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4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1932 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. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year........$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- MACK) .......0eeseeeeee 1. Daily by mail per year (in state Outside Bismarck) ........ 6. 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He stood on the same platform where President Hoover a week ago had defended his policies and had indulged in fresh promises and more prophesy. Elim- inating some of the harsh epithets which characterize Mr. Reed's style of political offensive, the fiery Mis- sourian de-bunked many phases of Mr. Hoover's Des Moines speech. From a Democratic standpoint, his speech was the equal if not the su- perior of Mr. Hoover's, simply be- caust Mr. Reed had both the best side of the question and the better of the argument. Both Calvin Coolidge and Mr. Hoover sought to steady public con- fidence in the bull market of three years ago: the one by cautioning in- vestors not to sell their country short and the other by positively stating that business conditions were funda- mentally sound. These were serious ertors of judgment which Mr. Reed justly excoriated. He was on sound ground, too, when he criticized Mr. Hoover for a series of foolish utter- ances during the campaign of 1928 relative to the abolition of poverty and the Republican promise of a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage. x Kx Mr. Reed gave an array of Repub- lican promises, most of them from the mouth of Herbert Hoover, which have never been realized and a long list. of prophesies which time has proved to be mere idle chatter. administration. Mr. Reed, one of America’s great lawyers, denounced the formation of the great holding companies such as the Insull mon- strosites which have looted the un- informed and trusting investor. He declared that the administration should have checked unlawful com- binations of capital and placed at the doors of the Republican party re- sponsibility for not checking the orgy of speculation which he declared was assisted by easy discount rates of .00| 8 terrific indictment of the Repub-! lican party. He clearly showed that agriculture received but a small de- gree of protection compared with the great industries. Mr. Reed pointed to the unfortunate tariff retaliations which have shut off a market for American goods. ‘As a foundation for his argument that the Republican party has exploited agriculture for the benefit of other industry, he sketched the various steps in the tariff policies of the nation. Probably the weakest portion of his speech was his denouncing ofj Herbert Hoover's policies while food administrator during the war. That of course, was under Democratic aus- Pices, although Mr. Reed declared that Mr. Hoover exceeded his author- ity and under the emergency of war forced down farm prices far below what was allowed the great indus- tries of the East for their products. Mr. Reed declared that Mr. Hoover was solely responsible for the small price paid the American farmer for his products compared to what the Producers in Europe were getting for their farm produce. He declared congress set up a price for wheat but that Mr. Hoover ignor- ed the limits provided in those acts and forced the price of wheat down below that established by congress. These assertions doubtless will force into this campaign Mr. Hoover's at- titude toward the farmers in his ad- ministration of the various food acts during the war. His reply to Mr. Reed, if any is made, will be most interesting to the agriculture states. Farmers felt that they got the short end of war prosperity and many are the Federal Reserve system. | 20 ee Finally, on the tariff, he uttered inclined to blame Hoover for it, Conflicting Stories One of the poorest pieces of re- porting which the newspaper read- ing public has known in some time was that done in connection with the “evacuation” of the bonus marchers from Washington several months ago. Just what happened was difficult to determine at the time and con- flicting statements which have been offered since only make the muddle deeper. | To begin with, there was the long| statement of William E. Mitchell,| attorney general of the United| States, asserting that the troops used the gentlest means possible to re- store order after the Washington po- lice had failed. y This was promptly followed by the} statement of General Glassford, po-| lice superintendent, that the police; never considered the situation be-! yond their power to control andj He, successfully challenged and dis- Posed of Mr. Hoover's charge that Roosevelt, if elected, will remove tariff protection from agricultural products. The