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13, WEDNESDAY, JULY
1988.
THE GIRL OF THE
GOLDEN
WEST
STORIES IN STAMPS
By William
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BYNOPIA: It is the year 1849 and Mary, owner of the Pollea Zaloon in Cloudy, California, kas boon visiting Father Bienna in Montorey. En route, she has boon hold up by Ramorres, the pandit and lator, at the Gover
kim hore Mosta, she meets again. This time he is disguince ne a young Houtenant. But when offtoorn opproach, he disappears. Sheriff Jack Itance, soho is in love with atory, la determined to capture the outlaw. He has got a trap for him, in spread- ing the rumor that a great deal of gold is at prosont banked at the Polka Baloon.
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Chapter Sovon
Riding up to the Polka that night Ramertos dismounted and mirado through the doors with all the assurance of an honest citizen passing across the state. In tata was #imple, citizen's gurb there nothing about him to suggest the Bandit leader who planned to rob the place that night.
Leaning over the bar, Nick said bave cordially "What'll you
tranger?"
"Whiskey and water." Nick snorted. "Sorry pardner, wo don't serve no fancy drinks."
A flicker of humor passed over Kamarrez' face. "I'll nottis for plain whiskey." With the bottle and glans in front of him, he glanced around the place. The roulette wheel was spinning and a game of faro added to the room's cacophony. In ono corner Nome mon were playing cards. In another mat a sharp-teu- tured person, with a solitaire lay- out before him. Ramarrez glimpsed the flash of a shield. Ah, the sheri ICC Ho was watching him too, from under those gilet oyes, Probably
Lo hesitated briefly, then, "Got- don Hait, I have a confonalon to mako," is bead came closer to hors nerons the bar. "I'm not a soldier, never was, excepting when I wanted to meet you. You see, I hoard Governor was going to pend an officer for you and, woll- I decided to be, the officer."
Mary felt her breath catch. Thin was better than the love stories sho had rend. Iler noso crinkled. "Io that why you had to make a get- away that night?"
Ho answered in the same confi- dentini tono, "Tos aura. I had to know you and I couldn't figure any other way to meet you."
She asked quickly, to cover ber happy contusion. "What are you doin here?**
"Looking for you."
"You're lying aron't you?" Ramorrez face was clono to hers. "How can you may that when I'm standing right before you, locking straight at you?"
Mary had no opportunity to reply for Tianco wan at Ramerrez elbow. "Sorry I had to question you, Lieu tenant Johnson, he said curtly, "but I didn't know you were a friend of the Girls."
Ramorrez was very big about it. "Oh, that's all right. I didn't know you either."
This is Sheriff Rance," Mary beamed,
Gyolu wa "You?" Ramorrez
I'd jumped exaggeratedly," "1 known tha! before, I wouldn't havo talked so brave because I've heard of Sheriff Jack Ranice."
Hanco's stare was like an icicle.
"Yen?"
"Why mure. In my part of the country they nay you're the ene Sheriff who'ntways get his man."
"Where you from?
"Up North."
"Monterey ?"
"Yes, Monteroy,"
"In that whore you got to know tho Girl?"
BY BEATRICE
FABER
Chapter Eight
There was long silanes as Ram errez watched the departing Sherit And his men, through the door. What wouldn't ho give, he wonder- ed to see their faces,” If they but know that the man they were pur ouing was merely his nido Mosquito Instead of Kamerroz filmsolit
1. Mary sald slowly, you could
phuffle Jack like a deck of cards, an ace would come out on top. Only ho's just a little funny, when it comes to me."
Again, amerroz tasted bitter nes. The girl spoke as It Jack Ranco owned her,
Mary turned to the bartender, "Nick, put out the lights and bolt the back windows and doorn."
"So early?"
"There's a lot of money here and with the boys out chasing Ramer rea, I ain't -- I mean, I'm not go ing to take any chances,”
find me.”
"Why don't you?"
She looked away. Gosh, she was noting awfully bold, Xia probably expected her to take him as lightly as he took her, "Well, lot's my that I do. Better?"
