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T h e Q u e s t io n s
THE STORY SO FAR: Ellen Carey
seem s interested in Jeff Brand, dashing
rustler, and Calhoun Terry, ranch man*
ager. Four rustlers are mysteriously
hilled. Suspicion fastens on Terry and
his associates. But Jeff kills Jack Tor-
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IN S TA LLM E N T F O U R T E E N
ley, who turns out to be a spy for the
big ranchers. The latter bring a lot
of Texas ex-peace officers to wipe out
the rustlers by actually killing them off.
Calhoun protests and persuades the own­
er of his ranch to sell it in small par-
cels to small ranchers. Terry and his
foreman, Larry, are fired upon by the
big owners' Invading army and they
find cover in a small cabin. There, too,
Jeff goes. Wounded, he is dragged Into
the cabin by Terry.
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6. W hat a re K iushiu, Shikoku
and Riukiu?
7. W hat is P o laris?
1. In navy slang, w hat is known
as an “ ash c a n ” ?
2. Which of the following is not
T h e A n s w e rs
both in E urope an d A sia—R ussia,
T u rk ey and Ira n .
A depth bom b.
3. Which, P lato , A ristotle or
Iran .
S o crates first expounded his
3. S ocrates.
philosophy?
4. Venice (connecting th e p al­
4. W here is the original B ridge ace of th e doge w ith the p riso n ).
of Sighs?
5. B ritain
(H en ry S hrapnel
5. The p ro jectile called sh ra p ­ 1761-1842).
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n el is n am ed a fte r a g en e ral who
6. Islan d s of Ja p a n .
se rv e d in w h at co u n try ’s arm y ?
7. The N orth s ta r.
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You’re out of luck in your ques­ w ere not very welcome. The m em ­
tions, E llison,” draw led T erry . “ We b ers of the rescu e posse m ade th a t
“ B etter lie there on the bed,’’ T er­ won’t an sw er eith er of th e m .”
clear. Wild ru m o rs circulated.
ry said, without looking round. “ Let
A m an ap p eared in the doorw ay of
L ane C arey and his d au ghter
L arry have your rifle.”
the house. He leaned ag a in st the
Jeff looked at T erry ’s flat, strong ja m b for support, but the rifle in cam e out of th e ran ch house to get
the news. F ro m a little distance
back with cold dislike. This w as a his hands w as quite steady.
T erry w atched E llen ’s face as the
nice pickle to be in. Without know­
‘Y ou've got m e so plum b scared m en eased B rand from the saddle
ing it, he had com e to rescue an th a t I expect I ’d b etter answ er yore
enem y, and by another q ueer topsy­ questions, E llison,” he said, not rais­ so th a t he would not have to put
fT osh t A skin g fo r Trouble
turvy quirk the m an had saved him. ing his voice. “ I ’m the guy in the any w eight on his wounded leg. He
“ How soon will your friends get cabin, and I ’m the one who told could see h e r b reath catch and the
T
hat Early in th e M orning
h e re ? ” L arry asked. " I reckon they them about Turley. I knew about it in ten t fe a r in h er eyes.
‘
We
had
b
etter
have
him
ca
rrie
d
a re gathering quick as they ca n .”
because I shot him this morning.
Two tra v e le rs h ad ju st m et.
“ I sent Lee H art out to pass the M aybe I’m one of the m en you’re u p sta irs,” Ellen said to her fath er.
One w as doing m ost of the talking.
‘H e can have the sp are room .”
word. My guess would be, in an ­ looking fo r.”
“ Y es,” he said, “ I a rriv ed hom e
Jeff shook his head. “ Sorry, but I
other hour and a half.”
The color slowly drained from E l­
one m orning a fte r m idnight and,
After a pause, “ We c a n ’t stand lison s g ray face. His guess was have to «ay “ No, th an k s,” lady. If
as I opened th e door, I saw
I sta y here these Texas wolves
them off another hour and a half,” th a t B rand m ean t to kill him now
s tra n g e r kissing m y wife,
would be liable to collect the only
T erry said.
closed th e door softly and hur
scalp I have. The boys a re going to
A sinister light quickened Jeff’s
CHAPTER X X IX
rie d dow nstairs.
