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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE. MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. MARCH 3. 1935. A RAPID-FIRE KVSOPMS: The Montana KM and Brother Paecual meet Rustic on the etltje of the Valley of th bead. Then are there to try to eavt Mateo Itubrle. tcho irae capture by the unecrupuloue governor o' Vvratja while he and Montana tceri attempting to do the Church a terv ice. So man leavee the Valley c the Dead alive, yet Montana on. Paerual erpeet to enter it. leavini. Pnaita tn icatch their horeee for thrm. Thru await the caravan bringing Mateo. Chapter 83 REPENTANCE " "HPHATS the meaning. U It?" Montana asked Rosita. "All the way across tht desert j-ou were not afraid?" "I marked all your camping-spota. Where you had dug the trench I could find the water. I had an easy way." "I wonder over you, child," said the friar. "Why do you wonder?" asked the girl. "Has he told you that I sold him to General Estrada? Has be I told you that?" I If there were Indian In the girl, there was Indian In the friar, also. He showed It now because be opened his mouth In astonishment and put his hand over the gap like any red man. "Ten thousand pesos dead or alive El Keed dead or alive a tall man who smiles A great deal with blue eyes and black hair. His ways are graceful and he smiles a great deal! 1 sold him, Brother Pas- cual. I sold him to a dog I sold him to Estrada!" The Kid stood up. "Don't come near me don't for give me!" nhe gasped. And she went on In a sort of soft chant: "I was going to be a great lady with a carriage and ten ser vants. I'd have rings and bracelets and necklaces. And I sold El Keed to get them. What Is the hell for traitors. Brother Pascual?" The tears began to roll down her (ace. The Kid sat down beside her and dried the tears with a bandana. "Look," said the friar. VH for gives you." "All men are fools," answered the girl. She put her head back on the boulder of the Kid and looked up at him from under wet lashes. "Dy ing would do no good," she said to him. "What's the death of a crea ture like me? How would It help El Keed ?" "There Is no mountain," exclaim ed the friar, lifting his hands, "that repentance will not move." "Ay," said the girl. "Go away from me, and take El Keed away, so that I can repent. I'm not repent ing now." "Ah, child," said the simple Pas cual, "you must repent!" "Ilnve 1 two hearts?" she an swered. "At one moment can I re pent and love him, too?" "Shall I go away?" asked the friar. "Why should you?" she asked. "Do you think that I'm ashamed of this? I was never so much In church!" This Idea of hers made her begin to laugh. She sat up away from Montana and began to shake her head. "You two have done your poor cooking. But I have Jerked venison, and two canteens of fresh water. Cool water, because I kept the sack ing wet around them. Now I shall cook for you, and you shall see the difference. Also I have one little flask of good brandy. You have to eat and to drink, because tomor row " TN' THE dawn of the next morning they saw the dust cloud coming up the road, and before morning was tar advanced they had sight of the caravan of the damned who were marching towards the Valley of tht Dead. There must have been forty men, and perhaps ten or a dozen women, with a long cattle chain running from one to one, looped around the necks. The drivers went up and down the Una. Three of them, with whips and guns, guarded the con demned, and In addition there was a rear guard of half a doien Rurales. At the same time, there came out of the lower mouth of the Valley of the Dead a pair of men naked to the waist. In short, wide flaring trous ers, with red sashes about their hips. They had on their heads straw sombreros with great brims broader than their shoulders. But, even so. those shoulders were sun-blackened. Their legs were bare from the knee to the sandals they wore. They were not Indians. They must, therefore, be a pair of the precious devils Incarnate who super Intended, for Juan Sllva, the Imme diate affairs of his hell. L BILL DEFEATED BALEM. Ore. Muvb 3 (AP The annate of the Oregon legislature to day revt?rM its drclnlon on the Gruugft roumy achool district equi li ra t Ion bill and by diatlnn It re mained constat ent In It opposition to any fnrm of county unit aytem of education. Upon motion of pen tor W. F Burke that the bill, which had paw ed t he pna 1 1 . be reconsidered t he bill waa ki;ied by a 17 to IS rote, thus ending the battlra for aome form ol county unit system for public schools In the state. The Orane hill was similar to the county unit plan advanced by the sdmliilstrntlon. which hart passed the houe and then met feat In the ROMANCE BY EVAN EVANS . They sat oels and jmoked, not i' 'at cigars aa they watch'. a van ap proach. And as the poor wrct.hes saw the t-ntrance to their hell on earth and the two attendant .demons who squatted beside It, such a voice came up out of them as made the air shudder. One of the women fell. Her fall drew the loop of the chain strangu lation tight about her throat and al so nearly choked the men who had been marching before her and be hind. Two of the whlp-wielders were In stantly on the spot. They did not waste their time and their strength lifting her to her feet. Instead, they stood back, wielded their long lashes. The blood came out of her body. Montana could see It. He buckled his chin down against bis breast and squinted bis eyes shut. The poor friar, at the same spec tacle, covered his face with his hands and fell on his knees. Only the girl, with her face un moved as stone, remained standing behind the fringe of great boulders that shielded them from view and yet gave them loopholes through which to view the procession snd the entrance to the valley. Oncn Rosita turned her head -and looked cirYJously at Montana, a long, long glance. Whatever emotion sin may have felt, that long side glance was the only evidence she gave of trouble In her mind or her nerves. The woman who had fallen got up from the beating and began to. scream with her head fallen back on her shoulders; and that was the way she walked on, screeching at the sky, her head bobbing up and down with every atop. THE friar was praying. Montana beat the knuckles of bis list hard and fast against his forehead. Only the girl looked on with calm, wide eyes. The Kid saw her, at last. And a sort of horror superior to that whjch had overcome him now straightened blm up. He went to the girl and said. "Rosita, Is there anything un der the sky that you really give a damn about?" She drifted her eyes over his face. She took out a good, clean white handkerchief and wiped away the sweat that was coursing over his skin. "About you," she said, "I used to care about being a gront, rich lady one day. Now I only care about you. All of you. Are yon loathing me, Montana?" "We won't talk," said the Kid. "You want me to do more than you and Pascual when I see a wo man bentcn," said the girl. "You want me to shudder and fall In a faint. But look!" She tapped her Angers against the rock before them, a huge, sun cracked boulder. - "I am harder than that," said Ro slta, and smiled at him. For the first time she had spoken words that he could believe utterly. And yet, Instead of wishing her away, be felt only a guilty sense of Joy. Hard stone and bard steel great things can be built with them. When the caravan of the con demned had reached the mouth ol the valley, the mounted guard from the rear came forward and an officer of the Rurales delivered to one of the two men from the valley a long paper, which the other then read over, checking off a list of names, apparently. After that he walked around the line. A fat man he prodded In the ribs, and laughed. When he came to the woman who had fallen, he shrugged his shoulders snd made a gesture of tossing something over bis shoulder. Having completed his Inspection. he took from his belt a wallet out of which he slowly counted shining pieces of money. When he had fin ished, the Rural recounted the cash and burst out In protest. The man of the valley argued with fewer words but heavier ones, It seemed. And presently the debate ended. The Rurales and the three whip-guards turned their horses and went down the road at a trot, soon lost behind the dust of their own raising. The two men of the valley ex amined the string of prisoners again. And when one of them came to the same unlucky woman who had fallen In the grip of the chain, he struck her suddenly behind the knees and sent her down with a short, strangled screech. The Kid drew a gun. but the girl beside him caught his hsnd. (Copyright. t9Si, Harper 6 Brathete) Tomorrow, bloody fight. Montana tigi concerned only districts outside the first class, and that It would not have forced counties to vote upon the plan but would have made it op tlonai. STURGEON START PORTLAND. Ore. March 3 (API An unusually heavy run of stur geon. huK honv-plated sa fish. Is on In the Columbia river and its trib utaries. Already thev hae gathered in RTeat : numbers in the Willamette rier as i far upstream as Or.