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MOUNTAIN VIEW TRIBUNE-PROGRESS
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"HELD FOR RANSOM."
Synopsis—Senor Antonio „da la
Guerra, a fine old Spaniard living
on his ancestral estate on the
American side of the Mexican bor-
der, Is Informed by his American
lawyer, Dempton, that there Is a
technical error In hl» will. He
thereupon signs a new will, without
reading It. In the meantime his
adorable granddaughter and heir-
ess, Senorlta Teresa, Is out on her
rose-covered balcony, listening to
American love-making from Billy
Stanway, owner of the Painted
Rock ranch. Teresa, going to join
her grandfather, finds him gone,
with the drawing room In disorder
and blood on the floor. The Amer-
ican takes command of the situa-
tion and arms the do la Guerra
ranch hands. Senor Eduardo Ra-
mon Torre, a hated kinsman of the
de la Guerras, appears, says he
encountered Mexican bandits riding
south and shows a scratch which
might have been made by a bullet
Stanw-y and his men return un-
successful from the pursuit
CHAPTER IV—Continued.
He ran through It hastily, skimming
the lines, eager for the gist of it. And
when he had found it he leaped to
his feet, his hands clenched, amaze-
ment and anger mingled in his eyes.
“It is a forgery!" he cried sharply.
“No,” shaking her head. “It is his
signature. And, look, to make certain
£ Investigated. Pedro and Juana and
Videl witnessed the signature. That
ts what brought Mr. Dempton last
night"
“But” he muttered heavily, “the
thing Is impossible! Why, he has
given everything, everything to Torre!
And he hated Torre more than he pre-
tended to hate an American!"
"Yet It is his will," she reminded
him. "And he Is gone. And Senor
Torre is here.”
"Already with the air of a master!”
shouted Stanway. He was already
half across the room, sheer wrath in
his eyes now, the will crumpled in his
hard hand.
"Wait!" the girl cried, running to
him, her hand upon his arm as though
she would hold him back. “What are
you going to do?"
“To tell him that he Is no less a
fool than a thief,” he retorted. “That
he must explain his opportune pres-
ence here as well as the disappearance
of De la Querra.”
“Again I appear to eavesdrop.
Again I prove the adage that he who
listens hears disappointing things of
himself." It was Torre leaning Indo-
lently In the doorway.
"You are going to say, senor—”
Stanway flung the crumpled paper
In front of him.
“Explain that!" he snapped. “You
can’t get away with a thing like this,
Torre. Explain it!"
“When I have read It,” replied Torre
coolly, his small hand carelessly tak-
ing up the document "Ah”—with
what sounded like very genuine Bur-
prise in his tone—“It is De la Guer-
ra's will I"
Teresa and Stanway watched him
closely.
“It seems very clear,” he said then,
his eyes smiling. He folded the paper
carefully and thrust it into his pocket
"Where Is the need for explanation?”
“The will was made last night,” said
Stanway crisply. “The ink of the sig-
natures was hardly dry when he dis-
appeared. What is the connection of
the two events, senor?”
“You ask riddles, senor." Torre
shrugged his shoulders.
A servant in snowy white linen liv-
ery appeared in the dining room door-
way.
“El Capitan Juarez to speak with
• the senorita,” he announced.
Stanway started, swinging about,
. forgetting Torre for the Instant.
“Of the rebel army?” he demanded.
“Si, senor I Of the lnsprrectos.”
“I can guess his errand,” remarked
Torre Indifferently. “He will no
doubt wish to speak with me. Tell
him, njuchacho. that as the De la
Guerra heir I shall speak with him—
when I have finished my coffee. A
llftle more sugar, Pedro.”
CHAPTER V.
TheiSame Begins.
Teresa de la Guerra’s face went red
and white, and Torre, seeing, smiled.
She heard In the words only an in-
sult to her beloved papa grande, know-
ing as she so well knew that of all
men the old Spaniard hated his arro-
gant young kinsman most implacably.^
“We don’t understand," she said'
presently, turning her back upon the
man at table and addressing Stanway.
"Perhaps Captain Juarez’ call will
clear matters for us. Will you come
with me, Senor Stanway?”
Torre's face darkened as he watched
them go out together.
In the drawing room, In much worn
Uniform bespeaking his rank, a very
broad, heavy-set Mexican, swarthy,
hard-featured, keen-eyed, was waiting.
He bowed deeply as they entered.
“Senorlta," he said briskly, his eyes
disregarding Stnnwny and renting
upon the girl’s face in a keen regard,
"it is an unpleasant duty which
brings me here this morning.”
