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Zurich Herald, 1931-02-12, Page 2The Gringo Privateer By PETER B. KYNE hue 'ted a subdued r� alx'hl [for ee, approaching . � ' ug e er we aim Then the advance guardoftear- flawing—without a single ca. a ty, f a e ales fired into hits and Bruce lost his evidently. inro and tlGalleo saliclz 1.tlnrlrYtl head. He coulclii.'t afford to be taken of B by the rurales, and there could be no and fifty-two of their fallow fix s • ^,s Profit to hint in fighting them in the anything more than a nzottaintz rcdeoret pass• `They're born fighters, those He even drew is didn't wages nt *tie tea rurales and they outnumbered Bruce. right, anti In the emergency he remembered he heart to charge me foe a split day tee had a friend with a handed riflemen clay• Five minutes after the eliootieg and four nachine gunners down in the ceased he became a r'ollin : storle barranca. so he decided to join forces again. with Gallegos in a hurry. "Did he name the destinatii'n te- a.. He cane ward which he is note tolling? The outThat was his fatalerror..; princes hay: so far recovered Tier ac- Ieg s a hurry. That or as the way .Gal- custonied mental and ph5-sieal well - .when expected metin come out—and being as to become instantly p! " 1 when ale sawc that pinto horse of mine k 'bugle Bradley l:.ardin employs Keil Burney b I 11 warned they were roe - Bradley -general liit�ital,er on condition .that Nen rid him of Martin Brace and niguci ttediel;os, two cattle thieves. Hen arms ,n":t trains thirty Wien and meets ualie- k 1 eniontsl3uf�itaidred ti d de e.ttsfth eni.cThen Bruce and (halieros Join forces. Ken agrees to meet therm richest? arrives Arlit and tithes up the ntrnnctlirtitu 7 U10 x'ormerly occupied In: tn. and dri, e to follow Ken into the him onto Gallegos. Position- Ken and - a men opo, , ,,m,he 4on the' the t ce-oo erect also up uo •oPes, Asdawn Ureake Bruce and his /Men enter the ,Cajon and are met Nt".al fire from )3urnec un his flanks and ?,:pros in front who tliJnt.s Bruce is 'Ken .Barney'• Then b the*dead aiii2io+rec iugnt for- ward y- riard to r rifle and machine-gun fire of }tulney's lien. The rurales then ride into the gambling )louse: I offered preside icy of the 13ardin L Cattle mpany and a salary . ,.,,' thousandtonere t year to stay ne tea payroll and he just laughed at 11le. He's earn.,d about five hundred dollars 'il salary and he's sold his Ineree i.ur a A ideur Employers A Short Sketch With. a Timely Moral 1 "1-aith n til . future is demonstrated thousand ---so he's rich and sntlttpend• not by what we have, but by what we exit' Ile left Hiu ehita for point'.wves� spend," observed George, after several at three torttederen this afternoon,'" minutes of silence, during wt hh'h he '"Well, that's not Such bad nein'•" eol1teazhlllatiyely toyed with his fi•;li. The hand of the princess straw eti. out Altt'alioS of what?" inquired \a and caressed his gz�iz led cr eek k `"At tine, his ,young, wife. least you foreea 'aim to abancl;`;V his I;nelnplavmeni," iwa? the laconic contract." ,,.. "But we are not cultist;; our, ex - n )' , reply. "I didn't. He fulfilled iti. -to over' ileuses, dear; though I will admit It s an awful temptation when thins are so uncertain." "And noble you have etintruered, my love," said he, looking with glowing anticipation toward the delectable fudge cake that waited its turn at the family board. "But it has occurred to me to -day that rj e night do sotlhe- tliing more • "if there's anything v� e can do, George, I will agree to whatever you suggest, but I'm sure we can't` afford to.spend more." " h -we can't Nay Hear, but t just t the sante. If we all did only: what we could afford to do, a lot good things would be let undo , 1 lot of good People would be out of work to -clay who are being .kept oar the •pay roll b3 employers she call ' beep.. them there,. "`ell, what suggest; • 102 million snore ceps of Salida tea were consumed. in 1930 athan in 929 by the ear, e of Canada. ).aren't the .tine , or the energy,,' the neighbor with a shrug. "T1 give a fellow a chance to do it for you. He needs a Job -and be arm through her husband's, she steer- : c. Pet alis answered b ed him to the table as she said. No tl. fudge cake to -night, dear; the Midget "ere did not,eand I didn't ?sn iii?al. Iet s cio.l jt s zee et." won't =tanfi both luxuries and $15 I was too ups r as you .. "Did you take note of the car he entered." 