The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1932, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Real In Republican Platform rday's editorial there was a discu m of the Regular Republican platform. Regular Republican is the title used by Nonpartisans to distin- guish themselves from I. V. A. Repub- licans. North Dakota has quite a po- litical zoo and it is necessary to label | all the varieties. It was “Jack” Gar- ner who said that “politics is funny.” In no state is politics any funnier than in North Dakota. Real Republicans look upon Non- partisans as political publicans and sinn They fervently thank God that Real Republicans are not as) other men politically. The “other men” of course refers to the Regu- Jar Republicans. When a Real Re-; publican sights a Nonpartisan afar | off, he scrupulously passes by on the! other side or detours around the! block. Which all calls for a little explana- tion for the benefit of the voters who have reached the age of majority since the great Nonpartisan League | deluge. A. C. Townley and his aides, | when they swept the state from its| old political moorings, captured the | Republican party machinery, lock, | stock and barrel. They even took every vestige of raiment from the then Republican leaders. Many of} them ever sinee, figuratively speak- ing, have been standing in barrels} waiting for their uniforms to be re-| turned. It was the familiar swim- ming hole larceny applied to politics. Those who have not made peace with | he Nonpartisans are still waiting for | their insignia. These political | hards” then are the Real Republicans. | There are many fine fellows among them. Distinguished jurists, farm- ers, newspapermen, merchants and successful bankers who have con- tributed greatly to the building of! the state. The Nonpartisans, how- ever, regard them as scribes and| Pharisees who would make the Re-| Publican party safe for plutocracy. Real Republicans have received aj few crusts from the federal pie coun-| ter, but merely the left-overs. As long as the Nonpartisans or Regular} Republicans have remained in the po-j litical seats of the mighty, the Na- tional Republican administration has doled out the jobs to Nonpartisans much to the ire of the Real Repub- licans who are quite orthodox po- litically. They are fundamentalists! in the political field, if you please. | In the March primaries, the Realj Republicans won all but two seats on can party and expresses “unswerving’ confidence in the leadership of Her- bert C. Hoover. Second:—Stands squarely upon the | Chicago platform. terway and praises President Hoover for keeping his campaign pledge rela- tive to that project. Fourth:—Approves all emergency rellef program measures of the Foo- ver administration. Fifth:—Advocates firm policy against raids on the United States eral budget. Sixth:—Approves in part the Haw- lJey-Smoot tariff law which is being condemned by the Regular Repub- Hicans. This summarizes the Real Repub- lican attitude. No mention is made of state issues and there is no en- dorsement of any state Republican nominess, merely approval of the Hoover-Curtis national ticket. Spare the Rod? Not so long ago the three R's were taught to the tune of the hickory stick and much faith was placed in the admonition: “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” Now comes Professor Laurence Sears of Ohio Wesleyan university and outlaws spanking as futile. He has just made an intensive study of social control through punishment and reward. He selected 50 “problem children” ranging in age from 8 to 18 years, Punishment given under stress of strong emotions of anger is decreed by Professor Sears as not only inef- fective but actually dangerous. He continues in his report to give a highly technical analysis of punish- ment and the failure of most modern methods to accomplish good ends, Parents who believe in periodic ap- Plications of the slipper to wilful children will not agree with the psycho-analysis of the Ohio profes- sor. Probably 50 cases are not enough to decide anything on the efficacy of corporal punishment. j Constructive Action { In one New York county, 45 farms} were possessed by a trust company because farmers were unable to meet the mortgage. Governor Roosevelt's | attention was called to the idle farms and he got busy. He called upon the trust company and asked what it would cost to put 45 farmers back | again on the land. “For the taxes” was the answer. Occupancy of the land was ar- ranged for. Now the residents, it they desire, can purchase this land over a period of 33 years. Here in North Dakota are millions} of idle acres which might be giving | sustenance to the needy. Some defi- nite policy must be worked out to get) these farms back on the tax rolls and into production, A much more pressing problem | than calling out the state militia to/ fight the bears of the wheat pit. That | fracas should be left to national leg- | islation. Correction of marketing evils the Republican party for years, That is clearly an interstate issue and one | with which North Dakota congress- | men and senators have sought to| cope. They have had little coopera- | tion in fighting marketing abuses from the Republican leaders at Wash-' ington. | Farmers of North Dakota are not} being hoodwinked as to where the real responsibility lies. The Demo- crats, in support of Roosevelt's farm Policy, probably will have more to say | about this Republican shortcoming in the very near future. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. the delegation to the G. O. P. con-| vention at Chicago and they also | elected William Stern of Fargo na-} tional committeeman. | Nonpartisan leaders claimed they} made no fight in March and let these | offices go by default. ‘Their followers! Were too busy voting in the Demo- cratic presidential primaries for “Al- falfa Bill” Murray and Franklin D.| Roosevelt. It is estimated that nearly 50,000 Nonpartisans moved over into: the Democratic primaries at that election and then moved back into the Republican primaries in June to} Swat every Real Republican candi-/ date who was for Hoover. Again we say with Garner, “polities IS funny.” Why, even “Bill” Langer sat on the ewe with “Alfalfa Bill” Murray. laybe that is where he got the idea of calling out the militia and going after “big biz” with fixed bayonets. | Anyway, Langer did not lose any friends by greeting Murray as he did. Murray made a fine impression at Bismarck and gave-a really conserva- tive speech, one much more consti- tutional than Langer’s. Many who came to scoff remained to pray. Now with this brief political history as a background, the platform of the eal Republicans is more understand- hie. One ntust always get the at- Mospnere first, That's important. | ‘What are the Real Republicans run- ning on? At the November election, at least, they are backing but Candidates, Herbert Hoover and ‘les Curtis—one moist, the other . Here is more political comedy for the electorate. Now to a digest of the Real Repub- iican platform. eo & ‘--yurst:-~Reattirms faith in Republi- é A California Primaries (New York World-Telegram) California Republicans on Tuesday defeated their straddling Senator Samuel M. Shortridge and nominated | young State Senator Tallant Tubbs, a wringing wet. On tne same day the emocrats nominated straddling Wil- iam Gibbs McAdoo for senator in- stead of their wet candidate, Justus Wardell. Senator Shortridge’s defeat was sig- nificant. Not only was this the first test of Hoover strength, and a repu- diation, in Hoover's state, of one of the administration's rubber stamps. It was a rebuke to the sort of Repub- licanism that this country has suf- fered for the last 12 years. Shortridge typified this Republican- ism. He walked untroubled through the Harding oil scandals. He kept cool with Coolidge. He followed the Hoover path as faithfully as Mary's lamb. He voted to seat Newberry, Frank Smith, Judge Parker. Until he smelled the moisture in the wind he was dry; then he came cut for half-way resubmission and against Tepeal. The Anti-Saloon League in- dorsed another candidate; the wets flocked to Tubbs. Shortridge was de- feated by the dry vote of Southern California that always had seen him throug! sh, On other things also he wobbled. He was for and against the World Court, for and against the bonus. Only on the high tariff was he con- sistent. Always he was optimistic. It Was, under the benign G. O. P. sun, the best of all possible worlds. Even optimistic California couldn't accept such political philosophy. Mr. McAdoo’s nomination was no such victory for candor. While sup- Ported by some’ liberal elements, Mr. McAdoo weaseled on prohibition and the tariff. Mr. McAdoo may defeat young | Third:—Endorses St. Lawrence wa- | treasury and approves a balanced