Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 13, 1935, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT arvrw RAPID-FIRE BYSOPS1S: Bv Ievf m, ffcs Montana Kid and ia(o Rub ric, Mexican Robin Hood, have gained entrance, to the fort at Dur ova. They come to ileal in a good cause, tor they have promised to return to the good Bishop I. mlliano the emerald crown of Our Lady vrhich the governor stole from the Pishop's church. Hut Montana and iinteo are in great danger in spite of their disguise. Chapter IS THE DANCE THE map of tbe fort which the Kid had becD able to draw out of tbe Information of Miguel San tos and the girl seemed perfectly ac curate, and as Rubric had boasted. It was perfectly In his mind. He led the way without a flaw up the two flights of stairs which had been cut Into the wall of the fortress and then Into a great hall, long and narrow, where only two or three weak lights were burning. Three long tables ran down the center of the room. In the farther corner of this hall was a door which opened upon a short corridor that ran directly 1.1 tbe tower apartments of General Ignaclo Estrada, In command. The two were not quite across the floor when binges creaked. Montana, leaping into tbe black of the corner, whirled to see that a dozen young officers had entered the room, carrying a big hamper, and that Rubrls was still visible to them. His bare foot had slipped on s stone as be strove to spring after Mon tana. And at that Instant a bawling voice cried: "Hal! Come here and pick up tbls hamper. What are gen tlemen to do? Walt on themselves when there are dogs like you around?" "Stand fast! Don't move for me!" gasped Rubrlz to the Kid, covertly tearing away his mask as be spoke. "Pray for me! I front them!" And he turned and walked straight back towards the group! "Run!" shouted one of the officer. And Rubrls obediently ran, spring, lng forward with wonderful light ness In spite of tbe bulk of his un wieldy body. "Tbe basket on the table. Stand away, Pedro, and let tbls fellow do the work." "He can't lift It," said Pedro. "Can't he, though? Look at the shoulders of him. It they're not all fat, he may be able to. Tbese poor devils have strength." There was a sudden shout as Ru brlz leaned, lifted the basket, and slid It onto the table. "That's Mexico!" said the oldest of the officers. "Look at the muscles In those legs! Pull off your dirty shirt and let's see your body, too!" "Forgive me," panted Rubrlz. "1 am palled to my work. Another " "Hal! Are you working for sol diers and question commands' Show him the way, Pedro! Off with It!" Two of them grabbed the cheap white shirt and Instantly It was ripped from the back of Rubrls. - "There!" called out the com mander. "Did I tell you? Not fat, either. All muscle all pure strength. I'd stake that man against a mule. Where did you get those leg muscles, man?" "In tbe mines, sir," said Rubrls, his head bowed, bis shsggy hair fall ing forward. "Look at btm! He's ashamed to he naked, even before men. What are those white marks? Scars? Knife cuts? Come on, and we'll find a story In tbls one. Open the wine!" ""pHAT was quickly done. The J hamper was thickly packed with wine-bottles, and tbe corks had' barely ceased popping before glasses began to brim and pour down wide throats. The Kid, from bis corner, covered tbe gay little party with two re volvers and shifted his aim from breast to breast, from head to head. He was perfectly convinced now, that be and Rubrls could never es cape from the tort. But It they died, so would some of these Jolly sparks. "What are tbese scars? What sort of a peofi are you?" asked the com mander. "More like a damned nioun tain bandit, to my eye. Look at him and try to remember! Haven't I seen that face on posters with a reward for him. dead or alive?" The nerves of Montana prickled through bis ekln. It seemed that the next moment would be the end of Rubrli. or the beginning of the end. Dut the deep voice of the outlaw answered: "I was hurt by a fall In the mine, sirs. I wss carrying a baa l:et up the ladder " CALLED MAIN TEST (Contributed.) The dally good turn is the essence o( scouting. The full and chief test of a scout la the doing of a gxd turn to somebody eery day, quietly and without boasting This la the proof of the scout. A good turn U the going out of one's wsy to 4o something for somebody who Is not expecting it. Thousand of good turns have been done by the scout of the Crater Lsfce council durlr.g the past year. These a-oad turns may be :he smallest and most ordinary act conceivable pick in.? up a bananapeel, cleaning glias from the street, showing t stranger h! way, or It may be the mvlng of a lll or relieving suffering. It m.iy alo consist of public service. The deed must be sometbii U4 mid. SCOUT CHARACTER ROMANCE BY EVAN EVANS 'And the damned ladder brokk and gave you a fall?" asked the com mander. Ha leaned back a little, his thin face sneering as be stared at the half-naked, powerful body of Mateo Rubrlz. 