Democratic candidate for the presidency has said no such thing but has pointed out how De- mocratic congressmen have cooperat- ed in protecting American agricul- ture against unfair competition. In reading a telegram from Sena- tor Glass, author of the federal re- serve board, Mr. Reed demolished Mr. Hoover's main argument that had he not acted as he did the Uni- ted States would have gone off the gold standard. Mr. Reed revealed that the opposite was true and that this nation was never in any danger of going off the gold standard. He quoted stock market reactions to the Hoover statement to show that such utterances did not improve national credit at all but depressed prices of stocks and agricultural products alike. x KK Mr. Reed successfully refuted the arguments of Mr. Hoover in seeking to label the Democratic party as one of unsound currency in this cam- paign. The Missourian read from the platform of the Democratic par- ty which is firmly for sound money and also for an international monc- tary conference to seek greater elas- ticity and stability of currency. Probably some of his utterances directed against Mr. Hoover's per- sona] affairs had been better left unsaid, but the Republicans in their attacks upon Mr. Roosevelt have pictured the New York governor as a sort of modern Don Quixote, fighting windmills and uttering pretty noth- ings. Both Secretaries Mills and Hurley have dealt in attacks upon own, referred to Mr. Hoover's long residence in England and touched upon his mine promotions merely by never asked for troops. More recently the question has been, “Who fired the shacks erected by the bonus marchers in Washing- ton and at Anacostia?” It seems! that this conflagration has been em- Phasized by persons who resented treatment accorded the bonus march- ers, The Pathfinder magazine offers three quotations, which leaves the| matter as much undecided as ever. Here they are: “I say to you upon my honor that those billets were set on fire by the people who occupied them. Imagine the United States army walking in and burning billets!"—Secretary of War Hurley before the American Le- gion. “We are making no apologies for anything that happened. The huts were fired by troops in reserve. They were under orders.”—Major General George Van Horn Mosely, acting chief of staff (when shown a photo- graph of a soldier putting torch to a shack). “In any event they were going to be burned, so what difference did it make?”—Acting Secretary of War Payne. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Smiles on Corn Show (Fargo Forum) Fortune is smiling on the State Corn Show scheduled at Bismarck Oct. 26 to 29. First, there was more corn raised in North Dakota in 1932 than in any previous year. The land cropped to the maize totaled 1,368,000 acres. The estimated yield per acre, however, is slightly below average, according to Professor P. J. Olson, assistant agronomist in charge of corn breed- ing at the North Dakota Agricultural College Experimental Station. teference. This address probably will be a signal for a vigorous reply on the part of the Republican defenders. No one can dispute successfully the of Mr. Reed’s attack upon the theory that prosperity is asset of that party. He them to take the respon- hard times as a logi- g & special challenged 000 persons tuan anil ack since the Harding own to 98 in 1033 é ’ A vast portion of the crop matur- ing and the general high quality of the yield more than offsets the slightly subnormal average produc- tion, the agronomist adds. There are numerous county shows, “feeders” to the state-wide exposi- tion, now in progress and the gen- eral quality of the exhibits at these smaller shows bode well for the Bis- marck show. Without doubt, the stage is set for. one of the state's most successful crop The prison population for each 100.- decreased from 119 in ’ WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS may MONEY a 3 } ‘el THE DELEGATES FROM THE “What This Country N IN THE BANK WHAT “THIS COUNTRY NEEDS 19 TO ‘TRIM EXPENSES AND SHAVE THE 3 is CONVENTION WOULD -LIKE THIS /— s—” | — DENTISTS cox ’ s Ty BUDGET! BARBERS FOR A CHAT /-. WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS 1S MORE TEETH IN ITS ytaws ! HE MIGHT CARRY THE IDEA FARTHER, AND GREET = ----= OR THIS, WHENTHE DENTISTS DROP IN ‘THE VISITING PRIZE FIGHTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS / “WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS: IS ALOT OF VOTERS AT SHE POLLS WN. NOVEMBER? - ~-WHILE SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE rt Sy SAVED FOR VISITING ESQUIMAUX AND POLAR EXPLORERS,’ By William ink. