The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 15, 1932, Page 4

i i Just been laid in Washington. The Bismarck Tribune This represents a little more than| THE STATE'S OLDEST |} million dollars apiece for the busi- NEWSPAPER |ness home of the nine justices of the (Established 1873) supreme court, their clerks and as- sistants. | Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. j {marble and will have magnificent 2s for each justice as well Ps assistants. | The building was a dream of the! ..-$7.20/ late Chief Justice Taft, conceived at ‘Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year. a Bis~ | 4 | time when money was flowing into pally by mail per year (in state the tresaury and the financial goose! outside Bismarck) ..... ssseee. 5.00} Was busy laying golden eggs. Daily by mail outside of North | But between the time the plans ROMEO Seis ists cs. sssccses ey "7 ve drawn and the laying of the Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 | ¥°Te ins | Weekly by mail in state, three jcornerstone there was a hiatus in} years .. seeseseees 2.50 | Which things turned for the worse.} Weekly by mail outside of North | The national debt has jumped about | ‘Dakota, per year ........ 1.5C | tive billion dollars since the project Weekly by mail in Canada, Per | | was launched. For three years rev-| a |enues have been decreasing and the} !demand for red ink has been heavy jat Washington. i MIGUGEE ct The Associated Press Granted that the highest court in| The Associated Press is exclusively | the land should be properly, housed, entitled to the he dnl [it seems that this $10,000,000 struc-; 's dis s credited to it ‘ i ce papeaherss credited in this ie eee ee | newspaper and also the local news of | ‘Tavagance. i spontaneous origin published herein; One wonders, too, whether the} All rights of republication of all other | decisions given therein will be high-} matter herein are also reserved. er in quality, fairer or more equitable than those handed down by the great) |John Marshall in a courtroom which 7 | would be a hovel by comparison. Foreign Representatives | As to the cost of upkeep for the} SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (puilding, the heavily-burdened tax- CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON /|payer had best not think of that at Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Descriptions of the place show that! tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as jit will be constructed of the finest! | palatial quarters for clerks and other | —— all. Beware the Wolves Despite the Insull disclosures and the information given to the public by the senate’s probe of Wall Street | at the last ssion, the financial | wolves are busy again. | The mails are again beginning to! bear offers of cut-rate prices on mar- | ket outlook services and when this happens it is time to hang out the | “Beware” sign where all who run may read. The reason is that too many of these services are conceived in ini-| quity and operate to pick the hard- earned doliars out of the public pockets. Some services are recog- | nized as sound, informative sources of financiai news and this fact makes it easier for those who have shady stocks to unload and who may be here today and gone tomorrow. The market information services which are legitimate, however, never at- tempt to sell you anything, and therein lies one of the main differ- ences between them and their dis- reputable brothers. Hark to how the system works. You get an offer in the mail today inyiting you to pay $1 for a trial subscription to a service which is represented to sell for $60 or more a year. It explains that you receive lor your money the services of ex- perts in the investment field. Littie| modesty is evidenced in outlining their superior qualifications. Some- times there is an invitation to write to them for further details. | Whether the man addressed sub- Scribes or merely makes inquiry, his name is placed on a “sucker lis and the promotion effort begins. The original offer of the service. | call it Brown's for want of a better| name, listed some 20 stocks which it recommended be sold and a similar number which it urged the customer) to buy. All but one of the 40 listed( were stocks of well-known and re- putable companies. Call the mave- rick “International Manufacturing.” stock acted as predicted. more is sure to have done so. After this runs along a little while to build up confidence, you get a wire from the headquarters of the service urg- ing you to buy the strange stock and predicting that it will make a rapid rise. At the same time it urges you to sell one or more of the stocks pre- viously recommended and on which, had you bought it, you would be able to realize a profit. A few such telegrams and the stage is set for the final play. You get a telephone