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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY,

JULY

9,

1938.

THE GIRL OF THE

GOLDEN

Chaptor One

"81. If the Amoriennes they do not catoh you,”

He looked off into the distance pomborly, In these days of 3840 Ilding full into the setting sun, with gold rumming like a fover Ramerrez sat jauntily in ble mad-through men's velas, even $5,000 dlo, while melody, pure as Coil-was not too much to pay for a fornia's new gold, poured from his roal, live bandit whose depreda Ilps. The band behind him rode tions Look from the miners what gally too, felning in on the lusty they had won from the earth by chorus of the song. Even the horses had caught the faver and the bont of their boots was a rhythmlo ero- scendo as they neared the camp oot in a grovo of giant trees.

inbor and sweat Those Americans wanted to catch him now and yat they bad, in a measure, made him His mind ellppod what be was. back to thoas quiol, pastoral days Now, with a gesture almost in- of his youth. Then suddenly, with aplent, Ramerrez tore his bsadanna the word "Gold"" vibrating across from him faco. A sille, half-wist-the country, had come the greedy ful, half-bitter, slanted his mouth, intlux: people of all nationalilies, How stupid these Americans were. and ages, afoot, on horseback, in A bit of wilk over his face, his hat. pack and wagui trains, they ha slouched over his eyes and Car-Jammed the rails. amba! be was perfectly disguised against future recognition.

""Now," he mused, "wore I any- thing so fantastic as a law-abiding citizen I would be keen and alert and try to remember the voles of the bandit loador, or perhaps the

ent of his shouldara."

He had been watchful of thean points though, giving his enemies mors credit than they deserved, for

Life became

dangerous and sbort, as Indian ar rows Low and guns spoke crually.

Nina patted his arm, "How long you stay this time?" she asked.

Ramorrez ahrugged. Nina's ador ation sometimes made him uneasy. It was too intense-too onesided.

Picking up his guitar, bo strum mod the strings luy and sang.

"Bhлdown

On the Moon”

he had carefully perfected a Mex and no invariably happened, overy- lean accent and nequired an odd thing dooded back to him, the face trick of bunching his loft shoulder of that very little girl who had when engaged in the unlawful bual-sung it with him in that long ago. new of robbing a stageoonch or Thuy had mot for one night bo holding up a hostelry.

He turned to his friend and Aret aldo the campfire at the wagons of a caravan. The next morning ontp nido, Mosquito, riding at his side. had broken and, since children are "Our trip was vory nuoconful so not the masters of their destinies But tonight, we'll celebrate. I have hond nover #con ber again. preoonin. for averyone, Prutty he had never forgotten her as she dresses for the girls, gold fer tho had stood beside the dickering men and for the old men

uldflamer with tho wind blowing sino.

through her hale that was me bright and yellow an his own.

Mosquitoj a man complexly fash- loned of cruelty, kindness and bearty, simple joy in life, shook his head reminiscently. "You know, mi Capitan, I am most sorry we leave that last town so quoock. The loetle girl Tanto-how she hate to

In a small place called Cloudy, a spat not far distant from the mountain camp itself, "that vory little girl" of whom Rametroz was thinking at this moment, moved about the one room of her cabin,

WEST

BY

BEATRICE

FABER

Chapter Two

called, muntering to the door and it was then that Mary camd to and realized that something was afoot. Why was everyone grinning7 Oh yes, the surprise. Blowly, bor eyes swung with the gaze of the others and suddenly she gasped.

There, in a far alcove of the room WAS A larga, ivory-white piano with carved legs and a glossy finlah.

Running to it, she ran her ing ers over its surfaco and tears Then sho sprang to her eyes. turned to Rance, who was stand- ing by quietly, smoking a cigar. Hor valco was tremulous, *Jack, It's beautiful."

and wero shiny Mary's eyes Riding into the hitching yard, brightly blue. "Jack, you been doin' Mary quickly dismounted and walk-things like this over since you came ed grimly to the door. Theo nho to Cloudy," she said softly. "Don't stopped and an icy breath blow you ever get tired of hearin' me over har. Several men wore carry Bay thanks?" ing out an inert object, an object that had once been a man and was now just a body.

