The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1932, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year........$7.20 islature when upon the very thresh-/ Daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) .. f Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ...... seseceece 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three YOATS ...cccsssssseeeees seceees 2.50! 4, " i | Weekly by mail outside of North attractive light. No mayor of any| Dakota, per year ..........005 1.50 | American city was idolized as was Weekly by mail in Canada, per Walker. He had at times the sup-! MAE NG SN GAN LA Ci65 5 0554045 +++++ 2.00] port of the best citizens of New York Member of Audit Bureau of city. Practically every newspaper for | Circulation years condoned his failings and Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Resentment Is Being Shown Reaction has set in against the unwarranted use of the initiative and referendum clauses in the state constitution. Farmers in many sec- tions of the state have found that they need the right to use the crop as collateral at times for loans. Car- ried away by false and mendacious ‘guments, the voters of the state outlawed crop mortgages by the adoption of a poorly drawn statute ;many misrule as sordid as Walker's. Ithat organization which Gov. Roose- | committee and Judge Seabury. Ef- forts to divert the investigation from pertinent matters and ‘to throw sand in the eyes of the prosecutors failed. Seabury and his assistants spun about Walker a net that even his agility could not negotiate. There have been chapters in Tam- He merely ran true to the form of | vels defied years ago in the state leg-| hold of his political career. Official | plunder is Tammany’s existence. Tammany is Indian for “the affa ble.” Walker radiated affability Voters were deceived in him untii! the mask was torn off and he stood before the public in a new and less praised his personality. But under- neath all the trappings of office was! the practice of greed and favor sel- dom equaled in any municipal gov-| j ernment. | Graft involving city expenditures} {Was not directly established. There was disclosed an astounding loose- ness of management and extrava- gance. Mayor Walker testified that he was ignorant of what was going jon in some departments and he ex- plained gifts and business deals in} his behalf as “beneficexces.” William Marcy Tweed was the first real boss of Tammany. He used the volunteer fireman racket to gain con- trol. Tweed perfected a career of Official plunder of historic propor-| tions. Mayor Walker worked in an-/ other way. He accepted favors and gifts of a doubtful nature. His hesi- tancy to explain, his vague answers. and several missing links in his de- fense, while not branding him a scc-| ond Tweed, revealed an unusual group of hard-working, generous —; How the Term ‘Passing t he Buck (s)’ Originated! HI Gi ed * e Once upowa Time THERE WAS AHOLD MAN!NAWED] ALONG CAME HERCULES, AND ATLAS SAID’ NERE, YOUHOLD IT" HERCULES OBLIGED, BUT— Today EUROPE 15 LIKE OLDMAN ATLAS AND UNCLE SAM IS THE NEW HERCULES WAEN HE SAW ATLAS WAS TRYING TO PUT ONE OVER HE SOON GOT OUT FROM UNDER! ERE, VLE INE YOU EVER SINCE THE WAR UNCLE SAM HAS BEEN HOLDING THE BAG, AND THE QUESTION (5 WILL RE EVER GET QUT FROM UNDER? Signed letters pertaining to personal PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. diagnosis. or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- ed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in || be made to querics not conforming to instructions. | to the entertainment world. Moe and | his family are but a few of the tens oft thousands of New Yorkers to | whom the dizzy, dancing, jazzy go- ings-on in the cabarets were some- thing one heard about for years; but attached to a Broadway life they could never afford. { So, instead, Moe left his tailor's liron on hot nights and took a trip {to Coney. Or on Sunday afternoons health and hygiene, not to disease in care of this newspaper. a the June pate, or me a friends at his beck and call. ing the same agents, comes another! ‘geabury will take a place in N addre measure to counteract the first. It] yore avn vie Place in New| ink. No reply ¢ F ds one of Finnegan's cryplic| on > Sanals along with’ Samuel J. Address Dr. William Brady, reminds one of Finnegan's eryple|rigen, who was the Nemets of Boss ie nessagi ne section boss : ale at = iain, off