By
Copyright by DBobbs ~Merrill Ce.
THE STORY
In the city of New Orleans, In
1821, Loren Garde, recently an
officer under General Jackson, is
surprised by the appearance, In
ancient Spanish costume, of two
men and a woman whose beautv
enchants him. Resenting the ar-
rogance of the elder of the two
men, Garde fights with him and
wounds him. He his
ponent Is Adolfo Fuent
colonel in the Spanish arm)
Venezuelan, Garde overhears a
to overthrow Spanish rule 1
Venezuela. Discovered, he fights
but is and made
prisoner the Santa Laucrecia,
ship bearing arms for the
Venezuelans, On board are the
conspirators, the lady of his
love, her brother Polito, and De
Fuentes, From the girl, Garde
learns her name is Dulce Lamar-
tina. He loves her, but does not
reveal his love, The vessel is
wrecked and Garde reaches the
Venezuelan shore, alone. He en-
counters a stranger and sees
Dulce. The strayfler, who is
Monahan Jf the British
Captain
legion under Bolivar,
de to join the Venezue
his mind is set on
Dulce. Monahan direct
friends
plied
cret
learns
de
overpowered
on
Caracas. There,
with
patriots,
revolut
rde attends the
i nd Da Fu-
scognizes him and
entes at the altar
rom Garde's arms,
Finding Garde, Dulce
Y her wedding to De
Fuentes was to have been the
price of Garde's life. They re-
veal thelr mutual love, Garde ls
made prisor ‘rom De Fuentes,
Garde learns Dulce has dis-
appeared, is rescued from
prison by a revolutionist, Manuel
onahan
the
CHAPTER VI—Continued
1 1
I laughed softly, for I saw
chance at life, and
another
chance to
“If Boli-
another
win the glorious Lamartina,
var has many men like you, Manuel—"
We turned toward the south and
ran for stopping at last
in the gloom afforded by a tall adobe
building. Here
idl for travel,
half a mile,
we found
and the other
“Polito!” 1
head and throat
the folds
two horses
one saddled
¥
already bearing
the ri
man,
for der’s
silent
whis-
shook, in
and
unintelli
tured toward the other horse,
“But, Polito, friend,” [ objected,
“you this thing. It wil
wreck your career, and-—and you owe
me cannot let you;
rather would 1 seek the firing squad.”
laughter he
pered something
supposed,
ible and ges
my
cannot do
no sacrifice. |
The gauntleted hand that Polito put
upon my shoulder shook a little. He
tried to speak, gasped, caught at his
throat, and went off into a convulsion
of coughing
Manuel spoke, deep earnestness in
his voice: “You must do as we sug-
gest, Senor, for many things of im-
portance depend upon it. We plan a
swift stroke, Senor, and your assisi-
ance is necessary in our planning.
lesides, you owe your life to those
who follow Bolivar, Have not a score
of men this night jeopardized their
lives for thee? Have not I?”
Now I was ashamed, for the crafty
Manuel spoke only truth. /Yes, my
friend.” said I. I threw a leg over
the horse, and the swarthy sailor
proffered a pistol, which I pocketed.
f put a hand on his shoulder, “If
"Bolivar needs another arm, Senor, he
‘will find mine strong enough, and very
willing indeed, for I owe him much.”
“Viva!” said the sailor. "Point your
horses toward the Southern cross and
ride throughout the night; ride swift-
ly, for the mounts you have are the
best this city affords. Sunrise should
find you beyond Ocumare, where the
jines of Bolivar begin, and where you
will find safety. Now, adios , , . A
pleasant trip to both of you!”
With the flaming Southern cross to
point the way, with the glory of the
full moon above, the open country
ahead, a fine horse between my knees,
and a companion . , . well, perhaps
my companion did lack necessary com-
panionable qualities, Yet I could at-
tribute some of his silence to his cold
and the rest of it to the black thoughts
that must possess him, for no man
Mrrna his back upon his country with
i1ight heart,
J With a sidelong glance I studied the
{ithe figure that even the black and
gray cloak could not entirely hide,
“A perfect night, Polito, eh?”
He nodded,
“You are gilent, my friend.”
He turned his head to give me one
swift look, then regarded the road
again, .
