Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 26, 1938, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEHPORD MATT, TRfBUNE, MEDF(VRD. OT?TCfiONT. TUESDAY. .TTJTiY 2rl. IMS. LOVE ON .ITKUOIf CXlE . uii Story So Far Jlur" Ankrom. trvlnp to a cap lh troublt that dogi hit loolileps. rldei into Peto Pinto. Immediatclv h In" himttll im. broiled in oun-plav, reicufi") d girl from a band thuot. Chapter Two Loyalty Comet High ANKROM swiftly went to her, took the gag from her mouth. Her lips moved but no words name, onlv vaeue croaklns sounds. Deep anger stirred within him for the renegades wno nao ueo inai filthy rag so tightly, and a wave of darkness crossed his cheeks He passed behind the girl she could not have been more man nineteen, he thought and inspect rri the knots that held her fettered He snuffed the match, let it fall from his fingers. Then he hun kered down, working iwiftly in the dark. Short second later the ropes fell away and she was free. Her voice came men nusxuy: 'That branding ironl Don't leave it" "I'll get it, ma'am," ha said, and crossed to where a glow marked its site. He came oacK 10 ner wun it. "You been hurt? "I'm all right Those . . those men on the floor?" "Thev won't bother you any more. Be a good Idea if we got out of this. Two of wem polecats got away. 1 reckon there's more where thev came trom. tan you wain. ma'am?" "I think so. Will you strike an other match, please She aroused his admiration by her Doise and serenity. He found himself wondering why she had screamed. That branding Iron With a rasp a third match in his hand burnea blue ann yenow against the gloom Framed In chestnut curls her oval face was before him, leaping from the shad ows. Strength lay in her features and a latent storminess. She was standing now and her tailored suit could not conceal the lovely lines of her slender figure. Her eyes lifted to his own, re turned his scrutiny directly. "I'm glad you came. My name is L,ee Li Lee Trone. "I was wonderin . I m Abe Streeter." He lied evenly "You're a range man. Strangert" Just driftin' through." "Would you take a job?" . "Ranch work?" "On a ranch." . 'There's a difference?" He asked It softly. . "There may be It depends." "What on?r" - She shrugged. Her eyes were on his. In them he read something that stirred his blood, that has tened the beat of his pulses against his will. A Bargain SHE said, "This business here . . . there's a connection some where. My father runs the Rafter T. Cattle. High-grade beef. It's sprouting wings. . . ." Annrom started ner to warn we doorway. Here it was, he wa thinking: circumstance and streak of imDulsiveness in his na ture were once again shoving him toward a quarrel of wnicn ne Knew nothing. He sighed and vet his be ine ouickened. He should ride away before the web of this new trouble enmeshed him. He stopped by the doorway and silently handed Lee Trone the branding iron she had told him not to leave behind. Unconsciously, he noted Its brand. "We had better be clearln' out.' he said. "Those shots must have been heard. Keeping to the shadows they moved toward the street, reached it. "This place has a reputation. Unsavory, bhots are common dead men, too. 1 don't think you could drag the neighbors near here tlU the authorities have come and gone. They may b- watching, though," Le- said. "How did you get here?" "I have a car. Have you decided to take that job I offered you? The f)ay win be iiou, payable regular y once a month." Ankrom's lips pursed In a sound' whistle. "You tryin' to buy a man' ager?" "I'm trying to buy loyalty." "Does it come that high? "I haven't found any, yet" There was no Irony in her answer, only wistiuiness. Against his will her words had moved him. You don t know a thing about me, Miss Trone " "Abe. will vou take this Job?" Her voice touched him It brought a strong appeal to that streak of Impulsiveness that had ever been his undoing "Yes," he said. "I'll take it." He found her hand In :ils. She said: "You have a horse?' He nodded. "The buckskin." "You won't need a lift then. I'll sec you at the ranch tomor row The Rafter T. twenty miles due west You'll find it We'll be expecting vou by supper." With a smile she turned