“Be seated," she said quietly, going
to a chair. "But first, Captain Juarez,
this is my friend, Senor Stanway of
the Painted Rock rancho."
The two men bowed coolly. Stan-
way remained standing near the girl's
chair, while Juarez sat down.
“We of poor Mexico,” said the cap-
tain shortly, "are fighting hard for a
dear cause. We sacrifice ourselves,
our hopes, our homes for the thing
we love most, senorita.
“And that is our country. We do
things which we do not like to do
simply because it Is our duty to take
any opportunity which chance gives us
to free the neck of our land from the
foot of the tyrant.”
Teresa bowed.
“And you have called this morn-
ing; you have crossed the border—"
“At the behest of a Mexican’s duty.
Senorlta, your grandfather Is well and
sends his love to you.”
“Tell me,” she cried impetuously,
“where is he?”
"Many miles beyond the border,” he
answered succinctly. “In the hands
of friends—if he accedes to our de-
mands,” significantly.
“And those demands?” curiously.
“I have not as yet made of him,” re
turned the captain. “Allow me to ex-
plain, senorlta. I know Senor de, la
Guerra, If not personally at least very
well by repute. I know that he does
not love my Mexico, and that he is
very stubborn.
“Our cause needs money and he has
It In great, unnecessary quantities
“Had I made a demand upon him
for a note to you, stating that he was
held for ransom and urging you to pay
it, I know that he would have refused.
So I come straight to you, without so
much as a word to him, Informing you
that unless the money is sent immedi-
ately—’’
He broke off, shrugging his shoul-
ders.
“You realize, senor," broke In Stan-
way coolly, "that this is rather an un-
usual sort of thing at this day? That
it is not without danger to you? If
the senorita were not disposed to give
what you ask, if on the other hand
we held you for the crime you have
committed—"
Again the captain shrugged.
•'It would mean imprisonment for
me, or perhaps death," he answered
promptly. “Things which a soldier
faces every day of his life and grows
to think nothing about. And—pardon
me, senorita—it would mean the death
of the Senor de la Guerra.”
Again a little 6hlver trembled
through the frame of the girl. Stan-
way, his eyes steady upon the Mexi-
can’s, was silent a moment. Finally
he said, turning to Teresa:
"Before you give this gentleman his
answer, senorita, may I ask for a few
words with you?”
“May I Interrupt again?” It was
Eduardo Ramon Torre, Insolent and
debonair, bowing in the doorway, a
fresh, unllghted cigarette between his
fingers. “Buenos dias, Senor el Capi-
tan.’’ O
Captain Juarez stared at him fixed-
ly, his hard eyes as Insolent as those
of Torre, and made no answer.
“I think, senor,” went on Torre in
mock courtesy, still lounging in the
doorway, “that it is with me that you
wish to deal. Am I not right, prima
mia?” lightly to Teresa.
The girl’s eyes darkened. Juarez
looked from one to another curiously.
•“I think,” he said slowly, “that I
can have business with no one except
la senorita. She is the one to speak
in a case like this one, since the old
senor is not here to speak for himself
and she is his heiregs.”
“Let your keen eyes rest on this.”
Torre drew the will from his pocket
and carelessly tossed it into Juarez’
lap.
The Mexican looked at It swiftly,
his eye ran down the written sheet,
and he started palpably when his
glance rested upon the name Eduardo
Ramon Torre.
“I have been misinformed," he
cried, starting to his feet. “The se-
norita is not the heiress. It is Senor
Torre who inherits!”
“Segurov” replied Torre, putting out
his shapely hand for the will. “And I,
senor, am that Senor Torre. Now,
what do yon want?”
“This is true, senorita?” Juarez
whirled about, his eyes bright and
hard upon Teresa’s.
“You come from papa grande,” she
answered him guardedly. “Did he not
tell you of a change in his will?”
“We did not speak.” Juarez remind-
ed her. "As I have said, I knew that
it would be useless to tnlk with him.
He knows only that he is being held;
he does not know why. I know only,"
and he resorted to the shrug so much
a part of his method of speech, "that
rumor has it that you are his heiress,
and this paper states that Torre in-
herits."
"Rumor at times is misinformed,”
Torre said smilingly. "You have the
will and testament Itself before you.
If it is sufficiently plain that I and
not the senorlta," with an apologetic
bow to Teresa, “represent my kins-
man: I trust that you will state your
errand concisely.”
"It Is this," said Juarez shortly. "El
Senor de la Guerra Is held by my
men for ransom. Twenty thousand
dollars will bring him back to you
promptly, without a scratch on him.