fed-| {died, of hemorrhoids. jat all. jelected to worry 'T finally gave up, washed my hands i sat THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1932 —And the Wall Is No Thicker Than a Piece of Paper! AMERICA= ~ ¢ SOVIET RUSSIA- FOOD SHORTAGE. PROHIBITIVE PRICES/ addressed envelope is enclosed. | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining “to personal health and hygienc, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. gan while attending City College of New York. His evening diversion was hanging around the burlesque thea- ters, then featuring such performers as Fanny Brice, James Barton, Leon Errol and Clark and McCulloch. Fas- cinated by the showsh4ps, he went out as an advance man for Raymond Hitchcock and wound up as half- owner of a play which was put on with $700. He lives more simply and modestly MODERN TREATMENT OF A COMMON AFFLICTION Once I had a patient—but I didn’t know how to treat him, and so he The truth is that I didn’t treat him I wanted to treat him, urged, pleaded and threatened, but no, he would have none of it. At the time I believed I did my full duty. I of- fered to operate on the patient. He feared operations. He didn’t relish jthe idea of taking an anesthetic. He had a complex in respect to hospi- tals, And he had always weathered his attacks somehow before, so he y along through this one without benefit of surgery. And of the matter, informed his relatives I could not be responsible if the pres- ent illness ended fatally, and we all back to wait. weeks. Then the man died. are most laymen, that is, ignorant of | anatomy, pathology. thought. re i inci vith | Much their own way. ee Ea ia ee Source ya arian tiie cemuniesi ect aie: eves | | “Flying Colors,” is in rehearsal but | | Howard Dietz, who wrote the book| Healt een) and lyrics, directs it. his notion. The sort of ignorance that irks, I was ignorant, too. better informed I might have saved my patient in spite of himself. But my education had been sadly neglect- ed. Nobody had ever told me that it is feasible to offer such a patient an alternative treatment. Of course, I had heard vaguely of the practice of certain quacks who pretended to treat hemorrhoids successfully by “non- surgical” methods, and even to cure the trouble without requiring the pa- tient to enter a hospital or give up his work or regular occupation for sev- eral weeks. But the fact that only quacks or doctors of no repute gave such treatment sufficed to convince | me it was unsatisfactory or dangerous treatment—otherwise reputable phy- sicians or specialists would use such treatment at least in some cases. Today reputable physicians and| specialists do give injection treatment for hemorrhoids and other related conditions, without detaining the pa- j tient from ordinary activities, without danger, without general anesthesia, and with uniformly satisfactory re- sults. Had I been as far ahead of my | time in practice as some of my friends ;say I am in my health teaching, I ; might have offered my patient injec- | tion treatment and no doubt he would have accepted such treatment. I he- |lieve it would have restored him to good health. Lots of people not quite so ignorant as was my patient .are ignorant enough to die of hemorrhoids. Here is a case where the patient almost achieved such an end: N had suffered with internal hem- orrhoids for 8 years, frequent bleed- ing and oonsequent loss of strength, until finally he was unable to walk without assistance. Hemorrhoids fre- quently prolapsed, became strangu- lated, bled profusely. Patient's hemo- globin reduced to 30,per cent. He was pale. Pulse rate fast even when he Jay at rest. In fact he had been un- able to remain on his feet since the last prolapse, strangulation and bleed- ing a few days before examination. N received the injection treatment, two of the piles being injected the first day (the two the doctor thought were the worst bleeders), and two on opposite sides the fourth day. That was all. Two weeks later the hemo- globin was up to 50 per cent, no more bleeding, weight increasing ... and now the patient is actually grateful! QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Pimples Please give me a list of the various foods containing starch, to avoid pim- ples.