THE GIRL
GOLDEN
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1938.
HOW
OF THE WEST
By Pani E
IT BEGAN Berdanter
BINDTRS: 1 in the year_1849 and Mury, owner of the Polka Haloon in Olondy, California, is Iraving for a visit to Father Hienna in Monterey Bheri Bunce, a hard but just upholder To the into, who so in love with "Ker, has piven her a piano as a birthday present, Nów, having warned her about Ramorres, the Bandit, ha fs bidding her good- byo na, the slogo-coach is about to leav
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The sun was beaming in friendly warmth next morning na Mary stood beside the singo-coach. Rance was holding her hands tightly, his Kuze allently admiring her coquet- tish blue bonnet and ruffed frock. "I'm not takin" any chances on you, gettin' in trouble on the road," he was enying carnoally, a pendin' some of my men with you. They'll stay far enough behind to keep out of sight and if anything happens, they'll clone in."
Her Angers pressed hie in quick appreciation, "You don't have to , worry about me, Jack. Just watch out for the Pollin while I'm gone." The driver bit into a plug of tobacco nad called, “All right, folism, If you'll just alt Ught on the almightaway and kinda shift on the turns I'll have you to Monterey ao quick no you can say Jacis Itob inson."
Thon,
supidat the lashing of hores and crien of goodbye, the conch was off. Just a few mo- ments Inter, Bheriff Fuadice motioned tax mounted deputies. "All right boys. Keep behind bar, all the way.
Bumping and wwaying to the rhythm of the conch, Mary let her thoughts roam at will. There were
the floor were the two guns that the frightened men passengers bad dropped when Ramorrez had ap- proached. But again the bandit's Volce out in.
The guns, Sonorita, I will take.” His cool insolança unsettled hor, and kindlad hor ready temper. "You think of everything, don't you?" she dared.
"Eot oes my bustness." He turned and waved a friendly greeting to the driver. "Hello Amigo. I miss you last trip. What's the matter? You scok?”
"Yonb," the driver retorted dis- guntedly. "My spleen's been actin' up again."
x you up," the bandit so- sured him cheerily. "Ons-half glas aguardiente, three berries from Manzanita bush, stir 'em all up, drink 'em all down" ho sapped his fingers, "New man!"
"Thanks. I sure will try it." Suddenly, as Mary sent hor fran- tlo guza toward the road ngin Ramerrez addressed her, look for something, yos?"
Confused, sha stammered, "who I- no- I was just admiring the scenery."
For that I cannot blame you. Eot is very beautiful."
Bu, it was that moment, in ria- tog horror, that Mary realized the One of true ounning of the man. his aides was approaching with soma brushwood and as casually as If this wore routine, Romerrez waM placing it around the coach, strile- Ing a match to it and saying, "I think we burn up the couch."
She caught back her stiflod cry and sat there in an ngnny of sua- panne. The beast! It only abo could tear hor nails down his face. The wood begun to crackle and the smoke to rise. Grent billowing clouds of it rolled about hor, alling the conch, her mouth and her lungs. Coughing, she held her seat, but Anally it was too much for her. Jumping from the coach, she swal-
BY.
BEATRICE
FABER
Chapter Four
it tomorrow at service. Governor will be there."
Even tho
Mary swallowed hard, "The Gov- arnor Jeepers."
"Scared, Mary?"
Bho book her head vehemently but her fingers were making ploaie In hor frook, "Only I never Agurod 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 för mu."
The organ walled and her velca reso in the room like a benedic tion. Puro and sweet, 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 serv too the next day. The Governor Not n sound was heard as Ram- had indeed boon there, arriving orrez and his men faced Mary in with a large party. "Sho bas moro stunned natonishment. Then Ham-gold in her voice than we have in erroz broke the silence with is our Sierras," he had whispered to laughter, "Pedro, you wore very his Spanish wife, "She must ning caroless to let tough hombre likathe Mariachi' for us."
