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Evening star., 1936-03-30
CHAPTER XVII.


Johnny WARREN had ridden
into Sawmill Flat after quit
~ ting work for the day, while
Bill had gone up to Joaquin's old
cabin. into whicn he and Johnny had
moved when, after having washed all
the gold possible out of their original
claim farther up the creek, they had
commenced work on Joaquin's ground,
which he had decided to them. 1t was
Bills day to do the cooking, Johnny's
to 90 downtown for the mail and
carry their latest cleanup to the ex-
press Office.
faded to turquoise and Bill had been
waiting half an hour for Johnny's
return. He wondered what had de-
layed his brother; worrying a little,
he stepped to the door and gazed
down the valley in the direction of
Sawmill Flat. Johnny was not in
sight but seven horsemen were, COM
ing along the road that f1anked the
creek. And they were coming at
top speed. They we're about 300
yards away and fairly well punched
when Bill noticed one rider grad
ually drifting back, until. as the
cavalcade swept past, this rider,
mounted on big bay thoroughbred,
was last by several lengths. Sud-
denly the animals feet seemed to
tangle; he Strove gallantly to re-
cover, pitched on his knees at the
edge of the creek, turned COM
plete somersault and disappeared
below the bank. In the fall his
rider was flung upward and out
ward in wide parabola and dis
Evening star., 1936-03-30

too dazed to think: then: Cant let
you lie here in the creek, senorita," he
said gently, picked the broken body
out Of the wash of the water. carried
1t up to the cabin and laid it on the
grass in front of the door. BILL" he
called, come an take q look"
Bill took q look and sank down
on the front steps. Johnny got a
wet cloth and wiped the blood from
Juanita's face, Strengthened her
limbs and folded her hands over her
breast; together they gazed down
at her pale beauty. "She's Joaquin's
woman" Bill said presently.
"The only woman in the gang
would belong to the leader. An re-
member. he entrusted her with the
gold. I've heard whispers he had a
senorita riding with him. That boys
sure unlucky In love-"
IT doubt If the authorities in Saw
mill Flat would risk comm out after
her tonight, Bill. I'll cover her with
blanket an we'll let her lie here
until mornin'. when I'll ride into town
an tell them to come get her. They're
millin' around like chickens with their
heads OF right now"
Yes" Bill agreed slowly, IAN by
now her gangs missed her. They
just couldn't come back lookin' for
her three minutes after she fell, be-
cause the posse was comm an they'd
have been wiped out. But I'm lay
in you 10 to /. Johnny, that Joa-
quin's already left his gang"
while they lead the posse on, he
jumped into the timber an is cir
cling back to find her. He may have
Three-Fingered Jack with him. Joa-
quin's crazy an when he finds this
gal dead he'll lose what little sense
he's got left. Johnny, If he arrives
an finds us here, there's goin' to be
shootin'-an' that boy don't miss.
Boy. we amt paid to fight Joaquin
Murietta. I'd take a pot shot at
him II had the chance, but this
Evening star., 1936-03-30

