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THE GIRL GOLDEN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY JULY 12, 1988.

OF THE WEST

By Paulr

HOW IT BEGAN Berdanter

Synapaus: It is the year 1849 and Mary, owner of the Polla Baloon in Cloudy, California, sa. in Monterey, on her yearly visit to Father Bienna. Shorts Jook Ranco, who is in love with hor had wont his dopulise to accom pany her coach but Ramorres the bandit, had outwitted thom and held up the stagda passon- BOTE, However, Ramorren hatt not robbed Mary of her gold. In Afonteroy shỏ singa në the services and the Governor in- vites her to his fiesta. An of floor coman to escort her and Mary is unaware that the man la' Kamerron who has stolen a uniform for the occasion.

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Chapter Five

Completely at cave, Ramerrez amiled. "Not only am I to escort you but I won to see that you have overy special attention." ffo added casunily. That last was my own idea"

just beyani on the rocky beach. Betting her

Itamerrez down, aprawled beside har and naked quietly, "What are about, Golden Hairyou thinking

"Golden Hair?" she asked, "Yes. Hasn't anyone aver onlled you that before?"

--don't-think so."

There was almost relief in his

| voleo. "That just shows you how thoughtless other people are. I' never call you anything also. But you didn't answer my question."

The moon was a luminous jantarn in the sky, so low that Mary al- most felt she could reach up and touch it. And in her breast thero was a tumult that threatened to burst its bonds, "I was thinking about a crazy carriage ride - a white sandy beach, music, stars-s too bad." who ended abruptly,

He sat up. "Why? Did I forgot anything?"

"Not a thing." she retorted with over-emphasin.

"I must have." He began review- ing the evening worriedly. "Didn't I tell you that you were the most beautiful girl in Monterey?"

"Several times. The trouble with all those beautiful things you've said," she returned slowly, "is that you've told then too often before."

"Nevor!"

"Never?"

"Well-hardly ever."

Doaplio horaeli, Mary felt her color rise. Hla mile wan dizzy-i ing and the lobby was a blur of lights. "Thank you," she wild trem- ulously. Sho'd never tact a man ilka thin. How different he wan with his drawling, caressing volco and his man-of-the world polee from Jack Rauce, for instance. “How did you ever know mo, Loutenant] his guitar and softly the music of Johnson7"

"Senorita" was wafted on. tho ovo-

Thoy both laughed at that and then, because it seemed the only thing to do, Ramerrez picked u

Ramerrez bowed again. "I waning breeze. tolu to look for the most beautiful

"I's beautiful," Mary breathed. Indy in Monterey and for open, hie "So are you," he said and without Excellency was right." Though oul-warning lenned close and crushert wardly calm, there was thunder his mouth to hers, in his heart. Ho had given up try- ing to analyze the impulso that hrd 16 him into this daring masquer ado. To Mosquits, he had merely and cryptically, "We are going to Monterey to put the beautiful, im-

Mary felt a mercurial thrill ener over her and her lips seemed to take flatne. Then she pulled back and suddenly her hand shot out and alapped him

tho check. Whirling, she ran to the

equare across

"Si Senar, we ride," said Mosquito.

perious Benorita in her place."I carriage. On the rear seat, aprawied After that, it had boon fairly onsy. waylaying an unsuspecting ameer, following him to his room, stealing No uniform and then leaving the man thore, bound hand and foot.

Mosquito, fast asleep, Jumping in front, she lanted the horses. carriage jolted and as Mosquito Tha fell to the ground, she rodo off into the night Yoo, caxy, up to that point but The Patio now ho found every pulsabeat Ranch was led with omni clus- at the Governor's quickening to this stim girl'a lovely tors of guests excitedly discussing oyes and the most difleult thing of the event of the evening-the dis all was to refrain from taking her appearance of the young American in his arms and crushing her close gir). in his embraco.

"Shall we go?" he asked.

carriages await,"

"Carriages?"

