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SYNOPSIS
Chapter IV: The red-headed avenger ar-
rives in Paleano Valley and the village
of Luna Roia where Garvin lives. Cau-
tiously gaining entrance to Garvin's home,
Valdez finds himself before the closed
door of Raymond Garvin's office.
CHAPTER V
His lips tightened grimly, Be-
hind that door was one of the men
he had hunted so relentlessly for
five years.
He threw open the door and
stepped into the office, both hands
dropping to the silver -decorated
holsters of his heavy six-guns. He
closed the door behind hint and
leaned carelessly against the wall
beside it as slowly, mockingly, he
removed the scarlet handkerchief,
revealing his face.
The man before him did not ex-
actly face him, for Raymond Gar-
vin had his back to the door
through which El Caballero Rojo
had quietly entered.
Never would he forget that ca-
daverous face, the lips that were
pale brown lines over discolored
vulpine teeth, the man the youth
of eighteen had instantly pictured
when he had heard his father whis-
per his name. Garvin's hair was
now sparse and gray, for the years
of continued brutality had not
dealt lightly with this ruthless
man.
* *
But one thing had not changed
—his love of gold. Even believ-
ing himself alone, his movements
were quick and furtive as he fin-
gered a gold piece from a stack
in front of him.
With abruptness he seemed to
sense that he was not alone. He
spun half around in his chair to
glare at the red-headed man who
stood against the wall. Garvin's
piercing green eyes below the
overhanging brows were shot with
sudden accusing anger.
"What do you want here?" he
barked. "Who are you anyway—
and how did you get "in?"
El labellero Rojo laughed. It
was low, harsh laughter that ceas-
ed on an ominous note.
"I've come to settle the affairs.of
the de Cuevas place up the :val-
ley," he said tightly. "Maybe one
or two other things while I'M
about it."
"The de Cuevas place?' Garvin's
fingers 'beat a tattoo: 'art the desk. •'
"Umm, let me see . . . Oh, yes,
the de Cuevas place down the val-
ley." He added sharply, "I know
the place now,' but there is ..no
longer, any chance for discussion
about it. The -bank has foreclosed.
I—er—the bank has already taken
over the property — the case is
closed."
* *
"But the case is not closed,"
El Caballero Rojo drawled mean-
ingfully. "Because I'm right here
now to reopen it. Two lives were
taken this morning on that little
rancho. All the money you have
to your name can't give them back.
But"—his shrug brought fresh
glitter in the lamplight from his
conchal and silver trappings—"I
still can take your money from
you to help all the other folks
you've cheated and robbed here-
abouts."
While the man sat at the desk
as if paralyzed, the unwelcome
visitor's voice grew commanding
as he pointed to the safe.
"Open that!" he ordered.
Raymond Garvin's slack mouth
gaped as he stared into the hard,
cold eyes of the man who con-
fronted him.
The land hog, the man who had
demanded usurious interest from
the peons who had trusted him,
who had over and over sold the
land he had taken back from his
devastated victims, cringed.
He got up front tine desk and ap-
proached the safe in the wall back
of the desk at which he had been
sitting. He knelt before the big iron
box, spun the dial and threw open
the safe door. His hand went inside
it toward a row of labeled drawers.
It came out suddenly—and as it
moved, an arm clad in a silver -
braided sleeve reached over hid'
shoulder. The hand at the end of
the arm gripped the gun clutched
in the banker's hand,
"I thought yet: were entirely too
willing to open up the safe for
me," said the red-headed man. Then
his tone grew grim, menacing.
"Now bring out the money—quick.
And every• cent you'v; a got cached
in there! And every blessed mort-
gage you've got in any of those
labeled drawers! Quick, I said, I've
got a nervous trigger finger."
Once his clumsy trick at trying
to outwit El Caballero Rojo had
backfired, Raymond Garvin had no
choice. It was obey or be killed.
The muzzle of the gun that bored
into Garvin's back sent shivers
down hie ,spine.
Trembling in every limb, a ruth-
less man gone cowardly when his
own skin was menaced, he brought
out what lie was ordered to produce,
under the watchful eyes behind the
steady. gun. A heavy bag of coins
was plopped on the floor, then
stacks of currency. Then the long
reaching arm, exploriteg the safe,
brought out a stacleekttelded papers
bearing Fed seal ee
"These papers won't do you any
good, you devilish red-headed out-
law!" Raymond Garvin burst out
in fury as he threw the last of the
lot on the floor. "You can't collect
on 'em — nobody can but mel
And—"
"And you neither can, nor will!"
Valdez snapped. "Now dig out that
yellow -backed box down there in
the corner of the safe. It looks like
a letter file front where I stand,
and I'd be plenty interested in read-
ing your personal mail."
* * *
Garvin reluctantly did as he was
ordered, and the man holding the
gun on him took one hand to pick
up the box and lay it on the desk
beside the other loot. Garvin got
waveringly to his feet and turned
to face the red-headed menace.
"You don't think you're going to
get away with this, do you?" Ile
burst out furiously. "You won't!
