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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1947-09-18, Page 2T rie uality Tea Y C K S O N e C O L SYNO PSIS _ rtie.norzrt Y: *Valdez finds Garvin and M the ensuing argument be is obliged to Shoot him, killing him tnotantly. Garvin's Men immediately surround him. Chapter vVi Michael Valdez' 'shoulders stiffen- ed, his icy eyes bored into the Iran before him, and his lips became a hard, uncompromising line. "He found out," he said. "But it did him nor anybody else no good —because you found out that he knew.... Want me to go on and tell you what you and those two partners of yours did to Valdez and his family? No? Well—no need. For I'm his son." He fairly shot out the next words to the cringing man who stood there, speechless. "Now do you want to tell me where I can find those partners of yours, or do you want to pay off for them as well as for yourself?" Raymond Garvin, who had fan- cied himself as a hard-headed bank- er, a man so assured that nothing could disturb his composure, was staring at his accuser as though at an apparition. * * * "I'm waiting," Valdez said coldly. "I don't know where them two are for sure," the land hog said in a cracked voice, "But I diel get a let- ter etter from one of 'em not so long ago. If I remember rightly, it's got want that?" his name and address on it. Do you "Get it!" Valdez snapped. Garvin moved reluctantly to the deck and slowly pulled out a draw- er. But there was no further hesita- tion in his movements. This time his hand darted into the desk draw- er with the speed of a striking rat- tlesnake. With a madman's laugh of triumph he whipped out another gun and fired crazily, even before El Caballero Rojo, caught off -guard for a bare instant, could get his own gun into play. A bullet whicked through the sil- ver -braided sleeve of the Spanish bolero. The first bullet and the last from the so-called banker's gun. Another roar blended with it, al- most instantaneously. .And a black Oh, mother, what winning ways this pretty and precious outfit bast One yard makes jacket and , jumper for a tiny tyke size 2. Blouse in ONE piece, Entbroid. ery transfer inc. Pattern 4647 sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, d, 8, 10. Size 2, jumper and jacket, 1 yd. 39 -in.; blouse, lir yd. 35 -in. Send TWENTY - FIVE CENTS (25c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pat- tern to room 421, 13 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, , Print plainly SIZE, „NAME, Al t I:ESu, STYLE NUMa13E1R. powder burn showed on the land hog's white shirt beneath his open- ed coat, just over the heart. Red started slowly spreading on the linen below it. Slowly his knees buckled as his glazing eyes stared uncomprehending. Then he slid to the floor, dead, as the gun dropped with a metallic clatter from his hand. El Caballero Rojo lowered his own smoking gun and stared down at the dead man. "One" he said cryptically, his eyes glittering as they swept around the room. Swiftly Michael Valdez scooped up papers and money from the disk, shoving those he could • into a pocket inside his velvet bolero, and gripping the bag of coins tight- ly in one hand. Then, knocking the light off the desk as he passed, he darted down the long hall, gripping the heavy- bag of gold coins tightly. * * * He raced through the corridor and out the open door which he had en- tered. But as his heels struck the flagging of the courtyard, armed men, alarmed by the shots inside the "bank," were pouring from the one lighted b,Iockhouse from which the music and laughter had come. Guns came up as the shadowy figure was sighted. Flame spouted, making orange -red splashes in the 'darkness, Lead ,whined and howled about El Caballero's ;red, head ;gas ., those. ba$,> ,,?' fikestr"eii c ''tlxrogih the black nigh t.No' longer was it lighted by the crescent moon. That now was - hidden behind flying clouds. Shouts came from the street out- side the courtyard. Men were racing down the street, yelling, firing their guns at random. Death converged on a man with red hair and a gaudy Spanish cos- tume, tvho raced away from Ray- mond Garvin's citadel—and laughed. With head down, clinging to Gar - vin's ill-gotten gains, he sped away from his attackers at express speed. Michael Valdez' own gun was out now, was spitting lead in a slow, sweeping arc, for he had determined to make a stand of it, fight it out. There seemed little chance, at the moment, that he could win through and reach El Cielo, waiting down the street in the shadows. man yelled as one of the red- headed man's shots went home. An- other cursed as a second bullet tum- bled him into the dust. The attack wavered a moment in the face of such accurate shooting * * * But the halt in the guards' firing gunmen ducked for cover. Secure was only