—(D. L.) Answer—Foods containing starch have nothing to do with it. If you have pimples and blackheads (doc- tors call it acne) write and tell me. Inclose a stamped envelope bearing Tubbs, with the help of the dry votes of Mr. Shortridge’s two Southern op- ponents, and California in 1932 may repeat the history of 1916, At any rate it has given the G. O. P. some- thing to think stout, your address and I’ll send you advice. Girls May Swim Is it all right to go in surf bathing on the third day . . —(Miss F. M. H.) Answer—Yes, and the first and sec- struation is a function, not a “weak- ness.” OVER THE MOON Cat and the Fiddle” recently jumped | over all Broadway hit records of the | Cigarets and cigars. year, mooning producers continued to scratch their heads and ponder the strange case of Max Gordon, whose name has no such national recogni- va vo{ tion as that of Flo Ziegfeld or Earl We eee pe Carroll, but who looms as the most Now this patient was an ignorant | important music show producer of the | large radio. man, not just ordinarily ignorant as | country. hysiology, hygiene and/| traditions and still Yound_ success. THe wae co ienorant that |One of his unorthodox methods h: he was superstitious and mulish; when | been to remain in the background o! he got a notion into his head it so|the shows he produces. ‘ filled hi: vas himself with the gift of selecting tal- has been a problem at the door of filled his head that there was no room} . {left for any reasoning or intelligent |@t and material—then he lets the} So you couldn't tell him/ Writers and composers have pretty | ing large sums to put into produc- tions. his wares, have furnished most of the money for his hits. ond day, too, if you enjoy it. / SOTO Mer nF | than, perhaps, any big time producer. Somehow, he does not crave vast re- wards nor does he put on any of Broadway's flash. He is usually con- ltent if a production pays off expenses and gives him a fair income. xe & GADGET GABLES The pent-house-office idea has cap- tured Billy Rose, another successful rebel. High up in the peak of the gilded Wurlitzer building, Rose main- tains a “house of gadgets.” His desk is one of those modern- istic, Z-shaped affairs. A built-in | Waste basket, which can be manipu- ; lated about, is one of its magic prop- New York, Sept. 13—When “The/¢rties. By pressing a button a panel slides back, revealing quantities of (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) Visitors are usually startled when seats begin to appear from Various sides of the desk as another button is pressed. The elaborate radiator cover, with an aluminum grill, turns out to be a Manipulating a simple {gadget the whole thing spreads out dozen theater | and the radiator becomes a chummy bar for friends. Occupying a large space upon the | wall and staring down at the young producer who spread his naughty “Crazy Quilt” over the countryside, is a picture of P. T. Barnum—particu- lar hero of Mons. Rose. Billy will be Gordon has upset He contents Thus, at the good a showman. * eX Rose believes that an office should be as exciting as a stage set. Since he must deal with singers, hoofers, stooges and the like, he has built a theatrical atmosphere for them. The various gadgets afford him endless amusement and keep him from being tired and bored, he says. An item arriving by morning post Nor has he given any hint of hav- Ticket brokers, with faith in * * * Gordon's theatrical education be- a | y | HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 4 Northeast. 1U. S. state ad- PETRI 5“Made a mis- joining Canada Al | IRIMAINI take. on the Atlantic [Aig A Aj 6 Threads as pe . crossed by the i Aaah iii 12 PIEICITIRIAIL ~ woot. 9 Sun god. A Elt (Ze MRAlo}t 8 Mutilated. hie os? OP INEMEEICIUITH 9 Reflects. Sitka wom NIOMBAIR| ICISMMElAl 12 Medicine an’s maiden {0} RIEICIEIVIAIN THEDIE which produces family name. {EIQIRISMREIRIA a temporary 11 Like. 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VERTICAL 29 Likea nephew evil and un-~ 35 Liquid me- 1Riding acad- 32 Turf. righteousness, dicine for the _ emies. 36 Low tides 25 Familiar spirit — skin. 2 Fish of the 38 Robin. or genius, 37 To drink herring family. 42 To observe, 26 Genus of tail- slowly. 