ing. "Lit on his head an broke his
neck" was Bills verdict. He climbed
down and examined the horse, which
was lying very still. with blood run
ming from his nostrils. AN you
broke your neck, too. Ell? Wonder
what's in them saddlebags."
He united them and they were very
heavy, so he looked inside and found
large buckskin bag in each pocket.
The mouth of each bag had been
wired shut and shipping tag was
tied to each, addressed to the Bank
of California in San Francisco. So
Bill knew the bags contained placer
gold, doubtless robbed from the ex-
press office in Sawmill Flat. More.
he recognized those bags. Johnny
had carried them down to the express
office that very evening and Bill had
addressed those shipping tabs him.
self.
He smiled grimly at the jest which
fate had played on the robbers, cast
a glance of contempt at the still
figure under the bank and MUIR
INJURED: We'll, reckon you'll keep,
hombre," and carried the gold back
to the house. He was about to saddle
his horse to gallop into town for news
Of Johnny when Johnny came cam
tering up the valley. Bill was set
ting supper on the table when Johnny
came in.
"Well, boy" Bill hailed him drily,
"how come you're SO late for sup
per?"
Hell to pay in town. Bill. Joa-
quin an his men rode through.
Four of 'em rode up an down, shoot
in up the town an drivin' every
body inside, while three more robbed
the postoffice and killed eight citi-
zens. I'd just handed over our gold
shipment to the express agent an he
hadn't put it in the safe when Joaquin
and Three Fingered Jack came in.
seen 'em comm an ducked out the
back door, but they killed the agent.
I hung around the rear O. the buildin'
listenin' to 'em trying to open the
safe; when I heard 'em runnin' out
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come in the back door again. In
the street Joaquin was tyin' saddle
bags on the saddle Of q mere boy.
I cut down on him, but missed and
that devil Three Fingers cut down
on me. I topped on the door an !
reckon he thought he'd fxed my
clock because just then Joaquin let
out q yell an they all mounted an
went gallopin' out. An about two
minutes later Sheriff Marshall an q
posse came gallopin' In. Marshall
lad been chasin' the gang an Joa-
quin knew 1t; in fact. they'd
swapped shots miles down the
road; nevertheless Joaquin stopped
three minutes in Sawmill Flat to pull
OF his job" Johnny sighed. I'm q
rotten shot,"
"Oh, not so rotten. boy. You hit
the horse that boy was ridin'. Guess
you got into his vitas; he got away
with the rest, but was quittin' as he
passed here; then he fell an him an
his rider each did a somersault an
they're both down in the creek, too
dead to skin. As for that gold ship
ment, I got it back"
well, I'll be shot,"
joaquin tied the gold on the
boys saddle because the lads horse
was a big, powerful brute: looks like q
thoroughbred. An the boy was light,
so it was best to give him the extra
weight O. that gold. My hats of to
Joaquin. His heads always workin'"
Are you sure that boys dead?"
"Well, didn't paw him over none.
but he looked cool enough to me"
"I'll run down and take q look,
Bill"
Johnny went down to the creek
and in the fading light looked at
the boy. Young, little an tough" he
nurmured. and turned the corpse over
on its back. The shirt was opened
at the neck and something about that
neck interested Johnny. Never be.
fore had he seen such a lovely, shape.
ly, white neck on a boy. So he OPEN
ed three more buttons and explored
further. For minute he stood there,
Evening star., 1936-03-30

your gang-an' we hid out. Light
the lamp an look at her II you want.
Word Of honor we won't shoot"
Il accept your assurance, my
friends. Always you were honorable
men. Listen to me. please. Do the
poor Joaquin Murietta the last favor.
! Do not give my Juanita to the authori-
ties. I would not have the people
look upon her poor body and de-
spise her. Poor sweetheart, she loved
me too much. Bury her, my friends,
and say nothing. The sheriff will
think I recovered her body. Bury
her beside my Rosita. Please, please.
beg. I plead"
We'll do it," the generous pair
shouted. "We1l carry her inside for
the night an say nothin' to nobody.
In the mornin' we'll bury her with
Jesus and Rosita."
II thank you" Joaquin replied in
a strangled voice You are much
too kind. I go now. And I do not
take the gold. for the gold, 1t seems, Is
yours"
They heard him run to his horss
and mount-and as he did so they
commenced firing-both rifles and
then their siXshooters; they heard the
thud of hooves, the splash through
the creek and the voice of Joaquin.
"Adios, amigos"
(To be continued)
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appeared. head first, under the far
ther bank.
Swiftly as the men had passed.
Bill Warren noticed that they were
all Hspano- Californians; although
the range was rather long, one of
themen, riding in the center, took
a snap shot at Bill with his pistol
and yelled triumphantly, wildly. The
bullet struck the floor between Bills
feet.
Three Fingered Jack" he decided,
and lodged back inside, to reappear
almost instantly with his rife. But
the horsemen had disappeared
tory of timber shut them of from
his view.
And now he realized the reason
for their haste. Far down the val
ley another troop of horsemen came.
perhaps double the number of the
pursued. "Sherif1's posse" Bill de-
cided, and watched them. too, dis
appear from his ken. That was
Joaquin's bunch. Wonder If he was
with them. Well he couldn't stop
to pick up that fallen man and it
seems to me the feller wasn't even
missed. Everybody was riding eyes
front except that killer Jack an !
reckon he just got look at me out
O. the tail of his eye. Well, here's
where I collect bandit"
He waited about ten minutes, rife
at the ready. watching to see If the
| fallen man would climb out of the
creek bed, then decided to 60 down
and investigate. The body lay face
down where it had fallen, and Bill,
standing on the 5-foot bank above,
| saw that the man was not BREATH
Evening star., 1936-03-30

