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PAGE SIXTEEN JfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORISON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1935. A RAPID-FIRE ROMANCE BV.EVAN EVANS, r BYSOPSiSt Mateo Kubrim and the Montana Kid, "El Reed" in jjexteo. Have tneaked into the fort at Duraya to area! the emerald crown of Our Lady and return it to Buhop EmiUano. The governor ha ttoitn the crown from the Bishop's church, tiow, juet a$ they '' aork on the governor1 eafe, they hear the men vhom they overpay)' erect at the fortress gate pounding on the door of thn apartment in uhicK the eafe stand: M Chapter 20 DANGEROUS TRICK ONTANA sprang Into the near est casement. Below him, the wall dropped a giddy height. There were no stars. A moon was up, but it only llKhteo the swirling confti' Ion of the storm clouds which h.d spread out of the east until almost the entire sky was covered, ousty, warm breaths of the coming storm truck Into the face of the Kid. He dropped to bis knees and neered Into the dimness below blm. Then the hand of Rubrls fell on his boulder. "This Is a thing 1 have always known," said the outlaw "that one day I should be In such a place, with so escape, and the enemy all before me. and behind me a cliff that could not be climbed. Well, San Juan of Caplstrano has been my friend, but now be Is tired, perhaps. Let us be ready to die together, like men. Let us pile up the dead!" "Look!" said Montana. "There Is a ledge here, under the window. It Is wide enough for a man to He on' If tbe man uses care It Is almost ft foot wide It 1p. more than a foot wide you see 7" "Misery of my soul!" breathed the bandit, peering down through tbe darkness beside bis frle-id. "Lie there? Even a bird with wing, would be afraid to He there." "It has to be this way, or are we to surrender to bad luck, Mateo? I'll bow you the way!" Aa he did through the window, the first gust of the rain struck him. Tbe big, wind-swept drops drove through his clothing Instantly to tbe kin, and m-de blm tremble. Then bis feet found the ledge. It was yard and a half below the window and consisted merely of the space left when the wall receded In one of Its set-backs, of which there were several between tbe bottom and the top. "Follow me, Mateo!" he called, "It Is possible to stand on IL Let yourself down. Stand with your toes on the outsloe of the ledge to slant your body In against the wall. And then- He could not apeak again, for the outer door to the rooms . tbe gov. ernor now went down with ft prodl' glous crash. He saw Mateo's bulky form swing down from the window; Then the Mexican was besMe blm, edging In pursuit as he worked bis way cautiously along tbe narrow ledge. Overhead, there was thundering of footfalls. A light swung out from the window almost Instantly and dis appeared again. It flashed from an other window around the corner of the tower, ft radiance that glittered for a moment through the slant lines of the falling rain. And then the wind came 1 ft bil low and with a, booming sound and began to pr. at Montana tn loosen him from his hold. - Heaven; Kind San Juan remem ber me!" gasped Rubrlt. I am so longer bad. I am only ft poor, fat foolish old man. If I must die, let me at least have my bands In the throat of another man. Gentle San Juan, do not let Rubrls die Is the com pany of gringo, only!" But he followed that naive prayer by saying, Instantly: "No other man u the world would have risked him self to grab at me then!" It must have been your saint wno made me do It," answered the Kid. And he chuckled a little, till the violence of the wind and the rush ing of the rain filled his eyes and his throat. Death of my soul!" he heard Ru- brls saying. "He laughs!" SEES HARD TASK ALL Jl HE came to the corner of tbe tower. And here the ledge dis appeared. It did not turn onto tbe other side of the wall. So that they were utterly c locked and held, here, to s standstill. - But Mateo wat obeerful, beside him. "I was wrong!" sail' Rubrlt. "That saint of Caplstrano, that fel low Is not one to lose heart. He will make this as wide as a road to us nd " Here the voice went out of blm. Tbe wind, screaming suddenl.-, stag gered Rubrli so that be fought for bis balance with swinging arms on the verge of tbe foothold. And Mon tana, digging his feet -itrongly in on tbe edge of the rock, getting a par tial handhold on the corner mason ry of tbe toner, reached out with bis left hand and pulled at the big Mexican. The pull and the Jar of the wind swung hlin sldewlse so that the storm could get at him more fully. His left foot slipped from Its pur chase. He waited (or the next gust to tear him loose. But as It bad come suddenly, so tbe wlud eased tor a moment, while the handhold of Montana still heli good. He regained bis former position. with Rubrls now despcratel) flat tened against tbe wall, bis arms spread out. "Mother of Ileavenl Mother of The general bad come Ilk- a whirl wind as soon as the alarm reached him, and with him poured In the eleven young officers who had been drinking In their mess-halL O'hers officers, servants, private soldiers- formed a solid pack with tbe gen eral, but be rushed through tbem and ran stralgbt to the closet In which bis safe was standing. There he slammed the door In the faces of the rest Speechless, awful fear worked in his throat. He could hardl) lit the key Into tbe old lock. But at last the heavy door swung wide and made ft little moaning sound that shot de spair through the heart of Ignaclo Estrada. HQ pulled open the one drawer that really mattered, and tbere be found, by the blind grarp of bis bands, the treasure. Only when his hands had closed on It was ha able to look. And now he saw It again, clearly, tbe seml-ctrcle which had broken when he tore It from its place .vltb the eyj of the brown image looking up towards blm in resignation and in pain. Tbe general