The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1932, Page 4

Ve SE vic an th mi ni “to vic in sraee Bearaa awe as An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) The Bismarck Tribune clinic on drivers arrested for various traffic offenses. The men were given nervous, men- tal and physical examinations, and a study made of their previous rec- 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 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) . 4. e outside Bismarck) Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, three years Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, ed year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation + 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 see eeeeeeseesasenceess 2.50 1.50] the most liberal interpretation of the ords, Their arrests were caused for speeding, reckless driving, drunken driving, failure to stop for signals, and similar common offenses. Their med- jan age was thirty. The examination records of 58 of| the men showed that 12 were defin- |itely feeble-minded, that 42 were of inferior intelligence, that 3 had ser- fous physical defects, and 7 had sig- nificant defects in hearing and 14 inj vision; that one showed an active epileptiform tendency, and that 46 were seriously handicapped by alco- holism. Of the entire number, only {13 were acceptable as drivers, under HK (S “TO SOFA PILLOW FACTORIES AND HAIR SHIRT MAKERS! ! term. i | These case histories show, better | than words, the reason why the auto- |mobile claims almost 35,000 lives a 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. lyear. The highways are thronged {with cars driven by persons congeni- tally incapable of driving carefully, competently and efficiently. The reck- | j less and the mentally and physically | defective constitute a dangerous per- centage of men behind the wheel. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Legion is For Bonus By an overwhelming vote the Am- erican Legion declared for immediate Payment of adjusted compensation, | otherwise known as the bonus. One little-known reason for this is the competition for which exists between the Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. When the Legion was stampeded into a declaration against the bonus a year ago at Detroit, the result was @ tremendous howl from the rank and file of its membership. Just how strong that flareback was can be esti- | mated from the vote cast on the question by North Dakota Legion posts last winter. At that time, only a few months after the Detroit meeting, many posts cast a 100 per cent vote) for immediate payment. Meanwhile the Veterans of Foreign Wars had taken an aggressive stand | and began weaning a bers of the Legion on the ground that it was truly representative of the de- Sires of the ordinary veteran. Feeling this pressure, the Legion de- | cided to consult its membership on the question and the decision was un- mistakable. So many state organizations had| declared for immediate pa the bonus that the vote was a m for ity. It is regrettable, however, that the Legion did not, insofar as press re- ports show, take any steps to correct | the many abuses which have grown | up in connection with disability com pensation. This is costing the gov ernment more than a billion dollars yearly and the burden on federal finances has grown almost intolerable. Indications that strong demands for revision of these allo’ s will} be made on the next congress and that the Legion will be in a difficult Position if it attempts to justify the payment of disability compensation to | men who are so w able to work that | they are drawing big salaries in pri- vate life. The veterans’ organization would| have been in much stronger position | yment of at Portland membership | y many mem- | | A Hamburg court is seeking heirs to an estate who are believed to be | living in North Dakota. If they are | found an interview with them ought to provide a lightsome note in the{ day's news. The next time anyone speaks of | depression you might refer him to the | | bank bandits who seem to be mak-| ing this state their stamping grounds. HY NOT PUT ON A FEW BENEFIT GAMES BY PARTY BULL-THROWERS? ions: sire pouricians cay come To AID ‘OF THEIR PARTIES BY CUTTING THEIR. TRESSES, AND SELLING SAME FOR CASH So IPEECHES CAN BE PRE~ RVED AND SOLD ‘AS CANNED HEAT! Sie a eas ae Keer ‘THEIR SPEECHES ON THE SHOES, ETC, THAT ‘Gu READILY Be Cold FOR CAS! HE PARTIES COULD bs MARKET LaNil BALONEY OF CAMPAIGN , SPEAKERS FOR 7 TIDY PROFIT! IEIGHBORS WILL THROW =e Maine's first lady will learn to play | bridge. Just another illustration of | the hardship which goes with public office. The American Legion at Huron re- | fuses to call out the drum corps for | Secretary Hurley. Why shouldn't it? | There are a lot of former colonels. | Address Dr. William Brady, PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, wiil be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be bricf and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. in