the window as he struck a match,
then more brightly as joaquin light
ed the kerosene lamp on the table.
Smart man." Bill whispered. "He
don't get between the window an the
light. He sees our hot supper on
the table an knows we amt ct
yet. Oh. Lord, went an left them
two bags Of gold dust on the table.
He'll find them"
eff he does he'd ought to fgger his
girls been took to town by us. He'll,
can see her from the window on
her. Look! He's down on his hands
and knees peekin' out the door-he
sees her!"
Joaquin's head was withdrawn and
the light went out. A moment later
q match flared briefly outside; then
to them came q sound that was half
sob, half wall. "Querida, queridai
Ay mi corazon dulce. liable. Juanita,
habla." The voice died away in in
coherent murmurings and sobs for
the next five minutes; then Joa-
quin must have gotten himself under
control, Tor suddenly out OF brief
silence he called sharply:
BILL! Johnny! You are hiding
somewhere near. In the name Of
pity, answer me! Once I was your
friend"
I'VE hear you. Joaquin" Bill an
swered. I'VE don't trust you. What
do you want?"
did you kill my Juanita?"
mo, sir. Act O. God. Her horse
was hit in town an when he got
this far he was finished. He took a
header into the creek and threw her
and killed her. Johnny carried her
up out of the creek and washed her
face and put the blanket over her.
We knew you'd be back-mebbe with
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amt our night for 1t. We sleep
yonder in the timber"
They seized their rifles and pis-
tolls and q couple of blankets each and
ran for the timber; scarcely had
they settled themselves when they
heard q horse coming down the field.
But it was dark now and they could
not even make out the outlines OF the
animal. II told you he'd shake his
gang an circle back" Bill whispered.
The hoofbeats came down past
their cabin. II reckon he's got q
pretty fair notion O. where the gal
dropped out, even II nobody saw
her take the header" Bill whis-
pered. "Mebbe it's dawned on him
that the horse got hit. He'll be look
in for the horse, expectin' to find
her with it."
They heard him splash into the
creek. climb the bank on the other
side and halt. Then he moved at q
walk up the creek road-and sud-
denly they heard his horse snort
violently; there was a quick patter Of
hooves as of the horse dancing in a
circle; then all was quiet.
Horse smelled blood" Johnny
whispered.
Presently a match fiared in the
darkness: then another as Joaquin
searched the creek bed; then they
heard the splash Of the horse COM
ing back through the creek and his
hoofbeats approaching the dark and
silent cabin; out Of the darkness
came voice husky with emotion.
Bill. my friend" it called. Bill,
open the door. 1t is Joaquin. I
will not hurt you. Johnny, open
upS He knocked loudly on the cabin
door; then deciding he could risk it
he pushed open the unlocked door
and light famed family through
Evening star., 1936-03-30
(To be continued.)