asin, on agin; Finnesan.” {Tet 80 vigorously was ‘Tieed| THE ECONOMY OF AMBULANT SH i So p 8 ;Prosecuted that he fled to Spain, ‘TREATMENT In a few months, the legislature | will meet. ers can get relict; by a restoration of crop mor through legislative action. The an- swer to the wrecking crew initiating eight measures should be an em- phatic “No”. It was believed that thirteen measures might find their way to the ballot, but several failed to secure sufficient signatures and went into the discard. Opinion will be divided on the con- stitutional amendment proposing re-| peal of the dry portion of the state's organic law. North Dakoia voted on that issue a few years ago and sus- tained the Landiwork of the fore-} fathers. Whether that decision is to) stand will be watched with interest. This repeal to the constitutional | amendment will head the referen-| dum ballot. Below this repeal will) follow eight nondeccript acts of little | or no merit. Their adoption is of questionable value as The Tribune already has pointed out. Many vot-| ers after reading the complicated and involved phraseology, will be none the wiser. A wise precaution is to vote against measures which are not clearly drawn or definite in purpose. | Vote your wet or dry preference on| the constitutional amendment, the purposes of which are generally) known to all. | When you come to the eight} measures below, a safe thing to do| is to chalk up eight very legible crosses after the “No”. For reasons already touched upon! in this column, a legislature is in the offing and all matters contained | in the eight initiated statutes can best be regulated by that constitu-|~ tional body under oath and clothci with plenary powers. Don’t buy a pig in the poke. Now is the time for Paul Block’s| son to do some real thinking in be-| half of “Jimmy” Walker. It might | | be worth a few more millions. A Sad Time for the “Ins” Election returns from California, | ‘Texas and other quarters indicate | that the “ins” are having tough sled- | ding. The political psychology this | year favors the “outs”. | political mortality among the “ins”, A more or less obscure candidate with the unromantic name of Tubbs defeated the polished and dignified Senator Shortridge. “Ma” Ferguson with “Daddie Jim’ clinging to her petticoats beats Gov- ernor Sterling. Reports have it that he has made a good governor. Incidents of defeat of the “ins” by unknown “outs” could be mentioned at-great length. Those interested in political changes have commented everywhere that the voters have de- veloped to a stariling degree a ce- yotion to the “outs”. Of course here and there the “ins team batting average has slumped considerably. Tammany esses Mayor Walker has resigned under fire because the heat placed under him by the legislative committee was getting too hot. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt ‘took the ballyhoo out of Walker and put the skids under the debonair, wise-cracking mayor. James W. Walker knew that he could not face the music of a guber- natorial inquiry. His gallery gone, the bands ruled out and the applause silenced, left Tammany's playboy without his props. The resignation is the finish of a | Job well done jointly by a legislative | filthy lucre he amassed as a po- s an opport win, but their} probably with a good share of the resigning will not register strongly with friends of honest government. Undoubtedly, he was apprised that Goy. Roosevelt would oust him and jhe evidently decided that resignation ‘as better than ouster. It gives him unity to re-enter the po- litical lists. He ean run again for | mayor, This should be a signal for New York city to clean house. Tammany government is the kind of rule New York seems to like and cities usually get the kind of government they ant. Tammany has spread the spoils scientifically from a political standpoint. Former Mayor Walker many school. He knew all the tricks of the wigwam and to him the order of the sachems was law and above all law. Today he is paying the pen- alty of such subserviency, Tammany finesses as usual. Will Walker come back? A. C. Townley and Magnus John- sonson are campaigning jointly in Minnesota. The former North Da- | Kota political dictator, always dra-| matic, offers to withdraw if he loses any debates to which he has chal- lenged his opponents. It is the old Townley of the swashbuckling days at work again! Tub-thumping is his Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribun, policies, The Champion Headline Reader (Washington Star.) From a purely professional point of | view Mayor Walker's recent testimony on his newspaper reading habits were | intensely interesting to the journalist North Dakota has indicated a high | who earns his bread and butter by try- | ing to make people read what he writes. | | Mayor Walker is a confessed headline { teader, but seldom digs down into the | smaller type below to see what the| headline is based on. He gave an in-| teresting example of this habit in his| [Statements relating to his knowledge | ‘of his brother's alleged fee-splitting | {with other doctors. The mayor was Not interested enough to read the newspaper articles on his brother's | testimony. He said he read only the |headlines. From the headlines he jgained a general impression of the | charges and later visited the corpora- |tion counsel's office to find out! whether they were true. But that is not nearly so important as the fact that the mayor read only the headlines. For here, at least, oné finds what must be the champion headline reader of all time! Imagine | the mayor sitting down to his break- |fast, newspaper propped behind his/| CUP of coffee. He glances over the j headlines. The biggest and the black- Jest of them all, embellished with a picture of his brother two columns! wide, declares that doctors who per- | form certain work for the city have} been splitting their fees, fifty-fifty, | {with the mayor's own brother, who is not on the city payroll. This, the} mayor has said, was the first he! learned about it. But, being a head- line reader and the champion of them all, he merely read the headlines. | |He probably said to himself, if he is like other headline readers, “Well, well, well. I see by the papers that old Bill has been splitting fees. Im- agine that!” And, presumably, the mayor turne¢ over to see what the headlines on page two would say about the way the |worla was wagging elsewhere, Withi: sive ph, the last 10 cyars progres- ians have developed satis- fully employed the patient keeps at his ordinary work or activi- ties, First came the injection or| chemical obliteration of varicose | veins. Then the diathermy extirpa- tion of infected tonsils. injection treatment of internal hem- orrhoids. Then the injection treat- ment of hernia It is only fair and right to say |that, in competent hands, every onc | of these modern methods is giving at | Neast as_satisfactor: jold standard surgical n competent hands. I think the involved are rather less in am- |bulant treatment than they are in jthe older methods of operating. So |far as I can learn the prospect of re- jcurrence or of failure to cure or give lasting relief is no greater when am- |bulant treatment is selected than it | iS @ post-graduate of the old Tam-|is when the standard operation is ‘done. Some physicians of good standing | jand repute still disapprove, condemn | jor advise patients against having am- | bulant treatment, mainly, I fear, be- cause these good physicians have not | had an opportunity | ment applied by a man who has made |@& proper basis of the unfavorable view taken nsils. From the thermy method for t |from clinical surgeons in reference to the ambulant treatment of hernia I) iknow they, too, base their prejudice | upon their ignorance of the scien- tific principles of such treatment. The | injection treatment of hernia has) been most bitterly condemned by well | meaning but nevertheless ignorant 'surgeons—ignorant of this modern {method. Here and there these sur- jgeons are seeing the light and even getting down off the high horse and |seeking clinical instruction in the; {ambulant method from colleagues who have mastered the technic. H | Many throat surgeons now advocate {the use of the diathermy method for cleaning up tags of tonsil tissue left in the throat after the radical tonsil- lectomy—somehow they prefer to fall | back on the diathermy method rather than break the news to the patient | {that he must undergo another opera-| tion. I may be dumb, illogical and | | blind to all the amenities, but it does | |seem to me that if the diathermy | method is all right for removing what | the guillotine and snare leaves be-| hind, it ought to be the choice in the | first place. | Insurance carriers find that a her- nia case, treated by the standard op- eration, costs around $400—hospital expense, doctors’ fees, and compen- sation for eight weeks’ disability. The ambulant treatment can be given for less than half that total cost—no hospital charges to pay, no loss of time for the patient. Some large in- dustrial corporations are begmning to take an interest in this, and phy- siclans and surgeons investigating the method for such corporations are con-| strained to report that it does effect cure of the hernia, In the circum- stances it behooves the profession to keep an open mind—which is some- thing our would-be medical leaders too often lack. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS i] Powder for Athlete's Foot | You once mentioned a dusting pow- der which prevents ringworm or Ath-j} lete’s foot... .—(C.1,C) | Answer—Athlete’s foot, ringworm, fungus, tricophytosis, foot itch, trench foot, epidermophytosis. This powder | freely used in the shoes and stockings | is a good preventive, perhaps a cure in some recent cases: | One ounce of sodium hyposulphite | (thiosulphate); four ounces of boric} acid. Mix the two powders thorough- | ly and apply as you would talcum powder. How Much Water? | Is it possible for a healthy person | to drink too much water?—(P. J. G.) Answer—-One may drink from a/ quart to a gallon of water daily, de-| pending on atmospheric conditions, | [state of activity, amount of sweat, ice cold when you are very warm. A drinks water (or fresh fruit beverages - | he went up the Hudson, pau ie Yr kK vater kids and a lordly supply of herring, thirst, Take the water cold, but not | clos Dn ec VauGeeEen Cann glass or two of water shortly before | Ghretaeay which would later a meal or 4 ‘course of a meal if | luiter the decks. a meal cr in the course of a meal if; iThe yolng folks, he was eure, slip- See factory technic for the ambulant| you feel thirsty, stimulates secretion | y | litical dictator. treatmont of several conditions which| of gastric juice and promotes good | bok SLC A pennies Walker's sudden resignation will| formerly required hospitalization and| digestion. Some persons make the ve. wee mache” would’ convince most people that where| Confinement to bed for periods of days} mistake of avoiding water in hot lene) sears 5 ‘ae * re rs ap it |Say. “Dots all right mebbe for the there was so much smoke there was|0% Wee By ambulant treatment} weather, because they imagine it fhildren yet—too late by us.” phage “S| we mean treatment which is success- | causes excessive sweating. One who | children yet—too late by us: a good deal of fire. His reasons for while ies 2! 's be more} Today Moe finds his river trip Then the! a small quanti ore of the vessels the results as the | sand ‘eatment gives | fruit or juices) freely will alw: comfortable in very Sand in While canning Swiss chard I found} _, Fe seals Y of sand in bottom of | Stay on Broadway. cooked in. batch? and some sand he washing. Answer—N Had per by handlin; (Copy The leaves hot weather. the Chard chard was I betts e very crisp m h The If tine vegetable or sh and not bruised it reason. Such incredibly to see such treat- | FLOATING WHOOPEE New York, Sept. study of the method and! baum of the Bronx, jreceived adequate clinical instruction Blotzbaum and ail the little Blotz- in the technic. I know this is the |,aums have lived to see the dayjand night spot engagements. ‘eN when a jazzy cabaret floor show is, by some throat surgeons of the dia-| handed them with a Coney Island| PICK OF THE PARKS D the | excursion ticket or a character of inquiries I have received aq. 3.—Moe Blotz- with Mamma Hudson River topsy-turvy goings on are quite as amazing to Moe as discard the; turned into a hot-cha and a whoop- de-do. For a quiet evening Moe must now | Fleeing the wolf that vo-de-o-doed {at the cabaret doors, entertainers j first took to sea. Last summer, and again this summer—big liners, head- ed on week-end vacation cruises to | Halifax or Bermuda, found that job- Hess show | the price of the trip, meals, drinks ; and a few dollars. | At the moment, the floor show folk are down to the ferry boats and the {moonlight excursion craft. Such revue creators as Bobby San- ,;ford, Jack White and others have Giscovered that “there's always the river.” The price of a Hudson River ride now includes a seat on the float- ing night clubs. While Broadway waits and waits for the first chill wind. | * oe * Ben Bernie’s enthusiastic boosting ; of his young brother, Dick, is one | Of the pleasanter chapters of big | town family life. Dick Bernie also {has a band. Ben has helped to coach ;and manage it. Today, one of the newer maestros, Dick has both radio * Ok OR | Central Park cops, part of whose ‘duty it is to keep the benches free | from bums, report that few of the sleepers-out belong to the patched « rl Difficult Puzzle « oe HORIZONTAL — Answer to Previous Puzzle —_‘9 Dwarf cattle. 