The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 1, 1932, Page 4

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Not in Good Taste Efforts to stir up anti-administra- tion demonstrations at Fargo or Bismarck on the event of the public appearance of Vice President Char- Jes Curtis is hardly in good taste nor an exemplification of the American spirit of fair play which should ob- tain in the field of political activity. Nothing is more ineffective and often really prejudicial to a cause than heckling, booing and parades before an official occupying an im- portant place in our national admin- istration. Mr. Curtis is entitled to courteous treatment as befits his high office. Whether one agrees or disagrees with the Hoover adminis- tration, nothing can be gained by the kind of a movement suggested in some quarters by over-zealous en- thusiasts. Naturally, the farmers of the mid- dlewest do not feel kindly to Mr. Curtis. He once took a strong posi- tion on farm relief with the progres- sives of the United States senate. He raised his voice on the stump often in favor of policies which did not always receive his loyal support in the senate. Like many public leaders, he wanted the office of vice president. Once he gained that goal, those who know him say, he changed. his political associations completely. His inconsistency upon the liquor issue is a case in point. He has been campaigning in the east, criticizing those who oppose the Hoover policies. He refuses himself to stand firmly on a platform issue which he as a candidate is supposed to uphold. This makes his political activity in- effective. Voters don’t like trimmers. Despite many political vagaries of the Kansas statesman who will be an honored guest of this state next week, he is plainly within his con- stitutional rights to espouse any set of principles or any kind of political dogma he may desire. Those who don't agree or feel militantly op- Posed to him, need not hear him. It is not necessary to voice their re- 4 sentment by parades, banners, jeers or other forms of protest. construction Finance corporation, the money to be used in expanding their operations. Those who needed money for op- erating expenses borrowed the money but few are using it in purchasing new cars and equipment or in im-} provements to their plant. As a re! sult Mr. Mills’ hopes of marked im- provement in railroad employment {during the fall were doomed. | In rejecting the ioans, the railroads showed only ordinary prudence and sound common sense. Besides they had the plight of the farmer to serve as a horrible example. H The farmer has becn over-loaned | | for many years. He has accumulated | deb: upon debt and each recurring} call for a better deal has been met by creating new opportunities to in- | crease the amount he owes. His need for increased income has been met |by additional loans which have used up more of his earning power for re- payment of capital and interest. The effect of this policy upon his |net income has not been noticeably | beneficial. The railroads, with their earning; power at a low ebb and more debts than they comfortably can handle already, were quick to see that the offers of additional loans were no answer to their problem. They need more income, not the opportunity for | Paying out more interest. j This situation proves the inade- quacy of the measures which have been taken to restore prosperity. They have provided new owners via the foreclosure route for thousands of farms in this nation, causing the dispossession of millions of men, wo- men and children from land which they once owned. Managers of the! railroads, desiring to keep their prop- erty in the hands of present owners, could not easily escape the implica- tions which these generous offers of loans entailed. To be sure, revision of loan agree- ments could do much for both the farmers and the railroads. Provision for lessening the interest burden would mean that a larger share of what income is realized could be kept by the producer, either of farm products or transportation service. But until the income is increased there will be no real answer. We hear many charges of fallacy with regard to proposals affecting the nation’s economic structure, but few ideas seem to be more fallacious than those which would improve conditions and restore prosperity by putting deeper into debt those to whom the debts they already have are an apparently unsolvable prob- lem. