PAGE SIX
MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOTID, OTCEflON. MONDAY. AUGUST 8. 1938.
LOVE ON THE RANGE
-IY KUOXtnE.
The is lory So b ar
Under the name 0 Abe Street
er, quick'flre Ankrom takes a job
on the troubled Rajler T ranch to
help lovely Lee Trone. Colonel
Strulhere and hit daughter Betty
come to visit, and Ankrom recog
nizee Struthert at an imposter,
ffelton Drean. Ankrom it shot al
in the dark, and Drean it kilted.
Belli telle Ankrom the killed
Drean to tave him, and flip him
her oun. Ratchford, the thtriff, it
keeping them all in the ranch
house, including; CIaydell,a neioh-
boring rancher.
Chapter Thirteen
Why And Wherefores
"I'VE a notion to go to bed," An-
krom yawned. "If you want me
for anything you can And me in
the ounknouse.
"Take one step out of this room,
by golly, an' I'll put you under
arrest!" Ratchford growled. "You
or anyone elsel There's been a
killin' here tonight an' I aim to
find out the whys an' wherefores
of it an' who done itl"
A hush closed in upon the room
as the sheriff ceased speaking.
Ankrom saw that these people
about the sheriff glanced covertly
at one another. There was some
thing sinister, something evil in
the hush.
"Streeter," the sheriff's voice
broke in upon his thoughts, "I'd
like for you to give the same spiel
you've got Slruther's? Mind 1! I
see it?"
"Struthers did not carry a gun.
so far as I can learn. What made
you think he had one? Were you
on' him ol' friends? Like him an'
Streeter, here?"
Ankrom stared at the sheriff:
he did not like the tone in which
the sheriff had delivered those
last few' words linking himself and
Struthers.
"An old friend?" repeated Clay
dell. "Hardly that, Tom. I had
only met the colonel this afternoon.
There was something fine about
him though, I thought." he smiled.
"A great nobility of mind a
thing seldom found in the charac
ters of gamblers."
Ratchford's lips were white, so
closely did he press them. In the
eyes behind those sleepy lids An
krom saw that clouds of caution
gathered. Then Ankrom's glance
passed to Old Man Trone to see
how he was taking Claydell's
ironic words and the revelation of
Kelton Drcan's actual calling: a
revelation which, if Trone be
lieved it, must have shown him
that Struthers was an Imposter.
Trone's face held an odd ex
pression. The dread which An
krom had before noticed in his
eyes was more pronounced. His
gaunt form seemed to be shrink
ing. But he was sober, now; cold
sober.
Electric Silence
RATCHFORD was leaning for
ward. There was a danger
1 - w:
11 iti Mtfsinii
mi, r
ti , t, . t
it
Every eye in the room focusjed on dnkrom's feet.
1
gun out I heard
the gunflash?"
to these folks you gave to me
awhile ago when we found Struth
ers body."
"Why; I was standln' by the
bunkhouse," Ankrom said,
thoughtfully. "I remember rollin'
a cigarette an' had lust struck a
match when a gun went oil an' a
slug took the smoke right out of
my mouth. I whirled, dragging
at my gun, not Knowing what was
up. The shot had come from a little
to one side, I guessed from under
mat big pepper tree. Before
couia get my
anniner snot
"Did you see
Ratchford asked.
"I think I saw the first one. I
touldn't see the second." Ankrom
paused, then said, "As I looked
loward the tree I saw a blur of
movement among the shadows. I
ran forward with my gun held
ready. I had lust got there when
you came up behind me. One of
the puncher's brought a lantern
and we saw Struthers' body lyin'
In the sand."
Ratchford drew a blue-barrelled
.45 from his belt and held it out.
"Is this your gun?" he asked.
Ankrom nodded. "You ought to
know. You took it out of my hand."
Claydell laughed."That wouldn't
mean anything to a suspicious
devil like Ratchford," he grinned.
'Have Vour Fun'
nATCHFORb'S frame went
tense, his hand half dropping
to the weapon sheathed upon his
thigh. Then a sneer crossed his llpj
and he chuckled maliciously.