1 Acts of at- 10 Issue beneath tempting to LIC B the skin, give arbitrary JAI ENR = ; 11 In what state market prices ° “to commodities {OMMLIIT Sm). fe tiartiord? by governmen- CHT IAIL Me: WED eRe tal interfer- AIRE ISMAIL ages.a slensl once. EITIEIL IL , telegraph, 11 Buffalo hybrid. [5 le T 15 Tin foil for 12 Whirlpools. mirrors, 14 One who knows TEI 16 Bard, sciences. a 3 eI LY Ms 19 Decisive. 16 To precede in 7 - 22 Theatrical date. a = fe play. 17 Woman, religi- -| 24 Dweller of ous worker, 35 To dibble.. pendage of an _—_ Rome. under church 36 Genus of mimo- insect. 26 Father. vows, saceous trees, 51 Admonition. 28 Garment. 18 Church officers. 55 Form of 52 Apparatus for 29 Dressing gown Hy Male cat. “shall.” grading films 31 One that ‘o require. ¢ le . 23 Male eneestors, 40 Closely relatea (Pl) aoe 24Genus includ. by blood. VERTICAL 34 Musical char- ing common 42 Pass in a 1To compute. acter, frogs. mountain 2To make 37 Canonical 25 Sun -god. chain. amends, hour, 27 Almond. 43 Policemen in 3 To loiter. 38 Harem. 28To accomplish, Ireland, 4 Fetid. 39 Harness strap, 29 Lock projec- tions, 30 Buzzes, 32 Native peach, 33 Twitching. ® CN CN oil lll ial ia 45 Silkworm. 46 Not divided. 48 Fronts of buildings. . 50Scalelike ap- 5 June flowers, 41 Regions. 6 Sea swallows. 43 Chums. 7Period ina 44 Tax. Roman month, 47 Wine cask, 8 Queer. 49 Farewell. a oan folk would entertain for| pants brigade. Central Park has be- come a white collar sleeping spot. Most of the dyed-in-the-wool pan- handlers have deserted in favor of Bryant Park, the Battery or Union Square. White collar boys are given a bet- ter break by the police. Most of them are ex-office workers without jobs. They make a brave bluff until bed time. Many of them, it is recorded, drift to the band concerts on the Mall; make the pretense of being casual members of the audience, and, after the last tune, sneak away to some hidden spot. Several have been found carrying clean collars for the following morning. A little off-shoot of the park lake serves as a wash- room, ° By mid-morning most of them at- tempt to put on a natty front and venture forth again in search of work, One of them, when asked to give an address, replied: “In Cen- tral Park West.” 3 TODAY ANNIVERSARY (0; 10,000 GERMANS TAKEN On Sept. 2, 1918, British troops con- tinued their offensive in Picardy, pushing ahead to Baralle, eight miles from Cambrai. A dozen villages were taken in the drive, which took place on a front of more than 20 miles. Their maximum gain for the day was more than six miles. During the day more than 10,000 Germans were taken prisoners and 50 guns were captured. Other German detachments retreat- ed hastily to the Canal du Nord, where they made a determined stand. It was announced that Japanese cavalry had occupied Iman, in Siberia. Rumors from Russia said that the Soviet government had declared war on China because of the participation of Chinese soldiers in the movement in northern Manchuria. | Barbs ° —— The census taker found three com- munities in Colorado without a single tadio set. Inhabitants are reported preparing for a rapid influx of tour- ists. ee ‘We know a far better way to have a path beaten to your door than to invent a new mousetrap. Just have your name included on three or four lists of “sustaining” members of worthy charities. x ee To those who have no faith in government, we want to call atten- tion to the regularity with which bills always arrive not later than the second of the month. ee F | A writer says that suffrage for wo- men hasn't helped anybody. But isn't he forgetting the delicatessen owners? ee * A man in Italy celebrated his 100th birthday by eating garlic alone. And if he were in the United States, he would be alone for quite a while to come. F (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) ' It is apparent that nothing will Save us from a more serious crash than we have already experienced except definite signs of revolt among | the masses or the rise of a new kind |of leadership in American public life. —Emil