18, EL. wluriel Baroin has fallen in loses i 1,7 ell kud lovas a5ersuridad hz,' fa h�: co out in front—when he sized up tae endeavor to *top this fight. ensu eel•„• tfuny. CHAPTER tit (C t'a ) colors of the other horses in the Bruce outfit he said to himself: 'Hae! YO - '1— ol) der cometh the gringo,' and got ready for business. Natt.raily I knew that Instantly the firing ceased. By this as his party approached the barranca time fully half the Gallegos •forces Bruce 'would wave his hat at Gallegos Were casualties and among the sue- and endeavor to identify himself—so -elvers there existed no thought of fox- killed Bruce before he could do that. ther resistance. A.eross the valley they Then my entire party' opened '.-n -lied like frightened rabbits, headed for Bruce's men and they were all too rat- the haven of timber -clad slopes of the fled to do more than go wild..Galieges encircling hills, and as they ren the coukin' see where our fire was corning rurales broke formation and pursued tient. independently, sabering .them,' killing them with pistols cutting theta of front. -the hills and slaughtering them even while trey begged 'for the mercy they 'would not have green. the nutiiber n, of oot t i gs f ne does a toot. job can cards„ 9 and a o see for your;'tf," replied George, But George was not listening. Pre- lidn't. I tell you my bz t pointing tothe c;ar. sently •he murmured, as if talking to "� C , i him numb. I was so .was Idea% sore at hIIiO l „ ".Chats an i.tea. Send him 'round." .I himself: "My, but' how easy it is to lever save him agar. `afford' 'to .eel ' The following. morning a eizeerful { bring back )tope. He was a different or care if 1 zb t do you �u gest "It's bout time you ret%i -.Fo . young ma l was energetically polish- chap after rdgse li�tlzee"Cha order Its s You're losing the old walloli: fs• 0 atht George'. asked }xis wife, anxious to lits anotlie car: Whistling as he tcurk the ca ells k Science Monitor:' you a drink—two of tlzept-�a ti iez: hear a definite prolrositiou. Anel from •a window bogie, Natalie you're soothed and comforted ell nip "That we make jobs for the joh ra story of the wicked knight" less." looked down and smiled happily as the d at him with astonish- 4 kingtold.here and Natalie stared she sate h©wv the leavenwas working. So .presently the . i � ,% • d d with his ineticulot'is meet. A e• h to get thee :'lh all my work. There are the ehildren' ; thongs to wash and mend; the eni'tain.s will have to come #tam; .yrobably i e thought it y.as,s he 1t. oleo a talking a•ecital, the eyes of the pelmets grew •`George! What are Peitz E realty don't know ow I'm going rl Bruce's siert, trona the hills near the 1 b. anti Bright with .pride and tttlnirara al;oirt?" int,S. So, just tulle neighborly, he got, 1g into action too—anti that's the tail of tion, although she matte no.et nn'ren:. For about ten minutes the ruralee CHAPTER -were busy.riding aver the' field, giving Il the "mercy shot" to the wounded, then,"Get off your. horse," the king order - hey farmed up and .tode on into the ed, and Burney obeyed. Instantly the -south to argue with the Los Osos con- tingent, doubtless. Aird When they were out of sight Ken Burney mounted his men, merged :.is divided forces and rode north out of El Cajon Bonita, merely pausing long enough to gars into Martin Bruce's dead face and ex- amine Rowdy for possible wounds. He had none, so Ken Burney tied him to r. bush and left him there. "Rowdy's status is. that of a smug- gled horse," he explained to Tom Bled- soe. "He entered Mexico illegally this morning; hence he will 'be confiscated sold at . abide that auction Senor De aro wviI kiln in for about fifty dollars. This Rill give Senor De Hare a clearly legal title, which he will transfer to ane when he presents Rowdy to me the first time I visit him. It wall cost me five dollars export tax to being Rowdy= back into United States territor;•. Bueuo I" As they entered the pass Loni Bled - foe commenced to chuckle. "Nobody but Bruce saw us enter Menlo and nobody has seen us leave. Mr. Burney, it fox has nothing ou thee. Was it thee that downed Martin Bruce?" Burney nodded sadly. "I knew that when his rider rolled off the horse 'could tot desert him. So I had to stop before he could gallop into the effec- tive range of the ,Gallegos gang." They were bade et the trucks by tee o clock. As they tante into camp the king