A refusal to pay will be a signal for
his death.”
"So," remarked Torre coolly. "It is
only twenty thousand dollars. You
ore modest, senor!"
“American money," Juarez added as
coolly.
“American money,” nodded Torre.
“That is better than Mexican pesos,
at any rate. It is at least less insult-
ing to my kinsman."
Captain Juarez made no reply. Te-
resa and Stanwuy looked at each other
swiftly.
Torre, smiling ns though the whole
matter were merely amusing, ad-
dressed himself to the girl.
“Teresitn," and she flushed under
the easy familiarity, "perhaps the val-
iant captain has not yet breakfasted.
He has a long ride before him and it
would be better if he should not carry
away a misunderstanding of the De la
Guerra hospitality. Also, while he lias
his coffee, you and I might discuss
the situation?”
“Yes," the girl agreed slowly. “That
would perhaps be best." Her hand
went to the bell cord to summon Pe-
dro. “We have Just brenkfasted, senor
capitan. If you will go with Pedro he
will see that you are served. And Se-
nor Torre, Senor Stanway and myself j
can avail ourselves of the time to
come to a decision.”
The captain bowed, and with no hes-
itation turned his back on them to
follow the servant to the dining room.
Torre came In, sat down, crossing his
legs with elaborate care to the crease
in his trousers, and favored Stanway
with a look which mocked openly.
“An Interesting situation, is It not,
senor?" he asked lightly.
“An extremely hazardous game yon
are playing, Torre,” cried Stanway an-
grily.
“I?" Torre lifted his brows. “It
is not I who play. It is I who watch
the game."
"Watch the pawns your own fine
hand has set moving 1" was Stanway’s
heated retort. "Do you think that you
can get away with a thing of this
kind, Torre? Why, man, it smells to
heaven 1”
'Recriminations aside—at least shall
we postpone them? There Is a crisis
demanding attention. Now,” lifting
his hand against Stanway’s words, “I
have a proposition to make—to you,
Teresa.”
“What is It?” she asked coldly.
“Merely this: As heir to the De la
Guerra estate I may be a prejudiced
person. You, with no personal Inter-
est,” and a quick light flicked in his
eyes at the girl’s wincing at his words,
“are the one to decide. Shall the cap-
tain’s request be granted? I leave it
to you, senorita. Entirely to you.”
Teresa bit her lip, the color surging
angrily into her cheeks. She saw the
trap as plainly as did Torre, as plainly
as Stanway saw it. And she did not i
see the answer to make.
“It is perhaps not Impossible,” went
on Torre evenly, “that a large part of
the sum mentioned is now on the
premises. We all know that my kins- j
man has always been his own banker;
that he at all times has been able to
produce a large amount of gold at a
moment’s notice.
WARN DRIVER BY
DAIffl SIGNAL
Many Evils May Result From
Driving Car With Emer-
gency Brake Engaged.
CAR FEE SYSTEM IS
QUITE COMPLICATED
Amount Collected for Various
Vehicles Is Not Uniform.
PUN TO PREVENT ACCIDENT
Device of Florida Man Can Be \pp!Ied
to Any “Shift Gear” Type of Car
—Essential Element Is Contact
Spring on Levers.
Burned out brake-bands, broken
crank shafts, and enormous fuel con-
sumption are ouly a few of the many
evils that may result from driving a
car with the emergency brake locked
In position.
After a friend lmd told him he
had unwittingly driven over twenty-
five miles under such conditions, L. B.
Bobbins, a Florida inventor, set about
to devise a means of preventing Just
such occurrences. The idea can be
applied to any “shift gear" type of
car, and calls for ouly the simplest
materials.
Contact Spring Essential.
The essential element is a contact
spring applied to each lever, that is,
the emergency-brake nnd gear-shift
lever, Just far enough above the floor
of the car to allow easy shifting,
t The spring is a strip of tempered
brass, bent as shown, one eud being
fitted with a screw terminal. This can
be found on an old dry-cell. A short
length of rubber garden hose Is slit
Confusion Caused by Widely Varylnj
Requirements for Registration or
Licensing of Chauffeurs, Own-
ers and Dealers.