Ignoring them all, Mary Unshed in the door, making straight "Our for the Governor. Then in a rush of words aho told him what had happoned.

"Three of them," Ramerrez 23- Bured her expansively.

The Governor, a man to whom "Who's going with us?" Mary come a deadly. bore, wrung, his the formalities had long sinco be- asked puzzled.

hands in simulated despair although

"Io did."

"No one." Hamerrez spoke quite ho was secretly intrigued by the noriously. "But you soo I'm faced wholo story. "I can't understand with a very serious problem and it, my dear. You mean ho actually you're the only one who can solve took you on?" It. You ace that first carriage? It's closed and stuffy and the horre, poor fellow, is old and tired." He tinctly a-twinkle. "I think I under The Governor's eyes word dis said, warningly, "he'd probably take stand. But you'll have to forgive us straight to the governor's man- these young officers, my dear. Mion."

Mary smiled as the plot dawned, said waggishly, appraising her wild They're gay blades. In fact," he on her.

an appreciative eye. "I only wish. "Now the second horse is a year I was that are myself." Then, re- or BD youngor I'd any but," ho consuming his dignity as if it were a fided, "no imagination. Oh, ho robe, he drow Mary to his wife's

might take a turn or two around sido and introduced hor. the plaza and then- the Governor's massion."

A moment later a'murmur ran over the place.

Giggling inwardly, Mary fell in with his mood. And the third car-Governor said as the music of the "It's the Mariachi, my done," tha rlage?"

Kamerrez was practically giant har ears. Mary stared, dazzled. marimba band rose Insidiously to ing at the third coach. "Ab, Sea-Through the patio arches, came a orita, this la tha Carnival Carriage, number of caballeros astride their The horses are young and recicless." hornes. Each man's arms encircled His voice throbbed. "They like the a girl. Then the danes began. Tho narrow, crowded little streets. They girls slipped to the floor and as prance to the music from the guy they stopped high, the caballeros cantinas. They gallon with the wind snapped their long whips at them, along the Embarcadero and yet-snatching the lace headdresses from they are very sensible." Ho drow the girl's heads hle words aut "They know onaugh Mary walked to the balcony and

to siop at Cypress Point where the irraslalibly the song mounted within night in qulet and the stars are her and flowed from bor ips. And brightest."

nut Johnson ctood before her. then suddenly, she stopped. Louten-

"Remember asked oantly.

She grinned. "I see you remom- ber me."

In the allenco Mary tasted the acont of flowers and the challeng Ing beauty of this moment. Governor's Xancho?" she asked.

"In time,"

"Sounds like a daro,”

The

Sho broke into laughter. "You're wrong, Lieutenant. It 1908,"

mo?"

Kamerrez

never forget you." Then his voloo Ho stroked his oheek wryly. "T dropped. "Will you forgive me?"

For answer, ahe burst into the

Jia ayos low wide, Then, quick- ly, as if she might change her mind lyrical cadences of the song again. he lifted her into the coach "Al Thon a winging joy caught, her up right driver" he called flamboy- and lifted hor to the heavens, for antly, "wo ridol" and they wore off. his voleo land foined here and The drivor turned It was Mos-together they wore soaring through quito. He grinned. "At, Saner, we a land made musical and gilded ride."

with the brightness of bliss and

Thoir progress through the town rapture. took them through narrow stroots The last note lingered in the air crowded with gay eslebrants. Here as Ramerrex noticed a group of a mxican string quartet played on officers alowly approaching, Snatch- the sidewalk bofore the Contina, ing the girls hand, ho kissed Thoro a festive group danced with noreply. Adios, Banorita. Till wa abandon, Joy urging their feet to a meet again." faster and ever madder campo, the balcony to his horse below, be Then leaping from Through it all, Mary laughed and dashed from sight, chattered and sang by turn fool ing na fa now world bad gnawad for her, a world of estafros happi- ness that had no end and no be ginning, Finally, though, the car Tiago stopped and she was borne In Ttamorro strong arms to a free- fringed knoll where the surf broko)..