and left him, walking rapidly down the dark street He watched her until she stopped and entered a long, rakish BY SCHOOL GROUP I PACIFIC ukOVK. Ual., July 28. (8pl.) A concert by the bund, or chestra and chorus or the Pacific Grove summer school will be broad cast from B:30 to 9 o'clock tonight over the Mutual-Don Lee broadcast Inn y?tem. Conductors will be Fran Mnnclnl. director of the school's mu sic department, and Sascha Jacobin off, awociatr director, both noted mwilclrms. Th are 2(0 enrolled in th? inikdc eViartment thin year. Th broad THE RANGE touring car. He neard the dooi slam. Then he turned to the buck skin, his mind a maze of specula tion, his vigilance temporarily re laxed. "Just a moment, friend," a voice beside him said. "I'd like a word with you." Difference Of Opinion AROUGH-LOOKINCJ man with a star on his vest stood at Ankrom's stirrup. There was cruel twist to this man's mouth, and harsh purpose in his glance. "You better come along with me." "Yeah? Who are you? An' where do you think we re goin 7 An krom drawled. The man with the star grinned meaningly. "I m marshal of this They kept to the shadows. town, buddy. We're goin' to take a look inside that house, he added. pointing toward the house Ankrom had just left. "Supposin' 1 don't want to?" "I ain't supposin'. You'll go. bud dy, whether you want to or not. An' don't get tough I've handled hard guys before. D'you hear them shots? Ankrom nodded. "See who fired cm?" "I saw a fellow go dashln' out of there. "Who was he?" "If I could tell vou that I'd make my livin tcllin fortunes, Ankrom grinned "Yeah? Well, vou may be makln' your livin' busline little ones from big ones, before 1 get done with you! You packin' a gun? You dun t set any. do vou? "Listen, you I've had enough of your gab. The marshal flared. cheeks darkening. You got a gun ornm tyou iniK straight. mere was open mockery in An krom's glance. The marshal's left hand brushed aside his flowery vest, his right went beneath it Blue wind-swept ice glinted in nis eyes. Ankrom said. "Yeah I got a gun, and saw the marshals reaching hand grow still. There was the a cool maliciousness in Ankrom's voice, white teeth gleamed behind his parted lips: You want to sec it; "Huh?" The marshal started. No. I don't want to. see it not yet Come along we're goin' to look inside that house an' see what all that shootin' was for.' "No. we're not You may be, but got different notions. I'M be say i' 'Adios.' " ICHvrrii mi. ,V,m C. I'nI Ankrom tnvrstljtatrs the Rafter T, Monday. cast was made pavMhle ov the finan cial help of the Pacific Grove Cham ber of Commerce and the cooperation of the broadcasting rfytem. Tha I concert as viewed as an example of I what community spirit nnd cooper ative effort can accomplish tn a city of 6.000. Pacllic Orove maintains n full summer recreational proKrnm each I year In five pnrk and plsyffrouiid I centers under the supervision of paid director and 15 autxtants. All age groups are Included but .itm sivrenatrd accurding to age In ths dlffrrnt piny centers, each with def inite hourly schedules six days a woek. Besides the usual events, such asj story hours, games and tournament.! there are Junior baseball league gimt-s I and Instruction in swimming, bote- Ing. wrestling and model airplane and glider bulldlne. with prlrs J awarded at the end of the wawin Adjacent MontTev has a slnill r I 1 1 rMvjcSA J .' k.i-t . i 1 f , f ... ftr Vr V. ( t y t . ,v V i'-i summer program IVth Monterey and I STRANGE For farther proof address : 3mti VM CHftMPWIN. VT.. m?MTH6 t-Ritert with v1 Ipofo, Jersey cow owed by Paul Uedtfahvilkltid, , 6e U&ttf pt WlNKOf WftTER WHtH 1HIIWIV WORKING Trig PUMP HANPLB. Wf7H HSR HORNS 4i ONCE f)PPi:hREP IM ft The Pumping Cow A brainy bovine Is Toots, 7-ycar-old Jersey cow owned by Paul Wealing of I Rushvllle, Indiana. All by herself Toots figured out a way to get a drink of water when nobody wm around to help her. "I did not pump enough water to ntlsfy her," Wesllng says, "and she learned that working the handle of the pump brought water, so she be gan helping herself.' Toots nuzzles the handle to an up-. right position, than hooks it under her crooked horns, with a downward