tore loose r mighty yell: "Are you ell :he,'e?" "Seouril, sector." Burney favored the king with a military salute. "I have to report your outfit intact and the ecntract completed in a highly satis- factory manner. Martin Bruce and forty-eight riders, about half of thein Mexicans, with Miguel Gallegos and one. • hundred of nis followers, have been killed, and if you don't believe 't ask the amen However realizing you king enfolded him in a ,grizzly heal' embrace. "Son," he nzurinured husk- ily, "the first night you carne to laze 1 had a hunch you were a gift from God, only I didn't suspect, even remotely, how valuable you , re. Don't go into the cow business for )ourself, my boy. I'll take a back :eat. I'll become chair - ma of the board and you can hare the job of president and general manager at.d fifty thousand n year. And pee can go fishing or hunting whenever you doggone please." profuradly grateful for your ffer. The salary is niarvelope, bat handcuffs and leg -irons, long . ardin. I want to be lis own lean. I don't want to be a pampered pet. I wart to make my own hard bed and Iie in it. This cock-ey=ed world is my oyster and I'll open it myself. That's lural. No proposition you can make will l:e accepted. You've promised to do enough forme nee already and I haven't- h.alf earned that. Please give nee a lift into Huaehita in your automobile. There's a train due out of there rot the west at three -forty-seven and I have a berth reserved on it." "Got that girl on your fool niin•:,1 eh':" the king accused sawagelr.. "I was thinking of her this niorniiU while the shooting was good, kit.*; she's a laIlapaloozal" "I hope she eats crackers in bed. I hope she's beef to the heel like a Here- ford steer; I'hope she wears a dirty old wadded kimono and leaves tufts of her hair in her comb; I hope she spills powder on the bureau and opens your mail; Z hope—but what's the use of hoping anything? You're a wild ass of the plains and sweet Christian thoughts are wasted on you. Climb A neat smart dress th .t expressos Wt. the ear and depart out of my life. such good taste or the rehool girl. Z hate you I do more. I hate you a The original Paris 'node' was°navy :ezond rime.' blue crepe. P q (To be LOntinuedr! What New York is Wearing : E=: it BY A\NABELLE WORTHINGTON 1112eetretEti Dt tssiiittElig Deism .Fttr- idekec7 113 fill B eeit=.Patfirer 2925 "Oh, that's not half so difizeult as it ' -a: young fellow .came to the office and asked if he might clean. our windows, :and I told Mini this was dl hy• the building. management. E wish you eould'bave-seen the ctestfall- en- look he gave me. Who cleans our Windows?" "Hewlett?' "But•it Hanah.clttin't elean our win- tiows next Tuesday, or whenever it -is she eoanes here, she would he doing something else • for you, wouldn't she?" "Yes, tiler,; are lots of -thins Han-, The following day, a woman whose uah cool' do your ' the house, which husband was out of employment grate - she hasn't time ter when 'she floes the tally accepted the young mother's of- d nclows." fer of a day's work, and. the proniiSe of other days, as occasion offered. the kangaroo:' seems. Today clown and go into soak for the women1 t -morrow." \ow listen, Edith --there are Iots of people looking f^r work to do; lots of women to which a day's work would be a godsend. Why not look upon this as a wonderful o. portunity to make someone happy; to Help the Unemploy- ed." Natalie grew eloquent in her ap- pea), convincing in her logic, persua- sive in her prece.atatf,',pn—and Edith. yielded. * "Exactly—anti that's why I have asked the young )Wan to Bonze here to- niortow meriting and eleaii our win- ieoige,,'Qhle evening. • felloly Weds aaleby wily." ; 1'" 'Ni ie `took Ii slietah front Ii.ef- Natalie alio seas site i for a few seconds, husband; it was an'etchsg ;and be then said: ""I'm Mat you asked him to lose were tea wvords: ith the Sea come, George; and -why coizlciar't he son's Greetings from ;vatalie incl r.lean-.ihe car, too, while he is here? George Calder." it certainly needs it, t1'hat an exciuisite greeting card, "1hv,, bless your heart, Nan, you're George,' she said, with a true apprecia- tion of artistic values. That's a g: rat schemes I tell you "That settles it. Put him on the what; he night polish it as well.. pay roll, Nan. 1 suppose we're iu for "And drain the radiator, and put in on this:' that anti -freezing solution yon bought