3Fresh-water 45 Neuter pro- less amphib- 38 Curses, noun aa ae unE Aye 4 Wp, a jsets me again looking for signs of white hairs. Philip Faversham, it reads, will make his first stage ap- pearance in a Chicago showing of “Another Language.” And it seems only day-before-yes- terday that I was following the plays and career of his famous father, Wil- liam Faversham. * Oe * The sudden appearances of second generation lads and lassies always provides me with slight shock. All the Barrymores are now working in Hollywood. Owen Davis’ son has col- laborated with the father on a play. The “little Foys” and the Stone youngsters are stars in their own right. a getting old, my boy—getting TODAY Ke ARY On Sept. 13, 1918, the First Ameri- can army completely wiped out the St. Mihiel salient, taking more than 15,000 prisoners and extending the battle line past Norroy, Jaulny, St. Benoit and Herbeuville. Their net advance was as much as 18 miles and their gains extended over a front of 35 miles. Territory taken during the two days’ fighting had been in the hands of the Germans since 1914. Wiping out of the salient removed the threat glad if he turns out to be one-half so | of @ German flank attack on Verdun and threatened the German fortress of Metz. French troops on the Aisne renewed their attacks and advanced-mere than two miles on an 11-mile frome. The British steamer Galway Oastle was sunk and 189 persons were lost. OH | Barbs | ° +» Perhaps Mr. Raskob could tell us if that famed 60-day moratorium on aoe applies to those of political par- ties. x # & Some colleges require their students to play in athletic games—at many colleges, students merely try. e* * sie Judging by the way the s mar- ket has been acting, by now all the bears should be nearly bare. ee % Members of the Women’s Organiza- tion for National Prohibition Reform want every home to keep a lamp lighted until repeal is accomplished. Which makes us wonder if it’s all right for Lc Shad Lad Ut up, too. There being no baggageman among them, those Missouri scientists who tested an elephant in numerous ways probably eh Li3) to = his trunk. * Nature is surely a perverse thing; just when business experts were hap- pily announcing that things were get- ting brighter, along came the solar eclipse, ** # What people want really is pic- tures and plays with old-fashioned happy endings——Mae Murray, stage and screen actress. xe # After reading a few campaign Speeches we are firmly convinced that the fellow who said a gift in the hand is worth two promises was entirely too conservative. (Copright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) roy This is the most expensive political funeral a man ever had.—Ex-Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York, upon the occasion of his retizament. * 2 & Seems like every time I get off the train I have to have my picture taken. —John N, Garner, candidate for vice president. x # # The fact that they (government employes) differ with my views does not necessarily constitute “political activity” under the law which forbids such action.—President Hoover. * oe It is impossible to expect improve- ment in our relations with the United States; they may become worse. Kaku Mori, leader in Japan’s Selyue kai party. In repairing the famous Verdun for- tifications workmen are constantly coming across live shells. y M ai ‘Weddings are celebrated by the peal- ing of bells, They are followed by the Peeling of potatoes. SYNOPSIS Under the leadership of “El Coy- ote,” the masked bandit, the Mexican ranchers plan to overthrow the wealthy Paco Morales, who has con- fiscated their property for years. All search for “El Coyote” has been in vain. Ted Radcliffe, a young Ameri- can whose father Morales ruined, loves the Spaniard’s beautiful niece, Adela. Jito, Morales’ ward, is jeal- ous. Bob Harkness, a friend of Ted's late father, urges Ted not to quarrel with Morales, as he has other plans. Following a raid on the village by Jito’s vaqueros, one of his men is killed by Anton, an Indian. Morales, fearing the vengeance of the tribe, releases Anton. Out riding, Adela tells Ted she disapproves of her un- cle’s treatment of the peons. Ted considers Adela’s wealth a barrier between them, but she tells him to let nothing interfere when he falls in love. Ted is forced to shoot his horse after a fall. He and Adela get lost and spend the night in the desert. Next morning, Adela tells Ted the bond between them must hold, come what may. They meet Anton, who Icnds Ted his horse. CHAPTER XXVIII Ata fast canter she led the way out across the brown sand. The sun rose higher. Far out toward the horizon a thousand heat waves shimmered, and once to the east the mirage of a lake arose, beckoned, and