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
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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
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TAILSPIN TOMMY To Save a Nation And a Lifel - By Hal Forrest
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(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
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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.
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"Factory style" workmanship In
watch and jewelry repairing at the
lowest possible prices. Johnson the
Jeweler,
OREGON. FRIDAY. IfAROI 8, 1935.
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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."
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See M&lson Jeanne for things that
wear. Dependable quality is what
she has there.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
(Copyright, lSii. by Tlx Bell SyuiicaU. Inc.)
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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
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