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Sergeant Garcia is Faced with the problem
of deporting her, as no one knows of her
wealthy parent.

When it beautiful sefinrita arrives from Spain
seeking her father in the Pueblo De Los
Angeles . . .

But Don Diego and his lather befriend
her, only to find the responsibility too
great for them . . .

And then, it is ZOREO who must move
swiftiv to save the senuritii from harm
and 'solve the mystery of THE
SPANIARD'S SECRET.

Shortly, in one of the hacienca

BEPR0OM&--

yeX/ X/CERTAINLV, BUT HEfS SONE

BELIEVE \ NOW ANP WE'LL SEE THAT

ME, PON'T I HE POESN'T COME BACK.'

YOU,

QOH ALEJANPKO PBCUSSES HIS !
CONCERN WITH PISSO—

63NTINUINS HIS INVESTIGATION,
P1ESO QUESTIONS THE STABLE-MASTEf

YOU'VE BEEN HANPLING ,
THE COACH HORSES ANP ,
MAIL FOR SOME TIME,
HAVEN'T YOU, ,
SONZALES "

PIP YOU EVER
SEE ANY LETTERS
APPRESSEP TO
A PON MICUEL
CABRILLO?

CASK1LLO?

PON PIEGO/ _
HAVE NEVER '
SEEN ANY LETTERS
TO OR prepM HIM.'

PlEGO CHANGES TO THE CLOTHES OF
ZORKO..-ANP THAT NI6HT, AS HE
KEEPS A WATCH ON THE HACIENPA

ZORKO WATCHES ANITA RIPE OFF,
ANI7 SECONDS LATER, HE FOLLOWS--

W/S COLtLP

PROVE
INTERESTING

WHERE
CQULPStfE
g£ GOING T

Later, in a rocky
section some miles
from the hac-ienpa-

SNE ACT& A$ IF
StfE EXPECTS
SOMEONE TO
MEET #£&...

5uPt?ENLy, ON A LEG£E ABOVE THE 61 RL ><•

ZOKRQ MOVES TO A POSITION NEAR
THE GIRL, TKIES TO WHISpEf? A
WARNING ■

FKISHTENEP, ANITA HURLS A (

&JT THE TEKRIHEP 6IRL MOUNTS
HER HOPSE...ANI7 AS THE ANIMAL BOLTS,
THE SAPPLE SL/&S:

ZOKKO SEES THE 6IELSS PPE17ICAMENT
ANC? IS EO&CEP TV ASANPDN HIS
PURSUIT OF THE Aty'STERV' FI6UKE-"

'* FRISHTENEP HORSE RACES
THE Et7.SE OF THE PANGEROU&

Z'/tf SL/PPMO- / x..
XGWT/MMO- ON
MUCH LOMS&i/

ZoKKO PUTS HIMSELF BETWEEN

THE <31RL AMP THE CLIFF EWE IN

AN ATTEMPT TD RESCUE HER—

The next pav, in the plaza

I^ANITA WANTS TO PO SOME
" SHOPPING, BEKNARPO — KEEP
AN EYE ON HER WHILE I TALK
WITH 6EKSEANT GARCIA— I'LL
NOT BE LONG AT THE CUAKTEL.

'BUT I WROTE
THE LETTERS!

I MAILEP
THEM/ THEY
COULPN'T

►- OUST

pisappear;

THIS, I CANNOT ^
< ANSWER.' ALL I KNOW
IS THAT THERE WERE
. AC LETTERS TO A
I PON MIGUEL CABRILLO;

P^VAIT/ I CAN PROVE MY
FATHER IS HERE IN LOS .
AN&ELE6.' I HAVE EVERY

I LETTER HE EVER WROTE I
~0 ME...IN MV TRUNK ,
AT THE HACIENPA/

Lateb. in the PATIO, AFTER ANITA

HAS CALMEE? POWN, PtESO QUESTIONS
HEK AGAIN™ f

Anita steals to the small'builp-

I NS WHERE THE VAOUEROff LIVE —

, SEifoR RUIZ...

YOU MUST HELP ME!

I NEEP SOMEONE

TO TAKE ME TO

I THE' MISSION SAW

. FERNANPO!

NO...ANP HE WOUL17
ONLY STOP ME/ BUT
THERE IS A PAPRE WHO
CAME TO CALIFORNIA I
ON THE SHIP WITH
ME — PERHAPS HE CAN
HELP ME.' PLEASE
TARE ME.'