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE 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 No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. | Brady, M. D. THE MANUFACTURE OF GALLSTONES Gallstones and stones in the kidney or bladder have nothing whatever in common and should never be con- fused. Why people have gallstones is still in part a speculative question and in part a matter of scientific knowl- edge. there is a nidus of bacteria upon which the substances from the bile are deposited in successive layers un- til a concretion is formed. The con- cretion may be the size of a grain of sand or any size from that up to the size of a walnut. Usually there are many such stones present, but sometimes just one large stone. They form in the gallsac or in the bile ducts. Normaliy the bile ducts and the gall-bladder are sterile so far as dis- ease-producing germs or bacteria are concerned. In various illnesses such germs may be eliminated through the bile apparatus or a colony of path- ogenic germs may become establish- ed in a focus of infection in the gall- sac. Typhoid fever is notorious for this. Many a typhoid “carrier” owes | his state to the persistent multiplica- tion ef typhoid bacilli in his gallsac, perhaps years after the original at- tack of typhoid fever. Many a vic- tim of gallstones owes his trouble to an attack of typhoid years ago. In some instances typhoid bacilli have been found in the center of a gallstone more than 30 years after the attack of typhoid fever. Whether gallstones can or do form from other causes than bacterial in- fection, I am unable to learn. Be- cause women who are fat and forty are particularly subject to gallstone disease, and because most of these sufferers have two bad habits, name- ly, dodging work, play or exercise and wearing stays, corsets, support- ers, girdles and other belly-repres- sing accouterment, it seems to me that the sins indicated may contri- bute to the trouble. We shall refer} to this factor in more detail in ai later talk. Gallstones are composed of chole- sterin, or of lime salts, or both, with some coloring matter, all the sub-| stances entering into their forma- tion being derived from the bile, in which they are normally present. Gallstones composed chiefly of chole- sterin are softer and less easily de-! tected by X-ray examination than! are stones containing considerable calcium. Anyone, particularily a woman, who begins at middle age to have flat- {ulent dyspepsia should go to a phy-; sician for careful examination for, evidences of cardiovascular disease,’ gallstones or cancer. j The common colon bacillus, a nor- mai inhabitant of the intestine which | under certain abnormal circum-| stances becomes capable of causing| disease, is often found at the center} of a gallstone. The notorious strep- tococcus is another germ that’ may/ Provide the nidus for the formation! of a gallstone. the streptococcus! reaching the bile tract from some septic focus elsewhere in the body. In the great majority of cases gallstones produce digestive disturb- | bances only and in only one out of five cases does the patient, suffer with jaundice or biliary colic. te QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Safe Milk Would not a drop or two of tinc- ture of iodine in the quart of milk make ordinary market milk as safe as pasteurized milk? M. 8. K.) Answer—I don't know. A drop or two of tincture of iodin in a quart of doubtful water makes the water safe to drink after the mixture has stood 20 minutes, in an emergency. But if you are doubtful about the! purity of the market milk, I suggest that you boil it five minutes, and then it will be as safe as pasteurized | milk. Or if you have a special ther- mometer you can pasteurize the milk yourself—that is, heat it to 145 de- gress FP. and keep at that tempera- ture 20 minutes, then cool again. That is pasteurization, and such par- bolling is sufficient to kill tubercu- losis, diphtheria, scarlet fever or ty-| Phoid germs which might be in the! Paint to Conceal Blemishes Some time ago you gave a prescrip- tion for a paint to cover white patch- es in the skin. Would it be good to} conceal red scars? (Miss E. A.) | In nearly if not quite all cases! | Answer—Any blemish that is level | with the skin surface may be con-j cealed with the paint: | Mix 11; ounces of zine oxide and! jcalamine powder with three drams | (3 teaspeonfuls) of glycerin and aj; | pint of water. To this add drop by drop, till a tint to match your nor- mal skin is obtained, ichthyol. Usually not more than a dram of ichthyol is required. i Varicose Veins | Veins on the leg which stand out.| I am quite young and this spoils| many enjoyments such as swimming, gymnasium and dancing ... (H. R.) Answer—Any good physician can! obliterate the veins by injection of| medicine. | (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) | BEER AND BALL PLAYERS j New York, Oct. 12.