The motion picture, Robin
Hood OF Ell Dorado" produced from
the film story By Peter B. Kyne.
UiH be shown at the For Thedter,
beginning April ;.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-04-24

Job Printing? Stouffer Printing Co.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-04-24

The crowd was gathering and the at
mosphere was not of roses in bloom. You
can never tell what will be tossed in
your direction when group of brethren
congregate in dark alley. One thing is
certain. They wouldn't think of throw
ing confetti at the law. Unless, of
course, it's Irish confetti.
After an hour of cruising in that vi
cinity and meeting with no success, we
decided that it was no dice. So we start
ed back to Police Headquarters.
"Oh, yes, you'd better let me have
that gun, now" said my passenger. And
[ handed it over.
"By the way" inquired, "what
would have happened if I would have
seen that bird, and, in my excitement,
shot him?"
'@That, my friend,' said he, would
have been impossible"
And he gave me dirty Irish laugh.
"You see," said he, ''the gun you car
ried, wasn't loaded"
And now, | ask you:
Is that guy my pal?
Of all the things you wear, your ex-
preston is the most important.
Say you saw it in The Globe!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-04-24

"The overwhelming majority of the
people in this country know how to sift
the wheat from the chaff in what they
hear and what they read" President
Roosevelt.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-04-24
From Now On Cops Pal
Will First Inspect His
shooting Irons"
By I'm

he doesn't get out. Of course, you arel
not supposed to use the gun-just carry
it so he'll see it and stop. TIL go in the
front, but don't hesitate to sock him if
he tries to get past you in the rear"
I was given the impression that he
might be armed.
A detective was speaking to yours
truly and the time was last night. All
this started when I suggested to my
friend to take a little ride. / wanted to
try out some of that gasoline I'd been
hearing so much about over the radio.
AS we cruised out over the city streets
we found ourselves in the dusky section
of HagerstOwn, and it was purely his
idea to take in a few alleys "just to see
that everything is jake" In one of
those alleys he saw chocolate-colored
baby wanted by the police. Then the fun
started.
Now I've been batting around with
these flat-footers for fifteen years. I've
done 'em favors from time to time, and
they have reciprocated on several occa-
sions by guiding my unsteady feet home
ward in the wee small hours of the
morning. And there have been times
when they failed to tag my bus when
all the signs were stacked against me.
l merely mention these facts to prove
they are human in the natural course
of events But last ni,ht-well it was
different.
Anyway I followed instruo tions and
stumbled to the rear of the house, where
the eight ball had taken refuge. A hum
cry dog howled. I heard cat meow.
[ don't like bowling dogs. And Tn not
fond of meowing cats. Outside of that
everything was quiet.
Then my friend kicked on the front
door. (Cops never knock; they're al
WAYS kickin'). No answer. He heaved
in the panel and opened it. He rushed
here and there-frantically it seemed.
| heard him fall over a chair in the
d2rk hallway. And cussed Two min
utcs. Three minutes. Four minutes.
Fivo minutes passed and he opened the
back door. I mean the detective.
''Did he come out this way" he asked
breathlessly.
''Nope." says T. eve (meaning the
gun and me) haven't seen him"
| was trembling, but I'm sure he fail
ed to notice it. It's dark in any alley
out Jonathan street way. And besides
[ was wearing my light summer under
Wear. chill easily. Hence the trembling
''Well. / guess he got out of the sid'
window" says my friend Detective, 50
let's have look around"
We did. here there and everywhere
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
CLUB WOMEN
PLANMEETING

ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE
March 19.-Plans for the April
meeting of the Arlington County
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club were being mapped out
today following a meeting held
earlier in the week at the George
Mason Hotel.
The principal speaker at the
meeting earlier in the week was
Mrs. j. Hamilton Lewis, wife of
Senator Lewis, of Illinois, who
addressed nearly 100 members and
guests on the ceremonies of pre-
sentation at the Court of st.
James.
Representatives of many civic
organizations of the county at
tended the meeting. Among the
special guests present were Rep,
resentative of Mrs. Howard w.
Smith, Judge and Mrs. Walter T.
Mccarthy and State Senator John
w. Rust, of Fairfax county.
Vocal selections were rendered
by Mrs. Shirley French, of Airing.
ton county, a lyric soprano who
made her debut in Washington
last inter. A reading was also
given by Mrs. Bryan 1ordon, OF
| Arlington.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
Jamaica May Revive
Disbanded Regiment

KINGSTON, Jamaica-An ef-
fort is being made to induce the
British military authorities to re-
form the West Indies Regiment,
disbanded some years ago.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
GIRL SCOUTS
HOLD PARLEY .