care of this newspaper. MYTHS ON WHICH THE MARK-| ING SUPERSTITION THRIVES | What we're looking for is a candi- | date who will hold off the frost un- | ; Ul more of our tomatoes get ripe. I seen your article on Non-Explod- | able Superstition, writes a Califor nian. I beg to say I know of four eases of markings as follows . young man selling books had lost an ear in an accident. ang doorbell | Editorial Comment || Editorials printed below show the || trend of thought by other editors, || They are published without regard |/ and Mrs. was startled so on) ‘© whether they agree or disagree || seeing the young man that when he wi Trib ith The Tribune's policies. {1 <on was born he had only one ear The Farmers’ Strike (M. E, Tracy in New York World- | Telegram) If hogs bring one cent a pound on the hoof, while hams cost sixteen cents a pound at the meat market, should farmers do? “Strike,” |say some, “and starve city people into |paying better prices.” That sounds all right, until you recollect that the | [city people buy hams, not hogs on | the hoof. It's the spread that causes |the trouble, and the spread can't be |cured by dumping cream in the gut- |ter or throwing vegetables over the | fence, City people have been hit as hard jas farmers by this depression. Many | jot them have been going without |things to eat about as long as they jean stand it. They don't need any} |farmers' strike to remind them that | |retail prices are higher than they can pay | The farmer can raise hogs and cure j his own hams, but city people can't. No matter what the price of hams is, city people must pay it or go without. They owned a large dog. One day the dog came up behind her chair |and put his paw on her hand where it rested on the arm of the chair, and j when her child was born it had a de- formed hand . . . One-armed stage driver left package on the porch and stopped to tell Mr. and Mrs. he had left the package. When the | child born to this couple his left | arm was missing and he drove horses | as did the stage driver... Mr. jran a store and he done most of his jown butche! One day he cam home with a spatter of blood on | cheek. His wife was startled because she thought he had been hurt, and when their son was born there was! ja red mark on one cheek ... My! mother burned her foot when young, | so that one toe drew down under the| others. I was born with both fect with toes drawn down that way... Well, now, folks, without alluding to the Californian’s obvious ignor- ance of embryology and other things, isn’t it all pretty silly stuff for grown men and women to retail? Especially the one about the family dog putting his paw on the expectant mother’s hand — might have been more im- pressive if it had been some strange dog, perhaps a rather mad one with Putting aside all questions of char- | foam on his mouth and fire in his eve ity, there is something wrong with aj and all that sort of hokum. But to system which involves such an enor- | ascribe any such congenital defect or | mous and unnecessary difference be-| abnormality to the affectionate ges-| |tween what the farmer gets and what ture of the faithful old dog is—well, |city people must pay. -expostre of the naked body to sun- it goes to show how much these su-|—— You can take the set-up as is and with the public had it ir ted ay Shab (Bick it jobb e x rove that brokers, packers, jobbers Meversent to clean up the obvious! ioG retailers are ‘not making to abuses in this department of the gov-|much, but what about the set-up as! ernment, even though it is only par-|is? Why have we permitted our- ally cesnonsible for then. |selves to become the victims of such a set-up? Why are one-cent hogs soid within ten miles of a given town jonly to be peddled through its mar- Information on the grapev out | kets in the form of sixteen-cent pork of Washington is that President!a few days later? Why are we haul- Hoover will make a western trip bes |ing live meat across the country only rp Pe |to haul it back in refrigerator cars? fore the election. His original plans, What has caused the packing and according to official pronouncements | slaughter house business to be con-! early in the campaign, were to re-|centrated in a few places? Hoover Coming West main at the capital and to make few} speeches. Recent developments, how- ever, have changed all that. To so-called “inside” information is that the President is certain to visit | the pivotal states of Ohio, Indiana and Ulinois, all of vast importance in the Political picture, and may even pene- trate farther into the cornbelt. If he gets west of the Mississippi | river he probably will touch more| definitely on the farm question andj} if he does his declarations will be watched with interest. To Investigate Insull The surprising thing in the an- nouncement from Chicago that an in- vestigation will be made into the In- | sull utility enterprises to ascertain if the law was violated is that it was not begun before. The feeling among utility men was that