zorro- a stroke of luck

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_'he King's gold is stolen, and Don Diego ischallenged to a duel when he throws suspi-cion on one of his wealthy neighbors.

Zorro tries to uncover evidence to preventthe duel, but what he finds makes him decidethat Diego should fight this battle.

THE HUNTED

Bernardo alerts Don Diego that killer dogshave been turned loose on Zorro's trail...trail leading to the De la Vega hacienda.

Fearing the exposure of his identity, Zorroleads the pack on a wild chase and almostloses his life trying to escape capture.


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IT COMES FROM THE SHIPS 1OF OUR KIMS! IT ISSPANISH GOLD TO BEUSED FOR THE CAREOF THE. HOMELESS 1

BUENOl WE MUST RIDEQUICKLY TO LOS ANGELESAND REPORT WHAT HASHAPPENED TO SERGEANT


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The lancers r/denard tnrougmqut we nightand at dawn. \reach 7ue cuartel in los angeles... r __ i


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$OON, AT DON DtZGO 'S HACIENDA ..

SI. BUT WHAT WILL V I, UH... WILLYOU DO IP VOU FIND ) SUMMON YOU ANDTHE CULPRIT * J YOUR MEN,,, YOUCAN MAKE ANTHAT IS WISE, MY FRIEND! > YES,DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY ACTION I KNOW! ION YOUR OWN! DAN6ER IS J PROMISEMY BUSINESS. _ -|-^ YOU, DONNOT YOURS 1. VAjgrX DiE&O WILL"

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BUT SENOR IORRO < ADIOS, SERGEANTUNDOUBTEDLY WILL! J I WILL LET VOUKNOW! , ^/GRAClAS! ^

TRA7 APTERNOON, IN DON 'DIEGO'S STUDY, A GROUP OP PROMINENT LANDOWNERS7*if& TM@tt??fE STOLN GLD < ALL OR TNEM SEEM NONESTL Y A67ZW/SMDAND CRESTFALLEN......AND SO, GENTLEMEN, AFTER ALL THEWORK WE DID TO RAISE THE FUNDS FORTHE HOMELESS, IT SEE/MS THAT NOW ITWAS IN VAIN *

WHAT I CANNOTUNDERSTAND ISMOW NEWS OF THESHIPMENT GOTOUT!

SI.' BESIDESTHOSE 1. OF US HERE, ONLYI SERGEANT GARCIAAND A FEW TRUSTEDLANCERS KNEWWHEN THE GOLDWAS COMINGTHROUGH .'

WE MUST HAVETHE SERGEANTAND HIS MENTHOROUGHLYQUESTIONED!

L THAT IS TRUE, DONJOSE... BUT THE SADTRUTH IS THAT ITCOULO //AVE SEENONE OR USi


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DON RICO... I FEEL AS N I AM SORRY-.,YOU DO BUT PLEASE BUT THAT IS MSRECONSIDER vouKNOW DON DIEGO / DEMAND THAT HEIS NOT A MAN OF r~T MEET ME ON^m ARMS! THE FIELD OPmm*:-*'"

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AY, DON DIEGO..MOW \ ALLIDIDWAS \JYOU HAVE DONE IT ! J SPEAK A SIMPLETRUTH, DONMIGUEL'THAT MAV BE 1 BUTYOU KNOW HOW HOT-HEADED DON RICO IS!YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE

j. INSULTED HIM! ^

\ I DID NOT INSULT\ HIM DIRECTLY! HE

IS JUST QUICK TOJ TAKE OFFENSE

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what is my N uh. don Miguel ...doMASTER TO DO? S YOU SUPPOSE THERE ISj-T SME WAY THE DUEL\^Q>_rs^^f \ CAN BE CALLED OFF 1

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L ill fJt & OH, r KNOW THAT,..BUTYOU MUST FACE THI5CHALLENGE! YOU MUSTDEFEND YOUR HONOR.OR DIE LIKE A MAN! I HAVE NO DESIRETO DIE... INAWMANNER! ALLI WANTED TODO WAS GETTHE STOLENGOLD SACK!

WELL, BERNARDO, WE CERTAINLY SAWHOW THEY WOULD REACT, DIDN'T WE *YES...I KNOW IT DOESN'T PROVE ANY-THING, BUT AT LEAST IT MIGHT GIVE USA START!


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Bernardo is concerned asol/t the//UPENDING DUEL ...AND SAYS SO /N S/GNLANGUAGE..

Moments later, m the secretroom.,. AS SOON AS ME IS COMPLETELY WITH US.MAYBE HE WILL HAVE A FEW IDEAS ASTOMOW TO HANDLE DON RICO SALDENA!


