy scout work is amazing. If the hours could 1e put end
to end they would reach from here to the moon and back
" again, or something like it. The other night at a special court
of honor at the house chamber three justices of the .supreme
fcourt took part in the program. Busy men they are, whom
one would not rate as having time to spend in such proceed
ings. Yet one justice presided, two others spoke. There is
rarely a court of honor session here which is net attended by
a supreme court justice. Always tney give youm souuu u
vice, drawing upon rich stores of observation which their
profession supplies.
Usually lawyers are concerned with salvage, with tak
ing care of the human wreckage either in jails or peniten
tiaries. Scouting is not salvage; it is constructive building
of young manhood to avoid shipwreck and consequent need
for salvage. So busy judges and business men with a friend
ly interest in boys do not hesitate to take time to help along
with scout work and other boys' activities which seek to
keep them out of mischief and their energies usefully em
ployed. M , .
These men are making worthwhile investment of their
time, which others should supplement by their money to the
end that scouting may prosper and boys guided into sturdy
manhood. '
Why Christmas?
PEOPLE do seem to be getting the Christmas spirit. It
may be just the power of habit, or it may be the stirrings
of genuine love which prompt men and women to hustle
about and shop and scurry off with neatly wrapped parcels.
At any rate the stores are active again, postal clerks are
hard pressed, and the Christmas atmosphere is revived.
Christmas does come but once a year. Surely there has
never been a time since the war when the Christmas spirit
was more needed than at present. Life seems such a hard,
cruel thing. Many are buffeted in its storms. Plenty turns
swiftly to poverty But Christmas comes as a liarbinger of
hope, a revival of goodwill and kindliness among all people.
It is a testimony that there are other values than bank ac
counts, that friends and home and family ties bring riches
beyond measure.
Christmas now speaks at us just round the corner. An
other week and the familiar jingle of Santa's sleighbells
will be heard on the frosty rooftops along about midnight.
So it ought to be a merry Christmas spite of woes and griefs ;
most folk still have blessings if they only stopped to count
them.
Japan Conquers Manchuria
THERE is no longer any doubt as to what has happened
in Manchuria. Japan has conquered it and intends to
- hold it She has bluffed out the United States and the League
of Nations and made their protests idle words. She has driv
en out the disorganized forces of the Chinese and is now
consolidating her position. The shift in the cabinet in Japan
Is a shift toward military aggressiveness. There is nothing
now to restrain the army.
For the situation China is very largely to blame. The
l endless civil wars, the graft and corruption of the rulers,
i the banditry and outlawry common everywhere, all of these
""left the country open to invasion.
In fact in the ruthless working out of history perhaps
. the world is better off to have Japan in control of Manchur-
is than to have it a lawless waste. It will or should afford an
outlet for Japan's surplus population; and the government
will be strong and peace will prevail wherever the Japanese
flag flies.
- . Accumulated warrants busted a bank over In Aberdeen. The
. school teacheri took their warrants to one of the leading banks in
i the city and it obligingly paid out the cash until it accumulated
; $175,000 worth of them. Taxes shriveled up and the warrants went
I . unpaid. Voters refused to authorize bonds to take up the taxes
though they could have done so at a saving In interest rates. So the
baak got short of cash and ran up the white flag. The warrants
proved too much of a good thing".
It Is amusing to see the reversal of opinion by "ex-mayor" Har
ry Craln on majorities required to authorize bond Issues by charter
amendment. Section 23 never applied on the bonds Harry wanted
to float. Now there is a "grave doubt". Grave, but also funny.
Mrs. Culbertson chooses a good time to slip out ot the bridge
game, announcing It when her side is ahead. At least she is on
.. mother who can giv up bridge long enough to get Christmas ready
for her youngsters.
i ' Downtown Salem Wednesday sang the new song, "Santiam
Bines". Hollywood sang: "Shall we gather at th river, the beautiful
th beautiful Willamette".
; Prince Nicholas has had his little holiday with a lady and now
come back to his titles. A member of royalty has almost as many
privileges as a Hollywood movie star.
(!nnrnM 1 sntns tn nla
i York stocks. The trouble is "short selling" In most of the stores over
5 th country.
j ..
'i .' Still time to do your Christmas shopping early.
ij Henderson 4k Deckebach, do your stuff.