Rieve, president, American Federation of Pull Fashioned Hosiery Workers. | ee # A prosperous world without a pros- perots Latin America is an impossi- bility. The first great need of the situation is a recovery in the demand for and value of commodities. That would cure the greater part of Latin America’s ills—Robert H. Patchin of W. R. Grace & Co., New York. Retired? Don't put it that way. T've had a ifn can tied to the end of my coat tail—Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of labor statistics fot the Department of Labor for 45 years. ‘We must never consent to a low- | ering of the standard of living, but ve ile insist that it shall hold for all people. I am no friend of pater nalism and I do not want charity— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of Democratic presidential nominee. +e # I believe in giving a man (in jail) enough to eat, and so long as I’m able to I'm going to do it. You can cut the cost down so you'll feed a man like a dog, but I’m not going to do it without a fight.—Sheriff John Sulzmann of Cleveland. STICKERS A C-- S-- == THE GE TO B= A Fa= Rem. @ « If you, fill in the same two-letter word / in place of the-dashes, you can make a ,_ Sentence out of the above. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS:, The person born to the purple sel- dom becomes a “red.” The SYNOPSIS The Mexican peons, grown tired of Paco Morales’ oppression, await the word from “El Coyote,” their masked protector, to overthrow him. Morales has enlisted the aid of the U. S. Cavalry to capture the notori- ous bandit, Ted Radcliffe, a young American, learns that Morales was responsible for his late father’s ruin. Bob Harkness, Ted’s friend, urges him not to make an enemy of Mo- rales, as he has other plans. Ted is enamored of Morales’ beautiful niece, Adela, At a fiesta, Jito, Morales’ ward, jealous of Ted, challenges him to a wrestling match. Ted wins, and Adela, sensing Jito’s hatred, exacts a promise from Ted never to fight with him. Morales informs Bob that his men will join in the search for “El Coyote” and that Jito has dedi- cated himself to kill the bandit. Adela tells Ted he must not let his lack of wealth keep him from love. Bob receives a note and leaves the merrymaking. Shortly after, news is received that Jito’s vaqueros are raiding the village. When Morales refuses to interfere, Adela leaves in her car. Ted and Morales go, too. CHAPTER XXI Straight into the crowd Adela drove the car. Horses and men leaped wildly aside as she threw on the brakes, almost in the center of the vaqueros. Ted leaned forward. Hemmed in by shouting horsemen, an old man stood, bound with leather thongs, and directly beside him a young vaquero held a girl in his arms. Helplessly she struggled there, Her blouse, caught in his fingers, had ripped, exposing her breasts. Laughing, the vaquero held her high up to the delight of his fellows. “Por Dios,” he called, “what a morsel, this little pigeon! I could eat her in one bite.” And he pre- tended to close his tecth on her shoulder. The girl's head had fallen back, her eyes were closed. The old man moaned feebly. Ted gathered himself to jump, but Adela had already leaped from the car, and, snatching the quirt from the hands of a rider, lashed it full in the vaquero’s face with all her might. Dropping the girl, the Mex- ican turned savagely, while a white scar stood out across his cheek. Once more the quirt bit deep into his skin. He raised his clenched fist, then, seeing Adela Morales, started back and snatched the sombrero from his head. “Sefiorita,” he began, “You damned dog!” Once more she lashed the quirt into his dark face, then hurled it at his feet. “You drunken, cowardly cur! Out of here, you and all your blood pack.” Before her white fury the dis- mayed crowd pushed hack. Adela kneeled and gathered the girl in her arms. Ted still stood on the run- ning-board, ready to strike if the need came. His hands were clenched, but the vaquero, like a beaten dog, crept into the crowd, The sobbing girl hid her face in Adela’s arms. From the outer fringe of the crowd came the sound of renewed shouting, and the galloping of horses, Tri- umphantly the vaqueros raised their hats in greeting, Jito, their leader, had arrived. Who now would come between them and their just loot? Jumping from his horse the big Mexican shouldered his way to the littie group. He had eyes for none but Adela, and at her he frowned. “Why are you