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Show CARMENoFTHERANC"O CARMENoFTHERANCO O " - ! By FRANK H SPEARMAN @ F F.nk Fank .nk nk ank . H Spoorm.n Spoormn Spoarmen . WNU Sorv Serv c Cs . grNOPSiS SYNOPSIS - Spanishr0 Spanish 0 ovner.nfnrnfa ovnernfnrnfa vner vnei vneiseveral do - hlCal8 hlCal8ran \ wealthy ealthy ei ranSpanish rnO CallIornla . ran rancho r0 refuses refuscs .ral ral ' ; . rn warnings of a rnld raid by a t tyd several ' IndIans One Oney day dayou , serra weekthe the theus oIse'lays oIselays ou pasfinallSerra finallSerra decided 10 to seek week the theIt pas yd /It It / , h hof . . finally nearby y mission for his hi5 hisiJODf.J hi5lam of Ihe the Don Dot DonIs DotU us Indians strike iJODf.J iJODfJ ly ] the ' lam " . y ed andlis and / his /lis lis t I vo youngare youn young youngretni Is U kU All from the arms of o ( thef.bIul the retni t rn " are % Monica and areallay are raJthlul . . nl maid " f.bIul fbIul . ' , ' To "he he the bills hlIls Padre Pas Pasonary PasI'Arytriend PasIArytriend 10 to allay ' . 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' pyv story 'I1g I1g ' ! g gandhd andhd and d dITcult dfeult /feult feult fFcultt fFcultttrip / trip trip across acrossa acrosshi acrossountalns a Texas to tr1and mountains from ( rom hi hiyuputhful yuputhful youthful Henry Bo lovie vie vieea ea a Texurer Texurer Tex with hI his . friends Ben Benand Benthe thepartY partY partYof and urer S of mmle IndIans India sn snho an who ho hoihaveccar Indian ihaveccar ihaveccarsi have scout scoutibf car carr4 ibf the party I1IUe little girls The ! three threeatt threeattack r4 si the two odd odduse of fifty ck the war \ ar party I : IThe attack att gir15 girls are sa\Cd sa Cd saved \ The group grouplis groupits The use and meets meetstrBugbl meetstaught out of the h Is way lis its MonIca the cIIJldren children s s1IIe s sthe trBugbl taught sre are left i \ Ith Monica and anddIY anddly 1IIe the glr15 girls Padre at a missIon and the thepQCeed theproceed dIY dly to Montcrey Monlerey Monterey Here Bo vie viees vietd viea td tdhis proceed pQCeed [ his bus ness nets for Gen Samof Sam SamoJ SamHi es commissionedH commissionedp commIssioned oJ of Texas \ who ho has an Important Imporlant messagedoc messageVea message messagetec 10 p deliver deUver da dos to 10 have Vea a look took at the wilded wildredCalifornia wild wildDca'Eamon redCalifornia tec doc CallIornla Bo vie disappears disappears'UrIIS disappearsKhans ed later and makes Khans 'UrIIS UrIIS ' e a ght gist yoars years Spanish Spanishat SpanishdId nsnce nee of a friendly 1"1 11 " , Q a n Guadalupe He fs fsby at the Rancho Carmen Carmendaugh dId by byethe the lively lpvely Carmen daugh daughDon ' the rancho s ownersaVes ownerY owner Ramon . . _ Don Dca'Eamon DcaEamon ! Vf I Don Ramon " - s life In a . aeFraneiscoh Y eFraneiscoh eFraneiscohyoa FrancIsco ! saVes gM gM1th \\1th 1th \ youthful yoa a uthful hugeuthful uthfulhteir huge grizzly hteir hteirto heir to toethe to bear bearFrancIsco ethe ethelot the Is captured In a baltle battle baltle1000an battleache acres lot 5 raiders raidersis Eo\\ Eo EoIe Boate \ Ie sets out to tols togs Indian 1000an ] ache ls gs Irienoa frleods friends friendscairlTR IrienoaCHAPTER \ CHAPTER ClL\PJER ClL PJER cairlTR mContlnued8 IIIContinued8 \ m-Contlnued m Contlnued III-Continued III Continued in - Continued Continued8 8I.S -8- 8 -8-- - - 8as 8w - - - bootle bootless search Wl with th no noII noLot noI w , I.S IS . as a II I o Of ! the Ind ans ant Da Day Daylight l1ght light was wasladvanced wasadvanced wasliJTanccd ladvanced advanced by the t me the fourco fourto tour four | en co to ered erect the canyon and Pedro Pedrorgnaled PedroKgnaled gnaled rgnaled tor for the horses horsesdng horsesLi.ng horsesLing found foundvaqueros foundragaeros foundnqiieros dng . ng back the quartette [ vaqueros ragaeros rid ng in 10 c rcles reles rcfles over overIItne overscene overKfflE IItne scene ! of the