The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1932, Page 4

4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1982 - The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. 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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEWYORK BOSTON Vacillating Republicans First President Hoover was to stay at his desk and the Herculean task | of coaxing back prosperity in time to roll up a Republican victory in No- vember. ‘Then came Maine which put sin- ister and dark clouds upon the po- litical horizon. Following that came Secretary Pat- rick Hurley's bungling trips to the American Legion convention and Huron, 8. D. The fiery, immaculate member of Hoover's cabinet made no votes for the Republican presidentia: nominee at either place. ‘Walter H. Newton, a Minneapolis citizen and former member of con- gress, now a Hoover liaison secretary, returns hurriedly from Minnesota and tells his chief that a swing around the midwest circle is imperative. A few weeks ago, Mr. Newton was re- Ported as having advised the presi- dent against a speaking tour. There is every surface indication that Franklin D. Roosevelt is win- ning the west. He is the beneficiary of the general social unrest and a marked tendency on the part of the people to turn the “ins” out of office. Many political writers have noted that strange psychology of the vari-j ous primary campaigns. The “ins” nave suffered a high mortality rate and President Hoover, whether justly or not, is in no different category than the other “ins.” These factors then have produced a bewildering vacillation in Republican campaign headquarters. Such times call loudly for master manipulators of the type of Mark Hanna, Boise Pen- rose, Murray Crane and Boss Barnes of Albany. In their place, President Hoover is surrounded by a group of political novices. Some of them are college presidents, others great captains of industry; men used to super-stuffed office appointments and plenty of Push buttons to summon the lackeys. ‘They may know business and educa- tional currents; they probably can write ponderous theses upon the trend in international thought, but they don’t know how to carry a ward at an election. When it comes to po- litical window dressing they are help- Jess. President Hoover seemingly has no place to turn in the emergency. He is beset by a host of advisers with as many plans for winning back a popu- larity that was his in 1928. Senator Borah was on the stump in that campaign. Charles Evans Hughes, now chief justice, did yeoman serv- ice. There were words of encourage- ment from President Coolidge and even the insurgent Republicans in} the senate, with the exception of Norris of Nebraska, did nothing to embarrass Mr. Hoover. Today there is no party solidarity. A great engineer who may understand what is the matter with the machine and whose plan, if given time, may steady conditions, is lacking in all po- | litical sense. His cabinet members are like babes in the political woods. They just blunder on. Attorney Gen- eral Mitchell's statement concerning criminality among the bonus march- ers, if true, which is severely chal- Jenged, is one shining example of how Mr. Hoover is being victimized by the political boners of his well-wishing friends whom one prominent politi- clan once prayed his Creator to be delivered from. His enemies, he de- clared, were less formidable. "Many lame-ducks have been pressed into the Republican campaign. Con- Hawley of Oregon, who has been repudiated in his own district, is to campaign for Hoover among the | th who execrate when the ot-Hawley bill is even mentioned. | boon ‘They “got” Hawley for the part he in it and many of Hoover's don’t know to this day why!’ the president signed such an iniqui- tous tariff measure which, along with Adolph Eberhart, former Minnesota governor, now a resident of Chicago, is to participate in the Oregon cam- paign. Political history of Minnesota Places Eberhart among the weakest of Minnesota executives. He was most roundly beaten by a Democrat, largely because he was the pliant tool of the great interests of that state. President Hoover has sought to cre- ate about him a nonpartisan or coali- tion group of men to save the nation for Republicanism on the ground that this emergency is like the great war where he served with distinction un- der Democratic auspices. Men like Baker of Ohio and Young of New York are being featured by Hoover. Pomerene of Ohio is another whom Hoover placed at