BY

BEATRICE

FABER

Chapter Six

It was just a week after Mary ad returned to Cloudy that Sheriff Jack Ranco sat in his allca one day, conferring with a group of four men.

"Our duty is plain, Sheriff," Bo- Callum was stating positively. "The Stato must be made a safe place to live in. These bandits must go.. especially Ramerrez."

with a little white fonce around.Ɛru I get him." He camo a stop diaser. "How would this sound, Girl? The Honorable and Mrs. Jucke Rance."

She was silent

"Woll, haven't you made up your inina yot?"*

Hor angwar came from the troub led depine of her belag. "Jask,” pho said huskily, "you don't have to make up your mind to things like that. Your heart does it for you."

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

Her lips began to trembla and her cyca wore wide wiUr pleading, “You don't mean that Jack. You wouldn't want me if I didn't, moan it and you know it."

For one of the few times in hin life Itanco fall uncertain. Maybe you couldn't take lova just by do manding it. Maybe a man had to have something else to offer a girl besides security and a good name. Still, "Maybe not. Then again may- be I love you enough for the both of ua, Mary." He roached out and took her hand in his firm clamp. "What do you think, Girl?"

She laughed and strokebed hor arms wide to the sky. "Well, if you Range's mouth was a thin no.must know I think I'd say it's "The state's a big place gentlemen and I'm only the Sheriff of Man- zanita county but I sure would like to get Ramerrez,“

Tabler grinned at him. "Because te stopped the girl's caneh?"

"Yeh Ranco barked, "and hold my mon prisoner for two days. And if I aver get my hands on him, 1'11 make him pay for that"

"How many mon will you need to go after him, Shoriff McCal- lum asked.

about time I got back to the Polita" Maybo hero, if the bar wazn't too crowded, sko could go back to her day-dronma about the handsome Lieutenant.

foutenant," garbed again in his As it happened, the "handsomo Mexican dresa, was at this moment lazying away some hours la a small Canyon near the bandit camp. In His hand, he held a poster, offering ten thousand dollars reward for the capture of Ramorrez

Rance's eyes narrowod. "There's "You spa, Ml Capitan," Mosquito only ona Ramarrez, isn't there? Ho was saying glootully, "now they aldea, I'm not going after him." He give you a raise. You are worth took a long pull on his elgar. "I'm twice as much to them. By Collies. going to make him come to mo."averybody in California. they look

Then, brushing aside their exciam ations he putilned als plan. Yester day Ronorrez bad agala held up the coach only to find that it carried no gold. Lem, the driver, proceeding on his, Ranca's instruc tions, had then ensually dropped the information that the gold was being kept at the Polka.

"And,". Ranco said lovelly, 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 we have to do is recognize him and be ready for blar. Walking down the path to ward the thicket, ho called softly, "Mary. Where are you?" He had seen her heading in this direction on her donkey. She must bp some where around.

She'd been describing it all to Alabama.

for you. What beeg success you are" He peered at the allont Ram- errez "What's wrong weath you lately, MI Capitan?"

"Have you noticed it too?"

Ramerrez looked up interestedly.

coaches theos week and got no gold "El. We hold five stage and yot you do not get mad."

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back on the grass. "I don't know Honeally puzzled, Ramorrez lay what's the matter with me." Ho couldn't keep his mind on anything. He would start out thinking of one thing and end up thinking of an- other. He was aleapy and yet ha couldn't sleep. He was hungry and yet couldn't eat. He felt like a man who had been drunk a long time: and yot he had had to wine. "I

Not far off, Mary roclined on the must be sick," he said ro- rrass, revelling in the peacefulness

of the sylvan glon and the murmur

signedly.

are not neck, MI Capitan, You are Mosquito squinted at him. "You.

of the nearby waterfall. Monterey in love," and everything that had happened there, seemed like a dream now but quito. You know I'm too smart to "Love: Im nafsamed of you, Mos- atll, there was no harm in think-all in love,"

ing about it, calling up each mat "I don't know," Mosquito eafd. exciting detail

Bho had been describing it all to Alabama and he had stoned avid ly. Now she reviewed it to herself for the tenth time. It had been so elegant.