Murder Charges
Faced by Six in
Mine War Cases
HARLAN, Ky., Dec. 17 (AP)
William Turnblaxer, president
ot th 19th district, United Mine
Worker of America, and fiv oth
ers wer indicted on three counts
of murder by the Harlan county
rfd jury her Wednesday.
Th Indictment were In con
nection with the clash between
ttlner and deputies last May 5, at
Kvarts, in which two deputies,
commissary clerk and a miner
wer shot to death, i William B.
Jones, secretary of the local min
ors' union at Evarts, was recently
.onvicted and sentenced to life
A fnaa ahnnt cttnt .IH.r. I v
imprisonment on th same
charges.
Classes Planned
For Unemployed
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec 17
(AP) Plan tor classes through
the stat for unemployed per
sons, offering training in agri
culture, home economics, trad
and general subjects, wer formu
lated her today.
CRUSHED TO DEATH
REEDSPORT, Or., Dec 17
AP) Bert Denhoff, 21, was
crashed to death by a falling tree
aero Wednesday. He and his fath
r dv cutting wood and
when the tree began to fall young
Denhoff ran directly Into Its path!
Tow Talk froia The Siav
maa of Earner Days
December 18, 1000
One hundred aid seventy-eight
railway passenger a were killed
during the past year, according to
statement filed with the secre
tary of state. The Southern Pa
cific reported If 4 killed and the
Harriman system, 14. Eighty-fire
employe were killed.
Grain market report show
Portland prices as follows: wheat
club, CB O ; bluestem,. 67
O 88c Corn S27. Oats white,
$25.-$2S.50; gray, $14 O $24.50.
Barley brewing. 322 O 22.50;
feed $21 O 21.50.
The city council last night rais
ed the salaries of the fire chief
and the chief engineer from $900
each to $960.
December 18, 1021
A total of 44 towns in Oregon,
embracing 120 school districts,
has adopted the practice of trans
porting pupils to and from the
schools, according to J. A.
Churchill, state superintendent of
public Instruction.
MANILA Absol ate 1 n d e pen
dence for the Philippines through
complete severance of political re
lations with the United States is
demanded in the platform of the
Nationallsta party adopted here
yesteraay.
Requests that armories be open
ed up for general use as sleep
ing quarters were refused yes
terday by George A. White, adju
tant general. "This' is in no sens
a charitable underfcikine." he de
clared. The armory use had been
requested for Jobless ex-service
men.
New Views
Yesterday Statesman
asked this Question:
reporters
'Do you
think 1932 is going to be a bet
ter business year taan 19S1?"
Helen Wlesner, farmer's wife:
"Yes, I think 1932 will be better.
Because, in the far east, times are
better, and the cycle of better
times will have reached here next
year. We are behind the east
about a year in suffering the de
pression. I think things are al
ready adjusting themselves".
S. C. Scott, photographer: "I
think next year will be better;
but I don't think we can depend
upon any change this winter. The
spring will see a change."
S. A. Hughes, contractor, al
derman: "I believe 1932 is going
to be better. I have been through
several of these depressions be
fore. After a time they wear them
selves out. We'll get over this one
especially now that we have voted
for good water."
P. R. Bailey, grocer i "Yes, I
do
A. J. Arehart, business nun :
"Well, that is a question! I really
believe it will gradually get a lit
tle better. I think it will be a
slow pickup."
Daily Thought
The art of conversation is to
be prompt without being stub
born, to refute without argument,
and to clothe great matters In a
motley garb." Disraeli.
Edwin Davis, 21, 1 the young
est member of the Mississippi
house of representatives.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
DIPHTHERIA used to be one
of th most dreaded of all
diseases. It afflicted young
and old. Fifty years ago the
death In this country from diph-
w r a
about 115 per
sons out of
every 100,000
of the popula
tion. Last year
there were less
than six persons
out of every
100,000.
I am happy
to say that be
cause of im
munization this
disease can now
o prevented.
www 51 w ca determine
whether a person will contract the
dease exposed to diphtheria.
irJ mple and painless
procedure. It can be riven bTanv
cle. f by tn. log Mh"7.
fr- .prt constats of lnjectlnc
Th?. tiny drop of toxSf
Sta-S25? ..we,t- " wellinr. li
. .welUn disappears quick It th.
',turn fed and stays red for
cu"tf tX'aitlva. When tha teat la
E"that S. todlTtSuaJ
TM. knowledre is of tremendous
1 Answer to Health tjnerie
' What should a iri
of 14. I feet 1 inch taU. whrh?
