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TUESDAY,

JULY 12,

1938.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

GIRL OF THE

THE GIRL

GOLDEN

WEST

By Paul F

HOW IT BEGAN Berdanier

SYNOPS: It is the year 1840 and Afary, owner of the Polku Baloon in Cloudy, California, ta in Afontorey, on her yearly visit to Father Blonna. Sheriff Jack Ranoo, who is in love with her had sent his deputies to ascom- pany her coach but amorroz the bandit, had outwitted them and held up the stagde passar pers However, Ramorres had not robbod Mary of her gold. In Manteroy aho sings at the services and the Gouernor in- An of vites har to his Flosta, Roor comes to escort her and Mary is unaware that the man 4 Kamarroz toho has stolón a uniform for the vocasion,

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Ramarrez smiled. "Not only am I to encert

down,

Just beyond on the rocky beach.

her

Kamerroz Batting

and anled sprawled beside her quietly, "What are you thinking about. Golden Hair?

"Golden Hair?" she asked.

"You, Haan't anyone ever called

you that before?""

"I don't think no."

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There was nimest rellef in hla volco, "That just shows you how thoughtlean other people are, never call you anything else. you didn't answer my question."

But

The moon was a luminous lantern in the sky, so low that Mary ni- most felt she could reach up and touch it. And in her breast there was a tumult that threatened to burst Its bonds.

"I was thinking about-a crazy carriage ridon white sandy bench, music, stara- too bad." näy ended abruptly.

Ite sat up. "Why? Did I forget anything?""

"Not a thing," she retorted with over-emp in.

"I must have." He began review-

you but I was to son that you haveing the evening worriedly. "Didn't overy special attention." ffe added I tell you that you were the most casually, "That last was my own benutiful girl In Monterey?"

idea."

Despite harsolf, Mary felt her color rise, I smile wan dizzy- ing and the lobby was a blur if ilghts, "Thank you," she said trom- ulously.

"Several times. The trouble with all thono beautiful things you've and," she returned slowly, "I that you've told them too ofton before."

"Never!"

"Woll-hardly over."

"Never?" Sho'd never met a maÐ like this. How different he wIN with his drawilan, caressing voice and his man-of-the world poise from Jack Itance, for instance. "How did you ever know mo, Lieutenant Johnson 7"

They both laughed at that na then, because it teamed the only thing to do, Ramerrez picked up his juliar and softly the music of "Senorita" was warfed on the ove "I Whening breeze.

Ramerrez bowed again. told to look for the most beautifui lady in Monterey and for once, his Excellency was right." Though out- wardly calm, there was thunder in his heart. Ho and given up try- ing to analyze the impulso that had led him into this daring masquer- ade. To Mosquito, he had merely nald cryptically, "We are going to Monterey to put the beautiful, im-

"It's beautiful." Mary breathed. "Se are you," ho said and without warring fenned closu and crushori his mouth to hers,

Mary folt a mercurial thrill race over her and her pa socmed to Then she pulled back take flame. and suddenly her hand shot out and across tho niapped him square

Whirling, she ran to the check.

BY

BEATRICE

FABER

Chapter Six

It was just a week after Mary had returned to Cloudy that Bherif Jack Raneo nat in his office one day, conferring with a gmup of four mon

"Our duty in plain, Sheriff," Mo- Callum was stating positively, "The State must be made a safe place to live in. These bandits rust go, especially Ramorroz

Ranca's mouth was a thin lino, "The state's a big place gentleman and I'm only the Sheriff of Man zanila county but I sure would like to get Ramorrez."

Tobler grinned at him.. "Because a stopped the girl's coneli?" "Yeh Rance barked, "and held my men prisoner for two days. And

with a tle white fence around r it I got him." Ho camo a stop closer. "How would this sound, Git? The Honorable and Mrs, Jack Itance"

She was allont

Well, haven't you made up your Loing yet?"

Her anewer came from the troub- led depthin of her being. "Jack," she said huskily, "you don't have to make up your mind to things like that. Your boart does it for you."

