The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1932, Page 6

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON A Maine Man’s Interpretation | No recent political development has | ~ aroused more comment than the re-| sult of the recent Maine election. | The chairman of the Republican! party in that rock-bound state cred-! ited the Democratic victory to local} disagreements and state isses, de-| |he was swept into office by a tre- ; farce out of party organization. | lone-wolves. jctent to overcome the prejudice!) aroused in the minds of a sufficient | number of voters by the fact that his ; | ‘Another Livestock B Democratic opponent's name was} i | Connolly.” | H i i Norris and Hoover i Senator Norris declares in the cur-| jfent issue of Liberty Magazine that | tif Lincoln were alive teday, he would! jSupport Franklin D. Roosevelt against | President Hoover, whom he desig-| nates as the champion of big busi-/| ness. ' Be that as it may, Sen. Norris has contributed an interesting article to! the 1932 campaign literature under! the caption of “Why I Am a Better ; Republican Than President Hoover.” | He states in the opening sentences: | |“I am a Republican legally because} |my constituents, whose word is final, | have elected me on the Republican | ticket.” i Denying vehemently that he owes! no obligation to party, but mere!; the obligation of representing hi: constituency fearlessly and honestly he draws an interesting comparison between his and President Hoover's conception of public service. i In Nebraska, Norris’ insurgency has} cost him nothing politically with the voters. When he ran the last time, mendous majority, indicating that the direct primary is fast making a The two cannot exist and as long as there are primaries there will be political It is not the party's fault. Party rule has gone by the boards and primary commitments su- Persede it whether for better or for ‘se. Some say the latter and some the former, lockade CK TRI BUNE. THURSDAY, StirreMBER 22, 1932 curtail) Sharply party control and discipline. | He advocates the abolition of the: electoral college and direct election! Senator Norris would claring sonorously that Maine would be in the Republican fold in Novem-| The Democrats hailed it as a great! victory and this position seems to! have been borne out by President! Hoover's desperate call to his party| wheelhorses for more action between’ now and the election. But politicians with axes to grind are rarely the best interpreters of election results or political trends. For that reason the remarks of Dr. Ernest Gruening, editor of the Port- land Evening News in one of the state's largest cities, carries some en- lightenment. Hear him: “The Democratic sweep in Maine, unprecedented since the Bull Moose} split 20 years ago, and unexpected) in its extent even by the most opti- mistic Democrats, was due almost solely to national issues, “Four years ago, the Republican state ticket swept into office by more than 140,000 votes. Today a Demo- cratic governor has been elected by 2,000 votes, and two of the three con- gressional districts replaced Repub- licans with Democrats. “There have been no Democratic) congressmen in Maine since the Bull Moose split, and the eastern part of Maine, formerly the fourth district and now reapportioned as the third district, has never elected anyone but Republicans. | “The Democrats have also made} enormous gains within the state and Seem likely, when a number of close contests have been settled, to have! carried the state house of represen- tatives, “To an unusual degree, local issues | played a relatively unimportant, part. Neither Republican nor Democratic gubernatorial candidates were out-| standing. The Republican candidate, Burleigh Martin, had been president | of the state senate and had gradu- ally worked up through the escalator Process, fairly typical of the Repub- lican organization. “His Democratic opponent, Louis J. Brann, had been a former mayor of Lewiston, where he gave a creditable administration. He had been a judge of the municipal court there. Some criticisms were made of local admin- istrative matters, but all these were negligible in the face of the over- shadowing economic issue. “The Republisans sent in some of their heaviest big guns, including Og- den L. Mills, secretary of the treas- ury, who wound up the campaign with a rally in the Portland Munici- ‘pal Auditorium, scathingly denoune- | ing Franklin D. Roosevelt. “The customary Republican argu- “ments were presented—that the de- pression is world-wide, that Repub- | iicans are in no sense responsible for it, that they had stemmed the de- pression in masterful fashion, and that horses should not be swapped when the country had started on the “In addition to the economic is- ; sues, ‘wetness’ proved a factor in the i By William of presidents, PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE | Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, Brady, M. D. not