here? You ought not be here among these people.” He turned to Morales. “Sefior, why do you Iet her come out on a night of fiesta?” “Why do you do; these people on fie: manded, and Jito stepped back a pace before the hot anger ot her 4 eves. The contemptuous voice went of th COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL DIT _, e BORDER by TOM GILL —— _. MAGAZINE CO, INC. “Por Di on, “Your damned wolf pack must have blood, al peaceful people. Each year it is the same, Always the same tale of rape and terror and drunken raids along the border towns, and always a shrug of the shoulders. It is just Jito’s boys at their pleasure.” She raised her clenched fist. “I hope to the Mother of God some day El Coyote seeks you out and finds you at your play. Your cries will havea different tone. You will taste a different sport from tearing clothes from uncon- scious girls and striking down men already tottering with age. Is there no other way to show your bravery than here at peaceful ranches? Last month at Agua Dulce—yes, I heard about that too, and what you did at Tierra Breva, when your pack went id mad because the people of the village had fenced in their farm land. You are a brave man, Jito, and a leader of brave men, and some day I hope to God I shall see you all fawning at the feet of El Coyote for that rotten life of yours.” She would have said more, but Morales placed his hand over her mouth, “Not another word,” he said. ““I will not have it.” Vith the strength of anger she Struck her uncle’s hand aside. “Tell him you will not have his cruelty or cowardice. Tell him! Do you re- member two years ago, when your vaqueros raided the village? That was sport too, wasn’t it? And do you remember the girl who never became quite sane after those ruffi- ans of yours and Jito’s had their way? A sob caught the girl; “Be very glad I have not my way tonight, or ame of these merrymakers would ie. Jito raised his huge hands—tears of pent-up anger stood in itis eyes, If a man had spoken to me as you have, he would have died.” His only answer was the girl's disdainful laugh, Jito turned to Morales, “1 come here tonight to deal out justice to one who defies your rights, ‘This is no time for the interference . of women,” Steadily Morales looked at Adela. ios,” he called, “what a morsel, this little Pigeon! I could eat her in one bite.” Jito gave his vaqueros an order, s blood, from these | and in the instant they brought the bent old man before him. His faded blue overalls were tat- tered at the edges. The shoes upon his feet were cut and worn, He looked up fearfully at the towering vaquero. “For the love of God, sefior,” his thin, high voice began, “what do you want of me? I have nothing here. T am poor.” Jito smiled thinly, “And you will be many times poorer before the night is finished.” He rolled a cig- arette. “Two months ago, Felipe Dominguez, I told you to leave this country. I told you we would not tolerate your presence here in the midst of our range.” “But I own these five acres, I have my papers.” The voice trem- bled. “Papers, you peon dog. What are Papers to us? Are we clerks and schoolboys that you talk of papers?” “But, sefior,” the voice had taken on a puzzled tone, “I own this land.” “Now, by the cross, you own nothing here except through the tol- erance of Paco Morales, You all know that. He tolerates you, By his favor he lets you live, and when he chooses to raise a finger and say 80, it is better that you go, or that you had never been born, You know all this is true, yet you thought— God alone knows what you thought, Perhaps you thought that El Coyte would protect you, Men tell me that this bandit has promised to protect all of you. Well, he makes poor suc- cess of it tonight, eh, amigo? But let that pass, You have been warned. to go, One month ago I warned you again. You said nothing. You did nothing.” | “I asked for time,” the thin old voice replied. “I asked only to stay until after harvest. It would rum me to leave ry home before haz- vest.” “Tt will ruin you in any case, old one.” Jito puffed slowly at his cigs arette. The flames roared higher, gleaming on the vaqueros’ bridles and polished conchas, casting long shadows out toward the black nig about them. Beyond lay the village in absolute quiet. Morales had laid Ban etl not interfere. “I forbid it.| pis ‘ene 2tMS about Adela. Beside But let your yustice be brief.” her Ted stood, grim!: do Be Cntiea ay vw