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The Gringo Privateer
By PETER B. KYNE
SYNOPSIS..
Ken Burney is given the generalroan-
agersilipof Bradley Bardin's z,aneh tin
the understanding that he rids Bardin
of two battle thieees..1lartin Bruce and
liliguel Gallegos., i3drdin's daughter,
Muriel falls lel love with Ken. lien.
witl,thirt'Y"Pieked L.nd ‘rained men, zneet
and'defeat Gallegos' force of two hue-
drzd in E1 Cason Bonita. He then makes
arrangements to meet Bruce and his hien
and the remainder of the Gallegos forces,
in the same piece. Jlurier implores her
father to stop I en from endangering his
life. BradleY Bardin follows Ken's out -
it and .,vertal.es hien: he demands that
lien return to the ranch, but lien holds
him to his bargain, intimating that be
owes an obligation to the Mexican gov-
ernnientto carry out his contract.
rode to the right and hid himself and
party i_i similar fashion,
"Distribute yourselves along the
edge of the bush and preferably be-
hind bowiders, men," Burney ordered.
"Select a position where you will have
considerable protection but which af-
fords an unobstructed view of the val-
ley, and under no circumstances com-
mence firing until I give the order and
the range. The horses are pretty tired
after a twenty -mile ride. I don't think
they'll be restless or do any neighing."
Slowly the gray light, stole over FA
Cajon Bonita. First the hills across
the valley appeared indistinctly; grad-
ually little. hummocks, small bushes,
tufts ox.: grass and cattle became
sharply outlined in the foreground.
Burney bent a pair of binoculars on
the barranca .own the valley and
shade out a man's head upthrust above
the bank. A •sentry, doubtless.
Suddenly two leen rode out of the
pass into the valley, where they pulled
upand gazed about them. Burney de-
cided they constituted Bruce's advance
guard; and that they were wondering
what had become of the .quarry. Fail.
urs to Tecate it evidently diseoneerted
them for suddenly they wheeled their
horses and rode ; ack into the pass.
CHAPTER XXX.-(Cont'd.)
''That is Bruce's plan. At least, I
think it is, because it would be ny-
plan if I estimated the situation as
I think he has. Until tonight he •was
ind doubt as to which route I would
select, but he knows now that I plan
to enter from the nerth. He will per-
mit lee to make .a peaceable entry to
the pass, then he will enter behind me.
But what he .doesn't know is that a
troop of rurales-not less than sixty
sabres -is; going to permit him to
enter unmolested and then drop in
behind him.
"Whet he does know is that there
is but one troop of rurales within a
radius of two hundred miles of El
Cajon Bonita and that a commanding
officer of that troop isn't quite fool
enough to tangle with the Gallegos
forces. He just couldn't win, he knows
it and so do they. Also Bruce realizes
. that the Mexican government has
adopted an attitude of patient wateh-
ful waiting as far as Gallegos is con-
cerned. Unless he gets unbelievably
dirty it will elect to believe he doesn't
exist. Also, Bruce knows that my
party, fully armed, is going to snake
an unofficial entry into Mexico to-
night, and he thinks I do this because
I desire to keep the Mexican govern-
ment officials in ignorance of my
movements, for if my party should
run into the rurales we would be ar-
rested as illegal entrants, a charge of
breaking the neutrality laws would be
lodged against us; or it height be as-
sumed that we were bandits or smug.
glers. At any rate we would have no
defer -se and off we'd go to, a firing
a. ,ailescia _y;,.,aeIttgeaMe icanrapeniten-
target to his men. "Sera
mob has reached the I3e
everybody take a era'
Range siZ hundred.
shift your fire to his
He picked up one of
side him and thrust th
right between two bow
ed and fixed his binoai
gos and his followers
men, Ready 1 Aim!
