MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1035.
PAGE TFtf
BYKOPS18: Montana and Rub'
ri have entered the fort of Duraya
and regained lor the church the
emerald crown ol Our Lady, etolen
in the flrat place by the governor.
Montana found the way with the
help of Roeita; note Rosita hae be
trayed him to the governor. He
and Rubria are trying to recipe
from the aroueed fort and the
chancre are very film.
Chapter 84
AT THE POSTERN
MONTANA reached the atalrs that
slanted gteeply down through
the wall. Someone came running up
toward htm, almost crashed Into
him. The soldier Jumped back
against the wall. "Pardon, senor!
lie gasped.
Montana went silently past. He
was down the second flight of
stairs. He was at the entrance to
the guardroom. There had heen
three men In the place when be and
Rubrlz made their entrance, terrible
hours before. There were almost a
dozen present now, and there was a
captain among them!
From the deeps of his throat the
Kid summoned a guttural roar: "At
tention!" and strode In on the wings
tt that ord.
They (fame to rigid attention, all
s( them, their eyes foolishly staring.
their arms foolishly stiff at their
Ides. So the Kid crossed to the
door.
"Open!" he thundered.
"But, Excellency" said the cap
tain.
There was a corporal who heard
the word "excellency" and sprang
like a frightened rabbit to do the
first bidding. He worked feverlsbly,
wrenching back the three bolts. He
thrust them so fast and bard that
they clanged loudly. The heavy
door yawned a little.
"Excellency" said the captain.
"Silence!" roared El Keed.
"Silence be damned!" exclaimed
the captain. "What are you and who
are you?"
Ha came striding, with a Jingle
of spurs, and the Kid leaped through
the widening Hp of the door.
The night struck at him like a
wet black hand. He beard, from be
hind blm, a scream of rage and as
tonlsbment like the shriek of a
woman.
Hard to the left he turned, shed
ding tbe encumbering cloak as he
Tan. Behind blm, the arm of light
was widening, reaching Into the rain
of the night And the guard was
.pouring out, each man shooting at
the brilliant phantom nothingness
of the light and the rain.
Then they had sight of Montana
to their left, already dim with night
and distance, and running straight
down the slope towards those wil
lows which stood by the bank of
the river. They paused even now to
fire a few Bhots, In hope of good
fortune and also to catch the ear
of tho rest of the fort. Then they
burst Into pursuit of a fugitive who
was already Invisible.
One cry came out of the throat of
the Kid as ha neared the willows.
-And-when he came through them he
found the gigantic form of the friar.
The Kid leaped on the red mare.
"Take the black and the mule,"
lie commanded. "I have halt of the
crown. The soldiers are after me. We
must ford the river, Rubrlt will
never come this way tonight!"
They pushed straight out from the
trees into the water, .'he rain, sent
out of a kind heaven, the same wind
and rain that had tortured Montana
on the ledge beneath the window,
now stormed down in an Impene
trable veil. He could hear gunshots
from behind, but he could see noth
ing. The water rose to his knees.
It shoaled. He came out on tbe far
ther shore, with Brother Pascual
beside him.
AS Montana had guessed, It was
not on the strength of his hands
that Rubrlz was depending when he
determined to leave the governor's
room by the open way.
When he came to the fallen door,
he picked it up and placed the bur
den of It over his shoulder and the
back of his neck. He had barely put
the thing In position when many
men stormed In from the hall with
panting General Ignaclo Estrada at
their head.
He caught Rubrlt by the shoulder.
His srlp slipped on the great rub
bery muscles that shod the bones of
Rubrlz.
"What's this? What's happening
here?" cried Estrada.
"I carry away the door to be re
paired," said Rubrlz. "I know noth
ing but orders. I am a poor servant,
senor."
"All balf-wlts All fools. Nothing
but blind men around me tonight."
shouted Estrada.
He strode on Into his room. The
others foliuwed, and with the bugles
SCHEDULED FEB. 25
Argument on a demurrer, filed in
damage suit Instituted by Mrs
Henrietta B. Martin, former presi
dent of Die self-styled "Clool Gov
rinment eongrr&s." agatnut Mrs
Blanche Virgin, operator of station
KM ED. for las .000 aliened damages,
and M500 attorney fees, wU be
heard February 2 A, In federal court
at Portland.
iv.e rompUInt allege that Mrs
Virgin, alter arrangements had been
made lat Decemter for a broadcast
by Mrs. Martin to her followers, can
celled firm, throuch her station
maimer, causing alleged Inconven
ient and humUiition.
rRAPID-TlH ROMANCE BY tVAN EVANS TJ
blowing the call to arms, Rubrlt
went on down the stairs.
The governor, entering his bed
room, looked wildly around blm.
But nothing was wrong. The door of
the closet that contained the pre
cious safe was closed. All was ap
parently well.
"Your eyes! Your eyes!" he
shouted to the men around blm. "It
you have eyes, tell me what they
see!"
"There Is rather an odd odor In
the air," said one of the officers.
"The damned moldy smell alwaya
blows up with a storm out of this old
rat-trap!" declared the general.
