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PAGE SIXTEEN' OT.DFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFOliL), OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1935 4 ctiici It$$tiii A RAPID-FIRE ROMANCE BY EVAN EVANS .OPBIB: The Montana Kid come Into Uezlco, dutguieed at , slertcan. to help Uateo Kubri and Itrother Paecual filch the emerald crown of Our Ladv from the Governor ot tiurayo, who stole It from the church. Rubrli it at a friend's toul t Duraya, and .Wojt tana It at an Inn, trying to bribe !o(a to help him. Rotlta rune auaif after he ehou-t her murh money, but Montana telle tintoe, her lather, that the trill return. ChaptOT 14 THE 8TRINO CANTOS got up and itumpfi from 13 the room. "Shall I slep here?" asked Mon tana. "If you dare." answered Mlpiel Bantoa. "And I'll aend out a man to take care of your horae." When he got to the door he pauaed and aald: "Jose. I believe that you are coming to ateal the emeralds. I believe you want them for the bishop nd not for your own pocket. I believe that you took that gold all away from a gringo gambler. I be lieve that you are a very brave and clever man. And yet atlll you are a great liar!" After that, he went out, followed by the bow which Montana had risen to give to hit boat. Now that he waa perfectly alone, the Kid drew out of bis pocket a small ball of very thin, hard twine. From the lower hinge ot the open door he tied It acrosj to the bottom of a chair. After that, he aat down at the table, with his back turned squarely to tbe door, and took up a scrap of paper on which he wrote: "Rosita, why are you angryT Your good wishes I could never buy; but time and trouble and a little danger hould be paid for. I suppose that you will send some one now, big and proved and strong, to aee whether he -or I ought to be wearing thla suit ot yellow leather wltb all tbe liver spangles acattered over It ' "Besides, It be wants an extra re ward after drawing the blood or the brains out of me, be can pick up tbe live hundred dollars from the table and the floor. By hie size and bis strength, I shall know bow much you value me. I sit here, therefore, and pray that ha may be very big. No matter how much be may frighten me, therefore he will also make me smile " Something fainter than tbe sound et a heartbeat stirred on the stairs Outside the bouse. The pencil ot the Kid ran on wlttly: "But It he changes his mind about taking me away, how long will It be before you come yourself through the opei. door, Rosita 7' He had written to that point when he heard the noise of a caught breath, like a grunt of effort, and be whirled from the table wltb gun In bla hand In time to see a huge fellow with a convulsed face sprawl ing forward In midair, a knife shin Ing In bis outstretched hand. The chair waa groaning forward along the floor. He must have leaped from the doorway to get at the stranger and drive the knife home between tbe shoulder blades. A 6 he struck, face down, flattings on the floor, the barrel of Mon tana's gun rang loudly on his skull. The big man pulled up his legs and straightened them again slowly, wltb a shudder. Then he lay atlll, Montana turned him on his back, He waa no common man. Murder must have paid him very well In times past, and he bad put on a su perior smile In the twist ot his long mustaches, In tbe close lit and the brilliant braid of hia Jacket, and the crimson silk ot tbe sasb which he wore around hla waist. Tbere waa only a dash too much of the brute In his face. Otherwise be was a good-looking fellow. And be was big enough to have stepped on a horse as another man might step on a pony. He bad a good, new revolver as well as the knife. Montana took the weapons. Also he took a pin used at the throat of the man's shirt, be cause it was garnished with two big rubles. By this time the Mexican had begun to atlr. In half a second he aroused from complete oblivion to cat-quick lite, and leaped to his feet. "Sit down, friend." said the Kid. "Rosita will want to see what you've done." "Witchcraft!" said the stranger, with one band on bla bumped head and the other at hla throat. "Not witchcraft. Only a piece of string," said Montana. "There It Is. from the door to the chair. What's your name?" 'Benito Carta," said the big man. 'Untie tbe string and put It on the table. But don't try to bolt through tbe door. Because there's a real witchcraft inside this gun ot mine." Benito Garu.wlth a stupefied face. obediently untied the string and brought It to the table. He stood back against the wall, lifting hla band to his face. A trickle of blood ran down from a great bruise over one eye. Tbe eye itself began to swell, redden, close. "Sit down," said Montana. Garza sank into a chair, keeping bis grip on the side of It wltb one hand aa though to prevent a second magical fall How long have you known Rosita?" asked the Kid. May the devil" began Garza. Hush!" said the Kid, and Garza waa hushed. How long have you known Rosita?" "A year two years how can I tell? It Isn't the time that counts In the knowing of a girl." "That's true," answered Montana. But you can aee she told you the truth. There's the gold on the table. You can see some more of It on tbe floor." 