"Well, you just say the right word Girl and I won't ask you if it came from your heart or your mind.”

Her lips, began to tremble and her ayro wote wide with picading. "You don't mean that Jack. You wouldn't want me if I didn't mean it and you know it

For one of the few times in his fe Rance felt uncertain. Mayba you couldn't take lovo just by do manding it. Maybe a man had to have something elan to offer a giri besides security and a good name. sull, "Maybe not. Then again may- bo I love you enough for the both of us, Mary." He reached out and took her hand in his firm clasp. "What do you think, Girl?"

She laughed and stretched hor arms wide to the aky. "Well, if you muat now I think I'd say it's the about time I got back to Polka." Maybe there, it thn bar wasn't too crowded, she could go back to hor daydreams about tho handsome Lieutenant.

if I ever got my hands on film, 'tazying away some hours in a amall make him pay for that."

"How many men will you need to go after him, Sheriff McCal- Jum asked.

As it happened, the "handsome Houtenant," garbed again in bio Mexican dress, was at this moment canyon near the bandit camp. His hand, he hold a poster, offering ten thousand dollara reward for the capture of RamerŃCZ

In

You see, MI Capitan," Mosquito Rance's eyes narrowed. "There's only one Ramerrez, isn't there? Be was saying gleefully, "now they nides, I'm not going after him." He give you a raise. You are worth took a long pull on his cigar. "I'm twice as much to them. By Gollies, Coing to make him come to me."everybody in California they look

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BERDANER

LIE IN LAVENDER

THIS PHRASE, MEANING TO BE IN PAWN "WAS KNOWN IN THE 16TH) CENTURY. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HARLEAN MISCELLANY IS THE PAST. SAGE. BUT THE POORE GENTLES MAN PAIES SO DEERE FOR THE LAVENDER IT IS LAID UP IN, THAT IF IT LIES LONG AT A BROKER'S HOUSE, HE SEEMS TO BUY HIS AP- PAREL TWICE” (THE LAVENDER WAS USED TO PROTECT PAWNED CLOTHING FROM MOTHS)..

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"SISenor, we ride," said Mosquita.

The

Governor'a

parlous Senorita in her place." | carriage. On the rear seat, sprawled After that, it had boon fairly easy, Mosquito, fast asleep. Jumping in waylaying an unsuspecting officer, front, she lashed the horses. following him to his room, stealing carriage jufted and as Mesquita his uniform and then leaving the fell to the ground, she rode of inte

the night. man there, bound hand and foot.

The Patio at tho Yes, easy, up to that petal but

found every pulsebeat Ranch was filled with omail dus- quickening to this slim girl's lovely tors of guests exeltedly discussing eyes and the most difficult thing of the event of the evening-the dia all was to refrain from taking her appearance of the young American all, Mary in his arms and crushing her close girl. Ignoring thom in his embraco.

dashed in the door, making straight for the Governor. Then in a rush of words she told him what had happened.

"Shall we go?" he asked. carriages await" "Carriages?"

"Our

"Three of them," Ramerrez as- sured her expanaively.

"Who's going with us?" Mary naked puzzled.

The Governor, a man to whom the formalition had long since be come a deadly bore, wrung bis hands in simulated despair although "No one." Famarrez spoke quite he was secretly intrigued by the seriously. "But you see I'm faced whole story, "I can't understand with a very acrious problem and it, my dear. You mean he actually you're the only one. who can solve took you off?" You are that Orst carriage? It's "Ho did."

•

closed and stuffy and the horse, The Governor's eyes were dis- poor fellow, is pld and tired." Hotinctly n-twinkle. "I think I under gold, warningly, "he'd probably take stand. But you'll have to forgive us straight to the governor'a man- these young officers, my dear,

lon."

They're gay blades. In fact," he Mary smiled as the plot dawnod sald waggishly, appraising her with on her.

an appreciative oye. "I only wish Now the ascond horse is a year I was that are myself." Then, ro- or so younger I'd say but," he consuming his dignity as if it were a cided, "no imagination. Oh, he robe, he drew Mary to his wife's might take a turn or two around side and introduced her. the plaza and then- the Governor's A moment later a raurmur ran mansion."

over the plans.

