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JfEDFORD f ATL TRIBUNE, MEDFOItD. OREGON. SUNDAY. FEBRFATIT 10. 1fW.
TrAPIDFIM
MWOI'SM." The governor hae
stolen the emerald croicn ot Our
Laity from the church in Duraya,
and the Montana Kid, with Mateo
KubriM, plane to steal it back or
the good Biehop Emitiuno. Mon
tana want Ronita, daughter of the
keeper of on inn nror the govfe.
Hor or, fo help them enter the
old buitdina: suddenly $he realises
that the man the is lalkina to t
not Joe?, a Mexican, but Montana,
known and hated through Mexico
as "El Keed."
Chapter 15
LOVE SCENE
"INHERE li plenty of trouble In
you. Roslta," iald Montana,
"and In the emerald crown. I swore
that no one would recognize me
with such a dark skin. Besides, It
has been a long time since I was
In Duraya."
"I looked at your mare In the
stable. She was too beautiful for any
ordinary man to ride. I ran out to
call back that poor Benito. But he
was already In the room.
"I waited to hear noise. There was
no noise. My heart stopped. I began
to ask myself who yon were. I began
to half-remember. And you are El
Keed!"
She was backing toward the door.
"Why do you sneak away?" asked
Montana. "Call out! 81ng out my
name, and there are twenty men
downstairs who'll come fast enough,
with your father among 'em. tf he
knew, he's good enough Mexican to
help cut my throat!"
"That Is true. And he must not
know."
"Why did yon send Benito Garraf"
"Why did you try to buy me like a
dog?"
"Because you need plenty of
money. With this much you could
be a lady with a duenna In Mexico
City."
She tossed back her head and
caught her breath.
"But this Is a game, El Keed, and
everyone who plays a game with
you Is sure to lose."
"Until I lose my head," said Mon
tana. "In the fort of Duraya?"
"Or here In this Inn. I'm losing It
cow, Roslta."
"Look at me, El Keed."
"I'm looking, Roslta."
"I am a pretty girl, am I not?"
"I've been remembering you all
this time, but remembering was no
good."
"But look, El Keed. I'm not too tall
and not too short I shall never be
heavy. I shall never let fat swallow
lip my face. I'll fight fat Ilk fire."
"You'll always be lovely, Roslta."
"I can dance and sing. Also, I can
talk almost like a lady. Some day you
nay see."
"You can talk UUe an angel,
Roslta."
"To be pretty Is to work very hard
and to keep smiling," said the girl.
"Of course It Is. But you've stopped
smiling, Roslta."
"I'll never smile tor you," said she.
"Ob, I could look at you and let my
heart Jump out at my eyes. But how
long would you keep It?"
"Forever," said Montana.
"Bah I Your forever Is a day or a
week or a month. And then you
would grow tired because you have
to ride. There la always the other
Ids of the mountain to see. And
what girl could ride fast enough to
eep up with you?"
She closed her eyes,
"El Keed!"
"Ay?" said Montana,
"Kiss me and tell me to forget
verythlng I've said."
He leaned over until she could feel
the shadow of his face.
"No, friend." said he.
Ik jONTANA, the next morning, sat
1 at the table In his room and saw
a peon carry In a tray loaded with
avory roast kid such as Mexico
alone can offer. There were tnrtlllAtr
trijolea cooked with seven kinds of
Peppers, green and yellow and red.
And a good red wine, also, to wash
verythlng down. When he had
aten, Roslta appeared In the door.
"Was everything to the pleasure of
the seflor?" she asked.
He took up bis guitar and rose
from the table. He strummed the
tight strings softly with the Oat of
his fingers, a breathing accompani
ment hardly larger than a whisper,
and the voice in which he sang could
not have escaped even through an
open window of the room.
The girl leaned her hand against
I
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TO MEXICO CITY
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one of our men who da little else
bark It up." Agreed. And 1 then saw
tha freatent exhibition of driving I
hare yet seen. The professional fot
Into the car. put It in reverse and
backed a mile, with clearances be
tween the rock on one side and ft
fall on the other somevimes leas
than four inche. He didn't even
change pare. When he had parked
the car he was asked If he would
permit me to give him a fee. He
aatd. "No, thank you."
Mexicans are like that. It was part
of the day's work.
Sleeping at Chnpulhracsn, a start
mas made early the next morning.
and by late afternoon thirteen miles
had been accomplished. Driving wss
not so hard, but the waiting for
cleared places In the road was Ions
Near dusk landslide was encoun
tered. The car was parked by the
aide ox tb road. Tot ft tf ot U
ROMANCf BY tVAN EVANSr
the edge of the door and listened
with a bowed head.