Pacific Grove find that these super vised and municipally organized rec reational programs are effective lu solving the "Juvenile problem." The programs are considered the belt Investments a city can make. Another summer attraction on the Monterey peninsula Is tho annual Bach festival In neorby Carmel. Tho festival lasts a week and the fourth annual presentation come to a cloco last Sunday with a natlon-wld broadcast of the closing program. The Bach festival Includes five I TAILSPIN TOMMY Now What Does Snoot Mean? " P .r , By HAL FORREST FROM ALL PARTS OP M T W &kWl ENTER THAT frBteW ' l YOU'LL the world entrants .aHW s mP CRATE of I iM L Find out! .i I s BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The "Visitor'' ' B . . By EDWIN ALGER f TgrSf mavbe 1 W 1 1 f H''' 5EE WE 60T) 1 Hain't thev it's) 11 so suy with a bum -TTil n KSAWWtAxS 13 ., JlBJ WLVAHIM- . LES-HE RAPPED ON TOE MOP tf5f Y 1 - ID BUy TOBKEVSl 6UeS TV JlS DUNNO WHO M WHEN N0BOD ANSWERED HE THE NEBS Jiist Another Nebb , t By SOL HESS yvoo seem to V', ' it ftwr kio ". IfJS-'tT"' 'V.--V ? ir " ' "' 1 . 7 BE WiumMe FOR. SHE- I'M OUST :: S-y-THERE'S WHAT iSE- Llk:E 'T 1 ' ?7 GOT A LOT OP MOMEV V I SOMEOME.STEPWEKl.V WAIT1MG I SE.ENJ WAITlKJG FO. . ) ADORE IT, DOT fc MELUE, ANJO ir it CAMT r-AxE ' V J- MOPE SHE'S J fT 1 7 1 UST BOU6WT IT SO A'TS A LOT OP ft ( ME HAPPV, I'M (SOiMG TO USE IT I T AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX the author. Inclosing a stamped enrelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat. OS. OfPLffTKBllRQSM. WrV& WON vi THE U. h met op hifs CMCMO NI6HTCUJ toss of her head she works the handle to bring forth water. Once Toots appeared in a Chicago night club, according to Wesllng. She pumped a dummy pump handle that threw a switch lighting a large out door sign. "After returning to her pasture." Wesllng says. "Toots was not satt&flod at home anymore." (iallleo's Secret One hundred years before the In vention of the telescope Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, with rude wood en Instruments, developed the Idea that the earth and other planets re evening concerts by a large and specially trained orchestra and cho rus, with gifted solo artists from America and Europe participating. Scale High Peak COLUMBIA ICEFIELD CAMP. Jas per National Park, Alta., July '26. (CP) Dr. James Bryan Conant. pres ident of Harvard university, was a member or tho party that this week end scaled North Twin, 12.085 feet high, third highest peak In the Can adian Rockies. It was the fourth as fy trrows Effort omen VlteAFRWbhHHoiim. WYm&wHwwms in h CoMPIfll IATN CROSSWORD PtllZLl lb PREVENT RIPICU16... volve around the Sun, Instead of the Sun and planets revolving around the earth. It remained for the Italian. Galileo Galilei, to prove out the Copernlcan hypothesis by studying In lflto the moons of Jupiter In which Galileo saw a miniature solar system. Realizing the stir that announce ment of his revolutionary discovery would make, Galileo hid his findings In a Latin crossword puzzle. Later, the world credited his work. Tomorrow: house. The International opera cent or the peak, the last Having been made in 1027. Oxford Oronp In Papua. SYDNEY. ( UP) The Oxford Group movement is making rapid progress amongst the headhunter tribes of the Papuan Jungle, accord ing to Geoffrey Baskett of the Kwa'.a mission there. Ho says that 300 headhunted have been won over in the past 16 months. Sorcerers, he says, are apollgizing to the relatives of those they put to death. ibi WATER'S EDGE 60R 1bWM(DS EP6F, PARFHfS CAUIN6 rttrflb 60 TOO NEAR.frtEV JDW'I'WWM' Hlri lb 6Ef HIS FEEf WEf HAS A 600T-TiHE, BACKING UP AS EACH UlYlXWAVH BREAKS, AMD AWAHC)r6 A It RECEPES 3 MATTER POI ADVANCES SEvEKAL STEPS, CAU.IM6 CAM HE 60 A . NEAR AS -THIS ? "Turns To cau idok how near he 15 mow (Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (Copyright, 1938, by Cjf Tt, lBMty Tt. Bell Byndieote. top By GLUYAS WILLIAMS KEEP5 Dtf APPROACMHe INCH BV INCH, Af EACH INCH SHMWK6 16 W-TbO NEAR.ULTAKOflS ARE 1b0 WORlfpDWH TO ANSWfR OUTSIZE WMZ HAPPENING TO COME A10N& JUST THEN, WAPES UP THE BEACH , CONSIDERABLY CRESTFALLEN 7-25 Bv 0 M PAYNE Tha BU Syndicate, Inc.)