Eight
i ne Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Thursday, July 21, 1938
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LOVE Oil
.RRUHlin.
Under th nimi of AIM Streeter. .ulek
flri Ankrom takea Job on the troubled
Halter T ranch to help lovelr Lea Trone
Oolinel atruthera and hla daulhter. Bet-
tF. coma to tutu and Ankrom recoenlies
Struthera aa an Impoeter. Kelton Draan
Draan la ahot and Belt, allpa Ankrom her
tun, aarlna aha did II. Ratehford. the
burly ahertrr, noun mem an tor qureuon
Int. Includlnl Clardell, a nelahborlna
rancher. Accidentally. Ankrom dropa
Bctty'a fun on the floor.
Chapter 14
Qwstlona
In plain tight, blue and eold and
grim it lay. The surprise had frozen
them all to a rigid tenseness. Ant
rom thought the pounding of his
heart must surely shake him.
"Weill" the sheriff drawled at
last "Well! What parlor, trick Is
this. Streeter?"
Ankrom grinned with a mirth'
lessness that showed the whiteness
of his teeth." "Shucks," he said. "I
feel downright ashamed to call that
weaklln' mine
"I shouldn't wonder." With heavy
Irony Ratehford stooped to pick
the weapon up. Yet even as his fin
gers spread to grip It, Ankrom cov
ered the pistol with his foot.
Grimly Ratehford straightened
The head on his thick neck came
forward until his heavy features
were within ten Inches of Ankrom's.
Unblinking, the smoking eyes star
ed balefully.
His words were low, spaced wide
apart: "Where did you get that
gun?"
Across Ankrom's mind came the
vision of the girt from Peso Pinto
rising from the crumpled form of
Kelton Orean with one hand hold
ing papers, a pistol In the other
This plstoll
He eyed it warily. Had the spu
rious Struthera' life been snuffed
with this?
He let his glance rest upon the
sheriffs. "By your tone." he told
him, "a man would figure It was a
crime to own more'n one gun in
Texas?"
"Never mind alrin' your opinions.
I want to know where you got this
gun."
"I don't know that it's any of
your business, Ratehford."
"I'm making it my business."
"Boot HIU Is filled with fellas
that had that habit"
"Damn you!" Ratehford swore.
"You answer my question an' an
swer It quick or III slap the brace
lets on you an' take you In for this
klllln'l"
"What evidence you got that I
downed Struthera? Law says you
got to have evidence before you can
arrest a man for a thing like this."
"Yeah? Well, that law don't cover
you. The laws alnt made for drlftln'
saddle tramps that go round stlrrln'
up trouble. Talk, fella talk, or I'll
take you In!"
Ankrom stood there, his eyes like
tempered steel, the lean cheeks
drawn taut. Trouble, he told him
self, waa Ilka his shadow. He could
not escape It wherever he turned
his eyes, there lay trouble waiting.
To move amid scenes of turmoil
seemed to be his portion. There was
no escape . . . aave death.
Very well, then; he was through
trying. He would serve these trou-ble-brlngers
what they aiked tor.
He would give them aU they want
ed from here on out; he would hurl
It In their teeth.
At the sheriffs voice stopped An
krom's right hand shrank Into a
hard fist. He look a forward stride
aa the sheriff atepped back a pace
ana stood. His eyes held Ratehford
like a grip; they were palely blue
like ice, uiey were baffling, mock
Ing, hateful. "What was It you
wantefl, Ratchford?
Whe Hired mV
Caution clouded the sheriff's
(lance. "I want to know where
that gun came from."
"atom the waistband of my trou
sers."
"Where'er you get It?"
As Ankrom was about to make an
swer, from the UU of hit eye be
caught a warning gesture. Just a
ttny movement of a hand It was; a
girls and Lee'tl Then the was not
completely Indifferent to him: The I
uiougni crossed hit mind Ukt light.
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THE RANGE
Evidently she realized as did he
himself, that Ratehford was out to
find a goat and meant to find one
before he left this room.
But Lee's cautioning gesture no
longer held the force It might have
held this morning. Stooping swiftly
he came up with the gun his foot
had covered; came up so suddenly
the sheriff had no time to guess his
purpose before the pistol's muzzle
held him in grim focus as Ankrom
backed to the wall beside the outer
door.
"It didn't come from no dead
man's hand, If that's what you're
lnsinuatin'," Ankrom drawled. "If
you're almln' to find a goat for this
nlght'a work. Ratehford, you better
pick on someone else.
"Any nun can talk behind a
gun," the sheriff sneered.
With a blur the pistol left An-
grom's hand and no one saw where
he had sheathed it. White teeth
gleamed coldly behind his parted
Hps. His attitude was a challenge
to big Tom Ratehford, yet Rateh
ford did not move.