fig fight t ot of the day baa bee beeThey beL * They had counted when Bow Bowjoined BowRuined joined oDed ! them the bodies ot of elev elevled elevrd elevB"d elevBd le-d le d ! - rd ? " Ind lad ans ins but there was no noof noc [ 01 of ( Don Francisco Once more morene moreeordered morelie ne ordered eordered the party up the can canto canb canto to b p ck up the trail He hIm hImus himsat himus us sat r ding dlDg dug slo vly ahead alone aloneunder aloneunder aloneunder under a driving drIvmg rain ram rata across a alof aof a'd ad lof ' of loose rock and shale when whenfe whenge trail by bybb byect byt fe e was drawn from the bb bbeet ect eet lying IYlDg near to a clump of ofed ofM ed trees He reined remed toward It Itagam itd itd ( d again agam hes tated then sprang sprangIDS spranghi sprangi his IDS hi horse It m ght be the thebody thei thed i body of a dead Ind an But ButiIIorlook Butierlook Butxer iIIorlook ierlook look brought a shock it was wasInlD wasam wasna InlD am sodden body ot of Don Fran Franaddle Franw 10 . . saddle addle blanket was stretched on onground onEroiBid rotmd ground ( The dead lad was wased wasped wasTed ped ed in it and slung across theof the theo theot o of ! a horse and with Wlth every everyutlon everyikon everyiiition utlon ikon against agalDst ambush the so sorsemen soorsemen solorsemen rsemen orsemen made their way back backo backen backlea en o country and the ranch At AtI Ate Atlei e I a ins stence Pedro rode ahead aheadak aheadoak aheadask oak ak the news he h mself did didequal didset didid set equal to itwads itd It Itsi si d mils wads wails greeted the little caal cai ca\ ca cat \ alis alas al ! is as it approached the rancho ranchoI ranchoits ranchoata its I . ! and children made no ef of efto ofb efto to b restrain restram their grief gnef . . At the thehouse the'house thel house 'house ' door Don Ramo Ramon ; stern sternaDd sternand sternI aDd and nd b tier tter stood with Wlth Dona Donawho Donaa DonaI I , , who was supported by Car Carthe Carthe Cari the two women m 10 tears They Theyessed They'essed TheyKssed essed 'essed ' their sobs as best theyIIb they .while while ' ' . IIb hile e Don Francisco was awk awkIy awkIT Iy 1 but tenderly carried carned in by byIlTexan by'11Texan by11Texan ' II IlTexan Texan and la d on the young youngI I i own bed and in 10 his darkened darkenedsltamon darkenedD . s Ramon sltamon summoned Dr Doane Doane.dooterey DoaneAnterey .Jooterey Jooterey .dooterey dooterey . . and under his skill skilld skillaids skillads aids d . the features of Don Fran\ Fran Franas FranII FranH Fran \ as II H he lay in 10 m the candlelight candlel1ght candlelightrt candlel1ghtn candlelightLat Lat rt n ght in m h s rough coffin coffinless coffinless coffints'terrble coffintsterrble less ' terr ble more nearly natand natand nat and and , , in nn some measure more moreg moreding more"s mores gatheredM gatheredh1lll gatheredd ding " " g to those v vho ho gathered gatheredd d him h1lll bum to rec te to the prayers of oftad of"a ofa d ' ! tad " ad . . Indeed top thl the ' whole night 1 nightHie nightIhe Ihe the r vo ces ra sed sod to heaven heaventreess lereess heavenlereess icess on 00 for ( or a dear one Hour Hourgroups Hourair Hourma air groups of the household householdmaster household'master householdmaster ' master a ler and mistress to the 101 the ie servants rel reI ref eved eyed one oneer onelet oneis er let Inv In v gibes g 1 bes de the rude rue * bier bierday bierday bierrtday day ly ng rig before the mission'While mISSion mission.tile missiontile hise ' iJe 'While While . iJ e Padre Martmez Martinez and hisscan his histan e ' scan scanassistant tan can assistant intoned mtoned thea theof the ' a Hi of ! Rcqu Requ cm em the youthful vie vieed vieflied vietoned ed flied in 1D h s repose almost to towords towords to'words towords ' thoseJtiU thosesill words of consolat on to those JtiU sill JtiUmourned M mourned b h m with unceas imceas * ls