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TXGE FOURTEEN' o. .Kji-sia: The Uontane, KI4 end lirother Paecual hive delib erately walked ("ilo l l:n 0 the terrible Juan-Hllva, matter at the Valley ot the Dead. Uateo Utibrim hae been condemned to ale in the valley, and Montana avd Pescual hope to rescue him. Mon tana hat teen teeted and Juan. ,iU0 1$ about to accept him aa a guard. But Hrt he must prove KimMl b'l defeating three hunt font, locked In a dirk room, ulth only a machete lor ireapott. Chapter 3$ BLACK DEATH A FTER you hiT stripped El Keel and given him hli ma, thet. glTe each of tha three prison ra a machete," went on Juan Stlva. Tell them El Keed will meet them n tha dark of the room. "Throat them In to him. Feed them to this puma this mountain Hon. Tell them that If he dies, they lhall not he prisoners; they shall be fuards." In a dark room armed with a heary machete only to encounter three blood-thirsty peons who had been raised to tha use ot that weapon to struKKle with three men who had somethlnc better than life to flght for? The Kid turned a little towards Id uan-Sllva. not to appeal, but to curst tha unquenchable bloodthlrst ( the tiger. But Juan-Sllra was already reclin ing on his mat, thrusting his legs oat Into the terrible heat of the aun and groaning with pleasure. He had closed his eyes. Already, per haps, ha had forgotten his last com mands. Cursing and pleading alike would mean nothing to him. So It was In silence that Montana noTed away, surrounded by his guards. The captain of them moral with 1 short gait, almost mincing his way like a dancing boy, and aa he went be sang huskily. Ha kept on singing the song to the and. hut a great laughter began to Interrupt him and choke away his role. The rest of the guards Joined In the mirth, but softly, with a ound like the humming ot a hire. They brought op three men from the fields. Big Montana, In tha meantime, waa stripped and given a pair of the nnbleached cotton shorts. He was given a machete, too, the heavy knlfa widening towards tbe point to make Its stroke more effective In owing down cane or rushes. Ha gripped It and weighted tt Among tha natives, ha knew, the science ot machete play had been cultivated almost to the point ot small-sword fencing. And he. for tbe drat time In his life, was holding tha weapon I Ha looked over tha three. They were all big. Vldal Leon Garclas they were named to him by the captain ot the guard, who chuckled ta he spoke their names. Tbey were big, and tbe brute was written all over them. Not for minor effenses had they been sent to the valley of the Dead. And they had remained long enough In tha place to have In tbelr eyes contempt for death compared with their horror of tha Ufa they had been enduring. THE marks of the chains were on their necks and ankles, now for tha moment made tree from weight. Tha bitter labor had rubbed away from their bodies all spare flesh. And each man knew machete-play. Each had In his eyes a light brighter than that which flickered over the keen edges ot the knives, while tbey measured the Kid as a butcher measures a beef. In full daylight, any on ot the three, he knew, would have been more than a match for him at this Cam. But Juan-Sllva preferred a hugger mugger trlghtfulness In the dark. He would lie yonder on his mat and amlle and taste his own cruelty In the back of his throat. Tha gray-headed captain was say Ing: "Yon three get In there. El Keed first, When tbe three of you dona tor. El Keed will rap on tha wall and we'll come In to see what's happened. Or If the three of you finish him, shout, and you're tree from the chains. No more of the sleep-house, you hoar me? No more ot tbe spoiled beans and cab hsge, hut meat that a man can eat. Do yon hear me tell youT" Hear him? They grinned on one another, open-mouthed, and sudden ly they joined bands, nodding. The Kid understood that gesture. They would remain linked together by the hands so that nona ot them might tall foul ot another by mistake. In the (Urkneaa, They n-ould have more than united defense they would have the strength of com I PASSES IN SHACK tADVIUE. Colo.. Murch iPi lra. CUmbeth fBaby Doe) Tabor wm found dead In her cabin at the Mntch leas mine here. She waa th widow of H. A. W Tabor, famoua as a Colorado multi millionaire mining man and V. S enator many year a;o. Her exact tnz wna unknown, but he tu paat 70. The body. Coroner Jsmea Corhctt judd, waa discovered by Thomwi rrench. who live a hrt distance away from the famed MntrhlfM mtr.e which helped to build the huv-e Tabor fortune and which the ued widow, onoa th. toaat of Denver and Wash ington Aoclety, had hoped would re itora her flnanoea. Proud and declining to accept a!d from frtenda, a lie choM Irmtead to panionship In the thick blacks "Go In first! El Keed first! Thli Is El Keed, friends. This