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| The Bismarck Tribune} ‘ik * deeply on the agricultural An Independent Newspaper problem that ordinary mortals can- TYE STATE'S OLDEST not understand him. Apparently he NEWSPAPER sees eye-to-eye with the average) Gstablished 1873) farmer in the field and the man on Published by The Bismarck Tribune | the street. He is direct, forthright | Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en-| and non-evasive. The farmers of | tered at the postoffice at Bismarck @s| america are ready for that sort of | second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN | attitude. They understand it—and President and Publisher. like it. | “Subscription Rates Payable in ‘ | Advance A Significant Stand | Declaration by American Legion- ‘naires at Portland for repeal of the 18th amendment and the Volstead| act goes much farther than their declaration in favor of submitting! the question to the people, made a year ago at Detroit. It shows that the Legion, as an organization, has defi- Daily by carrier, per year........$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- MALCK) «6. cece eeceeeeese noes +. 7.20 Dally by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) ............ 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ......eeeeeeees x Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three ene gait 50 | nitely aligned itself with those forces eekly al | Dakota, per year .........+0++ 1.50 fighting against prohibition and the Weekly by mail in Canada, per result is another severe blow at the YOAT oo ceeesceceeeeeeeseseeeees 2.00] dry cause. Mines of AGEN DURE of A year ago Clarence True Wilson, who since has announced that he will vote for Norman Thomas because he will not see prohibition crucified “on a cross between two thieves,” vicious- ly attacked the Legion convention as a group composed largely of drunk- ards. This year at Portland, how- ever, the prohibition agents are busy drying up the town and have made numerous raids during the conven- tion. We can try to estimate the cause) of this action on the part of the war veterans without discussing the mer- its or demerits of the prohibition issue. When many of them went to war Circulation 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 Roosevelt and Farm Relief Toe a The Political Covered Bridge there were saloons operating in many states. When they returned prohi- Whatever effect Franklin D. Roo- sevelt’s farm relief speech at Topeka may have on voters in the eastern part of our nation, it unquestionably won him votes in the farming coun- try. His proposal to take the non-con- flicting parts of the McNary-Haugen bill, the export debenture plan and the domestic allotment proposal and weld them into a system which will guarantee to farmers a protected market, not only will win support in the west but it should put an ef- fective muzzle on some of the presi- dent’s most powerful spokesmen from the agricultural states. The McNary-Haugen bill, it will be remembered, was agriculture’s own plan for farm relief. It is dis- tinetly a product of the farm mind and farm reactions to the economic problems affecting not only the farms but the nation. But this bill encountered the op- position of the industrial east. It was termed “radical” by some and unfair by others whose sole object was to get the products of the farm) at the cheapest possible price. It was passed by congress after long argument and vetoed by President Coolidge at the behest of eastern in- terests. For Candidzte Roosevelt to indorse at, if only in part, means much to the west. It will be interesting to see what the reaction of those Re- bition had closed them. Since then they have lived the lives of normal | American citizens. They have seen} the admitted inadequacy of prohibi- tion enforcement and have come to} the conclusion that the idea is either wrong in principle or was advanced before the nation was ready for it. They want to try again. Although the age of the average Legionnaire is 37 or 38 years, it is probable that they represent the pro- hibition views of the so-called younger generation. Viewing the haz- ards which prohibition has imposed on them and their families, war vet- erans have forgotten the evils of the old liquor trade which caused many persons to vote for prohibition. The difficulties of the present loom large before them and those of the past are small in memory. To many voters the latter are completely non-exist- ent. Here lies the danger which the | drys will face when the matter is | submitted to an election, as now! seems probable. | If prohibition is repealed it seems certain that the relatively new voter will be the one to do it. i John Nystul, without directly say-| ing so, denies the implication of O.! E. Erickson that the Nonpartisan, | League political machinery will op- By William diagnosis, or treatment, wiil be answ | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease addressed envelope is enclosed. 