call from New York and an oily voice, assuming that you have made the profits suggested in previous forecasts—ignoring the loss- es you might have sustained had you bought everything recommended— suggests again that you buy “Inter-| national Manufacturing.” The man is an expert and he catches you unawares. Before the average man knows it he has invest- ed from $100 to $1,000 in the stock mentioned. The stock, at the time you buy, is selling at a fair price but shortly thereafter the bottom drops out of the market for it and the investor has taken a loss of from! 90 to 100 per cent. Brown's investment service prob- ably paid 20 cents for stock which it sold to the public at $3. The dif- ference, less the cost of the promo-| temporaneous. tion, is profit. When the “International Manu- facturing” deal is washed up, Brown's service digs up a new security of lit- tle value, finds a new sucker list and starts all over again. ‘This sort of thing was common in thevdays trom 1927 to 1929 but the racket has not been worked much during the last two years, Now that the public has begun to show a little interest in securities the wolves are busy again. Temple of Justice If the setting and accouterments "| broken forth from Republican bosoms | sue contains fur-} information and advice andj been too bad. Now that he is loyally points to the fact that this or that! eu yaly|| One or! | Election Bets | This is the season of the year when} queer wagers are being made. Hats, wheelbarrow rides, peanut rolling ex- hibitions and similar items are placed | on the block to be decided by the} voters at the polls. | In another month we shall see the| harvest. Some folks will blest | cut in new apparel; the man next | door may be seen some noon trundling| his victorious friend down the block | in a wheelbarrow. Some of the more | daring may be seen pushing a pea-| nut atross the street with their noses. | Election bets know no rules and| of those’ making the wagers, but most of the chance-takers back their views with hard cash. In some elections| millions of dolla have changed} hands by this process. | But freak bets are being made this | year, too. One betting commission- er on Wall Street, seat of the nation’s| gambling operations, reports wagers of 1 to 50 that Roosevelt will carry every state in the union. The last official odds on the outcome of the national contest were 2 to 1 on Roosevelt. 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. i | Long-Hidden Love (New York Times) Byron's “late romorse of love” has this year. So long as they thought that former Governor Smith might in- terfere with the success of the Dem- ocratic national ticket, Republican journals couldn’t find praise enough to bestow upon him. The man against | whom so bitter, dishonest and sinister | @ campaign was carried on in 1928] was suddenly transformed in Republi- can eyes. Instantaneously he was en- dowed with all the qualities that Re- publican propaganda had denied him. Nothing was too good to say about! him, as four years before nothing had | Supporting the ticket, as it was cer- tain from the first that he would sup- | Port it, Republican enthusiasts have | dropped him. But that extraordin-| ary body, the Republican National Committee, is no longer able to hide its highly posthumous veneration for | Woodrow Wilson, “the great war| President.” | Is it to be endured that former | Senator Reed, “one of Mr. Wilson’: most implacable foes,” should be lowed to make a campaign speech}! against Mr. Hoover? Governor Roosec- | velt 1s accused of dishonoring Mi Wilson's memory by choosing or al-| lowing Mr. Reed to make a campaign speech. This delayed Republican} tenderness is affecting. The “most| deadly” enemies of Mr. Wilson were certain Republicans of the senate. The almost insane Republican heat! and fury against him now seem in-| credible. In what dense and blunder- ing head at Washington did this; ghastly jest of solicitude for Mr. Wil- | son originate? Who sheds these tears and this ink? This pumped-up sor- row and indignation can only stir a feeling midway between disgust and laughter. Whatever Mr. Reed's of-! fenses—and they were great—he is! not a hypocrite. Suppose the Demo-! crats took the trouble to dig up the Pleasant things that “Charley” Curtis and other Republicans now on the stump said about Mr. Hoover in 1928. Who cares? In politics, if any- where, ferocities have to be softened and the hatred of one moment turned into the pretense of affection the next. Politicians other than the antiquar- jans of the Republican National Com- mittee have to be industriously con- » They say so many things that they lose all remembrance of them when the particular mood or situation that impelled them is for- gotten. If something now unpleasant is recalled, they probably feel like the fellow who applied to President Wash- ington for a Federal office and was reminded that he had abused him like @ pickpocket. “I meant nothing. I thought it was popular.” | PAGE DIOGENES El Paso, Tex.