—Col. Jake Rup- pert, whose name keeps bobbing up whenever the Yanks happen to be | game and the locale happens to be | to a huge dining room and press} bi will be functioning in a larger manner a few months from now; he feels fairly certain that his ball club will be up on top for many a season. His team, it would ap- pear, provides whatever kick may be missing from his brew. x * % He was born to brewing; he has acquired the sporting instinct. And having struggled up from the bottom when his father was teaching him the business, he knows the value of a dollar. Yet, in the baseball world, he tosses that dollar freely about in order to build a winning team. His purchase of players has meant the nditure of some $2,000,000—and his scouts seem never to tire. Yet his business sense is said to have brought back heavy returns from a big league team which had a way of winning now and then. a ® BEER AND BOOKS Nor is baseball his only hobby; he ccllects books, jade and rare tapes- tries. supervised by an elderly employe who carries on endless research in the subjects of beer-making and its by-products. There are several hun- dred volumes devoted to various types of water used in various parts of the world; why Muenchner is dif- ferent from Pilsner—all that sort of thing, He kas the “mein host” attitude about entertaining. Whenever the Yanks are involved in a world series New York, the colonel turns loose and holds open house for the crowd. The ballroom of a hotel is turned in- room. Visitors can eat as much and as often as they like. In the brewery there is a little private room where friends are en- In his brewery is a library,| “ 0 offer Manhattan. The better known, thanks to pro-| BEER AND BUSINESS hibition, is the colonel’s ball team. | And the exchequer and support of|of the team he owns until after a that team is the Ruppert brewery. Only the colonel knows which comes first in his enthusiasms, which man- age to keep well aflame at the age of 65. The round-faced, shrewd up and coming, has two attractions | tertained a couple and zestful old fellow hopes that his of times a year. * * * He rarely approaches the quarters game. Such a visit occurs usually when the Yanks win. Then he comes smiling rotundly, with congratula- tions and a plea for further victories. Babe Ruth, whom he purchased for $100,000, generaliy gets the colonel’s first commentaries—being one of HORIZONTAL 1 Chief port of Japan. 8 Government tax seals on letters, 14 Apart. 15 To possess. 17 Phlegmat 18 Horse’s neck hairs, 19 Cash. 21 Consumer, 22 To piece out. 23 Kettle. 24 Door rug. “answer to Previous Puzzle ‘Land of Cherry Blossoms: 12 To triumph, 13 To be filtered. ~16 Personifica- tion of retrib- utive justice, 19 Magnate. 20 Sweet potato, 23 Chum. 25 Twitching. 28 Adhered. 29 Kingly. 30 At that place, 32 Little devil. 33 Diffidence. 35 Bronze. 36 Phantom. Ruppert’s most valued investments. If his team is losing, it is his dis- position to send messages rather than to appear in person. Often he will summon a trainer or lesser of- ficial for a confab; often he will say nothing, believing that his men know his reactions by this time. He has never been timid in urging a winning team and he has been fabulously generous in scouting all the country- sides for unknown players. ‘When it comes to making ‘beer, his own judgment comes first; in base- ball, he will listen to others and en- courage their comments. . ee Having been born in Yorkville, he visits the section frequently, although he has a Fifth Avenue mansion and ® large country estate. Quite outside his business attachment, Ruppert has an enthusiasm for the national game and a great admiration for his players. His is a most familiar fig- ure at the Stadium, though he has never given up the brewing of near- beer while waiting for the real thing to return. His brewery inspectors are as thor- ough as his checks on players. In short, he is one of the most pictures- que and colorful personalities in baseball, if you were to ask any of the regulars, TODAY ¢ ny ANNIVERSA GERMANS IN RETREAT On Oct 12, 1918, the Germans fell back on Champagne front from Laon to the Argonne and the French drove forward on a 75-mile front from La- Fere to the Argonne. Americans and British captured vast quantities of ammunition in the Bohain region. Germany replied to President Wil- son’s note, partially accepting his Peace terms but asking for a mixed commission on the evacuation of in- vaded territory. PON It would take a courageous man to say the depression is over. I will say that there has been a decided magnate. * * * ‘You can no more stop this move- ment (farm strike) than you could stop the Revolution in 1776. I head of the Iowa Farmers’ Union. With so much money needed for charitable purposes, it would be un- seemly (for the Republicans) to put improvement.