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without rega’ to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Help for Debtors (New York World-Telegram) Senator William E. Borah is deeply and properly concerned about the enormous burden of debt on farmers. He shares the concern long felt by farmers themselves and agricultural economists who have seen the farm mortgage debt pile up for years. Sena- tor Borah, like these experts, is wor- tied now because farm prices have dropped to new low levels and land values have shrunk amazingly. Figures of the United States Bu- reau of Agricultural Economics show that 25 per cent of the mortgaged farms in 1931 were mortgaged up to 25 per cent of their value; 37.3 per cent were mortgaged for between 25 and 50 per cent of their value, and 5 ber cent for more than 100 per cent of their value. If there is any doubt of the im-| Much | mensity of this burden, United States more effective would be a courteous|census figures resolve it by showing hearing. At Bismarck there should » be no politics. The Fargo address is to be political in nature and if political leaders so far forget them- selves as to promote an anti-Hoover demonstration there, more harm than good will be done the cause of liberalism. To stage anything hos- tile at Bismarck would certainly be out of place. Franklin D. Roosevelt has just completed a most successful swing through the great agricultural cen- | og of the middlewest. His utter- ances have been greeted with ap- } Plause by some of the greatest f€ crowds attending political meetings. He has gotten his message over in » 1 fine shape, to American audiences t Who have been most courteous and ) cfair. The progressive cause has been advanced by the visit of this distin- guished New York citizen to the 1 west. « Nothing should be done then to embarrass advocates of an opposing , } party. North Dakota seems safe for 1 Roosevelt by a comfortable margin | ; anyway. An unseemly demonstra- i 1 tion at Fargo or Bismarck would give ‘an importance politically to the Cur- + + tis visit which it certainly does not , , Possess now. t ‘Bismarck is glad to welcome with- {in its borders the vice president of that nearly 42 per cent of all owner- farms were reported mortgaged in 1930. And yet, if cotton were to reach a 20-cent level again, if wheat were to go up to $1, and if livestock and hog Prices were normal, the farm debt vi istration of 7 ev you about it. But if you want to oa ay aa De ery yeh less wake you wake—or you fail to wake comfort to “a Stat ee ens. at the designated time. Well, the a United States expert on agricultural finance, has pointed out in his study of farm mortgage credit, “No problem in farm mortgage finance is more se- rious than that of changes in price level.” Senator Borah, apparently, would leave it chiefly to the voluntary ac- tion of creditors to help reduce the farm debt and interest. Failing this, there is congress to turn to. Should it vote a subsidy or grant a morato- Banks, which hold approximately 12 Per cent of the farm mortgages? These proposals have been discussed and rejected, although congress has just given the land banks a large amount of fresh capital to halt fore- closures. It is charged that this is not being done in many cases. If it is true that the land banks are not doing their utmost to halt fore- closures, and help farmers who are required to pay old debts contracted when their products were high with Proceeds from products that are now extremely cheap, then they are not furnishing farm creditors generally with support as ample as congress evidently intended. There is another federal agency that has thus far declined to set an- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1932 - rr Westward Ho! PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. P 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 ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. CALENDAR FOR CORRECTION OF !of the quacks and nostrum mongers A HABIT A mother writes: A year ago I wrote you in re- gard to my child’s bedwetting. I for that sort of poison. Todin Ration Does No Harm You state that there is no evidence that the use of iodized salt instead of ordinary salt ever does any harm. some forebear has had the same habit. overcome the bad habit and remain dry if he wants to. this to mean that scolding, censure, punishment or shame will make the child want to remain dry is too dumb or vicious to have charge of the train- ing of a child. possible for the entire family to take such an interest as this mother de- scribes, but as a rule the matter should be kept as nearly secret as may be, between child and guardian. The calendar plan is an excellent one for the child three or five years of