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A RAPID-FIRE
brsopsia: The Jfoiiraits Kid
and Mateo Itubrte hate entered the
'art of Vuraya, and elolen the em
erald crown of Our Lady in order
to restore it to the church from
xehich the governor etole it in the
Artt place. But Itoata. the girl uho
ehoued ilontana how to enter the
tort, hae betrayed them Montana
hoe etcaped Kith half the crown;
Ruhrir, pretending to be a laborer
repairing a door, hae been etnpped
by tuo ofucere uho are amusing
themsch-et with him.
Chapter 25
DISCOVERY!
AND where did you come by
ellk shirt?" asked another.
"I lost my pass and my shirt danc
ing for the offlcera," aald Rubrli.
"Hal! Are you the one?"
They both began laughing. But
the common soldiers, their faces like
wood, showed no wish to smile.
Rubrlz set his teeth over a groan
of rage.
"Well, open the gate for him be
fore the weight of the door breaks
bis back for him."
"The sergeant has the key. Ser
geant, open the gate for Luis
Lapas!"
The sergeant came out ot the lit
tle sentry-box beside the gate. He
was a big, slow moving, rigid man.
He looked like a foreign soldier, not
like one of the bomely Mexican
troops. He set the key into the lock
and then gave his shoulder to the
gate.
It wavered at tbe top before It
began to sag open, slowly. Rubrlz,
turning his head awoy from the ser
geant, holding his breath, thought
that the gate would never open wide
enough for blm to pass through.
Suddenly the sergeant exclaimed:
"Turn your head! Look at me! Vou.
I mean porter, turn your head to
me!"
Well, tbe scar had been covored
with deep stain. It would not show,
and tbe little rubber pads that
welled out the lips mlgbt be altera
tion enough to deceive even a man
like this sergeant
Or would he remember that night
in the mountains when he had been
Impressed to act aa guldo throuRh
the middle of a atorm, when the men
of Rubrlz were fleeing from Rurales?
So, slowly, Rubrlz turned his bead,
keeping It bowed down low under
the door that weighted his shoul
ders. The sergeant jumped straight up
Into tbe air. With one hand he caught
at hla stomach. With the other he
snatched out the revolver which
was bolstered well down on his
thigh.
"p UBRIZ!" he shouted. "Rubrlz!
Rubrlz!"
Rubrlz flung the i' the ser
geant and toppled h" . and one
ot the officers. Tin .0 leaped
through the wldenl:ik mp of tbe
gate and straight Into column of
three squads who were oomlng up
to the entrance of the fort!
He plunged through them like a
bull through rushes. Certainly be
would have broken away even then,
except that the very smallest man
of lhal Utile column, as he fell,
grappled blindly and caught with
both arms one of Rubrlz' legs.
The bandit went down.
When be rose again, twenty men
were apllllni over him. Once and
again I scattered them as a swim
mer tount scatter water, but ihe
little bnlldog who lay on the ground
Regular weekly luncheon of the
Llona club aa held it the HMrl
Medford at noon Wednesday. Tele
gram were read acknowledging re
ceipt of wires relative to aupport ot
school for the blind, and purchase
of home product made by Oregon'
blind In the schools.
Mr. and Mr. Ted 8hrder. aftlsted
by Miss Oenevleve Brown at the
p!an entertained the fluh and
guests with several tap dance num
bers, and a musical comedy number.
The entertainment was greatly en
Joyed by those present.
Mr. Jeffries of Portland spoke to
the club relative to the Tiwnsend
old siie pension plan Mr. Hnrdlna
01 fort Worth, nephew ot B. a.
HOT
ROMANCE BY EVAN EVANS
anchored that one let which b
could grab.
Then the arms of Rubrls were
mastered. That was bow the miracle
happened beyond the belief of any
man that Mateo Rubrlz was taken
prisoner standing without a wound
on bis body, without dealing the
slightest damage to any man except
for a few bruises.
They tied bis bands behind his
back. They tied each arm to a guard.
They hobbled his feet In this fash
ion they led him back through the
gate.
Tbs news had gone down tbe brief
slope to the town. The noise of It
could be beard passing like a wave
all through Duraya.
