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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. . <. The florists of the United States and Canada will observe their Fourth An nual International Flower ShutIn Day Sunday June 14 We are writing to enlist your cooperation in this worthy and unsefsh movement which brought unfor- tunates such happiness in 1885, 1884 and 1885, Shutn Day is based fundamental idea. Usually, in June, Nature is generous with her flowers And feel that this surplus could be put to better than to place 1t at the bedsdes of those confined by illness in hospitals and private homes This is the sole motive behind Shut-1n Day. You can help us-greaty-by asking your readers to take the of bona de shut-ins-persons pera- nenty disabled and whose drab lives rarely If ever frightened by the presence of owersto their nearest flower shops which participating in the movement These names will then be turned to the local Shut Tn Day committee of which there 2300 function ing many cities and towns of the United States and Canada We ask only thing That the names and ad- dresses of permanent shut-ins be submitted not later than midnight Wednesday, June 10. As Shut-1n Day falls Sunday June 14 this will give the florists four days in which to prepare for delivery of the flowers This little breathing spell" will make it possible for the flor ists prepare choice bouquets and arrange for efficient delivery This movement, although the idea of Association being participated in by the whole flower industry retailers, growers wholesalers. Our place in the picture is that of sponsor of the movement May count you to lend your influence to this e- trely altruistc movement? Last year, close to three quarters of million permanent shutns cheered by flowers ths their special day. This year. even if the number is great deal higher we want no worthy shut-n forgotten. Fred L. Shaw, Detroit, Mich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02
Taced Graves Problems

paign perfunctory and his cas- hopeless.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
All He Writes He Sells
Dweller by the Canal Towpath Crashes
Movies With "African Intrigue"

According to his own ripe pun, the
job got in his hair. So between 1927
and 1880 he transferred his sphere Of
activities to the Orient and became
rowing correspondent for the British
North China Daily News
What befell him there in the shape
of adventure one may have been read
ing in the 13 short stories he has writ
ten and published since last Septem-
ber. Until this paying vein-his own
experiences in China. with varying
twisted background" runs out, even
the prospect of going with the Para
mount people to Africa in the film
ing of his book rouses little enthusiasm
about the possibility of his leaving
the lockhouse home.
I've got nobody kicking on apart
ment walls, no garbage men clanking
cans, no bother at all. For me it's
ideal: When go stale I can walk in
the woods or &c fishing. The only
distraction I've got is dog, and he
belongs to neighbor up the canal"
Batson writes on impulse. It takes
him anywhere from two days to two
weeks to turn out story. He never
pushes himself, believing the best
method of composition is to write
when the spirit moves"
So far, he's published everything
he's written.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
ACK in 1924. Vancouver-born.
y "sand-hog" Alfred Batson
nra u,lad out r,f Neu, York e

~ ACK in 1924. Vancouver born,
"sand-hog" Alfred Batson
crawled out of New York S
IL Holland Tunnel where he
had been burrowing, with a story to
tell-and sell.
To his amazement, somewhat, he
did sell ito a New York newspa-
per. Talking on paper about the
days work seemed fairly simple way
Of getting along.
A couple Of weeks ago early in the
morning, the telephone on the wall
OF No. Z lock house. down on the
towpath of the Cabin John sector Of
the old canal, rang insistently. A
stranger who identified himself as an
agent for the Paramount Pictures
Corp, informed the half-asleep,
tousled, red-haired Batson that his
company wanted to buy african In
trigue," a novel Of French and Ger
man doings on the dark continent,
which Batson had written three years
before, for the movies.
It figured if anybody'd go to the
trouble of digging me up in this
shack" says Batson, they wanted
what I had bad enough to pay for it.
So I went up to New York. talked it
over, liked their offer, $4,000; they
accepted, and that's that"
And that is that--except that the
dozen years in between "a and SO
fairly teemed with adventures in a
life never quiet until by chance,
Washington bumped into Batson and
commonplace events churned him into
the hermitlike existence OF a pulp"
1ictioner out in Cabin John.
If deftly prodded, Batson will refer
casually to events Immediately after
his experiences in the war with the
Canadian Army, and the Holland Tun-
mel affair. There was the time when
he was captured and held by bandits
In lower Mexico. There was the pc
riod when he fought with Sandino in
Nicaragua; when he walked on foot
across Honduras and the whole Of
Central America--a true soldier of for
tune, friendly with Gen. Lee Christ
mas and. free-lance adventures of
his ilk
"Vagabond's Paradise" by the way.
Batson's first novel, was product of
this latter jaunt down in Latin
America.
OF the six months following. when
Batson cast his lot for the quiet Of
New York." he speaks little. During
this time he wrote advertising for
permanent waves.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
ROOSEVELT SEES
WARBU|LD|NG SITE
INSPECTION Is UnannounCed
to Avoid Gathering of
Crowd.
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.