"Who is it?" Mary demanded,, her full red mouth drawn tout. "Higgins," samcono auswored. "Who done it 7" Then, even in this moment of stress sho caught herself, romondboring what she had gleaned from her malkorðor gram- mar book. "I mean, who did it?" "Rance," came the answer and the word was like a push-button] that released fresh anger la her breast Whipping around, she flung open the door of the Polka and steppod Insido. A crowd of men stood around the roulette wheel, another group stood at the bar, trut Mary's eyan blazed at only one person, Jack Ranco.

"Don't thank me. It's bad luck. When you goin' up North"

"I'm takin' the stage for Mon- terey in the mornin',"

Ranco's smile was almost pater- nal with tenderness. "Wouldn't miss that trip ovary year for a spatted pony, would you? Account of that Padre friend of yours?"

She nodded. For visits to Mon- torey would to the nearest to Heaven she would ever got, "Poor old Father Slenum. Ele starts waitin' for me weeks before I got there." Rance was studying the end of "Don't know as I like his cigar. that. Maybe with all those bigb falootin' folks, you'll get nashamed of runnin' a saloon and bein' with all of us"

Marys face flushed wild-rosa with

"Anhamed of the indignation. Polka? Why, you know I'm not." Ranea was looking past her ab-

"Liston here," she broke out ap proaching him, "you gun totin, trigger pullin' Sheriff, what's the Idea of comin' is here and killin'stractedly. "Have you ever thought off my customers?"

of boin' a great singer Girl? Like looked Jenny Lind?" Then ha squarely into her eyes. "You could I'd take be--if you married mo. you Enat and back your game.

Rance's voice held to a dend loval, nggravating bor the more. "Caught the low-down varmint cheating at cards, and when I called him, ho

By Paul

HOW IT BEGAN Berdaniar

HOTELS

BEFORE 1100 THERË WERE. NO INNS OF CONSEQUENCE, BUT STEADY PILGRIMAGES TO THE HOLY LAND ENCOUR- AGED THE ERECTION OF HOS TELRIES AND BY 1200 THEY HAD SPREAD OVER ENGLAND AND ALONG THE ROUTE TO PALESTINE. THUS BEGAN OUR MODERN HOTELS.

This CuriouS WORLD

BERDANIER

MENTOR

IN HOMER'S ODYSSEY ULYS- SES, ON SETTING OUT FOR TROY, GAVE HIS SON TEL- EMACHUS INTO THE CARE OF HIS TRUSTED PRIEND MENTOR, WHO EDUCATED HIM DURING ULYSSES"AB- SENCE. HENCE THE NAME "MENTOR”FOR A TEACHER OR GUIDE,

see me go,

"What you bring me? Nina asked busying herself with packing

of

Ramorrez glanced at him sharp small trunk.

her prido led ly. "How many times must I tell A feeling

Tomorrow she woukl bo you that it isn't good for a bandit breast. to fall in love." It only Mosquito visiting Father Bienria In Monterey would follow his example, Sing to and ainging for him at the church. the girls a little, dance with thom 8he had learned the "Avo Maria"

a little, give them a little kin'and for him and written in all about thon forget thom.

women serious,

ik

s

Ho was a wonderful man, the "Oh I take your advice Capitan" Mosquito anid. "I do not take Padro, sympathetic and under- Once I have only standing. He didn't see anything But now I havo Maria, wrong with her running the only one girl.

After all, she Therean, Lucolla, Rosita and Marsaloon in Cloudy.

hadn't started the place. Pop had. Suorita."

They wore riding into the camp But because the boys had asiced now, where burning Ares. cast her to keep on with it after ho alongated shadows over the grove. had died, she hat kept the Polka Girls in brilliant dresses were at-going, running it straight and clean. Every- As there came the sound of hoof- tending the bolling spotai thing was in readiness for the robeats from outside aho spun around and ran to the door, Yes, it was turning man.

Diumiounting, Ramorrex madon Alabama, astride a donkey, apeach of welcome, quickly latod long, lanky legs almost hanging to the loot and was about to join the ground, Mary felt quick a

"What's the matter. Nina who awaited him at a try-prohenalen. ating treo when Pedro, one of Alabaman? Anything wrong down those who had stayed at the camp at the Poika?"