"Have your fun, Claydell. Have
your fun," he drawled. Turning
toward the girls he said, "I sure
am sorry about all this, Miss
Struthers. Wouldn't have had it
happen for the world. I'll do all
I can to bring the killer of your
father to the end of his rope.
Betty eyed him silently, her
dark eyes round and moist-looking.
A fold of her dress lay
clenched between her .lands: so
shocked by this tragedy did she
seem as to be unaware that her
grip of the fabric pulled it slightly
above a pair of dimpled knees.
But Ankrom saw. and so did
Claydell. Ankrom told himself. He
watched Claydell cross to where
sne sat and pat her shouldcr."You
can count on mv help. too. Miss
Struthers."
"The altruist." leered Ratch
ford. sneering.
"Thank you," Claydell said, and
bowed. "By the way, sheriff
among the collections of guns
you've been making, I suppose
ous droop to the corners of his
mouth as he eyed Claydell. "Just
what," he asked portentously,
"did you mean by that last crack?
Claydell raised his bushy eye
brows, shrugged. "Wasn't it evi
dent?" he asked.
Betty's voice crossed the silence,
recklessly: "My father was not a
gamblerl"
Claydell's brows shot upward.
Ho looked surprised. "1 did not
say he was. Miss Struthers. Per
haps vou misunderstood me in
your overwrought condition. ' am
sure you would bo better off in
bed, young lady." he smiled. "This
affair tonicht must have Droved
an awful shock to you."
Ankrom could not be sure, hut
he believed that in the rancher's
last words he had caught a touch
of sarcasm. But a glance at Clay
dell's suave face was enough to
convince him that he had not.Onlv
sympathy was registered there.
'Do vou think I could sloen nftnr
what has happened?" she flared.
"Sleep? Peril. not. But Ivlnt.
down would rest you."
'I guess she can manage tn cil
up with us till daylight," Ratch
ford's voice reached roughly out.
"She ain't so bad shook tin m nil
of that. She was around when the
colonel crossed (he line. She mav
have seen somethim. When she
gets a little stronger I'm goin' to
question her, and until I do I aim
to see sne stays where she can t be
got at."
Claydell made a clucking sound.
What-makes vou think she mioht
have seen something, if I'm al
lowed to ask?"
I, said the sheriff heavilv."snw
a woman duck out from under that
tree as I came up the pepper tree
where we found Struthcrsr body."
Once aeain the silence was elec
tric. And then it happened
Some heaw rthlprt trnrW tYim
floor with a metallic clank. F.verv
eye in that room seemed to focus
at Ankrom's feet. Ankrom had no
need to send a Klance downward
to reveal the cause of the accus
ing looks he read in those star
ing eyes ho knew. He had felt
that cold metnllic thine bo slith
ering down his leg: the gun that
a half hour ago Betty had forced
upon him.
. In plain sight the weapon lay
upon the floorl
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Tomorrow: The herllT 0 I a m p 1
down
APPLEGATE HAS
BIG APPLEGATE. Aug. 6 (Spl.i
With , few Industrious workers out
on a membership campaign followlnv
. Townsrnd meeting here last wK
ft row n send club htts been torim-d st
Upper Applet; &te with 27 signers, two
over the requirement. At it merlin;
nt the Orange hall the fallowing tem
porary ofllrers were elected:
Amos MrKre, prextdent: OeoriiO
Peck, vice president; Frank Bowman,
treasurer; Miss ClUdys Byrne, secre
tary. Tlir meeting was iponsoreH by 'hf
Mi1! ford rlub. and among speaker
were W. A. Bnmner. representative of
the national department of tfce j
Towiwnd organization, and 0orge
Iverson of Med ford. Members from
Talent and Axhtand also attended. A
resident of Middle Fork undertook
a IS mile Journey on foot to attend
the meeting. August 13 has been se-.
as dflt for the next meeting.
STRANGE AS JT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped enrelopa for reply. Res. 17. & Pat. 00.
Kiirlv Mop Beaton
INDEPENDENCE, Aug. 8. (AP)
The hop harvest In thla district will
start August 15. nearly a week earlier
than usual. Hops have matured rap
Idly because of the warm weather.