age, but for older children the mark {or reward for each dry night should be more appropriate to the mental age. unusual hour in the night or early HORIZONTAL © morning to catch a train to keep an 1To assist over appointment? You wanted to wake, obstacles. and you did wake. done any good if somebody threat- ened, ridiculed, embarrassed or shamed child can control the emptying of the bladder during sleep if he wants to. But he must want very much to do so an axis. if he is to make a success of it. Some- times it is hard for a harassed mother 4 ee or an embarrassed father to avoid showing impatience, annoyance or dis- gust, but any such manifestation is fatal to the success of this psycho- rium through the Federal Land» be small favors and should be given or the first dry month, such as a bi- cycle, or a vacation trip, or some un- am happy to report that your ad- vice has proved the right psy- chology. I purchased from the stationer a little box of red stars gummed on the back. Every night the child kept dry she was al- lowed to stick one of the stars on the big kitchen calendar. The whole family became interested in the plan and the child saw how pleased everybody was about each day's red star. By the end of three months she was able to May I call your attention to a report published in the Journal of the Amer- ican Medical Association, June 9, 1928, by Bedford Shelmire, on “Acne from Iodized Salt.”—(H. G. H., R. N.) Answer—Notwithstanding the odd notion entertained by the author of the article, I still assert, and experi- ence now fully bears me out in the belief, that the use of iodized salt in place of common salt as a means of providing an iodin ration never does any harm and generally does real good cover every day with a star, with jin preventing both simple and exoph- no numbers left uncovered on the |thalmic goiter. The surgeons who calendar. We are sure this made jconceived the notion that iodized salt such an impression on the child’s might do harm, were serenely ignor- mind that it worked a cure even jant of the fact that a can of salmon during sleep. contains more iodin than any one can The mother has the right idea.|possibly get from iodized salt. The Bedwetting is a habit and not an ail- | large hospitals in the goiter belt have ment. Neither is it “kidney trouble.”|had a steadily decreasing number of Nor a “weakness.” It is a mistake | operations for goiter since iodized salt for a parent or other guardian of|came into wide use in the communi- such a child to utter any excuse for| ties served by the hospitals. the habit in the child’s presence, ese (Copyright, John F, Dille Co.) pecially harmful to explain that the child “comes by it naturally” because The child who wets the bed can Any parent or guardian who takes In exceptional instances it may be THE SPOTLIGHT FADES New York, Oct. 1—The Tin Pan Alley wags have revised Jimmy Walk- er’s own song and now it goes: “They don’t love him in September as they did in May.” se 8 And by December “our Jimmy” may have become little more than another gay and colorful metropolitan per- sonality. There are any number of persons hereabout who already won- der if he ever was anything more. And say so right out loud. The fade-out of Mayor Walker, in- cidentally, gives something resembling final proof of New York's renowned capacity for forgetting its favorites. Perhaps never before was a person- age, nationally believed to be a great city’s pet, dropped quite so hastily. Favored figures of stage and screen melt away slowly over a period of months. Walker snapped out of the civic pic- ture almost as fast as one of his own pert remarks. x * * And again, in this instance, Man- hattan states its well-known chal- lenge: keep in the big lights or pre- pare to disappear. If an audience cares to walk out on a show—all right! But the actor who tries it is not likely to get a return engagement. * OK Still Broadway will always demand some city figure who impersonates the general conception of a “man about town.” He must be something of a sartorial marvel and have “the big town manner”—whatever that is. Grover Whalen, quite as much as anyone, created this impression, from his button-hole gardenia to his silk- hatted bow. xk OK PIE CHAMPS Somehow, it's always a shock to come upon a pie-baking contest or a champion muffin-maker in New York. Such gastronomic and kitchen dem- onstrations are associated with county fairs and small town life. Yet Man- hattan contains many of the proud- est and best home cooks. The depression, upon which has been placed the responsibility for al- most everything, has caused a vast revival of cookery interest hereabouts. House hunters demand apartments | with comfortable-sized kitchens this | year, and pots and pans are selling at la new high. The big department | stores have been staging cake-baking contests and several have called in ‘Have you ever had to wake up at an Wouldn't have G Angel charged | with the min- 12 Male goose. 