Insull was honest in his plans and intentions but that the financial debacle caught him unprepared ard |SPecialist, not only with regard to unable to weather the storm. Be that as it may, the fact remains that the public lost millions of dollars invested in the rather intricate fi- nancial set-up of the vast Insull util- ities empire. It is entitled to know the why's and wherefore's of that Joss. If it does nothing else the in- formation so revealed may be of value as a guide for the future. The Man at the Wheel In an address before the California Committee of Public safety, B. W. | Nothing in the world but a craze for | mergers and consolidations. Nothing but blind faith in the idea that effi- | ciency goes with size. | This depression owes a lot to that | idea, | xk OX Because of our great cities, the dis- tance between farm and table has increased for many of us, but that does not tell half the story. ‘Why should Long Island and Con- {necticut be growing up to weeds and scrub while New York buys milk, green corn and poultry from the Mid- dle West? Why should the land jaround Boston be growing up to aj| \jungle, while Quincy Market looks to| Indiana for chickens or Texas for turkeys? The time has come for city plan- ning to include nearby agricultural development, for business and indus- trial leaders to study the problem of self-sustenance. Farm relief, if it is to mean. any- perstitious people will strain the facts to make a story, a story cruelly and viciously calculated to keep ig- norant expectant mothers in a con- stant state of anxiety or terror lest some such “marking” occur to them. | Only ignorant people take such su-} perstitions seriously. If our common; schools properly taught our youth) then every schoolboy and every! schoolgirl would know as much as I do about such matters and no pros- pective mother would ever worry a little bit about the “marking” super- stition. It is not only people who say “they | was,” “I seen” and “he done” that) are readily deluded about this and many other superstitions affecting | health. Plenty of high school and college graduates are ignorant and| {credulous concerning such matters. Precious little human anatomy, phy- siology and hygiene is taught in high? schools or colleges. The quack and| jnostrum interests see to that, for | they prefer the picking as it is now. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS shted | I followed your advice and had my | tonsils removed the modern way and} believe me it is wonderful. Dr. made a very nice job of it. I am a firm convert to this new method and I am very grateful to| you.. —(B. H. 8, D. D. 8.) i Am going today for a final inspec- tion of my throat after having had my tonsils removed successfully by diathermy. Had throat trouble 22 years and must say my entire life) Boy of 5 seems perfectly healthy in every way, except that he grinds his teeth in his sleep. He has done so year past. He is not nervous, nd has a well balanced diet-—(Mi Ss. BD Answer — Many children have worms, whether they have any symp- toms or not. Careful investigation | has proved that gritting the teeth in| ¢ sleep is as likely to occur in children who have worms as it is in children who haven't worms. The grinding of the teeth may be due to local irrita- tion which calls for the advice or services of the dentist, or to some re- flex irritation, for instance irritation of the bladder by excessively acid turine, which calls for the advice of the physician. Sometimes a largely vegetable and fruit diet will suffice to correct: this excessive acidity. Such | a child should have the benefit of| and perhaps a course of cod COMEDY OF BAD MANNERS | New York, Sept. 16—Notes on! nothing in particular and everything | The Algonquin “round ‘owd has finally been cari- the stage George Op- “Here Today,” now headed for Broadway, is said to contain proto- types of Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker and others who foregathered at the lunch table .. . Oppenheimer, incidentally, refers to his opus as “a comedy of bad manners.” ... Checking up on dozens of reports I have been getting concerning a Shakespearean barnstorming which has been arriving by private bus in remote towns of the Tennes- see mountains and mere hamlets of the middle west farm belt, I find that it is James Hendrickson’s unique troupe ... Hendrickson was a former actor with Robert Mantell. He later} “| became an expert typographer andj ; printer hereabouts, going in largely for artistic job work . . . But alwa he remained a Shakespearean stu- dent, yearning to take “Hamlet,” Macbeth” and “Julius Caesar” into tiny communities where no profes- sional troupe had previously visited He gathered seven Broadway troup-| ers, two from the old Frederick Ward brigade... He packs his own scen- cry, made specially to suit the lim tinued their hot pursuit of the Bul- completely beaten ened and the position of the Second Army was extremely critical. The advance of the two days opened up the way for an allied drive into