As Gallegos. chic'
touched a match to
rocket. Up it soars
bursting with a prods
unloosing a tiny,parac
floated a shall Metic;i
the two machine gun
De Fiero had secreted
visit to the valley c.
against the excited a
Gallegos force,, grow
Bruce dead. At- th
Burney's leen opened
second act of'' the ti
Three minutes of 7:;,
Burney sent up anot
time it released a p
small Americas flag,
to its summon$ the r
of the pass in eolunn
into line and charged
(To be tents
"Conversely the same conditions ap•
ply to Bruce and his party. He
sons that we are two souls with but a
single thought, two hearts trat beat CS latter's comrades did not halt. Flog-
one- chat we year+• to settle our pri-I ging their horses -furiously with their
CHAPTER XXXI.
"Range, five hundred. Company,
load!" Burney's order, relayed dowu
the line in a low voice, was productive
of ;a faint elieking of _bolts as the
cartridges were jammed home in the
breeches, then silence again prevailed.
Beads of perspiration came out on
Ken Burney's :forehead; his haieds
were wet; he sat behind a rack, with
his rifle laid across it, and waited:
On the ground beside hint lay half a
dozen rockets and. a box of matches.
Suddenly, from within the pass,
there same a ripple of rifle fire; within
a minu•e some fifty horsemen emerged
from the pass at a gallop; out in front
a man rode on a brown and white
pinto horse that Burney readily recog•
nized as Rowdy. He cuddled the stoex
of his rifle firmly to his shoulder and
lined his sights on Martin Bruce;
then he drew a full breath, let it half
out, took up the slack of his trigger,
pulled a little ahead of his target and
fired. Fifty yards hag the pass en -
o xis sa
instantly, faced around and gazed.
curiously at the fallen man. But the
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" vate grudge on Mexican soil withoa
interference from the Mexican gov-
ernment,' knowing that the survivors
can cross back into United States ter-
ritory and not be asked embarrassing
questions. So that, Your Majesty, is
the tactical situation.
"What happens after Ken Burney,
Martin Bruce and Captain Eliseo Be
navides with their respective com-
mands find themselves in that pass
together i; problematical." enough to
"If I were only young
ride inadly y"You callHis me kingaom-
ndrained sadly.
a king ought to lead his troops. I feel
like a bewildered mouse. I can't go
back to El Ranchito tonight. I can't
face Muriel, so I'm going tole ere ow
your blankets. Ken, hole up
o -
night with the cook and await news
of your fate as early as you can send
it to me tomorrow. Don't delay -I'll
he suffering. San, have you got your
douse in order against a hasty exit
from this vale of tears?"
"Yes, sir; I surrendered my horse
to Martin Bruce this morning and
there's a thousand dollars waiting for
nie in escrow in the Huachita Nation-
al Bank. That, niy outfit and my pay
cheque constitute niy entire estate. I
have made you nay executor and my
father is my sole heir."
"What? Haven't you left some lit-
tle remembrance to that girl you're
so crazy about??" The king just could
rot help this little fishing expedition.
"Nothing but a memory, sir. And
perhaps I flatter ,myself in thinking
that she will even remember nie six
months frons now."
The king winced. His fish had slip-
ped off the hook.
When Ken Burney and his men rode
into the pass at three o'clock next
morning they did so at a smart trot.
Indeed, the drumming of hoofs on
hard earth, the jingle of spurs and
bits and the creak of leather would
leave proclaimed to any one half a
mile distant the news of his approach.
And that at least one of Martin
Bruce's watchful outposts gleaned the
news was apparent to Burney when,
from the crest of a low ridge to the
left of the pass entrance, a horse
whinnied.
"It won't be long now," Mr. Burney
told Toni Bledsoe..
It lacked half an hour of dawn when
the been of El Ranchito rode out into
El Cajon Bonita, But they rode at a
-walk now, their horses' footfalls dead-
ened by the long luxuriant grass. In
conformity with orders' previously
given Milt, Toni Bledsoe led fifteen
seen across the valley to the left and
some fifty yards into the thick scrubby
pinon pines that grew down to the
1 ase of the flanking range on that side,
I
quirts they galloped down the valley
and when the last of them had swept
by Rowdy and the fallen man, Burney
yelled:
"Commence firing."
An instant after Burney's sten had:
opened the action, Toni Bledsoe's force
on the opposite .ite of the valley came
into action also. Then suddenly Bur-
ney heard a solid crash of musketry --
a single ragged volley -and machine
guns commenced to chatter.