la tt gringo. If you bava heard of him before, let Meilcans be able to for get about him today." The door opened slowly, becansi It was a weight even with the hands of two men pulling at It, and as the light entered, the Kid walked Into a big, round chamber that might hare been a tank built to hold wa ter. There was no feature of Inter est in its construction. On one side It was exactly as an another, except that the wall had been built up of great thickness only for some eight feet of its height, after which a lighter wall went up to the roof, leaving a deep shelf that ran all around the com partment. "Now!" barked the voice of th gray-head, and as tha great door closed, Montana looked behind him and saw, as the light pinched out, that the throe were coming for him in a rush, their bare feet whisper ing on the stone floor. He fled. Tha closing of the door left blm In utter darkness. Then he turned and dropped to one knee, one hand, with the machete poised over his right soulder. But the whisper ot the footfalls did not sweep straight np on him. They paused, a little to bis left. Then silence followed. He could see nothing, but he thought that he could feel a pressure on his brain from their approach. Tiptoe, threo cats In the dark, they could hunt him by scent, perhaps. They had looked near enough to the beast for that! THE thick of the dark was a weight, a steady weight. And he felt his eyeballs starting out of his bead with strain. Thne he remembered that his eyes were useless, lie mignt aa wen close bis eyes, so he closed them. Sense ot touch would hare to serve him, completely. ISut In the meantime, three stalk ing devils were moving through tha darkness to find him, find him tbey must, sooner or later. Spread out In a line, they could not fall to make contact with blm, and at tha first touch three machetes would fall to work. He might strike down one of them, but the other two would be certain to bury the heavy, razor-sharp blades In him. Ha could feel the pain the nausea of It And If he fled, the noise ot his feet would bring them all the mora swiftly on bitn. He rose and drew back, little by little. When he touched the wall, something went by him, breathing. It was baroly audible, but the sound could be beard, nevertholess. The three ot thorn had moved slowly by. It was like magic; three huge men could not pass In such a silence! Loathing which was greater than fear was driving him now. But ha told hlrasolf that there was time. It would be minutes before the line of the three returned to this same spot. He reached behind him and gripped the edge of the stone shelt above him. He laid the machete on It, stepped a pace away from It, then freshened his grip on tha ledge Ith both hands. Slowly he must not make sound ha muscled himself up. When his shoulders were level with his hands he swung a leg over the edge ot the shell and stretched him self out prone. There must be no sound, but his lungs were bursting with the effort which he had Just made. There seemed to be no oxygen in the hot thick, stale air as he mastered his breathing. 1 Ills whole body shook. The pangs of strangling made him gape his mouth wide open, but be fought bacX the panic until, little by little, drawing only small, quick, unwhla- perlug breaths, ha was almost nop mal again. There wns not room for his entire body to lie In any comfort and se curity. A part ot his width pro jected, and when the searchers thought to feel along the ledge hi would be found Instantly. That thought made him want ta leap down at once, regardless of any telltale noise he would make. Bui 1 the Idea which had entered bis mind sustained htm. He kept his eyes closed. Three men in the dark, and as a blind man he must master them! He began to work off the short trunks In which he was diessed. (Copyright, 1931. Harper 4 Brothers) Monday, glna. tha tarrlbla ballla ba beautiful Riby Doe, President Arthur and hla oablnet came to their rd dlnj In Wwhlnton. Niirro hi)iieik. MOBEULY. Mo ('CT'tHe. hid t bad heart, a Moherly ntlcman fear ed. At leant. aometh!n' jqueaked ery time he took a deep btv.it h. The doctor looked him owj and p.o noinced lum aotind, but .tf he put ivme oil on a little pulley on his patent aiLipenders. tMte faintly Ttmiii. KOLCOMB. Mo. (UP) The RolUn brothrr. Will:. Letter. DoTn, Curtts and Harry, are a one-family basket bull tain. A elxth brother eerves as mas cot, and Tut tier, mother nd f'uee alatrra take care of the chering Th boy are undefentrd In thla regloa. W(mnln'a lat Ci. A. R. MAMTOWtX. Win (t 1M Ch.irlea PmlrrU-k WlllUm Rir?. 88. Center vllle, ho ran away at the aie of 13 to Join the t'nlon forcer, today Is the lt Civil -r aurviv.v In Mani towoc county. Hick u an accom plished musician. JlEDFORD TiIATL TRTBUSE, MEDFORD, OPERA IN APPLEGATE 1GHT Because so many Applegate stu