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RAPID-FIRE
FYS0PS18 : General Sttradn It
forurtn0 afflteo fii&rla Im an eforl
lo extract I'DM him the where
abotita o the Montana Rid. Mon
tana and liubrie etole from the
peneral the emerald crown o Our
Jjady, which the general had etolen
in hie turn from the church. Mon
tana eecapcd with hie half of the
eroicn; Matro vrae captured. Sow
JtubrtM eeeme to be dyOlfl undtr
the torture and he hae said noth
ing at alL
Chapter !
MONTANA AGAIN
ONE mora dose of water to flow
Into the distorted body and
there would be an end, but the gen
eral did not wish It to be so. He bad
staked bis cards on bis Immense
surety, and bis threats and bis tor
tures bad drawn only one speech
from the outlaw. He had called Es
trada a dog and a eon of a dog.
And now be was to die, triumphant.
It was against this triumph In
death that the soul of the general
revolted.
And then he told himself, In an
interval of Impassioned cursing,
that he bad been a tool to think that
he could wear down such a spirit as
that of Rubrii In a single session.
No, little by little the steel of tbls
spirit must be ground away until It
was thin and brittle enough to snap
under a Anger's weight. And when
the general considered how tbe
grinding should be performed, he
could think of only one safe and per
fect place, because there was only
one ultimate, man-made hell
earth.
That was the Valley of the Dead,
from which fuola whispered that
Miguol Santos had escaped.
They were fools because no man
ever escaped from the Valley. And
that was tbe perfection of Its bell
Its hopelessness. Out of Us bounds
no one was ever pardoned, because
the tales which could have been told
by the saved would bave blackened
tbe face of tbe entire world.
And when the general arrived at
this conclusion, be looked suddenly
up with an exaltation of bis spirit.
There la no absolute bate without
fear Intermingled, and during the
long process of the torture, he bad
begun to hate his victim because be
could not help being struck through
with a cold apprehension now and
again: suppose tbat tbe man ahould
live should contrive an escape
from the fort should be able at
aome time to come Inside Its boun
daries once more
Well, tbe Valley of the Dead could
receive him and bold blm forever.
Should not such be the fate of
those weaker creatures who ven
ture to oppose men of destiny, like
Ignaclo Estrada?
FOR one whole day, Montana fled
Into the mountnlns away from
Duraya. Then, tor two days, he lived
a quiet. Idyllic life In the wilder
ness. He bad found a bit of a valley,
above timber line, where the forage
was good for Bally and where he
himself could catch tat fish out of a
foolishly small creek.
He would He prone tor hours un
der the shade of a rock during the
day. He had that rare faculty of
stopping all thought, almost all sen
satlon, and permitting the river of
time to pick up the soul and carry
It slow or fast through strange
countries.
At night he built two small fires
of brush and lay between them,
warm, comfortable on a bed of
leaves and wiry little bushes. And
since ho did most of bis sleeping
during the day, lie spent the night
REFUSES TO FIGHT
PARIS, Fb. 33 (UP) Welt, folk,
the duel cf century Is off. M
Jul. en Duvivlrr, the movte, director,
refutes to fight.
He ent word by hl cond to
young JVrtmnd rte Jouvenel, blue
blood movie critic that h thought
dueling n out mod M way of sett linn
d input declaration which
aeemed to de Jouvenel to fall short
of the dramatic lmptilars believed to
motivate men of the screen.
"I am tecply allocked." said the
critic, whone criticism of a Duvlver
film, particularly the character of
Judas, started the trouble. "I never
expected such cowardly refusal to
meet me on the field of honor, with
swerds and bare torsos.
"Apparently M. Duvtver has not
ufllclent background to ret.Hr what
poor etiquette he has shown.
"The next time I see htm. Ill
lap his face but I wont punch
him. lies not gentleman enougn to
Im punched."
He would go with Sally for a care- iSL
less cruise. Hffl NTT ftKlh rt
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ROMANCE BY EVAN EVANS .
gaz:ng at tbe stars ana letting WDav
ever thoughts might come roll paliv
lessly Into bis mind and out again.
Or else be would go with Sally
for a careless cruise through the
plateaus of that high country where
the keen sweetness of the air gave
to the body a senso of spiritual
purity. The rider was always at
ease, on those journeys because the
wild mare was capable of being the
guide and tho scout.
But at the end of the third day
since the flight from Duraya, Mon
tana turned back again towards tbe
town.
A steady preoccupation made a
dark undercurrent continually In
his mind.
Where was rtuhrlz? What had
happened to him?
The question would lift him from
sleep to wakefulness In tbe middle
of the night, and it rode behind him
all day long.