What wta reduce the hi pa aad
abdomen?
Av--She should welch about 148
would bVabo iver!
are for one of her are and helcht as
i"1 by examination of alarr
n amber of persoas. .
Jtiim9 nd PPer diet should
Nrkxr about reneral reeulta. ror full
ffcular send a elf-Mreased,
tgd envelop aad repeat your
For foil particular send a self .
iddressed. stamped envelop and re
t your Sjuestion.
V For fua particular send a self
iddreased. stamped envelop and re
your question, j.
ud a vsf' m aar
OMJrn
or as.
MOTORISTS
CAUSt Aca
DENTS SAV
CONK AU
IHORTOS,
J NEVSt
or u a r a
en wto
TtOUBU
TEANEOX.N.J
moooNa out
rOUTKS AND
HIRING A
TOWNSHIP
MANAGER,
SAVED It TIMES
US SALARY AND CUTTAXES 10 TH FsOTrtAt
Tomorrow I "A man
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By It. J. HENDRICKS
When sheep war not cheap I
John M in ton, leading pioneer,
furnished to th Oreron Histori
cal Society Quarterly for Septem
ber, is 03, a review of th sheep
industry of Oregon up to that
time.
He wrote: "Th earliest men
tion of sheep in Oregon 1 by
John Ball, who cam with N. J.
Wyeth In 1832, and who became
the first school teacher by In
struction of a dozen boys, ion of
officers of the Hudson' Bay com
pany . . . Mr. Ball wrote: 'This 1
a post of the Hudson' Bay com
pany, which extends its trad In
furs from Canada to this place
(Fort Vancouver.) Here thy
hav extensive farming opera
tions, raise wheat, corn. peas, po
tatoes . . . and hav cattle, sheep
and hogs.' In a letter to the
writer Dr. W. F. Tolmie mentions
that 'by th us of sheep and
rape the late Daniel Harvey was
in the early 30'a producing better
crops of wheat from the company
farm on Mill plain (north of Fort
Vancouver) than I now (1880)
see the American farmers get
ting.' "
V
Mr. Minto found the next rec
ord of sheep in Oregon in Ban
croft's history quoting Wilkes for
the fact of sheep being at th
Whitman mission at Waillatpu in
1841, bavin r been obtained from
the Hawaiian Islands. Th same
authority said the Nes Perces in
187 z owned 32 neat cattle, 10
sheep and 40 hogs, and that th
Cayuses had 70 head of cattle.
mostly cows, and also a few
"sheep earned by herding the
flock beloneine to th mission."
There was no record of sheep in
western Oregon, except at Van
couver, prior to th second cattle
drive from California In 1842-3,
"when Jacob P. Lease, an Ameri
can settler In California, yielding
to the advice of Capt. Joseph Gal
and his associates, started his
flock of 800 head in th wak of
Gale's drive of 1250 head of cat
tle and 600 horses and mules to
value In savin the Uvea of chllrden.
If all children wer tested and Im
munized against diphtheria tha dis
ease would be completely eradicated.
This protection can be given at any
ace, eren to a taby when but six
months old.
The Immunization la produced by
the Injection ot a trbstanee called
"tOXln-antl-tOlin " Thrum InWtlnna
are riven at wMlct, Int.ml. fVi.
are no serious after effects from this
treatment and often the child Is un
aware of the Injection.
Scientists IrrM that r.k 11A
ahould be denied this protection.-It
la believed, too, that the Injections
should be riven as eartr as Doaat-
bl. Th reason for this Is that
dlnhtherla la nvnat Am.rtrm.rmim k.
tweea tha mi nf ml- montha
five year. Please remember that few
children are naturally Immune te
diphtheria. IX a child Is tmmune te
diphtheria that is all the better, of
course, but the tact caa only be de
termined by the Bchlck teat.
If yOUr hIU hu T-m.m-mJt . a.kl.b
teat and It waa found to be positive,
do not hesitate or delay the Injec
tions. If your child has nnt Km
"Schtcked." attend to the matter at
once.
Etear In mind that dinhtiuri. i-
lnitely preventable. But the means
oi protection for your child caa be
applied only by your consent.
P areata wh hm kii.i. .
school are should talk with tmm
family doctor or health officer about
this Important measure. This pro
tection is wlthia the- reach of every
one. Thara la no t
prvteeuna; your ohild from diphtheria.