Girl Scout leaders from vir.
ginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland
and the District will hold an
all day conference Saturday with
a view to deciding the future Of
Region which the above areas
comprise. They will meet at Girl
Scout Headquarters.
Although there are 10000 girls
in the District of Columbia alone
who are eligible for membership
in the Girl Scouts, only 1000 Of
them are enrolled in the 96
troops located in the city. This,
it is pointed out, is because Of
the dearth of trained leaders.
Saturdays conference will devote
much of the time to an exchange
of ideas as to how best to sup
plement the leaders group with
enough well-trained field cap
tains that all eligible girls might
benefit by enrolling in the Scouts.
The conference will be in charge
of Miss Jean Christy. a member
of the National Girl Scout Train
ing Staff. The delegates will
lunch at the home of Mrs. An.
son Phelps Stokes, scout COM
missioner for the District.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
Mail Ship Salinas

(Hamtton AveD-tMails close 80 p.
m. (supp. mails $50 p. m.l sails ?.
m.-Mails for Bolivia. Chile a. g.
tArequipa, Caliao. Lima. Mollsndo and
Tacna only); parcel post.
YUCATAN (New York and Cuba MaiD
Havana March "a Progress % and
Vera Cruz IS; pier 13. e. R. (Wall ST.
-fMails close / p. M; sails 4 p. NJ
Mails for cuba Ordinary printed mat.
ter), Campeche and Yucatan and @other
mail for cuba and "other parts Of Mex.
leo; parcel post
SATURDAY
Transatlantic
BLOcMERSDIJK tHolland-Americal
Rotterdam April 1; Fifth St, Hoboken
Mails close $3.50 a. m.-Parcel post for
Netherlands.
CALEDONIA (Anchor)-Belfast and
Glasgow March %; pier 81. y. X. tN.
Fifty-seventh St.)-Mails close 8 a. m.
(supp. mails 10 a. m.); sails noon Mans
for northern Ireland and Scotland.
DRoTTNINGHAM Swedish Amer.
ican(. GothenburG March 80: Pier 81.
n. r. (west 57th ST. Mails close /
p. M: sails m Mails for DEN
mark, Estonia. Finland. Latvia. Lithu-
ania. Norway, Sweden and L. $. S. r.
parcel post for Finland, Lithuania, Po-
land and Sweden
GEORGIA Scandinavian American).
Copenhagen April and Oslo 9: 14th
ST., Hoboken. Mails close $50 a. m
Parcel post for Estonia and Latvia.
HANsA (Hamburg-American). Cher.
Hamburg 80 (seaposD; Pier s6. N. R..
(West 46th ST.. Mails close 8 p m.
supplementary mails accepted at Nor
gan annex UP to 1O:45 ny; sails mid
West Asia Except Alden, British India,
Canary Islands. CeyIon, 1rak, Madeira.
Senegal and South Africa.
PARIS (Frenchl. Plymouth and
Havre March %: Pier SIS N r. West
4sth ST.. tMails close 5 a. m. (suppe-
mentary mails 10 a. m.); sails noon
Mails for Europe, Africa and West Asia
Except Alden. British India, Ceylon.' Can
ary Islands. Cape Verde Islands. Finland
Gibraltar. Irak. Madeira. Northern Ire
land. Portugal, South Africa and
Sweden).
ROBIN HOOD (Robin). st. Vincent
April /, Cape Town II, Beira %; Pier
s, Brooklyn (Furman ST. Mails close
1880 p. m. Mails for Cape Verde Islands; !;
parcel post for Bechuanaland Protector
ate. Cape Verde Islands. Northern
Southern Rhodesia, southwest Africa
and Union Of South Africa.
VULCANIA Gtalian). Mediterranean
bon %. Gibralter 80. Naples April 2,
ect.. to Port Said via Boston: Pier 81,
N. R. (West 57th st.)-Mails close a.
m. (supp. mails close p. m. and go by
rail to Boston. thence by steamer) sails
noon-Mails for Azores Islands, Gibra ltar
and Portugal: parcel post for Alban
Azores Islands, Egypt, Gibraltar, Greece,
Italy and Palestine.
WESTERNLAND Cred starr. South
hampton March 80 and Antwerp 81;
Pier 3. Hoboken ed st)-No Mails car
ried on this voyage; sails noon.
West Indias and Latin-America
CALIFORNIA panama Pacific), Ha-
vana March "a, cristobal 81, Los Angeles
AHN-t 1
N. r. CWest 21st st)-Mails close 8 a.
M; sails IL a. m.-Mails for Cuba (or-
dinary printed matter), Bolivia, Canal
Zone, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecua-
dor. Nicaragua Except East Coast),
Panama and Peru Except Iquitos) and
'other mail for Cuba; parcel post.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
BEATING HOLDS
7 OFFICERS