"No'm, Mios Mary, thore ain't that day, suddenly addressed him, polating to a bag of gold. "You nothing wrong, coptin' they struck aro giving that gold to the church a new pocket of gold over to the ridge and some of the boys been for the Indiann?

Rumerraz auffgned. This was hia colebratin' a bit." one weakness, la regular anony-

tp contributions Father MOW

church at Monterey. Sienna's

That's right."

"Always you mond much." Podro sald, coloring his words with harak ness. "The men, I do not think they like it".

"You mean," Ramorroz said, and his blue eyes were like ateol, "Pedro does not ko it. But you are not the Captain, Podro-I am”

havo

Roknotting hor scarf and patting her aplli, fringad skirt into place, Mary stepped outside and mounted her horse. "So you just rode over to keep mo company on the way back?" she asked gally.

"Well, yea'm, in a way." Alabama nald, squirming. "But the buyn wanted mo, to come for you any how. They got a surprise for you,"

What is it, Alabama?" "Can't tell you but it's somethin' And the Sherif Nina, hor long dark oyes glow mighly elegant.

I should toto you down ing, spoke to him caressingly. "I said

miss you so very much, pronto."

Mary laughed. In this almple way, Amado, mio." Then, "What you

Alabama had given away part of bring me this time?"

the secret. Bo it was Sheriff Jaek Itamerrez laughed. Hor coquot-Rance surprise. Jack was a funny

What ries were so transparent.

person, she thought idly. A cold, would she hava sald if he'd brought relentless and deliberato man, ho her that crated piano the stage loved the West only second to hor coach was carrying? Ho would self, loved it in auch a way tint have done it too, only it had been he hated what was allen or strange

"Last time," too heavy to carry. he chuckled. "It was a bright shawl to it. And to his own pecullar sort

of reasoning, the Mexicans and In from Spain, the time before, diane who had peoplod It first

He reached bracelet from Farin," into his peakot and brought forth the foreigners" wore the land's

most loathsome snemies.

Emerging from her thoughts sho a gold, delicately wrought four-do-

Ous could not die turned to Alabama with a coaxing tys time-place. appoint Alha any more than one smile. "Well Alabama, you might could ■ child, oven if 12 did me at least give me a hint what the pointing a gun at some nervous surprise - woman singe-coach passenger, a But suddenly, abo sat forwa

de with a jerk. Two shots had shut- practice which he ordinarily plored. "This tins it's a watch from tered the evening stillness. There Bwitzerland.

was a quivering silence, then Mary Xile statlled eyes suddenly foll tightened her reins and spurred on a poster which some wag in her horse down the trait.

Those

the canrp bad found and tacked shots had come from the Polka

to the free. The printed words

mated that there was $5,000 reward

for the capturs · of its bandit Remarres.

You woo, Nina, now I am worth Ave thousand dollars. •It X sparke hard maybe someday. I will be worth ten thousand.

**You gan-tolin', trigger- pullin' Sheriffi

Mary felt a silence sutilo over tried to bent mo to tho draw."

Mary folt a shudder rippie over her that beat like a tom tom. She'd her at this stark statement of the boen so happy but now abe felt brutal maio codo that governed this constraint close up hor throat, Hor land. "Well, I don't blame you eyes evaded his "Oh Jack," ahe A chest in said, striving for lightness, "you none for callin' him. sure outside of my corral." Then know you couldn't leave Cloudy nho added sternly, "Bat I'm runnin' any more than I could. You're the Folka and I'm not goin' to atmin' for somethin' big out here lot you or any other sagebrush and wall" she finished off Jamely, cattawampus make a shootin' gal-"I couldn't leave the boys or the Jory out of it. If you got any Woot, alther."