Convinced that the War Depart
nent should have an adequate home
Of its OWL rs soon as possible. Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday inspected the
site tentatively agreed upon. 1t takes
in two blo.ks between Twenty-f1rst
and Twenty-t third streets and G and E
streets.
Mr.. Roosevelt set aside an hour to
make the inspection and took pains
to prevent advance publicity so ne
could do so without crowd following
him. He returned to the White House
well satisfied, but made no definite
announcement.
It is understood the new War De-
partment home will cost approxi-
mately s20,0o0.0o0, and that it will
be large enough to make 1t unneces-
sary for the department to rent other
quarters for some activities, as is now
tre case.
Officials Go Along.
The President took with him on the
inspection trip Secretary of War Dern
Maj. Gen. Louis H. Bash, quartermas'
ter general of the Army; Secretary Of
Interior Ickes, Frederic A. Delano
the Presidents uncle and chairman
of the National Capital Park ane
Planning Commission, and Charlie:
Moore, chairman of the Fine Art!
Commission.
The site is Immediately north o.
the National Academy of Sciences
and just each of the Naval Hospital
as well as just west of the large ad'
dition to be built for the Interior De
partnent.
The President Is known to oppose
Evening star., 1936-02-02

the Fine Arts Commission proposal TO
build new structures for the War ana
Navy Departments in the section TO-
Gated between G street and Pennsyi-
vania avenue and Seventeenth 10
Twenty-third streets.
State Department to Expand.
The old State, War and Navy
Building, just west of the executive
Office, which now houses the otate
Department and a part of the war
Department. will be turned over 10
the State Department for its ex-
elusive use when new home for the
military is completed.
Just when the State Department
will have a new building is prob
lematical now, although the Fine
Arts Commission prefers a site IN
that block across Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from the present building and
bounded on the east by Lafayette
Park.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Marriage Today
GRID STAR TO WE'D HUH
SCHOOL SWEETHEART.

Sid Kolker, q, George Washing
ton University foot ball star, and
Miss Beatrice Shapiro, %, who will
be married at S o'clock this after
noon in Adas Israel Synagogue.
They met in high school. They will
take a honeymoon trip through the
South, returning February ~ Tor
Kolker's midyear graduation.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27
FRIDAY. .UN4 .+GhlNM0. SAVINGS a-p|en,
STORE CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY

Many styles including Covert Cloth with Lunch Pocket
Type Fastenngs. Offered at this
special slightly shopworn
Kanns-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27
(Hurt) Books

Odds and Ends Of Hurt Fiction;
also Juvenile Books. Jackets
soiled. All worth much more.
Many original editions CSc
Kann's-Downsta Bookstore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27

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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-09-25
KRASNA SLOVENSKA
SVADBA.

Ctena redakcia, poprajte
miesta tomuto mojmu dopi-
su. Bolo to dna 5. septembra,
ked' mas brat Jan Koniar, I'D
Cis. 80. Slov. Ev. Jednoty,
vydaval svoju dceru Evku
"a pana jana Chapelu. Mia
dy park slozil Stub verno-
sti v chrame Jana Husa pred
81. Bozieho kazatepom Ju-
rajom Rohom. Svadba sa
odbyvala ma Mahoning v
klubovej hale, kde nechybe-
la ami muzika, to Jest orte-
stra p. Zajaca. Tato vyhra-
vala jak mladym tax al sta
rym pod nohy. Tiez boil ho-
sta z Clevelandu. Rodinka,
tiez al Jan Parobek man.
zelkou. Starejsfm boil p. Jan
Parobek z Clevelandu. Me
co po 7-mej pan starejsi nam
kazal sadat' "a stoly, co SINE
al mile radi zrobili. (Nebolo
by to mile ma svadbe hlado-
vat, coz Potion pan starej-
81 privital pritomnych ho-
st'ov al zablahozelal mia
dym. Zatym nasledovali al
d'alsi recnici: krstni rodicia
Jozef Zlnka, ktory povedal
primeranu a dobre premysle-
MI rec; br. Samuel Laska
tiez povedal par uprimnych
SLOW a k tomu kratku ba-
sen. Naposledy bol poziada-
ny mas pan farar, zeby po-
vedal niekol'ko jadrnych
SLOW a zeby prezehnal al
telesne pokrmy, co al z ra-
dosti vykonal. Pan farar Rob
NAL krasnu rec, ktora sa iste
vstepila mladomanzelom do
srdc. Mali SINE este Wac rec
nikov ma rade, ale pre- nedo-
statok casu vystali. Zatym
SINE sa pomodlili a tax SINE
sa lapili do telesnych pokr-
NOV. ia sam dobre nepama-
tam, ci som jedol maso z ku-
ry alebo z kohdta. dost' ma
tom, re dobre chutnalo. Ku-
charky SINE mali dobre. Nj
kto nehovoril, ze by 81 boil
zub vylomil. Pc vybornej We
ceri zavedena bola sbierka
ma cirkev, ktora vyniesla 18
dol. K tomu rodicia prilozili
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-09-25
kol'ko casopisov vychadza
ma Podk. Rusi. ~

