The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1932, Page 4

= BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 20, 1932 , The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) oe eee Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- teréd at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. | GEORGE D. MANN i President and Publisher. H EER | Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year. Daily by mail per year (i MMEOE) oii .e css sesessncesres 20 | DaBy by mail per year (in state | i i » $7.20 Outside Bismarck) sees . 00 Daily by mail outside of North | Hiakota ................. seers e 6.00 | Weekly by mail in state, per year $1. 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Thousands of innovations, new de- vices and improvements are awaiting | better times to provide ‘a market for them, but not one could be classed as @ major item in the economic scheme. ‘When the crash came late in 1929 many looked to the radio industry to; help in picking things up. It has helped by giving employment to thou- sands, but it isn't big enough. i may be the airplane industry, The only industries big enough to pull | the nation out of difficulty in the! past by reason of their expansion have been the railroads and the automo- |! bile, both transportation services. It is barely possible that th@relatively | new method of transportation will| Till the need, but it seems hardly | likely. If we must find a wholly new way} of bringing prosperity back there is! one. It is to so adjust things that every worker will be able to find a} job which will enable him to purchase | the things he needs and desires for himself and his family. It means the| adoption and maintenance of a higher | standard of living, not a lower one. It forecloses the spectacle we now! have of farmers’ children going ragged | and poorly shod because he cannot} get enough for his produce to buy| these necessities. It forecloses the situation wherein the children of tex- tile and shoe workers go hungry and their fathers cannot afford to buy food from the farmer because the farmer cannot afford to buy what they pro- The necessary adjustments would [be multitudinous in number, Thetr | success would depend upon a coopera- sions in America gives rise to the | tive effort by the people of this coun- question of how, if ever, we are tol try reach the standard of prosperity which everyone desires. This nation has experienced numer- | courage at a low ebb and pessimists more numerous than optimists. We} have survived every one to go on to| new and greater heights of prosper- ity. The means by which prosperity was restored are interesting to us now | because, if they are available, we} would like to make use of them. At least two depressions were ended by war, one of them within the mem- ory of any aduit now living. Rarely havg things looked blacker for the nation than in 1857, Banks crashed, people were out of work, for- eign commerce was practically neg- ligible and every factor made for| gloom and despair. Four years later, under the compelling influence of the } Civil war, things were vastly improved | in a business way, although the basic! factors of the situation should have | made the outlook much darker. Again in 1914 depression stalked | through the land. It failed to touch bottom, however, because of the out- break of the World war and the at- demand upon America for Instead of the usual course ion we saw the procession “brides” which made million- aires of many. This was followed by our own entrance into the war and the war “babies” which made mil- lionaires of thousands, even while it added tremendous new burdens to + the national treasury. There were depressions prior to 1857 and numerous ones afterward, / notably in 1873 and 1893, They were bad and reached their full depth but the means by which better conditions were restored are plain enough. At that time there were millions of acres of undeveloped land in what is now the middle west. When things got too tough in the east people could move to new territory. The young and strong braved the hardships of the frontier and created new wealth by their enterprise and toil. It was @ process of expansion which stimu-} lated trade and industry in the east because of the demands by new ter- ritories for money and supplies, The money went into investment in en- terprises which often returned hand- some profits and the supplies were needed to aid in the development of the country. In 1920 there came another depres- sion, although one not of long dura- tion for most of the country. The cure in that instance, we find, was neither war nor expansion. It was the development of a great new in- dustry. Prior to the