#1 must thank you, Polite, for the
part you took in my escape this night.
Adoife planned to have me shot to-
morrow morning, so my life is yours.”
This brought a gasp—no more—and
1 tried again: "Do you know, my
friend,” 1 ventured, “where your sis-
ter Is?”
W NU
SERVICE
He was silent, and I continued: “I
have told the Senorita, Polito, of my
love, and failed miserably, as I de-
serve,”
He offered comment,
“She told today, in the home
of the good Tomas, that tomorrow she
would wed De Fuentes.”
“No,” he whispered, “no!”
“A sort of sacrifice, my friend, for
what she imagines I have for
her: a thing that makes me love her
very :
“But
“Not
glides”
marry
the day
no
me,
done
much.’
she not—" he said.
there is no need,
laughed, “Adolfo will
tomorrow, Polito, nor
after, nor for many days, be-
cause the proud colonel will never go
into the cathedral and stand up be-
fore the people of Caracas with the
face that he will be wearing tomor-
row.”
Polito
“What?”
have—*"
“I have everyining but
him, my friend, and Manuel and
courageous intrigants stayed me just
in time. Something in my blood calis
for his life. We are proud, Polito,
and he has called me ladrone., In New
he not try to kill me?”
nodded, and many weary
put behind us before an-
was spoken. The moon
hour above the crest of
hills when we passed
through the sleeping hamlet of
and. turning our horses toward
southeast, took the broad road
led te Ocumare From Ocumare
went again, between
cane and maize, and of melons barely
visible in the graying dawn,
Swiftly took the gentle ascent
the broad range that is
the
We
and a
1
wide
wonld
now,
now 1
no
Be
one
put out
he
a gauntleted hand.
questioned. “You
kill
his
aone
Orleans did
Polito
niles were
other
was
word
yet an
the Carabobo
Cua
the
that
we
south fields of
we
approaching
barrier hetwen the waters of
the “1
Orinoco and the Caribbean sea.
I
thundered throu; /R canon,
gh
ahead of us, a
rim of a
amphitheater. Here we stopped
whined] out
pass LE
pass on the southern vast
our
panting horses ¢ surveyed the scene
ahead of us. Beyond the pass would
lny, manifestly,
and the
be, we
those whi
“Polito,” 1 said,
vou approach the lines of the u-
You are, therefore, In dan-
ger, for a Spanish officer in the hands
of Venezuelans have heard, ere
this, of Tucayan would have little
chance for Ocumare, with
safety for you, lies not so far behind
us”
He sat with
not
not-
“You throw your life away, Senor;
besides, the Senorita Dulce will surely
need you"
“But, Senor
“will
I think it
the valley of the Ori.
Irinoeco
under control of
Bolivar
noco,
valley of the
would knew,
y served
“1 do not know why
revel
tionists,
who
his life
head averted. “I do
care.” he whispered; “could we
" he whispered,
had been his desire to
ask whit chance I, in Spanish uni-
form, might have with the followers
of Bolivar, but an interruption came,
an interruption in the guise of a body
of armed horsemen, who, approaching
from the southward, appeared in the
pass, weapons gleaming In the morn
ing light,
“1 am terrified, Senor!”
I turned my companion In
amazement, for Polite would never
have sald that “Mother of Gd,
Senorita, what madness is this?
I had ridden beside her through the
night, had talked of many things
What had 1 said, what stupid blunders
had I made? [I had professed a death-
jess love for her, and had failed to
see through a simple disguise, jut
for that look of terror in her eyes |
ghould have laughed,
“l-1 would leave Caracas, Senor.”
She had given herself into my
keeping, had permitted me to tell her
of my love. Ah, that was a joy! Now
the horsemen let out wild yells and
bore down upon us,
“There is no safety here for you.
upon
——_
Senorita: anvone who is Spanish"
“Yes, Senor, yes; I must me.”
“You will be safe in Ocumare.” Dis
mounting I caught the bridle of her
horse and whirled him around toward
the north, “When this nightmare of
murder is over, Senorita, shall I find
you—17"
She nodded, “God
Senor,” she sald softly,
“Adios, then!”