Podl'a poslednej statistiky
vychadza ma Podkarpatskej
Rusi 70 casopisov, toho 2
ceske, rs karpatoruskych,
81 mad'arskych, 3 cesko-ru-
ske, 3 nemecke zargonove, 1
hebrejskv, 3 cesko-rusko-ma-
d'arske, s rusko-mad'ar-
skych. Podl'a DOLBY vycha-
dzania je 5 dennikov, z tych
l cesky, l rusky 3 mad'ar-
ske, 2 obdenniky mad'arske,
80 tyzdennikov, z tych 5 ru-
skych, % mad'arskych, 3 ne
mecke zargonove; IA pol
mesacnikov, z toho l cesky,
6 ruskych, A mad 'arske, 2
rusko-cesko-mad'arske, / ru-
sko-mad' arsky; 20 mesacni-
kov, z toho 10 ruskych. 5
mad 'arskych, A rusko-ma-
d'arske, 1 cesko-rusko-mad'.
a 1 hebrejsky. Menej ako je-
den raz mesacne vychadza 5
casopisov, z toho 3 ruske a
2 mad 'arske. Neurcite vycha-
dzaju 2 cesko-ruske. V w.
horode vychodf "A casopisov,
v Mukaceve II, v Berehove
9, v SevluSi d av Chuste /.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-09-25
25. SEPTEMBRA 1880

$4.Oo, spolu $1,000. Stedrym
darcom srdecna vd aka, Pan
Bob zaplat'!
Prajem novomanzelom ma
ich novel zivotnej putt mno-
ho blazenosti a st'astlivy no
w zivot, ably ich sprevadzal
ten mocny Pan "a dlhe roxy
k poteseniu a radosti ich ro-
dicov. Prosim "a prepacen1e,
ak som nieco vynechal.
Jeden pritomnych.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-09-25
(Pokracovanie.)