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. Brady, M. D. ered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- THE CHILD WHO WILL NOT EAT Several readers have contributed their experience and observations to the discussion of the management of the child who will not eat. Mrs. H. L. H. writes: Referring to the mother who asked if there is anything she can do after scolding, spanking and locking in a closet have failed to make her child eat, I wonder if she has given kindness a fair trial? Has she tried to think of providing a variety of tempting dishes to appeal to the appetite? Both of my young daughters started to develop such a com- plex about food. I hit on the idea of telling them we were go- ing to have a tea party. Then I'd fix things up party-style for the meal. For instance I'd boil carrots or other vegetables, put them through potato ricer, pile them in high cones on the plates, and call them some such name as Golden Peaks. I used pretty glass plates and tinted glasses for milk. Often I cut out pictures and pasted on bottoms of plates, and the children actually ate the veg- etables so they could see through erate in behalf of Hoover and Cur- tis. the plate what picture was there. These are just a few of the little publican stalwarts who always have} clamored for it will be. They cer-| tainly will have to predicate their| Ting that up?” Some fellow just like him prob- ably invented the slang phrase: “Why attacks on the Democratic nominee oni grounds other than his farm re- lief policy. If there ever was any doubt that Roosevelt would carry North Dakota, this speech probably will dissipate it, for nearly everyone in this state, re- gardless of politics, favors either the McNary-Haugen plan, the export de- benture or the domestic allotment. President Hoover has indicated sym- pathy with none of them. On the other hand there is more than a possibility that Roosevelt may Jose some eastern support because of his forthright stand. To adopt any one of the ideas sug- gested—or a combination of all three —will be to create a domestic mar- ket for farm products with prices higher than those paid in the world market. This, in turn, will mean some increase in the cost of living, a real issue in the cities. In the urban centers, therefore, Roosevelt will be on the unpopular side. His only hope in this respect probably is that the voters there will realize that we are all in the same boat, that farm prosperity means prosperity for the cities also, and that adoption of the plan suggested would mean building prosperity from the bottom up. If the people of the cities have at last become conscious) that the farm problem is truly a na- tional one, the Democratic candidate may not lose as much support there as ordinarily would be the case. Contrasted with the Republican plan of more tariffs to prohibit the importation of products which we already are selling on the world mar- ket at world prices because we have a surplus at home, the Roosevelt program for agriculture rises like a lighthouse upon the sea of agricul- tural troubles. It took courage for him to ignore the “high-cost-of-living” issue which may be raised against him and hold out to agriculture the helping hand which it has needed—and merited— all these years, Lack of that courage is what has kept the past three administrations from adopting agriculture’s own ideas. Lack of that courage foisted upon agriculture the farm board, an eastern industrialist’s conception of farm relief. Lack of that courage has made the last three administra- tions long on promises and short on performance. The proposals to keep down the governmental cost of whatever pro- gram is adopted, to keep its manage- ment at home where it belongs, and | for to put effective curbs on over-produc- tion are all sound and sensible. Candidate Roosevelt does not, like some of his opponents, pretend to It would seem that when President Hoover ordered out the troops to chase the bonus expeditionary force | out of Washington he issued an order: heard round the nation. | Editorial Comment |; || Editorials printed below show the i trend of thought by other editors. ‘They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's polici | ee : No ‘Radical’ in Sight | | (New York Times) | On Labor Day, from three different | jangles, three prominent Americans toox up the question of whether our established institutions face any threat in this fall's elections. In New |Jersey, Mr. Stewart, the Democratic | |mominee for Senator, asserted that | one answer to the claim of a Repub- lican monopoly of business brains and |talent was that “whenever a partieu- | jlarly important job has to be done,| ithe President draws from the Demo- | \eratic ranks.” One of those Demo- |erats so drawn, Mr. Baruch was at that same moment telling the newspaper | correspondents at Crum Elbow that jeverything about Governor Roosevelt | prooves him to be “for the preserva- | tion of our national institutions.” On the same day newspapers were | furnished with advance sheets of ex- President Coolidge’s magazine article assigning the safety of those institu- tions to Republican care only. He had not seen the remarks of Messrs. Baruch and Stewart. But they would not have changed his view. The rec- ord of two generations, in his opin- fon, “discloses that the safety of the country lies in the success of the prin- ciples of the