the head of the Re- construction Finance corporation. But the machinery Hoover has set up is not enlisting support for his political campaign. Many disappointed hench- men have, to use a popular phrase, walked out on him. ‘Thus is the campaign going on into the vital stages. An eleventh-hour ‘rally is planned to revive enthusiasm. A hurry-up call has been issued for some of the “pinch hitters” long estranged by Hoover's highbrow or- ganization. The latter may know their blueprints, but not their politics. That Insull Mess Searching investigation into the op- erations of Martin and Samuel Insull, now voluntary exiles in foreign lands, Should be prosecuted without delay. Thousands of innocent purchasers find the stocks and securities of the various Insull enterprises either just so much blue-sky or of greatly dimin- ished value. Charges are made that money which should have gone into building strong reserves to protect the stock and bond obligations of the companies were used for speculation in the stock mar- kets. What approximated nearly a bil- lion dollar enterprise has crumbled like the Kreuger match trust and un- der almost as suspicious circum- stances. Many of the Insull proper- ties from an operating standpoint are sound and in some the security hold- ers probably will get back a portion of their investment. Now that bankruptcy is inevitable there will follow liquidation at great expense under which process values will shrink and the public doubtless will know the truth. Great holding companies selling blue sky to millions of investors are now on the spot with the collapse of the Insull set-up. Securities commis- sions in the various states should have tightened upon the operation of these Promoters long ago. Most states have blue sky commissioners but it seems @ very easy matter for any stock-sell- ing venture to get approval. Millions have been mulcted from investors throughout the Northwest | during the recent financial joy ride. It may be impossible to devise any means to prevent foolish people from squandering their money, but restric- tions on holding companies and their operations are necessary, as the In- sull expose clearly indicates. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show ti trend of thought by other edito They are published without regarc to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies, Greatest Corn Crop in Iowa History (Des Moines Register) With the farm price of corn rang- ing from 20 to 25 cents, it is difficult to be overwhelmed with joy over Iowa’s record-breaking crop of half a million bushels. This bountiful gift of nature, sufficient at 1918 and 1919 prices to Pay off the state’s entire farm mort- gage debt, would in fact be little more than enough to pay the interest on that debt if it were all appropriated to that purpose at present prices, The major portion of this crop, of course, will be transformed as usual into pork, beef and mutton, probably at a profit above feeding costs, When it is realized, however, that a great portion of our present billion dollar farm mortgage debt dates back to the days of war prices, and that since that time an abnormal economic cycle has shorn away nine-tenths of the income of the Iowa farmer who sells his corn, it is not surprising that he should be ready in so many cases to adopt the desperate remedies of Picketing the highways and calling for an embargo upon his products and those of his neighbors. It is silly to condemn the farmer for having been misled by the high com- modity prices of 1919. Surely there is not any one anywhere but has been fooled within the last 15 years into the belief that things were normal which turned out later to have been abnormal. Perhaps most gullible of all are those who are ready to accept the Present price setup as enduring, yet there are plenty of people (not on farms) who have already accepted 20- cent corn as a matter-of-course thing. It is as certain as the coming of day that 20-cent corn cannot last unless We are to have a complete revamping of our entire economic structure. It may conceivably last a considerable time or it may rebound overnight, as it has often done in the past. And if we accept the idea that pres- ent low prices cannot become perma- nent there is immense reassurance in stability of A Dud 932° | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in arm. The American Red Cross and ink. THE OLD GUARD STANDS PAT WITH HAND UNDER CHIN Connecticut manufacturer sends a folder of an insurance company, on artificial