The amount of fees collected per
car for either pleasure or commi .'clal
vehicles is as yet far from uniform nnd
Is still further complicated by the
widely vnrylng requirements for the
registration or licensing of chnffours,
owners, operators, dealers, etc. Thus,
if the total gross registration nnd
license revenues bo used as a basis of
revenue, nnd the total automobile
trucks and vehicles ns a basis fop
motorcars, it is found that for the
entire United States the uvernge fee
per car was $8.87. On the same basis
the state of New Hampshire received
In 1918 n gross revenue of $20.92 for
cneh motorcar, while Minnesota re-
ceived only about $1.79 annually for
each car, ns the registration in that
state Is for a three-year period.
Tn most states motorcars are taxed
ns personal property In addition to
(he required registration fees. In
Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, New
York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Pennsylvania and Vermont
registration fees ure in lieu of all other
taxes. Therefore, in making any com-
parisons in fees ns between the several
states, this fuct should be burnt In
mind.
NERVES GAVE OUT
Serious Kidney Trouble Had! Made
Life Miserable, But Doan &
Removed All the Trouble.
Hasn’t Suffered Since.
"I had such severe pains in my
bnck,” says Mrs. Albert Akroyd,
.104 W. Indiana Avenue, Philadel-
phia, Pa., “that they almost doubled
me up. Many a day I could not do
my housework and at every move
It seemed ns if my
bnck would break in
two. My feet and
ankles swelled until
[ I had to wear Iargt?-
slzed slippers nnd
sometimes I couldn’t
stand up.
"I hnd dizzy spells
and dreadful head-
aches and fiery
flashes passed be- Mr*. Akroyd
fore my eyes. Had a heavy weight
been resting on my head, the pnln
could not have been more distress-
ing. The least noise stnrtled me, I
was so nervous. I couldn't control
the kidney secretions and the pain
in passage was awful.
“It began to look as though my
enso was beyond the reach of medi-
cine until I used Doan'a Kidney
Pills. The first box benefited mo
nnd four boxes cured all the trou-
bles. I have hnd no further cause
for complaint."
Sworn to before me,
Tlios. H. YVulters, Notary Public.
G«t Doan'* at Any Storn, 60c n Bos
DOAN’S VuSST
FOSTER-MU-BURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
Atvtr
Showing position
tf spring*
Ditoil ot contort
spring
ELIMINATING BODY SQUEAKS
Thick Leather 9traps or Washers,
Held in Position by Bolts, Will
Stop Noise.
Motorcar frames are not at all rigid
under the distorting influences of an ir-
regulur road surface, whereas the body
work is very much less free to bend
nnd give. This gives rise to slight rub-
bing at various places where the frame
is in contact with the Bbdy sills, and
since these points of free contact are
not lubricated squeaks result The
remedy is to insulate the body from
the frame with thick leather straps or
washers, so placed as to be held in po-
sition by the bolts securing the two.
In like manner tho filler board used
with some types of windshield to
make it conform with the outline of
the car dash can be prevented from
squeaking by the Insertion of a strip
of leather or felt
BILIOUSNESS
Caused by
Acid-Stomach
If peoplo who *r* bilious ar« treated ac-
cording to local ijuiptom, they eeldom yet
very much better. Whatever relief le ob-
tained Is usually temporary. Trace bilious-
ness to Its source and remove the cause and
ths chances are that the patient will re-
main strong and healthy.
Doctors say that more than 70 n®2*
organic diseases can be traced to an Aeld-
Stomach. Biliousness le one of them. Indi-
gestion, heartburn, belching, sour stomach,
bloat and gas are other eigne of acid-
stomach. EATONIC, the marvelous moder*
stomach remedy, brlnga quick relief from
these stomach miseries which lead to a long
train of ailments that make life miserable
If not corrected.
EATONIC literally absorbs and carries
away the excess acid. Makee the stomach
atrong, cool and comfortable. Helps diges-
tion; Improves the appetite and you then
get full strength from your food. Thousand#
. say that EATONIC 1* the most effective
I stomach remedy In the world. It le the help
I YOU need. Try It on our rooney-beok-lf-
| not -satisfied guarantee. At all druggists.
| Only BO cents for a big box.
my dv ueius iui ■*
FATONIC
(Tor took Adto-aronAOb
A Contact Spring on Each Lever
Makes a Signal Light Show When
the Brake Is Engaged.
down Its length and slipped over the
lever to act as an Insulator and to keep
the two metals apart. The spring is
clamped to the hose with a pair of
common hose clamps. The two ter-
minals are then connected by a colled
piece of ordinary bell wire as shown
In the Illustration. .
Set Emergency Brake.
Attnch a metal contact strip to the
floor-board Immediately behind each
lever, so that, when the gears are in
“high” and the emergency brake Is set,
there will be contnct between the
spring strip on each lever and the met-
hl directly behind it.