Republican. party.” Ergo, when the Republican party is de- feated, the security of our institutions is threatened. Democrats are useful for consultation and even to suggest jand to head the Reconstruction Fi- nance corporation. But as Presidents they should be shunned. This is two- generation Republican doctrine, to be sure. It has won an election or two. Is it good for another one? The President apparently has not been convinced of that. In his ac- ceptance speech he gave thanks and credit to those Democrats upon whom {he has leaned so heavily. This pass- age was in direct conflict with the Republican strategy, then already be- ing pursued, to tab Governor Roose- whole cannot safely be entrusted with That effort goes on in every | present. is|out of the high school course and | things that any thoughtful moth- | er can do to cultivate what you | scientific experts call a con tioned reflex or something. Any- way, such treatment made our | children eat. | It is all good psychology and good | sense. A large factor in the lack of appetite and failure to eat is the wrong atmosphere at table. One ably they didn’t know any better. I still believe it would be a step forward in education if algebra were discarded and anatomy introduced into the high school curriculum. i Not a Bad Little Baby Book The Brady Baby Book is worth $10 instead of 10 cents. I have four pre- tenticus books on how to care for the baby, but they are not worth @ nickel. They all say it is well to use the soap- stick in the first few months of a baby’s life, to regulate the bowels... (Mrs, A. D.) Answer—The authors belong to the | soapst! school of philosophy. I have an asinine notion that most any baby | will run all right without oiling or soaping if you have sufficient intelli- gence to let his machinery alone. The Brady Baby Book will be mailed to any reader who asks for it and in- closes a dime and a stamped addressed envelope. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) ANIMAL CITIZENS. New York, Sept. 15—Along with good rule for every one is that there | worth Building, the Bronx Zoo gath- should be no discussion of the food ers its rich quota of visitors or of any likes or dislikes, or of the poor or good appetite of any person | Other subjects should oc- cupy the thoughts and attention of those at table. H. J. W. writes: I do not agree with your advice to the poor worried mother who is having a hectic time getting her | little girl to eat... took our child | to the best specialists... watched | her subsist for days on hardly | more than a mouthful of food, | and watched her grow thin and | wan... specialists pronounced | her a health child, but subject to voluntary regurgitation...Ibe- | gan giving her small portions of things she must have, making a big fuss when she would call for a second helping, and sometimes special treats, or perhaps a prom- ised treat would be cancelled by her failure, but this policy suc- ceeded and now at the age of eight she is a strong healthy girl. D. J. MeN. writes: I have two fine examples in | the family, of the results of rival | systems—to force and not to force eating. When my first child be- came finicky about her food she Was promptly disciplined. The second one went on a hunger strike when she was 4 years old. I didn’t try to compel her to eat. | I did ask our doctor about her. He advised me to leave her alone, | that children often go “off their feed” for a few months, but as long as she was free of any other symptoms it was better to pay no attention. For a year she lived mainly on cottage cheese, sardines | and bacon, with some milk. | Grandparents couldn't understand my plegmatic attitude and one day forced her to take some soup. It made her sick. After the strike had gone for two years the doctor suggested a preparation of malt syrup. She took to it like a duck | to water. By the time the first bottle of the malt syrup was fin- ished the hunger strike was off. | Of course it might have been over by that time anyway, but it seemed to use that 6 re- | stored the child's appetite. A fresh malt is rich in Vitamin B, and Vitamin B gives appetite and promotes the assimilation of food. Fresh yeast is even better medicine for the child who will not eat. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | Our Education Was All Balled Up Your plea to have algebra thrown anatomy substistuted is the most ab- surd you have yet written. Why, man, himself, and his bred-in-the-bone American traditions. Neither large nor small business, as Mr. Baruch said, need fear him. to| don't you realize algebra is the basis for physics? Didn't you yourself have to study algebra before you studied physics in your premedical or medical school course? (A. R.) ‘Answer—No. My educators had it and natives. Dwellers in Manhattan have a par- ticular fondness for roaming through the vast city of cages. Newspapers keep careful record of the birth of baby kangaroos, emus and elephants, | And I confess to a weakness for spend- {ing Sunday afternoons visiting King Cobra and the other attractions. * Oe * All this aside, the home of 2000] interesting animals is quite a fascin- ating little village unto itself. There are, for instance, medical