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TV' RAPID-FIRE ROMANCE BY tVAN EVANS
BTNOr18: Brother Pascual er
riree at the camp of the bandit
Mateo nubrit just 09 that worthy,
tcho only steals from the rich,
Aiviaa the plunder from hit latest
escapade. Vnscual forces two of
Mateo's followers to abandon a
duel to the death, and then telle
Mateo that he has not made hi
long, dusty journey for pleasure.
' Mateo drives out his hand, and pre
. pare to listen to Pascual.
Chapter Three
8TOLEN CROWN
THEY faced ona another acrosa
the long table.
"Tell me about your tumble,
Brat," suggested R u b r 1 1 . "Well,
van the mountain aheep break
their necks now and again. It some
thing hit you near the eye, thank
your Ood that you are not blinded."
"The gun butt hit the bone over
my eye; that was all," said the friar.
"Gun butt?" said Ruhrlj, sudden
ly scowling. Then he pointed. "Gun
butt, eh? And what hit tbe other
aide of your face?"
"The point of a knife," answered
Brother Pascual. "But It was noth
ing." The bandit began to steal around
the table as though he hoped to sur
prise newa In the rery mind of his
big friend.
"And your head? Tbe bandage,
there?" he demanded.
"That Is not very bad, either. The
.bullet glanced; I bare a hard
skull "
"The butt of a gun a knife a
demanded Rubric, bis face swelling
and purpling with emotion.
"It had taken me a little time to
get to my feet because I had been
very deep In a prayer. I came shout
ing at them. But they struck down
the holy bishop. I took a pair of
the soldiers an! knocked tbelr
heads together.''
"San Juan of Caplstrano! If only
I had been there to see and help!"
"The two soldiers fell down. I
knocked over another, but I tripped
on him, and be stabbed at me and
put the point of his knife in my
cheek. As I was getting up a gun
exploded; I felt that blow on my
head aa the bullet struck; and an
other man hit me over the eye with
the butt of a gun. 1 tried to keep my
wits, but they flew away Into dark
ness like a flock of crows, and I
fell on my face." .N ;
"Vf AY they rot with a blight! I'll
IV 1 put them on tbelr faces 1 If I
don't cut off their eyelids and stake
them out In the aun, my name la
not"
"Mateo, be still. Tbe bishop called
for me the next day thla morning.
He said to me: 'If I complain of
the stealing, then all the hawks will
gather; the Jewels will be scattered
through the land. It Is better to
carry word about this to Mateo Ru
brlz, because he will not allow this
thing to be.' "
"Old he say that?" exclaimed Ru
brlz, leaping to his feet. "No won
der he's a bishop. But what does
he want me to do? I shall go to
Duraya and cut the throat of the
general the flrst time he leavea the
fort at night!"
"Look at me, Pascual,
am right."
bullet. Splondor of GodI what tools
have forgotten that you are the
friend of Mateo Rubrli?"
"The governor of Duraya and hie
soldiers."
"General tgnaclo Estrada? Where
did ha dare to beat you?"
"In tbe Church of Our Lady of
Ouadalupe."
"The governor boats yon In
the church! Am I going mad? What
were you doing?"
J "Fighting a little, Mateo, to, keep
I the governor and the rest of the
I masked men from stealing the emer
iald crown of Our Lady."
"How was he known, It bis face
was masked?"
"The holy bishop recognised the
lyolce of the principal robber."
"Bishop Emlllano?".
"Yes."
AH," cried Rubrls, "that little
man may be as thin as a knife.
but he can cut as deep. He knows
'm, does he not?"
The friar smiled a little.
"But this Estrada what do you
tell me about him? No good man
ever wore the name of general
(except Bonlla Juarez except Bon-
Ita Juarez God rest his soul 1 "
"God rest his soul!" echoed the
frlir, devoutly. "But General Es
trada came Into the church. The
poor monka ran away. The holy
bishop recognized the voice of the
general and called out his name;
and Estrada desired to leave no wit
ness behind him. He struck Bishop
Emlllano to the floor."
"That poor bald head! Did It,
crack like an egg shell?" asked
Rubrlz.