to disease | | floor show at the Hollywood was the first to remove the cover charge and hence draw the passing street crowds. . . . His girls are garbed in as little as possible to give the visiting buyers what they want... He made his ap- peal, not to the casual snooty crowd, had to be stage han # # % MAKING GOOD IN BIG CITY | The overwhelming number of out- of-towners in the Broadway world has occasioned many a paragraph. In one company, I note, you'll find: Dorothy Stickney, Dickinson, N. D.; John Beal, Joplin, Mo.; Margaret Hamilton, Cleveland, O.; Edward Craven, Mem- phis, Tenn.; William Pike, Salt Lake | City; Glenn Anders, Los Angeles; Maude Allan, Des Moines, Is. end | Margaret ‘Wycherly, London. * # Jed to his dressing room by ds, %* And here’s another of the Wilton Lackaye anecdotes: Lackaye had been appearing in “Trilby,” wherein he reached fame as “Svengali.” Leo Dietrichstein was in the same troupe. The latter arrived late at the theater one night and, when questioned by a worried stage manager, explained that he had been in the dentist's chair. |. “Listen to the oaf,” muttered Lac- kaye. “Doesn’t he know I used up all the alibis ten years ago.” | aR TODAY Ie aneieeAny On Sept. 22, 1918, British troops lo- cated in Asia Minor scored one of the biggest victories of its campaign. The Turkish army between the Jordan and the Mediterranean was virtually wiped out, the British advancing 60 miles from their original positions. At the end of the advance the troops held Nazareth, El Afule, and Beisan. In @ heated battle, British and Greek troops in the Balkans engaged Germans and Bulgars on a front of 90 miles near Prilep. This was the start of an encounter that was to last for several days. Bulgaria was reported to have opened peace negotiations with the allies, but this rumor was put to ";naught by German authorities. to obtain it—Premier Herriot France. >—_—_—___________ BIG BRITISH VICTORY I I am stubborn and I like to travel. —Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, * * *® By supplying Russia with machin- ery and experts the other countries are creating Frankenstein monster that will devour them industrially — Carvath hate eta * I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, because I believe des- tiny has assigned a task to me.— Adolf Hitler, bear ag leader. * * If Gandhi dies as a result of this conspiracy to break up the Joint fam- ily of the Hindu, community, British connection will die with him. —C. S. Ranga Iyer, Indian leader. #* * the It is only those who vote for what they don’t want, and get it, who throw - away Thomas, Socialist candidate for presi- dent. their votes—Norman * * * It does not suffice to wish of nse) Barbs | ———_——— Banks were known as far back as 600 B.C. There also must have been some kind of stock market for the tellers’ entertainment. xe * A survey shows that many min- isters of the gospel are under- paid. Sermons do not seem to be @ paying commodity. * * * Perhaps that cigar store chain that went into receivership the other day didn’t set the prices high enough on automobile tires. +e % The motor car is blamed for a great many accidents. But how about the drivers? x * * Chicago schools have prohibited the reading of fairy tales to pupils. The board of education, however, furnishes the teachers with fairy stories on pay day. GLADYS TAR KER, Sentimental love songs are played on the phonograph just as 2 matter of record. | Teal revival without a pickup in the article, he says: | “I detest the spirit of partisanship | which places party above country and barters the forgotten rights of} the common man for public office. I have been criticised and ostracised for preaching this doctrine. But I | still believe in it. A political party is ‘nothing but an instrumentality for| government. There is nothing sacred ebout it. While under present con-} ditions political parties may be nec-| essary, they are only necessary for| the purpose of bringing good govern-| ment to the people.” In concluding his Liberty Magazine | diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. APOLOGY TO WALL PAPER | child’s age, inclose a stamped envelope ticle in this column was “A Case of | habit. Instructions will not be given INDUSTRY j bearing your address. We will mail May 28, 1932, the subject of the ar- | You instructions for correcting the Wall Paper Poisoning” which had oc- | curred in England. I quoted the find- ings of the analyst—one-third of a grain of arsenic in the seven-year-old | child’s body, and his observation that | the arsenic was given off in gaseous | form from the wall paper in the sit- | ting room in the home of the little/ victim, due to the effects of spores of | @ kind‘ of mold that grows vigorously ! Building Points the Way A survey and forecast for the build- ing industry in the United States |during the next year, just completed, by the magazine, American Archi-/| tect, indicates that the great build-/ | ing trades are about to emerge from) the depression. | The survey shows, for instance, that | | fully $1,750,000,000 is going to be spent! during the next 12 months on new building projects and on moderniza-j| tion work. “The beginning of the recovery pe- | riod is here,” says the magazine.