The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1947 Page: 3 of 12
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THE HAMMON ADVOCATE
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Michael Valdes trlih-Spaalik weet-
matt kaa beea rldlnf fee venieanc
trail tinea the murder of hla mother and
ta kUndtni t hla lather St years
heforo While tiding by a larmhaaM ha
heara a groan Upon tavetitgatlaa ha
ads the aame aeaaa ha had iaead at
fen M" at hla parent’ death An old
Baa and tromaa hare beea bra tally
tartared The wamaa li dead and tba
Baa glee la Mlchael’a arm' trot tell-
kg hla that the man reipoaeltle toe
tha trine it Eaymaad Garvin A Me
lean yaath appeara and telli Michael he
b Aim They bary tha aid talk and
taa bay lalnU Ha hat tambles eg and
Michael Sadi It la a girl
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CHAPTER H
"He knew how that aefior ateals the
land from all the poor Mexlcana who
hare been persuaded to come and fettle
here by that bad aeflor himself on his
promises of a new life for them A new
fhance to live In other than tho pov-
erty they hare so long known on other
ranges nearer the border But the
' ' Mexicans lose their lives when they
can no longer pay his exorbitant Into
eat — and then he gets the land back!
To offer It to some other peon foolish
enough to believe his promises
“But what can they do? Sellor Qa
tin owns the courts he owns what law
there is In this out-of-the-way place
Bo is the law because he has made
Itmaelf that In the ffve years plnce be
came here to take away ell that be-
longed to ns!"
“I’ve got to see this Garvin of whom
pou tell me” he said to the gtrL
“Where Is his outfitf
"He lives In the town of Luna Roja"
he said
“He has set himself np as a banker
In Luna Roja where he has a whit
plastered adobe home that is much like
a fortress and It Is there that he has
his bank He Uvea there most of the
time and he Is well protected because
ho has a host of killers who serve him
Tying the legs of a pair of riding
breeches together he stuffed the gear
Into them then removed his leather
chaps and used them to make a sort
of Impromptu valise to be tied with
his rests
With the chaps removed he stood
there in the tlght-flttlng concha-
trimmed trousers of a Mexican don
They had an odd effect with his ehorro
vest But It was not that that made
Juanita stare at him then at the gear
still at his feet One of her slender
browned fingers pointed wordlessly to-
ward his head and swiftly he placed
a hand to his hair In the excitement
the black wig that he wore had become
displaced and from beneath It showed
strands of gleaming red-gold hair -With
a twist of his lips he swept the
wig from his head and tossed back
the waving reddish mane Then as
he saw that Juanita's eyes wavered to
the last of tho gear on tho ground at
his feet he picked up the sllver-deco-rsted
jacket that lay there shrugged
out of his clkorro vest and replaced it
with the dark velvet Jacket From the
ground he also picked up a bright scar-
let sash which he wound about his
slim waist making sure that his wide
gun belt and holsters were In place
Hla last move was to tie a matching
scarlet scarf about his neck And It
was that badge as much as the red-
gold hair above It that had given him
his name a ' name that had brought
feor to the hearts of miscreants and
gratitude from those be had served
Ml Caballero Rojo— the Red Cavalier!
Still amaied Juanita de Cuevas
stood for a moment utterly unable to
speak her dark eyes widened Then
her lips moved In awe as she said
barely above a whisper:
“El Caballero Rojo I" She could not
be mistaken she knew for that red
hair the scarlet sash and gaudily dec-
orated garments and above all the red
kerchief around his bronted throat
could belong to only one man— the
Avenger of whom every Mexican above
the border had heard!