Because you'll never get out of here
alive—not out of this place! Unless
you kill me in cold blood—"
"Which I'm not aiming to do, not
just at present—unless you plumb
forget to keep your shirt on," drawl-
ed the red-headed man. Then his
voice grew hard and cold. "I'd like
to.know'thd name of the man you're
workinjfor, Senor' Garvin. What's
more, I want to, know where to find
ham„ an keeeeean to;i now,-savcvy?
loco," Garvin growled, "I
haven't any boss, nobody I'm be -
...holden to. I run ray own business,
and—"
"Give me -the name, Garvin," Val-
dez said wearily. "You should know
I mean to have it—because maybe
you know who I am by now."
"Who hasn't heard of El Cabal-
lero Rojo?" sneered Garvin. "The
road agent, the imitation Robin
Hood, so thoughtful for the op-
pressed —when it gets him any-
thing! Masquerading in a lot of
Spanish gewgaws and a red hand-
kerchief over his face!"
* * *
"Listen, Raymond Garvin!" Val-
dez said coldly. "Many would like
to know just who I am. I'm going
to tell you—here and now. Maybe
you'll be particularly interested. My
name is Michael Valdez y O'Brien.
V-a-l-d-e-zl Savvy that? Does that
name mean anything to you?"
The self-appointed banker's eyes
went wide with sudden shock as he
heard the name. A flickering tongue
wet his thin, brown lips. His glance
darted to the window as if only now
he had fully realized that he was
trapped. But in the face of that glit-
tering gun held steadily on his mid-
dle he could make no move.
"I don't know any such name,"
he said surily, "Never heard of it
in my life."
"Then I'll help you to remem-
ber," Valdez said coldly. "The story
is all about the time about five
years ago when you and a couple
of your partners were in the busi-
ness of freighting settlers into a
new valley you were opening up,
down not far from the border. Fun-
ny thing what trials and tribula-
tions those settlers had. Just ohne
misfortune after another—like as if
a curse was pursuing them. Then
one day a man named Valdez be-
gan to wonder just why it was
that all these folks should be so
unlucky . ."
(To Be Continued)
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For Happiness
I'VE ONLY had the pleasure of
* following your column for a short
* time," writes a young husband.
* I'd like to congratulate you on the
* valuable advice you give young
* folks who are dating, courting and'
* preparing for marriage.
But what
about after mar-
riage? People
must work just
as hard for Hap-
piness then., . I`
feel that couples
marry with
every - intention
of being good
husbands and -
wives, and want
* to point their efforts in the right.
* direction. In many cases, we -must,
*learn by the . trial - and eeee, ilr
* metbodj The .question isn't : Who""
* is right. It is: "What is right:
* "Please correct me if I. am
* wrong but—as I see it—the Art of
* Love, so far as the man is con-
* cerned, is the art of pleasing his
* wife. The woman's love is the art
* of luring and enchanting the bus—
* band, while leaving to him the
* aggressive role appropriate to the
* male.
* THE BIBLE SAYS—
"AS the Bible states, 'Let every
,jne of you in particular so love his
wife even as himself; and the wife
see that she reverence her husband.
How couples can apply this to every
day living should make valuable in-
formation for them."
I agree with you that if wife and
husband kept in mind the constant
need of pleasing the other, the
divorce courts would have little
business. And as you say, it is What
is right that is the vital question. So
many rules of hunran conduct are
written so simply in the Bible that
any intelligent person can apply
them personally! During and since
the war, I learn that daily Bible -
reading has increased tremendously,
and I wish with all my heart that the
habit became universal. The wisdom,
and the comfort, of the ages is ours
for the seeking.
Marriage uncovers hidden faults
in the best of us. Daily association
with each other shows us how to
deal with them and, as we try, we
cultivate patience and understanding,
tolerance and true charity, So, we
can make married life a thrilling and
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
..Q. Is it permissible to contradict
another person in conversation?
A. No. If you can politely present
an opposing viewpoint, it will create
further conversation. But drop the'
subject if you find that the other
person's feelings are becoming hurt,
Q. Is it correct to eat cake with
the fingers?
A. Small cakes and slices of plain
cake are eaten with the fingers, but
soft -frosted cake or French pastries
require a fork.
Q. If a woman is standing directly
in a man's way, must lie tip his hat
when he asks her permission to
,pss?
A, Yes, as she steps aside he
should thank her and tip his hat.
Q. If a man and a woman are
dining together in a restaurant and
the tea is served in pots, who pours
it?
A. If the waiter does not pour for
them, the woman should attend to
this rite,
beautiful experience for the one we
love and, in doing that; we find our
o've'n happiness as surely as the sun
rises.
TO "YOUNG I•IUSBAND AND
* FATHER": As you continue to
* read the varied problems in this
* column ,you will find repeated
* again and again the Do's and
* Don't's for marriage which the
* situations presented indicate. I am
* always happy to have suggestions
* front my readers, and 1 shall
* welcome others from you.
