Show THE GARLAND Flame of the Border v VINGIE Ei ROE Ina Doran a Coprltt DoubUdartorvle By — crSfi-T- ness The world and all it held were gone They were headed south! Smith Mexico)! It was El Capitan toward Diablo who had her In tils grip! Yet El Capitan was — tie must be— rldlfig slowly smith somewhere In the dafk lnnd below Pondering tills she l'jw the round gold edge of the nmon fime up across the world’s far rim It rose swiftly and picked out the rugged earth In stark shadows ridges of silver Very soon her heart leaped to her throat for the ship was falling hy the nose It seemed going sharply down And then she saw some lights spread on the flat darkness — a landing Held In an Incredibly short time the feel lng of falling passed and the ship touched bmmeed caine level again lifted beautifully and came to rest The on the earth man behind her unbuckled her around her reached safety strap put his hands under her and lifted her to tier unsteady armpits feet “If you please Senorita" he said In English and Sonya climbed out Into the upreuched arms of the pilot She looked around — at a small level field a hangar another gray ship yond Ita open doors nil plainly visible In the floodlights that studded the field’s Then the two four corners and they took her arms Mexicans til walked across the lighted space and out Into the moonlit darkness beHere the yond a grove of trees of a low wide adobe house lights shone dimly a door stood open two dresses women In dark waited Inside “La Senorita" the pilot said to "You will take her them In Spanish to the guest chamber — and hear her Company” There was In the “SI” a marked last few words the older of the U1"°d k Sonya CHAPTER X —13 — Across th Rio Grande Frightened to her foundations the girl clung to the high edges of the cockpit and tried to keep herself from It wus the first time In icreamlng been off the her life she iad ever (olid earth and panic seized her The terrific roar of the powerful engine filled the universe It seemed the night iky awed her with Its vast blue empti- nd Ur"’ r EnSul'1 things" n ller smiled o°°d back Bde" h a trowD "n'ra " T"1'’ ta"k Ju D"’rnl11"’ face she for and - 8t‘nodta" the sleep veree ‘'be you ulS’i S'”‘a Kitting out undergarments Inch she had been forced to pse as nightwear “und wo u eat She washed her bands and face In ie ancient bowl where the senora had the water from poured the dried on the tmu-- Mle gave herpitcher from tier arm hen she dressed sat down by the taldp the window and fell to with a will She was young and very hungry and the excellent food put heart In her for wlmt the duy might bring It brought only the senora again to take the things awuy and the hours dragged on leaden feet She sat hy the window looking out across the yard at the tall trees of the grove through which she had come the night before at the trickle of water that flowed through It at chickens dinks and little children who played there She saw no men beard no sound of any And the day drowsed Itself away Try as she would her moiling brain not would relax Thoughts raced it on one the heels of the through Vi1'1’' of S''ld ller I'btiu other had happened to Starr Stone? was be? What would I’l do with him? With her? So It was opium which Parks had dropped at her fett In the heavy brass container — and she having seen It was What Where significance women Raid briefly “I will take good care of her” speaking Spanish as well as Sonya they listened tensely “And tender care Carlotta" the man “She Is as said smiling meaningly I like can see very beautiful you this white skin sunned though It Is the and the curls hair I am glad El Diablo cares only for pure gold blondes” “You should ait at least the master's decision as to what he likes "Hut why Manuel” the woman said did Quatro send her?” "because she caught him red handed can of ‘black molasses’ With a —the blundering fool to approach anyone with that In sight Well care for until El the pretty thing Cnrlotta Capitan returns We’ll all know more then” And with a look at Sonya from under his level black brows be bowed and left the bouse "If thee Senorita weel come weeth me" the woman said In painful English “You would eat I I rink Some wine before you sleep niehhy?” “No thank you" said Sonya her hands Site stood hesitantly before her She had no posclasped sessions to pick up She had lost Imr hat the first moment In the plane And he realized suddenly that she was weary to the Whatever bone wag to hapien to her she