"Where can you 'go now Juanita T"
he asked with concern "Have you
friends—" -“I
will go sedor with you You have
proved you are my one my only amigo
Where you go I will go I will be your
follower your servant to look out for
your wants"
El Caballero Rojo
Takes His Leave
“Ton are going to see Sefior Gar-
vin" she said firmly "That Is what
yon say Tou mean to bring him to pay
for what be has done to me and my
people I know though you have not
said that much for everybody knows
that El Caballero Rojo fights for poor
people who cannot defend themselves
But this fight— It Is as much mine as
yours 1 go with you"
"But you don't understand" Michael
T aides protested patting her shoulder
gently "I'd have found Garvin even
U there bad sot been this— this trag-
edy of youre here I told you— I've
beea looking for him for a long time
—five years This Is my fight Juanita
not youra though I promise that you
also will be avenged Tou must go to
friends of youra — where you'll be sate
La’ me know where that will be and
when I get through with Garvin 111
come back and take you to a place
where you’ll be watched out for and
can start life all over again"
He vaulted Into tho saddle and
picked np El Clelo'e reins
“Tou do not Intend to come back"
she said quietly "Even If Garvin or
hla men do not kill you and an yon
say you lake care of him' you do not
intend to come beck 8eflor Caballero"
Michael Valdes smiled down at her
but he did not answer He waved his
hand and touched El Clelo lightly with
OIF REVENGE
BY
JACKS ON COLE
tha spurs sending the mount down the
trail He could rot answer her be-
cause she had spoken the truth
El Palsano Valley as Michael Valdes
bad already discovered was In one
of New Mexico's richest ranges though
so remote that It was as yet little
known
At Its greatest width It was about
twenty miles wide and there were
few of the badland terrains that often
break np the virgin wealth of cattle-
raising and farming lands Os the
other side of the first foothills though
Valdes had already learned Lorn an
old Indian there was a spot known as
Juniper Brakes which was as far re-
moved from what this valley was as
It was possible to conceive
Juniper Brakes he had been told
was no more than a Jumble of bills
too steep to climb on horseback their
sides and tops covered with thick
growths of stunted conifers
With the picture of what that land
must be Michael Valdes looked with
fresh appreciation on the valley as he
rode en end on wtth tho waving
A name that had brought fear to
the hearts of miscreants and grati-
tude from those he had served El
Caballero Rojo— the Red Cavalier 1
greenery on either side like an Inland
sea The valley that Juanita de Cuevas
had said had once belonged to her peo-
ple and which Raymond Garvin had
wrested tor his own by brute force
And now the red-headed avenger
had arrived In Palsano Valley And
as If It had been a mocking greeting
to him he had been faced with evi-
dence of more of Garvin's ruthless
work as soon as his eyes had bees set
on the emerald rangeland
Face to Face
With Garvin
Night had come when Michael Val-
des drew his blue roan to a halt on a
small rise Just above the twinkling
lights In a huddle of adobe dwellings
The whole town of Luna Rojo he saw
at once was built about the sprawling
White Garvin place which he recog-
nized from Juanita's description The
town Itself was at the northern end of
the valley on the edge of Canyon Rljo
From there Garvin could keep an eye
on ' activities anywhere In the valley
As he sat staring down at the sinis-
ter town no one would have recognized
the wandering vaquero who had first
ridden Into the valley that morning
Tall and straight he sat his horse In
his gaudy Spanish apparel hat off and
with the first rays of the moon glinting
on red hair where the morning sun
had shown on black
For only moments ho paused to make
reconnaissance Then with delibera-
tion be loosened the scarlet handker-
chief from around his neck and drew
up Its folds over his face until only his
dark eyes showed hard and bitter
With freshly loaded six-guns and
Winchester carbine red-headed and
scarlet-masked like some panoplied
knight of the Middle Ages be rode
down toward the town of Luna Roja
In the moonlight aN silver-decorated
specter moving on the wings of tho
wind— one that none1 dared challenge
He had not ridden into the town's
main street when suddenly out of the
darkness a mounted man sprang Into
the road He swung his horse across
the narrow trail which led Into the
long street blocking IL
But El Clelo had been long and
patiently trained for just such an en-
counter as this With amazing sudden-
ness tha mount reared One or Valdes'
arms went out the hand holding some-
thing that for a moment showed crim-
son la the faint moonlight— another
great ecarlet neckerchief The necker
chief whipped about the pistol In the
astounded guard's hand It was torn
from hla grasp and before he knew
what was happening the barrel of the
pistol that bad Jumped Into tho red-
haired man's other band crashed
against the guard's head He slumped
crazily from bin saddle Into the dust
of the tralL
Valdes lifted hla reins as he dropped
the handkerchief-covered gun of tha
outlaw guard Into his pocket and the
blue roan spurted ahead
“Uadre 'de Diotl " gritted El Caba-
llero Rojo "Strangers most certainly
get a cordial greeting In tla town!"