.v. inn
oh. er i
A DAILY READER. O m,.i
m y mmm m VHaca-
""' nave Baa my fllwim ton
all removed but there Is na Im
provement la my oaraplexloa. The
operation was don about six weeks
are.
to fPoaarMe that the blem
ish ae win clear up as aoea as your
ayateia has been entirely cleared of
all infection. The diet aadDni.
Uoa are Important factors under the
flrcummtsjacm. Tor further partlcu
lar eeaed. tapS
envelope and repeat year quesaonV
I K. T. Q. What wffl bleach
freckles aad how ahould It be used?
Aj Equal part of lemon Juice and
peroxide will, bleach freckles but the
preparation may prove drylnr to the
akin. In this case apply a rood cold
cream aner eaca treatment.
CALABASHES?
CENTURIES BEFORE
COLUMBUS LOST 5 WAY,
SOUTH SEA NAVIGATORS,
BY SIGHTING THE NORTH
STAR THROUGH TWO Of
FOUR EQUALLY-SPACED
HOLES IN A CALABASH
FIXED WITH WATER,
GUIDED THEIR BOATS
WITH ACCURACY ON
LONG OCEAN VOYAGES
who can Trail a fox
sell to th Oregon settlers. Ac
cording to J. W. Nesmith, who
spent th winter of 1848 with
Captain Gal, there wr 2000
sheep la this drive, 2000 of which
we may reasonably believe wer
for th Puget Sound Agricultur
al company as means of stock
ing th country from th Sound
southward to th north bank of
th Columbia, which most of them
hoped would fall to Great Britain
on th settlement of the Oregon
boundary question. Bancroft men
tions 2000 sheep being Drought
overland from California about
this date by the Hudson' Bay
company. Indefinitely, but as we
know Dr. W. F. Tolmia was
placed at Fort Nisqually about
th time of their arrival, the sup
position is reasonable that Wm.
Glen Rae, the officer in charge
of the Hudson's Bay company's
station in California (at Yerba
Buena, now San Francisco.) and
son-in-law of Dr. McLoughlin,
bought 2000 or more sheep and
furnished men to driv them in
company with Mr. Leas, under
Capt. Gale's leadership, the re
sult of which, was to end cattle
monopoly In Oregon, which the
first cattl driv in 1837 can
hardly be said to have done.
"There waa good reason for this
being done quietly by the gentle
man forming the Puget Sound Ag
ricultural companj. That they
were playing for empire was no
secret, bit they did not trumpet
their plans and objects.
S
"Capt. Gale's .movement reach
ed the Willamette settlement in
75 days from California, the sheep
In the rear of th horses and cat
tl. Th writer was informed by
on of th driver that 'though
they had but seven guns, they
fought Indians nearly every day
till they reached Rogue river;'
that 'though they lost 200 head at
the crossing ot Klamath river, th
Increase on the way more than
made up all losses and caused
them 'to us from four to eight
pack horses to carry forward
young lambs.' The sheep were as
low in quality as they could well
be, light of body and bone, coarse
and light of fleece, of all colors
of white, black, ring-streaked and
grizzled, having in an eminent de
gree the tenacity of life common
(Continued on Page 7)
The Safety
Valve - -
Letters from
Statesman Readers
Salom, Oregon,
December 12 1931.
Editor Statesman:
As an engineer of upwards of
30 years' experience in road and
bridge construction and as an en
thusiastic "good road" advocate,
I have naturally taken a deep in
terest in the present controversy
over th proposed widening ot
the highway from. Salem to Port
land. To me, the demand for a right-of-way
of 100 feet in order to se
sure a usable 30-foot surface for
roadway, has the appearance of a
consumate bluff on the part of
the "powers that be" for the sole
purpose of discouraging the pro
motors of th project, as the ac
quiring of th additional right-of-way
would be no small item of
expense. Further, the requirement
that th expense devolve upon
Marlon county would appear to
b a further deterrent, as th
project Is one in which Marion
county Is most vitally Interested.
As regards the necessity tor a
right-of-way of 100 feet, I would
like sOm explanation as to what
means th engineer who recom
mends it, arrived at that conclu
sion. I hav frequently tracked over
the road In controversy and am
familiar with Its topography.