"You know the old songs," said
the girl.
"I love the old songs," said the
Kid.
"You have old ways, alio," said the
girl, "and a few new ones."
"Are you sad, Roslta?"
"Is there one more man In the
world Ilka El Keed?"
"I hope not, poor fellow," said he.
"If I met one more like you, I
should go mad."
"Think of this. Roslta. You are
heart-whole and free. You are going
to open for me, this evening, a door
Into the fort of Duraya. That's a
good deed, considering what I shall
try to do when I'm Inside. And after
wards you'll have the Ave hundred
dollars with which you can take
five hundred steps among the gran
dees In Mexico City.
"Five hundred steps? You would
hardly have to take Ave before you
walked yourself Into a carriage be
longing to a governor, at least. That
Is why I know I shall have to ride
a long trail to see you again, If I live
to come out of Duraya. I may have
to ride as far as Paris. Would you
know me, there?"
"That Is what I keep saying and
never believing. I've taken the
money. I have been bought."
"Only for a good deed, Roslta."
"Do you mean that you would rids
after me If everything goes hap
pily?" 'To the end of the world."
"But Just now you would not have
to ride. You would only need to walk
three steps,"
"And leave the emerald crown In
the bands of that General Estrada?"
SHE lifted her head, finally, and
gave him a long, long look behind
which be could read, with a perfect
understanding, that many devious
thoughts were working through her
mind.
"Well," she said, suddenly picking
up the tray, "I've sent the messen
ger to your friend. If he comes up
the back stairs, no one worth while
will see hi in . This evening, If you
knock as I told you on the small
door, It will be opened. And then
God defend you!"
She went out like that, suddenly;
and the Kid stared for a long mo
ment at the door which had closed
behind her.
After that, he picked up the guitar
and began to sing again, almost
soundlessly, the love songs of old
Spain, and Mexico, all of them sad.
But, afterwards, be stood for a
long time In front of a window, look
ing out and up at the great, squat
walls of the tort of Duraya. Some
where a bugle was blowing thin and
small, and ho could always see the
sentries walking their posts on the
walls.
It was true that General Estrada
was a warrior who knew his business
In the world very well. It he had
been giver, a province already picked
bare as a stone, be had made Up for
that by robbing a church. And Inside
his tort ona could be sure that all
was working In perfect order, aa a
military machine ought to be.
It was a little later In the day when
bare teet shuffled on the back stairs.
Then Rubrlt came through the door,
barefooted, with a huge sombrero ot
tattered straw on his head and the
mustaches shaved from his face.
Even the scar had been covered by
an unfading dye, and his Hps bulged
out In, L way that distorted the en
tire expression of tils face.
The towering bulk of Brother
Pascual entered behind the outlaw.
And Rubrlt, throwing himself down
In a chair, first plucked out of his
mouth the rubber wnddlng which
helped disguise his face. Then he
sighed.
"You've sent for us, Montana.
Here we are. Thore is the fort. And
neither Pascual nor I as yet one step
closer to an Idea or a key that will
open the place and give us a nay to
the emeralds. And here you lie at
your soft esse, like a puma after a
kill, till the dogs get wind of you
and run you to hay. Is that wine In
that bottle?"
He made Inquiry with his nose
and then poured the contenls of the
bottle, uninvited, down his throat.
After that he made and lighted a
clgaret.
(Copyright. IJJ. Harper A Brothers)
Montina axplilnt hit plan, to
morrow. cents a Mexican man was hired to
guard It through the night. With !
my Interpreter I walkrd a mile to
grading camp, procured a meal, two
adequate beds and put tip for the
night.
Net result, 58 miles In two days.
about seven hours driving time and
the rest from daylight to dark wait
ing for blasts and landslides to be
cleared. But from my final night in
the mountains, close to six hundred
miles below the border, on Into
Mexico City was a delight and
wonder. A wonder In that It showed
what completed sections of tha
mounta.n part of the Pan Amerlci
highway will he like. A delight
the fact that It revealed a new and
pleaning culture on the North Amerl- 1
can ccntlnent, superimposed on the
oldest of American civilizations, the
Artec.
The story of the final mileage Into
Mexico City will be told In a fifth
snd concluding story of the perles
and then there Mil be a recapitula
tion etory giving an exact finding
as to the road with information the
American tourist should have If he
g-ea deep Into Mexico.
Utnr Pies
NEW YORK. Feb. 9 l API Freder
ick Warde. m. actor and author, who
p'.ayed with Edwin Booth and John
MrCull.itigh. and who was lor three
years the leading mnn at the old
Bvth" theater In New Yoik died lnt
ntght He had been ill for some time
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Dunedin, N. Z , Fb. . fVta Mackay
Radio.) iiV) Rear-Admiral Rlchara
E. Byrd and hl second Antartlc ?x
ppditlon ateamed through the month
of Discovery lnt m 3:55 a- m. o
day. taking Jevc of the Antartlc con
tinent. Both the Rupert and the Bear ul
Oakland passed through the inlet
during a dense fog.
