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MEDPOTin MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPFOTtl), OREHOX. TUESDAY. AUGUST 2, 1938.
LOVE Oil THE RANGE
it uuoi t in.
i lie Story So Far
Trying to leori Hi reputation
for our.-plab behind him, "Blur"
Ar.iirotn tierot'iet CMiirnd n
iraubtt apiitn when ht rt'CUff
Lre Tiuno from a brd o! Ihugt.
Thv Tree ranch, III flofler T.
If in d0lrUl(iM. ("id nkrom oe
crpr n foil thri u-.d (h iwmi
o lhi yiret. L t"ll her la
ther -Ipltron lcnoio IrlendJ of
tnot'i, Colonel and Btltv Strulh
rj. Then the JSfruthcrin come
or fi v'si:
Chapter Eight
Masquerade
II'HILE Lee Trone went oil to
' meet her friends, and to take
them to luncheon, Blur Ankrom
took himself to s small restaurant
on a Jide srreei labeled. "Greasy
Spoon," and put some grub under
his own bolt. It was, therefore, in
a fairly cheerful frame of mind,
considering the orospect of trouble
that lay before him. that ne re
lumed to he car and gave himself
up to speculation concerning the
appearance, habits and characters
of those old inenas 01 nis me
Strutherses.
Cnlnnel Struthers would be
itnffod shirt, he mused a pom'
nnus old belligerent with horsey
notions and little depth. The
thoi'Eht hrouaht an amusea grin
In Anlrrnm'l ids. Should the Col
onel bo such a character, Lee Trone
would find her work cut out at
tempting to Ret around the lie that
Abe Streeter was an old friend of
Struthcrs
A man whose emotions had long
been controlled by an iron will, hi
could not understand his feeling:
toward this girl who hod come so
precipitously Into his life. That he
was drawn to ner ne reanzea, ana
the knowledge irritated him, made
short his temper. He strove to fight
against her charm. There could
never be anything between them;
to push their acquaintance deeper
could only mean sorrow and heart
break for one or both. This frame
of mind had been one reason for
his reticence during the drive this
morning.
There was another cause. He had
headed for this country in an effort
to leave his past behind him to
live as other men had the right and
freedom to live. But already the
promise of further turmoil was
driving black thoughts across his
nind. Nowhere, it seemed, could he
find the peace he craved.- Where
his reputation failed to follow, he
round himself embroiled In new
difficulties: new trouble enmeshed
his steps. So he had always found
it in the past.
His fathei, a frontier marshal
until checked in mid-career by
drv-eulch lead, had in his time
made many enemies, some of
whom survived him. One of these,
two years ago. had found occasion
to slur the marshal's memory.
With gun smoke young Ankrom
had nureed the Insult That inci
dent had started Ankrom on the
trail of No-Return.
In many ways it had been a
(uckv shot with which he had
towned Storm Drcan that day. The
.inn had been a former rustler, a
man whose draw was speedy as a
striking snake. He had that day got
In the first shot, yet only Ankrom
had lived to tell about It, for An
krom's fire had been more accu
rate. Since that day a constant
flood of trouble had forced the
marshal's son to become a past
master in the- art of draw-and-shoot:
had forced him also from
the trodden trails In selr defence.
Because of these things, Ankrom
lonff since had resolved to live his
life alone. The life of a gun man's
wife was In his opinion no fit lot
for any woman. There should be no
place for sentiment in Ankrom's
mind: the dictates of his heart
should be discounted.
But though he had made these
decisions firmly, and lived up to
them as well, never before had
he encountered anyone like Lee
Trone. Despite the shortness of
their acquaintance he could recall
her features vividly: her vision
was before him during all his wak
ing hours. He could not get her out
of his mind.
Voices drove In upon his con
sciousness and he looked up. There
camp Lee now. and with her a man
and girl. The girl got but a glance
from him: It was the man that
drew his eves.
He was well dressed this fellow
was. and short, pale and handsome.
Around fnrty-eicht In years. There
was laughter in his eyes, sardonic,
mocking laughter, though his lips
were crave and closed.
Lee aid. "Colonel Struthers.
thi is Ahp Streeter. the friend I
told vnu of Abe. shake hands with
Colonel Struthers."
"Hnwdv." Ankrom nodded, and
irtirsrH Hie gods were chuc
kling For the owner of that hand
stretched t to his was the cousin
of Storm Drenn!
Why?
ANKROM read amusement Into
the faint smile with which the
fellow said, "Glad to meet up with
you Streeter."
"You're going to llnd 1 don't Im
prove with age. or time Struth
ers." Ankrom said it coldly and,
reaching back across the scat,
pulled open one of the car'a rear
doors for them. In Lee's green eyes
that were fixed puzzledly upon
him he read wonder and specula
tion and knew that she had not
missed entirely the significance of
those low-spoken words.
"This Is the Colonel's daughter.
Betty," she said.
For the first time Ankrom let
his glance play over the girl. She
was little and pretty and golden.
Her bare head in the rays of the'
past-noon sun was a tousled mass
of flne-soun gold. She thrust her
hand toward him almost timidly,
as though fearful lest his own
much larger one might crush her
tiny, well-manicured fingers.
"Pleased to know you. ma'am,"
Ankrom said, and dropping her
hand, turned back to stare across
the wheel as the girls climbed in.
The Colonel got in last. When set
tled, he said. "Let's go. fellow."
Ankrom pressed down on the
starter. He let the clutch in gently
and sent the car forward.
"By way of Peso Pinto, Abe,"
Lee called, and Ankrom nodded.