aboutttt, George, can we really afford the other day. •" its" "And take the squeak fiat of the left- "No, of course we can't Girlie; but door hinge," added her Unshorn". coulif you'd seen the fellow—an artist "Oh, and George , Iie could put a from whom we haysbought sketches new washer on the bathroom faucet!" '•k move do you like -that?" asked White i i ehed the As they parted at the railroad stn • 1 neck and sleeves. The _Med effect r tion in Huachita, Ken Burney said: of :he bodice at the waistiit,o; the belt, night require evidence, 1 have at- "Your Majesty, the men used those and the centre -front opening at the ranged with Sense De Hare to phots- nice rifle: so efft"tively thismorning neck had vivid red binding4. The tiny graph Loth Bruce end Gallegos befoee that I tock the liberty of teling them buttons repeated the red ghade. burial and send their mugs to you." they could keep them—with your tort- The softly gathered skirt•:ie a quaint • "Tell me all !bout. it," His llajes`y ordered. And •vhen the tale was told he queried, "What do you suppose (nosed Gallegos to open fire on the pliinents. And I wish you'd send about vogue that is very practic, I for. it el- iwusty do'lars gad to each member of lows emelt perfect freedon the ;:urate machine gun crews I had This cute Style No. 2025 'stay be had planted off on the Gallegos flanks. in sizes d, 10, 12 and 14 year`s.. A wool Bruce -party?" They were bidder' there for two "s1;' challis print in dark green tones is "I caused hint to. As Your :dijes ty and nights, on cold rations before Gal- effective with yellow linen collar and is aware, when a cowboy goes forth on Ierc s eta -vied the barranca and if cuffs and plain green bindings. a hard journey* he rides his top horse.3 they'd, been a:scc" , red it would have 'Wool jersey in cocoa bW et I with I corked long enough for Martin' been highly inconvenient. Good -by, sir, deep brown bindings iia ;ttaeed-lilac Bruce to know the top horses of his end good luck to you. And p'eese rayon novelty are _ei•v eeable and year: outfit, so fiom yereniuda I r -elected don't forget to make good old Tom matt • horses of similar coloration. The day went into El .:ajun Bonita in folie Gallegos had an opportunity to look the stock over; the day he delivered hi -'ultimatum he had another oppor- tunity --and he employed beth oppo:- tunit:es. He would, you know. He wr,uid want to be in a position to rec- ognize. my force be- the horses long before he could recognize tee. And of course Rowdy is a mast spectacularly marked horse, which ;s why I sold hint to Martin Bruce. "I had a hunch Martin would ride hint. Into action, so I delivered hint to the old wolf yesterday. I took a chance that, even if he ;should be conmunicat- in,g with Gallegos he would not, having snore important things to discuss, re- member the unimportant and tell Cial- legos,he had received the horse and would hint this morning. And to Obviate the necessity for last-minute c'oninunic'ations between Gallegos and Benet?. I, named a definite date for the battle and kept my appointment, 'When Bruce's scouts emerged into the valley+ and failed to locate me, they took the news back to Tutee. It I us- aled him, worried hint alittle perhaps, Then, behind Klin, he heard a mounted ISSUE Na, 6- "3 t Bledsoe your general manager." He lifted 'lis sobrero and bowed. "My respectful rompliinents to the prin- cess, el: " Then the train rolled in and Ken Burn,: climbed aboard and started for Oregon. The princess realized, after one glance at the king's face an that un- happy wretch's return to El Ranchito, that he was the bearer of doleful tid- ings. ""Oh, Dad," she quavered, "is Ken Burney gone?" ""]Ie is," His Majesty replied acidu- ously. ""Dann. his hide, he certainty 1s." Without a single preliminary warn- ing the princess crumpled up on the rug. "Oh, jackass that I ani," wailed the king and fled for entailing mite. Ile was ten minutes restoring his daughter to consciousness --and even then she looked at him so wildly and accusingly he was not quite certain she had not lost her mind. "Buck up, Boner," lie pleeeled, "`the boy's gone but he isn't dead, Re wasn't even hurt." "Then where has he gone?" the mitcess glared at her parent. "'Why didn't you bring him )home with you." quitthem, theefa ""lie i ouldih't, emu, He's left the the faces Tit o eGuhttry--(ivit me—passed pie up like there is ,. sheat ,riei a white chip on the