crowded tbe treasure back Into its chamois bag. With tbe door of the safe still open, be re mained on bla knees for a moment. allowln. tbe sickness to pass from bis heart, while his attitude was that of olo In prayer. He had been ft fool to keep tbe emeralds ao long, bargaining with the "fences" wbo were willing to receive the stolen goods at a certain price. After all, they were only nat ural in wishing to make their profit. Finally, be was able to get to his feet, close and lock the old safe. It was madness, he thought, to keep such valuables in sucb an ntlquated place of safe-keeping! That would be his first step to demand a mod ern sate, to preserve safely the pay of the soldiers which had to pass through his hands. After he had come to these con clusions he took two or three deep breaths and then rubbed the color Into his swarthy cheeks and gave few turns to bis prodlglour mustaches. When he had shrugged bis Bhoul- dera more snugly Into bis tight un form coat the general strode out of tbe closet wblcb held tbe sate, and went Into the outer rooms. He was Indignant aa be saw tbe crowd which ailed the chambers. And he said to Don Luis, that thin-faced major who bad been overseer In tbe tormenting of Rubrlz, "Clear the rooms!" It was done at once. Only ft few officers remained, and an armed guard outside the broken door. The sign of the shattered wood stirred the general more than bloodshed i battle-field. It was only when be had seated himself in his big throne-like chair, bowever, that ha began to ask questions. Sergeant Andres waa tbe first to be called. Black blood was still dried on his wrists. His features remained discolored. Yet bis eyes were clear and courageous. Because of his courage, ratbet than his discretion, he told a clear, straight!, ward story, from the mo- ment when the tapping was heard at tbe postern to that time when be bad nearly suffocated and vet bad continued to work at tbe gag until It was loosened and he was able to cry out for help. The jeneral said, "What tapping could have called you out from your post?" "Tbere Is a gin Is the Inn next to tbe fort, 1 told her that if she ever tapped In a certain way, 1 would speak to her." The general was so angered that he almost leaped up from his chair And his officers muttered together sympathetically. (Copyright, ttSl, Harper 4 Brothers ITHICA. N. Y., Feb. 18 (API Whther you are "a Dr. Townsend, with an old sue plan or a Senator Huey Long with a share-the-wealth program," said Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, in an address on Cornell farm and home week program today "you are going to be stumped when it comes to outlining a program of how to gtve every human being a Job who wants It." "My generation has a responsibil ity for today's youth which it can not escape," she said, addressing 3,000 persons In Bailey hall where a "standing room only" sign was hung out half an hour before the addreBs was scheduled. "We have undertaken to say that Individuals shall neither starve freeze. But all of us are doing rather poor Job of It. All over the country today, while people are not actually starving, there are people and children growing up Improperly fed, Improperly housed, and Improp erly clothed. Families are moving constantly because there s no sta bility or security In life. Children are struggling through these things and looking for work and there is no work. "Now somewhere there is the ex planatlon and the reason for this, and we have got to find It." HOUSING AC! HEAD DRAWS CRITICISM WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (AP) The National Retail Lumber dealers association criticized Jamea A. Mof fett'a administration of the new housing act today before the house banking committee. I-, P. Level, of Cincinnati, secre tary of the association, told the committee: "The housing act became a law and waa put into operation nearly eight months ago, and I am frank to say that we have not yet got the re sults thit we anticipated. "Mr. Moffett is laboring under dif ficulties, but I don't think Mr. Mof fett has gotten up to this time the best results he could under this act. "I don't think he has had the nec essary experience he Is primarily an oil man and he doesn't have around htm the men who have got the ex perience. We have tried to give htm some advice, but we have not had much success." 4 Salvation Army Head To Travel LONDON, Feb. 15. (AP) Oeneral Evangeline Booth, 08-year-old com- mander of the Salvation Army, em-! barked today on an executive tour ' that will take her around the world.' Accompanied by four army offtci- i ais. the auburn haired leader left by j train for Marseille, where tomorrow ! she will board the 8- S. Mooltan for India and Australia. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS Herman Signs. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15. (AP) The signed contract of Floyd (Babe) Her man, outfielder acquired from the Chicago Cubs, was received by the ' Pittsburg Pirates today. Herman's ! contract Is for one year. The terms , were not disclosed. THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A TEAR r rr .1 liVfiC. UllLLIftrtS vou discover trikt the &lue suit, in the pocket of Which yoo were hoarding a chocolate CARAMEL j HPft &EEW SENT 1b THE CLEANERS (Copyright, 1936, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Estrada queitloni the fickle Rot' Its, Monday. IYT0 EUROPEAN AIR TOEA1Y BERLIN. Feb. 15. (AP) Germany todny agreed to discus the Franca Brltlsh proposal of a western Euro pean air pact in a note given Jointly to the ambassadors of a rent Britain and France. Although the text of the note waa not immediately made public, a for eign olflce spokesman said the Anglo-French stiggeatlon for a pact of non-interference In Austria and for an eastern European securities treaty was dismissed with a few lines. 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