—W. H. Moulton, shoe} couldn't stop it if I tried—Milo Reno,! fon an elaborate and costly campaign. —Joseph R. Nutt, treasurer, Repub- lican National Committee. xe OK The chicken is out of the pot and two cars are not in the garage— Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Mary-| Jand. * * * As for Manchoukuo, Japan is con- fronted with an unprecedented op- position of world opinion. Neverthe- less, we are determined to follow the course already fixed in the face of all opposition—Count Yasuya Uchida, Japanese foreign minister. r Barbs —— Al Smith spoke the other day in behalf of a Democratic wet candi- date. Which helps to confirm our suspicions that Mr. Smith was De- mocratic, and wet. * oF OK Germany jas ordered another ‘ket battleship.” The word “pocket” is supposed to denote the cruiser’s size, but it is a word that intrigues us just the same. ee % Government reports indicate up- turns in the price of hides. That doesn’t hold good at the race tracks, however, where a pretty fair one can be obtained at a bargain. x % # o A SIGN IN NATIONAL DE- MOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS READS: “KEEP COOL, CALM ; AND COLLECTED.” BUT THE ! COLLECTIONS ARE NOT VERY GOOD. xe ® ! One of these days Holiywood is going to make a movie not press- agented as “weird.” “horrible” and “spine-chilling.” That will be Page One news. (Copyright, 1932,’ NEA Service, Inc.) | Order Nine States to Permit Higher Rates| Washington, Oct. 12—(?)—The in- terstate commerce commission Tues- day gave nine state railroad commis- sions until Nov. 1 to permit railroads to put into effect increased freight rates in accordance with the decision in the 15 per cent rate case of 1932. The commissions of Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mon- tana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah either failed or refused to per- mit the railroads within the states to apply surcharges on freight bills with- in the state in accordance with the commission’s interstate decision. | The railroads complained and the agency here, after an investigation, ‘decided that the attitude of the state {commissions was prejudicial to inter- state commerce and that the sur- charges should be applied. In Mon- tana all rates within the state are af-| fected. High-quality starch has been suc- cessfully extracted from sweet pota-/ toes. i ce To% tock! ‘A man was supposed to be at a cer tain place at a certain time, At 5:30, by his watch, which was two hours faster «than his wife’s watch, which was a half- hour slower than the right time, he was 15 minutes late. What time was he sup- posed to be there? TO WHAT PART OF THE WORLD 1S THE POTATO NATIVE P Bolt IRTHENON, SITUATED 2 * (Answers on Page 8) FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS The only way secrets are gen- erally kept is in circulation, ~<fP COPYRIGHT 1931, CHAPTER LIII are capturing them on Mexican so: Most, if not all of them, are Mex to El Coyote.” pick of the band, Death and damned good chance of torture.” doesn’t it, Bob?” pletely out of business. For a whi to be done over again.” getting another band after the bo: bottled up in this cafion.” “You mean that?” to get. But why talk about him?” “I think, major mio, 1 can make trade. 2 men for the bandit himself: Bob nodded. tee such at ate 26 Kava. 48 Before. used in silk- 38 To gladden, 27 North 19 Southeast. worm culture? 40 Roof of the America. 50 Quantity EB us mouth, 28 Choking bit. 52 Dower prop BRTIOAY: sp and, 29 To relax. erty. 1 Residences of 43 Eagle. 31Three-toed 53 Males. mandarins, 44 Tidily. sloth. Blue grass. 2Large city in 47 Grief. 32 Enlightens. Exclamation Japan, 49 Pertaining to 34 Catena, of sorrow. 3 Cows. the sun, 36 Mooley apple. ~ 57 Anesthetic. 4Eoem. 51 To seize. 37 Sound rea- To stop. Head 53 Bill of fare. soning. 60 Capital of - De: 54 Young salmon. 39 Snaky fish. Japan. To discuss. 56 Title of 40 “Pied of 62Monetary unit 7 Barley courtesy’. “Hamelin”? of Japan. spikelet. 58 Skirt edge. 42 Parts of 63 Pertaining to 9 Seventh note. 59 Garden tool? churis. lore. 10God of the 61 King of 45 Paid publicity. 64 Vigor. sky. Bashan. 46 Pin 65 What tree 1s 11 Plateau. 