Show Name Flame of the Border By VINGIE E ROE ROB CoP rl ht Doran Co inc Ino ServIce CHAPTER X 13 Across the Rio Grande to her ber foundatIons the girl clung to the high edges of the cockpit and trIed to keep herself from screaming It was the first fir time In her life she had ever er been off the solid loUd earth and panic seIzed her The I terrific roar of the powerful engine fined filled the erse it seemed the nIght sky n cd her wIth Its vast ast blue De ness 1 1 he world and aU all It held were gone one They The were headed south I South toward l Ie It was as Cl CI CapItan Diablo who ho had her In his grIp I 1 et ct I I Capstan w he gs-he must be- be h south somewhere In the dark ar below PonderIng thus she sass the round gold edge ot of the moon come tip lip across the arId worlds s far rim It rose ro c swiftly and picked out the rugged rugg-ed earth In stark starl shado s rIdges of direr V Very er Soon oon her hc hart ut leaped to het hel C throat t for the shIp was as falling by the nose It seemed going sharply down And then she saw some spread on the flit a landing field In nD an incredIbly short time the thc feel feeling feelIng ing of falling pissed p and the shIp time me le level leal al again touched bounced lifted beautifully and came to rest reston reston on the earth The man behind ller her around her unbuckled her safety strap shap put his hands under her armpits and lifted her to her unsteady feet It you please Senorita he be saId In English and a climbed out into the up reached arms of the pilot She looked ed at around a small le lee leel el elfield field a hangar another gray shIp beyond be- be beyond yond Its open doors all plainly visible in the floodlIghts thit studded the fields field's four corners Then the two Me tool her ber arms and they the nIl all walked across the lighted space and out Into the moonlit darkness be- be berand beyond yond rand a grove of 01 trees Here the lights of a low wIde adobe house shone dImly i a door stood open t two 0 omen omen in dark loW necked dresses W Sy Inside La Senorita the pilot said to them in Spanish You will take her herto herto to the guest chamber and bear her company There was a marked significance In n the last few words SI the older of the women said brIefly I will take good care of her So Sonya ya speaking Spanish as well as they listened tensely And tender care Carlotta the man Laid ald smiling She Is as fOU can see very beautIful I like this white skIn sunned though It Is end and the curls In the hair I am glad El 1 DIablo cares only for pure gold blondes You should waft alt at least least the mss mas master's ter's decision as to what he be likes Manuel the woman said But why hy did Quatro send her hers Because she caught him red handed with a five ft can of black molasses the blunderIng fool to approach any ne with that In sight Well care for foE forthe the pretty thing Carlotta until El EI returns We Well II aU all know more then II And with a look at Sonya Son a from fromander tInder ander hIs level black brows he bowed and left lert the house It If thee Senorita weel come w me the woman saId In n painful Eng lisp You would eat Some wIne before you sleep uNo No thank you said Sonya She stood hesItantly her hands clasped before her She had no pos pas possessions sessions to pick up She had lost her hat the first moment in the plane And the she realized suddenly that she was Weary to the bone Whatever was as to happen to her she Would not help matters any by gh ing way to fear and n worry orry I would sleep senora she said I l am very tired The woman went to a table of dark polIshed wood and picked up a candle burning steadily In a Sil wiser er candle candle- candlestick stick Son Sonya a followed ed her fulde down Ji IQ dark passage between een thick white whitewashed v washed adobe walls alls and into a spa dous dons high celled room where old fash Toned furniture stood gauntly agaInst the primitive plaster Here the woman left tier her and soon returned with a pItcher of cold water ater and a er cup She asked again Lt If the senorita de desired sired Ired anything more and finally departed de departed parted Son Sonya va was dIsmayed to hear the unmistakable falling failing of a bar across cross the heavy hedvy door Slowly she un undressed undressed dressed herself blew out the candle But a thought came to her suddenly and she went softly to the one In in dow dow In the deep walls aUs It was ns closely barred Iron sk s t hard tn In the old and adobe on a little stone flagged yard ard below the two women were just seating eating themselves In low chah chairs s They Were soft of manner gentle seeming fad and they carried fans In the hot bot moon moon- lIght moonlIght She was to be cared for to the very ery letter tetter ot of the law laid dos do don n by I aw ati on Thy lap 0 Lord the girl said latel Inaudibly Thy will be done Thea hen she laId her tired body on the bed and went to sleep Late morning waked her ber or