At 1 a. m.
tak e m e to Round Top in your w ag­
face. He said ironically: “ You’ll be
ca m e back. I opened the
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„„
door
Sunday Brown said : “ I don’t know on.”
able to m ake a nice deal for your­
softly—and th e re w as th e stra n g ­
E llen had Jim bring down a m a t­
selves now. They won’t have two who you are, young fellow, but yore
er, still kissing m y w ife. So
to hang, but one is b etter than own w ords convict you and I ’m a r­ tre ss and put it on the porch. The
w ent dow nstairs again. At 1:15—”
resting you.”
none."
wounded m an lay down on it, pro­
“ J u s t a m in u te,” in te rru p te d the
I m standing in the doorway testin g th a t th ere w as no sense in
T erry did not answ er. L arry
o th e r m an. “ Why did you keep
flushed angrily.
w aiting for you to try it,” B rand babying him. The girl m ade him a
galloping dow nstairs? Why d idn’t
p itch er of cool lem onade and he
“ You have a fine way of m aking answ ered.
you w alk right into th e ro o m ?”
friends, Jeff,” he said.
“ J u s t a m o m en t,” T erry said. “ To d ran k sev eral g lasses of it. She
“ W h at?” cried the ta lk ativ e
I m p articu la r about who my avoid any m istak es, L arry and I are w aved a good-bye a t him as the
m
an.
“ And have m y wife catch
g
u
ard
ed
wagon
rolled
down
the
d
eclaring
ourselves.
All
th
ree
of
us
friends a r e ,” B rand jeered .
m e com ing hom e a t th a t h o u r?”
“ I ’ve noticed that. A scoundrel are in this tight together. You’re road.
W atching her, T erry thought th e re
like Lee H art who shoots from back n° i taking one without the o th ers.”
WNU—13
“ I ’ll do the talking for our side, w as a kind of light, flying g race in
of a wall a t a m an not expecting it.
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Your Situation
A bullypuss ruffian like Ja c k T ur­ Sunday,” Ellison told th e Texan. the g irl’s m ovem ents.
“ N ° need for guns to sm oke h ere .”
Cow ard and H ero
ley. A scalaw ag like—”
“ Will you tell m e all about it—
D espise not your situation. In
“ I t ’s been such a nice, friendly ju st w hat hap p en ed ?” she asked.
This c re a tu re m an , who in his
“ Don’t talk about T urley being
it you m u st act, suffer, and con­ own selfish affairs is a co w ard to
m y frien d ,” Jeff interru p ted . “ I afternoon Mr. Ellison would hate
L arry described th eir adventure
quer. F ro m ev e ry point on e a rth th e backbone, w ill fight fo r an
to have trouble s ta rt now,” jeered in detail.
killed him this m orning.”
we a re equally n e a r to H eaven idea like a h ero .—G eorge B e rn a rd
L arry sta re d a t him . “ Howcome Jeff.
“ I expect they hated to let Jeff
and th e Infinite.—A m iel.
Shaw.
“ Tell your crow d to get the hell go,” L arry concluded. “ The blam ed
you to kill T urley ?”
“ We found out he w as the traito r out of here before the boys come idiot stood in the doorway and told
who shot Jim Tetlow and th e other
E llison he w as the m an who had
boys. I gave him an even-Stephen
killed his spy T urley.”
break, which w as m ore th an the
E llen gave a little groan. “ Did
skunk deserved. We found the blood
you say th a t Jeff . . . killed T ur­
m oney in his ca b in .”
le y ?” she asked.
“ They’ve stopped the w agon,”
“ Y es.”
