MONDAY,
JULY
1988.
THE GIRL
GOLDEN
THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
OF THE
WEST
HOW IT BEGAN Berdanier
Syropian: It to the year 1849 and Mary, owner of the Polica tatom in lowly, California, is innving for a visit to Father in Montoroy. Bon
Bhorit Runoo, a hard but just upholder of the Inwo, who is in love with Her, has given her a piano as a tarthday present. Noto, having warned her about Ramerros, the bands, no te bidding her good- byo as the atago-coach is about to leave.
Copyright 1996 by Loew's, Ind.
Chapter Three
The sun was beaming in friendly warmth next morning na Mary stood beside the stage-coach. Itance wan holding her hands tightly, his Enzo allently admiring her coquot- sh blue bonnet and rumod frock. "I'm not takin' noy chances on you gettin' in trouble on the road," he wha aaying caruently, "I'm pendin' one of my mon with you. They'il ny far enough behind to Keep out of sight and if anything happens, they'll close in."
the floor wars the two guns that the frightened mon passengers hau drappod when Romarrez had ap proached. But again the bandit's volco cut in.
Tho guns, Bonorita, f will take." Is cool Insolence unsettled kar, and kindled har rendy tempor. "You think of everything, don't you?" aho flared.
"Eat ees my bustness." He turned and waved a friendly greeting to the driver. "Hollo Algo. I misa you last trip. What's the matter? You Book 7+
"Yeah," the driver retorted dis gustedly. "My aploon's boon actin' up again."
If you up," the bandit a mured him cheerily. "One-half glass aguardiento, three berrion from Manzanita bush, stir 'em all up, drink 'om all down" he snapped his fingers, "Now man!"
Thanks. I sure will try it." Suddenly, as Mary sent her fran- La gaze townrd the rond again Ramarrez addressed her. You look for something, yes?"
Confused, she stammered, "who Ino I was jurt admiring the scenery,”
"For that I cannot blame you. Lot in very beautiful,"
But it way that moment, in ris- ing horror, that Mary realized the true cunning of the imau. Ons of
in aiden was approaching with satna brushwood and as casually na
ior fingers pressed hin in quiek appreciation. "You don't have to worry about me. Jack. Just watch cut for the Polka while I'm gone." The driver bit into a plug of tobacco and called, "All right, folks, If you'll jest alt tight on the if this word routine, Flamerrez was
traightaway and ruta shift on the turns it have you in Montereying a match to it and saying, "I es quick as you can any Jack Rob Inson
pincing it around the coach, meilt- think we burn up the conch,
She caught back her atified cry and ant there in an agony of sun- ponse. The beast it only sho could tear her nalla down his face. The wood began to crackle and the
Thon, amidst the lashing of horare and cries of 450odbye, the Conch was off, Just a few mo zenta Intar, Bheriff Ranco motioned
to his alx mounted deputies. "Allamoko right boys. Koep behind her, all the way!
Bumping and swaying to the rhythm of the conch, Mary lot her thoughts roam at will. There were
to leo.
Great billowing
clouds of it rolled about hor, ling the conch, her mouth and her lunga. Coughing, she held her pent, but finnlly It was too much for hor. Jumping from the coach, she swal-
BY
BEATRICE
FABER
Chapter Four
it tomorrow at service. Governor will be there."
Even the
Mary swallowed hard. "The Gov- orneri Jeepers."
"Scared, Mary?" "
Sho shook her head vehemently but her angers were making ploata in her frock. “Only 1 novar figured on singing before the Governor, I don't mind when it's just you listen- ing."
He patted her shoulder gently. "All right Mary, Sing It just for
The organ swelled and her volco rose in the room like a benedle tion. Puro and swoot,. it flowed on in the sacred words of the hymn. Even the Padre however, could' not have guessed the exciting out come of Mary's debut at the sorv Ice the next day. The Governor Not a nound was heard na Ram-had indeed been there, arriving errez and his men faced Mary in with a largo party. "She has moro stunned astonishment. Then Ram-gold in her volcs than we have in orroz broke the silence with his jõur Sierras," ho had whispored to laughter. "Pedro, you were very his Spanish wife. "She must ning carolens to let tough hombre ko the Marinch!' for us."
her get your gun. Now wo are 1 And thon, almost uncomprehend- a foox." He goatured to Mary. "Sen-ingly. Mary had listened to the orita, what are you going to do words of his adjutant an ho had with all of us?"
conveyed the Governor's respects Mary's eyen flashed. "If you open and his invitation to the desia at your cars, smart aleck, you'll hear his official rancha the following ove- the Sheriff's man comin' now. Andning. An oicer of the garrison I'm holdin' you right where you would be sent to escort her,
aro
' they get here — «n^| here they come who crled, as the Oh, horses hooves pounded closer. nho'd show thla awaggering bully with the musical laugh that she won a girl to reckon with.
