PAfiE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD. OREGON'. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1935.
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RAPIO-FIRC ROMANCE BY EVAN EVAN
RYSOI'SlSi Mateo Jlubris, tht
subtle Mexican J'obin Hood, and
Brother I'a&tuul, the gigantic friar,
have lurid the Montana Kid south
into Mexico so that he vlll help
Mateo steal bark the emerald crotcn
of O'tr Lady, stolen originally Irom
the church in Duraya by the gov
ernor. The Kid f.ed the United
Stairs because Mateo's schemes
put him outside the law. Hut the
real reason he is now at Miguel
Pantos' inn in Dttraya is Hosito.
v ho cears a fiove in ths black of
tier hair.
Chapter II
AT THE INN
IjiAU.N'D a certain point of tim,
A- no one knew the past of Ssntos,
There was a horrible rumor to the
effect that not time, but torment,
had worked the evil pattern In the
fare of Miguel Santos. It was even
aid, though this was a thing that
no one really believed, that he had
lost his leg In escaping from the Val
ley of the Dead.
But men did not escape from the
Valley of the Dead. It was against
chance and against thought that
anything human could escape from
that well-guarded pit ot destruction
far In the south, where men and
women were made into animals and
sold for labor on the tobacco plan
tat Ions.
Wunien lived there for two years
or three. A strong man had been
known to endure for ai much as
even or eight years. But that was
the limit.
Yet It Miguel Santos had not es
caped from the Valley of the Dead,
then surely he had been through
some frightful experience early In
his life. He might be fifty now. But
twenty years ago, when he first ap
peared In Duraya, he had appeared
almost exactly as old as he was now.
He had enough money to openthe
Inn; he had enough money to per
suade a protty girl to marry him.
Rosita was born, and her mother
died shortly after because, It was
said, she could not endure the ugly
torment which was printed forever
In the face ot Miguel.
On this night, when he heard the
song which ended with the name ot
Rosita, Mlguol Santos Instantly left
the rear gamlng room and burrled
forward, walking with a certain
awing which kept the wooden leg In
effective motion tor long striding.
Moving with a peculiar hitch and
away, he could get about almost as
well as a normal man of his years.
When he came Into the front room
he had a mere glimpse of Rosita
disappearing through the front
door.
"The little bird heard some one
whistle," said a tall young caballero
at one of the tables. Then he
laughed, his breath knocking a rag
ged hole In the smoky air.
Miguel Santos went straight on
and through the door Into the street,
There he saw the mare, the girl, the
man. The rider had dismounted. A
dim hint of light sparkled over the
little silver spangles ot his outfit;
the same light gleamed on the red
latin of the mare's flank.
The eye of Miguel was tar sharper
than a hawk's when he looked Into
certain matters. Now he was able to
lee the wide shoulders, the lofty car
riage, tha faintly gleaming smile of
the man. And he felt the stranger's
Importance as though the voice of a
arlcr had struck suddenly upon his
sr.
"Will yon smoke?" the girl was
laying.
"Who would light a match In a
dark street?" answered the strsn
lcr. Something in the words, some
thing In the voice, clung to the mem
ory ot Miguel. He came closer.
"Do you know this man?" he
asked of Rosita.
"Somewhere I have known him,"
aid the Rlrl.
Miguel Santos came so close that
he could smell the reek of the sweat
ing horse.
"Who are you?" he asked.
''pIlEY went Into the little patio of
the Inn. On one side of the court
was the barn and stables to accom
modate the horses and mules of
travelers. The larger wing was the
hotel-saloon.
They crossed the inclosure with
nothing but starlight to show the
way so Rosita took the hand ot Mon
tana and led him. In that manner
he was able to pass a broken-down
cart, a pile of nnmeleHS Junk, the
curhstonr-s and wooden top of a well.
Anything might happen here. Out
of the dark litter men might start
starlight would hnrdly show the
knives with which all Mexicans
know how to work. Once he snatched
his hand from the soft fingers of the
girl when something moved on the
ground.
It was only a grunting pig that
got out ot the way with a volet half
deep and half whining. And the girl
laughed while Montana slipped back
Inside his clothes the gun h bad
drawn.