war, the automobile in- | dustry was recognized as a potential | giant but neither it nor its allied! services of supply had even ap- proached the magnitude which we If one doubts that fact he might check back on the auto reg- istration of 12 years ago and the num- ber of filling stations, tire and acces- sory shops and other enterprises, all of which stem from modern motor transportation. It is clear therefore that the auto- mobile industry, while it did not work single-handed, nevertheless played the stellar role in the development which we witnessed between 1920 and 1930. If we are to depend wholly upon history for a guide to the future, therefore our prayers should be di- rected toward the supplication for either a war, the settlement of new areas or a great new industry. One of these cures is denied to us now. There are no large additional farming districts which may be set- tled with profit or any degree of per- manency. War, of course, is unthink- able and its effects, insofar as busi- mess is concerned, would be far worse than its temporary stimulus would be worth, not to mention the terrible human consequences. History leaves us, then, only a new industry to lead the way to new and qreater prosperity. What-shall it ber | | Known except in time of war. If it| | could be accomplished it would be the {most desirable method of ending de- ous periods when business was POOF, | pression, surance of permanence with it. such as has never before been for it would carry some as- But it would be the most difficult, also. The easiest and simplest way, un- less we can find the leadership which will pilot us toward a more generally desirable social order, is to pray for a |big, new industry and continue to blind ourselves to economic realities. 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. Brinkley Night in Emporia (New York Timesy Dr. J. R. Brinkley, who in 1930 as/ an Independent candidate for Gov- ernor of Kansas got 183,000 votes— j besides, it is said, a lot which were not counted—and means to better the performance this year, came to “Bill” White's town and possessed it. No such crowd has been known there ex- cept at a July Fourth celebration. Soden’s Grove was packed. The doc- tor always gives a good show. It be- gan with prayer by his pastor, who also led the singing. There were solos, music by a band, phonograph records, one of which startled the air with the doctor's campaign song, “He's the Man.” The Gazette was mean enough not to print the words. There was a dance sponsored by the Brinkley club | at the close, “with peanuts, popcorn, | crackerjack for the crowd.” Mr, White tells this in an editorial, his mouth! evidently watering at these dainties, | his heart beating faster at the thought of all this revelry. To the microphone “the little man | with the goatee” uttered his thanks | for “the well-known national figure’s” unconscious services to him: From time to time he has had great pleasure, I suppose, in tak- ing the skin off of me. At times he has taken off my hide and my shirt and my pants—and I have enjoyed it. He helped me get elected Governor two years ago, | and he is doing all he can every day now to help me get elected again. Whereat there was prodigious ap- plause. Once a man came to the doc- | | tor’s office with a copy of The Ga- zette containing a fluent and fire- ' tipped editorial. “Dr. Brinkley,” said the visitor, “this is the first time I have heard of you. You must have done something big to get Mr. White to write about you like he has, and if you will accept me as a patient I | want to give you $750.” If The Kan- sas City Star and The Gazette keep | lambasting him, our medico is sure that he will get at least 500,000 votes lin November, for the more he is ‘scorched,” the “madder” his friends j get. As a friend of the people, he | drove to the grove in his 16-cylinder ; Cadillac and discoursed on automo- | bile licenses: | A man like me that can afford @ $6,000 automobile should pay $73 for his tag. People who can af- | ford to pay $2,000 and $3,000 and | on up for a car can afford to pay more for their tags and help the poor devils out who are too poor | to pay high prices for tags. You bought your Governor a 12-cylin- der Cadillac. Dr. Brinkley paid with his own money for his 1 cylinder Cadillac. I will be driv- ing the same car out of here to- night that I will drive when you send me to Topeka. Mr. White, who probably regrets that he called the persons who vi for the doctor “riffraff” and ‘“mor- ons,” concedes that the poor folks at least get their money’s worth at Dr. Brinkley’s meetings. The Gazette re- Porter curiously misunderstands the Political psychology of the famous; leech, Everybody wanted to see