The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1932, Page 4

4 THH BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAR, SEPTEMBER 21, 1982 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper i THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune |£0n’s declaration that Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en: tered at the postoffice at Bismarck asjany territory acquired by force, has! second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year........ $7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) se eeeececeecees 12 Daily by mail per year (in state 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, per year . Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively | + 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 50 | Power may divert attention from the 2.00 Anything is possible, however, in Gard to these inflammatory publica- tions but the Japanese government took no action. This fact, added to Secretary Stim- the United = | States will not recognize control over 'done nothing to cement the tradi- tional friendship between the two na- ! tons. of America strongly | stand of this government only makes | the little yellow men feel worse about 0 | it. Then, too, it is probable that the ends of Japanese politicians are well served by building up resentment against a foreign power. Conditions in the island are none too good and @ public furore against a foreign government at home. | view of the attitude which Japan has ; taken in recent years. Treaties never were more thoroughly violated and) | ignored than was the case when Japa- | made by the United States with re-|1" The fact that the sentiment ! supports the | nese troops invaded Manchuria and} of all news dispatches credited to it | Still later swooped down on Shanghai. | or not otherwise credited in this! It seems fantastic to think of a newspaper and oe veined tain | Japanese fleet steaming to battle at spontaneous origin published herein. igs: . All rights of republication of all other Manila as the result of the boycott entitled to the use for republication matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Extend the Lawn Rate A local citizen with the beauty of his city at heart suggests that the lawn rate be extended by the city wa-/ ter department through October be- cause of the long dry spell which we have endured during the late summer. The step is one which additional money for the city and ma- terially assist in the solution of a real civic problem. It should be con- sidered by the city commission, in special session if necessary, and ap- propriate action taken. Bismarck has become widely known throughout the state as a beautiful hould earn there. Yet stranger things have hap- pened in the past history of the world. i They Needn’t Worry Some partisans of Governor Frank- lin D. Roosevelt have become aroused at what they term a whispering cam- paign regarding the governor's health, ; The Republicans, we are told by them, jare passing the word that the Demo- cratic candidate would not last out {one term in the white house if he were elected because of difficulty with his legs. It is no secret that Governor Roo- sevelt was stricken with infantile par-j} alysis in 1921 and was incapacitated for several years. Proper treatment and an indomitable will, however, so restored the use of his legs that he could return to public life as governor of New York four years ago without | impairment to his efficiency. He still wears steel braces on his legs and needs the aid of an attendant to stand city and most visitors here comment | on the splendid manner in which the average Bismarck citizen takes care up or sit down. Once on his feet, however, he walks of his home and surrounding grounds. There can be no better recommenda- tion for a city or the people who live in it than this, It makes us all proud. But the drought of recent months has made it difficult for many citi- zens to use the water necessary in keeping their places im ‘that condi- tion of green loveliness which we all admire. view of current conditions, to meet the water bills contracted under the lawn rate. If it is necessary to use any large amount of water after the lawn rate expires the burden will be just that much harder to bear and many will fail to meet it at all. The result easily may be ruined lawns, winter-killed trees and shrubs and the general deterioration of grow- ing things in Bismarck yards. Failure to act in this case might do much to detract from Bismark's beauty next year and in the years to come. In many cases the growing things around a home represent a substan- tial investment. The householder should be enabled to protect his ex- Penditure of time and money at the least possible cost. The increased volume of business should benefit the water department financially. There seems no good rea- son why the suggestion should not be adopted—and at once. The lawn rate should be extended until the fall rains set in. A Significant Item Little things frequently lead to im- portant results