'No, but the forehead band that supported the basket of ore broke. and the basket fell and knocked an other man off the ladder. That man was killed by bis fall." 'Listen! I told yon there were stories In this lump of a man." 'I was only a few steps from the top of the ladder, and as I came up the overseer, who had seen what had happened, bit me with the butt of his man-whip, and that knocked me down Into the shaft again." 'You see how they treat these fel lows? The other man was killed, but you lived through It, eh?" 1 was weeks in tbe hospital," said Rubrlz. "Discipline," declared the officer. That's what It takes. Knock fools over the head when they make mis takes, and there'll be fewer mis takes." "There'll be more broken heads," said Pedro. "What do you mean? Look at tbls bead! It would still take a parcel of breaking. Not many brains undet that shock of hair, but enough to know bow to lift hampers of wine for his betters. And for all that he's been through, be still has a light enough foot and hand a light enough hand to steal the gold out of your teeth while you sleep, I'll wager. Jump up there on the tabls and give us a dance, you!" "There Is no music, sir," said Rubrlz. Tbe officer picked up a quirt, drew tbe lashes through his hand, and then struck the table. "Up on the table, and we'll give you music!" be shouted. "Up with you!" And he slashed Rubrlz across the naked body. T seemed to Montana, as hit thumbs hooked over the ham mers of the revolvers, ready to open Ore, that Rubrlz swayed In the very act of hurling himself at the man of tbe whip. Instead, without touch ing the table with his hands, be leaped lightly on top of It. Tbe officers shouted. They began to strike the table in a quick rhythm with their whips. And to that rhythm poor Rubrli bad to dance. When some of them made a mistake and landed heavily on bis body In stead of on the table, he had to leap tbe blgher. It was frantic work. In a few mln utes he was staggering. And at last Pedro It was who called out? "Let the poor tool stop. See, Luis, whers you draw tbe blood on him! Hc'i had enough exercise for one eve nlng. Get down." Rubrls Jumped to tbe floor. "Olve blm a few coppers." said Pedro, "and he'll be able to forgel bis torn shirt." "What about bis torn skin?" "What does skin matter? It growi again without any cost!" "Here's the money." "It's too much." decided thin faced Luis, the superior officer. And he dropped a portion of it, calmly, Into bis own pocket "Give him the rest, then," said Pedro. "Give It to him? Give a dog food with my own hands? Let him root for It. the swine!" So Luis hurled the money from blm. It rattled on the floor. It rolled clinking Into the farthest corners, and Rubrit darted aftei It, sometimes almost skidding on bands and knees In his apparent eagerness. The officers followed nil antlces with yells of the highest appreciation. But a toast proposed by one ol them suddenly called all heads and all eyes towards their own group. It was at that moment that Montaua drew open the door Into the corridor of the general rooms and big Rubrli sprang through the gap. Hit eyes were Insane. There was only one guttering light here. In the foul air, by which la see the out law, but even that light was too much for Montana. Rubrit, tor an Instant, burled his hands In his hair. Then he turned end beat his head against the wall. Only after a long moment could hs bold up one hand. When I'e opened It Montana could see a dozen cop per coins In the palm. (Copyright, IM. Barper 4 Brothers, Tomorrow, Montana ind Rubrli nter tht apartmtnt of th gover nor. must be conscientiously performed .v the good turn loses tte educative hablt-formlng value. Some of the good turns that have come to the attention of scout head quarters are the distribution of Christmas seal and Red Cross post" ers. preparing and delivering 15 Christmas baskets, repairing and pro viding toys for children at Chrtstmis. volunteering for traffic duty, bulldl ig two rowboats for camp, to be used by all campers, helping with Decora tlon day