THAT sense of duty unperformed
was not a familiar thing to Mon
tana. He had lived as tree as tbe
wind; but savage Mateo Rubrlz bod
laid a grip on bis mind and his heart.
He had to return the treasure that
was in his possession; but above all,
he had to And out what bad become
of his companion In tho robbery. '
He took two days, coming down
from his high place. And once a day,
at high noon, he took the golden
ornament with tho emeralds In the
palm of his hand. He turned It so
tbat tho Jewels Dickered and glared
at him like a flvo-uyed cat, and then
he put the thing awny again In Its
chamois wrapping. ,
He wondered how long It would
take for the Jewels to enter bis blood
and become a necessity to him? As
to his strength to resist, he knew
that there was a border and a boun
dary beyond which he cr- not
P5S5. That was why he wns glad to
see Durnyn, white as snow, with the
sunset gold of Its river looped
around. ;
He left the mare In a hollow at
the verge of tho town and made her
He down. There she would romaln,
according to his teaching, like a
young faun left by Its mother, until
be came again.
And he went on Into the town In
the early night, forgetting all dan
gers, gladdening himself with the
sounds of human beings again, and
the scent of the pungent Mcxlonn
cookery.
It was a night of festival. The en
tire populntlon had gathered In the
street that ran past the fort, past
the church, past the bishop's palace.
So he mado a half-mask from the
lining of his coat and entered the
strong current of noise which flowed
along the street. At last ho came to
the bishop's palace and from the
doorway looked back on the scene,
tho lanterns, tho laughter, tho faces
whoso Joy could not be masked.
He forgot his dnngor still farther.
It was a cold stream, but It was no
higher than his ankles. He began to
laugh, himself, and he was still
laughing as ho went up the stnlrs.
(Copyright. 103 1, Harder A BrothergJ
Montana aaka a favor of tha
Biahop, tomorrow.
WASHINGTON (VP) Approxi
mately 500000 tu-ie have Iwn addod
to atat para arpaa throughout the
country aa a result of the Civilian
CoiiMMvaMon Corp' park tie vcl.'pmcnt
program. lep-.Hts Inrrctor Hoherl
Ft-chnrr.
FlRUTffl compiled by the National
Heaourrea Boaul aliowM that ,
atatra have atltlert a tovl of 374 ,V0
acroa of recreational Innda to their
paiX rficllltlea during 1D.V.1 and the
Ilrat nine montha of 10:14.
Since thnt aurvey wna complete!,
more than 100.000 additional ai-rea
have lcn added to atate park p:o;er
tlea In varlrua aectlona of the coun
try. At pent. Fechner anld, av;;t 1
70.000 men are er.ael In atate pa k
development and improvement w r';
When it come, to radxja retnemoe.
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ITALY HARD HIT
BY BIG DROP IN
TOM TRADE
Slump in Dollar Value Keep
ing Americans Home
Emigrant Remittances to
Fatherland Also Lower
By Thomas B. Morgan
United Press Staff Correspondent.
ROME. (UP) Italy suffered ft toas
at nearly two billion of lire In tourist
trade between 1929 and 1934.
At the beginning of the world crisis
In 1929. nearly two and ft half billion
lire a year was spent In Italy by tour
ists. In each of the succeeding years
thla sum decreased till at the end of
1933 It was reduced to leas than a
billion lire.
It Is estimated that the flgurea for
1914 hardly will reach six hundred
million lire.
Yearly Drop
In 1020. only 15 per cent of the two
and a half billion lire spent by tour
ists In Italy wa left by Americans.
In 1933 the percentage of the total
amount of American tourists ha :I
dropped to 12. This year not more
than 45.000,000 lire have been spent
by Americana In Italy. Americans
living permanently In the country,
wit h sources of Income from the
United States constituted In 1920 an
S MATTER POP-
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m mSS. Hi y fta. (Copyright, lWS, by The Bell Byndlctta, Inc.)
T A ILS PIN TOMMY Tommy Wr.rrs El Fresic'ente! ' By Ha Kuuest
W SPVS;TSoMAY,A, C' AUREAOV r4ADtOeexPeCrCC-TOMAK JVOU PtEAN-TUlil PT UJOUUON'T BEg1' """"II
W "7 Id J h 33TJ?v?A?c,IS2mc-S 5 ,'ft&IVHen" INTORMALlr" BUT SOMETHING HAS. 7, CALCS HlfA&ELF AT,MB.. $ VS,VOU EeN? .
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foONiZ. ON, BRIARX '''''''iJ:-:' SAMSON WALLOPER BUT BEM WEBSTER HAD A REAL PROBLBAA OH, I WAS LOOKr4G FOB.
