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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
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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
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liams was badly hurt, although the
Injury was not at first apparent.
Williams was declared so Into.
cated he remembers nothing of the
event which led to his murder triil
J. C. O'Nell, his attorney, said to
day only scientific deduction can
save the 19 -year-old Indian from im
prisonment. Wlllams, he declared,
was helple&s from the accident In
Jury end from drink. 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
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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.
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