He left his mare at the foot ot an
open stairs that angled up the wall.
Sally rubbed her munle against his
shoulder. He could see the dim glass
ot her eyes. She blew out a long
breath on him, and stamped, as
though to make clear that she did
not wish to be left alone In this
strange place. But the girl wis al
ready a few steps up the stairs, and
Montana followed.
At the top landing she pushed
open a door. He followed ber right
Into thick darkness. He could hear
her breathing, close to him. It this
were a trap, the shutting of the door
would wall him away forever from
the world that had known him. He
looked back for an Instant into bis
past and saw the faces ot men, sav
age or laughing, and the broad, com
fortable facade ot the Lavery home.
and Ruth Lavery last of all. But even
out of the darkness of this moment
he had no regret
Then a match was scratched. The
blue spurt of the flame showed him
only the face and the slender hands
of the girl, at first. They were the
hands of an aristocrat; the touch of
them bad been so soft that It was
plain she had worked most of her
life with her smile and her eyes,
rather than with her fingers.
The flame burned yellow. He saw
a room with two windows, lace cur
tains across them tied back with yel
low ribbons. There was an old four
poster bed. The floor sagged a good
bit under the century-old weight of
it. A little porcelain stove glittered
yellow and white In a corner.
THE girl was lifting the chimney
ot a lamp on the table. The flame
ran across the wick. A white spot
of light sprang out on the celling as
Bhe pressed the chimney down. The
whole room was warmly Involved in
radiance that let him see all ot the
girl for the first time.
She was blowing out the match,
knocking a thin shower of sparks
off the charred wood with her
breath. Her eyes were down; she was
being looked at.
Well, she was worth seeing. She
had no place In a room like this.
She looked no more at home, here,
than a great opera singer doing a
one-night stand in the sticks.
"Sit down, seflor," said the girl.
My father will come at once. There
-you hear him on the stairs?"
Montana heard the bump and
pause ot sound as the wooden leg
labored up the way. The girl put her
head to one side and sighed. She
seemed to be pitying the effort of
ber father, and yet she kept smiling,
as though she had learned one lesson
so thoroughly that she would never
be able to forget It.
"Rosita, you're a dancer, eh?"
said he.
"Who has told you that?" she
asked him.
"Just because there's a song about
you. That old song, Rosita."
"Song?" she echoed, tilting her
head.
He sang to her his second song.
Although he suppressed the strength
of hla voice, the resonance vibrated
Intimately through the room. The
meaning of the words ran somewhat
like this:
"You have seen the stream leap,
And the trout spring In ths current.
And the water-ouzel wing through
the spray,
But I have seen Rosita dancing,
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing.
"You have seen the wind blow out ot
heaven
And the loaves whirling round In
the wind-pool,
But you have never laughed with
Joy,
Seeing Rosita, Rosita dancing.
Dancing, dancing, dancing, danc
ing." As the first words came from his
Hps, she began to sway her head a
little with the rhythm ot the musle
until the lights quivered along her
throat and the rose in her hair
nodded a trifle as though In agree
ment. The grating knob ot the door, as
It turned, ended' the song and the
slight flexion ot her aocompanlment.
Miguel Santos came Into the room.
He was dressed in white cotton
trousers and a clean white apron,
but nothing could make him look
the part of a bartender.
Inside the door he paused for
moment and stared at the stranger
Lines not only seamed the fnce ot
Miguel, but also cross-checked it
The closer Montana looked at him
the older he seemed.
(Copyright, 1IJ, Harper rf Brothers)
Tomorrow, Montana aonfiaaaa
hla purpota to Santos.
BACK FENCE GOSSIP
TROUBLES OF
HOLLYWOOD. Cflllf.. Ftb. 8
(AP The movl colony vm rhort
llni; ovrr a piece of literal "bark
Once" ROMlp today.