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&UT, AS WM MT5WOULD UAVE IT, U ISSPOTTED BY SAPC/A AA/D THELANCERSWHOAPEOUT SEARCHING POP WE 8AHDOP OUTLAWS WHO STOLE THE GOLD.,.A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE, AMIGOSWE SEARCH FOR GOLD AND FINDZORRO!


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Jwa matter ofmoments, xozm m$COMPtTELY CONFUSED &4GC/AANQ'WG \ WBS AIEEE! ITWAS El^NERE, BUT HOW

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UH... NOTHING, DONDIEGO! ARE YOU,., EC,PREPARED TO MEETTHE CHALLENGE OF-DON RICO*

ANYTIME,., AND THESOONER THE BETTER!IT SO HAPPENS I HAVEURGENT BUSINESS INTHE NORTH THIS VERYEVENING!

ARE YOU SAYING...THAT YOU WISH THEDUEL TO BE FOUGHTTQOAY*PRECISELY! AT NOON, |FTHAT IS SATISFACTORYWITH DON RICO! TELLHIM I WILL BE AT MISHACIENDA AT THEAPPOINTED HOUR -

LILLUDO NOTWORRY, BERNARDO! VOU MIGHT

THINKIAM ACTING FOOLISHLY BUT BELIEVEME , I HAVE A PLAN IN MIND!


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News of diego's acceptance of thechallenge. moves sw/ftly throughthe pueblo*i never thought i'dsee the. davdon diegowould be fightinganything but thestrings on hisGUITAR '


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OH, THE CLUMSY FOOL I WHYDID HE NEVER LEARNSWORDSMANSHIP?

lNSfD 7ME MOUSE, DIEGO SCRAMBLES TO MSAK /S MARD-PRESSED BYDON R/CO,AND CONTINUES)SACMA/G AWAY. . , R/GS/T TOWARO TttCEUAR DOOR..

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I AM NOT CONCERNEDWITH HOW FAR YOU HAVETO CHASE ME. DON RICO!ONLY THAT YOU DONGTC4rC/VMEl


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BW THIS KAILTHE EVIDENCE WEWILL NEED TO PUTDON RICO AND HISCOMPADRES INJAIL!

A WELL-PLANNEDSTROKE OPFATE... BUTNONE BUT THEMASTER ANDI WILL EVERKNOW I


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The man had come riding io the rancho inthe afternoon. He had introduced himself asSeiior Manuel Escobar, emissary of the king,and had said he was riding to Monterey withimportant papers for the governor. With tradi-tional hospitality, Sehora Vasguez had askedhim to rest at the rancho overnight. Grand-father, now too feeble to wander far from theoak chair in the parlor, had made him welcome.But Maria Vasquez did not like the man.Why did his eyes wander so searchinglyabout the room? Why did his gaze rest soeagerly on the silver candlesticks that hadbeen a part of her mother's dowry? Andwhy was Sefior Escobar so pleased when helearned that Maria's father was away fromhome?

After dinner, Maria slipped from the houseand went to the corral where the visitor'shorse was penned. In a lew minutes hermother followed her, carrying a lantern.

"Maria!" Sefiora Vasquez was stern. "Whyare you out here in the dark?"The girl hesitated a moment, then said, "If

Sefior Escobar is the king's emissary, why ishe not traveling in a great coach with anescort?" She took the lantern from her motherand held it high, "See the brand on hishorseit is not the mark of a horse from theroyal stables. It would not surprise me if thisman were an impostor.""Who could he be? And what does he wantof us?" Maria's mother asked.

"Perhaps he is a thief," Maria answered.Sehora Vasquez clasped her hands in

panic. "With your father away, what can wedo? We cannot turn this man away."

"No," Maria agreed. "If he decided hewould not go, we could not make him. I thinkhe wants your silver candlesticks, Mama, butperhaps we can prevent him from takingtKom. Listen..."Maria quickly outlined a plan. Her mother

nodded eagerly."You go back to the house," the girl fin-

ished. "I will take care of everything."It was very late when Maria entered the

house. She pulled off heavy gloves and wentto her mother's room. "Now we will watt,"she said to Sefiora Vasquez.Hours passed in darkness. The night was

well along when Maria and Sefiora Vasquezheard Sefior Escobar open his door, Soft foot-steps came down the hall and passed into theliving room. There was a clink of metal uponmetal. Escobar was taking the candlesticks.Footsteps crossed to the door. The latch waslifted and the door creaked open,Moments later, a yell went up from theyard. Maria and her mother rushed to theliving room. Through the open door theycould hear Sefior Escobar thrashing aroundoutside, screaming, "Help! I am murdered!"

There were several loud thuds, which mighthave been either the candlesticks or SefiorEscobar falling, and there was a continuousrustling and snapping. This was followed bythe sound of feet pounding away past thecorral, toward the Monterey road.