—Page Diogenes! An honest man has been found! He is Murter Von Mert, a tourist from Germany who recently stopped at a hotel here. He went back to Ger- many without returning his room key. Recently the hotel manager re- ceived the key by mail. Although mean anything, this nation is about to have more and better justice than ever before, for the cornerstone for a Bew $10,009,000 judicial palace has the key had “Drop into any mail box. ‘We guarantee postage,” on it, Mert had paid his own postage on the are determined solely by the caprice |§ | work. jcalled |some physiologists believe the prod- j cumulation of combustion products. | tinued desperately. { “We STAAS AU PORT TO ENE! sf Roose ee THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1932 Talking Through Their Hats | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE William Brady, M. D. | Signed letters pertaining to personal health and h: d diagnosis, or treatment, wiil be answered by Dr. B:ady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief B ink. Address Dr. William Brady, ‘iene, not to disease in care.of this newspaper. RETENTION OF BODY WASTES ,; Although there is no reason to ima- gine that any noxious or harmful sub- absorbed from the colon | or large bowel into the system or the blood, as the quacks would have pros- pective customers believe, still we must admit that body wastes are} sometimes too long retained in the! blood and when this happens you're { sick. But not in the way you have} j been taught to think. Rather you are} sore, lame and following the strenuous effort, reise, game or This condition might fairly be “autointoxication,” since the products of combustion of fuel (gly- cogen, animal starch, blood sugar) in the muscle to provide the energy ex- pended in the effort are body wastes and if not removed promptly from the , muscle and from the blood stream that picks them up, they act as poi- ving muscular contraction oxida- tion takes place at a fast rate. Not only the glycogen or sugar is oxidized | or burned into lactic acid compounds | and carbon dioxide (carbonic acid gas) but probably some protein or rogenous material of the muscle or fibres is oxidized. At least ucts of incomplete combustion of pro- tein material contribute toward the state we call fatigue. | appeared in print lately to the effect Up to a certain limit, which depends | on the individual's “condition” or, physical training, the circulation and | talent. respiration both respond to the de-| mands of the muscular effort and] more and more oxygen and fresh fuel | (blood sugar) is delivered to the la- boring muscle and the return circula-| tion carries away the increasing ac- | But sooner or later comes the time’ when the waste products (lactic acid compounds, carbon dioxide, amino- acids) pile up in and about the muscle, and that stage constitutes fa- tigue. The irritability of the muscles or its power to continue contracting rapidly decreases until it is practi- cally paralyzed, if the effort is con- Probably this ex- plains some drownings which are ascribed to cramps.” If the effort is not too long con- tinued, the circulation can catch up on the work of carrying away the ac- cumulated products of combustion or incomplete combustion, while the worker rests or sleeps, though any athlete knows this natural recupera- tion proceeds faster if a rest is taken! without sleep for a few hours, and some moderate exercise resumed within eight hours for a few minutes. This is more effective than mere mas- sage or passive manipulation in pre-| venting or relieving the unpleasant | effects of fatigue. { From time to time we hear rumors} of the discovery that fatigue can be indefinitely postponed by taking doses of potassium phosphate or something of the kind. Also that some profes- sor has discovered an antidote or an antitoxin which immunizes one against fatigue. The answer to these rumors is horse feathers. Rest is the remedy for fatigue. Increased absorption of oxygen is the best preventive. To in- crease your absorption of oxygen all you have to do is to take a reasonable amount of exercise every day. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Mollycoddling the Kids Kindly give your opinion on chil- dren with pot-belly wearing abdom- inal belts to hold them in place. (Mrs. H.N. ED) Answer—If there is some reason why the children can’t play and get the exercise a normal child needs, such support may be beneficial. But if the kids are free to play, such belts) are merely a punishment for them. Hair Never Grows In How to overcome ingrowing hairs on face. (J. B.) Answer—That’s a barbershop diag- nosis, Hair never “ingrows.” Infec- tion and suppuration of the halr fol- lcle or root may make the hair look |that way. But such infection should have medical attention. It may be a simple folliculitis, or it may be sycosis (barber's itch). Sometimes it is nec- essary to epilate or pull out the hair, | put leave that for the doctor to decide. Hair never grows in. Ultraviolet Would working in the dark room in a motion picture laboratory where there are no windows to give air and light have any effect on my health | key. and color? Would the dark red lights Answer—No. But the absence of ultraviolet ultraviolet lamp treatments, and cod | ‘ liver oil will help you to keep fit. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) wilh Gilbert Swan New York, Oct. 15.—Notes on noth- ing in particular and everything in) ed the Riverside Avenue menage of | c Joseph O'Connor on Sept. 27, event became an item for the collec- born to this home—and each one ar- rived on the same date. ee # WHY, LADY PEEL—! Several columnistic complaints have that Beatrice Lillie, the comic, snub bed—or seemed to—some of the lo Lillie’s best audience and fan: been in New York, rather than in) t London. In London, where she could be Lady Peel, this excellent fe clown has been given the cheer” on more than one oc Not so far back the boos grew so e ‘onx, general: When the stork again visit- | },;. [the the big hand. stall a | whi who wonde and written in |} 31 about No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. || the othe: ys may prevent you from | But enjoying good health. Sun baths, oe | Uber c 1G) I stage . ee DER TAG! The Hotel Lincoln is latest to in- “against the day .+ And it's Jack Dempsey what our economics are Talking to the ex-champ evening, he told me about This big bar, nch out in California. farm had a crop of some 500 e couldn't move an ounce of No market, he was told. Jack was willing to give them to to give them away—but no carry them. They rotted es, Which is sufficient to zical wrinkle to any brow There's a certain cafe in Broadway where the price changes three times even as in the movie palaces. ng, |when business is in dish costs about 35 lunch hour, it’s 50 cents, and after theater it runs as high as | 60 to 75 cents. Which is another lit- tle problem in supply and demand — |that Dempsey might be able to help METHODICAL MR. STORK us out on... | HOLLYWOOD GETS REVENGE Ge! M. Cohan already has voiced nions of Hollywood in no un- ertain terms and) has vowed that he the | would never go back. With the result that, although he gets the critical s, efforts appear to have been tors of the strange and unusual. For! nade to play him down in his own this happened to be the fourth child Broadway o lights and with Jimmy hnozzle” Durante featured all r the newspaper advertiSements. Which is somewhat amusing when you consider the gent that Cohan happens tobe... * Ok Ox S OF THE TIMES SQUARE rdly had burlesque been stopped Which is amusing, since the in 42nd street when one of the entre- neurs of this,coarse form of enter- inment was out with a new sign: “The So-and-So Follies.” e | one way of getting around the burle- sque stigma .. Broadwayites shower of pyrotechnics. Hence the thick “over there” that she fled from’ flood of huge sale signs. Which is . Even in bankruptcy, like to go down in a Still, one HORIZONTAL 1 Tumultuous paaue my eyes? (D. G.) Answer to Previous Puzzle “Naval Station | 14 Foot lever. 16 Type of cat. x disturbance 17 Pertaining to of public peace. the cheek, 4 Insipid. 19 Weapon of 8 To bang. war, 12 Conjunction, —— town, first 13 Rubbed in successful order to clean. 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In Broadway, she gets es, among other things. of the most amusing is the sign ap- pearing in a seven-by-ten shop: “Manny bids his good-bye to Broad- way!” ... Wonder if anyone even knew he was there... Marcus Griffin, the sports writer, Passes on the word that the astute jJack Kearns carried supplies of ‘grease or vaseline in his hip-pockets jon the night of the Schmeling-Walk- jer fight. The old master would stand jwith his hands in his hips. And 'when he patted his “man” on the \tace, healing lotion was cagily ap- \plied. ‘This reminds me that Mare {has finished authoring a book, “Wise :Guy,” which is said to contain many jreal names and addresses of eminent jfight figures—with plenty of sensa- jtional material. TODAY 7 WORLD. WAR AN VERSARY 10) 4 ' YANKS SMASH LINE On Oct. 15, 1918, American troops smashed the German line north of Verdun, taking St. Juvin and Hill 299 west of Bantheville. The Americans’ left wing crossed the Aire river and approached Grandpre. In Flanders, the British advanced to the vicinity of Courtrai, captured Gullenhem and Heule and advanced to the suburbs of Lille. German forces began their withdrawal between the Sensee and the Lys. In the Balkans, the Italians took | Durazzo. If there is a position anywhere in creation that is open, my name al- War ts. THE NAME Given TO | A THIS SHAPE ? | | Waar ts_ tHE NAME GIVEN 70. THIS SYMBOL ? ways seems to be mentioned.