Mary's eyes flashed. "If you open your cars, smart aleck, you'll hear the Sheriff's men comin' now. And I'm holdin' you right where you are till they got bero. -- und here they come she cried, as the horses hooves pounded closer. Oh, who'd show this swaggering bully with the musicnl laugh that she was a girl to reckon with.
her get your gun. Now we are in And then, almost ancomprehend- a feex" Ho gestured to Mary. "Son-ingly, Mary had listened to tho orita, what are you going to do words of his adjutant as he had with all of up?”
conveyed the Governor's respecta and his invitation to the fosta at his official rancho the following eve- An officer of the garrison ning.. would bo dent to escort her.
Utterly lovely lo a gleaming white matin gown, Mary stood, the next evening, in her hotel parlor with the Padre as an obliging audience. Curtseying low, she said, for the fifth time. "Good evening, your Ex- "Amigos" Ramerrez saia, shout-cellency," Then, curlooying again, ing with laughter again, this is "Good evening, Mrs. Excellency." terrible disgrace-the Great Ram- errez and his band captured by one girl."
And then it was that Mary's beari The posse had indoest arrived but definitely not according to pian, for they were all acated shoopishly on their horses, bound hand and foot. Mosquito had Indeed made a dino capture for the
Bank to her toga
The Padre chuckled. "Two things wrong this time. You forgot to amile and you don't call the Gov ernor's with Mrs. Excellency. Just That will be curtesy and smile. enough."
Mary sighed prodigiously. Then she shook her head. "Oh tarnation, Father Stonna. I'm not going. The whole thing looked like a good idea
"I'm Lieutenant Rich- ard Johnson," said Ramerrez.
GIVE HIM JESSE
ONE DERIVATION OF THIS PHRASE IS OF MEDIEVAL ORIGIN. A JESS” WAS A THONG BY WHICH A FAL-MA- 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"15 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.
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"I like to see you wear it
now. Put it on."
few times in her busy existence flowed for the clear air.
such as this, whon cho was free to "The ankle, Sonorita," Ramosres pouder har life, ita past and its laughed, "bow qusook sbo got bot- futuro. Rance had spöken of back- [ter?"
ing her, so that alie could become Shamed by her own stupidity, Cathous like Jenny Lind. But at Mary lashed out at him; "You're was just a dream." Bluging for plea-top all red smart for one Mex- Bure was one thing; but for the jean."
outside world? Why, they'd laugh
kło drawled, “you should not
at her, tàinic sha was just a littlo angry, Senorita." Hot oes not nobody.
coming." Anyhow, that wasn't what sho But now Mary spled one of the wanted out of life. But if not that, man lifting her traveling box from what? Some day maybe thara'd the coach. Running to him, sho be a man she could love, Not just tried to jork it. out of his hand. someone to respect like, Jack"Xou leave my baggago alone. This Ranco, but some wonderful lover box. lo mine and noither you or who'd come to her suddenly from anybody elso is going to take it." nowhere and bring her all the real, true glory of romance itself. She'd recognizó hiba too, because deep down in her beart was the aurging conviction that the man she loved would be the man who could die for, a hundred times over-and the man sho could live for till the end of time itself.
Remerrez peered under the U. "What you get thoro-gold?"
She throtEnd har tempestuous tongue. "Why no--just my dress
'm going to Monterey."
Fingering the material he looked jat her amusedly. "Theas is too nice for Monterey, I like to aso you wear it now. Put it on," There was a sudden thud in hor Hor face wont searlet. The in- OSTE
and then, 08
she looked solence of the man. "I will not."
"Ab, maybe you save it to wear through the window, an arrow sped close and embedded itroit. In the for sweetheart in Monterey, si?” coach The horses were roaring "I have no sweetheart, thank frantically and the driver was yell you." ing, "Whoa! Whon!"