floor of a raided whole ft"niilj= zzaalcos )ire Size 8 requires 2i.eysrds 35 -inch with % yard 35 -inch contrasting. HOW TO ORDER P ATERNS irons time -to tine hie courage gone, k and his hope giving way, you would The following evening a young Mau 1„ft the hone of George. and Natalie with a $5 hill in his pocket, courage in his heart, •.lid u harm affectionfor two young people who had made a have Clone just what I slid—and after all, ray dear, we do need Christmas cartes, done wr?" Natalie smiled at the desperate at- tat - tempt to discover an economic need rw ld ' lent. a personal lea for greeting cal , nn Iter. ds but sililig her or nroo , A day' or so later, after reading through his mail at the office, George called a stenottrapher to taste dicta- tion. - One letter , as from the editor of a •hnsiness magazi to who lead asked lam for a series of articles on a sub- ject with which he was very familiar. George read it i.. looked wistful, for it meant an extra. $2'00 for him if he could have done it, but his time was so folly occupied that it seemed. use- less to attempt the task. "I'll hare to pass it np," he said, aloud, then dictated: "Dear Sir— Thank yon for your kind invitation to contribute a series of articles, but " Suddenly he stopped; Iain eyes brightened. "By George! there's an idea!" he exclaimed enthulajastieal- ie. Turtling to the telephone, he called his house number. "Nan! Can you get that girl you were telling me about, and invite her to supper to -night?" "Yes, thats' the one . . the stenographer; she hasn't a job yet, I. suppose?" "Great! we'll put her on our pay roll, it you like. You'll understand when I get home this even- ing; don't Worry, little girl; it's a great a-tea—you'll fall for it as hard as I have." Then _ returning to his dicta- tion, he asb.d: . "Ever been out of work, ' etty ?" "Dona mention it," answered the •1, with a shudder at the recollection. "Well, VIA going to make one girl happy to.niglit Sire's been out of a job three mouths. Plead, when they cut the staff. She can type. these ar- ticles for Me. 14 aven't time to do thein myself, but I .hair find time to t .etate theta to someone else," Olt everyone thought of little things like that, I guess things wouldn't be ea' tough, foe so many," was Betty's consent. a * k +k 't "i•ita your. name and a dress plain- ly, giving number and,,..ie of such Patterns as you wa:,t. ielose 20e in stamps or coin (coin pre erred; wrap it carefully) for eaeh , , inaber, and -address your order to W,.ion Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide 'St., Toronto. In Doll L' .xcl In Germany there are' whole carte inanities of people who make dolls; whole families that voile all day at doll -malting, each one lowing his own part to do. Not only do .Brise families make dolls, hitt the fathns and Moth- ers of these fathers a•nd'mothers made dolls, and so dirt the graidfathers and grandmothers, A Man halting a 'doll out of a piece of wood, t:-ing a knife to do it will draw hillifiAt np -proudly, and tell you that his. ,r her made "Say, that looks like a. new car, the same kfnd of dolGeorge," said his next-door neighbor The mothers in cut out shortly after it had been polished up the bodies, the: e said by the young matt employed. for a day rentl y George and Natalie. ;there' "Well, ;mere Dart look as good it you it, ,t,br•wwant it to," replied (lento: • for t but 1K well a i very 0 '•allw Tllr;; �. Gabbie Gertie '-The landlady seldom pays any at- tention to a l nn4or hitless the. 1 , n .d• a:,, .due.'?" a ' Her Way of Counting she stopped to gaze in at the win- dow of the big clothier's shop, and her eyes caught sight at a high-priced fur coat.• "Darling, that reminds me," she saki to her husband,. "I'11 be needing a new fur soon.", . "What!" he'cried. "But 1 only bought you that fur you're wearing ., two seasons ago." "Yes, clear," she replied •soothingly, "but you must -remember that the fox wore it three seasOtis first." • "Doctor—"An operation would save your life." Patient—"How much would it cost?" "x200," "I don't possess s0 . much money" "Then see will see what pills will do," Prompt relief from HEADACHES, SORE THROAT, LUMBAGO RHEUMATISM, NEURITIS, NEURALGIA, COLDS, ACHES and PAINS DOES NOT HARM THE HEART PIRI tRADE MARtt REG. t`.4s a> »" ?iaakatec which contains proven dii�eetions. Mandy attlsot24100—AA 0gpiru► .�loxee of 12 tablets. Ma a In Cannua and drugsitytei