respiration, and asks if I will tell him whether there are any errors in it before he distributes it among his employes. He explains that he has found that other leaflets put out by the same insurance com- pany have contained erroneous in- formation. So does this one. The instructions for restoring breathing in persons ap- parently drowned, or victims of gas Poisoning or victims of electric shock include this erratic bit: 4. Stretch his right arm for. | ward, parallel with his body ard. bend the left arm for his head to rest on. Face should be turned aside to allow air. The error is the bending of one arm to place it under the head, Both arms should be extended or stretched for- ward above the head. There is neither scientific justification nor sense in lifting the head upon one all other organizations to the con- trary notwithstanding. Schafer, who gave this method of artificial respiration to the world, di- rected that both of the subject's arms be extended above the head, and the face be turned to one side for the free entrance of air. Whoever had the temerity to alter the method to the erratic one taught by the Red Cross and other agencies in this coun- try, did so without good and sufficient reason. T believe that the lifting of the sub- ject’s head even the thickness of the wrist or forearm may be the straw which turns the scales against success in some instances, and that alone should warrant correction of the error in the Red Cross method or a satis- factory explanation for the change. The lifting of the head tends to in- terfere with the drainage of any fluid from the breathing passages. My friend Prof. Yandell Henderson, an authority on artificial respiration, assures me that even if there is some water in the subject’s lungs it is quickly absorbed anyway, so it doesn’t matter whether the subject is in & position to favor drainage of fluid from the breathing passages. But Prof. Henderson further assures me that the chest is in the position most favorable for inspiration when the subject's arms are extended above the head. So I warn the old guard not to call Prof. Henderson as their witness in the proceedings. His testimony won't save their face at all. There is still a third good reason why the Red Cross method should be condemned and discarded and the Schafer prone pressure method alone taught and used. That is the element of time. It takes a second or two to monkey with the arm under the head. It takes less time to stretch both arms above the head. Maybe this will ap- peal to the stand-patters who persist in the teaching of the erratic method. A few years ago the American Red Cross was still teaching that victims of drowning should be first lifted in the jack-knife position to get the wa- ter out of the chest before beginning artificial respiration. They quietly deleted that verse and the illustration of the deadly maneuver from their booklet after some of us ventured to suggest it was a pretty way to waste precious time. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Should a Girl With Goiter Marry? Nineteen, have goiter on right side of throat, not very noticeable. Have read in doctor books that women with such a case should not get married. —(Miss D. M. J.) Answer—Most “doctor beoks” in print are quack or humbug “doctor” bait. No reason why a girl with sim- ple goiter should not marry. Water and Weight Does drinking a great deal of wa- ter increase one’s weight? If one is inclined to be stout should one avoid much water?—(A, B.) Answer—No. Any change in weight from drinking much or little water is always adjusted within a day or two by increased or decreased excretion of water. farm values in Iowa—the state that never experiences a real crop failure, The longest and deepest canyon in the farm board, has damned the ad- ministration most soundly. There are the world is the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river. It is more than a mile many other political leaders, long since | deep in some places. relegated by their constituents, se- ited to carry the Hoover message to| The bachelor’s button, domestic | the One more incident is suffi- Press dispatches state that | 1714, Destruction of Mice Our house is infested with mice. Traps account for an insignificant number of them . . —(Mrs. G. W.) a alley variety. 