13 Revolved on 19 To declare. 20 Tennis fence. 22 Action of a 42 Commander, logical plan. Nothing but wholesome horse. eet ‘and encouragement should] ‘24 Male. 44 Metal. be given the child, and of course a 25 To let fall. 47 Drinking ves- ‘quiet show of pleasure when the child 27 Tailless am- sel. chalks up a dry night. eS 48 Generative, At first the rewards, if any, should 28 Erase. 50 Sea eagle. 29 Preposition. 31Golt teacher. 51 Maltreated. ight’s record. oc withheld fe. efeh Manes 32 Writing imple- 53 Part of a for- Not until the child can have at least three or four nights dry in succession ment. tification. should any substantial reward be 33 To strike with 55 To exist. promised for the first dry fortnight the hand. 56 To light again. 36 Tin container. mother's side. usual opportunity the child especially} 37 away. 59 Yellow toad craves. 39 Exclamation. flax. Incidentaly, most children who wet 60 Railway sta 40 Heavenl: the bed get over it by the time they ‘cal are eight years old anyway. By that time they naturally want to be dry. In any case, however, the child’s gen- eral hygiene and diet should be care- fully regulated. Send for special in- structions—inclose stamped envelope other important example. The Re- construction Finance corporation is charging 7 per cent interest for live- ; qthe United States, a representative «of President Hoover, for the purpose of laying the cornerstone of the new {State house. He honors the state in qeopsenting to Perform this service for us. There is no political signific- thousands from all parts of the state will come to join fi a great non-political function to |, the honor and glory of the great state stock and agricultural loans. This is far too high when compared with the smaller rates the same corporation charges railroads and banks. ALASKA'S AERIAL R. F. D. Nome, Alaska.—Alaska is to have ceremony to which Bis-|an aerial rural frée delivery service. | that I am sure many Joe Barrows has taken over a route from Nonana to Ruby formerly cov- ered by a dog tearh. Planes on the line will make 29 stops to deliver mall to trappers’ cabins. North America, with about one- twelfth of the world’s population, uses about one-half of the world’s supply of lumber. The planet Neptune is never visible to the nakéd eye, but is easily seen with @ telescope. | Wars 0 te connd-pnbocktets and ade : bearing your address and give your child’s age. QUESTIONS AND ANSWEES Leave It to the Charlatans I would appreciate it if you would give a few talks about toxic poisoning, such causes Oo! the i teaders would be interested . . —(A. V. 8.) Answer—Obviously you have been misled by quack bait. “Toxic poison- ing”—which the charlatans feature in their appeals to prospective customers —is a purely imaginary state. Toxic means poisonous. acrid to wos scribe ning as 5 - emia poe in the blood. Toxemia, is an effect, never a cause of disease. Autointoxication is a morbid notion without scientific basis. So if you are determined about it you must Questions on India | Answer to Previous Puzzle $4Sliding catch. 57 Related on the 11 Licit. 17 To spill as liquid. 18 Soil cultivator. 21 Toward, 23 Stir. 26 Pertaining to poles. 28 Capital of In- dian empire. 30, Ventilating . machine. 32 Genus of grasses. 33 Shoulder blade. 35 Small African fox. 37 Practical unit of electrical resistance. . 38 Festival day. 40 Disfigurement. 5 To give medi- 41 Fleshy under- cal care. ground stem of 7 Small nails. a plant. - 8 Part ina 42 West Point drama. student. 9 Bad. 43 Grew dim. 10Component. 45 Second note. 46 Eye socket. 12 What Indian 48 Jewels. leader is under 49 Narrow way. jail sentence? 52 Total. 14 Sandy tract by 54 To doze. the sea. 58 Toward. VERTICAL 1 Meaner. 2 Upon. 3 Queer. 