Mateo Rubric was captured!
This day which bad dawned so
brlgbt and which had closed In the
double darkness of night and rain,
this was the famous day, after all,
of the capture of Mateo Rubrlz at
last. It bad seemed that bis story
would run on forever, but this was
the ending of It
In the meantime, officers were
running. Squads of soldiers were
coming up. There in the rain on the
parade-ground they searched blm
and found the little sack of gold,
ten pounds of It Also, they found a
small arc of goldwork set with five
big emeralds, like the eyes of a cat!
TpHAT same Major Luis Alvarez
- who bad flogged Rubrlz and
made him dance was the highest
ranking officer among those who
conducted the search of Mateo Rub-
tiiniiiiK
Rubrlz flung the door at the sergeant
rlz In the rain. And tbe clever brain
which was hidden In his narrow fore
hoad above his narrow face waa
struck through with an Inspiration
the Instant that he saw the five big
emeralds and the arc of heavy gold.
The obvious thing wus to carry
the treasure at once back to the
good Bishop Emlllano. The less ob
vious thing was to report the finding
and deliver the Jewels to General
Ignarclo Estrada. People had been
whispering some odd things about
him and the famous robbery of the
Church of Our Lady.
And no sooner bad Major Alvarez
seen the treasure than be straight
way pocketed It and exclaimed,
loudly: "This Is stuff worthy of go
ing before the gonernl. Hnve we
found Ihe church-robber, at Inst?
Forward march!"
That was how be marched Rubrlz
away In search of the genoraL
The general himself was not In
the fort, for the moment He was out
on one of his big chargers, leading
a search In person through the wet
willows beside the river, though
every Inch of the ground bad al
ready been trampled over long he.
fore this by the eager soldiers.
The fury of the general was so
great that It left htm calm. He
wanted to order the Instant execu
tion of all the officers In Ihe gunrd
room by the postern gate. And then
he would order that the postern It
self should be walled up solidly.
His fury was strangely quallfled,
none the less. For he could not help
remembering that It was through
this same postern that he had led
ten masked men, on a certnln night.
Into the town and towards the
Church of Our Lady of Guadaloupe.
When Major Alvarez met him and
saluted, with Information, the gen
eral merely snarled: "El Keed
tell me that you have him In chains
or tell me nothing!"
"No," said the major with the
calm of one who cannot lose as the
game Is being played. "I can only
report that I have Mateo Rubrlz!"
(Copyright. Harper i Brothers)
Alvarei and the General mikt a
deal, tomorrow.
Harding of Medford. wsa alo guest
of the club.
A.W Aide quit
WASHINOTON. Feb. 31. (API
Victor A. ChrlstRau today resigned as
assistant administrator of th AAA.
Chester C. Davis, administrator, said
he had not accepted the resignation
nd had no comment to make.
ChrlsU'au Is a former representa
tive from Minnesota.
BOSTON it'Pi Harry Edwards,
veteran barber at a Boston hotel, has
cut the hair of scores of celehrltles.
Including the late President Charles
V. Eliot and Presldent-Einertttis A
Lawrence Lowell of Harvard I'nlver
atty. and several members of the
Roosevelt fsmlly.
Mink luiihr t rlcnd Print
CINCINNATI (CP) The Rev
Philippe B:!ol. Prebvterlsn mtnlster
and teacher, friend of Msrk Twain,
is desd here He becsne acquainted
li'llh ).. fa... II. .liHi.1 u tilt.i i , . idl
ing ID Mpenrer, Mu. Ha lu 61.
JfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 21. 1935.
GLEE CLUBS OF
JACKSONVILLE TO
STAGE OPERETTA
Tht Jack son villa High school glw
clubi. have their comedy operetta,
the "Toreadors" near completion, for
presentation Friday night, at the
1 Jacksonville gymnasium.
The "Toreadors." as the name aiR
niriea, is fip&nlah in character and
contains much Spanish music and
dancing. It Is set in a Spanish patio,
constructed for the operetta by mem
bers of the student body.