2. If there flower, is a native of India. It was|are no domestic pete or children, use introduced into England as early as| barium carbonate as a poison. Spread it on moist toasted bread, or on fish, No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. or on a piece of bread and butter. A small nibble of this will kill a mouse, two nibbles a rat. A Boy’s Sleep How much sleep does a 17-year-old | boy require? He works nine hours a day in a shipping department. He drinks one or two glasses of beer a day at a nearby speakeasy, for his lunch, At night he has little appe- tite for dinner.—(Mrs. C. B. J.) Answer—Not less than nine hours’ sleep every night. The boy will be stronger and healthier and safer from. wood alcohol blindness if he drinks two glasses of milk for lunch, (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) FROM BOOKS TO PLAYS New York, Sept. 27.—First show honors of the new season go to George Oppenheimer, six-footer, dark, suave, discriminating, bookish, well man- nered—and, of all things, a native New Yorker. He has participated in dozens of important literary discoveries and has been associated with the book pub- lishing business for many a year. His office in the Viking Press looks out on bits of old Gramercy Park, old Chelsea, Greenwich Village and new Manhattan. It is refreshingly un- ornate. His desk is of the sort to in- vite the feet of such visiting small- talkers as myself. Books of old and new vintage are piled and scattered on it; they overflow on nearby shelves. Most of them have been of a ‘superior quality, since good taste and literary quality have dictated their selection. * * * HE'S STILL A BOOKMAN | I’m going to write another play. I'm Amusing, then, that his play, “Here Today,” should be “a comedy of bad manners,” populated by impudent people and packed with New Yorkish smart talk in the modern manner. Success will not take him to Holly- wood, nor will any offer, however large, drag him from the book busi- ness—says he! On the morning fol- lowing his play's opening, when critics were decorating their reviews with adjectives, George was at his desk over two manuscripts. “This,” said he, pointing to one of them, “is one of the best books we have ever published!—Oh, yes, sure, pretty well into it now. But wait un- til you see this book—you'll rave!” x Oe OK BALLYHOOIST EXTRAORDINARY The week also bowed in Mons. Nor- man Anthony as a producer and mu- sic-revue sketch writer. Anthony is the young man who brought out “Ballyhoo,” the slapstick burlesque magazine. The production in which he is one of four partners is “Bally- hoo of 1932.” And here you have a typical in- stance of the Manhattan ups-and- downs. Anthony, a struggling young cartoonist in St. Louis, sent one of his sketches to Life many years ago— and it was accepted. This, the young man believed, was proof that he was ready for the big town and could walk in and knock it dead. Instead, he arrived to find that he couldn't sell another of his ideas and had no job. He all but starved for many months. And held all sorts of jobs. Several years ago he joined the Staff of various humor magazines and, out of a job, again was down to a few dimes when he sold the “Bally- hoo” idea to the Delacourt people. Now he has a show on Broadway— for better or for worse. + * # DOUBLY PARTNERS Russell Patterson, the artist, who is another partner in the show, practi- cally contributed several drawings when the first issue of “Ballyhoo” were being prepared. He was certain it would click—and when its first number created a sensation, he had little reason to regret his gamble. Seemingly an irresponsible, happy- go-lucky gent out of working hours, Anthony has the reputation of being a “working fool” once he gets under way. He is one of few persons who has learned to laugh at the world and to play as he pleases. The last time I saw him, he was driving an old-fashioned phaeton down Sixth avenue with his art edi- | New Design | HORIZONTAL _— Answer to Previous Puzzle” 9 Leaping. 1 Birthplace of Columbus. 6 Slacker. 12 To displa; 14 Civil, 15 Accounted. 17 Having a tail. 18 Bulk. 19 Quantity, 21 Deity. 22 Three TIBI IPIOS (prefix). 23 Blades as of grass. 25 Historical 38 To amuse. 40 Work of skill. 41 Toward, 42 Beer. 43 Hodgepodge. 47 Gazes fixedly. 49 Principles of political party in power in Italy. 51 Bristly 52 Boneset; flower head (variant). tale. 26 Instrumental duet. 27 Myself. 28 To refute. 29 Bruises painfully. 31 Cotton bed covering. 33 Step. 34 Three-toed sloth. 