momentary, as Garvin's blockhouse walls, and knowing they behind the protection of doors and must win by sheer superiority of numbers, they resumed the battle ' instantly. Coldly and calmly they aimed for the scarlet -sashed, scarlet - masked man who was weaving and ducking before them, in an effort to reach his mount His eyes, now mercilessly cold and hard, picked out a shoulder here, a sombrero there, a bent knee in one spot, an elbow in another. gain and again his gun blazed, And each time it did, it would be the shoulder he had seen that would jerk—the som- brero leap high into the air. The man with the bent knee sprawled fiat on the ground as he tumbled from his hiding place around a blockhouse. nd El Caballero took full advan- tage of that demoralizing instant. Barely seeming to touch the ground, he sped through the patio gate, moving like a greased shadow, tot where El Cielo stood patiently wait- ing. Garvin's gnmen, roaring, howling, shouting it g curses, were tearing across the courtyard and into the open street. Streams of lead from half v, dozen directions screamed toward El Cabalero Rojo as he leaped into the saddle. One or two bullets ripped along his velvet bolero, but he paid no attention to their sting. Swinging Iii Cieio around, he changed bis tactks before the lufuri- scrcrrhr s, some of fury, some of :sled gunmen could guess his pur- pose. He charged 'directly on the men firing at him, Their howls rose to MRS. RUSSELL.SWEENEY, the teacher of S.S. No. 8 Wallace township School, Ont.. is seen here with all six pupils, the smallest atten dance in Canada. From left Doris Lo,ig, Ruth Schleuter, Donald Rock, -Marilyn Rode, Ronald Schleuter and William Cherry. Each pupil will cost about $300. "No Good" Girl Tells Shocking Story "DEAR ANNE HIRST: Is it too * late to start being the girl the older *people around here think 1 am? * They say I'm an angel. The others * know that. I'm nothing. I'm 16. • * "Two months ago I met a man. *He told me he was married, but * that didn't make any difference to 1=,> me. I let him come to see me, and I have fallen in love with him. "Two nights ago 1 told bim he'd have to choose between me and his wife. He chose Itis wife, and said *I'd better forget him. * Anne Hirst, I have found out *now that I made a perfect fool cut * of myself, ind I have lost sty 'txeutaiibn. (l smoke and drill;, Irt66,•• and sometimes ' gamble:). I° *hope all teen-age girls will read * this, and don't do anything 1 have * done You will be sorry in the * end. No married man means any *single, girl any good. "NO GOOD" NOT TOO LATE You have been going around wilh the wrong crowd, 4Hozo else would you have learned to drink and smoke, even to gamble—and think it doesn't make any difference whether a pian is married? You are under the legal age in your state, and you must have indulged in some of these vices surreptitiously. In every community there are nice people who usually predominate. You can find thein if you try. Drop these loose youngsters who have Mired you into such goings-on. Never be seen with any one of theirs again. The road back to a good life is Bard. For a while you will be shun- ned by nice girls, for their parents won't let them be seen with you. It is only by withdrawing yourself from these lose acquaintances, and adopting a very • different manner and new habits, that you can show the better clement in your commun- ity that you are worthy of their friendship,• The first way is to bury yourself in your studies, and excel in your school snorts as fast as you can. Don't linger after school coarse right home, and stop there. Give your spare time to studying, to helping around the house. Join the YWCA, and learn what fun you can havein a decent way, 145e their gyninasiunt, go on their bikes When you can, take pain. They crashed into each other, fighting like stampeded cattli" to avoid being trampled by the flying hoofs of the big blue roan. Then, as sudenly, the mount was wheeled again,- and El Cielo anti his silver-deg/0d rider were pounding down thp,,street.:But Michael Valdez knew 'well enough that it was only a rcprteve::'• I•I'e knew that before he cold dare !lope ' to get clear of the town other guards stationed at vari- ous points outside would be upon him, Realizing that he must do some- thing other than try to outride then, Valdez kneed his mount into the first cross allele that was out of sight of the men in the street, and pulled up to a halt, What now? For a quick glance over his shoulder told him that already the advance guard were on their way and that mounted gunmen• were pouring into the street from the Garvin place, all in hot pursuit. Al- ready they were almost abreast of him, and the others were corning on fast. (To Be Continued) up some extra course they offer which interests you. You. have deceived your parents