—Ex- President Calvin per: * The trouble with many modern parents is that they have more wish- bore than backbone—Dame Beatrix Lyall, British social worker. * * * If there is any lesson in history it is that we should go to the operat- ing room quickly if we wish to keep our political institutions from tak-| ing @ trip to the morgue—Jay| Franklin, writer. * * * At last I’ve found out what the) old world looks like at 6 in the morn- | ing—James J. Walker, ex-mayor of! New York, on ee abroad. * Rich people need no longer fear) that it is a disgrace to spend money | lavishly when people are out of work) and some of them are starving. It} is tHtis very hoarding of money by the tich that adds to unemployment and its distresses—Joseph H. Appel, New| York advertising director. Influenza is a word derived from| the Italian language, which means “to influence.” Use the Want Ads CANNOT BE LEGALLY OWNED. THEY ARE PREDATORY ANIMALS, THE SAME AS ‘WOLVES; BEARS, The PRESIDENT OF THE (© 1992 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. 19.15 HUMAN CACTUS / WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING THE ‘WILO LIFE OF THE AMERICAN DESERT, ARTHUR N. PACK, NATURE ASSOCIATION, « ORESSED LIKEA GIANT CACTUS: | ' Young people of today may be quieting down, but how about the young people of tonight? THIS C URIOUS WORLD FIRST CAME INTO HUMAN Noth DURING THE (8TH. CENTURY BECAUSE THE SHRUB CAUSED INTOXICATION AMONG SHEEP, AMERICAN CHAPTER LVI Again in silence they drove out toward the hacienda of Morales, fear and foreboding in the heart of each as to what might be the end. At last the low hacienda loomed in the distance, flanked by its long shad- ows of eucalyptus. A brooding quiet lay over the place, a menacing watch- fulness, and once the girl shivered as if some cold current of air had touched her. Again she was placing herself and the man she loved in the hands of his enemies—they were staking everything on the slender chance of winning the sympathy of Morales. Something within her kept warning that it was a lost cause, telling her to turn back while yet there was time. Resolutely she put the thought from her and sped on. The great black gates stood open and they drove up to the entrance of the deserted patio. No servants ran out to announce them. Their steps echoed on the polished tile, and still no sound came from within, “Where can they be?” She whis- pered. Inside, the macaw regarded them silently from his perch in the patio. Then a light footfall sounded behind them and from out the gloom Jito came forward. With that silent, cat- like tread of his he strode up to them, and in the gathering twilight the two men stood again face to face while the memories of their enmity rose like unbidden specters between them, To the girl he made no sign of recognition, but fastened his dark eyes on Ted. “Por Dios,” the Mexican’s deep voice rumbled through the silent house, “I begin to think you are truly a very brave man sefior. Would it be hard for you to under- stand that the thing I want most in life is once more to get my fingers about your throat?” A wave of blind fury swept over Ted at the man's tone—a longing to lash his clenched fists into the dark, scowling face. For a second he held himself in leash, then slowly, the red anger within him died. There were more important issues at stake. Adela had already stepped be- tween. “Where is uncle, Jito?” she asked quickly. The Mexican jerked his head toward the stairs. “In his room, Ever since you ran away he has been there. You will not find him ami- able.” “I find no one amiable in this for- bidding place,” she flung back at him. Then to Ted, “I want to talk to uncle in his room, Stay here— and hope.” She ran her arm through Jito’s, “Come, big one,” she smiled trem- { ulously up at him. “I want you to help me too.” aia H For a moment the Mexican hesi- j tated, His sullen eyes again sought } Ted, then dropped to Adela’s up- | turned face. Without a word he turned and followed her. Ted watched them mount the stairs and a moment later heard the distant closing of a door, by TOM —~_. COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CQ, INC. “ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE, INC. Silence fell. Filled with misgiving Ted walked about the patio. Once he stepped out to gaze on the pur- pling desert, Every nerve within him was carrying some message of impending danger, some warning in the silence urging him to leave be- fore too late. Impatiently he shook his head. He had to come. There was no other way. Lighting a cig- arette, he resumed his restless pac- ing. Morales, after all, held the cards, and now all their hope cen- tered on Morales. Again he stopped and