36 To finish, EIBOIESMICIE IL ETRIV] PIRI NGI F GIA] tor, Phil Rosa, in a Groucho Marxish beside. Pose . One night recently, Anthony and a friend were going about the night spots and got down to their last quar- ter. The story goes that they put it into one of the slot machines, now 80 numerous hereabouts, and hit the jack-pot. They cleared about $30. Half an hour later, in the early hours of the dawn, they were distributing most of this to bums they found sleep- ing on park benches. at AN 10; BULGARIA ASKS PEACE On Sept. 27, 1918, Bulgaria made overtures for peace with the allies, asking for a 48-hour truce in which to make terms. In reply, Great Brit-|{2 ain called for unequivocal submission. ‘West of Verdun the American troops continued their savage advance, while French troops, east of Rheims, expe- rienced success in gaining five miles in two days’ fighting. British in the Cambria sector advanced on a 14- mile front. German forces of occupation be- gan to retire from Rumania. British cavalry in Asia Minor drove Turks northward through Mezeris and joined with the Arab forces of the king of Hejaz. < Our task today is not to expand or to exploit, but firmly to integrate our industries in the society they are de- signed to serve. — Acting Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York. x # ‘The power of friendship and loyalty \ “he SYNOPSIS Bob Harkness, a respected ranch- er in the Mexican border town of Verdi, is “El Coyote,” the masked. bandit and bitter enemy of Paco ‘Morales, self-appointed ruler of the border country. “El Coyote’s” iden- tity is known only to Ann Reed, an entertainer at a notorious resort. She is in love with him and acts as his spy. “El Coyote” wreaks venge- ance on Morales for his unjust treat- ment of the ranchers. There is a high price on “El Coyote’s” head, but all search has proved futile. Bob’s foreman and friend, Ted Rad- cliffe, is in love with Adela, the Spaniard’s beautiful niece. Jito, Mo- rales’ ward, is jealous of Ted. Major Blount of the U. S. Cavalry sum- mons Bob and Ted to his headquar- ters to hear one of “El Coyote’s” lieutenants reveal his identity, Bob goes outside. Two shots ring out. ‘Bob returns and, shortly after, the informer is carried in, mortally wounded. He dies without a word. On the way home, Bob collapses from a wound in his side. Ted real- izes the truth. Bob sends for Ann. Against Bob's wishes, Ted calls in Dr. Price and swears him to secrecy. Under Ann’s and Ted’s care, Bob recovers. He relates the story of “El Coyote.” CHAPTER XL “Years ago,” the soft voice went on, “your father took from me the ‘one woman I ever cared for. That ‘was your mother. She was right. when she chose your father; I never questioned that. He was a better man, and so he took her, as he took. 10 Pep; vigor. 11 Larva. 13 Trap for eels. 16 Female deer. 20 Beret. 23 Certain. 24 Thing. 25 Embryo plant. 26 Mussolini is IKE FE IVIEISI calle 1) ——? 28 Small depres- sion. INI 29 Spear-shaped. 30 Monkey. 32 By reason of. 33 Doorkeeper. 35 Yellow bugle plant. 37 Antiquated. 38 Portions of medicine. 39 Fairy. 41 Examination, 43 Wood sorrels. 44To careen. 45 Small island. 46 Sheaf. 48 Fabulous mythical bird, 53 Builds, 54 Compound ether. VERTICAL 1 Microbe. 2Source of ipecac. 3 Frost bites. 4 Burden. 5 To perform. 6 Pear-shaped instruments. 7 Verbal. 8 Kimono sash. all things, but since that far-off day life has never seemed the serious, heroic business I had dreamed it. Life ceased to have any high impor- tance from that time on. “I came out here. I expected per- haps to find a kind of Garden of Eden, where men lived on a wider, cleaner stage, and I found a land more lovely than any I had ever known, A land of sunshine and great beauty and over it a cloud of human. servitude. I found a people strug- gling against slavery. And seeing all those things—I was very young then, Ted—it seemed to me that the game| hi could be played to still another tune, and it seemed a thing well worth trying. To see if one, by stepping outside the law, could not break the bonds that were holding a whole people in slavery and poverty. “So I bought this ranch very cheaply, for everyone thought I would be bled dry within two years by the big fellows like Morales, The first year my law-abiding enemies took away a waterhole that was mine, and two hundred cattle died. Before the year was out, five hun- dred cattle had been stolen from ley of Boston. * * fered by the toilers in the fields of the ship. pat of COPYRISHT 1951, BY INTERNATIONAL eastern Europe.—Peter B. Carey, President, Met Sass of Trade. * Our material standard of living has, except for temporary setbacks, constantly risen higher and higher until there has come not only a real- ization that we can but a determina- tion that we shall have democracy prosperity as well as democracy in Politics and education.