dent! took part In the "Toreadors" two-act operetta given last Friday night at the Jacksonville gym. It will be presented again" at the Applegate Orange hall Saturday, March 8. at 6 p. m. The school gymnasium waa filled to capacity for what was considered the most successful production ever given by the Jacksonville school. A record was broken In gate receipts, which almost doubled any at school before. Among Applegate students taking principal parts In the Toreadors are Frank Mee and Henry Head. Henry takes the part of a beggar masquer ading as a toreador, while Frank plays the part of a lover. Ten other students from the Applegate have chorus parts. They Include Gladys Byrne, June Peebler, June Provolt, Alice Madson.i Eileen Berry, Iola Fields, Lois Matheny, Marlon Roberts, Jack Provolt and Bud peebler. Following the operetta, the grange will hold a dance. SAN DIEGO "POSITION WASHINGTON, March 8. fAP) I VD VaSSfZZP 1 U- President Roosevelt today told a con- - e-r7-. unil ' I 0 O S-MATTER POP ' Bv C. M. Payne diii- JiJu y-3-7-3r taj eW fi vj (Copyright. 1935. by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) x TAILSPIN TOMMY To Save a Nation And a Lifel - By Hal Forrest ABri&iK TvaMAia 'jiiiwrPt-r Sr rr' W Xi. caa ott oar- Z&&ni'2 jffih .--ryZjSS el. fevz to liJWy! 77'' J N owe Ahosa&s- wfZZFF we ifGHTWh6 i y??gya aevvtv finesjoer7 MJff 32kS!?51 ooa't pc us JW. if vep.' cwr hedgz4W eWvm BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER In Dire PerUl ' " " " . " ,c JPp" BEN, I'M JUST M US f VfiCf THeyCOMZ 5ATloFIEoX 60SH THAT VJ'il V ' , MEANTlAAE, AS THE HORNS BLARED AND (fyfrl EAGER TO SEE THIS J evs jtX'Mr SBhl GEE, I WISH NOW, SURE IS SWELL ). otu THE DRUMBEATS SOUNDED, THE GREAT BENGAL A HERE PARADE A ANY I ATf. . ) A- - THE BAND WOULD, WILLIE? MUSIC' 0? 77 V TIGER ROSE UNEASILY IN HIS CAGED WAGON 7W' KD ON THE STREET- I 'J P -5TART PLAYIN' 7- -e , 11 ''Vf- Tl fn T1 I m CO F FF 'V A GLAD YOU SUGGESTED S-p-KA? i 'J -M&Le 'TV1' W IJ WY I: VV t .;X I rEEBBS " ''''''''' S" " ' 'feoi"tfe8 I Zn I! II I " WELL. THA.T IWEBB riWALLY I usjO,PPRCCCriVv J LEfT WITHOUT PAMIW6 BD HE 6E.T HIJ ' Mt oncku . o N StWSOUP &WiJ SLN MOUUCr LOAM H"S UW5 TOM l5 IbSE OUT? IT MEAKJS HE CAMT we DiDKi'T feel 1. tuK pp-, . Li XV I JLfc BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManua I MOW t WAKJT -COO T0!( I'D JuT 11 I. IJ W" I SUPPOSE WELU RAVE! 1 If I'M SORRV, 1 I WELL- I'M MR. ) I OOAMDCALLON LEAVE QOJO L r 1 ABOUT THE LIFE OF A BuTMR.LEE JlGGS.VHO WF AlL L MR.LSE A DENTIST . f i) SAILOR AM' THOSE PORTSOElS iSlvlEXTTO f 1 PORTSlDE f ' AN' HAVE ALL ( ' l - MOON-LIGHT NIGHTS NOT IN HIS HIM AROON A DC" 1 1 fcj l TT 7REAECTlo. W Vivl- J SgcE- J HERE?"" J I J I BUT I'LL DO AS . J -I V IS r Tl VST 1 J t voo V3'Q- J j yT) A. gresslonal delegation he hoped to at-) tend the California, Pacific Interna- , tlonal exposition at Sao Diego this I summer aa he signed a bill author izing 3 50.000 for federal partici pation In the event. The exposition start May 39. but Mr. Roosevelt left the date open for his expected trip. , BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ma haffey of route 4, a baby girl weigh ing six pounds, Tuesday night at the Community hospital. SPOKANE, W nail., March 8. IAP) The Chronicle said today that "plans of the United States govern ment virtually to take control of the lumber Industry" are being resisted by the 1400 operators In the 12 western states affiliated with the Western Pine ahsocaltlon. 4 "Factory style" workmanship In watch and jewelry repairing at the lowest possible prices. Johnson the Jeweler, OREGON. FRIDAY. IfAROI 8, 1935. 1 SOLICIT NEW YORK, March 8. (AP) So licitations for the appeal fund for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. under sentence to die for the murder or the Lindbergh babj, were ordered stopped today. Acting Commissioner of Public Welfare Stanley H. Howe said he had ordered Mrs. Anna Hauptmann. wife of the condemned man, and her appeal fund campaign manager, David Webber, to end all public appeals for funds and withdraw any fund boxes that might have been set up in public places. "Such activities," he said, "are a clear violation of the city code which provides against such solicitations." 4 See M&lson Jeanne for things that wear. Dependable quality is what she has there. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS (Copyright, lSii. by Tlx Bell SyuiicaU. Inc.) i F FREP PEKLPr' IS Iri BECAUSE TriE M0RNIK6 "THE "TRAlK VfAS SlXLED fOR. 34 OF Arl HOUR BV SWlfCH TROUBLE, WHEN FOR ONCE THkRE WOULD HPiVE BEEN RERLLV COMTOR-TaBLE: Time tor -The -daily BRIDGE srme , HE" HAD TORSoffEN 1b BRlHS friE CBRDS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS lire In the dilapidated that'll at t:.e mm. Dance till 1 o'.-lo. k a t ii , U" V ; 1 ''I i ' 1 -H- 1 1 1 1 i 1 nnf I I - '