the heart of Bulgaria itself. Military observers reported that Bulgarian resistance was half- hearted and expressed the opinion that Bulgaria would soon be out of the war. Paris was bombed by a large squadron of German planes. Six persons were killed and 15 were in- jured. One plane was brought down by anti-aircraft fire. ‘We are gypsies and we know it; but I'll tell you that I wouldn't ask Parisien, The Lobster, The Tavern and a few others, * ok # HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY Dropping into one of the movie palaces which now presents half a dozen vaudeville and music show acts in addition to a picture, I noted Owen Moore—after all these years—doing a four-a-day silk hat monologue act. And looking strangely like a Holly- wood version of Jimmy Walker, for some reason. When I was a young- ster in Hollywood, Owen was sitting pretty close to the movie peaks. In the act, a short film appears wherein he is cast. A gag requires that he shoot the screen figure from the stage. One of the lines requires him to say to the screen reflection: “You've been my worst enemy a long time.” . . . I wonder—did the screen shadow come to haunt Owen Moore, the artist? eee Speaking of which, reminds me that critics are blaming Rod La Rocque, another screen performer, for the failure of Broadway's first production. “Domino.” La Rocque’s | enunciation was of the dramatic school variety—using “fuchure” for “future” and the like. Also his lines were monotonously intoned. The stage has given Hollywood scores of its best current players. For some reason, few of the screen people have become stage successes. Lily Damita made a good music show ingenue; so did Lupe Velez, and Lois Moran in a current attraction. In_ straight drama roles, the story has been dif- FR RR DAY ¢ RLD WAR AN NNIVERSARY same circus folks—Alfredo “The Great” Cadona, circus performer. * * * The purpose of the Lausanne agree- mentment was to unload upon the American people the debt of the war. It is evident, too, that the statesmen who consummated the agreement be- | lieve they have accomplished their purpose. be such unrestrained enthusiasm, e: Pecially in France and Great Britain. —Senator Kenneth McKellar of Ten- nessee, * * OK No other thing that-has happened since the depression began has heart- ened me so much as the rise in live- stock prices—Ralph Budd, president, Burlington railroad. OK Ok ‘Women are primarily interested in love-making—F. Nazare, ex-Persian | prince, now cosmetic executive. x Rk OK New York again. I'll certainly never go back on the stage. How could I, after this?—Libby Holman Reynolds, former “torch” singer and wife of slain Smith Reynolds. i theotm~e |e | Barbs | 6——$—$$ ‘The public wants to be taken be-! * BULGARIANS RETREAT On Sept. 16, 1918, allied troops con- garian Second Army, which had been which started the day before. The breach between the First and Second Bulgarian Armies was wid- for a finer lot of folks than these! Otherwise, there would not} I feel that I don’t ever want to see | yond the horizon by its entertain- ment, says G. P, Putnam, now a movie mag. That shows what a clever man can do to disguise the fact that the public is bai ar for a ride. A minister advised his congrega- tion to “so live that all laws will be superfluous.” We thought that’s what Al Capone tried. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) STICKERS ne) A certain number of members left a club meeting. If one more had gone, twothirds would have relied. If two more had stayed, only half would have gone. How many were there originally? It’s important to get the right slant on the new fall millinery. Whe GAY BANDI f af th by TOM e BORDER’ DIT GILL SYNOPSIS For years, Paco Morales ruled the peons in Mexico with an iron hand, confiscating their lands and driving them from their homes, but the crisis has come. “El Coyote,” the mysteri- ous bandit, avenges every outrage tations of fire halls and schoot audi- toriums.... Ko CHOP PRICES NOT CHOPPED The originator of the ultra-sma: cafe in New York, I am told, was} \Herr Max Baumgarten, a profes-| sional looking gent who arrived from) abroad about 1910 when steak and chop houses abounded .. . He opened the Voison three years later and so great was his success that customers} crowded the steps on Saturday night. | Today the swanky speakeasies| get the smarter dining clientele... * # An though one hears of “depres- sion prices” those spots which at-} tract a certain crowd show small sign of slicing A midnight sandwich at Reubens’ still costs as much as an| average meal, and Dinty Moore's corned beef comes as high as ever. Also there are any number of cgck-| tail spots where the $1-per- scale still obtains. Of the old steak places, Broad’s| Chop House, Beef Steak Charlie’s,| Keen's and Billy the Oysterman’s continue to draw many of the “regu- perpetrated by Morales. The ranch- ers await their unknown protector’s word to revolt. Morales with the aid of the U. S. Cavalry has searched for the bandit in vain. Ted Radcliffe, an