Utterly lovely in a gleaming white satin gown, Mary stood, the next evening, in her hotel parler with the Padre as an obliging audience. Curtseying low, she näll, for the fifth time. "Good evening, your Ex-
"Good evening, Afra. Excellency."
"Amigos," Ramerrez sala, shout-colioncy," Thon, curtseying again, ing with laughter again, this is terrible disgrace--the Great Ram- errez and bis band captured by ons girl,"
And then it was that Mary's heart Bank to her toes. The posso had indoed arrived but definitely not according to plan, for they were all peated hoopishly on their horses, bound hand and foot, Mosquito hnd Indeed made a no capture for the
The Padro chuckled. "Two things wrong this time. You forgot to smile and you don't call the Gov- orner's wito Mrs. Excellency. Just curtney and amlio. enough,”
That will bo
Mary sighod prodigiously. Then she shook her head. "Oh tarnation, Father Slanna. I'm not going. The whole thing looked like a good iden
"I'm Lieutenant Rich- ard Johnson," said Ramerrez
GIVE HIM JESSE
ONE DERIVATION OF THIS PHRASE 15 OF MEDIEVAL ORIGIN. AJESS”WAS A THONG BY WHICH A FAL- CON WAS ATTACHED TO THE WRIST, AND WHEN IT RETRIEVED BADLY IT WAS PUNISHED BY A LASH WITH THE THONG. HENCE THE PHRASE, MEANING TO ABUSE OR. "THRASH A MAN SEVERELY.
HORSE-RADISH
"HORSE-RADISH IS SO NAMED BE- CAUSE OF ITS COARSENESS. THE AL- LUSION GOES BACK TO ANCIENT TIMES, WHEN ROUGH OR COARSE CONDUCT WAS COMPARED TO THE HORSE-AS "HORSE-LAUGH" OR "HORSE-PLAY. THE NAME "COARSE- RADISH, WAS ONCE USED, BUT THIS GAVE WAY TO THE PRES- ́ENT TERM.
THIS CURIOUS WORLD Fron
Ferguson
OF ALL THE CONTINENTS,
EUROPE
HAS THE LOWEST MEAN ALTITUDE)
(980 FEET) ANTARCTICA HAS THE HIGHEST.
(6,000 FEET).
KING'S
NEXT CHANGE
LOVE ON ICE!
LAUGHS ON SKIS!
They met them in Paris.... and went on to the Alps!' But wherever it 10...oight fun-stare hit the bilarious high-spots in the year's gayest larki, NA
"I like to see jou wear it
now. Put it on."
few times to hor busy oxistence |lowod for the oloar air.
such na thle, when she was free to "The ankle, Benorita," Ramoṛrez ponder her life, Its past and its laughed, "how qucook she get bot- futuro. Rance had spoken of back- tor
ing her, so that she could become Shared by her own stupidity, fainers Be Jenny Lind. But that Mary Inabed out at him. "You're was just a dream. Singing for pion- too all fired smart for one Mex- sure was one thing; but for the Ican" outside world? Why, they'd laugh nt ber, think she was just a little nobody.
Ho drawled, “you should not get angry, Banorita, Eat ces not be. coming."
But now Mary spied one of the men lifting her traveling box from the conch Rysning to him, obe tried to fork it out of his hand.
Anyhow, that wasn't what abo wanted out of life. Bat if not that, what? Bome day maybe there'd bo a man who could love. Not Just namoone to respect like Jack “You leave my baggago alone. This Rance, but pomo wonderful laver box is mine and neither you or who'll come to her suddenly from anybody else is going to talo it nowhere and bring bor ali tão roul, Hamerrez pefred under the "ild. true glory of romance itself. She'd "What you got there-gold?"