The topic wm the back fence of
C o palatial new estate ConUnc
K mutt u building In Holmby Hill
H r.ft'ms that no sooner had the
tw.ee b;en built than Roy W. Clark,
a (outrncior. tore- It down and pro
cecded to dump a lot of naaty old de
bris all over the nice, clean land
where Connie li building, according
to the actreM' complaint to city of
flclnla. Clark In mnsirurUim a houar
on property adjoining that of Mlu
BecmeLt,
UNITED VERDE COPPER
CONTROL PURCHASED
NEW YORK. FVbT T- (p) Dow.
Jonea fc Co. ald today the Phelpi
Dodre Corp. hiu nuircd a lurifie
block of aharea of United Verde Cop
per Co. It was understood, the neTi
agency aald, that the holding air
nearly larse enough to Involve con
trol. United Verde's production .'
parity la said to ht 98,000 nort loni
ot oopptr Jr.
fCnntrlbuted)
February la membership month In
the American Legion and Command
er I. B. Poy urges all delinquent
member to get their dues In.
Membership In the post la nearlng
the 100 mark. Those who do not pay
this month will not receive the state
and national publications and con
gress In session now, we are aure
no one will want to lose the best
veteran papers In the country which
gives so complete a story on the
happenings at the nation's capital.
Our membership committee has
been working but we have to in
crease the membership of our post,
It la not only the privilege of an
ex-aervlce man to belong to the Le
gion, It la his duty. Let's get busy
and back Commander Foy up with
a paid up membership by March 1.
We don't know whether we'll get
our adusted compensation thla year
or not, but one thing we do know,
and that la if the ex-service don't
get Into one organization like ours
and work together all the time they'll
find themselves up the creek with
out a paddle.
Edw. L. Boatright, department
vice commander and membership
chairman, has prepared an Interest
ing analysis of Oregon's population.1
showing the census figures on coun-
ty population and the number of
ex-service men In the county. The'
percentage of veterans to population
should be a guide to the percentage
of Legionnaires which should be en
rolled in this county. Study these
figures and help your commander
build up his membership. Jackson
county, with a population of 32,916
has 1,271 veterans within Its boun
daries. I say: "Hats off to the past, and
coats off to the future. You want
the bonus. Our comrades need It.
We can use it. Our national com
mander Is fighting for It. We have
got to pitch In and dig dig up old
and new memberships because that
is how we will win. In fact it Is
the only way."
Next meeting of Medford post will
be Monday evening at the Medford
Armory and Commander Foy is ask
ing every member to bring in a
member's dues. At 6:30 p. m. the
post and auxiliary members will hold
a covered dish supper.
Oregon XV eat her
Cloudy and foggy tonight and
Thursday, moderate temperature;
moderate easterly wind off the coast.
STAIR CLIMBER
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. flp) The de
cision of the U. 8. army board of
engineers to recommend appropria
Hon of S3, 600.000 for installation at
Bonneville dam of four fish ladders
each 30 feet wide; three flngerltru?
passes and two double sets of flah
lo.-ks, Is not satisfactory to the fish
and game commission of Oregon and
Washington. ,
On behalf of the two commissions.
John C. Veatch has asked Senator
McNary to impress the war depart
ment with the fact that the decision
of the army engineers Is inadequate
and contrary to the recommendations
of t!he fishery departments concerned,
and does not provide fishway facil
ities specified by all fishery depart
ments. The fishery departments estimate
the cost of what they consider ade
quate equipment, at $4,600,000.
WiUiro
The blonde star's attorney, Dudley
Purse, declared she was "all burned
up" over the situation when he ask
ed Issuance of a ma 1 Icons mischief
complaint yreterday. He said not only
has Clark dumped sawdust and other
building refuse on the Bennett land.
but he haa helped himself to some
choice soil from a spot where the
actress Is planning a garden. 1
A public hearing will be held by !
Deputy City Attorney Sydney Wil
liams Friday In an attempt to reach
a settlement.
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out. pddie AVllVrn ii lA J M-XJ)Vl ' lMrt SPACE Hirfelb SLIDE. WISHES LV A"f NEXT SfEP N AIL fHE SfAIR CUMBMS
chairmen, ha. prepared an Interest I . . .1 V TTyTZA I APtfElWRE FORHELP
Ing analysis of Oregon's population. 1' U yt iS y!-r-r 7 m ' c- 1 eiTi& '
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