die OOIllC SSeS FSCCSi Span.
Ma dvore posypanom bielym
strkom, uprostred ktoreho
stal vel'ky kvetnik, nebolo
vidiet' nikoho.
Keby ME tie mreze v OBJ
lokoch - zavzdychla som
81 - bola by som uz tam!
Nahle mole oko pablo ma
nevelke dvere v stene, le-
ziacej naproti dveram, vedu-
elm ma chodbu.
Nevedela som este, kde
ved1. Mono, ze to bude ta
costa, ktoru hladam...
Kazda mindtka mi bola
drahou, snazila som sa ju
nalezite vyuzit'. Po makkom
koberci som prisla k MIN,
priloziac ucho k dveram,
nacuvala som chvil'ku. Pa
novalo uplne ticho. Otocila
som opatrne kruc V zamku
a stisla kl'ucku. Dvere sa mi
otvorily bez vrzgotu. lara
zila ma silna pizmova vo-
ma. Ohliadla som sa zokol-
vokol. Predo mnou bola izba
bez nabytku jednym "a
mrezovanym oblokom. Ma
stenach viselo velke mnoz-
stvo klietok z tax husto sple-
teneho drotu, re som hned'
nemohla rozoznat', co je V
mich. Moju pozornost' hned'
uputaly druhe dvere, LEILA
ce v protil'ahlej stene vedu-
ce asi ma dvor.
Chcela som sa k MIN do
stat "a kazdu cenu. Pochla-
pila som sa a voSla som do
podivnej izby. Sotva som
prekrocila prah, tn z kazdej
strany doliehal ma nina IL
penlivy sykot a chreskot a
ia zbadala som klietky, v
ktorych sa hemzily nevida-
ne plazy. Mozete 81 pred
stavit' moi desivy pocit, kto-
~ ma opanoval, ked' som sa
lepsie prizrela ma hustd dro-
tend siet' klietky, haliacu O.
zrutnych hadov.
Malo chybalo, re som ne
vykrikla Cd l'aku. Spamata-
JUG sa, cuvla som ku dve-
ram. A prave v tel chvili po-
cula som "a sebou itchy hlas
Miriamin:
To je jeho obPubena
zabava.
Zaujata myslienkou u
teku ami SOM nepocula, kedy
Miriam vosla do mojej izby
a ami jej tichych krokov.
Teraz stala vedPa nina.
Rychle som zamkla dvere
hadej izby a vycerpana du-
sevne, hodila som sa ma po-
hovku.
- Ano, to je obPubena
zabava "generala''. Prinasa
do tejto izby - tn ukazala
vel'kym prstom ciernej ru-
ky ma zamknute dvere - Ii
vych potkanov, holuby a ma
le zajacky, hadze ich hadom
a pozera, ako tt ohromni
chrestysi diamantovi, moka-
sfny a Gila jastery usmrcujd
jedom svoje obete a potom
ich pomaly prehltaju. Cele
hodiny sedi pri tychto ha-
doch, fajcf cigarety, jednu
"a druhou a bavf sa ma ich
bestialnom vyzore. Skaredy
clovek!
Miriam zobrazoyala .svoiu
rec pohybmi ocu, tvare a d.
hych ust tax dokladne, ze
hoci hovorila vel'mi skomo-
lenou anglictinou, predsa jej-
mimika doplnovala obraz,
ktory mi chcela predstavit'
tax, ze som videla Zapatu,
sediaceho uprostred jedova-
tych tvorov a mala som do
jem, re keby teraz padnul
k mojim noham, premenil
by sa tiez v takeho hrozneho
a s.udeneho hada.
Cochvil'a vsak sa mi pred
stavil v celkom inych far
bach.
Miriam odisla, hovoriac,
ze prinesie ranajky a ia som
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-09-25

nujtce drahokamy bez zauj-
mu.
Toto neelegantne pocina-
ME sa ma velmi dotklo. Pre-
vratila som puzdro tax, ze
nausnice vypadly a odraziac
sa cd stola, spadly ma kobe
rec.
- Pohrdam vsetkym --
zvolala som trasdc sa hne-
vom. - Co hned' budem va
Sou zalohou, nebojfm sa va
sich hrozieb. Myslim, ze CO.
skoro nadide chvil'a, kedy
ma Spojene Staty vyslobo-
dia.
Este som ami nedohovorila
a uz sa objavil ma Zapato-
vel tvari vysmech. Potom sa
mu celia tvar premenila, tro-
sku zbledol a ociach upre-
tych ma nina zracila sa zboj-
nicka odhodlanost'.
- Ale PRIV nez sa to stane
- hovoril cez stisknute zuby
- napises guvernerovi statu
Texas, ze ak Jose Vicunio
nebude behom troch dni pre-
pusteny, ty polozis zan Ii
vot...
- Nikdy! - skrikla som,
odstupiac cd stola. Wac mi
zalezf ma mojej cti, ably som
mala sluzit' vasim cameron.
- Nikdy? - opakoval
roznieteny lupeznik. V tel
chvili rychlym smahom ruky
chytil ma "a Pave rameno,
pritiahol k sebe a odstrcil
ma tax prudko, re som v mo-
mente sedela v kresle.
- Pts! - zvolal rozkazu-
j1cim tonom, kladdc ma stol
z vrecka vynate plniace Pc
no, naco siahol do bocneho
vrecka nohavic.
Vedela som, ze muzovia
nosia v tom vrecku obycajne
revolver, preto nevahajuc a.
nj okamzik, vyrvala som sa
z jeho zelezneho sovretia a
bleskurychle som vystreli-
la...
Musela som no ranit', lebo
sa chytil "a spanky. Pravde-
podobne bol tymto cinom O.
hromne prekvapeny, lebo
stal omraceny ako slip. ia
som ale necakala dlhsie ;
schytila som klobuk a sko-
kom octla som sa pri dve-
rach, ktore som rychlo otvo-
rila; zbadala som otvoreny
oblok, ktorym som skocila ma
verandu, ktora sa tiahla po-
zdlz ceIeho domu. Iba CO
som tam zasla, poobzerala
som sa opatrne - zbadala
som krasneho andalusa, ma
ktorom sa este vecer pysi]
predo mnou Zapata, privia.
zaneho stlp verandy. Prize.
stor, siroky niekolko kro.
kov, vyplneny kaktusami
yakkami a vel'kolistymi pal.
mani delil dom cd hospo,
darskych stavov. Pocula som
odtiaP skomolene vykriky
smiechu a spevu. Boil to as
Zapatovi sudruhovia.
Rychlo som pribehla ku
konovi, odviazala som no
vyskocila ma sedlo a uhana.
la k vratam.
Cakalo ma este jedno pre-.
kvapenie. Vrata boly otvo
rene a pri Mich stala Miri,
am, kyvajuc mi rukou, ably
som dPa moznosti pospie.
chala.
Zaiste pocula vystrel, Wy
sla ma verandu a zociac, ze
benin ku konovi, uhadls
moi umyseP a pobehla M
otvorit' vrata.
Pod'akovala som jej kyv
nutfm hlavy a sta vichor Wy,
letela som z brany.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-09-25