"What in 17 Mary demanded, making motions at Wowkle, her squaw corvent
Ho moved close to her at that and took her small, rounded chin between his fingers. Incredibly, Mary felt her pulso beat fast,, and "It's Ramorrer. A holdup!"
found horgolt tingling to a racing With a sharp breath of fear. Mary thrill up har spine. took har bags of gold and began "Don't thank $26,"
Kamerroz stuffing thom into some baskets. said, "because if I have something Then horsea thundered up and to do with it you got a sweet- ktopped beside the concl.
heart" Then he spoke to his man Thero wors a number of men, all sternly. "Petra, put ent back. How Mexicans, mod up with drawn can lady go to Montoroy without guns. Loading them, stood a tail pretty drošsca!"* broad-shoulderod follow, no doubi Hesitantly, Mary said, "If you Ramorras, his face covered by a woren't a bandit, I'd thank you bandanna. To the mon inside the
"If I were not a bandit, Benorita," coach, he spoke commandingly. Hamerrez said in a low, ardent "Reach up for the clouds. Now you voleo, "I think I would make lovo will stop from the conob, please." to_you"
As they started down, he made a For a brief instant, who stood on- mooking reprimand. "Bonores. Tob, thralled. Then her lips curled dila- toh, you have forget the mannors." dainfully and she turned away, He bowed to Mary. "The Indios- But Ramerṛez had her by the she always come first,"
Arm "Now please you get in line Wowkle, pleased at the Impiled and be robbed like a lady, Pedro, compliment lumbered out Ram- the Senorita has also rings. Take orros, now bowod to Mary."Ben- them." orita."
But as Pedro approached her, the glanced up the road anxious-Mary heard a noise that tensed her Jy: Where could the posso be? body. Horses hoofs in the distance. "If you don't mind," she faltered, The Sheriff's men. If she could. 11 Just stay here."
only hold thoso bandits off until Kamerror Buspped his angers, they arrived.. The tromutiful Senorita delays us, You will stop out, Pronto,”
**Toufirings," Podro was saying, then med oility. You are pretty. Mary began to think fost. There: Senorita: You are veros prsity,” wan no evading that tono. Polite
But Mdry's plan was under way. he might be but only up to a point snatching on her rings she throw Suddenly, omitting plitful cry she theta to the ground as if in an grasped Berankie "and" dropped outburst of anger. Then, na sho bank to the seat as it in doop pain. had expected, Pedro bent down. In Instantly, Ramarres stopped, for response to her nudge, Wawkie wird. "you". have" hurt yourself, planted a kick in his ribs and Mary, Benorita Tingvale |
quick as lightning, matched Pedro'a youatie moaned. “It's my gun from his holator and the next abhio. I can't stap on flat pa
Instant was "ievelling. It at Ram- bat ons "too"bad". Ramorgát | Spree, sald, andilfare breathodi waighjof rat up your hands,” she cried In a voloo, zone 'a littlò' shrill with watoria, "put am up, all of you." #atny in the porch. Thei
to
and cash whis,the other dilrabed
day.
when I was first invited but gee, See the Mexican shouted ex-I've only had thirty-two dollars altedly, "I capture them and take worth of education and-woll, I'm all their badges so now they can't just scared stin." arroot nobody."
The Padre began to speak and There was black rage in Mary's his voice was as far away as ale heart and one last desperate bope, gaze, "I remember a little girl Wildly, abe pressed the trigger of who came to California In a cOV- the gun anda bullet spat.
ered wagon who wasn't afraid to "Carrambal" Ramerraz shouted Dght with the Indians or shoot a "you almost got mal" Ho lungod gün-or" and here his smilo swung at her. "You little"
to ber again; "cheat with But the horizon had darkened for cards" Mary and now, with an exhaustod "Joepers! Do you still remember littlo algh, aho crumpled to the that Bather Sloana?" She looked ground in a swoon For a long at the floor and made a Uttle circlo moment Ramorroz gazed down at with her, toe.