The mtat swiftly enveloped the
barrier cliffs as the continent was
left behind.
The two ships traveled along to
gether. The Bear was under steam,
with her square sails set to profit
from a light westerly wind. Twenty
penguins were captured yesterday on
the Inlet and were house with 17
others from Little 'America, In & '.re
frigerated room with & salt water
pool.
The voyage from the Bay of Whalf
to the Inlet was without Incident, th
Bear setting the pa?e. Prom time to
time the ships were obliged to change
course to avoid the streams of let
at the foot of the high barrier front.
SEATTLE. Feb. 9. (AP) A gain
in production of about fifteen mil
lion board feet fnr the week cndlnn
February 2 over the previous week
was reported by MB down and oper
ating lumber mills In Oregon and
Washington to the West Coast Lum
bermen's association today.
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Regular Traffic
In Stratosphere
Near Says Post
LOS ANOELE3, Feb. (9P)
A possibility that transcontinental
airplane flights through the lower
stratosphere may be started by
airlines within three or four
months was foreseen today by
Wiley Pobt, holder of two round-the-world
flying records.
Post expects 40 take off within
a few days for a non-stop sub
stratosphere flight to New-York,
which he believes he can make In
less than eight hours, attaining a
.peed of some 350 miles an hour
In altitudes of 30.000 to 40 000
feet.
Results and data obtained on
this flight. Post said, will be used
to guide Transcontinental and
Western Air. Inc., In plans to
establish regular stratosphere mail
service.
SALEM. Ore. (Up) Oregon has
produced more record breaking Jer
sey cattle than any other elate, Ivan
H. Lough ary, field representative of
American Jersey Cattle club, told
members of the Oregon Jersey Cattle
club in convention here recentiy.
Loughary pointed to such cham
pions as Oold?n's Chief Lady Mae.
world champion In milk and butter
fat production for 305 days, and
owned by L. S. Hulburt, Independence.
. FIERMQNTE NO. I
GALAS
MEETS FORMER IE,
I
NAPLES. Feb. fl. fAP Mrs. Made
, line Force Astor Dick Flerraonte be
j came semi-hysterical today when she
: learned that her husband, the former
boxer, had met Mrs. Flermonte No I
In Genoa.
I She repeated over and over that
i she could say nothing, that she knew
1 nothing about the matter, and that
; she did not know, what her pi ma
I would be.
Yesterday she had said confidently
that she would meet En 70 on the
French Riviera after they both lsft
Italy.
ROME. Reb. 0. API Tosea Fler
monte, first wife of En so. declared
herself hopeful today that her former -husband
would leave his American
millionaire; spouse and return to
her.
"I am still his wife under It a 11 in '
law," she sajd after returning he; !
from Genoa, where she saw the for-
mer pugilist. "When I met him In 1
Genoa, he was very happy to see me
and our child.
"There were tear In his eyes. We
went to a cafe and spent some hours
together. Yes, X still love him dearly. ;
I think he loves me. He may come
back to me. but not Immediately."
An alarming decrease In the catch
of fish along the North Carol! nn '
coast has caused fisherman In :hc j
Manteo section to organize In quest j
of government aid to tide them ovr .
the lean winter.
! THE FAMILY ALBUM PEACE AND QUHT
PEACE AND QUIET REI6NS
OVER HOUSEHOLD, WrfM
Wlf5EWlN6 UPSTAIRS,
WlLFREP S1iWlN6, AND
MILDRED WRrffo6 LETfl-Rj
WIFE 51AWS 10 MAKE if
O.EAR SHE piDNrf CALL.
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MILDRED 6H0WIN6 PO
Hr' WANf HER
HEARS 50ME0NE CALL
AMD SH0015 WHAT IS
Iff
AFTER A MOMEHf Wlfg
OPENS HER POOR AHP
CALIS WHAT DOES HE
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FRED 0PEK& POOR fb
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(Copyright. 193, by Th Ball gyjdiiaU, Inc.)
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
KPIAIKS HE DOESN'T"
WArtf ANYrllW& HE
JUSf SHOUTED WHAT IS
If WHEN SHE CALLEP
d0rih6 brief loll it is
discovered That The
ORlfelHAL CALL CAME FR&M
VARD NE)CT POOR, AND
PEACE AND QiJiET SETTLE
ON HOUSEHOLD AfcAlN