jaty svojimi myslienkami, ne
reagoval ma moi vykrik.
- Vsak vieme - pokra-
cova, teraz rychlejsie, akoby
chcel striast' take breme-
no - ako Amerikani ctia
svoje zeny. Dohodli SINE sa.
ze ty, mademoiselle, nam po-
stacis... Sine presvedceni, ze
"a tvoj zivot dostaneme Ii
vot nasho Vicunia. Ale...
Tu miss Anna opat' zasta-
la. Ia chvil'u bolo ticho v je-
dalni "Yucatanu". Konecne
sa premohla a pokracovala
tichym hlasom:
- Ale - hovoril Zapata
trasucim sa hlasom - 81
krasna, senorita, a ia pocas
nasho rozhovoru v doline A
quas Secas Dol som tebou o.
kuzleny. Neislo mi o zaru-
ku, ale o teba. Pozri, general
Zapata prosf ia o ruku.
Ostatne slova prehovoril
dost' hlasno, ale bolo badat'
ze sa mu t'azko vydraly z
hrdla.
Krv mu busila do tvare.
- Takto sa nedobyvajd
zeny - vykrikla som.
Zapata sa strhol, pustil
kreslo a ia som 81 myslela,
re uz 'vytrezvel. Musel pre-
dsa potrebovat' sijnej odva-
hy, aby mohol previest' svoj
navrh a teraz nastala reak-
cia. Zaiste zle porozumel
mojim slovam, lebo odpove-
dal:
- Myslis, ze nejaky chu-
dak prosi o tvoju ruku. CT
nevies, ze je Zapata dost'
bohaty, ably teba Amerikan-
ku obsypal bohatstvom? N.Y.
lis sa, ak 81 to tax myslfs.
Budes kralovnou nielen tu,
ale al tam, uprostred vaSho
New Yorku. Pod, pozri sa :!
Po tychto slovach priblizil
sa ku mne, pojal ma "a ru-
ku, zamieril do hadej izby,
otvoril dvere a vosiel medzi
klietky.
Nina musel nechat' ma pra-
hu, lebo som vobec nechcela
ist' dnu.
Akonahle vosiel Zapata do
komory, medzi hadn't sa dia-
10 cosi podivneho. Pocula
som 20 vsetkych stran sykot
ohromnych chrestysov. vi
della som pruzne tela, ry-
chile sa rozvijajdce z kotu-
Gov a plaziace sa popri sieti
klietok. Niektori vztycili hla-
Wy sediac ma chvoste a po-
zerajuc ma Zapatu, bill hla-
vami o siete. Zdalo sa mi, ze
hadi poprebijajd siete a wy
lezu z klietok.
Cuvla som, sue celia pre-
strasena.
Ale Zapata sa ma toto d.
val chladnokrvne. Kl'acal ma
podlahe, podvazil zeleznou
palicou jednu dosku a vybral
zpod nej "a priehrstie ban
koviek, kusy zlata, perlove
nahrdelnfky, naramky... OBJ
zrel sa ma nina a pysne zvo-
lal:
Toto vsetko bude two.
je. Len jedine slovo.
OdkiaP pomyslela
som 81 - mohol nabrat' tol'.
keto bohatstvo, ak ME z LII.
peze?
Potion vybral a otvoril
skvostne pdzdro.
Zaleskly sa predo mnou
dive nausnice S briliantmi a.
ko holubie vajcia... brilliantly
nevsednej vel'kosti. Diaman.
ty v jeho trasucich sa rukach
hraly vsetkymi farbami.
Bandita pozrel ma nina s
triumfuj1cim dsmevom, my.
sliac 81, ze ma brilliantly OBJ.
makcia. Ked' zbadal, ze ma
ne pozeram Pahostajne, pod.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-09-25