"There Is this black burn on the
carpet," said another officer.
"Burn on the carpet? What burn,
you fool?" bellowed the general.
Then he saw It, and followed the
Irregular course of the little black
spots to the point where they dis
appeared under the , door of the
closet. At that, a suspicion too ter
rible to pass up Into words over
whelmed blm. He passed a hand
across bis sbaggy balr.
It seemed to blm that a ghost, not
Ignaclo Estrada, had been rejoicing
himself not long before with the
pretty face of a girl. Compared wltb
such a loss as might befall him, what
were all the women of the world?
He tore open the cloBet door. In
side, the thick, strange smell which
had been noticeable In the bedroom
was much more pronounced. And
the door of the safe hung open on
one hinge the drawers had been
Jerked out, half the contents scat
tered, half taken!
He had a good hold on the edge
of the door or he would have stag
gered. He might even have fallen
to bis knees under the weight of
this calamity. Instead, he merely
rolled back his bead and started
upwards.
"Father In heaven, what have I
done to you?" muttered Estrada.
HE turned slowly on the others.
"Get out Into every corner of
the building!" he exclaimed. "Bur
row Into the cracks of the stones.
Because El Keed Is here among us.
My God! how can a man walk In
visible? I am robbed. Do you hear?
And El Keed -"
A loud and sustained rattling of
guns began at this moment The
general ran to the open window and
leaned out.
It's from the postern! If the
thief has escaped by the way he '
came, I'll akin the guards and eat
them with my own teeth!"
'No, Excellency. He could not
have gone that way. 1 myself posted
ten men and Captain "
"Damn the men damn the cap
tains! Names are no good. Numbers
are nothing. Brains are what rule
the world. Scatter! Use your feet If
you can't use your wits!"
The door was heavy, but Rubrlz
could have carried It like a feather
If he had not known that It was bet
ter to assume the swinging, slow
pace of tbe true laborer. So be went
patiently down tho stnirs. and
through the lower gallery, and
finally into the great open courtyard,
where he was shocked by a noise of
firing Just outside the fort and a
clamoring of voices made high and
thin by excitement
He dropped the door to the ground,
but noticing that some soldiers
were watching him, he hastily put
It on his back once more and went
on.
Had they captured Montana?
Well, nt least the curse of the
alarm bell was still In his ear, beat
ing on his brain wltb the Impulse to
flee as fast as he could. He kept to
his steady gait right across the In
side parade-ground. He was right
at the gate before he was halted.
"Who goes there?"
"Luis Lapaz."
"What's that?"
"The door of the room of General
Estrada."
"What are you doing with the
door of the commander?" asked the .
lieutenant. He began to laugh as
he asked the question.
'I am carrying It," said Rubrlz,
simply.
"I can see you are, donkey. But
why are you carrying It?"
"I am taking It away," said Rubrlz.
"Be patient," said another young
officer. "You can see that the man Is
not right, up here."
"Well, these fools! Luis Lapaz?"
"Yes, seftor."
"Where Is your pass?"
"I lost It, my seftor."
"Come, come! Simpleton or no
simpleton, "that won't do here!
Where did you lose It?"
(Copyright, I J J . Harper A Brothers
Tomorrow, recoonltlon brings
sdded danger to Rubrii.
The demurrer Is bawd upon two
grounds, to wit: "No grounds for
caiise for action." and lack of Juris
diction by the court. The demurrer
further sets forth that the federal
law. under which the suit was
brought, excepts radio stations not
engird in lrUrrptale or foreign
transmissions, a classification to
which station KM FID Is asMgned, ac
cording to defense attorneys.
Mrs. Vlrcln Is represented by At
torneys A. F Mrames and Herbert K
Manna of this city. Mrs. Martin Is
represented by Mrs. V A. C. Von
Ahlf. an attorney of Grants Pass.
MONKEY LAW TO STAY
ON TENNESSEE BOOKS
NASHVILLE. Trim . Teb. 30
(AP, Py a vote of 7 to JO the state
house of representatives tiKly killci
a bill to repeal Tennessee's "inonke
law." which prohibit, the tt-n-.Tili:
In schools of any theory Hint m;m i
descended from a lower order ol aai-Bjali.
FINAL DEBATE AT
TALENT THURSDAY
The two teams or the Talent de
bating squad will give their final de
bate February 21, at 7:30 p. m. tn the
Talent htph school auditorium. The
question being debated 1b: Resolved
that the Federal Government should
Adopt the Policy of equalizing Edu
rational Opportunities Throughout
the Nation by Means of Annual
Grants to the Several States for Pub
lic Elementary and Secondary Edu
cation. The affirmative will be upheld by
Alvin Smith. Clarence Mathes, and
Irene Alcock. The negative, by Ken
neth Haw. Dorothy Mathes, and
Dorothy Wells.
The squad has had several prac
tice debates with Medford and Ash
land high schools In which they dis
played a knowledge of the question
and an ability In debating that would
have furnished a fair threat In the
debate tournament.