and such may be the case with an apparently insignificant item printed Monday under a small heading. The dispatch in question was one from Manila stating that Chinese| merchants in the Philippines had de- cided to boycott Japanese goods, ap- Parently as a result of the difficul- ties between their and Japan. » The importance of the development lits in the fact that, since the Chi- nese control most of the business en- terprises in the Philippines, and the Philippines are controlled by the | United States, we soon may be the target for additional evidences of Nip- ponese wrath. Beyond question the action of the Chinese under the American flag will Produce serious consequences in Ja- Plan. The island empire has done a flourishing business with the Philip- pines in the past and this trade will be materially handicapped by the cott action. it was just such a situation which Prompted Japan to send war ships aid troops to Shanghai not many tpnths ago. This resulted in the ittles around that city which so dis- ited the Japanese nation before the civilized world. “The development comes at a time when the relations between Japan and the United States are not in shape to ‘Withstand a severe strain. The mili- taristic press has been frothing at the mouth recentty because the National Aty Bank of New York took some ures of banks and other public buildings in Tokyo for use in illustrat- ing a promotional folder. The jingoes contended that the photos were to be used in guiding hostile American avi- ators in an serial attack on these in the “next war” described as “oe representations were It has been hard enough, in | mother country | without difficulty. His health, in all other respects is excellent, physicians | testifying that he is “an athlete above | the waist.” These facts are so well known it is inconceivable that the Republicans would see fit to emphasize them, even by whispering, | | Another factor is the admiration | {which many persons have for Roose- | velt’s successful fight against a mal-| ady which might have ruined the life | of one less courageous. To call at- tention to Roosevelt's handicap is to; call attention to the man’s courage. | To direct public criticism to his legs is to hint rather strongly that the Republicans are placing the presi- | dency on a par with a Hollywood! | beauty contest. | If legs were all-important in a race | | for the presidency both candidates | | Would be lost in the ruck of many | | abler contestants. It takes only horse sense to know | that the people of thjs nation are! more interested in a candidate's con- dition above the waist than below it.! The location might be still more re- | stricted to the area between the ears | and that rather important part of | the body known as the backbone. i The Democrats must be mistaken. It is improbable that any Republican | who is really interested in the reelec- | | tion of Hoover would lay himself open | to the obvious retorts which an at-| tack on Roosevelt's legs undoubtedly ; Would merit—and receive. || 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. Pot and Kettle (New York Times) | Since Vice President Curtis took at; Topeka the dry side of the Republican | Platform, the Democrats have a bal- ance for Republican attacks on their | oWn nominee for second place. When- ; ; ever Republicans from now on talk! | to the East about Mr. Garner being a | | “radical” who would pour private and | public moneys into pork-barrels, the | Democrats can retort that Mr. Curtis ; is a “dry.” What was considered Democratic ill-fortune at Chicago in the nomination of Mr. Garner has been made up for by the Curtis ac- ceptance speech. That this issue is artificial on both sides will probably not keep it from being presented fervidly by party ora- | tors. If the Democrats win (unless Mr. Roosevelt should die in office), Mr. Garner's economic views are of less importance than those of any in- dividual member of the house of rep- Tesentatives. As presjdent of the sen- ate, Mr. Curtis's dry views are of no legislative consequence save in the highly remote contingency that there might be a tie on modifying the Vol- stead act. As vice president of the United States Mr. Curtis's belief in “the eighteenth amendment is of no more importance than his intention to vote as a Kansas citizen against a new amendment involving repeal. Yet the nominees for the vice presi- dency on both tickets will figure ora- torieally if not reasonably in the cam- paign. Each will be used to make the voters’ flesh creep. Not since 1900 has this attempt been vigorously made. In that year Theodore Roo- sevelt, when vice presidential candi- date, rattled his spurs so loudly that Bryan held him up as the head-devil of that “Imperialism” which he sought to make the issue of the campaign. In 1912 the candid and homely remarks Thomas Riley Marshall were used in an effort to alarm the East. But within two years Mr. Marshall was ‘part of the editors of our national jand state f GERMANY DEMANDS AN ARMY EQUAL TQ THAT OF FRANCE/-- | | GERMANY WANTS TO EQUALIZE