4 Slave, housewives to demonstrate how thrift- ily some culinary delight could be concocted. The Bronx, of course, usually pro- vides the winner, since this is New York’s homiest zone. x * ON A BIG SCALE Anyone who has trudged to the lit- tle red schoolhouse may be slightly staggered by the notion that 1,100,000 youngsters start off to school daily in this man’s town. Such are the hazards of getting across streets that | most children are taken to school either by their mothers or nurses. Traffic cops in the school neighbor- hoods have had long experience in \ keeping an eye on the youngsters a5 they approach or leave. And the ac- cident score is ates Ay small, * And there's always something of the small town fiesta about the open- ing of a new street; the building of @ subway or the operation of a new bus line, A vast underground enterprise, such as the new Eighth Avenue subway line, brings out Fourth of July crowds, tossing confetti and nibbling®on ice cream cones. For days after families take their lunch and ride back and forth. Just something new to do, 60 far as they're concerned. TODAY . «1S THE Sn a ST. QUENTIN REGAINED On Oct, 1, 1918, French troops en- tered St. Quentin and extended their lines east of the city. The Germans were driven from the Aisne hills northwest of Rheims. ‘The British engaged in heavy fight- ing all along the Cambrai-St. Quentin sector, taking the northern and west- ern suburbs of Cambrai. Belgians cleared Roulers of foes. Americans advanced in the Aisne- Meuse sector and repulsed German counter-attacks near Cierges and at Apremont. Germany prepared to evacuate Belgium. The British, aided by Arabs, took Damascus. —_—_- Btates will be the first ee oe eon the depression.—Vice emerge President Charles Curtis. * * * ‘There is less crime in Hawaii in proportion to the population than in any other part of the United States— Governor Lawrence M. Judd of Ha- wall. a Please send me in Net LotR ed cream and a lipstick—Mrs. Pawley, Englishwoman, kidnaped by Chinese bandits. * * ® T intend to be fair with you. I have been dry all my life—politically— Senator James E. Watson of Indiana. 2 if Barbs | o Secretary of Commerce Roy D. Chapin says that the upturn in build- ing shows that the worst has been passed. The office cynic wants to know if he didn’t mean to say “passed around.” e & & With all that political uproar be- tween Hitler, Von Papen, Von Hin- denburg and other German public figures, it appears that the Prussian Diet isn't so agreeable when taken steady. * eX Soviet Russia is turning all but two of its big universities into agricul- tural schools. You have to go to school to be a serf in that country. OR OK ‘When the League of Nations Coun- cil convened at Geneva, President de Valera of the Irish Free State pre- sided, and next to him sat Secretary General Drummond and Sir John Si- mon of England. It has not been ex- plained how war was averted. late received the congratulations of President Legh ‘This life hath its rewards, after all. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) ——$—$—_ Penguins are found only in the An- tarctic regions. STICKERS ———_— —_—_—— —_—_—_— —_ ———— —————— ll Above ate 10 sticks, six of them being twice the length of the other four. Can you place them on a table so that they ens close four squares, all the same size? There must be no loose ends hanging over. ‘ FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: xe * A New York man who worked 71 years for the same firm and never A happy medium is a fortune teller who sometimes guesses right. GAY BANDIT the BORDER. SYNOPSIS Bob Harkness, one of the most respected ranchers on the Mezican| border, is “El Coyote,” the masked bandit, who has avenged the wrongs inflicted upon the peons by Paco Morales. Ted Radcliffe, the son of Bob’s dead friend, Ann Reed, an entertainer at a disreputable resort, and Dr. Price are the only ones who know “El Coyote’s” identity. Mo-| rales would pay well for this infor- mation and, not knowing that Ann loves “El Coyote” and is his spy, asks her to secure it. He also em- ploys her to entangle Ted and kill his beautiful niece, Adela’s, love for the American. Ann goes to warn Bob and brings Ted the news that a large tract of land controlled by Morales rightfully belongs to him. Back in her room, as Ann informs Ted of Morales’ proposed trap for him, the door opens and the Span- iard enters with Adela. His purpose accomplished, he apologizes and leaves with his disillusioned niece. Downstairs, Ted receives an insinu-| ating message from Jito, Morales’ ward, who is insanely jealous of him. The inevitable clash has come and Ted accepts the challenge. CHAPTER XLIV “You do us much honor, sefiores, much honor.” The words came a little thickly. The voice was not quite steady, but the black eyes blazed with unmistakable hatred. “I had not thought to see you so honor a band of simple vaqueros, I thought such talents as yours, sefiores, were more suitable for the company of women.” The grip on Ted’s arm tightened. “Not yet,” the quiet voice warned, Jito watched them. He stood, legs