Senor Dlctorio, the very stern
father of twin daughters, wishes
them to marry two toreadors whom
he haa never seen. The real lovers of
.the twins are very much distressed
at the thought, and plan to deceive
Dlctorto aa to the worth of toreadors.
To do this, they dress two ragged
beggars as toreadors representing
Senor 8wateo and Senor Whakeo who
really are the greatest Dull fighters
in Spain. Beneta and Juanlta, the
twins are disgusted with their father
but they feel they must obey him.
The situation becomes very hu
morous when Senor Dlctorio arrang
es a bull fight for the fiesta. Since
they know nothing of bull fighting,
Senors Swateo and Whakeo try to
escape from the grounds. However,
they are caught trying to do this,
so tbe bull fight must be staged.
The true Identity of Senor Swateo
and Senor Whakeo Is finally revealed
and Dlctorio reels he haa overesti
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BR1N0INU UP FAl'Hc'R By George McManuj
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mated toreadors and underestimated
Juan and Pablo.
The operetta finishes with the lov
ers claiming the hands of Beneta and
Juanlta without becoming toreadors
and the happy fiesta continues.
The east includes:
Paul Heas aa the stern father.
Wayne Martin, Juan, Frank Mee,
Pablo, sons of neighboring farmers.
Shirley Cantrall, Madeline Metzger,
twin sisters.
Alice Walton. June Wilkinson,
friends of Beneta and Juanlta.
Bud Mitchell, Senor Swateo. Henry
Head, Senor Whakeo, beggars.
A chorus of 30 voices and 3 Span
ish dancers are included.
The operetta Is being directed by
Florence Hunsaker with Maxlne HH1
as accompanist, Morris Byrne, stage
manager, and Russell Ayers, business
manager.
The glee club members are very en
thusiastic over their performance and
feel It Is one of the best productions
ever given by the Jacksonville school.
Central Pt. Grange
Winding Up Plans
For Dinner Dance
The committee In charge of music
for the Central Point Orange din
ner dance, Friday announced to
day they have secured the Botts
crchestra of Medford. They feel con
fident that this will assure very
good music as this la the same
orchestra that played for the Armis
tice dinner dance. All other com
mittees report that plans are quickly
formulating for the entire evening's
profrram.
The affslr Is planned to yelebrate
Washington's birthday. Dinner will
be served from 6:00 to 8:00 and
dancing will follow.
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Dee Mall Tribune want ada.
LLON'S INCOME
REPORT INVALID
PROBE REVEALS
PITSfiBURCH, Feb. 21, (API
Through Andrew w. Meltna con!l- '
dentlal secretary, the government to-
day brought out before the board ol :
tax appeals that the former secretary j
of the treasury filed what it charges
was an invalid Income tax return In 1
1931.
Howard M. Johnaon, the secretary. I
appearing aa a witness at the $3,000,. '
000 Mellon tax Inquiry, testified Mel- j
Ion signed the Income tax report he
had prepared without examining It
an without dbelng aworn.
Robert H. Jackson, attorney for
the Internal revenue bureau, asked
the witness:
"You fixed this (the return) up to
look like a sworn statement with the
thought that It would be accepted by
the bureau aa Mr. Mellon' aworn
statement?"
The witness replied thst upon not
ing the "oversight," he had a notary
In Mel Ion 'a office, who had affixed
her seal to many Mellon document,
put her seal on this one.
"Since you have learned of this
failure have you made any step to
file a valid return?" asked Jackson
"In my opinion, thla return la val
id," said Johnson.
The government charges Mellon
with evasion of $2,000, 000 in taxes
and has aMessed a 60 per cent pen
alty. The banker claims a refund of
$139,000 actually is due him.
'DON'T SHOUT"
Tl lives
lUjLUAfrS
MOfrifR LOOKS W TROM
KlfCHEW AND 5AYS TO
ELL DADDV UPSfAlRS
Tutrf SUPPER'S READS'
MOTHER SHOlJfS LOUDER,
BROTHER AKD SISTFR
CHIMIM6 IN, RENJERIH6
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SHOlKWG AfHIM SO
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MOTHER'6 SAYW&
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snvs sheS Told him
AfeAlM AND fc6A)N N1
to SHOUT UPSTAIRS, NOW
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