L a rry interrupted. “ Someone has
T he color had w ashed out of E l­
brought in a horse w ithout a rider.
len’s face. “ I ’m responsible for T ur­
Looks like the roan you w ere on.
ley s d ea th ,” she said in a low m on­
Bet a dollar they have recognized
otone. “ I . . . told Jeff the m an
the horse and a re having a pow-wow
m ig h t be Turley, and I said the
about it.”
w riting on the note left by the killer
’’It looks like only one of us m ay
looked like h is.”
be dead in ten m in u tes,” Jeff
“ Then you did a service to this
snarled. “ I ’ll take th a t rifle now,
d is tric t,’ T erry told her bluntly.
L arry . I aim to go out in sm oke.”
“ Don’t w orry about that. The fel­
L arry looked at the D iam ond Re­
low had to be killed.”
verse B m a n ag er.
“ Yes, but—why did I do it? I
Give it to him ,” T erry said, his
m ig h t have known w hat Jeff would
gaze fixed on the outlaw. “ But don’t
As One H e a rt
w ith divine love in it b e a ts w ith th e
do. And I w asn’t sure. M aybe—
m ake a m istake, Brand. I wouldn’t
Men a re tattooed w ith th eir spe­ sam e glow u n d er all th e p a tte rn s
M aybe—m aybe T urley w asn’t the
have chosen it th a t way, but w e're
c ia l beliefs like so m an y South Sea of all e a r th ’s th o u san d trib e s.—
rig h t m a n .”
all in this tight together. We all
Isla n d e rs; but a re a l h u m an h e a rt O liver W endell H olm es.
“
They
found
the
m
oney
in
his
cab
­
com e out of it alive or none of us
in. H e was the rig h t m a n .” L a rry
do. Let m e do the talking; th a t is,
nodded reassu ran ce. “ H e’s b etter
if any of us get a chance to do any
dead. Don’t w aste any pity on h im .”
w ith these fellows.”
“ We’re getting a chance, all
“ You’re so su re about that, a re n ’t
rig h t,” L arry cried. "Som eone is
you?
the girl cried in passionate
running out a w hite flag from back
protest. “ Only God can m ake a
of the b a rn .”
life, but it's all rig h t to cut one
T erry w alked to the door, unbolt­
off if you take a fancy to play at
being His ag en t.”
ed it, and w aved the flour sack.
Ellison and Sunday Brown cam e out
His guess was that Brand meant
T erry explained gently: “ When a
of the barn and walked tow ard the
to kill him now.
m ad dog is loose it has to be shot '
house. When they w ere about forty
to p rotect people.”
TROTTING RACES
y ard s distant the No, By Jo m an ­ to help Jeff, unless you w ant a real
“ Calhoun is right, E llen .” C arey
art distinctly American. They «
w ar on yore h an d s,” said L arry.
ager shouted a question.
agreed.
began early in the 19th Century
i
“ W hat m ade you run aw ay, T er­
B rand offered a suggestion. “ Why
Why did Mr. Ellison s ta rt so
and since 1850 have been the
r y ? ” he dem anded irritably. "You d rag anybody else into this, Mr. crazy a th in g ?” Ellen cried. “ Isn ’t
most popular sport at county
m ight have got killed.”
Ellison? You don't like my w ay of there any way to stop it? Can’t you
fairs. Sulkies art unknown in
The Diam ond R everse B m an life, and not a thing about you do som ething, Mr. T e rry ? ”
Europe.
w aited until they w ere n ea rer. "So pleases me. We can settle this right
Calhoun shook his head. “ How
we m ig h t,” he agreed, sa rc asm rid ­ here in three seconds with six-
ANOTHER GRAND American
ing his voice. “ W hether we ran or guns If you feel lucky, s ta rt smok- can I, since both sides d istru st m e i
custom is daily enjoyment of mild,
and
I
have
influence
with
neither?
ing.”
w hether we stayed. Your hired kill- ,
fragrant King Edward cigars. For
I have thought of one thing—to ask
ers a re too ready with th eir guns,
“ I don't fight duels with outlaw s,” the governm ent to send troops from
a real winner in smoking pleasure,
Ellison. I told you it would be that Ellison replied curtly.
try King Edward today.