* * *
To "MRS. F.C.": How often I
wish I could exchange names and
addresses of my readers! Yet that
is the one rule I dare not break. I'm
sure you understand.
* *
MARRIAGE is a two-way adven-
* turd! Anne Hirst can help you
* make it work, if you'll write her
* frankly at Box A, room 421, 73
* Adelaide St. West, Toronto.
'',Your Handwriting
and A �% ou Alex S.By Arnott
Can you read the writing in
the example below? It can he
read, but with difficulty. The
handwriting is a good example
of a common criminal, a person
'whose mentality and environment
have made him everything his
writing' indicates. Notice the
smeary script with feather edge
downstrokes of the letters and the
dirty appeara,ice of the writing,
also the scrawly, disorderly ar-
rangement of the whole script.
The "a's" and "d's" are open at
the bottom, a real give away of
a writer who would deceive at
every opportunity.
* * *
Notice, too, how the crosses of
the letter "t" stop short of the
stem, an excellent example of
caution, as though he were avoid-
ing being caught in a dishonest
act. There is nothing refined or
graceful about this writing, it is
as hard as the writer and as dif-
ficult to understand. Study this
script and you will see how the
criminal covers up his writing,
blots and smears cover up let-
ters so that one letter cannot be
distinguished from' another, and
the up and down trend of every
word reveals the shiftiness of the
writer's habits in that it is hard
for hint to write in a straight line
even if he wishes,
* * *
This, of course ,is the writing
of a common crook. There are
other types of crimitlals—the em-
bezzler, the fellow with a smooth,
shady kind of writing; the forger,
whose artistic touch can be de-
tected by his too light and too
dark pen pressure in every word
of the script. Each criminal has
his way of revealing his bad ha-
bits easily picked out my the hand-
writing expert to reveal them for
what they are.
Anyone wishing a more complete
analysis please send self-addressed
stamped envelope to Box B, room
42l, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto,
There is no charge for this service.
ISSUE 37-1947
Sar o.y School Lesson
The Way to Peace
Scrip hn e : Proverbs 3:30 31 13:1,
18 ; 222 :21-23 ; 25:18, 21-22 ; 26:20-21 ;
Matthew 3:9; .tunes 3:17.
The clictionary &•fnes harmony
as "concord or agreement in facts,
opinions, manners, interests, etc."
But most of the •passage's cited from
the Book of Proverbs have to do
with the best way of getting on !with
angry and disagreeable people.
In general, the basic advice is that
if other people arc' mean toward you,
don't be nasty yourself. if a man is
angry with you, that's the time to
control your own temper. "A soft
answer turneth away wrath ; but
grievous words stir up anger."
"Make no friendship with an angry
man ; and with a furious man thou
shalt not go; lest thou learn his
ways, and get a snare to thy soul."
Proverbs that recall Pal's counsel,
"As much as lieth in you live peace-
ably with all men."
In a similar . spirit, the Proverbs
stress .the wisdom of regulating one's
own life with good sense, and not
according to what others are doing.
Peace of mind is of the very essence
of inward harmony.
The passages cited in our lesson
deal chiefly with wisdom in personal
attitudes and relationships, but it is
obvons that. our world today pre-
sents great problems of harmonious
living between groups, races, peoples
and nations.
In our personal lives we can do
much to avoid people who don't like
us, but in the larger social and in-
ternational relationships we are con-
fronted with conditions and sitations
that the have to take as they are:
situations involving sharp differences
if not conflicts. Yet unless we can
achieve some measure of mutual good
will, tolerance, and forbearance,
dark tragedy looms again upon the
nations.
The proverbs and counsels that
make for wisdom and harmonious
living in individual life ought to be
watchwords in the affairs of the
nation.
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Donald features these red and white
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a matching rose -wool robe in her
next picture, "Living in a Big
Way," in which she plays opposite
Gene Kelly.
Just Strange
Discussing his epitaph, Sir John
Strange said, "I want no fuss, noth-
ing fancy. I simply want these words
on my stone: 'Here lies a lawyer
who always spoke the truth'."
"But," a friend protested, "no one
will know, who rests there." L
"Oh, yes, they will know," Sir
Johan replied. "All who read will say,
"That's• Strap •'e!'"
How Can I?
By Anne Ashley
Q. I'fow can I prevent mold in The
fruit closet?
A. Place a can of little in the fruit
closet, or on the shelves with jellies
and preserves.
Q. Ilow can I keep the skin soft?
A. The skin will be soft and fine
if a healing astringent cream. is ap-
plied regularly. By doing this, chap-
ped, dry skin, and blemishes are
healed. .The astringent closes- the
pores and makes the skin silken
smooth.
Q. How can I thoroughly clean
greens?
A. Add a handful of salt to the'
second water when cleaning greens.
This makes all the sand sink to' the
bottom of the pan. Another rinsing
will make them thoroughly clean.
Q. How can I make cut flowers
last longer?
A. They will last longer and keep
fresher if a little camphor is added
to the water.
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