| “Building activity begins its steady,) | though slow, upward swing during; | the fall of 1932.” | If this survey is correct, it is ex-| tremely good news. There can be no| building industry; and, conversely, if the building industry revives, it can be expected to carry other industries up with it. | | | Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agr or disagree with The Tribun policies The Organization Is the Thing (McKenzie County Farmer) Every political party is composed of People of widely divergent views. Voters may be as far apart as the poles on nearly every subject outside of having a belief that a particular Political organization promises the greatest good to the greatest number of people. The Republican party is a striking example. A party that holds | within its ranks men of such con- trasting beliefs as Senators Nye, Borah, Norris and LaFollette on the one hand and Moses, Watson, Smoot and Fess on the other is certainly elastic. The Nonpartisan League is equally. elastic. There are men connected with the party whose views differ on many things. They agree on the platform of the organization and be- lieve that it is more progressive and Tepresents the best idea of govern- ment for the majority of the peopie of the state. However, there is one thing that every party must have and that is a keen sense of its responsibility to the | People as a whole. It must have} party discipline and its elected offi- cials must work together in harmony for the common good. There cannot be any one-man orchestras. There may be soloists, it is true, but the orchestra must have all its members playing in the same key or else the blue notes will lead to quarrels and finally to party disruption. The Non- partisan League in times past has not been so fortunate in that regard and there are signs that history may re- Peat itself. | The chairman of the executive | committee should be the leader of} the organization during the cam-/ paigns and at all other times. He should be diplomatic and at the same time have the qualities of sound and sane leadership. The organization is fortunate in having such a man at this time in John Nystul. The can- on damp paper. The wall paper was unless you make it clear you are the parent or guardian of the child, Witch Hazel In my twenties I did much yacht- ing off New Jersey and Long Island coasts. In the spring when I started | in I bathed my face, neck and shoul- ders with witch hazel several times a) day. I never suffered from sunburn. | (C. E. K.) | Answer—Harmless, though I do not | jbut to the great mass of folk who |cannot afford the average night spot. . .. And so he has packed the crowds in, even during lean times. ‘Toward dawn he disappears in his car and heads for his rancho, reap- pearing on Broadway toward night with a proud display of his crops. . . He's one of Broadway's oddest characters. . . And one of the most successful. xe FOOTLIGHT NOTES Carrie Nation will be dramatized this winter. . . . Maurice Chevalier keeps a photograph of his mother on his make-up table... Ed Wynn has id- {saved the first pair of high button shoes in which he first made his clowning debut. .. And Eddie Cantor W The GAY BANDIT of the BORDER. by TOM GILL 3) et a believe it will prevent sunburn. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) dyed green with either Paris green! (copper arsenite) or Schweinfurt green (aceto-arsenite of copper). jindustry of the United States didn’t | paper manufactured twenty or thirty I called particular attention to the fact that the arsenic had been ab-/| sorbed by inhalation of the gas formed | by the mold—lest some “authorities” explain that it was absorbed through the pores of the skin. So far, so good. But I went on to that “arsenic is an ingredient in many wall papers, in the ink or color, especially in green papers.” That was where I tipped over the apple cart. The wall paper like it a bit. And I don’t blame the wall paper industry. I should have limited my assertion to apply to wall years ago or earlier. Or I should have explained that the use of arsenical New York, Sept. 22.