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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
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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
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summer program IVth Monterey and I
STRANGE
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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
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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
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PtllZLl lb PREVENT
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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.
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