He swung Into the street and noted
that at the edge of the town wore the
Inevitable ’dobe shacks that trimmed
the outskirts of all such small Western
towns Most of the houses were dark
for the peons must be up and at work
by daybreak and usually sought their
beds early
Cautiously El Caballero slowed down
before the white-plastered walls of the
Garvin place Dismounting In the
blackest shadows some distance from
the sprawling pretentious dwelling In
the center of Its patio he trailed El
Cielo’s reins and stole toward the gats
facing the street
Garvin’s house and patio were com-
pletely enclosed by high walls to
which only the big gate facing the
street and a smaller one In the rear
gave entry And the four blockhouses
which Juanita had described gave the
whole place the effect of a fortified
castle
From one corner blockhouse came
sounds of raucous singing and the
twanging of a guitar punctuated by
hoarse laughter No one was In sight
It looked like a good chance to slip
in through the gate for El Caballero
Rojo could make out in the dim light
that it had not been locked but stood
ajar a few Inches But even as hjs
eerie glittering figure reached It a
man leaped out to block it
Like a silver-decorated wraith the
masked man dived at the guard In-
stantly his stronger fingers found the
fellow's throat and cut off his warning
shout Once more the red-headed aven-
ger’s pistol barrel cracked on bone
and once more a man sank to the
ground and lay quiet
With noiseless footsteps El Caballero
slid Into the patio
Across the courtyard was Garvin’s
two and a half story house A swift
glance told Michael Valdes that the
one-story addition at one end of the
house was Garvin’s office or "bank" as
the land hog preferred to call it And
a light fanning out from the one win-
dow facing the courtyard announced
Raymond Garvin's presence there
The time had come!
Michael Valdes faded into tho first
open doorway in sight with no more
stir than would have been made by a
breath of night He found himself In
a long corridor and at Its end saw a
light shining through a transom from
the office door that opened Into the
corridor
' Hla Ups tightened grimly Behind
that door was one of the men he had
hunted so relentlessly for five years
He threw open the door and stepped
Into the office both hands dropping to
the silver-decorated holsters of his
heavy six-guns He closed the door be-
hind him and leaned carelessly against
the wall beside It as slowly mockingly
he removed the scarlet handkerchief
revealing his face
The man before him did not exactly
face him for Raymond Garvin had his
back to the door through which El Ca-
ballero Rojo had quietly entered
Never would he forget that cadaver-
ous face the lips that were pale brown
lines over discolored vulpine teeth the
man the youth of eighteen had in-
stantly pictured when he bad heard
his father whisper his name Garvin's
hair was now sparse and gray for the
years of continued brutality had not
dealt lightly with this ruthless man
But one thing had not changed— his
love of gold Even believing himself
alone his movements were quick ana
furtive as he fingered a gold piece
from a stack In front of him
With abruptness he seemed to sense
that he was not alone He spun hal
around in his chair to glare at the
red-headed man who stood against the
wall Garvin's piercing green eyes be
low the overhanging brows were shot
with sudden accusing anger
“What do you want here?” be
barked "Who are you anyway— and
how did you get lnT"
El Caballero Rojo laughed It was
low harsh laughter that ceased on as
ominous note
"I’ve come to settle the affairs of the
de Cuevas place up the valley" be
said tightly "Maybe one or two other
things while I'm about it"
A Closed Case
Is Re-Opened
"The de Cuevas placer Garvin's
fingers beat a tattoo on the desk
“Umm let mo see Oh yes the dt
Cuevas place down the valley" He
added sharply "1 know tho place now
but there Is no longer any chance for
discussion about It The bank has fore
closed 1 or - the bank has alread)
taken over tho property— the case U
dosed"
"But the case Is not dosed" El Ca
ballero Rojo drawled meanlngfull)
"Because I'm right hero now to reopei
It Two lives were taken this mornlu
on that little rancho All the mono)
you have to your namo cas t give then
back But"— his shrug brought fresi
glitter In tho lamplight from hla coo
ehas and silver trappings—"! still car
Uke your money from you to help al
lbs other folks you'vo cheated an r
robbed hereabouts"
While the man sat at the desk as i
paralysed tho unwelcome visitor!