slightly crouching, as if awaiting a blow. The unmoved silence of those two lashed him to fury. They were 80 utterly alone, so completely sur- rounded by his waiting horde, yet they seemed so wholly unafraid. Sliding his riding boot forward on the smooth floor, Jito moved a pace nearer, The memory of this American, and of the night that he had spent out on the desert with Adcla, the mem- ory of Adela drawing down the face of this man and kissing his lips—| suddenly all this blazed like fire with- in Jito, so that the black eyes had become pin-points of hatred, and the slow voice had sunk to a growl, He spoke directly to Ted now. “Do you remember, sefior, that once I told you some day we might test our strength and lay all the foolish rules of the game aside? That, we might fight as men fight who fight for life itself? Well, what time could be bétter than now to amuse ourselves, sefior, and to entertain these comrades of mine? Or”—his| voice rose and he spat the words contemptuously at the man before him—“or would you prefer less dan- gerous games, such as losing a girl on the desert that you might boast to the world you are her lover?” The restraining hand had dropped from Ted's sleeve, The faint sobbing of a violin in the patio was the only sound throughout the room. No one breathed. Ted took one step forward. With his open hand he struck the dark, scowling face with a force that shot the Mexican’s mighty neck back. Then, while the sound of that blow still filled the roorh, Ted spoke. “You lying rat.” The low-voiced| words carried to the far-off corners of the silent room. Jito’s breath came with a gasp of uncontrollable rage, His hand slipped’ to the knife at his side and froze there, for now he was looking into the barrel of Don Bob's .45 auto- matic, In rapid Spanish came Don Bob's words. “Let no one make a move.”| His eyes swept the crowd, and swarthy hands that had sought their belts stiffened and dropped, Two! COPYRIGHT 1931,BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO, djcome calm again. Once more he of —_ steps backward brought Hob to the bar, and with a little spring he seated himself upon it. He was looking down, now, upon those upturned faces. A sea of tense, hostile faces all turned toward him—all except Ted’s who still stood watching the menacing form of Jito. “You have gone somewhat out of your way to force this fight, Jito mio,” Don Bob began, and he laid the automatic beside him on the bar. “Well, there is no place better than this, no time better than now if this must come, since you, Jito, would have it so.” His voice rose a little.' “Meanwhile, whatever happens, let no man take any part. The first who interferes with knife or gun or fist dies quickly.” He smiled in his friendly, quiet fashion down on the vaqueros. “I hope in this I am quite clear, amigos.” Jito laughed. He whipped off the belt that held the long knife and threw it to Don Bob, He kicked off his spurs and hurled them with his sombrero and chaps across the room, and now he stood, his great form unencumbered, his eyes happy with the coming conflict. “You fool,” he called up to Don Bob. “You fool, to think this boy can live against me. We play no game tonight. Tonight we fight for life and not to push each other's shoulders in the dust.” He raised both bearlike paws on high. “Tonight I know no rules, and with these two hands, Sefior Don Bob, I tear to pieces your Eastern boy who comes among us with his woman's face and with a woman's ways.” Ted had stripped off his coat, As he laid it beside Bob the older man whispered: n your guard for every low trick in the game, and if you get him, don't let up. There’s the hate of death itself in his eyes.” Ted nodded, “I know,” he said, and turned toward his adversary, In the face of danger Radcliffe had be- was the cool, watchful fighter, alert and unafraid. The room was still with the silence of death, and beyond the cleared cir- cle before the bar every man stood. motior'ess and tense, their breathless gaze fastened on those two figures who held each other’s eyes bencath the blazing lights, Their shadows. lay huddled bencath them‘as they stood now, barely an arm's length apart, watchful and deadly. They seemed greater than human, crouch: ing there, They seemed not human at all. More like two primeval forces, two storm gods out of some legend of past heroic days. Jito spoke in his low, growling voice, Ae “Cuidado, Americano. We fight now in a game where all is fair, and I think this time I tear you apart. Are you ready?” Ted smiled, Quietly Jito stepped sidewise, with his great torso bent forward