'She told you what sbe would tell me?" queried Benito Garza. Not a word. But she had a look in her eye when she left me. Sit quietly. there. Be patient, Benito, and you'll see her again before long, I think." BENITO sat motionless. Now and then hs raised hla hand and smeared the blood on his face with out stopping the small flow of it Some ot the red ran down into bis mustaches and soaked and made half of tbe One spring ot them droop down, and blood still ran from the bedraggled tip and splashed unheed ed on the tight trousers leg ot Garza. But the Kid was smoking his second clgaret before the girl ap peared In the open doorway. Her eyes were wide and blank with a vague seeing, like that of a sleep-walker, or the vision of second sight "Here Is Benito. I kept him so that you could see that he is not very much hurt," said the Kid. She made no answer. Garza did not exlat in her eye. Now that she's here again," said Montana, "you can take your knife and gun from the table, Garza, and leave us. Good fortune on the road and with the aenorltas." Garza picked up his weapons. swayed for an Instant In hesitant In decision. All his nature must have been urging him to renew the fight which had been ended almost as It began. Perhapa It waa the shock to his head and the more fatal blow to bis vanity that made him turn with lowered head and leave the room, and pass, stumbling, down the stairs outside. And still tbe girl was staring. "Come a little closer," said Mon tana. Benito Garza Is a gallant sort ot a fellow, after all. He wouldn't leave without making some Hull offering to you, Rosita. And here's a pin with two good rubles on It It will hold that rose In your hair. You see? Like this. Now look at yourself In the mirror!" As he stepped back from her, smiling, she exclaimed In a whisper, "El Keed!" The name hit him hard. It had been bunted too many hundreds, too many thousands, ot miles through Old Mexico. Perhaps there was a bit of cold fear in his eyos as com prehension came slowly Into those of the girl. "Now I romember It!" she said. "It wss a hot afternoon. There were twenty men drinking In the garden. You sat In the corner, alone. Now I remember everything. You were all Mexican except the blue of your eyes and something shout your smiling." "I've learned more about that now, and so have you, Rosita. You used to show more of your teeth when you smiled." She took a breath. "El Keed!" sbe whispered again, and cast a sud den glance over her shoulder at the open door, as though the name must have Issued on wings from the room to fly through the town and make men reach tor hats and weapons. "Mother ot heaven, why have you come here again?" "For the good bishop and tor you, Rosita." tCaplahl, Itn, Ro-fr 4 Brothers) 'MR. X' OF CHEHALIS F CHEHALIS, Wash.. Peb. 8 fAP) The Lewis county sheriff announced j today that a man recovering in a hospital here, known only as "Mr. X." because he could or would re I veal nothing as to his Identity, had I been Identified by finger prints as i Joe Bryant, wanted for a service sta tion robbery at Port Smith, Ark. The man, Buffering from bullet wounds tn the abdomen, also Is want ed for questioning In connection with the slaying of a service station oper ator at Pe Ell, Wash. LA GRANDE, Ore. Feb. 8 (API Search for Dr. George H. Blgelow, missing head of the Massachusetts general hospital, was directed toward Chehall. Wash., by a. LaGrande nurse. Mrs. Elizabeth Carney, who about a month ago noted a picture In t Portland Oregonlan of an amnesia victim In a. Chehalls hospital. A week later she discovered a like ness of Dr. Blgelow In a medical magazine. Comparing the two pic tures, she noted a resemblance, so Immediately mailed them to. Ma sea chusetts officers. Mrs. Carney's comparison of the pictures was prompted by the belief the amnesia victim showed unusual character and it was this point that caused her to remember the news paper picture when she discovered the Blgelow photograph in the magazine. RADIOS SOUGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (AP) The Pan American Airways applied to the federal communlcatlona commission today for permission to establish 6 radio stations about the Pacific ccean preparatory to establishing service from the west coast to the Orient. The applications were for permis sion to establish a directional sta tion at Alameda. Call., to a station In Hawaii: from Keneohe by Hawaii to Marlanna Islands; from Marianna Inlands to the Midway Islands, and from Midway Islands to Wake Island. The stations would have an 1800 mile radius instead of the usual 300 mPe radius of land stations for point to point aeronautical service. The proposed service was under stood to be a development of the Pacific and Atlantic flights of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. BY CUTS IN DOLE fHE WORLD AT ITS WORST By CLUYAS WILLIAMS t . LONDON, Feb. 8. fAP) Wide spread protests against the adminis tration of the dole aroused the con cern of government officials today. Discontent, manifest in many sec tions for the past several weeks, waa climaxed by a riot at Sheffield yes terday. Nine policemen were injured and between 30 and 30 persons ar rested. The demonstrators sought unsuccessfully to send representatives to Interview the city council. The government hss revoked orders which have reduced dole payments in some instances in connection with its program to take over from local authorities the administration of re lief funds. Many beneficiaries, how ever, continue to complain that they are receiving Insufficient assistance. ) Dse Mail Trioune want ads. Use Mall Tribune want ads. 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