abominably. Shoes' them now. how sorry you are, and try to win their confidence again. The shame you suffer is their shame, too you know, and they must be horrified in dis- covering the kind of life you've been leading. Go with them to church, and join some of the youth activities there. lion need all the moral sup- port ou can get. Gradually, as others see your intent, they will receive you as one of them—and that Will be your Big Chance. You have been too long on the wrong track. Turn to the right now. If you stick to it, you wilt win through. * * * To 'i413J.G.": 1 think the sugges- tion that you go away for a while is a wise enc. It may be that this separation will soften your wife's heart toward you, and she will come to remember only the pleasant per- iods of her marriage and forget those zwltioh .cansrd...her.., .sa snuscIt =. gree f. You- weren't fair, you know. It may' be true that you dols't drink nor smoke, nor run, around but there arc other sinagainst marriage which a wife resents as -much. For instance, you never told' her what your income is! You have doled out dollars, treated hcr like a housekeep- er (without salary); why shouldn't she resent it? .You have, you confess, not always done what was right, yet - you kept on that way, never making any effort to understand how your conduct distressed her. It is the ac- cumulation of these lesser offenses which now sltc feels has destroyed any love .she had for you,. Get away for a while, Give her the chance to think things over. She knows how you love your little girl, and 1 don't think she would deliber- ately take her away front you. You have rather on your side, too. You have been considerate of Hint and you can depend upon his understand- ing. Now that you know where you failed, I hope, with you, that when yon come back your wife will have de- cided to give you another chance. ANNE Hirst can help .you make * it work, if you'll write her frankly * at Box A, room 421, 73 Adelaide * St. West, Toronto. al y School Lesson Guidance from Great Proverbs Prove:bs 4:23; 6:16-19; 9:10; 14:34; 15:1; 16:18; 21:3; 22:1; 27:1; 28:1; 29:18; James 4:17 GOLDEN TETT-71e hath show- ed thee, 0 man, what is good; and what doth the Lard require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? -- Micah 6 :S. Great proverbs are the crystal- ization of experience. Sometimes they are reflections upon life and conduct, terse, concentrated bits of wisdom, or philosophy. Sometimes they are the obser- vations of discerning critics who have set down human values in rules or guidemarks in the form of popular, memorable maxims. Sometimes they scent to have been spontaneous thoughts, quick- ened by some incident or experi- ence, All three forms of proverbs arc illustrated in the passages cited in the lesson. A few very striking ones are elscwchcre in the Book. A deep plrilsaphy of life is itt 4:23, ISSUE 38.1547 "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." Similar reflections is in the list of things that the Lord hates—the six things listed in 6:16-19; and in the well-known 14:34, "Righteous-,, ness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." Of the second sort, terse, prac- tical observations, are 16:18, "Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall" and 28:1, "The wicked flee when no man purueth: but the righteous are bold as of lion." Good examples of the spontane- ous, but no less deeply wise prov- erbs are 27:19, "As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man." A good example of the same sort, outside tile Book of Proverbs, but a proverb none the less, is in Ecclesiastes 7:6. "As the crackling a of thorns under a pot, so is the Iaughter of the fool." Every people and country has had its proverbs, and almost every generation has had some of its own. But the richest of all those that have - come from the ancient Hebrews.; -o doubt -they were compiled from many sources; and they represent a great repository pf teras,}ired.,.,7,yiadolla,,,but.;it is; ne coincidence that they come front a race and at a time that gave to the world its greatest saints and prophets, and that ultimately gave to the world the Saviour of .Men, whose parables expi"ess and fulfil the wisdom of the Scriptures that he knew so well. Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. When making a call on a friend, should apologies be made for the lapse of time since one was last in the house? A. No; it is bad form to do so. Q. What should be removed front the breakfast table when the grape- fruit and other fruit bowls are taken away? A. The service plate is removed and a hot breakfast plate laid in its pla:e. Q. Is it alt right for a girl to manicure her nails or apply makeup in an office? A. No; the dressing -room is the proper place to do this. 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