and the big arms swaying loosely in front of him, like the arms of a gorilla, Alert and without a sound he began that sidewise, slouching walk of his, make ing a kind of shuffling circle about Ted, watching him, waiting his chance, A quarter of a circle he had made, while Ted never moved, ex- cept to turn a little. Unheeded, the cigarette in Don Bob’s mouth had gone out, Not a vaquero breathed, The very soul of every man was out there in that silent circle of waiting death, Then, without warning, Te leaped. Théte was a quick aah je breath from the spectators. None ex- pected it. All had thought the first move would come from Jito. With the leap of a Panther, the man’s heavy body hurled itself through the air, his arms shot forward, and likes pistol shots his fists rang out against Jito’s jaw. The Mexicar stumbled | back, and now the lights gleaméd on a long, cruel gash veélow his mouth, |Ted darted back, but like lightning Jito's right hand had closed over his| INC. ~* DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE, INC. , GILL wrist, and with a lunge and a growl the Mexican closed. His free arm wrapped about Ted’s neck, and the short, powerful fingers gripped Ted’s throat. They tightened, and the corded veins of the vaquero’s arm told of the punishing vise that had begun cutting the life from his ad- versary. “Dios,” whispered a vaquero. “He will tear the Americano’s throat out.” They were too close now for blows In the bearlike hug of the Mexican, Ted’s chest pressed against Jito’s shoulder. The tearing pain at throat blinded him, blood was pound ing in his head for want of air, and always those gripping fingers tight- ened. The lights seemed to flicker and grow dull, His agonized lungs were bursting. Desperately Ted reached down and twisted his own arms low about the vaquero’s waist, then heaved with all his might. Slowly the Mexican’s weight left the ground, and Ted swung the great body outward, then lunged forward. With a crash they struck the floor, Jito beneath. As the vaquero’s head hit the boards, Ted felt that killing grip loosen, With all his might he pulled back and away and struggled to his knees, His head throbbed dully, his breath came in painful gasps, but almost in the same mo- ment that implacable foe was again upon him, Out of the shadow beyond the cir. cle of light, Ted saw Jito rise and again hurl himself forward. Like lightning Ted jumped aside, and the Mexican’s hand caught only his shirt, tipping it from his body, He turned as if in the air, and in another sec- ond they were linked together again, clawing, snarling like maddened beasts, striking out where there was room to strike, locked in entwining arms that ever and again rose and fell with bruising thuds or with the tip of torn flesh. Sweat dripped from their bodies, their clothes hung in rags about their waists, their breath- ing had become a gasping, sobbing thing, But ever they fought on. Once they fell and rolled, shaking the room with the impact. Once Jito, pulling himself free, climbed astride the other and raised his hand for one annihilating stroke, only to fall back before the whiplike lashes of Ted’s fists, _ Men ached from the strained posi- tions they had taken, yet they could not move. Hours seemed to pass while these two crushed and tore each other's bodies. Jito’s lip hung open and bleeding, and his cheeks were puffed so that the black eyes seemed to blaze out of two deep cav- erns. That long scar above his eyes aaeank hangs Ted’s throat with blood, and his torn by the Mexican’s ion aed They stood now, toe to toe ing pistonlike blows into each aes bodies, then again Jito lunged for- ward and closed. This time he flung both arms about Ted and hurled him across the room. Ted struck a table, crashed through it, and fell face downward against the wall, In second Jito was on him, eager this time to end it all, but as the Mexi-- can's hand slipped over the Ameri- can’s shoulder, Ted reached up and seized his wrist in the viselike grasp of his own two hands, Aided by the impetus of the Mexican’s rush he swung Jito about, then thrust up. ward, ind now the vaquero’s hand shoulder-blades in the dreaded ha: merlock, Still keeping his hold with one hand, Ted wrapped his right arm about the Mexican’s neck, tnen Pushed with all his might. Slowly Jito’s arm rose Frantically he whipped about him to seize some vulnerable part of the boy, but his clawing hand found no hold. Second by second his arm was being thrust upward until the great muscles creaked and Jito's mouth opened in ® groan of pain and rage, (To Be Continued) A}? | Nabe BA oh ap ing