THIS WAY e Long and Short of It + BUT IT WOULD BE A LOT SAFER FOR ALL CONCERNED IF THEY EQUALIZED THIS WAY! Signed letters pertaining to personal ink. Address Dr. William Brady, diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. health and hygiene, not to disease in care of this newspaper. A SURGEON IS IRRITATED irritated him a great deal, says the| head of the surgical department in a Class A medical school, in a personal | communication— “... but also stimulated me to look into it... as a result of my investigations I have arrived at conclusions which are early, and perhaps indefinite, but among them is one which corresponds to a certain extent with yours—that injection treatment is worth try- ing before operation, in certain cases... I have had a wide operative ex- perience in the treatment of her- nia and realize that it is not a i panacea. Certain cases are bound to recur . After investigation I tried the method on some cases and while realizing that it is too early to be final, the results have been surprisingly good so that I | am encouraged to go on with the | understanding that, in certain cases, there will be failures and urgery may be required. How- ever, I agree with you that the question of failure is applicable to one method as to the other. I am writing this as a tribute to your power to irritate some of us and irritation sometimes causes stimulation. I wish that it were possible for you to be a little more circumspect in some of your state- ments but perhaps it is necessary in order to get ideas across. With a sense of gratitude, I am (Never mind who). I know the doctor would not wish his name mentioned here, but I am sure he would permit me to give it to any physician of standing. The “power to irritate,” as applied to our medical colleagues, is just a mean way I have of apprising the public and the rank and file of the profession of modern developments in scientific medicine a year or two be- fore some of the men behind the guns adopt the new idea. Circum- spect? I hope to meet this distin- guished surgeon and teacher some time and give him an insight into the way in which I investigate an inno- vation before I commend or advocate it here. He'd be pleased. There is need for more circumspection in the attitude physicians take toward these modern -methods, especially on the medical organs. These myopic mouthpieces of the profession. too often make themselves and the} profession at large ridiculous by fet reactions to irritation. r My surgeon correspondent does not: tell me, but I happen to know that! the physician of a great corporation | in his city was asked by the corpora- tion to report on the merits of the} ambulant method. Probably some; employe had len cured of hernia | without being laid up for six weeks. | The corporation's physician invited | the surgeon to join him in a visit to a country doctor who was using the | injection tr@&tment with reputed suc- | cess. They found the country doctor j a thoroughly competent man, yea, a man of the finest scientific type. He! showed them every step of the meth- od, and patients in various stages of treatment. He gave them references | to the scientific literature bearing on the method or attempts at it. cover- ing @ period of 90 years! The young country doctor proved, indeed, an in- spiration, when these two city doc- tors had approached him expecting to find a crude charlatan. No doubt the corporation became interested in the! method for the reason that from $100 to $150 covers the total cost of the treatment, whereas the standard op- eration for hernia costs $350 to $400 and keeps the patient away from work six weeks. If one good man here and there sees the light, it will dawn on the en- tire profession presently. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Hard for the Parasites Part of a letter from a physician who has two other degrees besides his: M. D.: ... struggling away ot a coun- try practice, trying to make some- thing out of these hard times, though ; times are not half so hard as most) people think they are... | ‘Answer—The people who wail most | almost the pet of the Wilson-hating section of the Republican press. ‘The annual catch of whales in the Antarctic exceeds 10,000 a year. over “hard times” are the parasites, | not the men and women who do use- ful_ work. Please give a formula for a good; mouthwash.—(E. 8. 8.) Answer—If an antiseptic wash is Articles on the injection treatment | Tequired, the best I know is a solu- | of hernia published in this column | on of a rounded teaspoonful of boric acid in a pint of boiled water—flavor it if you prefer. For the Hard of Hearing Your correspondent E. W. who in: | quired about lip reading should apply to the League for the Hard of Hearing in his or her city for instruction. If | there is none there, write to the Amer- ican Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C— (M. C.) Answer—Thank you. Many other correspondents have kindly sent in this information, and several recom- mend private instructors in lip read- ing, but we are unable to name such | private teachers. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) DEPARTED GLORY New York, Sept. 21—The Hippo- drome, once an international synonym for the spectacular and lavish, stands today as empty as the stomachs of those derelicts who make its iron- gated entrance-way their camping ground. The once brilliant marquee is strip- ped to a skeleton. Dead bulbs an- nounce that it is closed for the sum- mer. A bank, acting in a receivership, |, . is the owner. The big,film concern “{day’s bigger-and-better mansion of | that took it on lease has no intent of renewing. | Its neighbors have become employ- | ment agencies and cheap fodder spots |for the unemployed who drift from |one “help wanted” sign to another. | Bums sleep in the protection of one | Sector of its large foyer. A crone sits looking blankly out, a frowsy red hat |tilted over one ear, bleary-eyed, chanting with the high nasal voice of |a leprous Arab begging her wail for alms. * * , Just up the street a few blocks, the | rising steel mountains of Rockefeller | Center mock at the cadaver of yester- entertainment. Revolving stages, vast diving tanks, herds of elephants—all the elements of garish panorama drew the crowds of the world. A few years ago it began to be a mere echo. The films and vaudeville tried to keep it alive. A skyscraper was scheduled to rise on its former base, but the depression intervened. | It fell into the hands of a bank. It became a straight picture house. Sixth avenue became a highway of Jobless from 42nd street north. | And so the birthplace of the big extravaganzas and stage presenta- | tions came to be almost as any sloven | on its street. The fellow who once staged many of the spectacles went | to the Roxy-Rockefeller combination —and again there will be costly sam- | ples of the bigger and better. * i ; HOLLYWOOD MAKES INROADS | Broadway, meanwhile, with armies| of jobless actors in its zone, awakens | ‘to the fall season to discover that | | most of its juveniles have been gob-! , bled up by Hollywood—or have other- | wise disappeared. Managers report that, in casting} shows, they find few capable young- | sters. Hollywood's gold lures them away almost as fast as they are dis- | covered. | * OK OK Forty-second street, cheapened by | burlesque houses, shooting galleries, | flea circuses and side shows, is about | to return to the theater. The moan- ings and groanings concerning the - : oe Canadian Official HORIZONTAL “Answer to Previous Puzzlo 19 Part of 1 Chancellor of mouth, the exchequer i si] 21 Each (abbr ). of Great Brit. [BY Bt LIA iB ui A 22 Perforated. ain. Y EIRILIY] IE |RIR) 25 To leave out. | 10 To imitate. IPIOL IL Is) le le 27 To attribute. | 13To rant. NENEBILIARE 28 To surfeit. | 14.Null, Wie SMESILIAINOMEL 30 Consumer, ; 15 Compound INE. |i GIR eI 32 Sandpiper. ether. i CIR} | ISIOMICH 1 IV} 34 To peel. 17 Bra. RIE ETS! Bie 36 Mixes as 18 To revel. LL INIEIAIR) 1 ITIEIR} dough. 19 Type of vessel, |UINAPITEEMODIE IL 38 Extreme. 20To respond to [ANTIED IRUITIE KIT 40 Canadian a stimulus. prime min- 22 A morsel. 51 Half an em. VERTICAL ister. 23Second note. 52Standardtype 1Thin, dry 42 Gentlest. 24 Measure. measure. biscuit. 44 1X, 26 Social insect. 54 Frenzied , Ugly old 46 Plants used 27 Packers. nervous mal- woman, for medicinal 29 Mooley apple. ay, 3 To affirm. purposes, 31To turn aside, || *°Y- 4 Myself. 48 Drone bee. 33 To gather as 55 Places where 5 Ejected. 50 Northeast. coal is dus. 57 Instrument by which a boat is steered. 59 Step. 60 One in cards. 62 Felicity. 63 Plateau. 64 Ink stain. 65 To observe. 66 Transparent. a harvest. 35 Hazard. 37 To put off, 39 To pierce with a knife. 41 Wigwam. 43 Type of for- tification. 45 Before. 47 Elocutionist. 49 Noise. 6 Part of plant below ground. 53 Hybrid be- tween horse 7 Kindled. and ass. 8 Paid publicity. 55 A bulk. 9 Tidier. 56 Auction. 10 Devoured. 11 Nobleman, 12 Sea eagles. 16 Cubic meters. 18 Thin inner sole. 58 To perish. 59 Writing imple ment. 61 To peruse. 63 Mother. 64 Before Christ. \ breaking through the line east: of mate attraction and several other playhouses on this famous strasse will again stage musical comedies and as. Meanwhile, the burleycue menace— spreading over the Broadway belt—| threatens to die from over-expansion. The Gaiety, for instance, shut up shop abruptly a few days ago after a sea- son of stock burlesque. Minsky brothers, burleycue kings of the moment, have resumed friendly relations after a breach which fol- lowed the death of Billy Minsky. Within a fortnight of the funeral, the various brothers were running oppo- sition playhouses. @ | bs TODAY AN CREAR SUBMARINES’ TOLL On Sept. 21, 1918, the U. S, ship- ping board gave out the information that German submarines, during the period from August, 1914, to Septem- ber, 1918, had taken toll of 7,157,088 tons of shipping in excess of the ton- nage turned out in that period by | the allied and neutral nations. commenced, with British troops Epehy and Hargicourt. A vigorous protest against the Bol- shevist reign of terror was issued by the American government. The United States also asked all neutral and al- lied governments to follow suit. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) To me, woman is life's greatest pleasure—and my greatest worry!— Emir Abdullah of Transjordania. * * And the! terton, British writer. * eX band in money matters—Vicki Baum, novelist. : * ek Oe Prosperity is just around. the cor- ner but we are still looking for the Boy Scouts to tell us where the cor- ner is—Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for aera * * I was so nervous and excited and hopeful of winning inside that it made me sort of dead on the outside— Georgia Coleman, Olympic diving champion, after winning. * ok Ox That Chicago outfielder who play- ed 18 innings without a fielding chance the other day should thank his lucky stars he is in baseball. In big business, he would have been laid off by the end of the fourth inning. * Oe OK At last the Japanese have fully ex- Plained what the fighting in Man- churia was all about. The Japs wanted to take Manchuria from the Russians and give it to China, beaten; and are sometimes so stupid to be proud of the fact—G. K, Ches- I believe that nothing is apt to spoil | @ woman's character more than a complete dependence upon her hus- terrible blow. Some of the biggest moguls now have only one yes-man. | (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) JUST EATS IT UP Great Britain’s fastest train, the Cheltenham Flyer, which does the 75 miles between Swindon and Padding- ton in just over 56 minutes, uses 100 pounds of coal every three miles. STICKERS Today is John’s and his dad’s births ¢ day. John asked for a bicycle and his 5 dad said, “I'l buy you one when I am three times as old as you are.” If John + is 12 and his dad three and three-fourths § times as old as John, when will the boy © get the bicycle? > The rout of the Hindenburg line| > A story from Chicago says that Mr. Dawes has at last discarded his pipe. Barbs | _—_ MaPbe his best friend finally decided to tell him. * * * A “ghost” was shot recently in a Canadian cemetery. Which may mean that the cemetery will now be haunted by the ghost’s ghost. * oe OK Nicola Tesla, inventor, is trying to get a response from Mars and other planets. If he is successful, the Dem- response from Al Smith. * Oe OK A “statesman” says that the de- pression will be over when Average Citizen starts to buy. He might sim- plify that by saying the depression will be over when Average Citizen * The trouble is, as they say, that the English do not know when they are gets money so he can buy. * The deflation has hit Hollywood a ocrats might try asking him to get aj | i times have a hard time keeping their dates straight. The SYNOPSIS tector’s word to revolt. Morales, for the bandit in vain. the score with Morales. were stolen. Coyote” is responsible. Reed, an entertainer. Coyote” and Ann his spy. them. present. Antonio Ortega, the in; former, one of “El Coyote’s” tenants, is expected momentarily. CHAPTER XXXV “He calls himself Antonio Or. tega.” For the first time Jito spoke. “It lies above his right eye.” works with the tools one finds, try and that the night he told me have loved money very much to dar this thing in the face of his fear. H and perhaps you can't blame hit shots through the throat and him to show El Coyote’s contempt did happen, we wouldn't be able t able, gentlemen, And then for El Coyote.” In silence the four men considere the major’s table. tent. | more, Ted felt the tenseness. I of undying hate. He too was havin, tent wall. An interminable silence. watch, GAY BANDIT e BORDE by TOM GILL Rp! od th —_~— COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE 0, INC. — DISTRIBUTED BY.KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE, INC.* 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 mys- terious bandit, avenges every out- rage perpetrated by Morales. The ranchers await their unknown pro- with the aid of the U. S. Cavalry under Major Blount, has searched Ted Rad- cliffe, an Americaa 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 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 He doubts that “El At Men- doza’s, a notorious resort, Bob leaves Ted and goes upstairs to visit Ann Bob is “El She is deeply in love with him. As autumn comes, “El Coyote” makes ready to overthrow Morales. When Ted no- tices Bob’s stolen cattle among Jito’s herd, the latter explains he just found them and intended returning Major Blount invites Bob end Ted to his headquarters to learn the identity of “El Coyote.” Bob is puzzled. Morales and Jito are also lieu- ‘Don Bob moved ever so slightly in his chair. “A short, stocky chap with a scar over his eye?” he asked.) ror how can one put trust in this gave him that scar,” he muttered, The major nodded. “That's the fellow. A villainous sort of ruffian, Last week he came here at night, half frightened to death. Told me he had a secret to sell. I felt like kicking him, but in this life one tried to get him to tell me then and there, but not he. Said