voice grew commanding as he point
to the eats
"Open that!" hs ordered
Raymond Garvin's slack moot'
gaped as bo stated ioto the bard
eyes of the mas who ronfionied bu-
rro BE CONTINUED'
' -v THE -
SCRIPTURE: Jude 24 25 Revelation IS
22 Matthew 2
Devotional reading: Psalm its:
13
God's Eternal Rule
Lesson for December 28 1947
'THE last Sunday of another year
L brings us to a very fitting lesson
based on passages of Scripture
found in Jude 24 25 Revelation
16-22 and Matthew
2 The devotional
reading ' is Psalm
145:1-13
“Now unto him
that is able to keep
you from falling
and to present you
faultless before the
i 1 presence of his
nt glory with exceed-
' “S i°y to the only
Will Mr wise God our
Saviour be glory
and majesty do-
power both now and
minion and
ever Amen” Jude 24 25
With this benediction let us pause
at the rapidly ebbing shoreline of
the departing year asking the
meaning of God’s goodness and
mercy as reflected in the Christmas
season and through all the days of
our earthly pilgrimage
As the Wise Men brought their
gifts to the Divine Babe in Beth-
lehem let ns today wisely ap-
praise his gifts to ns during the
past year and examine oar hearts
to see if we are duly grateful
Rich Gifts for Jesus x
D EAD again the second chapter of
Matthew particularly the sec-
tion which describes how the Wise
Men brought their gifts — rare and
precious gifts-to the Son of God
They were rich gifts meaning that
they were costly We dare not
bring anything to Jesus theft does
pot represent a measure of sacri-
fice Contemplating the days ahead
what shall be the test of our gifts
to Jesus? Shall we give him our
left-over time? Shall we be satisfied
to bring him a pittance of material
gifts? Or shall our gifts like the
gifts of the Wise Men be the first
fruits of all his increase? He asks
for our love our loyalty our glad
and sincere devotion
The Long Look '
OW we come to the heart of Sun-
day’s lesson in Revelation 21 :3:
“He shall dwell with them and they
(hall be his i peoples” God’ eter-
nal rule will be gladly acknowledged
and received if all place their hands
in his hand at the gate of another
year
Nineteen forty-eight holds many
question marks People are afraid
They are confused And here
eomes the message of Sunday’s
lesson — “He shall dwell with
them and they shall be his peo-
ples" The world is passing away the
lust thereof but they that put their
trust in God shall abide forever and
ever God’s eternal rule has been
vindicated in history It will be vin-
dicated again and again in the com-
ing year wherever his people cast
themselves in unwavering faith into
his care and keeping
We shall do well to read again
and again the chapters in Revela-
tion 16-22 and see how all who
walked with God were victorious
and how all who forgot him and for-
sook his ways were destroyed
Do we not see the clear applica-
tion for our day and generation?
The nations that forget God do
die
God’s Eternal Rule
T ET us turn now to the verse in
Psalm 145 which reads: “Thy
Kingdom is an everlasting kingdom
and thy dominion endureth through-
out all generations”
- Every thoughtful person is today
wistfully searching for certitude —
for the assurance that behind these
dark clouds that lower over our
frightened world the sun still
shines Better that the sun shall
break through these clouds
Onr lesson gives that very as-
surance This to our Father’s
world Ho lives! He reigns! And
he waits to revest himself to ns
in wisdom and power He will not
force himself upon ns We mnst
open the door to him He stands
and knocks
Is that not enough to bring us to
our knees in tho fervent prayer
“Thy Kingdom come Thy will bo
done in earth as it to done in
heaven”
Beginning in the home and
spreading into every area of life
may the truth of Sunday’s lesson
become the watchword of America
ind of all lands as we enter upon
die New Year Thus panoplied we
jhall be strong and prepared to
neet and master every problem at
and and ahead
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A General Quiz
The Questions
1 Who threw the firet curved
ball in a baseball game?
2 The Basques are a very an-
cient people inhabiting whrt
mountains?
3 How much does it take to
feed a circus elephant every day?
4 What was the name of the
witch in the Bible who was con-
sulted by Saul?
5 The familiar cross used by
the Red Cross is sometimes called
what?
6 What is the dividing-line age
of the population of this country?
The Answers
1 Arthur “Candy” Cummings
pitcher for the “Stars” of Brook-
lyn in 1867
2 Pyrenees
3 125 pounds of hay and 7
pounds of bran It drinks 50 gal-
lons of water
4 Endor
5 A Geneva cross
6 Thirty Half are older half
are younger than 30
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Few modern burglar alarms
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Chioin temple in Kyoto Japan
which was built in the structure
when it was erected as a military
headquarters in 1697 When the
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caused by an intruded walking
across the wooden floor produce
sounds like the twittering of birds
in the rafters Therefore he is not
aware that his presence -is known
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Name
Address
JkaiL Cbnbiiim
It was the job ot Joey the vil-
lage dullard as “Keeper of thA
Cannon” to polish the antique
cannon in the village square
During a celebration the mayor
commented on the brightness of
the brasswork and suggested the
crowd give Joey a rousing vote
of thanks Joey beamed all the
way home “Maw” he boasted to
his wife “the mayor said what
a nice job I been doin’ on the can-
non Everybody gave me three
cheers!”
“You know” said his wife
“I’ve been thinkin’ You been oq
that job mort’n 40 years and got
no place Why don’t you buy e
cannon and go into business for
yourself?”
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froa coaaca colds
That Hang On
Creomulsion
cause it
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:oes right to the seat of the
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help
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quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back
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