ASHLAND. Feb. 20. fSpl.) Paul
R. Finnell, of Pendleton, assumed the
management of tho local J. C. Pen
ney store Saturday. H. G. Dlngeas,
who came the first of last week from
Chlco to manage the store resigned
the latter part of the week to return
to California, according to the an
nouncement from the store.
Mr. Finnell has been with the J.
vf..."AiSf'',-.
FINNELL NEW PENNEY HWi'JHMlA'Jil.Hir v n '
MANAGER IN ASHLAND hEH- ::1L .1 '
S 'MATTER POP Bv C M Payne
TAILSPIN TOMMY Just in Time! ' By Hal Forrest
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER A Large Order . Bv EDWIN Al.r' R
(''OF GOURSfc.BEN. t'UL BeY AND THEVREVI W BUT THAT ISNT THE pSlllll? THEY ALL WANT TO 6ET AWAVX- 1 KNOW I KNOwY" VOL) "
GLAD TO 9EE THE FOLKA j GOING TO B V 3 POINT-WHEN THEY COME llljE. FROM CHEETS -THEY HATE HIM- BUT WHAT , 1 LEAVE
WHO USED TO WORK. FOR GLAD TO SEE f y OVER HERE TODAY 1 WANT pllrEr AND THli liOUR BIG CHANCE, ARCHIE- ) -I ARE WE GOING 1 THAT TO I
ME AT THE OLD CIRCUS, YOU TOO. 11 i YOU TO OFFER THEM JOBS- Zr-3- CHEETS WONT HAVE A CIRCUS WHEN TO USE FOR ME J
f OH.OH.' WOWOMDERHE AWlMHilFT 1 see OKJ "rME PaGE OP SOVlOUJ '"TV " wes, AioO 1 SUPPOSE VOU'RE
WO THE PAPER. MIS ST'CCfi ) 'M I 1 1 jjl I m A.10D GeiEF THAT VOO TOOK A v ( HAPPS AMD I'LL TELL YOU
' .A t OFF TLOO POiWTS Ijj M MOSE. DIVE POR 400 IT ' I SOMETHIMS THAT 1 KkJOLU IS
TO DAY J .V j ,;M j LOOS LltiE: VOO'fSe OW THE X; ' eOlNJe TO tlAKE NOU MAD
r '' j- 6&
KRINliINO UP FATHER By George MclYlanu
MAYBE I DON'T TREAT IF I I DEAR - I WAS JUST j I f T I GUESS I'M THE I THE WHOLE FAMILY
! ch . JIGCS RIGHT-AFTER. B THlMKISIG HOW HAPPY LUCKIEST WOMANJ fl CAMT BE LUCHTY-
) k , ALL .THERES NO ONE gt WEWERE WHM WE IN THE WORLD -AND ( A
like him 1 j were first married- I you J gf hTTT )
wyi J wt vn l-LJ " L:
C. Penney company organization for
many years at Pendleton and la thor
oughly experienced In the operation
of Penney stores in small cities.
Mrs. Ffonell and son will arrive
In a few days to Join Mr. Finnell.
PHOENIX LADIES PLAN
CHURCH SUPPER FRIDAY
PHOENIX. Feb. 10. (Spl. ) Ladies
of the Presbyterian church of this
community will give their annual
Georgo Washington chicken supper
on Friday night of this week.
All In the community and vicinity
are asked to bear this date In mind
nd attend.
rne supper recently given at the
Grange hall at Phoenix won much
praise by merchants and buslr.es
men of Medford and these individ
uals may be Interested to know this
supper will be equally as good and
prepared and served by many of the
same persons.
Serving will commence at 5:30.
' ' (?I0T Of WftlKG ARMS ASt) i6S '
feiMUMPV j .juiiffffift 2.-2.Q (Copyright, 193S. by Th Bell Syndicate, Inc.) '
ikco od-m&$i 1 if v Weffl 11 1 11m iM Ni-fe
URGED BY TYDINGS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. fAP)
Senator Tydings (D., Md.) today in-1
troduced a bill calling for the pay
ment of the soldiers' bonus in ne
gotiable government bonds at their
present face value.
The bonds, Issued at the present
face value of the certificates, would
bear three per cent Interest and
would mature In 1945.
Tydings explained that "the meas
ure will not cost any additional
money and veterans needing cash can
sell the bonds and those who want
to keep them can get three per cent
Interest."
Phone 542. We'll haul away youi
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
When It comes to radios, remember
'Prultt's can do it." Phone 22.
1 i
GETTING DRY
GEfS ALL BUNDLED UP IN W
IbWEL AflTR HIS BMW
fHErt HIS ARMS.
DOKNf MlMD HWIH6 W5 HftlR
DRIED BECfiCSE fRE ISN'T-
urw much of rr
AWD 6EffiHS HIS BACK PONE
is fun
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
AMD LlktS HAVIH6 FACE WIPED
50 HE CAN CPE EVES UJIfrCUf
fiEf-flNS .SOAP IK YHEK)
ESPECIfltLV WHEN MITHER MS
HIM OOER ANp 6IUES HIM A
REGULAR MAS5A6E