specialists who can minister to ailing zebras and elands. There- are dentists qualified to pull an aching tooth and surgeons who have carved the larger jungle beasts. A spectalized crew of icemen keep the polar bear cages at the right temperature and plumbers attend to the water supply of Beaver dams. One of the more recent plumbing jobs was that of building a new swim- ming pool for a hippo. The hippo, born a baby in captivity, outgrew his old tub. Just little things like that! You can never tell what the next zoo emergency will be. * ok OK JOBS FOR SPECIALISTS It might never occur to you that a certain gent, for instance, keeps the rats and snakes supplied with lettuce. They must have their water Soluble A and their vitamins. The lettuce is home grown in the Bronx Park. And there is another fellow who must keep the animal walks and path- ways repaired and in order; attend to the artificial lakes for swans and ducks and watch the fifty miles of fencing, among other things. A grist mill is specially operated for the beasties. It runs eight hours a day grinding corn, barley and other grains. There’s an animal chef, who turns} out special dishes for special pets.! Young things have to have certain | types of gruel. Young farmers, stuck in the big} city, often grow less homesick by{ going to work in the park's grain} fields or taking care of the cattle or watering the ponies. Some sixty men} | are employed regularly on the “farm.” | Perhaps the only man in all N | Coney Island, the Empire State tower, | York who lives regularly on a real, | the Statue of Liberty and the Wool-| farm is George Shuler, the farm's perintendent. | The zoo is self supporting. Gate! | Yeceipts run up to $25,000 a season. | | Nearly 2,000,000 postcards are sold and \the story of the zoo is a perpetual! j best seller. One of the costly items is the heat- ing plant, operating in winter. HMun- dreds of animals must be kept at a certain temperature or they die. The . . C Pri o 1 | HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle -’ 14 Face of a box. 1 Oath. ; 17 Finical. elati 20 Positive, | SCongelation of IBIS METIONALMMTITIEIR] 22 scenic cave in | 11Scat of govern JENN i i iS Henrueky, ee nae igiT'R A 1] 24 To tong. | Ay Crele te CIEIAI 0 26 From what | - 1 fa a P| principality | spengne.thelt: Eee (2 does the Brit- | G4 i ish crown 15 Variant “a Aare : an prince receive 16 Pickled as fish. FPIRTT iE FE his title? | 18 Three-toed Sie ni rN 28 To marry. { | sloth. Me 30 Lair. | 19 Membranous 83 To spread un- bag. nelian, 57 Aqua. gracefully. 21 Period of re- 34 Sun. 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Pt tT UNS Nie an LT NEES e Saami YY {thermometers are observed each few hours. * *e * AUTHORS ON THE AIR Booth Tarkington, I am told, will be the first major literary figure to become a regular radio performer. Irvin Cobb has made a speech or two and other writers have appeared from time to time. But Tarkington, so goes the report, will have a stable Place on the programs. Interest in bookish things has been growing in the broadcast world. Tom Stix, head of the late Literary Guild, has become the outstanding inter- viewer of authors. Starting some months ago as a casual program stunt, the Stix interviews became so popular that his time has been moved up to the evening hours and he ap- pears weekly over the entire red net- work, bein ANNIVERSAR BULGARIANS DEFEATED On Sept. 15, 1918, French and Ser- bian troops broke through the Bul- garian line of defenses in the Balkan Peninsula and advanced rapidly into the second line of defenses. The situation of the Bulgarian army was critical at the end of the day’s fighting, a gap having been made be- tween the First and Second Army groups. American troops on the newly won front north of St. Mihiel continued to improve their positions and spent most of the day in a series of local attacks, designed to strengthen their positions. British and French forces pressed forward in Picardy, making impor- tant, though slight, gains. if Barbs os i’ Mayor Cermak told a Berlin audi- ence that the bandits have been driv- en out of Chicago. By their chauf- feurs, probably. * * * Natives in Africa have taken up American baseball. That makes us even, at last.. We took up African golf years ar er. ‘yaad A Scotchman in Texas was very much surprised the other day to find @ letter his wife had given him to mail in 1914. The toughest part of all was that it cost him an extra penny to mail it. +e # One of the most peculiar aspects of the present business situation is that everybody expects the frozen assets to thaw out as soon as cold weather arrives. ee * Sinclair Lewis says that the next president of the United States will be a fathead. He evidently believes in judging the future by the past. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) As a solution to the war debts Problem, Roosevelt’s scheme is on a parity with the governor's suggestion that unemployment be met by plant- ing trees—Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire. * * * If you want to be happy. be jeal- ous. If I had the power to create a Perfect woman, I would surely mix among her virtues a grain of jeal- ousy.