F o rt Garfield to stop the w ar. I have
w ay.”
“ No. you hire killers to shoot ’em
Into L arry s face beneath the tan down from am bush. You go raiding no influence at W ashington. Mr
dark blood swept. “ Your hired kill­ their hom es with sixty gunm en at P ow ers probably has, if I could get
ers have been plugging at us for yore back. ’ B ran d ’s voice was word to him. L arry and I a re go­
a couple of hours. Y ou're no b etter heavy with scorn. “ When you open ing to town. I 'll.s e e H orace G ar­
than that dead wolf Turley you were the pot you have a pat hand, and vey and try to get him to join m e
in a w ire.”
telling us about. The sooner you are you su re play it close to the belly.”
“ Good. 1 11 com e to town as soon
run out of the country the b e tte r.”
Ellison stood stiff and straig h t. as I can get off. T hat will be a fte r
L arry had m ade a slip, and E lli­
son pounced on it. “ Did I mention “ I don't explain m y conduct to the down stage p asses,” said C arey !
L arry went with C arey to saddle
T urley? How do you know he was th iev es,” he said shortly.
“ M eaning me. Mr. Ellison? Jeff fresh horses from the Box 55 co rral
the m a n ?"
“ N ever m ind how I know. He has asked gently, his light, blank eyes T erry sta rted with th em but w as '
nothing to do with our com plaint very steadily fixed on the No. By detained by E llen’s voice, sm all­
e r in volum e than usual.
against you. I ’m going to see that Joe m anager.
“ One m inute, please, Mr T er­
T erry stepped in front of the lead­
it gets into the D enver pap ers that
you attacked u s.”
e r of the regulators, to prevent the ry .”
“ I d id n 't like you,” she adm itted.
Sunday Brown spoke for the first ru stle r from getting a shot at him.
tim e "Who is the m an th a t slipped
The th ree defenders moved back “ I thought you w ere horrid. And I
W IT H A D V E R T IS IN G
into the cabin a little while ago?” into the house and w atched. They was wrong. In all this dreadful
T erry looked at him bleakly. “ You had not long to wait. The invaders business nobody has been as right
as
you.”
The
color
in
her
eyes
deep­
wounded the m an, w hoever he is. ran out the w hite rag again to in­
Advertising and high prices do not go together at all.
T h a t's enough for one day. I ad ­ d icate the battle w as over. Men ened as she looked a t him. H er
They
are extremely incompatible to each other. It is
vise you-all to m ount your horses and horses poured out of the b arn h eart w as fluttering ag ain st her ribs,
only the product which is unadvertised, w hich
and get out of here while you ca n .” and from the creek bed into the and she told herself not to be a fool.’
“ It was splendid, the w ay you ran
“ D on't try the high and m ighty open.
has no established market, that costs more than you
with me, T e rry ," the No, By Joe
Cal gave B rand a wet towel with out of the cabin to get Jeff. I know
Can
afford to pay.
you
don't
like
him.
B
ut
you
went
m a n a g e r advised, restrain in g his which to bathe his hot face while
te m p er with difficulty. " I ’m asking he unfastened the bandage around ju st the sa m e .”
Whenever you go into a store and buy an item o f od-
“ I like him as well as he does
you two questions, and I don’t in­ the ankle and w ashed the wound. He
vertised merchandise, it doesn’t make any difference
tend to leave till I get answ ers. The tied another handkerchief around m e ,” Calhoun said w ryly.
The girl was in love w ith B rand
first is, how do you know Turley the leg.
what, you are getting more for your m oney-m ore in
of course He had no doubt of that.’
w as killed, unless you w ere in on
The rescu ers arriv ed about an
qualify and service— than you would get If you spent the
He nodded good-bye to her stiffly
th e job? The second is, who did you hour later.
•ome
amount for something which was not advertised.
and
w
alked
away
to
join
her
fath
er
c e —V late the cabin a little while
T erry and R ichards rode with the and L arrv a t the corral.
ago*'
p arty as fa r as the Box 55. They
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