listened. No sound. And yet Adela must know by now whether it was life or death. Would they never come down? Even now it must all be decided up there, His restless pace increased. Would she have her way with that strange, relentless uncle of hers or—— Savagely he flung the cigarette aside The silence, the uncertainty, were unendurable. Would nothing ever happen? bd Then, as if in answer, he heard from above the muffled scream o} the girl. Like a maddened tiger he leaped for the stairs. A door opened as he ran down-the shadowy hall, and di- rectly ahead of him something gleamed. In the darkness Jito stood with drawn revolver, “Sefior,” warned the low, rumbling voice, one more step and you die.” For a second the American’s mus- cles knofted. For a long breath Ted weighed the chances of dashing the gun from Jito'’s hand. Then ‘reason came to his aid; there was no chance. The Mexican’s too eager watchfulness told clearly of the quick death that awaited the least move. now, sefior, and go down the stairs, then out through the patio to the servants’ quarters.” Ted turned. Already he knew that Jito was taking him to the barred cell Morales had shown him once before. Yet as he walked down the stairs he listened. No sound came from above. His feet grated on the gravel walk, and at the door of the cell he stopped. The key was in the lock. “Enter,” Jito commanddd. Ted stepped inside, and heard the key turn noisily. Jito gave a low whistle,.and to the peon who came running up he said in quick Spanish: “Go down to the village. Send to me my vaqueros, Send riders to all the camps and bring in everyone. Tell them to ride at high gallop. By midnight | want every man, Tell thenr El Coyote is captured and that Paco Morales holds his ally here. Vaya.” As Radcliffe caught the meaning of those last words, all hope died. Don Bob's release was now impos- sible, and Morales, far from showing mercy to a fallen enemy, had seized this chance of making Ted his pris- oner, Laying his face close against the bars, Ted looked back toward the hacienda, One vine-covered corner; Again Jito spoke. “Turn slowly,|- GILL only was visible. Beyond, almost in- visible in the dusk, were the open gates. Then something moved out- side and suddenly his heart jumped to hear Adela’s voice. “Ted!” came the whisper. The next moment her hands were on his and, reaching through the bars, her hands touched his face, while for a time he heard only a low, choked sobbing. “Lover,” she spoke at last, “IL must go quickly. We have lost. Un- cle is insane with anger and with plans for revenge. He won't listen to me. He held me while Jito took you here. I am afraid, desperately afraid, now, for you. I go to get the major.” Between the bars he felt her wet lips upon his own, and she had gone. ‘he warm air of the desert beat in on the girl's face as, faster and faster, she sped over the narrow road. To the left rose the granite cross of the Conquerors, keeping its endless vigil beneath the stars. She flashed on the headlights. A ranchhouse loomed up and was quickly left behind. A lone- ly coyote skulked across the road, turning to watch the liglts of her passing, and as she drove, her thoughts went racing on ahead, des- perate, formless thoughts born of her bitter need. Her only hope, her only chance lay in the major’s aid. If he refused, if he delayed—Adela thrust back the certainty of what must happen to Ted out there among a horde of maddened vaqueros, A glow in the sky ahead told her Verdi was nearing, and with it came a recollection that the major would be at Don Bob's on this last night of his freedom. At the crossroads she turned toward the ranch. Once she looked up at the stars. “Dear God,” she whispered, “he must come, and Uncle Paco must listen.” Turning through the gate at Bob’s hacienda Adela swung past a band of horsemen clustered about the cor- tal. Swarthy, sombreroed men with zarapes swung over their shoulders, sitting their horses in silence; and within the scabbard of each a rifle was thrust. Intent on her mission, the girl gave no thought to that silent group of armed riders, but drew up before the steps and, with- out knocking, threw open the door. Inside, the major and Don Bob lingered over their coffee and cigars, their dinner clothes in strange con- trast to the trail-worn costumes of the morning. One might have said that here sat two leisurely gentie- men, idly talking, enjoying a quiet hour of relaxation before the eve- ning. Certainly nothing in Don Bob's manner would have betrayed the fact that for him the last moments of his freedom were swiftly passing. Both men started to their feet as the girl burst in upon them. Rapidly Adela told them of Ted’s capture and of her uncle’s mad joy at the taking of Don Bob. Again a mem- ory of the light that had flashed in {Morales's eyes came back to her, \8e Be Continued Tomorrow) oo