in a week he would be ready to leave the coun- was to pay him the reward and es- cort him to the fort. Oh, the fellow was in a terrible funk. He must was so rotten scared he jabbered, You all remember what happened to the last man who gave information. The major touched his chest. “Two handful of gold coins scattered over I’ve had to promise this fellow mili- tary protection and a safe escort out of the country. By God, I'll see nothing happens to him. If anything get another man to open his mouth if you offered him the Homestake Mine, So make yourselves comfort- until nine-thirty. Blount himself walked restlessly up and down the Never before had he been so near his quarry, He buttoned and unbuttoned his coat. A few minutes i the eyes of Morales glowed a fire difficulty in remaining. calm, Cau- tiously Ted looked at Jito, but the big fellow stood apart, watching the shadows that rose and fell on the 5 . | watch. its steady ticking droned At last Don Bob looked at his “Nothing to be done tor twenty bs) 'Who is El Coyote?” minutes. Think I’ll go out and take a look about your camp, major. No, don’t bother coming. I just want to stretch a bit.” And smiling at Ted he passed out of the tent. Thoughtfully Morales looked after him. “So at last Don Bob's roman- tic hero comes to the end of a bloody trail. It was bound to be. scum of the border and hope to live? One offers money and nothing hap- pens because men are afraid. One offers more money, and sooner or later comes a man whose greed for gold is greater than his fear of the Coyote’s vengeance. So it is with this Antonio. For him rewards and ]| Protections are too good. I would learn what he knows and cut his throat.” “Except that I have promised him | both reward and protection,” the major reminded, Morale’s smile held an amused pity. “As you will, You Americans and your sentimental moralities! They amuse me, if I may say so without offense. You believe in keeping faith even with the faith- less, An expensive gesture at times, ‘»| But protect him, by all means, my major. Qué va, what we want is El Coyote.” In the talk neither Jito nor Ted 1.) took part, but stood on either side of the table, looking silently down. Once Jito’s glance fell on the young: American, and he seemed again to be gauging him as an antagonist not unworthy of one’s best skill. Again came to Ted that sense of inevitable conflict—of « coming time when these two would come face to face in a last encounter, So the long minutes dragged by, ,q| and at length even Morales and the major fell silent, gazing with a kind of hypnotic attraction at the watch that lay on the table between them, awaiting the arrival of this unknown man who might clear up the mys- n| tery that for years had baffled the borderland. g| A soft breeze, hot and dry from the desert, sighed through the tent, rippling the flap, causing those dark shadows to dance upon the farther wall. All eyes were now upon the c le on. Five minutes more, Abruptly out of the might the sound of a shot ciusely followed by another ripped its way into the little group. Each man started to his feet. Loudly Blount called an orderly. “Find out what that damned shooting’s about.” Perspiration had broken out on his face, “Ordinarily I wouldn’t worry—but, by God, if anything goes wrong—” Reaching in a canvas knapsack he buckled on his army automatic, Mut- tering with impatience he walked twice the length of the floor. A foot fall sounded on the sand outside and a long shadow fell across the tent wall. Quickly the major raised the flap. In the moonlight stood Don Bob, rolling a cigarette. He nodded, and scratched a match on the tent pole, “T just heard two shots, major.” Bob inhaled the fragrant smoke deeply. “Do you suppose it could mean something's wrong with your information?” Before the major could answer a little knot of soldiers approached, bearing a Mexican between them. . ‘He was shot just outside the line, sir,” a corporal announced. “We heard two shots almost together, then somebody cursed in Spanish and this bird came running into us screaming. One shot got him. He’s just about gone.” Blount looked closely at the man, He held the lamp nearer and a bitter curse rolled in his throat, “It's An- tonio, by God! Put him in that chair. Get some brandy.” He raised a futile hand aloft. “By God,” he said helplessly. Roughly he shook the inert form, “Who is El Coyote?” The Mexican’s glazing. eyes opened and turned in terror toward the light. A rasping cough trembled in his throat. Desperately the ma- jor said to Morales; “Ask him in Spanish, Quick. The man is dying.” The Spaniard’s face glowed with a dark fury. He glared at the Mexi- can, “Quien es El Coyote?” he hissed, “Digame, Pronto, quien es?” _Slowly the Mexican’s head moved, his lips opened and hi eyes roved about the little Sroup. At last they tested on the face of Don Bob, A little convulsive quiver ran through the wounded man, jaws dropped, and he slumped limply forward. The major’s hand closed on the Mexi- can’s pulse, Ni i Mae lo beat of life, It was (To Be Continued)