Ankrom said, "What caliber gun
did the colonel use. Miss Struth-
ers?"
"Why ... a thirty-two, I be
lieve."
"The pistol I Just picked upwas a
thirty-two. It came off the ground
near Struthers' body. One shell has
been exploded. Do you know, Rateh
ford, what caliber slug It was that
killed the colonel?"
"A forty-five," the sheriff's voice
came back. "I cut it out." A mo
ment's pause, and then: "Like the
gun I took out of your hand a while
ago."
"Did you?" Ankrom said.
The sheriff shrugged. His lids
concealed the expression In tils eyes.
"All right then," he said, "like the
forty-five you gave up at my re
quest a while ago If It makes you
feel any better to have put It that
way."
"It does. No man ever took a gun
away from me yet, Ratehford"
"Hard hombre, eh? I've seen your
type of drifter before the kind
that hires out Its guns to the high
est bidder. Who hired you to gun
the colonel?
"I didn't gun him. I told you that
before. Now let me ask you one:
How'd you know the slug that
downed him was a forty-five?
Mightn't It have been a forty
four?" Where Were Your
"Listen." Ratehford tald testily.
"I've fooled around guns long
enough to recognize whether a
chunk of lead waa thrown from a
forty-four or forty-five, no matter
how badly It happens to be batter
ed. There's a dlff'rence In the
weight. Besides, this slug was pret
ty smooth. It was like the ones your
gun 'he one you give me shoots."
"That doesn't mean anything."
Ankrom said. "You've got a forty
five yourself. It's slung In that
shoulder holster under your coat.
Mr. Trone may be packin' one too.
for all I know. Clavdell, here, pro
duced a thirty-eight at your In
sistence, but he may likewise have
a forty-five cached about him some
place. I don't see any guns on these
two cowboys, but if I waa to judge
them by the rest of you I'd aay
they was each packin' a forty-five,
at least For a country that's
shucked its Irons"
"Never mind the sarcasm," Rateh
ford broke In roughly. He turn
ed toward the two girls: "Miss
8truthers, where were you when
your or man was shot?"
The unexpectedness of the ques
tion brought a startled breath from
Lee Trone. Her eyes flicked wide and
darkened. Instinctively they sought
Ankrom's. He gave her a reassur
ing quirk of the Hps and turned his
glance on Betty.
The sheriff's procedure elicited
no sign of dismay from her. 8he
had her wits about her every min
ute of tlx time, Ankrom reflected
sardonically. "A girl that haa all
the answers," he summed her up
wnen ne spoke her voire' held
that amount of nusktnes genuine
Carl Anderson
grief for her father's death might
have caused.
"I I let me see." a white hand
went to her forehead, rumpling the
golden curls; a tiny pucker grew
between her thoughtful eyes. "I had
just stepped out the door there
Father had asked me to meet him
out beneath that pepper tree; he
said he had something private which
he wished to talk to me about . . ."
She bit her Hp; her thoughts seem
ed far away. "I'm trying to recollect
it seems to me I had Just stepped
out the door and crossed the ver
anda. I was leaning against one of
those funny posts "
"Come, come Miss Struthers." the
sheriff exclaimed Impatiently. . I
asked you where you were when
you heard the shots. I'm not Inter
ested In the history of your move
ments from the time you finished
supper."
Upon the big sheriff the girl from
Peso Pinto turned wide blue eyes
in which there shone the hurt ex
pression of a child who has been
unjustly reproved. "But Mr. Rateh
ford, that Is what I am trying to
tell you. I had stepped out on the
veranda when I heard two sharp
reports "
"Then you did not see the gun-
flashes?" the sheriff growled. "You
couldn't ssy from which direction
the reports came?"
The girl shook her head. "I'm
afraid not. I was looking"
"Yeah." Ratehford cut her off. He
swung round upon Lee Trone: "Lee."
his eyes were on hers probingly.
"what were you doing under the
pepper tree when Colonel Struthers
got shot?"
More bad news for the Rafter T.
Monday,
Pupils Given Picnic
Turner Miss Betty Peetx. re
warding the accomplishments of
her first year music students, held
a picnic at Paradise Island. Those
enjoying the picnic were Jennie
Oisse. Coleen Boyer, Carol Stand
ley. Shirley Baker and Marjorle
Showers. Doreen Boyer could not
attend on account of illness.
Lodge Has Picnle
Turner Members of the Odd Fel
lows lodge Joined the Rebekahs In a
social meeting. Bert Kay. secretary.
acted as master of ceremonies. Bar!
Standley has recently Joined the
Odd Fellows.
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3:4.1 Olfnn Hhfltey, Oriantnt.
4:00 fltara of Today.
4:30 U. S. Army Band. NBC,
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1:15 Rkardo and Hit Violin. NBO.