American whose late father was ruined by Morales, is in love with Adela, the Spaniard’s beautiful niece. Jito, Morales’ ward, is jealous of Ted. Bob Harkness, Ted’s friend, tells him he has plans for settling the score with Morales. While out riding, Ted and Adela lose their way and spend the night in the desert. Adela resents her uncle's suspicions. Later, Bob returns home with Ted and learns that some of his cattle were stolen. He doubts that “El Coyote” is responsible and goes with Ted to Mendoza’s, a gambling re- sort, to investigate. CHAPTER XXXI “It's a kind of roadhouse, isn’t it?” “Oh, much more than that. It's a cabaret, dance hall, gambling hell, and inn about which the least said the better. It is there you can find the best-dressed and the most dan- gcrous women of the border. It is there, too, you gan find all the plain and fancy gunmen you may ever f_ COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO, INC. — INC. ~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES syNnice: TE,INC. penh ¢ Press staff,| lars.” Luchow's is another place with is . And his play,’ a fan following—also Cheffard’s, The 7 Hidden Proverb | s. : : Hl HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 13 An asylum, 1 Natural. @ ‘ 15 To lurk. 6 Beh CIOIRISTE: STL. 18 Hoisted. 14 Awkward CIAIPH | ITIAILLIPIEIE|LIE/RIS} 20 Soaked. fellows. ANBIMAIRI IT ALT] 24 Robin. 16 One of the IA NIL IN Mit 26 Not bright, earliest stone [TR IW) IE} 28 Dad. implements, DIRIE Ww ISHIDA) 30 Weaving 17 Exclamation Ale frame. of surprise. 5 IK eva le 32 English coin. 19 Intends. TINI ne 35 That which is 21 Native peach. IRIN! 1 4h packed (pl.) 22 Masculine AI IDI 1 Litiol °7 Green seed pronoun. | plant. 23 To weep. 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His fee was less) than I would have had to pay the other way.—(Miss’ H. F. C.) Answer—Thank you. I am always glad to learn the name and address | of a physician or specialist who has ability or skill in any particular line. ‘That is the way I compile my lists. What a doctors patients think or say/| about him means more than any rou- tine hallmark of professional stand- | ing. thing worth while or permanent, must. include not only a revision of the dis- tributing system, but a relocation and realignment of many farmers. Tpo many of our farmers have gone what they raise, but with regard to where they live. There has been just as much unintelligent herding in the country as in the city. You find one great section given over to this crop and another given over to that. You find that the prox- imity or availability of markets cuts little figure. You find wheat grow- ers using condensed milk and cattle growers shipping in string beans for their tables. You see loaded trains and trucks moving across the lanscape with fresh vegetables that ought to be raised within a few miles of the market for which they are destined. ‘ Our system of food supply and dis- Gallstones | Please name the foods which con-| tain cholesterol, the substance found) in gallstones—(W. D. D.) | Answer—Yolk of egg, cream, liver,| brains, animal fats, olive oil, peas, beans, wheat. These contain consid- erable cholesterol. Other foods con- tain insignificant quantities. Gritting Teeth | My 5-year-old daughter grinds her Black, Health Officer of Alameda County, recently drew some extremely interesting conclusions from a report | oe resid by @ Michigan psychopathic | Sich, tribution is just a hash of absurd no-| teeth at night. Many people say that is a sign of worms. She is nervous beer and mage That, more than ‘ise, explains why farmers | and restless day and night. Her ap- ttle and city people pay 80 petite is poor. Do you needs a tonic?—(Mrs. Ta) 64 Work of skill, 8 Born, 66 Handle of a need. Jito recruits his vaqueros there. If you want anyone killed, there are a dozen men who will be eager to quote you rates over at Mendoza’s. Human life varies from fifty pesos up. Abduction is much more reasonable. Mendoza himself, the old rascal, has the best wine and the worst morals in Mexico. He has deserved killing dozens of times, but his passing will be a loss to the bor- der. For Mendoza, be it remem- bered, is a great artist in this intri- cate game of life.” “Is that where the girl they call Ann Reed lives?” Bob’s eyes were raised quickl; “What do you know of Ann Reed “Only that she is a singer over there and that she is one of the most beautiful women on the border. I remember somebody at the major’s saying she had the voice of an angel with a lost soul.” “Not a gallant saying. Some kind- ly woman must have thought of that. Yes, it's over there that Ann Reed lives and makes men for a time for- get that they’re just funny, little fighting animals with brief, unimpor- tant lives to live. You may hear her sing tonight.” Then abruptly he asked, “Who said she had a lost soul?” d laughed at the other’s sudden intensity. “I’ve forgotten. What dif- ference does it make?” “None.” But he added as they went to the car, “It's an unintelli- gent