— Walter 8. Gif- ford, president, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. | The issues of the are Somewhat wet-and-dry, but there hasn't been much mud-slinging, at that. eee It looks like a bad year for the headline writers, with the Notre Dame backfield composed of Brancheau, Jaskwhich, Sheeketski, Lukats, Koken and Melinkovich. ee # The census bureau reports that fewer women become insane than men. That isn’t meant to be a re- flection on the ladies, however. xk OK ‘The government is cutting down its Paper bill, which might be called pretty good economy on paper. eH A scientist states that the main cause of seasickness is the motion of It sounds reasonable. ee * Jim Bausch, the Olympic hero, is will draw Al Smith into Governor] helping the Democratic campaign. Roosevelt's camp.—Mayor James Cur-/ well, he can throw the discus, so he ought to be able to throw other things as well, (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) STICKERS Publican club, CZLIMOQ Continuation of the federal farm FUuIVWo4Wwe board or its prototype will bring a A little tot, in printing two words, tured the letters all around and switched ineach word. See if you can two | | straighten the letters out and then put them in their right order, to complete the two words. @ lovin “PARKER = You want no ringing door-bells when you're wringing wet. GAY BANDIT the BORDER: by TOM — likely that El Coyote can stand out against the military of both nations. But whatever happens, I know this. I will have loosened the yoke on the neck of the small rancher across the line, and, when I pass, men can say that in the long list of rustling, raid- ing, and killing that can be laid at! my door, not once have I sided with the strong against the weak. Not by’ one hair's breadth have I ridden’ from the course I believe to be right.” Again the low voice stopped and the flare of a match lighted up his thin features. His eyes twinkled, and the half-mocking, half-wistful smile crept back to his face. “Meanwhile, my services as a) trouble-maker have been flatteringly appraised at fifty thousand dollars gold, alive or dead—preferably dead. “The last battle of all is still ahead. For a long time I have decided that El Coyote must go. But before that I’m going to show the border coun- try that the reign of the cattle king is over. If I can make the border blaze with revolt and see men hold their herds and haciendas in defiance of all Morales’s vaqueros, it will be something worth living for. But it’s not your fight, and I'm not going to have you take part in it. You'll have job enough running these ranches of mine while I’m away and keeping Jito on his own side of the fence. Now I’m tired of talking, and I'd like some broth, or whatever it is you feed to wounded bad men.” As Ted rose, Bob added, in quiet decision, “And tomorrow morning, I get up.” That same bright morning Men- doza, patron of the glittering palace of dance, was standing very submis-| sively before a limousine drawn up outside his patio. Mendoza’s black’ eyes glistened with excitement. Not for months, he was exclaiming in voluble Spanish, had he been so hon- ored as now. Never before dared he even hope that Sefior Paco Morales might pay a visit to his unworthy’ place. But he was desolate that the sefior had come in the morning, for now all was silent; yet if he would do him the favor—would he not take “ae of Spanish wine to refresh im: Morales listened noncommittally to the fellow’s talk, while his eyes passed leisurely over the low, adobe building that, like some gigantic can- dle of the desert, brought human moths of both countries to its nightly allure, At last Morales raised his hand and Mendoza froze to respect- ful silence, “You have here, I am told, many, beautiful women, no?” The little innkeeper’s eyes took on| a cunning, knowing look. Now they were getting somewhere. Now, he assured himself, the old fox talked MAGAZINE G2, INC. ~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE, INC. those same gentlemen and sold at a/ business, He raised his hands in a| good price across the pass. I kept] wide gesture. “Sefior, there are wo- very exact accounts in those days,|men here who would make the great and, as they robbed me in one way| saints weary of paradise. I have here 1 took from them in another. One| the beauty of many nations. For the year, in an effort to force me out,| dance there is a girl from the boule- they had all of my cattle refused for vatds of Paris, a girl, you conceive, shipment. A month later their pay-|who has just come to my palacio. master was held up and six thousand | Her little foot-——" dollars taken from him. That more! \ban balanced the little matter, “Meanwhile, I was awakening the’ Mexican peon. This world offered ‘him nothing, but I did. I offered} Again Mendoza sank into a dee him manhood. I raised up his eyes.