"Much better. Where do you live?"
"In that cabin up there." "Tan't it lonely?"
"The mountains lonely?" A bit of moonlight had pleked out her atarry eyes. "Bealden I've got a Pinto that I go all over the coun- try on. 8ptolimes when there's snow up hore I ride down into the summer #
In a hushed volco, ho went on for her. "Where, the foothills oro pov- ared with Indian's pinks."
"And tiger lilles." Almost wonder. ingly she looked at him. "Have you done that too?"
"Yos."
They didn't speak for a moment, Just letting the magic draw them together in a new, Inoffably oweat closeness. Then, "Who is this Dante you were talkin' about down in the Polka?" Mary asked.
"He was an Italian poot who lov ed a lady called Dentrico." His pulsobent quickoned. "Ho was will- ing to rink
hour with her thing for just one
"Did he get that hour?"
"No." Ho had her hundo again. That's where I've got it on Dante." Thinking, comparing, wolghing. Mary asked, "Did he over ace her again?"
***No, Golden Hair but he remem- bored or tho rest of his life - like I'll remember you."
She glanced up at him with a new kind of fenf, knowing a pre- monitory lobeliness, "That porta counda liko you don't expect to see me again."
Ella volen was woighted with mel- Romerrez' eyes had grown us-ancholy. "I may not, Golden Hair. naturally bright like those of a cat Tomorrow I'm able to be far away in the dark. Now, be hind only to from here,"
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wondering who bo who.
Nick put the thought into words. "Stranger in those parts, ain't you?"
"Stranger in these paris, ain't you?”
"You see Nius," Pedro prodded, "even now be think of her."
Mary thought it was high time aho interfored. Jack was taking an awful lot on himself, question- Ing her visitor this way. "We met at the Governor's Rancho, Jack." "If you're a Lieutenant" Rance un!- "See any Moxicans on the trail?"grated out, "where's your "Looking for one?"
form?"
Oho, "The Shortti is,"
"Yes. Just rode over from the crossing."
"Oh, I left
tho Army." It was a dangerous moment to thought Ramorraz, do my fine jent but Ramorres could not let the feathered friend would not only ko ohanoo go by. "Well," be gibed, "1 to catch me as the bandit but he's the Sheriff looking for him, he's jealous of my acquaintance with Mary as well. And then an un- safe."
expected pang went through him. Jealous? That might mann the man had some claim on Golden Hair. "You see," he went on, we weren't mad at Mexico any more and we've taken everything the Indians had to give us so I thought I'd do a little prospecting." He lighted a match and applied to a cigarette. **Understand there's lot of gold down hero."
Ha hal apokon foudly enough so that every man in the pinco had board. Slowly, ominously, Sherif Ranco crossed the room to him.
"Look here, stranger, I don't like your style. What's your business hara?"
"Oh, I'm just looking around." Hamerrez' grin was engaging, "You don't mind, do you?”
Almost livid now. Rance spoke
"You," Ranço aaid incisivaly, "and furiously to the othorn, "Boys, this hombre won't explain his trusiness." we don't like people that try to In a allent, monacing group the move in on a claim that's already mon gathered around. Some of been staked, When do you figure them already had their hands on on leavin' town?" their holators. In this crudo, rELW A claim that's
already been
era it was dangerous for a man to ataked? Ramerroz' eyes narrowed move in an aura of mystery,
The man was talking about more Facing them, Ramarraz loaned than gold. It was Mary to whom against the bar, in a maddening at-ho had referred "When do you titude of bonohalanco, "You boys want me to leave?" cortainly don't go in much for has- Rance slapped viciously at in un- pitality, do you?"
suspecting fly. "Bhouldn't take you more than an hour to see every thing you want to peg around here." in
"We'll be glad to welcome you stranger," Rance sold Ughtly, "noon as we know who we're meetin'. And I advise you to ap il it before some of the boys start gottin' mad."
Ho, had no more than finlabad when Mary's volco spoke from the doorway. Just a minute Jable. I'll vouch for him."