perhaps It was the sound of the bar being slid from its Slot ou outside the door She opened her eyes to see the senora wIth witha a lIttle wooden tray on which were steaming Ina In It tiny pot luscious I fruIt eggs In a cup and breed made of some da dark k flour The woman smiled at her with n a crinkling or of all her brown face and Sonya Sona smiled hack Good morning senora she said In English I 1 thank you au for these things Good mornIng senorita the worn nn an I I ope you sleep Seree fine les 1 ec I 1 did said Sonya getting out of the bed In her plain which she had been bO forced to use as nIght and I eM eat She washed hed her h and face In Inthe the Ule ancient hon bowl I ss litre huc the senora head had poured tie the from rom the pitcher dried on the towel she gase gl e her from flam her arm I she dressed sat sut do down don dob n bs b the table near the Iron hared ed In w In dow dose and md fell feB to Ith n a will IH She was young and hen en hungry and the ee e food put heart In her for whit the miglE bring It brought only the senora agaIn to take tile the thins l and the hours dragged on leaden feet She sat by bythe bythe the window looking out across the stone yard ard ut at the tall trees of the gl e d through which site hc hilt had come the night before nt at the trickle le leof of water that flowed through It It ducks s and little bliek h haired children who played there She saw no men heard no sound of an any And the gas drowsed drol dro l Itself nv m Try ns as she would her moiling brain hr not rela Thoughts raced through it it one on the heels of the theother theother other What had happened to Starr Stone Where was as he What would Ill Ct tan do with Uh him WIth her So It was as opium which Parks hid dropped It her feet In the heavy y brass bras con talner Ind she hl haling Ing soon It was nas wasy r y TJ z r 4 k l J 1 IE They Have Brought HIm Backe Oh Madre a menace to them an all And El l Diablo took few chances with those who ho knew too much crucified He-crucified them was no mercy In that wild dark face of hIs A woman oman who ho knew too much was just a source of at danger to hIm himself self nothing more She mo moed ed un en uneasily easily and found that the thc palms of her hands were ere wet with S the Parks bland owner of n a simple store at a lost lIttle lithe station on the cross continent railroad who Parks could so easily send small flat fiat cans of contraband to New York city In crates of Innocent estern produce produce- lettuce say from the Imperial alley Salley or esen een bales of hides She knew now hy she had always s disliked him she had felt a repugnance nce to his speech his oily hand handshake hahe And It was Parl Parks s who had sent the little gl gray ay ship hidden bidden no doubt doubton doubton on some flat fiat among the weathered me mesas as south of town ton to n to tale take her and brIng her here And what a get away It had ben been I She Sonya Son a Sa was as gone corn com a helpless prisoner pt here In Inan inan an alien country In the er heart of ofEl El Cl stronghold her fate rest restIng resting Ing in the hands of the cruelest killer In an all that turbulent land If only onh rate permitted her to see Starr Stone again to look 1001 Into hIs eyes e es to corn com commune mune once more w Ith the soul of him whIch under an all Its a rong and lIld sin and spiritual loss was wac yet Ht the soul of her ber predestined mate gentle and ste stead steadfast td fast and Irre her own And she felt feU that It would be so that lie he was coming would soon be here though for what hat dire destiny only en beasen lt itself kness So o the long hot hours wore ore av a and twilight came and with It again the senora with more food nut But Sonya Son a could not eat this time Dill Darkness kness fell again and once again the late round moon came up and one of the little gray ships warmed armed up and took tooh off olf Into the thc starlit skies Presently there were ere the soft steps of women omen on the flagstones just below the little noIse ot of creaking chairs The Thelow Thelow low intonations of theIr came softly to Son Sonya a by her window They poke In Spanish as did nil all the people here without regard for tor forthe the white bite woman oman who seemed so alien aUen Apparently they had not thought that she might understand It Is warm Conchita the senora saId fanning fanning the the heat Is beasy y till thus ear ear S1 I senora heavy ns as my heart Muchacha said the older oman w ornan a a womans woman's heart is 18 made for tor tithing aching tt it has been always so nut But does docs one le leer er And renora Does Docs one not for forget SI with the years fears Calm thyself There will be others But none with such blue eyes such gold old of the hair Perhaps ps One DC er can tell the future 1 0 saId ConchIta there never be another And once I was good for hIm held to In huts his arms ll lined ed O hIs kisses low Auw he does not see me Uti his bIs eyes