63 Pound (abbr.) wo bee N errrerris PT TTT NTF | eZee PW’ io lw al Nil ee a \@an a said. can hand over El Coyote, man bring in El Coyote?” “Any other man couldn't, major, Bob answered slowly. “Only 1 can, For you see,”"—and here he carefully crushed the life-from that cigarette between his fingers — “you see, happen to be El Coyote.” The words died back into silence. Mutely the major raised his head, Something in his brain fought back against the stark reality those words disclosed, He looked to see some twinkle of jest in the man’s sad- dened gray eyes, or a gathering smi about the tight, straight mouth. soldier came up and saluted, but im- patiently Blount waved him back, Again he looked appealingly at Bo! then at last the old major's shoulders drooped and in lis tace the light of | victory died. This, then, was to be} and of playing in the sunshine.” the end of those years of friendshi; if th —- “I've been thinking of that. We cans, so I'll probably turn them over to the Mexican authorities—except one or two who may care to give us information. Those 1'll set free— always provided their tale leads us “And the rest go to the Mexi- cans.” Deliberately Don Bob inhaled his cigarette while he tapped with his quirt on the side of his leg. “That means death, Fifty of them, The “Puts El Coyote out of business, Gravely the rider nodded. “Com- at least. Yet I'm wondering if it’s one-half so good as if you had cap- tured El Coyote himself. For, con- sider, Time passes. El Coyote gath- ers another band, and then it’s all der sees what happens to this one. But i'll grant that I'd rather have El Coyote tham the whole mob that's Quizzically the major looked up. “You mean we might trade these “How the devil could you guaran- “Oh, easily. 1 might, for instance, deliver up to you El Coyote even before you let the man go. That would be guarantee enough, wouldn't The major’s eyes sparkled, then again looked doubtfully up at the gtimly smiling man. Don Bob had so many little jokes one could never be sure, But to be the captor of the border’s most famous bandit—to get him! If Bob really meant what he The major plunged. “Bob, if you ll tet every other damned bandit go his way, and I'l! quit this country today. But what | want to know is, how in God’s name can you or any other AY | —_—— “He'll have one devil of a time r= “Of course. There's no question. The boy I'm after is El Coyote, not his men. That’s who | was sent out He raised his eyes wearily to the towering walls of granite while slow- ly comprehension came. The killer had been brought in, Now at last the long-coveted success was his. But the taste of victory was bitter as alkali in the old soldier’s mouth and once again, as if from some great distance, he heard Bob’s voice and felt his hand touch his shoulder. “One plays and sometimes loses,” the quiet voice was saying. “That is the best and worst of all these earth- ly games. Some consolation, though, to realize at last 1 could not have done differently. Yes, it’s something to know that, but perhaps not much.” 4 The major raised his gray head. Added years seemed to have gath- ered about him. “Bob,” he said, and the voice was husky, “I've known you a good part of a lifetime, and Now you're asking me to believe it you I've been hunting all these past months. It’s you the whole border has sought.” Slowly Bob nodded. “I'm asking you to believe just that. And ['m giving myself up just when { might have won. Just as the border coun try was ready to follow me. Even now | might win, but,” he looked up the cafion, “I can’t let those poor devils be turned over to the mercy of Paco Morales’s tools.” Again his hand touched the ma- jor's shoulder, “Come, let’s face it. Life can’t be so serious a matter at ‘our age, old friend—and death still less I've had my share of years I ile A bd, Pe) =~ Bob gently fondled his horse, “But e BORDE by TOM GILL /BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO, INC. -~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. “Any other man couldn't major,” Bob ai For you see I happen to ard to a wondering sergeant, “They'll kill you sure, sir,” the soldier warned, but without answer. ing Bob rode across the rock-strewn cafion and straight toward the boul- der field that guarded the entrance to the bandits’ shelter. There he stopped and, raising his voice, called, “Manuel.” detached strewn boulders, inswered slowly. “Only I be El Coyote.” alas before 1 go with you, I’d like once more to talk to my men. Will you write a word to get me by the sole diers?” The major fumbled in his pocket. Mechanically, as in a daze, he wrote on a card and gave it to Bob. He tried to smile, but only a pitiful quiver passed over his lips. His huddled figure, suddenly grown old, looked more like that of a captive than conqueror of the bordey’s fare famed bandit. “Give that to the sergeant, Bob,” he mumbled. “I'll wait here. _ At the line drawn about the fugi- s’ retreat, Don Bob passed the Almost at once a swarthy figure itself from among the “Sefior!” His voice was filled with amazement, “For the love of Gog, how come you here?” Bob rode forward. Leaning for- ward in the saddle he grasped the Mexican’s hand, and together they went back to where the rest of the band crouched, alert and tTeady, Quietly he looked down at them, as one might look upon a group of children who had erred, but toward whom one could feel no anger, (Tq Be Continued Monday) =x Ae