She waved an arm and, bending
low in the saddle, disappeared in the
mouth of the canyon. The sounds of
her going had died away before the
revolutionists came to where I stood,
waiting. They circled around me,
guns to the fore, and I raised empty
hands shove my head, “Take me to
your officer,” I sald, a great happl-
ness filling my soul.
S80, closely guarded by at least a
geore of horsemen, I rode slowly
across the amphitheater and through
the wide coming at last to a
level space where a body of men en-
camped beside the road. None, 80 far
as I could see, was in uniform except
one tall man, One of my captors spat
out a stream of unintelligible jargon,
and the officer's face grew grimmer as
the story proceeded,
Now faced me, his black
holding a hostile glint. “You may tell
me who you are, my captain”
“I am Garde, an American,
come to offer service to Bolivar.”
“In a Spanish uniform! A lkely
tale, Senor. Why do you offer service
to our general?”
“Because 1 do not like the Spanish”
I said,
He showed white teeth in a pleased
grin. *If you do not like the Span-
ish, Senor, why the uniform?”
“One must get through the lines of
Spain; this uniform has bor-
rowed for the occasion, and the for-
mer owner of it doubtless nurses a
broken I smiled reassuringly,
but met no response
“Your
Now tell me, if your desire to serve us
preserve you,
pass,
he eves
Loren
been
head.”
in his eyes
story Is
interesting,
Senor,
ig sincere, why you alded the Spanish
officer to »
What could I say?
that the Spanish
Senorita Lamartina, flancee of C
and that I, comi
Bolivar,
her back to the safety of the Spanish
lines? Could I have hoped to
him believe such a preposterous tale?
“Perhaps,” sald the
what he must have considered a suffi.
wait, “perhaps
was
escape,”
Could 1 tell him
officer was
onel de Fuentes,
to offer service to
cient this
of yours
COMPANEro
the Dauphin in
guise—eh?"
“We might
the Dauphin®
He offered
“Tucay
flavor
call
hopelessly,
another mirthless smi}
Senor left
has an ey
and the blood
be requ
nn,
in the mouth
many Spaniards will ired
fixed me w
» He )
an accpsing eve “Who
wash it out trat
sent
here?
“Manuel,” said 1
He gasped. “You sas
er
Manuel sent
YOu
“Ase:
clever ugly
the swarthy Manuel,
sailor who happens to be
brain of Bolivar
Caracas. ™
that portion of the
operates in
“*Humph.,” he
ered
which
horse and | saw an acquisi-
his black
my
tive gleam in eves,
horse, Senor”
“Aye: a gift
“He would
don’t
from Manuel”
look well
think?
Senor,
onel, you
well, though,
exit to
“Very
tunately, 1
a colonel”
do not
“The
Senor,
ant thing to hear,
will soon possess, will
necessary.”
that smiling face of his, to
get my fingers |
passion, for he uttered a short com-
mand. and two of the llaneros grasped
me by the arms. “This officer with
the bandaged head whose safety
seemed so preciots a thing to
Senor, you do not tell me who he is
“The Dauphin will as well as
anyone,” said I
“Very well; one life is little enough
to spend to save the Dauphin. I con
gratulate you. The sun, Senor, is
just coming over the rocky crest of
yonder mountain-—an excellent time
indeed. You may view it as you die,
It is more than many a poor Vene-
zuelan has been permitted to do”
The soldiers must have anticipated
the wishes of their coldnel, for a
squad of eight swung into line be.
tween us and the sun, turned to face
me, grounded their gins, and waited.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
you,
-
do
SOOOOOOOOOO
Claim
It is not generally known that the
persimmon tree is a native of New
England, having been found apparent.
ly wild in Rhode Island and Connecti.
cut. It is much better known and more
beautiful down south, where it is an
orchard tree,
Unfortunately it ls net hardy enough
around Boston to produce the fruit, al
though It is fairly common here and
prized for its leafage and flowers. It
is looked upon as one of the most
promising of American native trees as
a subject for experimentation and im-
provement,
“The wood of the American per.
simmon is hard and close grained,
and the so-called heartwood, which Is
go slow in forming that a hundred
years may pass before it Is definitely
developed, becomes almost black in
old Individuals,” says J. G. Black In
the Arnold Arboretum bulletin, “It is
from trees of this genus, which Is
known to include from 175 to 200
named species, that the ebony of com-
merce Is derived, particularly from
the variety found In Indian and Cey-
lon and In the Dutch East Indies.”