thing to say, isn’t it? And Ted found himself wondering that Bob should resent the saying. (‘Is she an American girl?” he asked, as they drove out into the night. et she speaks Spanish as well as “What brought her here?” “Who can ever answer that ques- tion? Life plays one of its little jokes, and we find ourselves out here on the border. You and I, for ex- ample.” And beyond that Ted was still in ignorance as to just who Anw Reed might be when a little later they parked the car outside the tall, bril- liantly lighted structure that had at- tained fame throughout the South. west as the Palace of Mendoza. Somewhere within a band ot ‘marim- bas was. playing Spanish airs, and “Dark secrets like that,” he cautioned, “deserve closed doors.” Bob leading, they entered the great glass-covered patio and walked down a long lane of tables ringed in cigarette smoke. Surrounding the patio crowded tables were scattered in the half-light about the cleared space that Mendoza held for the dancers. A babel of voices, English and Spanish, rose to greet Don Bob. Waiters hurried among the tables, and everywhere Ted was conscious of the hair and shoulders of women, and of the appraising scrutiny of men. As Ted passed, several of the women raised their eyes, stopping for a moment to follow his broad shoulders. Enviously one dance-hall girl whispered to another, “There's a caballero for you,” then turned wearily back to her companion. Already both men has passed through the low adobe arch into the patio itself, where, under the ever-changing lights cast from above, two dancers were weaving a slow, sensuous tango for the pleasure of Mendoza’s varied clientele. A waiter was bowing before them. “A table for two, Sefior Don Bob?” They sat down outside the circle of light, and for a time Don Bob smoked in silence, “The man I want isn’t here,” he said at last. He rose. “Sit here and watch the dancing, Ted. I'll be back within the half-hour.” Musingly Bob looked at the room filled with women, whose perfume and laughter rose like a spell about them, “I leave you,” he said, “among many attractive playfellows. You know these border people call Men- doza’s ‘the end of man’s desires.’ It always seemed a little misleading to me, that phrase. So cuidado.” Beyond the patio Bob turned and, mounting a narrow stairway, climbed to the upper floor, then passed down. a darkened passage at the farther end of which a yellow lamp gleamed, Before a closed door he stopped and knocked. “Quien es?” Fresh and clear a woman's voice came through the door. An eager voice, and again came the question, this time re- peated in English, “Who 1s it?” For answer Bob turned the knob and entered. beyond a half-opened door stretched a long bar, running the length of the building. The sound of popping corks and cracking ice told them that this portion of Mendoza’s at least was not unpatronized, A girl was sitting there. White, dead-white, her face was—almost too white, although it served to make still larger the great dark eyes, and |to"enhance the brilliance of her blue- black hair. A vivid, unforgetable face. Yet a face strangely sad, a face that seemed created for the world’s happiness, but ever unable to find it. She sat before the mirror in a light peignoir, penciling her lips with deep carmine. As she looked up the gathering frown melted to a smile of quick welcome. Running to him she passed her long fingers through his hair and kissed him. A long kiss. Her slender body pressed him, while her fingers locked about his neck, She threw back her head and her very eyes caressed him. “Don Bob.” The low voice was resonant with adoration, “Don Bob.” Smiling, she added, “Whom others. call El Coyote.” —Holsten here . He looked quickly about him, then laid a finger on her lips. “Dark secrets like that,” he caue tioned, “deserve closed doors.” “You yourself deserve a closed and bolted door.” She drew him to a chair before her dressing table. “It’s been days—days and days., When- ever you don’t come I want to go to that ridiculous little major over in Verdi and say: ‘Give me your bags of gold pesos and I'll tell you who El Coyote is. He is your leading citizen, dear major, but also he is a damned unsatisfactory lover’ Then what would your fat major do?” “Spank you and send you back to me, I hope. If he let you escape I’d have nothing in the border country to live for.” “Strange man—as if anyone really mattered to you.” Again her long white fingers pressed cheeks. “Even I, who could easily die for you.” He smiled up at her, then abrupt- ly rose. “When are you singing next?” “Not for an hour—never if you will stay.” “I'd like to stay always, God knows. Here where there is peace and security and a very beautiful child to spoil me, Only—” “Only you would get so weary of peace and security after a day or two, I know. There is a curse laid on people like you, Bobs, You never rest, you never lose yourself—even in love. Already you are glancing at that clock of mine and you haven't been here two minutes,” 440 se Continued) v