At a range of six hundred yards the
Gallegos force, concealed in the bat-
ranca,.had opened fire, also on Bruce's
force. With four machine guns and a
hundred rifles assailing thein from the
front and thirty-two riflemen, expert
riflemen at that range, assailing them
from both flanks, the read rout was
stopped almost instantly. Caught in
a bunched formation, the first horses
to go down spilled those following
after them, while a steady stream of
bullets spat into the screaming, grunt-
ing, neighing, cursing, struggling
mass. It was horrible.
The frantic cries of the survivors,
endeavoring to identify themselves to
the Gallegos men, were unintelligible
above the noise of battle; their signals
were interpreted as a desire to sur-
render and since it was no part of the
plan of Miguel Gallegos and Martin
Bruce to extend quarter that day,
their appeals went unheeded. Nor was
it any part of Ken Burney's plan. Hs
knew he was engaged in a battle cf
extermination; as the Bruce riders
disengaged tlhemselves from their
fallen horses Burney's men concen-
trated their fire on them; three min-
utes from the time the Gallegos forces
had opened on, them nothing shoved in
that stricken field save the wounded
horses. If there were wounded men
they elected to lie still.
At his order Burney's seen ceased
firing; almost nstantly the fire from
Tone Bledsoe's concealed force across
the valley ceased also, while from both
parties broke wild cheers that carried
in the crisp md'cning air down to
Miguel Gallegos in the barranca.
"Viva Gallegos! Viva Bruce! Viva!
Viva! Viva! Abajo los Gringos!"
But Bailey's force did not emerge
from hiding; their leader was too
shrewd for that, too good a judge of
bandit nature. In the pockets of the
fallen it night well be that some
money would be found; certainly there
were fifty good saddles, bridles, spurs,
riatas, pistols and rifles to be appro-
priated by the men who should reach
them first, and Burney grinned as he
saw the Gallegos men Climb out of
the barranca and vie with each other
in a race up the valley. But one lean.
of that force did not join in the race,
but walked sedately behind his vie.-
.urney ivitii the other fifteen meth, torious troops; through his binoeulers
- I Burney recognized hits as Miguel Gal-
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tinguished Names 1
.011e out 0f every twenty member's
of royalty over the last 1,000 years
has been a span or woman of genuine
genius who would rank with the most
distinguished men and women. �G'ol-
lowing is the list of these forty-four,
At least forty others have been of
great,intelectual power and noted
or
lofty character and. conspicuous deeds
of service to their respective coun-
tries, Some of the phrases by which
Historians have characterized them
are attached,
1. Frederick the Great. "One of the
greatest generals that ever lived."
2. William the Silent. "One of the
greatest nen of all time."
3. Gustavus Adolphus. Sweden's
greatest hero king. "An original
genius in, the art of war."
4. Gustavus Vasa. "Next to Gus-
tavus Adolphus Sweden's greatest
king." "An illustrous statesman and
soldier:"
5. Louis II, of 'France. "The Great
Conde." "Celebrated general"
6. The Great Tureen. Said by Na-
poleon to have been "the greatest mas-
ter of military science in all history."
7. Frederick William. "The Great
Elector." "Founder of modern Prus-
sia. "A great general."
ur,. 3, Archduke Charles. Austria's
greatest warrior. Led southern Eur-
ope against Napoleon. j�ecp the question t
9. Maximilian I. Emperor of Holy
Roman Empire. "A great diplomat
and 'king."
10. Henry IV. of France. Great gen-
eral. Idol of French chivalry."
11. Gaspard Coligniy, One of the
greatest naval coinix fldea's of all his -
toil. Turned bask the Turks from. Eur-
ope.
12. Alexander Farnese. Celebrated
general, •diplomat and statesman.
13. Maurice of Orange. Son of Wil-
liam the Silent. Esteemed by his-
torians to have been superior as a
general even to his father. Called
"the greatest captain of his age."
14. William III. of England. One of
England's greatest kings.
15. Alfonzo, pounder of Portugal.
Celebrated warrior.