There are few "side cut 'and
fill" stations on its entire length
and practically no perfectly level
stretches. These constitute In my
experience the two condition re
quiring extreme width for road
construction. Tho first for th
reason that nnless a retaining
wall Is built an extremely wide
base is necessary to accommodate
a 30-foot roadway. The last be
cause of th difficulty in dispos
ing of supply water, which In a
country subject to continued rains
etnwrua i
Ted Sadcliff I called to VerdL a
amaB village on the Mexican border,
by Bob Harknesa, bis lata father's
friend, Sadcliff Senior bad lost a
forton ia Mexico years before. At
party given by Major Blount of
th U. 8. Army, Ted meets Paco
Moral, mhag power el Mexico,
and bis beautiful niece, Adda. Mo
rale tea bow El Coyot. th mys
terious bandit, killed a maa about
to reveal bis hideaway. EI Coyot
steals from th rich, particularly
Morales, and give to th poor. As
Major Blount announce that the
U. 8. cavalry win Join in th search
for the bandit. Bob arrives:
CHAPTER VII
But Dr. Price interrupted. That
sort of thing plumb wearies me
if you don't mind my saying so.
What have we to do with El Coyot
so long as he keeps away from prop
erty on this side of the line It's just
making Blount's cavalry a private
detective agency for Morales.'
The major was non-committal
"Ail that may or may not be true.
But I'U be glad of a little activity
for th boys. Personally, I don't
give a single damn one way or an
other, but running him down wul
add a little variety to life."
"Thatjs no good reason," objected
the doctor.
Don Bob smiled. "It's the best of
reasons. Price. Maa hunting has al
ways been a popular sport Besides,
we all believe that our mysterious
Coyote is an American, and why
shouldn't Americans have the fun
of killing him?"
"Will they catch him?" asked
Adela.
"Oh, as to that," Dr. Price con
sidered a moment. "They may not
catch him, my dear, but in any case
I think k means the end of EI
Coyote."
Howr Several voices asked to
unison.
"Well, k makes the odds against
hun too strong. The Mexican sol'
diers weren't really dangerous. They
actually sympathize with him, for
alter au, tney are peons, and it is
the peons that El Coyote has always
befriended. But for our soldiers the
chase will be just a game, and they
will give tongue like a pack of
hounds smelling blood."
"Of course well get him," added
the major confidently. "So far as
the merits of your disagreement go.
I haven t an opinion in the world
El Coyote may be a noble protector
of the poor or just a plain cattle
thief. AU I know is I'm under orders
to run down a bandit gang, and, be
lieve me, I welcome any change
from drill and monotony."
"Have you heard of last night's
murder. Bob?" asked the doctor.
"No."
"A peon gave information on the
bandit and collected Morale's thou
sand dollars. That same night he
was found by a squad of Mexican
soldiers dead in the trail."
Don Bob nodded thoughtfully.
"That would happen, of course. Did
the Coyote leave any souvenir?"
Again Morales raised expressive
hands. "That is most interesting.
The soldiers found Lopez's body
just below where the road pitches
down from the mesa. They dis
mounted. Picture, my friends, that
group, so silent in the moonlight,
looking down on one who the night
before had guided them to the band
it camp. In black fear they stood
there. Then from the cliff someone
laughed, and there they see on him
white horse El Coyote watching
them. He waved, he laughed again,
that jester, he threw down a hand
ful of the gold coins he had taken,
and he was gone. Is It not con
tempt for all of as he holds, this
killer and cattle thief?"
constitute a menace to th road
bed from nnderseapage nnless
properly drained. In short It must
not be allowed to accumulate In
borrow pits adjacent to roadbed.
But these two conditions ar
practically non-existent along the
road In question.
Resuming that the present
right-of-way la five rods (68'), I
or any competent engineer, I am
confident, would undertak wid
ening the present pavement to 30
feet and confine the work for at
least 80 per cent ot th distance
to the present limit.
In short, it would appear to
mo, at least, that there Is a very
sizeable "colored gen'men" In
the woodpile. That almost any
means to th end that public
sentiment (and incidentally pub
lic funds) be diverted to a chan
nel' mor to the liking ot those in
charge is being utilized.
I am confident that at no place
along the entire line there Is
necessity for mare than eighty
(80) feet ot right-of-way, and
that the demand for 100 feet is
a deliberate "smoke screen".
At least, let me advise those
interested In swinging th pro
ject brought to a successful is
sue to . investigate the matter
thoroughly and to satisfy them
selves as to the necessity for It
before purchasing so much addi
tional right-of-way.