bs unceasls unceasbs imceasbs Bowie BOMe had never seen " IUCh 'Sorb Sorb seenIUCh seen'Sorb ' " * IUCha 'Sorba a Cathol The1 c funeral The Theritual Theritual " ritual the marked rever reverUtt reverthe the uplifted uphfted hands of the sup ? It at supIt supat t the altar joined by thoseat thoseat those " at t mes at the altar rall- rall rail- rail rail - railwhim rallhim railhim whim him beTO heer heee beyond any spectacle he er ee witnessedDoane witnessed witnessedDoane WItnessedDoaoe Doane Doaoe spent the night at atpe " at"Pt atPt atlisle lisle BowIea BowieII " pe and sat late with BowIe Bowie'HHainon BowieHHainon ' II a Ramon mas1 Again the mas mat masthe matthe the rancho talked with the ' theabout rtout about taking over the man mant t ol of domainP11 the great domainmore domammore domain domam P11- P11 P11t - * * ! * t--- t t"e _ more - - - - - - than evcr ever I need you Bow youBow ' " "e e " e a said Don Ramon ' qUi qua qui"y quiy qUi'My quaMy 'My My " rIghtYI rightw nephew was wa'outhm waouthm my rIght YI w ' " thout ' h m Iam I am helpless ' thout Ibout helplessthout helplessIbout a"out aout " lie Be him well \ ft \ ellrugh ell nigh rugh defense defenseus us usT led fed vaquerosled vaquerosfed has T the " " handled the vaqueros vaquerosA vaquerosAmatanzas -matanzas matanzas matamas - : arranged Ie le " of ' arranged"the arrangedthe " . the h hdcs des and taUow tallow taUowvo tallowlJ1araud tallowmaraud lJ1araud maraud lJ1araudng maraudng ng ng IndIans _ - from ea , by they tbeY will be bolder encour this B partial vIctory Btardo tardo ardO , Iloa4e ngne he sa d daddress address ng rig ne vo Yo vb vbre . . W " ' II n "you you " you not also lend lend'til lendtil , ' to Ce re I to tobecome persuade " "ade ade " our Texanme Texan Texan'nano"01"6 1 hecome become becomeour " me " 001 'nano"01"6 nano016 ' ano ant aano ' as you y u have a it me iie ton t a eht ght to think th nk it over over-lnon over lnon goon overgoon Jrrow - 1J10n over1J10n lastw sa sad d Bowie at last w I Iv v ill l e anye 1 Ithank anyIthank thank decIde In any You Good n ght breakfast ghtbreakfast breakfastnext next morning and Don i t'Cho tCho ' Ramon sat down In aC aCo o O1fce olyCe t - - It If you &t t bt st & 11 II U feelpq feel 10 to ' pq pqto - < i go ahcad ahead Don "ramo ramo " Pamony Pamon " 1 y 1'lib ie 'lib lib 'libe here Pamonhere herewith ' here ere comeere e With with withInclined I T rn you "Alined Alined Inelmed Inclined " to come Don Ramon s face 1 ghted The Thedetails Thedetails Thedetails details detailsIere \ were \\Iere Iere worked out The two twc twoscouts twcscouts twoscouts scouts Pard Pardaloe aloe and S mmie mmle were wereofIered wereoffered wereoffered ' ofIered offered and later accepted work workas workas wont wontas as vaqucros vaqueros But with the undcr under undcrstandmg understanding understanding standmg standing that when the wanderlust wanderlustseIzed wanderlustseized wanderlustseized seIzed them they were tree free to head headfor headfor headfor for the mountains mountams where in factthey fact factthey tactthey they had spent most of their t me meIn mein mem In Cal California orma ormaAfter CaliforniaAfter After the difficult es had been beenlI'oned beenironed beenironed lI'oned lIoned ironed ' out Don Ramon ordered orderedhorses orderedhorses orderedhorses horses Bowie was introduced to toPedro toPedro toPedro majordomo Pedro and his vaqueros as major domo Taking Taklng Pedro Pancho Par Pardaloe Pardaloe Pardaloe daloe and the Creekwith Creek : with them Don DonRamon DonRamon DonRamon Ramon and Bowie spent hours rId rIdIng riding nding Ing over the valley and through the thehills thehills thehills hills granted by the k ng rig of Spain Spam to tohIS tohis tohis hIS favored retainer Don Ramon RamonEstrada RamonEstrada RamonEstrada Estrada grandfather to the present presentDon presentDon presentDon Don RamonDona RamonDona Ramon RamonDona Dona Maria Mana had been told of