Hor nhootin' to do, do it outside.

then added quietly, day you're gola' to

"I guess you got me thers Girl" eye fell on his revolver, lying on Ranco mid, the table and she grinned. "What "but some you got your gun out now for? change your mind about ranrryin'

me." Don't you even trust yourscN7"

Mary's smile was awoot and slow. Rancs didn't answer her but his look of adoration plunged deep into "I aver do, 211 lot you know hor oyed. A bit confused, Mary Jack." turned and began to make a tour of the room

"When you do," he retorted, "ITI be around." He naked, in an odd, light sort of way, "there isn't any ono nine is there?"

"Nope."

"I there ever was, I don't think I'd like 12

Baaho stopped at the roulette wheel, Minstrol Joe Jooked up. "How about giving us a spia för luck, Girl? Mako noventoon come up and I'll have something to sing about. I'm going to lot the tail Again that quoer, frightening sl lenco and for a accond Mary had go with the do

Mary watched intently as the the wild, helpless feeling of being whol started and something trapped by some alrong, powerful Then hor senses found re- hunmed in ber Blood, hummed forco. faster and Caster on the circle of lease as the mon began stamping chanco apun around. For despite and calling for a song. hor apparent aloofness, the excite ment of the place thrilled her, whot- ting the edge of her appetito for living.

and

"Come on Girl. The professor here will play the piano.

A hus foll over the room an Mary began to sing. The man The wheel stopped with Joo latened and dimly know that great- loser. Mary smiled sympathetically. mens was in their midst. The cas "Borry, Jon. I tried." Spotting ende of melody flowed on and on the "professor," ber singing teacher and ouch noto was a precious pearl bar customer by turn, she strung upon a necklaon of song. waved a gay greeting. Then, notie-Out of sadness and gladness Mary ing a crowd of boys at the bar, sang, warming herself, her friends waiting to walgh thoir gold dusi and the gront raftered room. and have it put in the safe, she when aba had anished there wWAS much of covert eye wiping and quickly folked them.

"Hello boys," abe called grily. "I gulping of throats. nce it's a big night for gold what Thon, before anyone could speak, Alabama's válce shouted from the will twenty thousand in that KCE doorway. "Hoy. I found a whole right now woltin' for Wells Fargo bunch of music writin' in the crate to pick it up."

your planny come in, Miss Mary."

One of the miners raised his glass in a toast to har. "And the boya nover lost as ounce since you've been bankin" for us."

►

Obligingly, Mary dimpled for him "And never wil

Tha miner considered. Lea Ramorrez taktos it into his head to come after it"

Jack Ranco's volco cut through'

And

Mary glanced at the bundlo. must to the latest songs from the nat." She turned the sheat over. Why look. There's a note on the back of this." Then slowly, hor oyos dilated, "Doar Bhorit, tho note read, "naxt time please ordor I do, not play piano. a guitar. Kamerroz.”

She stood there, stunned. Ram- like a biado, "Kamerroz won't be orrez! No longer a myth but a comin' into this nook of the woods man who had dared send a bold so long as Jaolt Ranco is sheriff." | challenge to Jack Ranco. A sud- Mary looked up at him as he don surge of admiration swept over hor but the next instant she checked Jeaned over-the bar, His voleu had

It. Admiration for an outlawr. been heavy with polaonous venom What was wrong with hor? And for a second she thought foot- ingly of this bandit who was ɑzilad "Hata funny Mexican," Ranon Itamerrez, In a sense the man was was grinding out through set tooth a legend to bor. There were many "but he won't bo ao funny with a stories about him, how he sprang ropa around his nook," out of nowhere, disappeared into Standing there, still and · Lonzo, nowhere, was fabulously polite to Mary bad a strong, premonition of women and politoly Jesting with sloude and storm and strife. Then his men victima, yet no one had slowly, the relaxed," "Come on, ever con his face. Bometimes she boys," she called out gaily, “Let's wondered if he really existed. But all wing Buzannah,"

na she bow the farco hntract in Nance's face at the mere mention of the men, sho,felt a quear pity for the outlaw. It would be better for him to remain a legend than to meet as ruthlson an "anomy 'as Cloudy's marit,”

"Well, good night, Girl”, Ranool,

(Mary has had her "surprise" for the evening but it has ended with an oven preater one, the menacing note from Bometres. Are their pathe soon to cross! Read the anetver in tomorrow'e thrilling, instaliment).

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