The persimmon in the north, here
in American, often pasdés unnoticed
among many other trees of different
families, but with somewhat similar
follage, The bark Is dark gray or
brown tinged with red, and is deeply
divided into thick, square plates. —
Boston Globe,
Take Him a Distance
“We have In England today a name
ber of young musicians who should go
far,” declares a composer, One of
them lives uvext door to us—~Hu
morist,
New
HOT
———— wellbore
Current
UR eminent statesmen are con-
verging on Washington already
in preparation for the session of con-
gress that opens In December, and each
one seems to have his
own ideas of what
should be done to
save the pation, The
remedies they are
ready to propose are
ns various as the men
themselves, and at
lenst some of those
that are not
dently put forward for
the i fur-
ther embarrassing
troubled
administration may
be worth considering. President Hoo-
ver, it Is reliably reported, hasn't yet
made up his mind what it best to be
done, and his hold
widely divergent views,
James M. Beck, Republican repre-
sentative from Pennsylvgnla, Is al-
ways listened to respectfully, and now,
on his return from a trip to Europe,
he has a lot to say. He decided the
plight was due to “excessive taxation
for socialistic purposes and fears the
United States is in grave danger of
being led same road.
Beck suggests present exsam-
ple of the British should be followed
by the formation of a coalition leader-
ship ef Repul
too evi-
urpose of
gy
J. M. Beck,
an already
cabinet members
into the
5 '
that the
licans and Democrats In
’
ongress for the purpose of “abolish-
two bi ( Ars an-
pually could be saved by temporarily
suspending
and by
sinking fund requirements
such governmental
the farm board, numer-
ous bureaus of the Departments of Ag-
riculture, Commerce and Labor and va-
rious commissions consecrated to pa-
ternalistic care of th itizenry in
their occupation
He
gerapping
and in thelr homes,
additional kind
e CONgress pro-
18
favors only
He would ha
nounce light wines and
cating In fact, which
done cons
one
v
i beer nonintoxi-
h n such bever
ha estimal« would
billion dol
bring
ars of revenue
HAT amazing story of the defalea-
tions of Walter E Wolfe, manager
mriment of the Con-
tinental Iilinois bank
made almost
ment from Arthur Reynolds, cha
of the board of directors.
of Chicago, was
complete by an announce
irman
le said that
during twelve years Wolfe had stolen
£3.666 020.00, which his
bezzlement the second largest in
em-
Amer.
The bank is covered by insurance
reserves
$£1.600020 was made,
stated, Fe expressed the
opinion, however, that this entire
amount, over and above the Insured
for the balance of
Mr. Rey-
(Gossip about national politics now
includes concerning
man shall succeed Senator
Simeon D. Fess of Chilo as chairman
of the Republican na-
tional committee, It
is granted that Mr.
Hoover can have a re
nomination If he ©
wishes it, so his
choice will prevall as
to the manager of
the campaign. The
one definite state
ment to date Is that
of the Boston Post,
to the effect that for
mer Senator William
M. Butler of Massa-
chuseits has been approached by close
friends of President Hoover regarding
his acceptance of the place. He was
chairman during the administration of
President Coolidge and directed his
campaign. The Posi says Mr. Butler
was recently a week-end guest at the
Rapidan camp and recommended
Charles D. Hilles for the place. It
was after this that he was himself
asked if he would accept the chair
manship.