It has been my experience
that acquiring ot right-of-way is
a pretty expensive pastime.
Yours for a wider highway,
A good roads advocate.
J. C. Field,
Salem, Or.
1140 Madison.
SOf South 8th Avenue.
Yakima, Washington,
December 11, 1131.
Editor th Statesman,
Salem, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
Will yon permir me a few lines
of announcement In th Forum?
A number of people la Salem ln
dudlng myself attended th E.
W. Kenyon gospel meeting at
th Armory last spring and hare
been enquiring If they might not
get his messages over th air.
He may be heard from Tacoma
over XVI at T a.nu daily and 9
a-m., Sunday. H is listed as "Dr.
Kenyon's Church ot th Air.
Respectfully.
Owen Leonard.
El Coyote, masked and spurred, stood in th doorway with
bis two guns at his aid.
"He seems to go in for melodrama
and Belasco stuff," commented the
major.
Price shook his head. "Not t bit
of it But he knows the effect of
that sort of thing on both his ene
mies and friends. Lord, man, it
seizes th imagination! Remember
last Easter Sunday? You couldn't
beat that, could you?"
"What happened?" asked Rad-
diffe.
"Easter," Price explained, "is one
day when every Mexican goes to
church, if he has to walk twenty
miles to make tt That morning the
little church over at Rio Dulce was
jammed. All morning the bells had
been ringing. Then, just before
services, a horse galloped up to the
door and El Coyote, masked and
spurred, stood in the doorway with
his two guns at his side. Five thou
sand pesos on his head, and there
he stood alone I H.e walked slowly
down the long aisle, laid an offering
of gold pesos before the little altar
and as quietly walked out Not a
man moved. Not one raised handl
What a gesture that was, eh?
Bravado and melodrama, if you
want, but it meant that in every
peon hut along the border a secret
prayer was raised that day for his
safety, and the effect is. as Sefior
Morales points out, the soldiers
aren't half eager to find him, and
no one is willing to give informa
tion." The major expanded his broad
chest "Well, legends and white
horses won't annoy my boys very
deeply."
"No," agreed the doctor, testily.
They'fl carry out their orders in
the brave and blundering manner of
all good soldiers."
"Yon couldn't speak with deeper
feeling if you were married to one."
observed Aunt Clara, and led her
guests to the drawing room.
But as the major passed throusfi
the hall, Doa Bob' hand dosed on
the old soldier's arm. "Ted hasn't
heard?" he asked in a low ton.
Not a word."
Th quiet gra eyes rested for a
moment on the major's face. "I'll
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ten him tonight," h said at kst,
and slowly walked across th room
to where Raddiffe stood beside
Adela Morale's chair. For a time
he looked thoughtfully at the pow
erful figure, th sweep of the
shoulders, the giant column of his
neck and thick, dose-cropped hair.
He stepped forward and laid his
hand lightly oa Ted's shoulder
"Rotten luck I had to be out of
town when yon arrived. Something
imperative. Then this little girl came
to my rescue, and Aunt Clara prom
ised to see that you wouldn't be
bored tonight"
"I've been treated like aa old
friend because everyone remembers
dad. I was telling Miss Morales a
little about him. You'd have loved
him." He looked for confirmation at
Don Bob. "Wouldn't she?"
"All women had a way of loving
your father he was extremely lov
able." Something ' in th man's voice
made Radcliff look down at the
erect figure beside him. A sudden
flood of memory swept over him.
He remembered hearing of the man
who had loved his mother one and
who later, when she married his
father, had disappeared into the
West He realized now who mat
man had been. Yet it seemed un
real and unbelievably sad that this
man with graying hair had once
loved and suffered and been young.
So, for a queer, swift moment those
two men looked at each other, each
conscious that he hdd in hi brain
a knowledge that could bring the
other pain.
The girl broke the silence, "It's
been long weeks sine you cam to
the hacienda. Bob. Don't dare for
get that next Saturday la otw F!a.
of th Rains. And bring your Ha-
aertoot giant
Don Bob smiled and hrf
across the room to help Aunt Oar
mm,
wiio tne on age table.
"Th maa wh) Invents Am-
self-collapsing tables was aa en easy
oz society. Aunt uara compulsed.
She yielded tha tabla tm rw avj.
"See if yon caa unravel that damned
thing while I get th cards."
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National Bank
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