parade, ansisttn at school graduation exercl. cleaning up a cemetery, cutting and carrying wood for elderly lady, collecting clothlni for needy, cleaning up courthouse park, securing and cutting wood fi poor family, securing and cuttin: Christ mas trees. During the Diamond Jubilee, Boy Scout pave B93 hours ol service assisting with the parade, act ing aa orderllea at Jubilee headquar ters, distributing poster and actli aa ushers for the pageant. During the past year, as a result of the elertneu and t ruining of scow two lives wre saved. These are only a few of the pood turns done by the scout, but the Indtrste that the boys are willing and readj1 to sj v. MEDFORD MAIL E Deduction Would Show Physical Impossibility of Committing Crime De clares Defense Attorney PORTLAND, Feb. 13. Science vu ranged against faulty human recollection and drink dimmed mem ory today In the trial of Wlllard Wll llama, 10, Klamath Indian. In fed eral court for murder. Young Williams la charged wl'-h second degre murder for the klllln of Charlie Cowan, 17, Modoc tribe man. Cowan wu ahot to death In a reservation shack last November, the death climaxing a drinking bout dur ing which a rlflo was fired Indis criminately within the house. The Indian youth, now dead, pur chased the whisky, It la said, that led to the tragic cUmax. He, W.'l llama and Garbtel Baker, a Montana Sioux, were in the fateful party. Ths three had a half-Railon of firewater. Defendant Hurt In Crasli. On their return from Klamath Falls to the Baker cabin, their automobile crashed from the roadway and Wil fi 'MATTER POP-- " Bv C M. Payna dFT C J () f . VAAIT J - J f LAU Too J-"--3r J j. ""A fe (CopyritK 1M6. by Th B11 Byndic.tt, Inc ) rAILSPIN TO'ViftlY Looks Bad for El i'rjsidente! B;Haf Forrest JkrW oNwe in a,az,l's I ksep sis tending 2y ariW Feet io6eu be mo&'"7V vbu wnJ f 1S y&'Jt ' lasr poPLLAB. 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And could not have committed the shooting. The mute evldenoe of bloodstains under a mattreaa will be the testi mony which O'Nell hopes will clear his client. The death rifle, the at torney declared, was later hidden un der the matteress without Williams' knowledge, but while Baker was pres ent. There was blood on the gun. O'Nell said, and a large bloodstain underneath the mattress. Williams had no wound from which the blooa could have come, the attorney stated, whereas Baker suffered a bullet wound In the hand during the brawl. O'Nell made no charge against Ba ker, who will be a government wit ness against Williams, but declared simply It would have been physically Impossible for Williams to have dons the shooting and to have spilled the ft .t'JHiaVaasV--Vl I I ' sussed -lk SB Ittlll I I Vv, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. blood on the underside of the mat treaa. Claims Drunk Frenzy. . The government charges that Wil liams, in a drunken frenzy, entered the Baker cabin, grabbed the rifle and began shooting Indiscriminately, after vowing he was "a bad Indian " The blood, the federal attorneys de clare, came from BaXer after he had been shot and was wrestling with ! Williams for possession of the wet pon after Cowan had been killed. j Mason Dillard, government ooun- ; al, said Baker will testify that he was sober enough to recall that Wil liams did all the shooting. Baker was first accused of the shooting, but an investigation by the government led to the charges against Williams. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab Inet Works. 1 Home portraits or family group and children at Special Prices Shangle Studio. Phone 1306. When It comes to radios, remember. "Pruitt's can do It. Phone 23. FEBRUARY 13. 1935 BUSY COME UP BEHIND FA THER , Who is WcipKiNa AT DE6K., m A6W6. Wit). HE REM) TO H)K) . PEfREAfS HASTILY, Wfr 0PEK5 BOOK ASX1N6 P1AINIK& HE DIDN'T tyEAN rf IrlfERVALS IS HE 1b OofctUE HIS Q.BDW A rip ALMOST THRDU6H. UN MAKE HIM MAKE A MIS' -flLTOLT) NOf 10 TALK TAKE, HE OtflY WANTED ANV J10RE TO SEE i IS A ItfAE CRESffAL Itri WHEN) FA-fHER SfrVS HE'S.fOo BUSY W0RK1W6 ON HIS K COME TA JOSf AS ftf HER S1Wtf5 ADDIK6 OP A COLUMN Of fteURES, ASKS WhkC is an income Tax? AS VfcfHER BESIrJS fl 6URIN6 A6AIN, SPELLS, OUT IN CLEAR vfllCE 1-H-E D-O-fe 1-6 M-A-N-'S F-R-l-E-N-D (Copyright. IBM, by Ttas BeD Syndics!, lad) 71 By GLUYAS WILLIAMS TnTHEH BE6INS COLUMN 61ER A6AIN. EP6ES NEARER, IEANIK6 Or! DESK, W MDRM0RJN6 CAN HE WAttrt ? FATHER TEARS UP HIS FIGURING AND,Wlfri A Sl6H,SflVS To BR1N1S THE BOOK AND HE'LL READ To HIM 2-3 UHUiAiTS 5 CX1?- 1