| spairing silence, These lords of the Scar pp egg hog om os Led land, they were so difficult, qué va, these igs meant ti t one must somehow please them. | of years, while I worked i be men I end 4s in the making of all Especially the foot of a woman who does not interest me.” bam At went on, some eggs to be broken, There is blood on! y bands. I am not a sentimentalist. hen I must I am a killer, Disloy- Ity and cruelty I will not tolerate. cancot help it even if I would, leanwhile, as the world goes, I have red,’ Bob's eyes fixed on the flickering ire. At last he shook his head. i old son. It isn't who sings. They call her Aan.” name—” “Why should we seek real names? The name I speak serves, I want to see this woman—now.” “I shall tell her you are here, sefior, Yet it is, you understand, quite early, She may not be up, for ‘imes she sings until early dawn. If you “Let us not spend this delightful] But morning talking of a woman's foot.| mit, “I am interested in a woman here| She t GILL will wait but a momentito, seitor.” And scarcely more than a moment later Mendoza returned. The sefior- ita will receive you within ten min- utes. Meanwhile accept this glass of wine, es un favor,” he lisped the old Spanish courtesy. Leisurely Morales sipped his wine and considered things in which Men- doza had no part. At the end of ten minutes Mendoza led him upstairs and down the darkened hallway to a closed door. There, with a nod the Spaniard dismissed his guide. He knocked softly and the door opened. A woman in a jade kimono stood before him. It may have been the velvet black- ness of her hair, or the marble white- ness of her neck, or again it may have been the two great black eyes that looked incuriously into his. Whatever the cause, the tall Span- iard’s own eyes brightened with pleasure for a brief second, then very formally he bowed. “I am Paco Morales.” “Come in, sefior.” He noticed with an artist's satis- faction how low and full the voice was. He watched her walk to the chaise longue and curl up comfort- ably, and he noticed with a little smile the jade slippers and the bare, slender ankles, At last he seated him- self near the window. “Perhaps,” Morales suggested, “you have heard of me?” “She smiled. “Who has not?” She watched him for a while with those calm eyes that to him seemed veiled either in sadness or weariness. “They even tell me men fear you, Sefior Morales.” “Men, yes—and some women.” “I wonder why?” Again their eyes fenced, “It may be they have sufficient reason. But never a beautiful wo- man—as you are,” he added. “May 1 smoke?” She held the match for him, then asked, “I am wondering if you came here so early just to tell me that?” “By no means, It has been long since I first sent you word asking if I might come, and it has been some weeks since you wrote me that I might. Many things have prevented. But chiefly I wished to learn about you before I trusted you too far. Today I come early that I may find you alone, and my reason for com- ing at all is to ask you certain ques- tions, I expect to pay for the an- swers. I always pay. Both loyalty and disloyalty I pay, but in different coin, Sefiorita, you are intelligent, 60 we can put aside formalities. I am a very powerful, a very rich man. ‘You are a singer at Mendoza’s. You do not always desire to remain among alkali and cactus, It may be you dream already of Paris, New York, or Vienna, but to make that dream come true one needs power and money, no?” He paused, and his cold eyes passed over her. “I could perhaps aupply both.” “The sefior is a lover of art?” Her words had just the faintest sub-tinkle of mockery, “You mean that in jest, sefiorita, god ze 8 way of speaking, | om it is have I Meanwhile the low, incisive voice] “Information and aid.” “What do want to know?” reached for a cigarette, “Who is El Coyote?” “Si, si The American, Her real] Her heart jumped, but the haod that held the cigarette never wav- ered. In contemplation she carefully blew ont the match and thid it down. wouldn’t you?” “Seguro, And rather handsomely.” (To Be Continued)