him and many were disappointed: The night was dark, the plat- form, which consisted of the can- didate’s own broadcasting truck with two sides let down to form a stage, was poorly lighted and it was Close to the ground. He spoke from his wizard’s cabinet in a soothsayer’s mysterious voice. He came and went like a wraith, without handshaking, without Personal contact with the com-~’ mon people, a man of mystery! That is his method. Apart, heard by multitudes but seen by few, he has built up his legend. FRUITFUL ALASKA Alaska can produce 1,500,000 cords of pulpwood annually which can be converted into 1,000,000 tons of news- print, or more than one-fourth of the present yearly consumption of the United States. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D, | | specialism and discourages old-fash- |instance a question of opinion. vd | lixely to grow back in again if re- | Four Reasons Like That! WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WIN! DOESNT MEAN A THING! 1 - Franklin goes about the streets, read- | ordered these days, but Messrs. Hoo-|change in the form of the state. ing a book. At the moment he is headed west- ward for Eddie Cantor's picture, “The Kid From Spain.” * * Coney Istand‘has determined to di- vorce itself from the herring-eating belt next year. Quite a different scene is to be presented on its vast beach when another summer comes. The mobs of messy picnickers will find strict rules and regulations; the under sections of the boardwalk will not be cluttered with relics of an abandoned picnic. New and more golden sand is to be imported. Something like five mil- ions will be spent. Coney intends to go just a bit tony—which will give the New York East Side throngs some- thing to worry about this winter. Bi TORRY : LD WAR ANS WER ARY (0) ALL ALLIES GAIN On Sept. 20, 1918, all allied troops registered gains in western Europe, Americans ad¥ancing on Metz forts, British recapturing the fortified vil- lage of Moeuvres, seven miles west of Cambria, and the French capturing Essigny-le-Grand and advancing northeast of Vailly. Germany announced that she was ink. No reply can be made to que WHAT TO DO ABOUT DEAD TEETH The reason for the chaotic state of present medical practice in reference | to focal infection is faulty medical education. Too much highbrowism, too much mere book larnin’, too much wood pulp in medical educa- tion in this country. Our Class A medical schools labor to make all students specialists, and our national, state or provincial organization (medical society) fosters this shoddy ioned general practice. Not only do we doctors quarrel among ourselves over the application of the focal infection principle in practice (it is a well established prin- ciple, and not a mere theory), but in many cases where the presumptive source of the trouble is in the teeth the unhappy victim has to decide for himself whether to follow the phy- sician's advice or the dentist’s. This, too, is a natural consequence of our absurd medical education. Today there is no sound reason why den- tists should not receive their educa- tion in the regular medical schools, and then such technical or special postgraduate training as such a spe- cialty as theirs requires. Both physicians and these intem- pestive’ specialists who are doctors in everything but license, become a bit topheavy with all this ultra educa- tion they have to ingest in their School days, and it requires some good hard knocks to put a little horse sense into their heads after they get into practice. Some of them become impervious to horse sense, especially the pampered pets of doting newly rich relatives. Now what a precious lot of intel- lectual nincompoops we physicians and dentists are in respect to the problem of dead or pulpless teeth. First the dentists pull and haul at the dazed patient to persuade him to have the nerve killed or to avoid that Procedure by all means. While they spit refined venom at each other over the question the patient, weary of paying for “treatments” and fed up with discomfort, drops into some un- pretentious little dental office up in his own suburb and has the nerve re- moved (pulp destroyed) and the root canal filled. All goes well and the Patient sits back and smiles content- edly for several weeks, months or years. But sooner or later he falls into the clutches of the highbrow den- tist or doctor once more, innocently complains of an ache or pain some- where out of the picture, and in two jerks he X-rayed. Right here, in order to finish with- in the time limit, let it be clear; understood that the question of whether to remove dead teeth (pulp- less teeth, teeth from which the nerve! has been destroyed or taken out) or| leave them undisturbed is in every) My own opinion is that such teeth should remain in the jaw until definite evi- dence of root infection (not mere X-ray films) makes dental surgery necessary, just as though the teeth were not “dead” or pulpless, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tonsil Removal Worried over my daughter's ton- sils. Have heard that tonsils are moved before the child is (so many) years old.