—Marlene Dietrich, movie ac- eee ei * ek It (Fascism) rejects pacifism, which implies renunciation of struggle and craveness in the face of sacrifice. Only war carries all human energies to the height of tension and gives the seal of nobility to peoples that have the courage to confront it—Be- nito Mussolini, Italian dictator. * Oe OK ‘The Lausanne conference (on rep- arations) is the bright spot of world affairs for the las? two years.—Sena- tor William E. Borah of Idaho. *@¢ ¢ I would sign a statement that killed Haden Clarke myself if I thought it would help Bill ‘Lancas- 1! bom ter) out of this trouk: Keith-Miller, vie hic flier. * With a view to possible armament reduction by the conference the United States and England increased their naval armaments before they went to Geneva and France in great- er proportion increased her arma- ments.—General Italo Balbo, Italian delegate to Geneva. STICKERS The above shape can be cut into four Cam you do it? Cf Choosing a perfume is one time to avoid just plain common scents. ~«P 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 fends Ted his horse. Morales is furi- ous. Adela resents his insinuations, and to spite hef uncle, she kisses Ted and rushes from the room. Morales fetains a courteous attitude toward Ted, but the latter knows that under- neath hate is seething. Bob and Ted visit Major Blount of the U. S. Cav- alry to ascertain if he has news of “El Coyote.” CHAPTER XXX Then, each busy with his own thoughts, they fell silent for an hour, while the car wound its way toward the broken country of the low foot- hills, At last Bob pointed. “There's Blount’s camp, hidden away as care fully as the Washington Monument. Tell me, what self-respecting bandit could ever miss that? Let’s see what the major knows.” But the major, it turned out knew surprisingly little. A week's con- stant patrol of the desert had yielded nothing, and so far the cavalrymen who were stationed at the few water- holes had learned nothing. Two sergeants alone had anything to re- port, and their report was far from satisfactory to Blount, They had camped at a small waterhole, and in the night a lone rider had ridden up and stolen both their horses from under their very noses, Next day the stolen horses were found tied to the corral in Blount’s camp, The major was véry bitter about it all. Soldiers, he seemed to feel, ought not to be treated that way. good, orthodox warfare. impudent bravado,” he stormed, looking very fierce and military in his khaki, Then his face brightened. “But we're combing this God-for- saken country from the U. S. border to the high range, That means we will soon be even, as far as knowl-~ edge of the country goes. We're mapping every stream and water- hole—he'll have to step high, wide and handsome to keep ahead of us. And we're showing the natives that it isn’t the great thing to be one of El. Coyote’s, friends. They're still slow in giving information. It’s been a case of ‘no sabe’ ever since we started, They know—of course they know. But. they’re loyal, and they’re terribly afraid of the death that over- took the last poor devil who gave information on El Coyote, “But there's one chap I’ve got my eyen on, I think he could tell a lot if he dared. He is one of Morales’s men, but I suspect he is or was part of El Coyote’s band. Two nights ago he came to my tent and wanted +to know if I would send him with a guard out of the country if he gave us information about the bandit. I told him if he gave the right kind of information we would give him s of th COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL GAY BANDIT e BORDE by TOM —_—_—_ guard to any place he wanted to go, and I guaranteed protection against revenge. My Spanish isn’t too good, as you know, and we didn’t get to- gether. He wasn’t quite satisfied, and he went away, but he’s coming back.” The major waved his hand. “Soon- er or later that’s the way it’s going to go. It may not be this fellow, and may not be now, But next day or next month a man will come will- ing to talk if there’s gold and pro- tection for him. Morales will put up the gold and I'll furnish the protec- tion, and then—zip!—the end of El Coyote, and you'll owe me a dinner, In the meantime, it’s good practice for the boys and, as Clara says, it reduces my figure to where I can button up last year’s vest.” Don Bob looked thoughtful. “It sounds like a drawn-out process. It may take ‘years—unless you learn something in your interview with this fellow.” “If he comes back you will be able to help. I'd like to have you here— you and Morales, That may be next week. You and Morales, with your knowledge of the country, can judge what the information may be worth. Personally, I think the fellow’s hold- ing out for a raise in the blood money.” Z “He's very wise. I should hold out for a great deal. He had better get enough gold to take him out of the country and keep him in a state of pleasant drunkenness for his na- tural life; otherwise he is risking too much for too little.” “You and Price will always believe ihe arm of El Coyote is all-power- ul.” “My friend, I think El Coyote, if he wanted to, could kill you, or Mo- rales, or Ted here, within the week, and get