faded. For a time they rested, then pressed on down the long slope. Near the bot- tom they reined their horses to a halt, and in the same instant both made out the swaying trees behind the hacienda, barely ten miles away. The girl looked back at the cir- She shook her head, and a look of chagrin cuitous way they had come. came into her eyes. Ted laughed. “As a pathfinder —” he began. “Don’t, We must have come miles out of our way. I'm thinking of uncle, What a night he must have spent—and what he's going to say.” “But what can he say? What is there to say? We went riding and got lost for a night in the foothills, He'll woodcraft and drop it.” Adela made no reply. She was looking down toward a dry water- in a clump of oak She shaded her eyes against the desert’s course where, brush, a dark object moved. glare, then nodded. “It's Jito. He’s been hunting us.” She waved her hand, but the far-off rider made no sign. “This will do it,” Ted said, and fired twice in the air. A moment later the distant rider stopped in his tracks, wheeled and came at full gallop toward them. “That young man’s face,” said Adela, “would seem to mean a tem- Wait here. I want to deal with him myself. No, wait, please, for me.” She spurred her horse ahead as Jito’s black, foam-flecked stallion thundered up to them, The Mexican’s eyes were Pestuous welcome. blazing. Ted watched quietly. Disregarding the girl, Jito urged his panting horse to where Radcliffe stood. It seemed a mighty effort for him to speak calmly. “What happened?” he demanded. His voice was strangely tight. “We were lost,” Adela quietly answered, “Lost!” He lashed the word back at her, and his eyes went red, “One does not get lost on a desert that one has known always. But it is not with you that I talk. Perhaps you too will tell me you were lost, ‘sehor, and then 1 can answer you He leaned’ threateningly forward, but with the flash of a quirt Adela forced her horse between the two men, who towered above her, silent and om- as a man to @ man,” inous, of th “a COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL. probably joke about your GAY BANDIT _, e BORDER’ by TOM —_~— “Jito!” Adela’s voice had taken on a quality that made even the mad- dened Mexican draw back. With her quirt she pointed out across the desert. “This very moment you will turn your horse and go back to the hacienda. Tell my uncle we are coming. You are going to say no word either to Sefior Radcliffe or to me. If you do, I swear by Our Lady that from now on you will be noth-| ing more to me than one of your vaqueros. For me you will not ex- ist. Now go, before I forget we are friends.” Sullcnly Jito looked into her eyes. Once he started to dismount. Once he half turned toward the man who sat his horse so quietly. Again he looked fully into the girl’s face. No mistaking the message there. “Su servidor,” he murmured, and drove the spurs into his horse. Ted saw that her hand trembled a little as again she took up the reins and tried to smile, “It’s just a little wearing to be surrounded by men all one’s life and by men's standards.” Her voice had gone suddenly weary. “Your sex is not very clever or very subtle. For we have spent a night on the desert, you and I, Civilized people would laugh at our dilemma and forget, but Jito and my uncle, they will never, forget. They will never trust. It will either be a plot of yours ta seduce me, or a deliberate insult to tradi- tion.” In sudden impatience she struck the mare and galloped for- ward, “I want to get this over with,” she called back to him, and led the way out over the desert. Ted urged the Indian pony after her. The pace increased. He wiped the moisture from his forehead. How that girl could ride! Sitting lightly in the saddle she followed every motion of he mare as she galloped and swerved among the cactus, her long slender legs clasping the animal's sides. Once the mare stumbled, but Adela only laughed and urged her to greater speed. “Who cares for uncles?” she called back, in that sudden' discon- certing leap of hers from sadness to gaicty. Ted smiled grimly. “If Morales pounces on her too abruptly, he'll probably learn a lot in a short space of time,” thought Radcliffe. At the end of an hour they were cantering between the great iron gates and up the stone drive to the hacienda. Two peons ran out to take the horses, and as Ted dismounted he moved his legs with a little grim- ace, x “This bedding out among desert sands might become wearisome in time.” ‘ As he reached up to lift Adela to the ground, they both caught sight of Don Bob looking amusedly down from the balcony. For some reason Bob seemed vastly pleased. Elab- orately ignoring them, he directed his remarks to the 5 “One difficulty with the younger generation,” he told the inattentive horses, “or perhaps I should say still another difficulty is that they always confirm your worst suspicions.” “The worst suspicions of an old hardened sinner like you must be Pretty black,” Ted countered. “Oh they're beyond polite expres- sion, All night I had hoped this poverty-stricken youth would have sense enough to elope with the wealthiest girl in Mexico, and here he comes gravely back. I suppose he will tell us he was lost.” “We were.” From his perch above, Don Bob. nodded sadly, “They always are, Always. One would think that as. each generation comes of age it would think of something new. But they don't. It's always ‘we were lost’.” He sighed. Adela pulled off her riding hat and whipped the dust from about her -yshoulders, MAGAZINE CO, INC. “? DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE, INC. GILL “I suppose uncle is simmering,” she called up. “Simmering, my dear girl? He is long past that. Toward dusk last night he was simmering. Today he has reached the stage of superheated steam.” Turning to Ted, the girl said gloomily, “Let's go in and get it over with.” But as Radcliffe stepped forward a gesture from Don Bob called him back. “Whatever Morales says,” he whispered, “don’t let him pick a quarrel. I have a particular reason.” Ted nodded and followed the girl into the house. In the patio sat Morales and Jito, and as Adela entered, the vaquero rose. The older man watched them for a moment with haggard eyes. Quietly the girl stepped forward and knelt beside his chair. She took his hand and laid it against her cheek. “I am sorry, my uncle, so very sorry. Did you worry much?” “Tell me exactly what happened,” he answered coldly. “We loitered, we were late in leaving the spring, and I tried a slrorter way down over the limestone cliffs. Then the roan fell and broke his leg, so we killed him. Night came on before we reached the des- ert, We camped until daylight.” “The mare could have shown you the way.” “But Ted couldn’t walk all night through the desert.” “Couldn’t you have ridden doue ble?” She turned with a vexed laugh and pointed at Radcliffe. “Look at him, pounds of bone and muscle. Do you think my little mare could carry both of us?” uncle, Over two hundred But the implacable eyes never left her face. “Would it have been extremely dangerous for Sefior Radcliffe to re- main on the. desert until we could have sent horses to him?” “It would have been difficult, per- haps, to find him the next day. Re- member, I had no idea where we were. Besides, why should I leave him alone? I got him into it.” The black eyebrows raised on his pale forehead. “You ask why you should haye left him? Are you some peon woman not to consider the place you have as my niece and mis- tress of this hacienda?” “But what has that——" — His fist crashed down on the arm of his chair. “Do not dare to ask that stupid question. make my name a thing to laugh at? In my day.a girl would not even tide alone with a man.” Would you The girl was fighting to keep her anger from rising, but now her eyes flashed dangerously. “I know they wouldn't. And why? They weren't allowed because they couldn't be trusted. You raised them like irresponsible animals, and they were what you made them. But J'm not! I’m not an animal, neither am I something that needs to be guarded. I guard myself. Here, or in the desert, or wherever I find myself.” “You call it guarding yourself to cast suspicion on your own sanc- “Oh, damn suspicion—yes, damn suspicion and everyone who dares hint of the things you dare not say. Let’s be frank for once. You think of virtue as something so difficult for us women to keep that you men must protect us, and so you guard us until you are ready to sell that highly valued commodity to the right buyer, not fit to protect me. I alone can do that. Don’t you think I can see the insult that lies behind your evasions? It is the same insult that lay in Jito’s eyes. You are both thinking: ‘What are they lover?’” And I tell you that you are to each other? Is he her Arent (To Be Continued) ” + 7) e 4p