—(D. F.) . Answer—Seldom is every bit of ton- sil removed, no matter what method is employed or who the surgeon is. In any case portions of tgnsil left in the throat may subsequently hyper- trophy. There is no good reason why normal tonsil tissue should be re- moved, Vaccination ‘Would like to have my little girl vaccinated on the leg but have been told doctors will not do it on the leg for fear of some sort of injury... —(Mrs, L, T.) Answer—A quaint idea. The vac- cination lesion requires more care than it would on the arm, perhaps, but it is immaterial where it shall be. Our Ignorance I am surprised at your ignorance of the treatment of poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, etc. I am very sensitive to these, and as soon as I feel the first irritation or discover the first appearance of small water blis- ters I bathe the skin in alcohol, keep- ing it wet for 20 minutes or a half Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to discase diagnosis, or treatment, wiil be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letterswhould be brief and written in Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. {deep Oriental red hangings, gold |trimmed, of the little, closet-like crypts in which are kept the holy torah of the Hebrews. This is fronted by a small pulpit. | Even in mid-Broadway, high above the showy places and the street noise: this might not, in itself, seem so it \eredible. But a north wall is hung with paintings and photographs of a \score of prominent Jewish actors. | Centering the wall is a mieerriey a let soap. I mean wash—mix up af Barney Bernard, of “Potash an good lather and scrub with a rag till|Perlmutter” fame. | ‘There's Eddie |it seems another stroke will take the |Cantor in blackface and whiteface hide, off. Then dry, and avoid nos- | #"d dozens of others. of trums or powders—better expose the| 1 glaring contrast, on the oppo- skin to the air—(W. M.) site walls, are prints and pictures, an- Answer—Thank you. The early and | cient and new, of the historic rabbis thorough use of soap and water, pre-|@nd the sagas. Old-timers, jobless ferably hot water, even crude laundry | 2ctors and others sit about the room soap, is one of the best practical | in easy chairs, treatments, or preventives. Similar ries not conforming to instructions. x # application of plain gasoline for pro- | longed sponging of the affected skin is excellent. Alcohol is probably aj} good solvent of the toxin or irritant, | if it is available in the emergency. xplained to me by Loney Haskell, veteran monologist of vaudeville who is now secretary of the Guild: “You | see, there is no place in the Broad- And this is how it came about, as is having ali his teeth| (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) | way belt where a Jewish funeral serv- ice or marriage or holy day can be solemnized. church,’ and any number of assorted lors, but in a city with a vast Jewish population there is no Broadway syn- agogue. So we have set up this little place here—in an office where charity | is dispensed and jobs checked and un- | employed actors are given meal tick- ets.” w York, Sept. 20.—Eleven floors | So, strange as it may seem, a re- above Broadway, looking down upon | ligious | service may be going on just garish theater fronts, signs, lights and | next door to an office where vaude- crowds; tucked away among a dozen | ville hoofers are gathering or where theatrical offices, you can come upon | movie tyros are starting out on the one of Manhattan's more interesting | long uphill road. curiosities. | e* ¢ It's a slice of a Jewish synagogue| While waiting for Hollywood to call in as fantastic a setting asany church, | him, Sidney Franklin, America’s one- tabernacle or other house of worship | and-only great bullfighter, has be- ever found itself. come a familiar and picturesque fig- (ure in his home town of Brooklyn. ee * To all external appearances, it’s a | Since there are no bulls to battle in stereotyped office doorway. The let- | Brooklyn, Franklin keeps in training tering on the door reads: Jewish | by swimming and practicing walking. Theatrical Guild of America. Open; It seems that trick walking is a the door and there are desks, stenog- | most important factor in a bullfight- raphers and benches for those who | er’s routine of training. Half of a must sit and wait. Walk past a type- | bullfighter’s art is to make graceful writer table and straight ahead are escapes from a charging bull. So Lt . s os HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzlo building. 