e es that stare ahead ahe ld lIe pushes lushes me one side gently but still sUll puts me awn II m saId the senora lie He has hasteen teen another child chUd nest Best look 1001 nt at a ahers hers man to forget One does not build a new fire from dead ashes Sav UI Concha nod and o ask k the Vir Virgin gin I to send you a nE new W roan one 1 Ith blue e eyes e to make you ou fOI forget get o I 1 0 s slid dd the thc other w Weser ne er another tIt blue C lS Sonya by her hr window stirred un en She he felt abashed to listen yet there t ass us nothing she could do since she would 1 not let them knoss kno she under understood stood tood And then out ot of the silence out of the last 1st on of sounds that made th t at somethIng struck lightly on her ber el ears rs Horses hoofs far ort off and slow padding on hard s Ind striking now and ond again against a stone the liter r of chain and spur the sounds of riding men menThe I The he women below belo listened In sudden then got to their feet S tool Madre quick l I the younger oung-er oung said s in there there-In the light light- QuInce I They hue have brought ht him bUtt back I Oh madre lc Pe till still said the senora and and come corne w Ith me If there Is no food when the tH master Is ready the whip hip for our backs Be quick bOD Sonya I leaped to her feet her hinds clutch clutching In the old Iron bal bal- bai her face pres pressed ed close to them There had been heen something In Concha s olce when hen she crIed Quince I 1 Oh madre I w Bich e her tears Quince Quince-a blue eyed man VerIly disaster dl was lS raining upon her from all quarters But she would not sink sInh she would not gise e up Whatever er seemed to be there was ns still behind It all the sound of Starr Stones Stone's olce saying I d crawl around the world world- to change my mv spots I Whatever er he had done er he had been lie he was another min now It was as In his hise e eyes es In his heart In every tone of his voIce The past and nIl all It meant of SID and shame were ere done lle He would change his spots pots If f he could that she knew beyond nIl all doubting The newcomers had passed from sight and sound and the Me night hung Its starry jewels abose e the drowsing trees And Son Sonya a Sl sat by her barred window as ag the hours passed her hands clasped In her lap her ber face pale tn in the shado S What the morrow would bring she shedId shedid dId not know Uneasy thoughts moiled In her ber mInd She heard again the Sr ant of the lord I ord talking In Myras Myra's yard nt at the dance at the Beelzebub and the Blue ed e One One- danger where they passed by-a by dark form hung on a 8 cross She ered In n the warm night hugged bugged her ber arms across her breast Beware Innocent One the mad old man had and aid here was as hIs warning fulfilled Here was as the goal toward to she had turned her face irrevocably Irre when she had looked In Starr Stone Stones s eyes and followed him himIn himin In spIrIt All the good past all her work ork and her services all the sane and precious things ot of ordinary lIfe were gone like so much chart chaff In the wind wIDd because a man had looked at her with wild blue eyes and she had turned and follo followed ed Now ow that man rode by out there in inthe inthe the dusk of at an alien land a prisoner she sat trembling here a prisoner also and the morrow held their fate The morrow and El CI Capitan DIablo CHAPTER XI The Empty Desert Back nall at the adobe house of Serge Sl arID stark tragedy held s sway lYe The sheep man himself n was as hardly accountable raging with fear and nn an anger ger be entirely nt at a loss to understand hIs sIster S No one had h seen he her No one but fez l and a youth from Bad nad on who had stopped to tall talk with th her about the sickness That had been in the morning before midday And Parks at the store Miss boss Sa had been pretty In-pretty late for some small purchases He snatched Serge narrowly as he told hIm that Didn't they find the things In her saddlebags Some thread and t to ta a rolls of e tape They The Would auld be there 1 les es Serge re- re remembered remembered the they n were ere nut But here Mr Ir Marston had stepped for forward ard and Parks hid looked ut at him sidewise lse with guarded e eyes es Was Miss alone Had Parks noticed which way ay she rode hen w hen she left Alone yes loung Doctor Son Sonya a was W alone Pari Parks had never seen her rIding Ith nn anyone one Since thIs was the last price she hold had been seen would he be Mr Parks mind if 1 they looked about the store a bt bit Looked about his store Just what dId they mean A tide of red had come ao flowing Ing up along the usually pasty cheeks of the storekeeper They meant nothing only to look about the last place n a missing girl had been seen aliee e If they meant to Insinuate Insinuate- Parks v was deadly cold 1 he InsInuated nothIng Was he as heas erne ere to theIr looking 1 Iro 0 I Parks exploded e Look ull they pleased TO D ng U D |