Some of the statesmen in Washing
ton are talking of the availability of
Lawrence C. Phipps, former senator
from Colorado, as chairman, Those
who favor hifi urge that his great
wealth would help the committee in
raising the large campaign fund that
will be needed, Mr. Phipps maintains
a handsome home in Washington. All
this Is long-distance talk, for the na-
tional committee does not meet until
December, when it will choose a date
and city for the 1082 convention.
discnsgion
who
WwW. M, Butler,
NATIONAL Relief Director Gifford
and his committee are as busy
as bees co-ordinating the efforts of
state and municipal governments to
meet the job of earing for the unem-
ployed next winter, President Hoo
ver has added many names to the
advisory board, so it now includes a
great number of the country’s leading
men in all lines. It was believed these
advisers would soon be called In mes.
sion,
Labor day gave occasion for numer.
ous expressions concerning the sgitua-
tion by labor leaders, cabinet mem-
bers, congressmen and others. In gen-
eral the dole idea was condemned, but
many agreed with William Green, head
of the American Federation of Labor,
who asserted that work must be pro-
vided the idle by industry. Governor
Murray of Oklahoma, speaking at Chi-
engo, vehemently attacked Wall Street
and the International bankers, charg-
ing them with having upset the economs-
fe structure of the country, He called
for a new deal in 1932 for the labor
ers and common people and freer lend-
His talk
q
esting him-
ing to the producing classes,
80 nded as If he were si
self for President, as the ididate of
a new party, for he d Repub-
licans and Democrats alike. So watch
out for “Alfalfa Bill"
the
V JHILE
with rubber
to disperse a mob of jobless men
and Communists, British parliament
opened its special ses-
gion called to try to
balance the budget.
After the usual speech
from the throne had
been read, Prime Min.
ister MacDonald, head
of the new
government, offered a
motion that the house
resolve itself into a
the
assalle
London Bobbles
batons struggled
putional
it
ittee of
A for
vhole the speedy
sage of the econ-
King George. r measures devised
the He
fn division,
tion was
of confidence.
’ 4
cabinet. insisted on
stating 10 resoly-
as fi test
The result of the vot-
considered
ing gave
of
the government a majority
rh
50, the figures being 300 for and
o50 against it. The Conservatives and
most of the Liberals lined up with
MacDonald, as did twelve members of
the Labor party. Sir Oswald Moseley
and his “new party”
tion,
were in opposi-
together with Arthur Hender-
son's Laborites,
The
Taxes.
standard rate
or
per cent,
Beer-Increased
American cents) a
Leaf tobacco
16 cents)
{two
Increase ght pence
a pound. forms of
proportion y. i
pence (4
tobaceoo
Increased two
a gallon
Entertainment
Gasoline
cents)
Movies and legiti-
nate theaters, Increased 16 2-3 per
cent
Total new taxes this year,
£400,000, 0003,
$202 500, -
000 ; next year,
Savings.
Dole—Cut 10 per cent.
Police wages—Cut to =a
scale upward from five
(about £1.25) a week.
School teachers’ wages—Cut 15 per
cent.
Civil servants of all kinds, from cab-
inet ministers down-—Pay cuts rapging
as high as 20 per cent.
Heavy reductions in outlay for de-
services, education and road
sliding
shillings
fense
fand.
An interesting Incident was the an-
nouncement by King George that he
of £2350000, which
list is the
to the crown,
Queen Mary and other members of
the royal family joined the King's re-
quest for cuts in their parliamentary
grants, and the prince of Wales, who
derives his income solely from his
duchy of Cornwall, estimated to be |
about $350.000 per year, announced he
intended to contribute $50,000 to the
national exchequer,
OWELL Bayles of Springfield,
Mass, who a few years ago was
a miner working underground, is the
pew American king of the air, for he
won the Thompson trophy race at the
national air races in Cleveland, mak-
ing the new record of an average
speed of 236 miles an hour In his Gee
Bee supersportster over the 100 mile
closed course. His money reward was
£0200, Among the seven rivals he
beat was Maj, Jimmy Doolittle, whose
achievements at the meet earned for
him £10000. Of the women flyers
Mrs, Mae Haizlip of 8t. Louis was the
Liggest money winner, her share being
1.750. John Livingston of Aurora,
1il., eaptured six trophies and a lot of
coin,
ROUBLE between Japan and
China, always in the offing, seems
to be getting nearer, The immediate
reason is the shooting of Capt. Shin.
taro Nakamura, Japanese, as a spy by
Chinese troops in Manchuria some
weeks ago. The Japanese cabinet met
early In the week to consider the mat.
ter and Minister of War Jiro Minami
set forth the army's attitude, Re
cently he urged the government to take
a firm stand In dealing with the
Chinese rulers of Manchuria, who have
sought pretexts to delay answering
queries from Tokyo. The vernacular
press in Japan insists on strong meas
ures against China,
Six military planes of the Ninth
division at Kanazawa dropped 100,000
handbills that called the attention of
the nation to the danger of Japanese
interests in Manchuria being Jjeopar
dized., This is the first time the army
has taken such unusual measures. The
handbills sald:
“Countrymen, awaken.
defense is endangered.”