—Notes from a| convenient cuff: It's amusing that | the only night club to survive the; summer doldrums of Broadway should be operated and directed by the big | {has preserved the original straw hat | with which he has since become in- | ternationally identified. . . While Joe Weber keeps the hair-brush he used some 25 years ago, being superstitious that a change might cause him the loss of a few more strands of hair... George White always wears a blue, double-breasted suit when attending his productions. * eK Eva Tanguay’s tragic finale, staged in a scene of destitution, recalls many stage stories of the blindness which slowly overtook her. . . Upon her last appearance in Broadway, she had to be led to the footlights at curtain time. . . Libby Holman, leading figure in a death mystery, is another player handicapped by bad eyesight. . . She, too, often was forced to depend on memory and instinct to find her way | large amount of arsenic and gives off \industry is not responsible for that, so colors in the preparation of wall pa- per and artificial flowers is now only! of historical interest in the United States—the aniline colors having been universally adopted in these indus- tries here. No doubt much wall paper still on! the walls of old houses contains a! of the rural showplaces, arsenic-compounds in gaseous form from the action of mold upon the Paper. But the present wall paper ites who seldom see a farm... street's only farmer. .. He is N. T.G.| about the stage. (otherwise N. T. Grantlund), and his ; property man changed the position of several hundred acre chicken, fruit 4 chair and she was lost for several and berry ranch in New Jersey is one On Monday mornings, after a weck- | end of farming, Nils arrives on Broad- | was literally catapulted to the stage way with crates of eggs, boxes of ap-| by back-stage flunkies, but somehow ples and great bags of fruit. .. These | managed to maintain his sense of di- he distributes among the Broadway-| rection once the footlights flashed His | upon him... At the end of his act he + » One evening a | moments. . . Ben Welsh, famous | comedian, was almost totally blind | during the last years of his career. The audience never knew that he I offer this explanation and apology. While modern homes have no ar- senic in the wall paper, if they have any wall paper, it is probably true that the hazard of chronic arsenical poisoning from domestic and indus- trial sources is much greater today ——. 20 Point of du- ration. 21 Falsehood. 22 Puts back in school. 26 To bow. 27 Boy. 28 Native metal, 29To devour. 30 African an- telope. 31 Silkworm. 32 Anything given to pa- Marsh test for arsenic, which any| high school chemistry student can’ perform. { Hyposulphite of soda (photogra-' Pher’s hypo) is still a good antidote; or remedy for chronic arsenic poison- | ing. Twenty grains of it may be; taken internally, with a glass of water | or some sweetened or flavored syrup, twice a day for a period of several weeks. i Whatever may happen in England, there is now no reason to fear arsenic poisoning from wall paper in the United States or Canada. 39 Quantity. 41 Poem. 42 Dead body. 44 Reverential fear. 45 Lock projec- tions, 47To decay. 48 Expedited. 52 Exultant. 55 Substance gs i bows. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 36 Frozen water. oe 38 Long bench Is there any way to tell if a baby in ee has any negro blood, if it has even a thirty-second part negro blood? (Mrs. R. C.) Aanswer—There is ea known hated i to distinguish negro bl from wl ' blood. The legend that @ black baby: (throwback) may be born to anil = ht gray parents some generatio! see an admixture of black or dark; gray blood is not borne out in actual | life. The offspring is always as white | as the average of the two parents.) The blood of a negro is in all respects _ identical with the blood of a white; Crude Attempt to Dry Up Please give your opinion of the ad-/ in this magazine article, It) SIS 0 Ae AD LESTER BG . (D, 8. M, Answer—The advice, which purports that children should post. 57 Cried. 5 Square Center than it has 20 been before. Fur HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 14 Who was the workers and wearers, greenhouse 1 Half of a 7 = t workers, orchard and garden workers hinge ¢Pl.). ISHAM IE IRILIAL INE [ARTE] reagan (arsenic in sprays), hide handlers,! Not suitable. [RAIVIEMMVIOI OMBEISITIEIR] haar taxidermists, makers or handlers of; 41 4 confederacy. JAGIE MMR! | OUT MEL IAITIEIE INI id ard sheep dip, glass makers, smelters, etc. 45 Single term, IRIEIAICIT MESH ITE RERIE over the At- are exposed. Arsenic compounds are 14 crumbles to [SOMAINT] 5 lantic? much used in preservatives and in- dust, EIMUMEOIE [1 IE RMR Ie AIP} 16 Subtracted. secticides, in baths, powders, sprays. 15 Wound and IRITISIKMEDIEFIERRMESITIAIS] 19 Negative, Persistent conjunctivitis, coryza, ec- | tiened aean TIEINIT MERRIE DIAN] 22 Rustic. zematous rashes, anemic pallor and | Atria AIDIE | iD] 23 Evergreen obscure nervous lesions without a) 17To leer i] shrub, known cause should arouse suspicion 18 Blackbir dot CE] 24 Reliev of chronic arsenic poisoning. an ki ME ISIAMIDIL 10) a ae is es, One manufacturer of wall paper, e og 00 ad BICORIENTI racks away, sends me detailed description of the family. J Lh IN 34 Heritable. 49 Small opening, used on violin land owner. ship. 35 To preclude. 87 Deviating or erring, 38 Manifest, 39 Part of a coat | collar, 40 Was indebted. 