any by going would not help matters way to fear and worry would sleep senora" she said am very tired” The woman went to a table of dark wood and picked up a candle polished burning ateudily In a silver Sonya followed her guide down dark passage between thick whitewashed adobe walls and Into a sparoom where obi fashcious ioned furniture stood gauntly against the primitive plaster Here the woman left her and aoon returned with a pitcher of cold water and a silver cup She asked again If the senorita “I “1 anything more and finally de- parted Sonya was dismayed to hear of a bar the unmistakable falling cross the heavy door Slowly she undressed herself blew out the candle But a thought came to her suddenly nd she went softly to the one window In the deep walls It was closely barred with Iron aet bard In the old adobe — and on a little yard below the two women were just eating themselves In low chairs They were soft of manner gentle seeming nd they carried fans in the hot moonlight She was to be cured for — to the very letter of the law laid down by HanueL “1 a in on Thy lap O Lord" the girl aid Inaudihly “Thy will be done" Then she laid her tired body on the bed and went to sleep Late morning naked her or perhaps It was the sound of the bar being slid She from Its slot outside the door with opened her eyes to see the senora a little wooden tray on which were In a tiny pot lusdous Coffee steaming “They Him Have Brought Oh Back! Madre!'' a menace to them all And El Diablo took few chnncrs with those who knew too much lie— crucified them There was no mercy In that wild dark face woman who knew too much of hls was Just a source of danger to himShe mom) tin self nothing more found that the palms of her and easily hain)s were wet with sweat Darks — the bland owner of a simple store at a lost little station on the railroad Darks— who could so easily send small flat cans of contraband to New York city In crates of innocent western produce: lettuce say from the Imperial valley or even bales of hides She knew now why she hnd always disliked him why slip’ had felt a repugnance to his speech his oily handshake who hnd sent And It was Parks the little gray ship hidden no doubt on some flat among the weathered mesas south of town to take her and bring her here And what a getaway It had been! was gone comShe Sonya Savarin pletely a helpless prisoner here In an alien country In the very heart of her fate restEl Dlnhlo’s stronghold ing fu the hands of the crindest killer If only la ml In ala that turbulent Starr Stone to see her Katy permitted to comagain to look into Ids ryes of him mune once more with the sui which under all Its wrong and sin and of spiritual loss was yet the soul stead-her mate gentle and predestined And fast and Irrevocably her own she felt flint it would be so that he was coming would soon he here dire only destiny for what though heaven Itself knew So the long hot hours wore away and twilight caine and with It again the senora with more food Put Sonya could not eat this tune Larktiess fell again and once again the late round moon came up and one of the little gray ships warmed up and took off Into the starlit skies soft steps Presently there were the of women on the flagstones Just below the little noise of creaking chairs The came voices low Intonations of their softly to Sonya hy her window:did all They spoke In Spanish as the people here without regard for the white woman who seemed so alien Apparently they had not thought that she might understand the senora “It Is warm Conch it said fanning: “the heat is heavy this a" year" “Ml senora— heavy as my heart” said the older woman made for aching heart always so" "a woman’s It has been TIMES on never find relief Joe “But senora ? ' Does on not forget! Calm thyaelf “SI wlih the year There will be others" Conchlta uch “But none with uch blue eyes tpld of the balr One never can tell the GARLAND her ears far off and alow hoofs Horses' padding on hard sand striking unwind again agulnst a stone the later rattle of chain and spur- - the sounds ef riding men The women below listened in sudden Itlllness then got to their feet swiftly “Madre — look quick I” the younger ne said swiftly "there — In the stable's lantern Quince! They have light’ brought him back! Oh madre I” “I!e still” suid the senora “and If there ta no food come with me when the master Is ready the whip for lie quick" our backs Sonya leaped to her feet her hands clutching the old Iron bars