-pon City, and In the Columbia Rantiln up to 700 snd POO pounds ; In eight, the sturgeon follow tlie melt runs, gobbling as thev swim to MEDFORD HOTEL HEAD IK OUT 2 !ff SUCCESSFUL WORK: Today mask the completion of the wend year of P. O Drnson'a active management of the Hotel Med fori, and. In celebration of this occasion. February nan been the most success ful business month for the hotel for several years.. In commenting upon his two years In charge of the Mod ford Hotel, Mr. Demon voiced hi ap preciation for the splendid, coopera tion and patronage accorded by the people of Medford and southern Ore gon. Many Important Improvements have been made in the Hotel Medford since Dr. Denson assumed the helm of that hostelry. Extensive remodel ing and redecorating has been execut ed, and, at the present time, contrac tor are at work In the Installation of sixteen new showers In Hotel Medford rooms. The present remodeling pro gram, tylng-ln with the national modernization activities, call for 20 new showers to be completed within the next three weeks. Other exten sive Improvement will be made, bringing the Hotel Medford up to a strictly modern basis. The Hotel Medford remodeling program has in cluded the establishment of attrac tive bridge and party rooms available to members of local women's clubs. Mr. Den&on la receiving congratula tions from h!s patrons and friends throughout this city, upon the com pletion of two yearn of active partici pation In Medford business circles. SMATTF.R POP TAILfcHN TOMMY Nature HAVE Loyal UNDER RQ1AS IHf VcT'tC rKeTVJ, q VJ ? 3-'- ?r " ' J low Jt l i((VpyrlVl93,byThsiUBynaiata,fa) Hjj WOMMV . LOVAL -reoORS AT EL fEUZ, Jml COMMUNICATE. lMTK EL -S&?&&Mi&.M Vl TELE6RAPrt HIM TO ATTACK' CALIENTE AT xCieo to Ft v 70 XPSVOE h? PEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Complete Surrender? - By EDWIN ALGER YOU'RE A SMART ONE, BEN I I r I WANT THE Y OH 45 Ay. l Nil C VAIMT GOING TO TURN W 5,EE ME '" THAT OKaPN WEBSTER YOOVE GOT ME , PAPER. YOU THAT'5 ME OUT IN THE COLO, ARC RIGHT AFTER Webs' BY AAE - LICKED, 30N WHAT ARE HAD MR. PRETTY JM YOU ? 6WE ME A LITTLE TIME THE PARADe IS I ILL 8E BACK VOUR TEEMS ? rtAffr I I -',! CHIRP TOUGH - J I; TO THINK THIS OVER, WONlY WO? 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AWE GOING TO THE ) irGVrl rAE THE TKIK E T S AhJ' 1 ''I I will, be there- LjrrJ opera with me-do ?ll CQ..T!i mIma el a f 'l! ' f VOU HEAR THAT? j : 5wL?rH?NCOlCllJ Start Sales Tax In Colorado For Relief Purposes DENVER. March 3 (AP) Colo rado merchant expected to collect today en estimated 10,000. the first day's receipts from a. new two per cent sales tax to raise millions of dollar for relief. Meantime, the Colorado Liberal league launched an Initiative movement to limit the tax to sales of 25 and up. The petitions will require 31.531 s-gnatures if the measure la to be placed on che ballot. E BEND, Ore., March 3 (API Mrs. Merle D. sage, who confessed she fired a shotgun through a window of her Redmond home at her husband list Sunday night, was sentenced to a term In the state penitentiary not to exceed three years, when she ap peared before Circuit Judge T. E. J. Duffy here today. In passing sentence. Judge Duffy pointed out no motive for the shoot ing had been established. Mrs Sage was charged with assault with a dan gerous weapon. Sage was In court, his head swathed In bandages, when sentence wa pro nounced and with tears streaming down his face walked over to his sobbing wife and embraced her. Mrs. Sage will be taken to Salem tomorrow. Defeats El President's Plans! . THREE THOUSAND TRooas at el f&uz, COMMAND OF GENtPAU 60ME2--I StW.1. NOUJ SANTOS RELIEF DEADLOCK HOLDS IN SENATE WASHINGTON. March 3. (AP) j Senate administration leaders today turned down flatly a proposed "con cession" offered by Senator McCarran i D., Nev.i, on his prevailing wage amendment to the 4,880,000,000 re lief bill. McCarran proposed an addition to his proposal which would authorise the president to regulate the hours of 3.500.000 relief workers so payment of the prevailing wage would not In volve ar.y Increased cost above the 4.000,000,000 the administration plans to spend on emergency public works. . Senator Robinson, the Democratic ' leader, with whom McCarran dis cussed the change, said that negotia tions for a, settlement of the rellel deadlock would continue over the week-end. Fire Chief Roy Elliott announced that next Monday the fire depart ment will give an entertainment for volunteer firemen and the "regulars," to be held at the fire hall. J The entertainment, which will in- : elude a feed, dance and general get together, will follow the regular vol unteer meeting. Volunteers, regulars and their lady guests are invited. Use Mall Tribune want ads. A xcxerKV: cannot jUvmW 7 fHE FAMILY ALBUM cms FRONf DOOR. YO 6E M0RNIN6 PAPER tb REM? BEfORE BREAKFAST PAPER ISNrf TrlER STRIDES UP Affl? DOWN HAU MlrffERlKS IT'S AM 00tra6e, he's to complain, aud hecer- TAlrVlV WOtrt" STAND ftRtf V THE MORNING PAPER biARK Af WAfCH, fAflS FocrC IMPtfiENlW, AM? 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