The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-27
BY CECIL CARNES
CONTINUED from Page Ten)

ttontnufh from rage ifnl
'Hola' Get up. sIeepy-hcadl
You're missing a battlel"
What the devil Ia IT," cried
Allan. clsw1ng on clothing with
both hands. Have the u. $. ma
rines landed ,"
You were expecting them. per-
hsps7 No. senior. II IL only a body
OF roughly clad fellows who are
attacking the main island from
the peninsula shore The eannery
has made many bitter enemies
among the local fishermen. you
understand. Or they may b. Jus,
bandits"
'Bsnditsl With machine guns ?"
Mexican bandits. too, are eff
Gent" said Escobar blsndly. Then
he laughed suddenly at AIIsn's
expression and threw out his sien-
der hands In a gesture Of sur
render. mo, my friend. will be
frank with you. What you are
about 10 witness 10 an affair Of
international diplomacy"
Diplomacy, with brass
knuckies7"
Tn a sense. II 10 this way.
senior: Mexico discovers Jap
anese outfit grossly violating her
neutrality II she protests TO
Japan. what happens Japan
smiles. she In so sorry. but she
cannot hold herself responsible for
the acts Of unofficial japanese.
So Mexican bandits wipe out the
unofficial Japanese. and n Japan
protests-are we. nationally. re-
sponsible for q stray bunch Of
outiaws7 You see ,"
MY aunt Well. who are these
fellows, then ,"
Ny own regiment Of rursles.
senior. They have ridden mere
from Ensenada 10 rescue their
colonel and his friends. They will
show you. hope. that a Mexican
rursls ean land a. effectively as
your Marines"
They FASTENED 10 the foyer.
whence they might have . full
view Of the hostiiities without sx-
posing themselves % stray bullets.
Kay was already thsre, staring
~ the scene before her in be-
wilderment. Eseobar thoughtfuily
brought chairs observing they
could consider themselves ~ hay
ing . stage box for the coming
show. II should. he said. be good.
II was good: 30 Allan decided a.
ne settled with quleksning palse
To watch the first real battle he
had ever seen. Meanwhile, in a
low incisive tone that carried be-
meath the inferno Of nols4. the
rursie added a few details to the
story he had told Allan. He had.
il appeared. been up At dawn when
the "bandits~ arrived.
They sen; nas of truce
three men and an officer de-
Hsnd the unconditional surrender
Of the island Watanabs rejected
the notion with scorn. The flag
went hack. As the -four men
stepped on the beach. a machine
gun opened or them from the
island. killing 10 SoundinF all u
them. Tho flag party, you under
stand"
The yellow devils.~ growisd
Allan.
They xdiI b sorry" predicted
Esoobar softly. Our fslioNs vii
remember that WHEN ths time
T comes
The happy moment. h0ssysr
hardly seemed imminent. On the
shore. men and guns were shell
tered cunningIy behind h.o1iidsrs
and In the scrub. a black muxzle
would appear from a cleft rock.
dischsrgs q rsking burst % bullets
that eozbec the island. then dis-
appear 70 come out again AZ an
other spot On the Island. innocent
boxing rocks would BE- revealed
abruptly a. plilDoxes. splitting
flame and smoke and singing lead
But neither aide could peaetrate
the others defense Of stone and
concrete.
Devil take it, grsmbied the
colonel Il knew they had forti-
fled the place. ] didn't know they
mad converted u into . Gibraltar
At tns END Of az hour he gas