her face hud There to them close pressed been something In Concha's voice when she cried “Quince! Oh madre !" which explained her tears man Verily Quince — a was raining upon her from disaster all quarters But she would not sink Whatever she would not give up seemed to be there was still behind It all the sound of Starr Stone's voice saving “I'd crawl around the world— he Whatever to change my spots'” had done whatever he hnd been he was another man now It was In hls In every tone of his eyes In his heart The past and all It meant of voice He would sin and shame were done that she change hls spots If he could knew beyond all doubting had pnssed from The newcomers sight and sound and the Mexican night above the Jewels hung Its starry And Sonya Savarin drowsing trees as the sat hy her barred window her hands clasped In hours passed her lap her face pale In the Rhndows What the morrow would bring she did not know Uneasy thoughts moiled In her She heard again the mind Servant of the Lord talking In Myra’s yard at the danoe at the Neldllngers’ One— “Beelzebub — and the danger where they passed by — a dark form hung on a cross” In the warm night She shivered hugged her arms across her breast Innocent One” the mnd “Beware old man had said— and here was hls Here was the goal warning fulfilled toward which site had turned her face when she had looked In Irrevocably Starr Stone's eyes and followed him In spirit All the good past all her work and her services all the sane and precious things of ordinary life were so like much chaff In the wind gone because a man had looked at her with wild blue eyes and she had turned and followed Now that man rode by out there In the dusk of an alien land a prisoner she sat trembling here a prisoner also and the morrow held their fate The morrow and El Capitan Diablo CHAPTER XI The Empty Desert Back at the adolie house of Serge Savarin stark tragedy held sway The sheep man himself was hardly accountable raging with fear and anat a s to ger bewildered entirely understand hls sister's dlsappearerice No one had seen her No one hut Hosteen Nez and a youth from Bad canyon who had stopped to talk with her about the sickness That had been In the morning And before midday Darks at the store Miss Savarin hnd been In — pretty late — for some small purchases He watched Serge narrowly as he told him that Didn’t they find the In her Some things saddlebags? thread and two rolls of adhesive tape Yes Serge They would be there were they But here Mr Marston had stepped forward and Parks had looked at him sidewise with guarded eyes Was Miss alone? Savarin Had Darks noticed which way she rode when she left? Alone yes Young Doctor Sonya was Darks had never always alone her riding with anyone Since this was the last place she had been seen would he Mr Parks mind If they looked about the store a bit? Looked about hls store? Just what did they mean! A tide of red had come flowing up along the usually pasty checks of the storekeeper meant nothing They only to look about the last (dace a missing girl had seen alive been admittedly If they meant to Insinuate — Parks was deadly cold Was be They Insinuated nothing averse to their looking? Lock all tbpy No! Parks exploded pleased TO HE CpN'TINUltO told for Busy Headers Hujrtfsg n CASH FOR TRAIN NOISE POPULATION INCREASE 3000 MEN FIGHT FIRES HELP FOR CITY STREETS (L VOTERS vi Ovarstady HOME IDA— The resi-- dents of this city are complaining again against the excessive lng of trains which puss through here during the night SALT LAKE CITY UT— The 19th national ram sale will he hi Id here September 11 and 32 BOISE IDA — Attorney General Miller has ruled In an opinion that Introduction of vitamin “1)” Into milk does not constitute adulteration SALT LAKE CITY UT— A total of $1583000 In agricultural adjustment administration crop will he lectived payments by Utah farmers before the end of 1995 according to a dispatch from Washington SALT LAKE CITY UT— Anticipating possible legislation making the program the state ( osslhle road commission Is listing Utah and their stre t municipalities for spendmileage as groundwork ing part of Utah gasoline taxes on city streets The move was fostered by the Utah State Municipal league convention nt Richfield recently MONTICEILO UT— Four thousand or more cattle are expected to be shipped from this district as a part of the drouth relief campaign LAKE CITY UT— SALT of the depression the national drouth aud a decreasing birthrate the