thenew the thenew thenew new arrangement She was so sopleased sopleased sopleased pleased that she hastened to Car Carmen Carmen Carmen men to tell her of the corning commg coming of ofBowIe ofBowie ofBowie BowIe Carmen looked up with a aface aface alace face almost as black as a tnunder thunder thundercloud tnundercloud thundercloud thundercloudWhy cloud cloudWhy Why Carmen protested her hermother hermother hermother mother don t you like lrke It itLike it7 it7Like ? Like It it7 ? ' exclaimed exclauned the Impetu Impetuous impetuous Impetuous ous girl An Amencano AmerIcano to come to toGuadalupe toGuadalupe toGuadalupe7 Guadalupe ? ' Could not Father have havepIcked havepicked havepicked AmencanoI pIcked anybody but an AmerIcano AmerIcanoto to take poor Francisco s place7 place place7But ? ' But Carmen was at least mistress mistressof mistressof of her feelings feelmgs and she kept them to toherself toherself toherself herself At dinner that n ght there therewas therewas therewas was present a new member of o1 the theJ 4 ' 1 I IWith J I I With a face almost as black blackas blackas blackas as a thunder cloudhousehold cloud cloudhousehold household and he was received by bythe bythe bythe the fam family y with the perfect courtesy courtesyot courtesyof of their training trammg trainmg and traditions Bow BowIe Bowie Bowle Ie le in spite of himself was a bit self selfconSCIOUS selfconscious selfconscious conSCIOUS Perhaps that was why whyhe whyhe whyhe he talked more than was his wont wont.He wontHe . . He was likewise conscious of choos choosIng choosbig choosing Ing big his words carefully m in the new newtongue newtongue newtongue tongue because of 1 I stenmg stenIng ears at atthe atthe , ' the lower end of the tableWithin table tableWithin Within a short time the rancho ranchoroutme ranchoroutine ranchoroutine ' routme routine had already become so es establ establ estabi tabl shed that the presence of BowIe BowIeseemd Bowieseemd Bowieseemd seemd a part of the consIderable consIderabledomam considerabledomain considerabledomain domam domain Pedro a full blooded MarI Mart Martposa MarIposa Manposa posa Ind an took to Bowie from fromthe fromthe fromthe the start . . Simmie Simmle told him of one onefaIrly onefairly onefairly faIrly st stiff I brush in an company11th company \\11th 11th with 11ththe withthe \ withthe the Texan Te"an Tean " and how he had taken takenstock takenstocll takenstock stock stocll of his bearing bearmg when baptIzed baptIzedby baptizedby baptizedby by a cloud of arrows In the esti estiIt estin estin- estin estination It n - ation ahon of o1 an Indian one charactenstic characterlstlc characteristic characterls characteris tlc tic ranks above all others-steadl others steadl others-steads steads otherssteadlness otherssteadsness others - steadiness ness under fire Every day Pedro Pedroand Pedroand Pedroand and his fellow Ind an vaquero Pancho Pancho Pan cho rode the valley and foothills of Guadalupe with Bowie who wno grad gradually graaually ually applied appl1ed to its better manage management managemcnt managemcnt ment mcnt the experience and practice practlce of ofa ofa ofa a Texas cattlemanOne cattlemanOne cattleman cattlemanOne One morning mornmg word came to the therancho therancho therancho rancho that the Indians had raIded raIdedthe raidedthe raidedthe the mission Two hundred horses horseswere horseswere horseswere were missing and fifteen women and andgIrls andgirls andgirls gIrls taken The storeroom was wasrobbed wasrobbed wasrobbed robbed and emptied emptled emptledSenor emptiedSenor emptiedSenor Senor Bowie v.hat vhat what . hat do you think thinkof thinkof thinkof of this raId raid7 ? ' Don Ramon asked the theTexan theTexan theTexan Texan at breakfast breillast breillastPedro breakfastPedro breakfastPedro Pedro thinks thmks this is another of ofYosco ofYosco ofYosco Yosco s jobs yobs Pedro knows these thesemountaIn thesemountain thesemountain mountaIn |