"But Our Lady bad softened the
blow or made It glance. The bishop
ll-es, and the governor sits In bis
fort with the crown of Our Lady
nd the ten emeralds In It."
"But rou wera there yourself?"
-lllnrjiflriir
How much? Hair peso fourteen
cent an order. The same meal
above the border would have cost
fifty cente or more score another
for Mexican living costs. Cigarettes
twenty centavos a package. A centavo
li the one hundredth part of a peso.
That makee the package of twenty
ood mild cigarette come to about
rive and one-half cent American.
The road Is not very well sign
posted and Is not numbered at all
r.s are American highways. At Inter
vals of a good many miles there are
MgnposU giving the distances . to
towns, at more frequent Intervals
posts giving the number of kilome
ters to Mexico City. A kilometer is
five-eights of a mile, prom the safe
ty standpoint the road Is marked in
Mexican with signs of alow, keep to
the right In the mountain sections,
do not park on the pavement, and
giving the Fpeed limits. The full limit
Is eighty kilometers or fifty miles per
hour. They say It's enforced. How
ever, I held the car at fifty-five miles
an hour most of the 160 miles to
Monterey and was not disturbed.
Speed on some curves Is thirty miles
an hour and some as low as twenty.
All measurements are tn the met
ric system gasoline and oil are sold
by the litre, elevations are measured
In meters and distances In kilome
ters. Very nearly accurately, three and
three-quarters litres of gasoline make
a gallon, so If you want the equiva
lent of ten gallons of gasoline you
order thirty-seven litres. The charge
Is twenty centavos a litre. It la Just
about twenty cents a gallon for the
ordinary gas. I have not yet encoun
tered high test gas In Mexico. The
ordinary gas was selling at 18 cents
a gallon In Laredo the day I left. Gas
and oil are the only Items I have
found In Mexico that are more cost
ly than tn the United States, and
they are only slightly more so. Gaso
line stations are not nearly so thick
aa they are In the United States. If
my count la accurate there are but
seven In the 160 miles to Monterey.
Monterey la a city of charm and
simple beauty with fine public
buildings, several Impressive church
es, a swimming pool, four first class
hotels and many Interesting side
trips. '
I procured a room with private
bath, a gallery on the street and on
the side facing a palm-studded court
for four pesos a day 11-12. The same
kind of room In a city of the same
size In the United States would have
been from $2.50 to $400. All other
living Is in about that proportion.
Dinner at another hotel, the Colonial
was a peso and a half 42 cents. It
consisted of a fine potato soup, salad,
fish, a small tenderloin steak, des
sert and coffee. Manhattan cocktail,
made with Imported Ingredients, was
fourteen cents. Tequllla, the stand
ard Mexican strong drink, distilled
from the maguey cactus ranged from
three to ten cents a drink, depend
ing on the brand name and the place
where It Is procured.
All the people are polite but when
one la 160 miles or deeper In Mexico,
he will have a real trouble with the
language. There are not many of the
Mexicans who speak good English,
but there Is a considerable colony of
Americans throughout northern Mex
ico who speak good Spanish.
My next Journey will take me to
Tamaazunchale. about 634 miles
deeper Into Mexico and the next dy
I will be In the mountains that are
the last barrier,
Better drinking at a bar than In
the home.
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appointed time."
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REPORT ON ACTIVITIES
OF WELFARE EXCHANGE
GIVEN CHEST LEADERS;
Miss Helen Carlton or the welfare
exchange turned In a detailed report
Friday to the Community Chest of
the work of the extension from Sep
tember 1 to January 16, The Interest
ing figures give some realization of
the work accomplished through this
relief agency.
Prom September to Jsnuary 126
full aire comforters and 15 baby com
forters were made. Prom the fundi,
received from the Community Chest
820 yards of material were purchased
and 135 bundles of cotton and wool
batting.
During December, 116 women were
given work In the shop and in two
weeks In January 47 were given work
In the two months of December and
January, 985 garments were brought
in for exchange and 1081 were given
out.