population of Utah la still Increasing according to the census bureau of the Untied States The of commerce department census bureau has made Its population estimate by states as of July 1 1931 The figure for Utah Is 620000 as lompared with the state's populat'on as revealed by the 1930 census of 507817 OGDEN UT— During the pn summer fires have burned er 00000 acres In the national forests says C N Wo: ds assistant It has cost the regional fo' ester forest service $150000 to fight the fires as many as 30:i0 men having been employed as fire fighters during the season The mnjorlty of the men were drawn from the various CCC camps thus taking them away work on from their constructive various pmje-tFAIRVIEW IT— The drouth In Pnnpete was so severe that carrots for use ns gopher bnlt had to from Utah county he Imported has always been noted Sanpete for Its carrot crops but has none for 1994 anI T— The seventh LOGAN nual convention of the Future Farclosed a mers of America sbslon at the Utah State Agricultural college recently in Utah and Idaho schools were represented by 730 boys at the convention the UT— In SPRINGVILLE neighborhood if 700 cans of vegetables from the community gardens have been canned this season at the operated under community kitchen the FERA BOISE IDA— The Fanlff camp now being built on the St Joe rlv-- i r In northern Idaho will house 225 transients next winter The camp la being enlarged from capacity to 225 A central camp may be placed at Nampa TWIN FALLS IDA— Re(orts of fine fishing In streams In southern and eenlrnl Idaho are coming In from Fportsmrnf who have covered the entire territory this season The Snake river Is rated one of the in the finest fishing streams country It Is open all year and fine catches are reported SCOFIELD UT— Owners of the the property In this city will pay highest rate of taxation In the state this year $018 per thousand BOISE IDA— The public utilities commission has ordered a hearing on the Mackay Water company 20 to fix rates The for September hearing Is based on the complaints of residents of the city that serIs vice Inadequate and rates excessive MAGNA UT — During the past few w eks 1200 persons of Magna and Garfield have been Inoculated for typhoid fever BALT LAKE CITY UT— Mori than one third of all property tax eg assessed In Utah this year will be paid by mines and public util! tics s tabulation hy the state tax commission Indicates The commls sloh has fixed their 1934 valnatiori an Increase of lftf at $173224738 per cent over the 1933 valuation The tabulation shows the assessed valuation of all other taxable In the state this year was re dueed to $339404 55fl or 3 74 per cent under the 1933 total MTX SOME “What Is your Idea of disinterested patriotism?" “A brass band" answered Senator “It wjll play with equal Sorghum enthusiasm for any kind of a politto get ical procession that manage the right of way" of i —Briefly LIKE Scraps Intermountain News “Perhaps future” No" said “there will Conch ta And once I was never be another In hi arms lived good for him— held not ee he does Now n bla kisses He me with hls eye that stare ahead but still pushes me one side— gently me away" puts "He has “H’m" said the senora Best look at a teen another child One does not new man — to forget build a new fire from dead ashes Say Concha and ask the Virthy prayers new man one gin Mary to send you a with blue eyes to make you forget “No” said the other weeping "never another — with blue eyes” unSonya by her window stirred easily She felt abashed to listen yet there was nothing she could do since she would not let them know she underAnd then out of the alienee stood nut of the vast diapason of seemingly that made that sounds Inaudible struck lightly on silence something UTAH GARLANir UT— Some of the Indians of Box Elder county report the autumn leaves are turning to be a In the hills believed certain sign of an early winter with severe storms ThE Indians ever since the early days have been forenoted for their accuracy In casting the weather UT —TeleSALT LAKE CITY phones at the state capital have been put on the dial system elimithree full lime operators nating and one part time operator and saving the state $3 000 annually that - BELIEVE IT OR "A man must be a student all bis days to bold a position like yours" remarked the admiring constituent “That Is very true" answered Senator Sorghum “and like a student 1 get so weary of hard lessons that I am going to organize a movement