bude spat' cely den a ia to-
no vyuzijuc, stoj co stoj z
toho prekliateho brlohu ute
ciem.
Ako casio to, Go 81 pra
jeme, pride iste, ale mac,
nez SINE 81 to predstavovali.
Iba co som poranajkova-
la, zaklopal ma dvere Zapa-
ia. Neodpovedala som a klo-
panic sa opakovalo. Ale po-
nevac Miriam ma uistila. re
general sa bavi este so svo-
jimi spolocnikmi, poodisla
som otvorit'.
Do izby vosiel Zapata a
obratiac sa zamknul dvere.
Ma prvy pohlad som po-
znala, re je opity.
Prestrasena pobehla som
k dveram hadej izby, ale
Zapata ma predbehol, skru-
til kl'uc v zamku a vratil sa
ku mne.
- Mademoiselle, - po-
vedal chraplavym hlasom,
- tvoj zivot zavisi cd teba.
ST s1ce v mojich rukach, ale
ME moja... ST zajatcom, ale
nemusis MIN byt'... Vcera
som nesmel, hoci Zapata ME
je tchor... Dnes mi vino do
dalo odvahy... odvahy pred
tebou, mademoiselle.
Zatocil sa a krcovite sa
zachytil stola.
Stala som opreta o stenu,
stiskajdc browning vo vrec-
ku. Srdce mi slime bilo. Cf-
tila som, re sa priblizuje
rozhodny okamih, ale pred
sa, priznam sa, bola som
zvedava, co maj1 znamenat'
tie zahadne slova mulatove.
Zbojnik stal S ovisnutou
hlavou, pridrzajuc sa jednou
rukou stolcoveho operadla a
iba teraz som zbadala, ze
drzi V ruke akysi list, co no
este Wac rozdrazdilo. Nahle
podvihol hlavu a stiahnuc
slime obrvy, ako by chcel su-
stredit' myslienky, vybu-
chol:
- Pocuvaj, mademoiselle.
Som prislusnikom nasej slo-
bodomysel'nej strany gene
rala Alvara... Bojujeme pro-
tt tyranstvu terajsieho pre-
zidenta, majuceho presilu...
- Zaiste ste poculi - do
dala hovoriaca, ably objasni-
la pomery o revoluciach
mexickych. Ved' sa uz staly
prislovecnymi.
Nejaky obratnejsi zboj-
mix, alebo, ako to oni nazy-
vaj1 "caudillo" ,urobi 20 Sc
ba obrancu slobody, postavi
sa proti dosavadnemu stat
nemu sriadeniu a revolucia
je hotova. Takym zastancom
slo body bol al moi vazniteP.
A boil by SINE - hovoril
d'alej, pozerajuc ma nina
svojimi zakrvavenymi oca-
mi cd neprespatej noci - j.
ste zvit'azili. Ale nasiel sa
podly zradca...
Nepriatel'ske vojsko OBJ
kl'1cilo stan, v ktorom sa ma
chadzal mas stab... Mas msti-
tel vsak dopadol zradcu a
zajal no ako mu bolo rozka-
zane... Neskorsie sam padol
do r1k vojska Spojenych
Statov a vojensky sud v Te-
xase no odslidil ma smrt' -.
Bud1ceho tyzdna ma byt'
popraveny... Ale my nedovo-
lime, aby sa tax stalo... Do
stal som rozkaz zajat' vset-
kych vasich krajanov, ktori
sa tulajd po nasom dzemi,
hPadajuc naftove a zlate do
ly a neprepustit' ich, dokial'
nam nevydaj1 nasho mstite-
Ia Vicunia... A hPa, made
moiselle, natrafil som ma vas
a ma vasich spolocnfkov a
odrazu SINE sa dovtipili, re
vas nepotrebujeme vsetkych
zajat'...
- Oplan! - zvolala som
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