NOT KNOW,
SENORITA—
" PE LA j

VEfiAS
WOULP BE
ANGRY IF-

AMITA MOVES HEff HOKSE CAUTIOUSLY,

susp;aous ~

^UPPENLV J?UIZ MAKES A (
FOR ANITA '5 HORSE- -—

FORCED BACK TO THE Ei?GE OF A
PAN6ERQU5 PKOF, SHE FACES THE MEN-

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COH'T COME :\ /V WILL ONLY SAVE )
ANY CLOSER.' <. US FROM PUSHING J
IF YOU CO, /■>*■ VOU, SEROPfTA— ^
I'LL JUMP/ / V3 |Ve Ul5 THE MONEY/

i Taking a fesperaxe

f CHANCE, ANITA JUMP*

O^o^^/] ^

\ WILL HAVE TO

■*fiOBC£ HER

„ OFF/ 5HE HAS

' GONE THAT FAK

...NOW SHE

WILL HAVE TO

GO THE PEST

v OF THE WAY/

But as the

two men roll

a boulfek

to the ep£e

«■■" OF THE
OVERHANGING

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Ruiz craws his auN, but suppenly-

i3§r|^V

Anp in the

nick of time,
scoops her
to safety...

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V^ 1 PROMISE

you must promise

NOT TO PO SUCH A y ONLY i
FOOLISH THiN<& -/ SENOE.' /FM/
A6A!N./-*r I RATHER (5 ALIVE,

' J MUST .

FtNP HIM...

IT JSNY RAIE that
YOU PORCE HER TO
LEAVE LIKE THIS,
SERJEANT... -

^SOMEONE.- SOMEONE.. .^^^
SOMEONE WHO, PON f I AM \

^UPPENLY CON ALEJANPRO REACT*
TO A BROOCH ANITA WEARS- f B^

P/ESO SPIES SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR-

Meanwhile, at the hacienpa, anita
receives a surprise visitor-

But whew anita tries to leave-

Aw moments later, she tries
another exit of ESCAPE"

foh, no.' will^
[ you please
i leave me ,
^, alone; ^

*^ BUSINESS"'
f AffW 77/M£" SVfili ;
I PROBABLY TRY
^ 4SK? POOR AGAIN '^

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But whew the sikl fails to make
an appearance'

IT POES WOT MATTER | SuPPENLY, ANITA RULLS A SMALL

Momentarily,
anita anp •
sonzales have
a chance to
seek shelter

BUT THEN —

you ARE

MY FATHER?/

THAT'S ALL

THAT MATTEES;

IF WE CIH> WE

PIE 70&£m£/?;

ZORPO FINISHES OFF JOSE BUT AT
THAT /MO/WENT, BEHIND HIM ■

AN£7 50OH MY ^
FATHER ANP I CAN
RETURN TO SPAIN.
THE MANSION. ..THE
MONEY.. .IT 6ELON6S
ro&or// OF US>.'
YOU WILL TRULY BE,
7- POH MJ6UEL *
CABRiLLOTHlSTlME.'

BUT FIRST WE^
MUST RETURN
lO THANK CON
7JE30 ANP'PON
ALEJANDRO —
THEy MUST BE
r WOPRIEI7
A0OUT ME.'

SOMEHOW, I HAVE A
FEELING CON PIEiSO
AL/ZEAPY KNOWS:
THAT EVEJ5YTHIN6 IS

F ALL EfcSHT,
SENORiTA..

TV6UARP.

"Padre! Padre!" little Emanuel Estaban
ried through the heavy gates of the small
California mission and collided abruptly with
a brown-frocked man, who had been standing
by the well in the courtyard.

"Emanuel!" the man sputtered, bul smiled
gently al the agitated boy. "What is the trou-
ble? Is one of your pets ill that you come in
such great haste?"

"No, Padre," Emanuel panted, "two more
of your ealtle are missing this morning! I
went lo open the corral and lead them to.
the pasture when 1 made the discovery!"

The good padre- frowned thoughtfully,
"This is the third time in as many weeks that
cattle from the mission have been stolen.
What puzzles me." he added softly, "is not
that there are evil men who would do such
a thing, but that these men always take two
animals at a time . . . why only two?"

Emanuel scuffed at the soft dirt with one
brown toe, his forehead creased in thought
as he slowly said, "I think I know who has
been doing it. Padre!"

"What's this?" the padre asked with sur-
prise. "Are you sure? Have you seen him?"

"No," Emanuel admitted, "but there is a
man in our village who is lazy and refuses
to work. If his sister did not provide a home
for him he* would probably starve!"

"Yes, yes, go on!" the padre urged. "What
makes you think he is the culprit?"