Sehora Vasquez turned to Maria and said,"You had better go tell your grandfather whathappened. I will get a lantern and look for mycandlesticks."

It did not take Sefiora Vasquez long to findthe candlesticks. They lay just where the thiefhad dropped them. And they were hardlyscratched by the tumbleweedthe moundsof prickly, stiff, scratchy tumbleweed thatMaria had piled so carefully in the dark yard.It had taken Maria so long to gather thatmuch tumbleweed, but it had been worth it,Sefior Escobar had fallen head first into theweed, as Maria had known he must fall, forMaria had left nothing to chance. She had tieda length of rope across the frame of the door,just ankle-high.


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LAZYLUISTAKESA WALK

IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF CLARA LINDA, IN OLO CALIFORNIA,THE ALCALDE STROLLS THROUGH THE STREET^

THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OF \ HOWMEASLES...THREE.OCTHE 1 SERIOUSPUPILS IN MY SCHOOL ) IS IT 1?HAVE THE RASH ALREADY!

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Zu/S'S THOUGHTS ARE INTERRUPTEDWMENA R/DER GALLOPS INTO WE SQUARE>


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THE VILLAGERS WILL MOTLISTEN TO LUIS...TUEY PREPARE io DOBATHE WW T/JEBANDITS---

. . .AND A PEW MILES OUTOP TPE VILLAGE,LUIS /S STOPPED BYA BAND OPl/ORSEME


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SENOR, DO NOT GO TO CLARALINDA! THERE IS SICKNESS INTHE VILLAGE ! IT STRUCK FIRSTAT THE CHILDREN '


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PERHAPS Y0L1 KNOW A \ fif ' HE 1STHE BiG&ESTYOUNS LANCER NAfAED SABOSO IN ALL LOSPRIVATE RlOALGO ? J ANGELES .' EVERYTHING^ RlCALSO DOES ISWRONG...I ANV ALWAYSPUTTING UIM ON REPORT

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE I HE IS LUCK/ TO BE APRIVATE...!? THERE WERE ANYTHING LOWERTHAN THAT, I AfA SURE HE __WOULP BE DEMOTED f /W HE IS A*Y3 I PROMISES HIS FATHER IWOULP HELP HIM. ..IF HE ISA CORPORAL, HE WILL 6EA HAPPY WAN. --THAT ISNOT TOO MUCH TO ASK '


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ALWAYS, THEY ARE HUNGRY .' IT IS BETTERNOT TO OVERFEED THElK... THEY STAY HUNSRY...AHP THE/ LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THEY ,CATCH AT THE END OF A CHASE .'

WITH PANCHO AND PEDRO, Y BUT TO LET >CAPTURING ZORRO WILL BE | THEM OUT., -ISEASY. . .THESE DO&S CAN 1 IT NOT DANGEROUS ?FINPrf/VyOWE...


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TUEy KNOW M, SEBC-EANT GARCIA... *NDTWEy OBEY MY COMMANDS .' BUT FIRST,TUEBE IS SOMETHING WE MUST HO


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THE MOMENT THEY TAKE TUE TRAIL*W FATHEE'S UACIEMDA, I WILL LSEE ME '

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WALT DISNEY'STQRRO TOO MANY ZORROSAT THE INN, SERGEGNT GdRCIfl CONFIPES /NHIS FRIEND, OlEGO PE iff VESA

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I WARNEP THE COASANDANTE IT WOULP BEUSELESS, BUT HE INSISTS WE SEARCHEVERYWHERE IN THIS AREA .' "

Si' COWANPANTE.' THERE IMBECILE .'WAS ALSO A MASK AND NONE OF LISCLOAK IN YOUR QUARTERS / CAN BE ZORRO'...ftNP EVEN ONE INMINE!

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In old California, horsemanship was veryimportant. When a Californian was onlyfour or five, he was hoisted onto a horseand his education began. By the time he wassix he rode as easily as he walked.

The rancheros prized their horses Arabsteeds brought in from Spain. These werenever stabled. Instead, they were brandedand turned out to pasture to graze forthemselves until a fresh mount was needed.

There had not been a single horse in Cali-fornia before the arrival of the Spanishmissionaries, but within a few years, theherds had grown to alarming sizes. Oneherd alone might number up to 100,000.

Naturally enough, some of these horses,running free in the pastures, turned wild.They lured still others away from the herds.Members of these outlaw bands were calledmestenos. Today we call them ?

At one time, when the West was still very big and very empty, thousands ofwild horses, descended from the Spanish mestenos, roamed the remote valleys.Gradually, as the land was settled, the outlaw bands dwindled. But in someback-country areas, ranchers still encounter crafty, elusive mustangs whichsteal down from the hills to raid corrals and coax away the mares.


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