tho
der and there was an odd, soft light I'll never forget it. I can o an his eyes an he turned to Pedro. those tiny little hands shuting the "Put her back in the coach. And cards back and forth. I can oven put her things all book. Wo take remember the hand you dealt your
and a pair of nothing from her." He poored into self-three acos the coach as Mary lay on the seat, queens." hor Jaahes brusling hor peach- Her color was high, wasn't I bloom chooks. "Golden Hair," he terrible? 'Course I didn't realizo whispered softly, "you shoot like a then what cheatin' at cards mcant." man but you faint like a lady." Now she know it meant things like Then he waved to the driver, "All the Incident at the Polka the other night when a man who had cheated right, drive on-and go frat,"
at cards had gone to his death from
As if she were hovoring between dream and reality Mary gazed out a bullot sant by Jack Rance's gua.
of the window the rest of that day But beyond those recollections
there was another memory strug and saw neither mountains nor sky. She had opened her eyes to and gling through. She had met a litt Wowkla bonding over her with boy one night when the Caravan Bomo wine and yet oho hadn't really had stopped, right here at Father A sort of Blonna's church. And she had sung seemed to be awake. tranco enmeshed her senses and many songs with the little boy and through it there camo to her, overy promised nover to forget him. But now and then, a man's hearty mual-in epito of the promise ho hud cal laugh that sent a shiver of faded out in the years and all tho could recall now was the sweet, uwootaces through her.
childish ocho of his voice raised in song with hora.
org.
Sho sat up however, as the coach drow up beforo Father Sienna's
Tha Padre took her hand. “You're church that evening in Montorgy.
An aged Indian, Long Face, was cold, Mary: Come, come, you, must watering flowers near the church get over this nervousness. You can't entrance and his withered face afford to miss this Flanta. You'll broke into a amilo as he saw Mary. See our beautiful senoritas, our "Father Blonna wait for you." dancing girls and boys and you'll Entering the Parish house Mary hear the music of the 'Mariachi.'" The Mary nodded. The Mariachi. Sho came finally to the study. Padre's no white hand was bont had heard them sing it in the over the organ, but hearing her streats when she had been here be footsteps he turned, his face light-fore. It was a magic, lilting melody ing up. "Mary. Oh, I am glad to and from shoer spentanelly she had see you, child. But I expected you joined in with the strost seranad- There was a knock on the earlier. What delayed you?"
Sho took a doop breath and door and a beaming Mexican peon "The Sonor Lieutenant clasped her hands, "we were hold appeared. sup. Bandits It was Ramerrez;he in here. Downstairs.”
I wonder what bo's like, Mary **"No." His oyes twinkled at had thought confusedly, then, “Oh, tell little-girl air of Importance.", "Did him I'll be right down."'". She looked you capture him?ssive
| helplessly at the. Padro. "Well, I “I almost did. I had tilm covered." | gume I'vu, got: fo ga now,”-
Then what happened?"
Descending the stairs she turned Mary's Up, curled with the storm) and a thrill like Warm Wino he felt for herself, "I_fainted.".] passed over her. An officer stood The Padre chuckled." Reaching thero, i dashingly attired in -dress- down into her basket, she handed | uniform,comploto, with pink-box hat him a bag. "But I saved your gold and white gloves. 116 was tall and magnificently shouldered and als
too."
for you."
At khla Hls-furrowed face worked | hair was golden and his blus eyes with emotion. “Thank you, Mary, glinted with laughter,, DIVA, This means a lot to my little ones. Tm Lieutenant Richard John- The Indians haven't got much to son," said Ramerres the bandit, and look forward to in this new oiva did not avon hoitate over the allation. Very few people oven words. - "Under" orders to asoort think of them.” He paused thought, Mina Robbins to the Governor's Tully. Although there is someone | Rancho," PACA
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