16. Dennis of Portugal, Called "the
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"A skillful commander on the bat.
field, Had many of the great qualities
of her celebrated grandfather."
17. Margaret, daughter of Maximil•
fan 1, "Repeated many of the gifts
of her illustrous father."
18. Anne, Duchess of Montpensier,
"ne of the greatest military leaders
among women in history. Extraordln• I
ary woman:" Pasadena, Cal, -The size. snaps and
19. Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick I age of the universe size.
recounted
V. of Palatine. "Remarkably intellee
here ill figures intelligible only to
tual; a woman of great
powers."- those of mathematical mini.
"The N.Y. Herald -Tribune." The three features were revealed at
.bout Sagittarius
Sun and Earth Are Small Parts
of Galaxy Which Fills Vir-
tually Incomprehensible
Space
Comparisons a seminar of the Mount Wilson Obser-
vatory of the greatest groups of as -
Others proudly .praise the West, trononxers and scientists eve. gather -
Others
Arguments are freely used
Just to prove oue place is best. Dr. Gustaf Strgmberg staff astrono-
mer at Blount ,Wilson, was the speak- .
•List 'J~ -ionto, first of all, er. _Among the statements he made
Say some judges of repute, to his listeners were the foliowiug:
and
But citizens of Hamilton The galaxy. mettle arts vthe ueighs
u .clispuie• earth are y
10,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,-
000,000,000,000,0'J0 grams (10 followed
by 42 ciphers).
More,than 300,000,000,000 stars, each
the size of the sun, comprise this
galaxy.
Sun Far From Centre
father of his country. Beloved i=•
Portuguese history and considered the - Medicine Hat, Morrisburg,
•,,,•, i \Vawanesa, Tilsonburg,
Kasabowie, Estee -an,
Miunipnka, BoisSevain.
Montreal and Winnipeg
Have opinions wide apart,
While London, Halifax. and Guelphs
Claire to nave a goodly start.
So the wordy warfare goes,
Gnconvinced is either side;
They continue harmless foes
Designating home with pride.
Gauanoque, Neepawa,
Ogahalla, Oshawa,
Hamilton, Oran geville,
Terra Cotta, Gypsumville.
Revelstoke, Wetaskiwin,
Minedosa, Moosomin,
Kalawalka, Shaunavon,
Chicoutimi, Walkerton.
founder of Portuguese lr
17. Henry the Navigator, of Portu-
gal. First great picneer in promot-
ing maritime discovery.
13. Henry of Cassel. Brother of
stake tee Great. Great military
strateg st, heaaanee ae-Er.eda ick 651,
the battlefield.
19. Peter the Great. Dissolute, but
an undoubted genius. Founder of
modern Russia.
20. Eur~ane of Savoy. Celebrated
commander. Saved Italy from destruc-
tion.
21. Maurice, Elecor of Saxony. A
great hero of the wars of the Refor-
mation. Called "the savior of German
Protestantism"
22. Don John of Austria. A child
prodigy, precocious soldier in boyhood.
Defeated the Turks and even William
the Silent in great baffles.
23. Gustavus III. Another of Swed-
en's long line of hero kings.
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Iiinistino, Ottawa,
Ombabilea, Kelowna,
ikapuskasing, Penticon.
Moose Jaw, Wampum \Vassewa,
Flin Flon, Xena, Wakopa,
Dipples, Snowshoe, Innisfree,
Birdstaii, Dropmore, Calgary.
Red Deer, Blackfoot, Hespeler,
Lobstick, Tignish, Hanover,
Turtle, Juaco, Openogo,
Arthabaska, Overflow.
Dishnislt, Yellek, Vegreville,
Wild Goose, Windsor, Hagersville,
Brandon, Kowkash, Eganville,
Saskatoon and Richmond Hill.
24. Charles XII. Extraordinary, al-
though somewhat unbalanced, genius.
25. John "The Great" of Portugal.
Celebrated king and diplomat,
Women Geniuses of Royalty
1. Maria Theresa. Austria's great-
est queen. "An able, brave and noble
woman."
