Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-06-06

dence-chlefy because of that one
across the Border-El Captain Di.
aolo. as he is known-who is Mex.
ico's king racketeer. Anyone tam.
pering with Ell Captain Hampers
with death. should no have told
you this II Rod had not spoken as
he did Let me impress again the
danger of any mention of this af.
fair to anyone"
Sonya Savarin wet her lips, which
had suddenly gone dry, laid down
the knife In her trembling hand.
She had her answer at lasti
The answer to that night on the
dance hall fioor-to the little gray
ship settling so swiftly on the sand
at the canyons mouth-to Starr
Stones remuneration of love and all
IL meant
The answer to Starr Stone him.
helf.
And that answer was-El Captain
Diablo. El Captain DIablo who ter.
rorized the north of Mexico. who
raided mines. who levied taxes on
the poor. and who-crucihed his
double-crosserst
To know too much of Ell Captain
Diablo and ever leave his service
was to die-and ones friends also
who might share that knowledge.
Ones friends friends, maybe, his
relatives. With dilated eyes. the
girl looked round the table, at
Serge. at Lila. at little Babs. Lila's
face was pale. but Serge was talk.
ing eagerly.
by Georgel" he was saying, his
fist on the table, "there have been
strangers here-and I'd stake nv
last dollar. Sonya, you remember
that chap you danced with at the
Neidlingers' and the funny thing
that h%appened?"
Sonya did not speak, and Serge
went on excitedly:
There was a dance at a neigh
boring ranch. and my sister was |
dancing with a stranger when the
biggest Mexican ever saw ap-
peared and dropped a hand on the |
strangers shoulder. The mar fol.
lowed him out I'd forgotten the
incident"
What sort of looking Mexican?"
Don't know. only that he was
m~onstrously tall and broad"
Marston sat In silence for q little |
time.
I'll Captain stands six feet three
in his boots" he said.
"Then who was the man he took
away?"
IF should make a guess, which
V do" said the other, "rd say
1t was Observation-Disclosures
Fffteen--the widest white mar in
Mexico. and Ell Diablo's ablest lieu.
tenant I've heard Of him. But his
master owns him body and soul
They say on the Border that twice
El Captains spread him up,' after
his amusing little custom of cruel.
flying any and all who incur his an.
ger, only to take him down again.
He's too valuable to kill But some
day the butcher viii be too mad
to think of that I'd hate to be In
Ounces Shoes"
Sick to her foundations, Sonya
Savarin excused herself.
And John Marston looked en-.
after her.
The rest of that day was like a
nightmare to Sonya.
She had to be about the house.
TO help Lila with the work. and
Rod was everywhere she went, lean.
Ing fondly on her shoulder, tipping
her face to look into her eyes, whis.
of that future which she
knew could never be. Misery was
her portion through It all. She o
rowed for the blow she must deal
nim sooner or later. for herself in
ner fear and her loneliness, and for
the disaster she might some day
bring on this house. And fear rode
ner like a witch whenever she
thought of Starr Stone riding to the
border with that prince Of butch.
ers. ri Captain Diablo.
What ails you, Sonya?' asked
Rodney Blake. "You don't hear half
saying. You're obsessed with
something. Is 1t these id In
iians?"
IF you don't stop that, Rod" she
famed, "I1l not forgive you. / told
you once that ones life is his own
still think So"
Not a woman's-when she has
slVen her promise" be said calmly:
1t then belongs to her man."
I'm sorry you take that attitude
he said, "my life will never belong
o any"
She did not finish. for the flashing
hought that already her life was
OF her own, that for better or
1t was irrevocably connected
Nth the %precarlous existence of
itarr Stone-Quince of the Borderi
he time was ripe to tell Rod the
ruth, yet she did not speak. IT
eemed that something stronger
han herself, some vital caution.
ED back the words.
'Lila," Sonya told the other WON.