New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
HOLBROOK BLINN, as
4 the Bad Man, indulges
In q little qdstronomic eU-
efciSe

e1clSe
Lopez talks so unconcernedly about
killing people and asks:
Lucia-Does life mean so little TO
you as that?
Lopez-Lifes To be ere. xat Is life.
Not to be here, Eat Is death. Life Is
little thing unless it is ones own.
Lucia--You do kill prisoners, then 7
Lopez-Sure.
Lucia-You do!
Lopez-Certamente. You capture ze
prisoner. You have no Jail to put i'm
IN. You cannot pack i'm around wiz
you. II you let i'm go he come back
to fight you again. So you kill him.
Lucia-But it seems 80 cold blooded.
Lopez-To you, perhaps. It is ze
difference between zose who live in
safety and zose who live in danger.
In safety you ave re bill to pay. You
pay it and you forget it. In danger
you ave enemy to kill. You kill i'm
and forget i'm. Sabe?
Lucia-It's too horrible.
Lcpez-Ees life.
A Discriminating Slayer
Lucla-I never knew life was like
that.
Lopez-Because you ave never really
lived. Because you ave been alwavs
protect by ozzers. I kill only men.
And only evil men. And when l kill
evil man 1t makes me very 'appy. For
| ave did a good deed.
Lucia-But who decides whether q
man is good or evil?
Lopez dol
The cook serves food and Lopez
forces Lucia to wait upon him. car
rylng on continuous dialogue.
Lopez-Tell me, Sonora. ave vop
never been in free country?
Aucia--A free country.
Lopez-Like Mexico, for instance.
Lucla-Don't you call the United
States q free country7
Lopez-The United States-Bah! Ees
the most unfree country that Ia. Every
man, every woman, is slave--slave to
law, slave to custom, slave to eyerv
sing. You get up such time; eat such
Tune. Ever day you work such time.
every night you 60 to bed snch time.
and Madrc di Dios, every week YOU
take bath such timei And You call
II frea country! Ees only one free
country. Ees one in which man does
as he dam rleass. Like Mexico.
Mexico's Fine Laws
Lucis-Havsn't you any laws In Mex.
leo?
Lopez-We ave. 70 best.
Angela-But you Just said----
Lopez-They are ze best because each
man makss them for imself. Not like
New York. Where everybody tells you
what you cannot do until zere Is nossinr
left what you want to do.
Angela-You've been in Now York;
Lopez--When was agent for Made
70. live at 70 big hotel ave plainly
money. Ess no dam prohibition. I ret
dronk. I ave ell Of time. Sure. seq
IN ALL
Angela-And you don't like It,
Lopez~Like it? It. makes me seeck
Each beautiful woman what see ave
'usband what Is afraid for 'er. Each
falne / get dronk comes big policeman
which 1t me on se 'ead. When I 90 IN
70 teatro. ses some one which Yde under
10 bed. Not even can I stem on ~
grass oecause-New York! 1t crush 70
'eartl
Augela--Yes.
LoDez--Ees a prison FOR the soutl
Angela--Yes.
Lopez-For me- New York can 20 Ia
ell Just az noon as she dam plsasesl
Angelac-Oh, Mr.. Bandit
Lopez-~But Mcxicol How d!fYerenti
Angela-Oh. Mr.. Banditi
Lopez-When ws get dronk. ses not
policeman which will 1t as on 10 'oad.
ous us which will IT policeman on 70
cad, In ze teatro shall not be como ons
which ade under 70 bed. but In 1t. You
shall scsl l. Mexico 70 heart leap! Ze
soul shs II free! You can do what you
want, where you want, when you want
that Is, onless SONS one shoot ,on.
Loostsn. Senora. Did you ever know tho
Joy Of fierce living? Did you? ITO Lu-
c'a) We shall have big time together
nj least for little whila. You will not
woTry Don't ma rrisd once you cens with
knA.
Lopes Turns Judge
His appetite satisfied. Lcpss or
dsss ths othar prisoners ssnt In. IN.
plot 70 9st hold ef the ranch b.
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