"It's the Marinchi, my dear," the Giggling inwardly, Mary fell in with his mood. "And the third car-Governor gold as the music of the marimba band rose Insidiously to riage?u

Ramarrez was practically gloat her ears. Mary stared, dazzled. ing at the third coach. "Ah, Ben-Through the pallo arches, come a orito, this is the Carnival Carclage, number of caballeros astride their The worses are young and reckless." horses. Each man's arms encircled Hla voloo throbbod. They like the a giri, Then the dance began, Tho narrow, crowded little streets. They girls slipped to the floor and aa pranes to the muslo from the gay they stopped high, the caballorow cantinas. They gallop with the wind snapped their long whips at them, along the Embarcadero and yet snatching the lace headdresses from they are very sensible." He drew the girl's heads. his words out • "They know enough to stop at Cypress Point where the night is quit and the stars are brightest,"

Mary walked to the balcony and irresistibly the song mounted within her and flowed from her lipe. And thon suddenly, she stopped. Lieuten

mo?"

In the silence Mary tasted the ant Johnson stood before hor. scent of flowers and the challang ing beauty of this momeat Governor's Rancho?" she asked.

"In time."

"Bounds like a daro”

"It in."

"Remember

"The asked easily.

She broke into laughter. "You're wrong, Loutonant. It was.

Ramerroz

the grinned. "I soo you remem- Iber mo."

Ho stroked his chook wryly. "TH Then bis volon never forget you" dropped. "Will you forgive mot"

For answer, aho burst into the His oyos flow wide. Thon, quiak- ly, she might chango hér mind lyrical cadongos of the song again. he lifted her into the coach. "All Thon a winging joy caught her up right driver he called flamboy and lifted her to the heavens, for antly, we ridel" and they were uft. his volos had joined here and The driver turnert. It was Mon- together they were soaring through quito. He grinned. "Si, Bonor, wealand made musical and gilded with the brightness of biler and Their programs through thì town rapture. book them through narrow stroots The last note lingered. In the air crowded with gay celebrants. EXore ne Kamerros noticed a group of Mexican string quartet played on ontoen slowly approaching. Snatch- the aldowalk before 156 Cantina, Ing the girls hand, he kissed. It Thora a fosilve group danced with nercely. Adios, Senorita. Til wo abandon, joy urging their fest to a moot again." Then leaping from Instar, kad avariishudder tempo, the balcony to his horse below, bel Through it allgMary: laughed and dushed from sight, chattered, and lang bydlen Leik

Kuy

She'd been describing it `all to Alabama.

Then, brushing aside their exclam.for you. What beeg success 'you Ations be outlined his plan, Yestor are." Ho peered at the silent Ram- Ramerrez bad again held errez "What's wrong wooth you up the conch only to fad that it lately, MI Capitan? carried no gold Lem, the driver, proceeding on his, Ranco's instruo tions, had then casually dropped 'the information that the gold was balag kept at the Polka

Ramerraz looked up interestedly. "Have you natleed it too?"

stage al. We hold up five coaches thoes week and got no goid and yet you do not get nad."

And," Hanco said levelly, as ho picked up his hat and strolled to the door, "if I don't miss my guess, Mr. Ramerrez will be paying us a visit soon. All wo diave to do 10 He would start out thinking of one recognize bim and be ready for him Walking down the path to ward the thicket, he called softly, "Mary. Where are you?" He had Buen her heading in this direction on her donkey. She must be some where around.

Honestly puzzled, Ramorroz Iny hack on the grass. "I don't know what's the mattor with me." He couldn't keep his mind on anything. thing and end up thinking of un- other. He was loopy and yot bo couldn't sleep. He was hungry and yet couldn't eat. He felt like a man who had been drunk a long time and yet he and had no wine. "L guess I must be sick," ho onld re-i signedly.