away with it.” “Then why the devil doesn’t he?” “Because it wouldn't serve his ends. It would only be a nasty kill- ing. Suppose he killed Jito and Mo- rales too, That wouldn’t end the system that’s been built up. Sooner or later someone would take their place. The Coyote isn’t playing for that. He’s playing for the whole blessed country to be with him when he moves, And once the country is with him there will be some new, history written on. the border. As for you, major mio, I absolutely be- lieve that there isn’t a move you make he doesn’t know, and I don’t think all these) healthy soldier boys of yours will get him yet. So don’t tell me too much about your plans, for I've still a sneaking sympathy for the way he plays whatever cards destiny gives him. He's fighting against the forces of two nations, But I'll be glad to come over to your conference any time, if only to watch old Morales.” Cautiously the major looked about him, and from his face both Ted and Bob knew some secret was about to be delivered. “This is not to.go any farther,” warned ‘the little major, and again he looked about him and lowered his voice. “El Coyote may turn out to be a woman!” Don Bob threw back his head in that silent laugh of his. “A Boadicea of the torder, eh?” The idea seemed to delight him, “Won't you catch hell in Washing- ton if it is a woman! If you hunt her down you'll be a brute, and if she escapes you they'll say you've been made a fool of by a weak, de- fenseless female. If I were you I'd resign, But whoever told you that rot?” “L can't tell you. I only say it may turn out that way. You know your- self no one has actually seen the bandit.” “I have a suspicion that Lopez, the traitor, saw him that night along the Verdi trail. Men say his eye were frozen with fear and not pleas- MAGAZINE CO, INC. —~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC." ” ci RO GILL ant to look at.” Bob shook his head. “No, major, I shouldn’t lay any trap for a lady bandit. I think when you find your quarry it will be a man. Probably about the size of Ted here.” “If he is that size, it must be Jito. No one else on the border carries all that beef.” Again Bob smiled, “Well, it might not be a bad idea to look into Jito’s activities, although I strongly doubt if it will teach you much.” They left soon after, and in the car as they sped toward Verdi, Bob was in high spirits. The idea of the major’s. “lady bandit,” as he called her, delighted him, “D’ve half a mind to spread the rumor in Verdi that it’s the major’s wife, adopting this role to give her husband exercise. But why should the man even for a moment suspect such nonsense? It must be the mili- tary mind at work.” Outside the gate at Bob's hacienda they stopped, and Ted stépped out to lay down the bars. As Bob drew up before the house @ servant ran forward. “Sefior,” he shouted in Spanish, while still afar, “you have heard?” “Heard what?” “Last night El Coyote came to the upper camp and stole twenty steers. Twenty of the sefior’s best cattle, that son of a devil.” Y For a time Don Bob looked at Ted, then at last his lips curved in a little smile. “Now doesn’t that beat hell?” he pondered, reaching for a cigarette. “And after all the nice things I’ve said about him, too.” Within an hour Don Bob had left for the north ranch, sending Ted to Verdi for any news that might have reached there, and it was not until late the following afternoon that Bob returned. Ted, just back from a round of the near-by camps, had already begun dinner when he heard the jingle of spurs on the porch outside. A mo ment later the rancher joined him, “Too tired to eat.” Bob sank inte the nearest chair. “But give me a dozen cups of coffee. What did you learn?” Ted shook his head. “Nothing. Neither in Verdi nor in the camps. And you?” “I've ridden all over that upper country for signs, Finally I lost trace of the steers among the sand- hills. It’s blowing hard up there, like blasts from a furnace. It would wipe out. the tracks of a dinosaur. Lord, that coffee’s welcome!” “Bob, do you think El Coyote did this?” The rancher smiled. “I don’t. My boys can’t tell me much, They only know that half a dozen Mexican horsemen rode down on the herd, cut out twenty of the best stee: and drove them south toward the line. Only two of the boys saw it happen, and they very prudently waited if the brush until the job was done, Then they galloped back with the news, But the big white horse that El Coyote rides wasn’t seen. My boys are sure of that.” He drank two cups of black coffee, then, lost in thought, chewed al ently on the end of a cigar. He seemed to reach some decision, for abruptly he rose. “I still have one or two questions about this thing, and tired or not tired I’m going over to Mendoza’s. You'd better come along. Mendoza’s is part of your education. “I've heard that name.” “OF course you have. Mendoza’s is the greatest institution for vice and unvarnished evil in Verdi—or in all the borderland, for that matter. It is the one place where at some time or other you will find anyone you are looking for, If you are Patient, he or she is sure to show up at Mendoza’s.” (To Be Continued) + pieces, all of the same size and shape. | wx.