Ehe, throttled her tempestuous recognize him too, because doop. down in her heart was the surging | tongue. "Why po-just my dramas. conviction that the man she loved I'm going tutoria
would be the man she could die for, a hundred times over-and the man who could live for till the end
of time itself.
DJIN
There was a suddon thud in hor and then, na she looked through the window, an arrow spod close and embedded itself in the coach. The horson were roaring frantically and the daivor was yol ing. "Whoa! Whoa!"
What in 17" Mary demanded, making motions at Wowkio, her squna norvant.
Fingering
ho looked at her amupedly. "Thess is too nice for Monterey, I like
to see you wear it now. Put it on."
Her face went sourlot. Tho in- solenso of the man, "I will not"
"Ah, maybe you save it to wear for awootheart in Monterey, sir"
"I have no' sweetheart, thank you.”
He moved close to her at that; w and took her small, rounded ohin between bals Angora, Incredibly, Mary folt her puls beat, fast, and found herself ungling to a racing thrill up her spine, my m
"It's Itamerroz. A holdup!" With a sharp breath of four, Mary took bor bags of gold and began
"Don't thank me" Ramorrez stuffing them into some baskets, said, "Boonuse it I have something Thon horses thundered up and to do with it, you got a wool stopped beside the coach.
"If I wore net a bandit, Senorita." Ramorrez said in a low, ardent volce, "I think I would make lovo to you"
For a brief instant, ako stood en- thralled. Then her lips curled dis- dainfully and aha turned away.
heart." Then he spoke to his man There were a number of men, all sternly. "Patro, put eat back. How Moxlogne, Hued up with drawn can lady go to Monterey without guna. Loading them, stood a tail pretty dressen?" broad-shouldered fellow, no doubt Hositantly, Mary said, "If you Ramorraz, his face covered by a woren't a bandit, fa thank you bandanna. To the men Inside the coach, he spoke commandingly. "Reach up for the clouds. Now you will stop from the coach, please." As they started down, ho misủa a mooking reprimand. "Sonoros, Tob, tch, you haven forget the manners. Flo bowed to Mary. The ladies- But amerrez had her by tha nho always como frat."
Arm. "Now please you get in line Wowkle, pleased at the implied and be robbed like a lady. Pedro, compilmont lumbered out. fam- the Bonorits das nice rings, Tako orros now bowed to Mary. "Bon them." orlin
She glanced up the road anxious Where could the posse be? "If you don't mind," ano faltored, * Jut stay here."
Ramerrez dnapped his fingers, "The beautiful Banorita deinys un, You will stop out. Pronto,"
But as Pedro approached her, Mary heard a noise that tommed her body, Horses hoofs in the distance. The Bherin's men. It abo could only hold these bandits off until they arrived.
"Your ringi” Pedro was saying, then smalled oilily. "You are pretty, Sonorita. You are verse pročty.”
Mery began to think fast. There was no ovading that tona. Polito
But Mary's plan was under way. he might be but only up to a point. Snatching off her rings aho throw Buddenly, omitting a pitiful cry she them to the ground as if in an rasped her ankle and dropped outburst of anger. Then, as sho back to the sènt as if in deop pale. had expected, Pedro bent down. In
Instantly Itamarrem stopped for-
response to har nudge, Wowklo
-L
word: Lou have hurt yourself, planted a kick in his ribs and Mary, Senorita
quiak'as lightning, matched Pedro's ** she moanod. It's gun from his holster and the next anklo. I can't stop on it.
Instant was levelling it at Ram-
"That... new "tab" bad” Kamerror error. and and Mary breathnd a sigh of
“Put up your hands,”, abo dried
rellar vidently he ballerad her in a voice gene a little shrill with "Maybe it will do better for you to hysteria, "put em up, all of you.” slay in the coach when, Ignoring het be anys rapidare directions to
Vila mton in Spanish. «Oila began to
Alakalup shewenilamion; of: ewylly and dash, while the other elmbed up and these Cows that tiener box. B-Mary, walebad.
day.
when I was first invited but goc, Soo?" the Mexican shouted ex-I've only had thirty-two dollars citedly, "I capture them and take worth of education and-well, I'm ail their badges do now they can't just scared stin." arropt nobody."
There was black rage in Mary's heart and one last desperate bopo, Wildly, she preased the trigger of the gun and a bullet spat.