Wire these two floor strips to a
light or bell, as preferred, which is
placed on the dash, and Insert one cell
ol the battery in the circuit.—Popular
Science Monthly.
OMOBIL.E
iOSSIP>
BHIy Stanway resumes
command of the situation
and things begin to straight-
en out for the time being.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Have Good Light.
If you work at night be sure that
you have a good light Arc lights, be- !
cause of their glaring rays, are exceed- |
lngly injurious. A shaded light is the !
best substitute at night for diffused
dnylight. The electric bulbs should
either have a dome or a dark paper
shade. A gas light composed of man-
tle and bulb produces a good, diffused
light and when placed high enough
near the ceiling does not Injure the
eye3.
WHEN HOOD HANDLES RATTLE
Noise Made Is Most Annoying and
Can Be Cured by Occasional
Tightening of Screws.
The handles fastened on the hood
to permit of raising and lowering the
part are apt to get loose and rattle
after the car has seen considerable
service especially if they are attached
with screws. The noise they make Is
most annoying, and the only cure is an
occasional tightening of the screws.
When using the self-starter be sure
that the spark is retarded, as a back-
kick may wreck the mechanism.
see
The usually recommended substance
for putting out gasoline fires Is sand, J
which certainly hus many advantages.
see
The fabric Is the life of a tire. Small j
cuts in the rubber let sand in which
soon loosens the rubber from the fab-
ric, and the water which enters, rota
It
• * •
A leading American automobile
manufacturer has tound it advan-
tageous to Install a compressed air de-
vice for driving wood screws and ma-
chine screws and nuts.
see
The body of the car should be
cleaned with castile soap and water.
Mud should not be rubbed off, but
rather should be washed off by flowing
a gentle stream of water over the
spot.
• * *
The small rods which are part bf
the ordinary pocket lamp battery can
be filed and trimmed down to make
a very acceptable temporary replace-
ment for worn-out carbon brushes In
the magneto.
To Preserve
and keep all
household linen
spotlessly white
and in perfect
condition use
Red Gross
Ball Blue
in the laundry
every week.
Nothing else will -
take its place and nothing else
is just as good. All grocers, 5c
WORLD’S LARGEST TRAILERS USEFUL IN
TRANSPORTING SUGAR BEETS TO MILLS
Tides of the Ocean.
The incoming and the Butgolng of
the tides is caused by the gravita-
tional influence of the moon. The
moon, so to speak, draws or lifts the
water from the depths on the same
principle that a pump lifts water.
And as with a pump, the water rushes
in to fill the space left; so the shal-
low water near shore rushes out to fill
the extra space caused by rising of
the water, on the principle that water
seeks its own level.
Long Sentences.
In “Les Miserables" Victor Hugo has
one sentence of a hundred lines,
and earlier in the book, In one of the
chapters descriptive of Waterloo, there
are over 50 lines without a full stop.
England’s record ts held by the for-
eign enlistment act, one section of
which reaches Its six hundredth word.
“I Believe I Could
Not Have Lived
If I Had Not Taken Rich-Tone.”
— Says N. P. Stevens.
“This truly wonderful tonic has dona
me more good than n,H th* doctor*
treatment* nnd I have heen under the
care of several eminent physician*. I
am truly grateful for the benefit I have
received from taking Rich-Tone and
recommend It to all people who ara
physically weak and run down.” ,
Take RICH-TONE
and gain new energy
Rlcli-Tone makes more red corpuscles,
enriching nnd purifying the blood. It
contains all of the elements that are
needed most In maintaining strength
nnd vigor. Rich-Tone rests the tired
nerves, restores appetite. Induces
henltliful sleep—It gives yon all those
things which menn energy nnd well-
being. Get a bottle today—only fl.00
it all drug stores. a
A. B. Richards Medicine Co.. Sherman, Texa»
Cuticura Soap is
Easy Shaving for
Sensitive Skins
The New Up-to-date Cuticura Method
Stove Polish
Outshines Alt
Tremendous Load of Sugar Beets Being Hauled to Mil.s.
It is trailers of the type shown in the Illustration, the largest In the world,
that are used dally for the transportation of overflowing loads of sugar beets
from the fields near Solidad, Cal., to the sugar mills. In spite of the excessive
loads carried by the trailers, loading and unloading is extremely simple. 1 Uo
rear wheels are equipped with solid tires.
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EX IRON ENAMEL
BBh Jflpi Makes Rusty Pipe Smooth
E-Z Metal Polish for Niekel Parts
Chiidren’sCoughs
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