1A great num- 13 Resembling ber of men k SIR, MIE IE marl. gathered for 1 Of) |O} S| IAILJ, 14 Concise. war. IALIT| IN} TIE} 16 Erases. 4General Araki IK} ITIATTIUIR} IDIE W]} 17 Whiskers. | is War minister TIO MEL IE lo! | 19 Recipient. of 7. i] IE IRI le [PIT]; 20 Income. 8 Stain. RDA TUT 22 To entwine. | 12 First woman. IE PIUINY, IAILIEIRIA} 23 Setting on 13 Pertaining to EIR MSA] fire (PL), the cheek, RIEIF II 24 Frontier prov- 14 Yours. ] DIE TRIAD }- ince of China, 15 Second note in LJ IRIEIP} [Sit INiGle}| 25 Sound of a { scale. fe A ‘ji __ steam whistle. 16 Every day. 17 Wrought or - 26 One who aims 31 The turf. 28 Woody stem 46 To put upa } “There's St. Malachy’s the ‘Actor's Protestant churches and funeral par-; a id ia ai Al a hour. Then I wash with water as et as 2 can stand and any good tol- | | hammered. 32 The utmost ex- _ poker stake. plant with | 18 Hospital at- tent. 47 Ceremonies, thorns. tendant. 33Grain (abbr.). 48 Osculation, 29 Glandular 20 Jolly. 34 Curly. “EI organ. 21 Registers of 35 Type of cat. VEREICAL 31 Eminent. electors who 36 To salute. 1 Valiant man. 32 Any defama- may vote. 37 Northern part 2'To overthrow, tory statement 22 To stop. of Asia. 3 Southeast, 34Crinkly cloth. 231 am (contrac: 39 Thread-like. 4 Prisons. 35 Quotes. tion). 41 Official head- 5 Partner. 36 Type of fly. 24 Cash. dress of a high 6 Wages. 37 Slope of a hill 25 Sound of a priest. 7 Measure of 38 Branches of trumpet. 2 Either. area. learning. 26 Epoch. 43 Not suitable. 8 Portion. 40 Wayside hotel. 271s in debt. 44Girl employed 9 Sympathy. 41 Witticism. 28 Suave. to show off 10 Unit. 44 Third note. 29 Cataract. clothing. 11 Poor class 45 Three-toed 30 Born. 45 Social insect. apartment sloth. | | ready to participate in an exchange of peace ideas advanced by Austria. The British and French forces in Asia Minor continued a successful campaign under command of General Allenby. After attacking a Turkish front along 16 miles, the allied forces broke through between Rafat and the sea and advanced 12 miles. Barbs - The Democratic war cry has become “Remember the Maine vote.” ee Christmas greeting cards are being jver ia Roosevelt haven't decided on the! * oe * Mayor McKee’s ambition in life was to be @ fireman, and he became mayor ot New York. We can’t all reach the high goals of = youth. * * Scientists say the oyster works 20 hours a day. He must write wise- cracks for the newspapers. ek * A railroad has “laid off” five vice presidents. The unemployment situ- ation must be reaching a crisis. * * * a The perfect circle really does exist. It’s a detour. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) = ! 19) e It the 18th amendment is repealed it will make little difference in the Present situation with respect to curb-" ing crime—Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson of Chicago who sentenced Al Capone. * Oe Ok This democracy of ours has proved its ability to act.—President Hoover. ee * Conditions are materially changing for the better; this improvement be- gan in June.—Atlee Pomerene, chair- man of Reconstruction Finance cor- poration. | ee The farmer who will deliver his Production at less than cost is no bet- ter than a burglar.—Milo Reno, presi- dent of National Farm Holiday asso- ciation. e ee This race for the presidency is wide | open. It is anybody's fight—Senator Borah, Idaho. * * We do not intend to deviate from | many's constitution, or even make a Chancellor Von sets ox of Germany. * Ex-Governor Bilbo of Mississipp! recently said he would kick Huey Long off the front pages if he is elected to Congress. Now he is being swamped with letters from well-wishers. STICKERS Can you fill in each of ‘the empty squares $0 that every row, horizontally, vertically and diagonally, will add to 15? The number 8 must be left where it is. JONcA the fundamental principles of Ger-|Time was when leading a dual life led to a duel death. "The . oO SYNOPSIS . For years, Paco Morales rules 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 mys- terious bandit, avenges every out- tage perpetrated by Morales, The ranchers await their unknown pro- tector’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 re- turns home with Ted and learns that some of his cattle were stolen. He doubts that “El Coyote” is respon- sible. At Mendoza’s, a notorious re- sort, Bob leaves Ted and goes up- stairs to visit Ann Reed, an enter- tainer. Bob is “El Coyote” and Ann his spy. She is deeply in