**Carramba!" Ramarroz shoutod "you almost got me!" He lunged at bar. "You little-
The Padra' began to speak and ble volco was as far away as his gaze. "I remember a little gir who came to California in a cav- ared wagon who wasn't afraid to fight with the Indians or shoot a gun-or" and hero his smile swung to ber again, "cheat with tho cards."
"Jcopers! Do you sttil remember that Father Bienna7" She looked at the door and made a littla circlo with her too.
Har color was high. "Wasn't I
But the horizon had darkened for Mary and now, with an exhausted tic algh, eho crumpled to the ground in a swoon. For a long moment Ramerrez gazed down at
I never forgot it. I can soo Bar and there was an odd, soft light in his eyes as he turned to Pedro. those tiny little haiets shuffling the "Put her back in the coach. And cards back and forth. I can even put her things all back We take remember the hand you don't your
a pair of nothing from her." He poored into self-three aces and the conch as Mary lay on the seat, queens." har lashes brushing her peach- bloom cheaks. "Golden Hale," he terrible? 'Course I didn't realize whispered Bottly, "you shoot like a then what cheatin' at cards meant." man but you faint like a lady." Now she know it meant things liko Theh he waved to the driver. "All the incident at the Polka the other night when a man who had cheated tight, drive on-and go fast"
Mas if she wore hovering between at cards had gone to his death from dream and roality Mary Faxed out a bullet sent by Jack Ranco's gun. of the window the rest of that day But beyond those recollections and saw neither mountains nor aky, there was another memory strug Sho had oponed her eyes to find gling through. Sho had mot a littl Wowkle handing over hot with boy one night when the Carnyna some wing and yet she hadn't really had stopped, right here at Father A sort of Bienna's church. And she had sung semed to be awake. trance enmeshed her senses and many songs with the Ittle boy and through it thore cams to her, every promined never to forget him. But now and then, a man's hearty musf-in spite of the promise he had cal laugh that sent a shiver of fadod out la the youre and all aba sweetness through her.
could recall now was the awost,
childish ocho of his voice raised in song with hors
She sat up howover, no the coach drew up before Father Blennn's
The Padre took her hand. “You'ro church that evening in Monterey,
An aged Indian, Long Face, was cold, Mary, Como, come, you, must watering flowers near the church get over this nervousness. You can't entrance and his withered face afford to miss this Flowto. You'il broke into a omile as he saw Mary. sea our beautiful sonoritas, our
Fathor Sienna wait for you.”
dancing girls and boys and you'll. Entering the Parish houss Mary bear the muslo of the Mariachi.'" camo finally to the study. The Mary nodded. The Mariachi. Sho Padre's no white hood was bont had board them sing it in the over the organ, but hearing her otrocte when pho had been here be footstop he turned, his face light-form. It was a magic, lilting melody ing up. "Mary. Oh, I am glad to and from sheer spontaneity she had Boo you, child. But I exported you Joined in with the atrast serenad- earlier. What delayed you?"
ors. There was a knook on the She took a doop broath and door and a beaming Mexican peon "The Bonor Lieutenant clasped her hands. We were held appeared.
Mp. Bandita, It was Namorrazo is here. Downstairs." Log,"
I wonder what ho's like, Mary "No.". Els eyes twinkled at her thought confusedly, then, "Oh, tell Hittle-girl air of Importance. "Did him I'll be right down." She looked you capture him?"
helplessly at the Padro. - “Well, I “I almost did. I had him covered." | guess I've got to go now," "Thon what happened?"
Descending the stairs she turned Mary's ́lp curled with the scorn|| and, a thrill like warm wino she felt for horwell, ["f"fainted."" paund over hör. An officer stood The Padre chuckled. · · Ronching there, dankingly attired in dross down into her basket, she handed uniform, complate with pll-box hat him a bag., "Ifut I saved your gold and white gloves. He was tall and for you."
magnificently shouldered and his đất thìn his furrowed fans worked half was goldan and his blus oyos with emotion. Thank you, Mary, glinted with laughter.
This morns a lot to my little ones, Tm Lieutenant Richard Johns The Indians haven't got much to son: Bald Rammerrez the bandit, and look forward to in this new oit did, not even honitate, ovar the Elization. Very few people «aven | words. **Linder, værfars to asoort think of them.” He paused thoughts | Mla · Robbins, to the Governor's Kully." "Although there is moniedos Rancho,PA
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