Where was an odd noto Ramerrez voleo when he spoke. "I don't think it will take me that lang, Bhoritt." Ranes had settled the matter for him, Mary Rodwith- standing, tho Paika saloon was due to lose its gold within the hour.
bamn yelled from the doorway. Then, bursting in, ho loped nerona the room to Rance. In his hand was an arrow, “Ila - Namorrez!"" he oboked. "He shot this into the hitchin' post-and rođe off towarde the back trail.”
Poised forward on one foot, hor "Sheriff Jack! Bheriff Jack!" Ain- ps alightly parted, she stood there glowing radiant. This won't n vision. It was really her floutenant, actually, hora in their midst.
Spinning around, Ramorrez saw her. "Goldon Hair!" He crossed to her quietly. "What are grou doing hores
•
"Why I Her powers of speech soomed to have desorted her. What would he think of the Governor's honor gucat now that he, knew her to be just a maloon keaper?
"
The Girl' owns the Polka," Nick put in helpfully.
Instantly, Rance jumped up on a table and addressed the muttering crowd of men. "Boys, let's get him. Remember, there's ten thousand dollars reward for Ramerrez." Mo- mentarily, he seemed to have for- gotten the "stranger”.
There was a rush of foot as the
men snatched up their hata and
dashed toward the door with say-
age, bloodcurdling threats.
Ramerroz felt as it a burning brand had ceared his broast, “You
Wo'llatring him up." own the Polka?" This was the
“We'll get that Mox“ place he had come to rob, Byen "Hanging's Loo good for him.” now, Pedro and his men were Rance was at the door when sud- waiting for his signál, And 'sud- donly be turned. Deliberately walk- donly, the ugly truth smashed him ing up to Ramorroz, he said, with square between the syns. I was no attempt at conccaling his hos- Golden Hair who was his prey. And tilty. "Glad to have met you, Mr. all innogent of his purpose, she was Johnson. But I don't want to find wolcoming him to hor roof,
you here when we got back."
"Yes, I am the owner," she said - Mary folt har blood turn to los simply. "Can I buy you aʼdrink?" | in her veins. Jack Rance wasn't He pulled himself together, aware necustomed to making idle throats. that finnes was glowering furlously And In the Mother Lode country, at them both, "Yes sure.. If I don't there were ways and means for a mán to do dirt to anotlar and yet tare to take it, straight again.”
It's all right boys," Mary laugh- kron on the side of the law, Sho
|pt|adderod. -- od, walking behind the bar, "Ldois- tenant Johnson is a friend of mine." The room seemed to relax, yet ayas (ware still watchful. Trying to 'quiat her heart, Mary nodded at Ramer, rex. “By the way, whore's your coldier's mult, LieutenantTM”
wait for the proper moment befora signalling to his men outside. Ho end, with just a tinge of pride, This Ramerrez must be a pretty anart fellow."
Jamming home the bolt, Mary turned. "I don't think he's BD smart,"
"No"
"No. If he was, he wouldn't bo stealin' from people comin' out horo to make their homes, to build up the Wost. If he was smart, ho'd know men don't have to rob and kiil like wolves to live,"
worda
This time she did not consider her conduct. Recklessly, she spoke the
that pounded in nor brain. You can come back can't you? That is, if you want to dea me bad enough.
"I shouldn't, Golden Hair." Al ways, in his daring career, he had been cautious when it came to women. Now, all sorts of desires were making demands upon him. What would one more little glimpse of her matter? Surely, there was no harm in that. Afterwards, ho could forgot her vory existence. Ramorroz locked at her thought "But," he said huskily, "who in fully, He had never known that a thero to say what love will do."
"Love!" Stepping back, she put anore slip of a girl could have so much conviction on a subject um bor hands to her chooks, firming in ually a man's subject as far as the darkness. "You mean anent women were concerned. For a A volco spoke out of the night. moment ho gave himself over to It was Alabama. "Oh, sorry to a purely objective admiration of kinda interrupt you, Miss Mary, but her, forgetting that ho himself had the Sheriff just got back and he's boon the subject of her bested lookin' for you. Gosh, wie bollin' words. Then he stepped to her side med on account of Ramerrez givin' quickly as she reached toward the him the allp" ehutters. "Don't do that." He had no relish for the sort of irony that would have the girl bornals, Inao cently giving the signal to Pedro.