2. Margaret of Navarre, 'Gifted
grandmother of Henry IV., most be-
loved of all French kings"
3. Catharine Il, of Russia. "A. re.
markable personality, a natural born.
leader" One of the few dissolute wo•
men in all royalty.
4. Anne, Duchess of Longueville.
Dumas' famous heroine. Intriguing
nature, immense political genius. Sis-
ter of "The Great Conde."5. Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick.
"Ambitious, proud and virtuous:
Ranks in Highest grade for intellect.
6. Isabella of Castile. One of the
noblest women of histOty. Patroness
of Columbus.
7. Louisa Uric. Queen of Sweden.
Sister of Frederick the Great. Known
as "The Minerva of the North." Dom•
mated her country.
8. Anne Amelia, Niece of Frederick
the Great. Famous for intellectual
gifts, patroness of Goethe, Herder and
Wieland.
9. Aurelia, Ductless of Hesse -Cassell,
"Extraordinary wisdom, virtue and
energy." One of the 'four famous
grandchildren of William the Silent.
10, Jeanne D'Albret. Highly intel-
lectual mother of Henry V. of France,
'11, Amelia, sister of Frederick the Great. Almost the equal of her broth-
ers Fredericlt and Henry. Remark•
able talent for music.
12. Sophia, half sister of Peter tho
Great of Russia. "Equal in intellect
to her famous brother," "Extraordin-
ary force of will, high abilities and
ambition."
13. Blanche of Castile. One of the
heroines of Spanish history,
14. Medina^Sidoliia Louise, ",Etter•
cased paramount influence on Portu•
gal; elevated the fortunes of her coup,
try."
15. Christina, daughterof Gustavus
Adolphus. "Astonished her guardians
by the vigor of her f#itelleet.' Pro.muted learning and literature,
Sagittarius, in the southern hemis-
phere, and not the sun, seems to be
the centre of this huge space. In fact,
the sun is some 40,000 light years re-
moved. from the centre.
As to its shape, the .galaxy is quite
Iirregular resembling a pancake. Dr,
Stromberg said. its irregular motion
i is not clue to "star streaming," as pre-
vlously believed, but to lack of sym-
metry.
It takes our own galaxy- <.pproxi-
niately 250,000 years to rotxt2 about
Sagittarius.
W lien Dr. Stromberg went to the
blackboard and chalked mathematical
equations clear across its expanse, the
most delighted person in the roem
was Dr, Albert Einstein, noted Ger-
manmathematician, who owed to,
these astronomers . the. proof of his
'theory et relativity. .: '
Having difficulty in explaining a
point of his own, even in his native
German, Einstein strode to the board,.
and wrote what..?ie called a siiuple
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formula upon it. ..,
It's a list of varied names,
A. pronunciation test;
But tb.e curious thing of all,
Each, man thinks his home town,
best!
-Grenville Ia-leiser in "The Montreal
Star."
Silence is the victory of mind over
mutter.
"Didn't the fire spoil your party?"
"Oh, dreadfully. Not one of the
nremen was in evening dress."
ManageriAlti'. act two of the new
play you talte•Ye atleient battle ax and
cleave the eitortY.":.
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ence carving beWiding house Steak."
POWdered .1StaroovAlpplied at. once,
4044' linen,.
Don't be helpless when you
suddenly get a headache. Reach
in your pocket for immediate
relief. If you haven't any
Aspirin with you, get some at
the first drugstore you come to.
Take a tablet or two and be
rid of the pain. Take promptly.
Nothing is gained by waiting
to see if the pain win leave of
its own accord. It may grow
worse! Why postpone relief?
There are many times when
Aspirin tablets will "save the
day." They will always ease a
throbbing head. Quiet a grum-
bling tooth, Relieve 'nagging
pains of neuralgia or neuritis.
Or check a sudden cold. Even
rheumatism has lost its terrors
for those who have learned to
depend on these tablets.
Gargle with Aspyin tablets
at the first suspicion of sore
throat, and reduce the infection.
Look for Aspirin on the box -
and the word Geriuini, in red.
Genuine Aspirin tablets do
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