Bonora. Carramba, I havo ant so coyly. "I fall in love once-in. bad that I walk around wooth my boots on my head and nombrero on my foot,

You theoak you're not in love," "Mary," came Rance's valce agala Mosquito scoffed. "Walt till you. and as he appeared she sprang to hear her name. Your hand she her foot with almost a feeling of ahnke like a leaf in wind."

guilt,

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

"I-I hadn't noticed it

"I havu," Rance said persistently "And I've noticed some other things, too.

Mary flushed. "For instance?" "I talked to you for five minutes last night and you didn't hear a word I told. The boys are com plainin' about it too. Trinidad said ho asked you for two fingers of rye and you handed him a quart

fut losic and put out his hand. "All Ramerros darted him a disdain- right. Go ahead"

"Boborita Golden Hair."

Ramorrez looked down at his in a very superior way. "Perfectly hand. It was motionless. He smiled still. See how wrong you pro?"

"You theonk so?" Mosquito hovl "Take look at other hand,” Btunned, Ramorras Iooked. In truth, his other hand was trombling, Jumped up. This was ridiculous. It as if it were in a strong galo. Ho was tims be got back to businpas. Quickly, ho reviewed tho plan bo An Implah dimple flickered in her holding up the Polka Baloon in bad outlined the evening before, for cheok. Well, gin's better for him. Cloudy. He himself, dresscu incon- Ho don't fight so much."

Ranco lips softened into a smile. Into the place alone,

epicuously as a travellor, would go Slo was so small and delicato dike

and quick on the trigger too, I close the phutler of that Ma "Now remember," he said, "when you didn't handle her right. Well window in the Polka that will be maybe he'd just beon Imagining the algnal for Pedro and his men to things, "Girl, what did that fellow come in and join me. Mosquito, Hamerrez look like? Would you you know what to dor" know him if you saw him again?"

Joct.

Her straight brown drow together I am amorrox. Then when the "51, Capitan. I ride into the town. and she answered hurriedly, glad that Ranca had changed the with poza chase me, you give algnal, "I'm afraid not, Jack Ho Carramba, you and Pedro get the had his face mostly covered. But gold and we are all rich," I could tell by his lingo that ko's "All right Mosquito, let's get to olhor Spanish or Mexican. Why?" the camp and round up the men

"I'm goin' to get him." His words and get started. were staccato.

But remember, "I've given ordors when you are me, be careful and that all gold from the mines stays don't get killed. Because I don't In Cloudy. Wo'll keep it at the Polka want to dlo just yet" and whon Ramorroz discovers there's no gold coming out-and you spread it around that you've got more than Walls-Targo could carry In a month-I think he'll be intor cated enough to want to and

She looked at him proudly, Goo, Jack had enough brains for to men. This Remarrez was up against; plenty he really had the norve lo come to Cloudy. "And that's where you come in?"

Zoh. Ranco's oyes were gazing Into the distance as if his thoughts wore doop and, weighty, "And the boys sort of promlaed me Callfornia)

got to work, you forget the Benor

Zon, and MI Capitan, when wo in, hmmm?"

calmly, "I never even think of her." "Forgot her Ramerrez sald Then, mounting his horse he look od up at the sky and murmured,

wonder where she lives,"

(Though Ramerços is unatoara of the fact, he is soon to moot Mary again under dramatic oir oumatanoes. How will he ex- plain the fact that he is not is officer's uniform? Read tomor - row's thrilling instaliment.),

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