"Why not?" she demanded, He thought fast. "Because if you do you'll shut out the moon and I like the moon," Hla fingers lightly touched a curl at her ear. "Golden Hair, why didn't you tall mo la Monterey that you owned the Folkar
She turned away, "Because I thought you wore a Lieutenant." So he was bringing that up agala, Well, if she wan't good enough; for him, he could leave right this: minute. "If you'll excuse me, 131 chock in."
Ramerrez followed her to the bar. Stooping down behind it, she took two sacks of gold from the money drawer, then dumped them into a small leg.
Racierrez fell his throat tighten, "Isn't that a careless place to keep so much gold? Ramerrez wouldn't have much troublo taknig it."
"He'd have to take me flzat." " I your money?" "Most of it belongs to the boys," "That's different."
"Thani Alabama, I'll be along in a minute." Mary's whole soul glow- od in her face an abo turned to Romerrez, "I guess you gotta be goin' now account of Jack. I wouldn't want to see no trouble be tween you. Maybe if you don't got too far away tomorrow, Tu bo keepin' company tomorrow night If you can find my cabin."
"Tomorrow night, Golden Hair,” he whispered.
"For dinner?"
"For dinner." He brought both bor bands to his lips and the caress seemed to find its way to hor too. “All tonight I'll say tomorrow."
"And all tomorrow I'll way to night..."
Much later that evening; Ramer rez sat beside the fire at the camp, his thoughts already on the day to conso,
"Mi Capitan,” Mosquito-sold wor- riedly, "cot ves not good for you to theonk so much. Tonight, your thoughts they fly so far away you forgot to rob the Polka mloòn.”
For answor, Ramorras turned to him and solid wonderingly, "That giri, Mosquito, she said almost the samo things to me last night that Father Sienas sald when i was a small boy, only then I did not une derstand.” Bordly, he began to sing. as his fingers strumrned his guitar.
"No it isn't. I've got a personal interest in it. You soo,” she said, as he looked at her inquiringly, "I know how hard they work to got it, how they eat dirt, aloop dirt and breatho And on the other side of camp, dirt and it fin't just for themselves Pedro, who had always feared and elthor. There ain't a one of thom envied the Capitan, stood with that hasn't got someone back home| Nina. Cunningly, he again fanned that they'rũ workin' for."
the flame of hatred in the heart of There was a queer pause as Ram-] this girl who had once been the errez stared at her. And · sud- favorite of RamEITER, donly his spirits rosa, "Look Golden
You soe, Nina" be prodded, Hair.” be said, talking rapidly, "Pvoj "ovon now he think of her." got an idon. Dante wanted one hour he did not speak but hor sys with Beatrico. The Sheriff's given | ware burning like coLIE
no one hour with you. This la no Again, Pedro gosded her, "That plaes to spend it.”
Des why we do not get the gold tonight. While we wall for signal, ho make love to thees woman in her again, tomorrow night."" Cloudy. I think maybe -- ha son
Her laugh was slightly fury. "All right, come on. But I warn you, this isn't. Monterey.”
A short walk through the fra- grant night air brought them to Mary's favorite spot, the glen be- side the mountain stream, "This fan't the ocean," she tossed gently, "but it's the boat I can do on such short notice.".
He stood over her and smiled wwryly, "I come all the, way, to Cinudy just to find you and you make fun of me.".
· Mary looked at him gravely, "Td Hka to believe you came -- just to]"
The girl's lips parted and twisted snakejiko. "I think," she said hare- that we do something about
that."
(Although Towe had come to hamorrow, and hats happier. than ovari -hi Hifo, there are enemies working against him. Will Wind carry out hur threats Be aure to read tomorrow's ethi ofting, epleode.).
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