MUi Carlton. In making her re
port, told many Incidents surround
ing the requests for clothing. She
stated that the welfare exchange was
wholly dependent on the Community
Chest for the continuation of Its
activities, since the number of gar
ments, comforters, etc., given out ex
ceeds the amount of material and
clothing brought In. Materials must
be purchased for the lining of quilts
and many of the garments. These
things are given to families In ex
change for sewing done In the work
rooms of the welfare exchange.
Phone 542. We'll haul away youi
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYA3 WILLI AMi
StfS Olrf EARLY FOR
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LOOICIMi
Bv C M Payne
Second Inspection
By Mexican Customs
(Continued from Page Seven)
after March. The 634 miles of road
north of the mountains Is now open
to all comers.
Meantime. If all of Old Mexico has
the charm, the courtesy nnd the in
expenslvenrsa of the 150 miles 1 have
experienced, It Is impossible to go too
strong in recommending it to the
folks north of the border as a de
lightful plare to spend a motor va
cation. It Is sunshiny and warm
shirt sleeves In the daytime and a
light top coat at night.
Pulling away from th Mexican
customs office at Nuevo Laredo, I
sent a telegram to Monterey. The
chhre was hilf a peso, that Is. four
teen cents. An equivalent menwge an
cq.v.ilrnt cutanea In the United
8,nU""i wru'd have been about forty
c.'.t .cere one for the telegraph
s. ..1 cf Mrs:co.
Once out of town X found the road
to be aiphslt paving and plenty wide
enough for three cars side by side.
Th? rsd h strn'-t inr 42 miles, be
1 ' ' : iJ U U.J i.Mr,i stretch for
traight paving la tb world. Thir
"That would leave the emerald
erowo still safely Inside tbe fort,
Ma too."
"Hat! That Is true! But, Pascual,
the bishop doesn't thluk that I can
fly like a bird or dig like a mole to
get Into the fort and then stand in
visible Inside It till I're found the
emeralds and taken them? Does he
think that?"
The friar sighed. He looked down
at tils own grrrt hands and was
allont,
. "But that Is what he wishes!"
muttered Rubrlz. Ho turned pale.
"No single man in this world could
do the thing!" he cried. "Look at
me, Pascual, and tell me that I am
right!" t
"You have many wen," said
Brothor Pascual, softly, ,ts though
he wished that his words .-might be
come part of the other man's
thought
"I have men? But for such work
numbers are a loss, not an advan
tage. Oh, Pascual, two men together
may outfo.ee the devil; but ope man
alone In the fort of Duraya '
"Is there no other man?" isked
Die friar.
"There Is one other, but he tould
not come."
"Could money buy him?"
"He Is rich."
"For the sake of Our Lady?
"He is a gringo dog," crlM Ru
brli, pacing the floor, "anrf Our
Lady means nothing to him. Be
sides, If he were to try to ride south
Into Mexico, a whisper of hli com
ing would go before him, the stones
would yell out under his feet, 'El
Keed!' That Is how he Is hatod and
wanted by the Rurales, by the sol
diers!" (CopyrigM, IfJJ, Rarpttr 4 Broth9r$
Matte ttllt Psieual, tsrnsrrtw,
ffier abut "II Ktid."
I teen miles below the border Is a cus
J toms station where the tourist halts
, his cat. has his papers examined, and
Is again registered into Mexico. The
operation takes sbout three minutes.
Off on the straight road between
rolling fields that are grass, mesqulte.
sage brush, with patches cultivated
and chiefly In corn and cane, we
come to Valleclllo. a village of about
300 population and stop for lunch
It Is a one restaurant town, and the I
restaurant is a combination dining i
room and grocery and meat store ,
No plumbing the dust of travel
comes off via a pitcher of water and
a wash bnsln.
What Is there for lunch steaa.
eggs and sausage. Deans and fried
rice. Steak then. It Is served. It is a
thin tender piece of steak about the
sire of ones open hand with the
fingers extended a substantial meal
and prepared with a delicious Mexi
can sauce and onions. Not too hot.
And the rice and beans come along,
too. Something funny about the
meat. It tastes different. One learns
that the beef from which It came
was killed the preceding afternoon
The Mexicans handle their fresh
meat that way Instead of suing it
for a couple of weeks an we do ours
The steak tastes more UXe venison
Uia steal.
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