Once clear of the town Ankrom
opened up the motor. Scant were
the scraps of conversation reach
ing him from the back seat. But
Ankrom felt no interest In their
talk. His mind was busy with
things which meant more to him
than a general lack of water and
the condition of other people's
thirsty steers. The situation in
which he found himself was not at
all to his liking and had been com
plicated enough before Lee had
told her father that crazy lie. But
now, with the supposed Struthers
proving to be a cousin of the man
whose death had placed Blur An
krom's youthful feet on the trail to
gunhawk glory, immediate pros
pects for that hoped-for peace
looked dark.
Why had Kelton Drean come
here masquerading as Colonel
Struthers, as an old friend of the
Trones? Not because he'd guessed
that here at last he would find An
krom. No that veiled pleasure
and gleam of amusement In his
glance on seeing Ankrom dis
proved at once that theory. Why.
then, had he come? It bothered
Ankrom.
Puzzled And Apprehensive
THE girl who was posing as his
daughter also bothered An
krom. Who was this glowing crea
ture introduced by Lee as Betty?
Not Drean 's daughter, certainlyl
Drean had no daughter. Was this
girl the real Colonel's daughter?
"But no," he thought, "she would
never lend herself to such a deception."
Where then did she fit into this
web of conspiracy that was spin
ning about the Rafter T? Was she
merely an accomplice or urean
Or was she more Drean's wife
or
Behind the wheel Ankrom'a
form went tense, his hands
clutched the hard-rubber circle.
He had seen this girl before. She
was the one who had leaned from
between the red drapes of that second-story
window in Peso Pinto
the other night and cried, up
here, cowbovl Quick!"
For long seconds as the road
flashed past, Ankrom's mind was a
whirl of wild Conjecture, then as
the rush of blood receded from his
brain he forced himself to think
more coolly. Drean. he reasoned,
had not come here unprepared. He
must have known that the real
Struthers had not been seen by
Trone for many years, else he
would not have dared this imper
sonation. That he had now com
mitted himself to the r&le. showed
that he had every Intention of bluf
fing it out.
Why? Whnt was he expecting to
get out of it? Ankrom knew the
Drean breed pretty well, both from
experience and reputation. He
knew that a Drean would never
risk his neck if there was not mon
ey, and good money, to be forth
coming. The man, he reasoned,
must be working under orders
Whose?
Blur Ankrom was a puzzled and
pprehensive young man as he
sent the car across the miles to
ward Peso Pinto. And it was nol
for himself, lust now, or for his
own future that he felt apprehen
sive it was for Lee Trone and the
?;aunt old man who rodded the
laftcr T.
For any possible danger this
mystery might hold for himself,
Blur Ankrom was not concerned.
Even his object in coming to this
country was momentarily thrust
into the background of his mind by
the nature of current events and a
sudden interest and absorption in
the riddle set up by them.
He did not believe that Drean
would give away the Streeter mas
querade. The man could not afford
to yet Nor could he immediately
afford to bring his quarrel with
Ankrom into the open The
hances were that Drean would
bide his time, would wait until this
i mister business that was brineinc
him to the Rafter T was finished
before calling Ankrom to account
Was there some connection be
tween Lee Trone's adventure in
Peso Pinto and the sudden arrival
of the spurious Colonel? To An
krom It seemed likely that there
was. but its nature he could not
surmise. One thing onlv seemed
certain there was trouble ahead.
for Old Man Trone and all who
sided with him!
ICrtttiitt. I'll. A': C. Ktt)
New acquaintances, Monday. g
OF V.F.W. AND D.V.A.
AT
About two hundred veterans and
their wives and families attended the
district picnic of the Veterans or
Foreign Wars In Uthia park at Ash.
land Sunday. Members of the Dis
abled American Veteran chapter? and
their auxiliaries of Grant pas and
Medford were pools 1 guests, com
rade Dover, junior vice commander
of the state department of the D A.
V., waa present and the state depart
ment commander. Mollte Dovrr of the
D. A. V. auxiliary, alwt I. D. CaMield.
newly elected Junior vice comx-uide:
of the uipaumeut of Oregon, V. F. W.
and John Kuddleston, newly elected
district commander of the V. 1. W.
of district No. 8.
A large delegation was present from
Pelican post and auxiliary of Klamath
Palls and Grants Pass. Medford and
Ashland were also well represented
Much credit for the success of thte
picnic Is given to Comrade William
Ludwltf of Crater Lake post. Medford,
V. P. W., who arranged the program
of games and races enjoyed by all
and which were held throughout the
day and for which sultnble prize
were awarded winners
FIVE DIE ON CROSSING
AS TRAIN, AUTO COLLIDE
HOBART. Ind.. Aug. 2. Fire
persons motoring from May wood, 111.,
to Cleveland, Ohio, were killed to
day as their car crashed Into the
locomotive of the Pennsylvania rail
road's Broadnny l imited at a erwlng
here.
The victims aere icl-nuned by
Ufjuity Coroner Lowell T. Dupes as
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ROAD QUARRY PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
BAKER, Aug. 2. (AP) Damage
estimated at $40,000 was caused Sat
urday night when fire destroyed the
quarry plant of the Roy L. Houck
company of Salem, which la re-con-
structlng six miles of the Old Ore
gon trail between North Powder and
Haines.'
The equipment destroyed Included
two dlesel power units, a large com
pressor, new electrlo welding outfit
and light plant. Numerous toola
owned by engineers were also lost-
Logging to Resume,
CARLTON, Aug. 2. (AP) The
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May 20. will resume jperatlons Mon
day. Simultaneously with the com
pany's announcement, a logging
union meeting waa called to deter
mine whether loggers would sanction
return to work at redxiced wages.
Sights School of Whales.
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