LYNCHBURG. Va, March 19
A parade of jailbirds to the
stand to testify about alleged
"kangarooism" in the Lynchburg
city hall lookup featured the open
ing day of the trial of Jack D
Bailey, Lynchburg police officer
and Maurice D. Brandt, deputy
sergeant, on charges of aiding
and abetting the whipping OF
three prisoners last January.
A maze of contradictory evi
dence was produced by the State
from the prisoners, two of whom
were brought to Lynchburg from
the State penitentiary at Rich
mond, to appear against the Of,
ficers, who were questioned
closely by the defense.
Convicted by Judge Joseph P.
McCarron in Municipal Court of
allowing Marvin Mason. a distant
relative. to be whipped by a kan
garoo" court composed Of three
prisoners, Sergeant Brandt was
given 80 days in jail and fined
$25. Bailey was given so days in
Jail and fined $50 for allegedIy
taking Steve Marshall and Peter
Glass, colored, before the kan
garoo" court.
With his appeal, Brandt is being
tried simultaneously on a rule
issued against him to show cause
why he should not be removed
from the office Of deputy sergeant.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
Police Halt Traffic
In D. {. Flood Area

Police and other local officials
appealed to Washingtonians to-
day to avoid, when possible. the
flood-threatened area in West Po-
tomac Park. They pointed out
that any congestion of automo-
biles and pedestrians will seri-
ously handicap work of fighting
back the flood waters.
Special police lines have been
thrown about the area to turn
back persons who are only sight
seeing" allowing only persons on
official business or persons who
must traverse the area to reach
their work. to pass through the
police lines.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
.LEPERS' NEEDS
WILL BE TOLD

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 10.
DR.. William M. Danner, general
secretary of the American Mission
to Lepers, will be the guest speaker
at a meeting to be held here this
afternoon in the home of Mrs.
William M. Reardon. 805 Prince
ST., Mrs. Reardon is director of
the local Mission to Lepers.
Similar meetings, designed to
acquaint the public with the needs
of the leper colonies throughout
the world, will be held in other
cities at numerous places in the
United States.
Call for Donations
All Alexandrians interested in
the needs of the lepers are in
vited to attend the meeting.
Persons throughout the city
who have been collecting money
or materials for the leper colonies
are requested to bring or send
their donations to the meeting.
The mission, which was found
ed in 1874, is operated with the
following purposes in mind:
To give physical aid and spirit
ual care to leperS.
To protect healthy children.
To erect and maintain leper
colonies supervised by mission
aries and urge governments to
provide material necessary for
lepers and to enact suitable legis-
lation.
Needs Revealed
At least 100000 must be Sc
cured each year by the Amer
lean Mission to shelter, feed,
clothe, give medical treatment
and teach Christian work to the
numerous cases under it's super
vision. Foreign nilsson boards
do not include in their budget
any appropriation for leper work.
Local workers pointed out that
$40 would provide complete care
of one of these cases for a year.
Medical treatment for a case for
two years, the average time re-
quired to cure t disease, can be
given for $40.