"Well," Emanuel said, drawing the outline
of an animal in the dirt with his toe, "even
though he is still not working, that I can see,
he has had coins to jingle in his pockets for
the past several weeks and has been spend-
ing them freely at the cantinat"

"Well, now," the padre nodded doubtfully.
"I admit this does sound strange, but it does
not necessarily mean that he is guilty. Just a
minute," he interrupted himself with another
thought. "Even if this man were the thief,
who is there in this area that would pay for
beef? Money is scarce and trading is ac-

complished largely with goods 1"

"Si, I know thaV Emanuel nodded, "bul
have you forgotten that for the past few
weeks soldiers of the governor have been
camped in the valley west of here? Pablo
says they come every year at this time to
protect the men who collect Ihe taxes!"

"That is true!" the padre replied.

"And always they want meat to eat but
have not time to hunt their own," Emanuel
rushed on, "so they buy from anybody who
can supply theml And. since this man is so
lazy, he would not steal more cattiB than
was necessary for his immediate need!"

"Mmm," the padre mused thoughtfully,
"That is good thinking, Emanuel! But even
if this is true I cannot accuse this man on
such flimsy evidence anymore than I can
afford to hire helpers io guard the cattle
every night of the week!"

A light suddenly brightened in Emanuel's
eyes and a big smile crossed his face.

"Perhaps we can solve both problems at
once, Padie! I have some friends who would
be glad to guard the cattle, and you will
not have lo pay them anything!"

A week later, the padre was once again
all smiles for no more cattle had been 3tolen
and the suspected thief had vanished from
the village, temporarily, af least.

"Your 'friends' certainly did their job
well!" the padre commented to Emanuel as
they inspected the ground in the corral.

"Si!" Emanuel agreed happily. "That thief
has learned a good lesson. See, here is a
piece of his pantaloons, and over here, the
marks on the ground show he sailed through
the air several feet! And here, by the gate,
he lost his hat in his haste to get away!"

The padre laughed heartily and al the same
lime hesitated to breathe deeply.

"I — I think ..." he chuckled, ". . . perhaps
it is the first time in all of California thai
cattle have been guarded by a email boy,
his pet dog, a burro, and a skunk!"

it happened in
Old California-

The

MISSION

Of SAN

PORTOLA

One pay, in the sleepv little
pueblo of san poktola, the
mission bell peals an alarm-

WHY
WOULP
THEY
COME
HERE?

THEY MUST HAVE PISCCVEKEP
CUE SECRET OF THE NEW

eoio CANPiesr/acs.' they

ARE THE ONLY VALUABLES

IN THE MISSION THAT THE

BANPITS WOULP WANT/

OOME/ WE NEE7 EVERY MAN TO
HELP C5UAR17 THE MISSION TONI6HT,'
K3U MUST PROMISE ME NEVER

AGAIN TO REVEAL __^— :

" PEt?Ro7 Y/ SI, r

PROMISE
NEVER:'

&UT THE ARCU5EI7 VILLASEJW FIGHT
HAKP ANV THE BANPITS ARE PlflVEN
AWAY'

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Soon all is ouiet-

/ let us look *t

ouk seautiFul
candlesticks

ONCE MORE y
-BEFORE WE"
f PEPAKT FOK
OUR HOMES.'

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A NAME

TRAHSPLANTED

The origin of the name of California lias caused much spec-
ulation among historians. Some hold that it received it?
name from a mythical priest called Father Cal y Forma.

Others helieve that it was derived from the
Latin calida fornax-, meaning hot oven, an
appropriate reference to the hot, arid cli-
mate of Baja California, the lower penin-
sula discovered and explored by Cortez.

Gut the most accepted belief is that Cortez'
men so named it, believing they had dis-
covered the mythical island of California
as described by Montalvo, a Spanish writer.
in a book during tfce late 14QQ's„

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They were disappointed not to find the is-
land as they had dreamed, aland of Amazon
■women ruled by a pagan queen, Califia. But
when they departed, they left a beautiful
sounding name for the territory, California.

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When Zorro and the rancheros of early California observed the numerous
grizzly bears abounding in the territory, little did they realize that some
day the huge animal would become an emblem for strength and independence.

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for the bravest settlers, some daring to
meet the grizzly in single combat with only
a knife and ox-hide shield for protection.
But. more often, assistance was at hand.

So bold were the attacks of the big ani-
mals, that when rancheros expected guests
they dispatched pistol-armed vaqueros to
safely escort the visitors from the main
throughfare to the hacienda.

In 1846. when the Californians revolted against Mex-
ico, they selected the bear and a star as the emblem
for the flag of the new republic . . . depicting their
motto, "A bear stands his ground always and as long
as the stars shine we stand for the cause."

A short time later, the American
Flag was raised over the terri-
tory. On February 3, 1911, by-
legislation the Bear Flag was
adopted as the California Flag.