43 Company, 46 Flat-bottomed boat. 48 Let it stand, 50 Custom, 51 Frost bite. 53 Sheltered 58 Wigwam. VERTICAL 1 Cut down as a tree. 2 To bail water. 3 Era, 4To murmur as @ cat. 6 East Indian i 8 Wine vessel. 9 Half quart. 56 Upright, stair 10 Seizing. 11 Sayings. 13 Citrous truit. SYNOPSIS For years, Paco Morales ruled the eons 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 under Major Blount, has searched for the bandit in vain. Ted Rad- cliffe, 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. At Men- doza’s, a notorious resort, Bob leaves Ted and goes upstairs to visit Ann Reed, an entertainer. Bob is “El Coyote” and Ann his spy. 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 them. Major Blount i: 3 Bob and Ted to his headquarters to learn the identity of “El Coyote.” Bob is puzzled. Morales and Jito are also present. Antonio Ortega, the in- former, and one of “El Coyote’s” lieutenants, is expected momentarily. Bob goes outside. Two shots ring out. Bob returns and, shortly after, Ortega is carried in. Urged to name “El Coyote,” Ortega looks at Bob and, without uttering a word, dies, CHAPTER XXXVI “Here's the brandy, sir,” nounced the orderly, Mechanically the major reached for the glass and drained it. “By God,” he cried savagely, and flung the glass to the ground. “So El Coyote gets him right out of my camp. Under my eyes, surrounded by a squadron of cavalry.” Bitterly he laughed. “Who will be fool enough to play traitor to El Coyote now?” Then slowly, very slowly, the little major pulled himself serect. For the moment all hope had died, “Gentlemen,” he said dully, “I in- vited you upon an empty errand. My apologies.” He looked toward the dead Mexi- can, where the lamplight, as if in high merriment, flickered now across those eternally silenced lips, Don Bob leaned across the table, his eyes, thoughtful and moody, fixed on the crumpled figure of the Mexican, : “A minute more,” he said half aloud, “a minute more and we might have learned so much.” Lightly he touched the major’s shoulder, then he reached for his hat. “Come,” he said to Radcliffe, and abruptly left the tent. Under escort of a sergeant they galloped out over the desert. As they reached the car Bob said, to| Radcliffe's surprise, “You drive,” and climbed heavily in. Mechanically Ted took the wheel while his mind raced back to the unexpected tragedy of that past hour. Once more he seemed to hear, those two hurried, spiteful shots in the darkness, and saw the look of fear and horror graven on the face of the Mexican. And for the first time it came to him how desperate a game was being played almost under his eyes. “El Coyote must have surround. ed the camp,” Ted said at last. “The -bandits must have seen us pass, And they were waiting for him outside the circle of cavalry.” Bob stirred uneasily. Ted feit the weight of the’ man’s body agai his own shoulder and saw Bob's head droop forward. an- —_—_ COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE 0, INC. o~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE, INC. For a time they drove on through the night. Then, uneasy at the long silence, Ted asked, “Tired, Bob?” No answer. The weight of the older man seemed heavier, and as again Ted looked down Bob's head swayed limply forward with a little sigh, Jamming on the brakes Ted took the man’s shoulders in his arms and raised him, The face was dead-white, but in a minute the gray, eyes opened and the lips moved. Very faintly Ted heard the words, “Punctured in the side. Take me out to the ranch.” Again the eyes flickered, “Sorry,” he whispered, and fainted, For a brief moment in the silence of the starlit desert Ted sat very still, while one by one past memo- ties crowded in on him, until at last they had formed themselves into an inescapable pattern. With the sud- denness of a lightning bolt the truth burst forth. El Coyote! Curiously, as if he were looking upon a stranger, Ted gazed down at this man who sat so quietly be- side him, He felt his own heart pounding and a dull throbbing in his brain, El Coyote! The man all the border was secking, the killer with a price upon his head. This man so loved and hated, praised and con- demned, sat helpless beside him, and suddenly Ted realized that, bandit and killer, this man was the nearest friend he had in the world. Very gently Ted started the car, then wrapped one huge arm about the limp figure. On that side the man’s clothes were already wet with blood. Rapidly Ted sped through the night. Once he looked at his watch—a little after ten. There would be no one at the ranchhouse. The servants would be in their own quarters. Once the car struck a rut in the road, and the man groaned. Ted drove more cautiously, slowing down almost to a stop where the road was broken. Once on the state highway, Ted shot the car at a mad pace down the road. Mile posts flashed by. The lights of Verdi loomed up to the west, and skirting the town, Ted tore on to the ranch, The bars were down, and driving up to the house