"4 WE'VE GOT WOR.K. ) V' ) Y HAD AS AAUCM BRAINS ON HIS HANDS -WOULD HE "SUCCEED IN VOO-l'M MB. LEAN.THe y V, Wg
,V TO PO- y " r' f ' . if AS HE HAS MUSCLE, HE P'-sAINING CONTROL OP THE 8lG CIRCUS FOR THIN MAN ,VOU KNOW
H fCt X-Vl V, -; WOULDN'T BE SPENDING ARCHIE? WANTED TO TEI.L YOU THAT HAV Kdi
' V ;-jV Jh S ALLWS,'N3 ; -'TALL DEPENDS ON ) "iffl
( LUCK ) k- J V, y LiS V , WHETHER OR NOT THE Jr FROM THE CIRCUS ?MER
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895 SUCCESS b MS ME A FlOOi OFOOU6H. VUlTM SOU ? OOM'T M-tS tElSwS eC CK VSMfi
IKI CA.BOM4XTED GRABBED MV5Etf 400 "7 .1 LAM THOSE OWES V Jl 'tO MEAU5 AMD TIPS ,01
we time 'JW P ft7 AM h (- yVsTW i s-Xr 7
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BRIN01NQ UP FATHER D r. avt..aa
i 1 1 i -i i ; i i m 1 1 1 1
. I WANT VCU TO ACT AS .. . WELL., THAT WILL. FAROOM ME, MR I CANT- SOMErnv
O.K., HOUSE DETECTIVE SPEND J1 STOP THOSE GUYS . j:G6S,BUT tTS VBR.Y STOLE TMt CHiiDe.
MR. MOST OF YtT'R TIME IM ! PROM TAKING ! TIRESOME, STANDING
JIGGS THE AMTE ROOM TW THiMGS OUTA HERE - OUT THERE J Jy i
other M per cent of the annual tour
ist Income. In 1934 this figure was
reduced to eight per cent. Another
loss has been in the emigrant remit
tances to the Postal Savings bank.
In 1930 the remittances were nearly
three hundred and twenty million lire
of which over seventy per cent came
from the United States. In 1933 tie
remittance from all countries hatl
dropped to 147,000.000 lire.
Americans Quit Travel
t The decrease in the American tour
ist trade which on- waa over 30 per
cent of the total, (comprising th
permanent residents' expenditures in
the country) has had more effect in
bringing about this unfavorable tour
ist balance than any other nation,
but the restriction of, German money
In 1033 also had enormous conse
quences. In a comparison of costs between
big cities like Rome and New York,
food costs are less In New York.
Rents, however., are higher In Ne-.7
York, except for the lower classes,
than In Rome; this probably Is due
to the forced decrease of rents by the
Italian government tn April, 1933.
On the whole the comparative cost
of living la more expensive In Italy
than In America. It U undoubtedly
on this account, even more than due
to the fall cf the dollar, that Ameri
cans are not traveling to Italy.
DISABLED VETS MEET
EAGLES HALL TUESDAY'
The Disabled American Veteran of
the World War, Jackson County Chap- J
ter No. 8. and auxiliary, will hold .
their regular meeting Tuesday niphi
at 8.00 in the Eagles' hall on West
Main street.
In the past meetings were held at
the armory but starting from this date '
all meetings will be held at the Eagles 1
hall.
Jap Ship Disabled
VICTORIA, Feb. 25. Jj The Pac
ific Salvage company's tug. Salvage
King, today was enroute to the aid
of the Japanese motorship Talhei
Maru, reported disabled by engine
trouble ISO miles from Estevan on
the west coast of Vancouver Is
land. Phone 542 We'll bau) away youi
refuse City Sanitary Service.
QUIE1
WAKES UP Af CRACK OFDAWH. UES CON"fEHffl
Lt BdJKClKS Otf BED, RMTUW6 fn SPRINGS
SAND$ Af fOOf Of BEP AMP PRACTICES TWINS) CUMW OP OK HEAD Of BED AKI) "THROWS
Wtb FOR PIUOW Af OfHER EHP HlMSEtf BACKWARDS OWb WAITRESS
RONS OUT Of IDEAS AND SIMPjV OUMPS UP
AtlD SOWN, BED BE6IMW6 io SfllJMD AS
if if Were 601K6 1b shake apart
(Copyright. 1938, by The BcD SynJieata. he.)
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
PUSHES BLflWE-fS OMO FLOOR 1&6IVE HIM
SEIF MORE ROOM FOR 1ifl?WlKG SOMERSAULT
15 OERV MUCH SURPRISED WHEN PARF-tKS
COME IN, ExaniNfffe HE WAS VJERV CAREfdL NOT
S1K6 OR SHOUf 60 AS NOT TO WAKE friEM
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