1:30 Cocktail Hour.
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SO Jimmy rtdler, NBC.
I 4 NBC.
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T:ro Summer Symphony Talk.
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00 Death Valley Daya. NBC.
30 Oreiontan on Review.
00 Otlmort Circus, NBC.
30 Ptreiide Hour.
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K 15 Glenn Shelley. Onanist.
10:10 air Prancta Drake Orch NBO.
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U 00 Jantten Orchestra. NBC
1130 Del Milne Orrheatrt. NBC
To 13 Complete Weather Re porta,
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1 CO Mornlni Melodies.
1:18 Trail Blaier.
1 48 Oretonlan Neva.
I 00 Mu He Oulld, NBC.
10 Alona Oypiy Traila. NBC.
00 Lee Gordon Orchestra. NBO.
18 Your Radio Review,
10 Your Host la Buffalo. NBO.
10.00 Campus Capers, NBC.
10 30 Afternoon Off. NBC.
11 :00 atara of Tomorrow.
13:00 Calling- all Stamp Collector. NBO
13:18 Men of the West. NBC.
13:30 Al Roth Orchestra. NBO.
1 oo Top Hatters, NBC.
130 Denial Clinic.
1 45 Aviation Talks, NBO.
l ot Bl Chic Spanish Revne. NBC
3 18 Press Radio Newa. NBC.
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t 30 Art en tine Trl, NBO,
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3.18 Muste la My Hobby, NBC
3 : Ootn' Place
3 8 Thre Pellu. NBC
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8 fddie awarthout's Music, NBC
8 art Arm an 4 Olrartl. NBC
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OO Deia n fa Danclni. NBO.
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48 Aviation Newa.
88 Musical lnurliide.
1.00 Sons of the Lone Star, NBO.
7:18 Multnomah Bniemble.
13o On Wmia of Melody. NBO
no Oretonlan News.
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30 Royal Crown lltvua, NBO.
00 Baseball.
10:18 Trocadero Orchestra. NBC
10 38 Bal Tabarln Orchestra, NBO.
11 00 Oretonlan Newa.
1118 Charles Runyan, NBC.
11:34 Lonesome Club Orchestra
To 13 Complete Weather and Folic R
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: 10 Musical Clock.
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7:18 Radio City Pour. NBC.
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30 Mrs. M. H. LaMond. Safety Talk.
t45 Haul Lexington Orchestra. NBO.
10:03 Res Maupln Orchestra, NBC.
16:30 Oretonlan News.
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11:00 Jean Ellington. NbC.
11:15 Kldoodlera. NBC
11:30 Your Radio Review.
11:48 Rendeivoua with Rlcardo. NBC
13:00 Club Matinee.
13:30 Oretonlan Newt.
13:48 Market Report.
13:50 Dane Hour.
1.00 Trio Time. NBO.
1:30 Syracuse Orchestra. NBC.
3 oo Leon and Eddie's Orch., NBO.
3:38 Preaa Radio New.
3:30 Edison Orchestra. NBO
3 48 Baseball.
OIN 40 Kllocyctta
Friday P. M.
3:00 Ray Heather ton. Soma. CBS.
1:10 Canning Talk.
1:18 The Journal Newspaper of the Air.
4.00 Backtroundlni the News,
4:18 Leon P. Drews, Organist.
4:30 Hospitality House,
4:48 Boake Carter, CBS.
8:00 Hollywood Showcase, CBS.
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0.45 American Viewpoints, CBS
7:00 Henry Busst, Orchestra. CBB
1:30 Jack Crawford, Orchestra, CBS.
1:00 Tommy Dorsey, Orchestra, CBS.
$:Z0 Pishing Bulletin.
8:48 The Little Show.
g OO Jimmy Walsh. Orchestra.
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10:4ft Helrv stint. Orchestra. CBS.
11:00 Pasadena CI via Orchestra. CBS
11:30 Paul Fender vis. Orchestra, CBS.
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Saiarday A. M.
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38 KOIN Slock, Ivan. Walter and
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130 Sunklstleat.
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18 Columbian Concert. CBS.
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00 Enoch Liiht Orchestra, CBS.
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10 SO Motor City Melodies, CBS
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11 : 1ft Merrymakers. CB8.
11:30 Gertrude Lutal, Soma, CBS.
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12:30 Da nee pt tors, CBS.
13:4ft Hello Atain with Johnnie Walker.
1:00 Columbia Concert, CBS. ,
1:30 America Dances, CBS.
3:00 Studio.
3:05 Sympbonettet. CBS
ft 18 Sonts for You. CBS.
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130 Music.
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10:48 MUSIC
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13:00 United Presa Newa.
13:18 Farm Hour. 13:3r, Market and
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1 30 Music.
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3:00 Music.
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