to include a sports page In the ConRecord” — Washington gressional NOT A dear old lady was shocked at the lurid language of two electricians who In her were working house am) complained to the comIn due course the two men pany were sent for and asked for an ex- Star planation His Idea “Well sir" said one “It was like tills I was up the ladder and I let Sunday School Teacher— Why waa the hot lead fall on Bill It went It that David said he would rather down hls neck And Bill he said to be a doorkeeper In the house of the ' me Ton really will have to be more Lord! careful Jack’ " Bright Boy— So he could go outside If he didn't like the sermon-Pathfinder And H Cot Away With It Mngazlne "Your confounded hair restorer has made my balr come out more Unutterable Emotion than ever I” growled the customer “Now then what should a polite “Ah you must have put too much little boy soy to a lady who has 1" replied the given him a cent for carrying her barber “Made the hair come all the grip?" “I’m too polite to aay It madam" way out instead of only halfway” —Boston Transcript NO HURRY Dining to Discord “Society" said Mlsa Cayenne “reminds me of a minstrel show” “Where they say Gentlemen be seated’?” “Yea Only they say ‘Ladles be And seated' then the 'music' starts i" Killed Off Sarcastic Boss — So you want to I suppose get off this afternoon your grandmother la dead Office Kid— Naw she ain't but that gag of your Is a dead one— Brooklyn Eagle Doubtful Film Star (newly married)— And your home! Bridegroom— It la precious "Say It looks mightily familiar Are you sure I haven't married yop before !’— London this Is “I could teach you to swim In lessons” “Rut 1 don’t want to learn We’re going to be here fast couple of months" three that for a Contract Caaualty Two men were getting ready for a dip In r swimming pool “Your shins are la pretty bad one “Hockey shape" remarked player?" “Oh no" was the reply “1 Just led back my wife’s weak aulL" Even Up Dorothy — It must be quite three saw you lash I hardly years since knew you you have aged so Doreen— Well wouldn’t have known you either except for that dress Another Side "That fellow Is highly educated He must be smart” "Oh he may be” responded the man In the street “But he worries over things that I never heard of"— Louisville How About Itf Housewife (to subscription salesman)— No we don’t want no magazines We don’t want no nothin Salesman— How about a cheap grammar! ‘Tve Infallible Idea got s new Fortune In It" “What now!” “It’s an alarm clock that emits the Evidence do Mother — Jane If delicious odors of frying bacon and you know Johnny has come home from school fragrant coffee" — Boston Transcript yet? haven’t seen Jane — I think so Why Not? him but the cat Is hiding under the Wide — I can’t afford an operation stove now No Hubby— you’ll Just have to talk about the old one for another Just a Vacuum Frosh (knocking at senior’s door) year 4 —You told me to call you In time for Poor Kitty your first class but I didn’t wake up “Your grandfather seems to be a It’s ten o’clock now your myself class Is over and you can sleep ss little hard of hearing” "A little Why once he conductlong as you want ed family prayers kneeling on the caL” Juit Practicing “But I’ve been told that you have HIS PREFERENCE to three other girls qnlte proposed recently" said the maid In view of “Oh mere rehearsals to you dear" snld the proposing man HopeUn Cut Blinks — I hear Jim's gone plumb goofey Jinks — Y'es the poor chap’s mind has become as unbalanced ns the national budget — Cincinnati Enquirer Maybe So Fred — Mother was there this old bottle? Mother — Why no That was glue Fred — Maybe that’s why I can’t get my hat off In Tears Not in Order “My husband has run off with another women conOh I Just trol myself!" “You mustn't try dearie You’ll feel better after a good laugh" Easily Satisfied "But I couldn't give you enough work to keep you occupied” “Missus you’d be surprised wot a little It tabes to keep me occupied" — Sydney Bulletin Mr Spoon— What kind of bells do you prefer? Mr Bell (who has a nagging wife) —Dumb bells! Just So Uncle— My boy you must never bite the band that feeds you Boston Boy — Certainly not uncle It would be a hazardous undertakThe hand Is almost certain to ing be covered with deadly bacteria Too Early to Show Elation Affable Friend — You are not looking too bright today You The Other— No I mustn’t see the doctor baa ordered my wffe away and If I look pleased she won’t go |