Not far off, Mary reclined on the grass, revelling in the pancefulness Mosquito squinted at him. "You of the sylvan glon and the murmur are not scall, Mil Capitan, You aro of the nearby waterfall. Monterey in love,"

and everything that had happened "Love I'm ashamed of you, Mon- thero, soomed like a dream now but quite. You know I'm too smart to Bull, there was no harm in think-Zall in love,

ing about it, calling up onch last "I don't know," Mosquito esald exciting detail.

coyly. "I fall in love onco - in Sonora. Carramba, I have not so bad that I walk around wooth my boots on my head and sombrero an my fost

She had been describing it all to Alabama and he had stoned avid ly. Now sho reviewed it to herself for the toath time. It had boon so elogant

You theonk you're not in love," dary," came Ranca's voice again Mosquito pcoffed. "Wait till you and a ho appeared she sprang to hear her name...Zour hand abo hor foot with almost a foaling of shaka like a leaf in wind.” gullt

Rance regarded her with a dla quieting interest. "You know, Girl, you've been hard to find-alace you came back from Monterey,"

I hadn't noticed it."

"I have," Ranco said peralstently "And I'vo noticed some other things, too.

Ramerror darted him a disdain- ful look and put out his hand. "ARI right. Go ahead."

"Sanerita Golden Hair."

Itamerror looked down' at hla hand. It was motionless. Ho smiled! in a very superior way. "Perfectly still. Bea how wrong you are?"

"You theonk so?" Mosquito howl-

Mary flushed. "For instance?” "I talked to you for five minutes Take look at other hand,"

Stunned, Ramerrez looked, In Jast night and you didn't hear a truth, his other band was trembling, word 2 said. The boys are comins it it word in a strong gale. Ho plainin about it too. Trinidad sald jumped up. This was ridiculous. It no saited you for two fingers :04 was time he got back to business, ryo and you handed him, à quart Quickly, he reviewed the plan he of gin,"

el had outlined the evening before, for An impish dimple nickered in hos Bolding up the Polka Baloon in chools. Well, gin's better for him. Cloudy. He himself, dressed incon- I don't fight so much."

splonously as n traveller, would go Rance lips softened into a smile. into the place alone. She was so small and dollate-diks "Now remember," he said, "when and quick on the trigger too, if I close the shelfer of that alde you didn't handle har right. Well, window in the Folka that will be mnybe he'd just been Imagining the signal for Pedro and his mon to things. "Girl, what did that follow come in and join mo. Mosquito, Fungirez look like? Would you you know what to do?" know him if you saw him again?" Her straight brows draw together and, who answered hurriedly gladam Hamerrez that ance had changed the woh-

"81, Capifan, I ride into the town.

Then who

tho posso of ass me, you give signal. ject "I'm afraid not, Jack. He Carramba, you and Pedro get the had his face mostly covered. But gold and we are all rich,”

"All right Mosquito, let's got to I could tell by his lingo that he's elther Spanish or Mexican. Why?" the camp and round up the man "I'm goin' to get him." His words and get started. But remember, ware inecato, "I've given orders when you are me, be careful and that all gold from the mines stays don't get killed. Because I don't. In Cloudy, We'll koop it at the Polka want to dlo just yet."

Hamarras discovers and whôn

"Yos, and Mi Capitan, when wo there's no gold coming out-and you got to work, you forget the Bonor spread is around that you've got fa, haram?" more than Welle-Fargo could carry "Forget har?" Ramerrozanak! in a month I think he'll be inter- calmlys #1 narce oven laink of har" catad enough to want to find it,” Then, mounting his horse he look

dha lopked at him proudly. Geo, su up at the sky and murmured, Jack had, attough brains for ten or wonder where she lives." man. This Ramorron was up against pa

plenty if he, roally had the nerve (though Ramerros is unaward to come to Cloudy. And that's of the faole ne le apon të mëd where you come in wwwKARZEM NA fary again under dramatia nie Into the distance so it him thoughts Kiplasm the fact that he is not ing

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