love with him. As autumn comes, “El Coy- ote” makes ready to overthrow Mo- rales. Ted accepts Jito’s apology for driving Bob's cattle from a water-hole, but warns him against a recurrence. When Ted notices Bob’s stolen’ cattle among Jito’s herd, the latter explains he just found them and intended returning them. CHAPTER XXXIV Without a word he turned and rode down the slope. As he passed the fallen man, now seated in the sand, the Mexican scowled up at him, but made no move. Quietly Ted rounded up his cattle. Jito had not stirred, He sat his horse, brooding, watching the Amer- ican with eyes that glowered be- neath his sombrero, he muttered at last, “when will Don Paco give the word?” For the next month Ted rode the southern range with Don Bob's cowboys. They were busy days, Days that Don Bob, with careful foresight, had made so full they gave Ted no chance either to think r to dream. But as the weeks passed Bob seemed more preoccupied, more si- lent than before. He sat more often on the porch of the ranchhouse, sunk in thought, gazing out over the desert. i So it was Ted found him one morning in early spring. “[ heard a rider leaving, Thought it might be you,” Radcliffe said. Don Bob tapped a piece of paper is his hand, The gray eyes that looked out over the desert were nar- rowed to just a hair’s breath and the square jaw seemed a bit more grim. pas “It’s a message from the major. Bob waved the open letter. “A rather curious message, too, when you consider it carefully. There might seem to be a touch of subtle irony in it if one could suspect the major of being playful. Tell me what you make of it.” And Don Bob tossed the note across the table and busied himself with a cigarette. Ted read: Important developments here will probably lead to the imme- diate capture of the bandit, To- night in my tent we will know his identity. I have asked Mo- rales and Jito to be there. I should like you present, and bring Radcliffe also, This, of course, is confidential. L, RgBLOUNT, * _ Major, 37th Cavalry. Slowly Ted laid the letter down. His eyes grew questioning as they looked across the table, and after a moment Bob threw back his head and laughed. “It's never well to take our major ‘too sericusiy, old fellow, he cau- A ———~ COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE (CO, INC. DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. BANDIT the BORDE by TOM —_— tioned. “This isn’t the first time the capture of El Coyote has been just around the corner!” “But what does it mean?” “I haven't the least notion, I was thinking about it when you came out. Blount has come across a new clue. He may have captured some of El Coyote’s band—although I think not. It may be Morales has learned something and that they’re planning some sort of dramatics for the falling curtain of the drama. Many things might happen. But why the devil does he want me there? He knows I’m not in sympathy with Morales.” Bob drummed for a while on the railing with his fingers. “At any rate, come with me tonight.” H. smiled and stretched lazily in the spring sunshine. “Life can be so damned interesting at times and so terribly dull at others. I’ll have to remember both the major and Mo- rales in my will. In their blundering. way they’ve made this past year quite endurable,” he added smiling. But more than. once during that long day Ted saw his friend sunk in puzzled contemplation. Later he was to look back and realize in ad- miration and sorrow the black hosts of apprehension that already bore the man unwelcome company, Yet at dinner Don Bob seemed in higher spirits than for many days. The exultation of danger was upon him, and the zest of life sang again in his veins. Boredom and_half- contemptuous cynicism were gone. His was the complex character to whom the presence of danger is like wine. It made life, as he said, “en- durable.” So over his coffee Don Bob hummed a cowboy ballad and, rising at last, put an extra clip of cartridges in his- pocket and exam- ined the automatic that lay within his shoulder holster. He smiled, while Ted looked on with watchful eyes, conscious of some vague im- pending danger, “Let's go, old son,” he said at last. Bob looked out into the sunset and drew in a deep breath of the warm desert air. For a momnet his own eyes were wistful. “What is it,” he asked slowly, “that keeps us from happiness when there is so much beauty in the world? If any God exists, He probably despises men as the most ungrateful of creatures. Come.” Many days later Ted was to re- member those half-whispered words, They turned south just before en- tering Verdi and struck out on a winding road shat led, after many turns and twistings, toward the nearer foothills of Mexico. “The ‘major