he stopped and switched off the Ughts. Raising the stricken man in his arms, Ted ran up the steps, pausing once to listen, but conscious. only of the beating of his own heart. The servants had already gone. Inside, with hasty, unaccustomed fingers, he cut away the coat and blood-stained shirt, The wound was no longer bleeding. The heart still beat, but very feebly. In desperation Ted looked about the room, A first- aid kit, he remembered, was in the medicine chest, and in a short time he had sterilized the dark jagged wound and fastened heavy bandages over it. He poured a little whisky, between the man's lips, then waited, feeling horribly alone, terribly in need of aid. As he stood there a faint flush came to Bob's cheeks, and for an instant he opened his eyes, ‘then closed them, Stooping forward, Ted ‘caught the words. “You can trust the cook. And tell Ann—Ann at Mendoza’s. But no doctor—remember, fo doctor. You know why.” Then again his face paled. Consciousness had left him. Ted pulled a chair to the bedside. There was nothing to do but wait—| and hope. Slowly the minutes of, midnight ticked by, and the early’ hours of morning. Ever his eyes turned to the still form that breath. ed 80 slowly beneath the covers, More than once, like some physical chill it came over him how utterly, alone was this man whose hand had been raised against the entrenched scheme of things, This man, he found himself thinking, had doomed himself to the tone fight He could turn nowhere. He could rely on no one, This man who held the border in terror ‘his tast outpost against the domination of the strong, now lay helpless, suffering—perhaps done. And in all the borderiand he could look nowhere for aid. Before dawn Bob’s face was burn- ing. Quickly the fever mounted and he tossed restlessly, throwing the light blanket from the bed. Vainly Ted tried to soothe him. An hour later he lay in delirium, his voice rambling in a low monotone. Once Ted laid his hand on the man’s hot forehead, and Bob's eyes for an in- stant opened. “Tell Ann,” he repeated, In desperation Ted rose. Running to the servants’ quarters, he tapped ‘on the door of Bob's Mexican cook. She came, grumbling and sleepy, to the entrance. “Your master,” he whispered, “is wounded. No one must know. I go to bring help, Stay with him. Keep him in bed. You understand?” The old woman crossed herself. “sin In two minutes she was shuffling up thé steps to Bob's room and had replaced the blanket thrown on the floor. With a wrinkled hand she gently touched him. “Mother of God how hot he is! Get heip quickly, sefior. Help, for the love of God!” But Ted was already gone. Mendoza’s was at its height. Even from far off the blaze of lights blurred the horizon, and as Ted drew up he heard a roar of applause from within and the tinkle of many glasses. Men’s voices shouted a name he could not catch, but as he stepped within all noise had stilled, A sudden hush had fellen, an ex- pectant hush, The waiters about the crowded tables stood motionless in the smoke-filled room. All faces were turned toward the center of the patio where, in a ring of slowly changing lights, a girl was singing. Ted walked quietly to the nearest waiter, “Where will I find Ann Reed?” The man nodded to the patio. “It is she who sings, sefior.” Slowly Ted drew closer. Just out. side the light he stopped and watched her. She moved indolently in that circle of light, knowing her= self to be the master of all their moods, feeling the power of her wiz- ardy. The young, fresh voice seemed to come effortlessly from her throat, A low rejoicing voice, in strange contrast with the veiled sadness of her eyes, She held those quiet, at- tentive faces in a spell. And when at last she stopped a tempest of bravos and applause shook the long, low room. She smiled and had turned toward the door when Ted reached her side. “Sefiorita,” he began. The great black eyes looked up at him, “Yes.” . “I am Ted Radcliffe, the friend of Don Bob. It is important I talk with you now—at once.” Beneath the rouge her face went white, and with a little beckoning gesture she hurried down the hall. On the stairs she turned toward him, “Tell me. He is hurt?” “He is wounded. He wants you.” “Badly wounded?” “Badly.” ‘She choked back a sob, “Wait at the door. I won't change. I'll take some things along.” Within a minute she had returned, and in even less time they were in the car, leaving behind them a bite terly distracted Mendoza, who tore his black hair and called down curses on all undependable can: 8. t Throughout that ride the girl sas quite still, her hands folded tightly in her lap, her face tense and drawn, At Bob's door Ted raised his hand tor silence, He looked in, and, see- ing no change in the white, drawa face among the pillows, motioned the girl to enter, “I'll be out bere if you need me,” he told her, She nodded gratefully. “I want to be 2 little while with him alone.” The door ciosed silently, . £%e Be Contianed)