The nitional
HAT the members of the League
of Nations assembly termed a
“lamentable error” was rectified when
the assembly met in Geneva and
Rimost immediately
adopted a resolu:
tion inviting Mex!
co to join the league,
The first business was
the election of =n
president, and this
honor was conferred }
on Nikolas Titulescu
of Rumania, former
foreign and
now Rumanian am
bassador to Great
Pritain, Then the mat.
ter of Mexico was
taken up.
Lord Cecil of England said the ad
mission of Mexico would rectify an
error in the formation of the league,
adding “I must admit 1 personally had
a part in committing this error.” He
said the ald of Mexico was needed in
the league's efforts to solve world prob-
Jems. These sentiments were echoed
by M. Briand of France, Signor Grandi
of Italy, Curtius of Germany and
Yoshizawa of Japan, and the resoliu-
tion was adopted
While the
tribute to
ninister
N. Titulescu.
inanimously.
glatesmen were paying
Mexico, her observer at
Martinez Alba, walked
Geneva,
about the auditorium smiling and shak
is with the delegates.
accepted the in-
ion to
at her
ve Mexico
can senate
position in the league will g
prestige in other Latin
American nations.
[FOLLOWING close on the announce-
ment that the farm board will sell
15.000.000 bushels of wheat to
China comes the news that Germany
is dickering for the purchase of 200.-
000 tons from the same Of
both lots would sold on
jong term and Amer-
. ever will receive
its
source,
he
many
‘ourse
credits,
that we
cans doubt
ayment,
Of
will
whent one-half
turned into flour before It
; order to
The
the
be
leaves the Uni
pacify
shipments will be 50,000
before
American
chance to
the American mill
beet
but meet
must
be
he
will
Pa-
other
competition ; words
ing to carry
cific at the lower
we gralr
rates
ACTORS
bid by
NCEE than sixty experts on rural
i problems met at the University
of Chicago to try to formulate an
economic policy for farm relief. Their
sessions were behind doors,
but those who consented to be inter-
viewed between sessions held out lit-
{mmediate encouragement for
farmers, especially those depending
on cotton and wheat,
The policies of the farm board came
in for condemnation on the part of
many representatives, who declared
that the board's policy of discourag-
ing production of such crops a. wheat
and cotton was detrimental,
closed
tle
HILE'S naval mutiny ended al
most as suddenly as it began and
peace once more reigns in that coun-
try, officially, at least The rebels,
who objected to vari-
ous government meas
ures, held out until
the alr force went in.
to action against
them, One hundred
planes circled over
the warships held by
the mutineers, drop-
ping bombs that sank
some destroyers and
damaged the battle
ship La Torre. Then
literature vas
dropped telling the
rebels they had no
chance, so they gave up. Their of-
ficers, including Rear Admiral Gomes
commander of the fleet, were set free
and resumed thelr commands and the
craft were taken to Valparaiso and
Port Tongoy.
The government has started ar in.
vestigation into the guilt of those In-
volved, more than 2,700 enlisted men
and petty officers. Other hundreds
of men, some of them in the army,
took part in the seizure of the bases
at Talcahuano snd Valparaiso, It is
alleged that Communists stirred up
the whole affair.
The nation was generous in praise
of the conduct of the aviation division,
and attaches of embassies and lega-
tions remarked that it was the firet
time In a Latin-American revolt that
aircraft had conquered a nary to pro.
tect a government,
The sennte proposed to the eabi
net that one of the ontstanding he
roes of the rebollion, Lieut. Fernando
de la Paz be riised to the rank of
major. The lieutenant defended
single-handed the powder magasi:
at Taleahuane and killed seven in.
surgent soldiers with seven shots
when they tried to rush him,
(B 1931, Western Newspaper Union y
Rear Admiral
Gomez.