has moved camp,” Bob said, as they drove through the night. “We can drive within a few miles of it, and I’ve asked him to send horses to meet us there.” Once during that ride Ted turned and asked, “Bob are you expecting something to go wrong?” But the other only smiled and|y urged the low roadster to greater speed. “What could go wrong on such a perfect evening?” he asked. It was dark when they drove up at the road’s end, A soldier waited with two horses already saddled, and in half an hour more they ar- rived at the cavalry camp. Everything was a picture of mili- tary precision. The major, all Verdi knew, prided himself upon orderli- ness. Nearly a hundred little tents had been pitched in neat rows at a spot where stunted trees told of a waterhole. The site ws: cléared of cactus and mesquite. A half-dozen mess tables, scoured and shining, stood at the farther end. Horses dozed in a wide corral, and beside a campfire soldiers lounged, As Don Bob approached, his eyebrows rose in a little gesture of. surprise, for in the glare of the firelight ue could make out dimly a ring of armed cav- alrymen ri patrol! about the camp. He smiled across at Ted. Rp! GILL ward without waiting for a reply. Toward the south end of the camp three large tents were pitched, and before these the major waited. The old soldier was in high spirits. “Glad to see you, delighted to see you, boys. Morales and Jito are al- ready here, Come i As they dismounted, he slapped Don Bob with his pudgy hand. “Big news, Bob, my boy! After tonight you will take back your dis- mal prophecies that we'll never cap- ture the Coyote.” “You haven't got him already, have you, major?” Bob asked. “Just as good as got him. What will you wager we don't capture him this very night?” He turned and looked eagerly up. “Oh, as to that,” Bob answ “I'd be willing to wager my life. In the flickering lamplight Ted saw the gaunt figure of Morales within the tent. Jito, farther back at the table, was poring over a type- written paper. They rose at the en- trance of the Americans. Morales came forward and shook Bob’s hand heartily. _“A happy occasion, sefior, no? To- night the major assures us we will know who El Coyote is, and once known”—he slipped a long finger across his neck—“there is no more EI Coyote, And now you are asking yourself why the major invites you, remembering how you always de- fended this bandit?” “Have I defended the bandit, or have I rather condemned a condition that forces one to be either a bandit or a slave?” “Are you a slave, sefior?” Ted felt the touch of steel beneath the ques- tion, but Don Bob only laughed. “Assuredly not, amigo, But per- haps I too am a bandit.” And in the lamplight Ted saw Morale’s teeth gleam with a smile. “In any case, sefior, I asked the major to invite you because I am sure El Coyote is an American, and it is well to have here a leading American rancher when we learn who this bandit is, And now per- haps the major will tell us his story.” Blount waved them all to chairs, and the men gatheréd silently about the little wooden table—all except Jito, who still stood aloof, like some brooding statue, “Shan’t keep you people in sus- Pense a minute longer,” began the tbrisk little man of war. “The whole story boils down to this: Two things have been needed to persuade these People to talk—money and absolute protection, Everyone’s afraid to open their lips—and with good rea- son. A week ago Morales, here, doubled the money leading to the capture of the Coyote. I’ve prom- ised to protect anyone giving in- formation if I have to delegate a squadron of cavalry, ., “Well, that sort of bait is having it effect. I've had nibbles, and a week ago I had a real bite. I think can tell you that tonight at this tent, and within half an hour, one of El Coyote’s trusted lieutenants comes to tell us who El Coyote is and where he may be found.” “How do you know the man actu- ally is a lieutenant of El Coyote?” Morales asked. “He says so, in full kn that he is putting himself onledee hands, and that if his news is false he will languish uncomfortably in a Federal jail for some time, Any- one who brings us false leads is go- ing’ to suffer. But I don’t think this man wants to misled us, In fact, not until I Promised him protection om of this country would he even tell me who he was, And I learn that he is ‘trusted by the bandit for the good reason that once El Coyote saved his life.” “sae dirty aog,- ‘Led growled, and instantly regretted it, Morales raised his shoulders in deprecation, “Oh, as to that—” Then, ae just batted radpii ad gut dismissing the interruption, he patrol is co keep veople in or keep] asked, “Do we ki 1 °. [people out.” Then he spurred fore ae BeGoamen ne « at