Picking pi ices wore set at $1.35 per
hundred, at a meeting of the Inde
pendence unit of the Oregon hop
growers.
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OAKLAND. Calif- Aug. 8 (API
Months of Illness ended fatally for
Mrs. Dora Haer. CO. mother of Max
Baer. the former heavyweight box
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after a hrirf tally that fallowed a
blood tranfu:on Fririav, Max gave
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
tmRtV THE WORLD UhR
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WHICH INVAOtD W5lftlN AUSUSfM
&tcAME iHt polish liqioh.
UhOOO STRONG,
1HAT won Trie comWt wtmmtf.
The M I n lut u r Army
Beforo the world War, Poland was
geographically divided between Its
three ancient enemies Germany,
Russia and Austro-Hungary aa It
had been since 1795.
At t;e outbreak of the World War,
Poland found herself uncomfortably
placed between two powerful ene
mies, Russia and Gernvmy. Interested
In securing political Independence,
she considered bids from both of
these powers, but turned them down
to fight her own battle.
Tho Cz&r promised Poland self-
government If she would remain loy
al to Russia; Germany made similar
promises. Poland Insisted on com
plete Independence at any cost, and
It was obvious she would havo to
fight for it.
Accordingly, under leadership- of
Joserh Pllaudskl, Poland went to war
with Rural on August 6. 1914 with
only 300 men! Tfese loyalists were
known as the celebrated "Kodrowka.
It grew into a brigade, then in three
brigades. Eventually It became the
Polish Legion of 14.000 men.
In 1916 Germany, attacking from
the West, captured Warsaw, then of
fered to permit tho Polish Legion to
operate as a separate army against
Hussions.
Pllaudskl. however, held out lor
complete Polish independence, and
was Jailed. His Legion then operated
as an underground organization, and
In 1918, with the downfall of the
Central Powers; Pllaudskl trium
phantly returned to Warsaw at the
head of the Legion.
In the same year the Poles pro
claimed the republic, with Pllsudski
as dictator and first provisional pres
ident. From a tiny band of 300 men
Pllsudskl's dream had grown Into a
political entity.
Tomorrow: Was "Casey
real chnrnrter?
.lones"
several other members of tho family
were at her bedside.
Weather
Northern California: Fair tonight
and .Tuesday, but fog on the coast;
little change In temperature: gentle
northwest wind off coast.
Oregon: Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday, but occasional clouds on
coast; Jittlo change In temperature;
moderate northwest wind off const.
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Ufe Cycle In Neven.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (UP)--Edward
Russell, electrical contractor, thinks
ho has about as many "sovenB" in
his life as anyone else. Ho was born
on the seventh day of the seventh
month of the year, a seventh ?jn, and
was named after King Edward VII of
England.
Age I'rofernim Orow.
SACRAMENTO. Cal. (UP The
next legislature will have four old
ago annuity bills before It as amend
ments to tho constitution. They are
the California Pension Plan, Califor
nia Retirement Annuity Act, and the
Citizen Annuity Act.
Lion I'mvnntcd.
PITTSBURG, Cal. (UP) Roy
Ludlngton. manager of tho Crafts
Shows, would like to get rid of a non
chalant lion. It la no good for show
purposes because the more ho If prod
ed and the more blank cartridges that
aro fired, the meeker he gets. Sur
rounding zoos refused to accept the
beast.
HI.
HUH6R1W WAfCHES PIC
NIC BBSKE BEIN6 UNPACKED
RECEIVES HIS QUOTA OF
FOOPjBUTlSfOlD-fO
6E some Wood for a
FiRE FOR -THF C0FFEF BE
FORE HESfARfSEAIirfe
SMrtERSUPSONC W0DD
AMP IS ASKED fO SEE IF
HECANFlKD-fHE 80T1LE
opener Which most have
DROPPED OlffOF BASKET
i v.
4 uj
HUNTS UN-flL IT-TURNS
Up in faTher'5 Pocket
is immediately pressed
Into service to help
MOVE 6RflNDMA'S Rl6
AND PlLiOW INTO THE
SHADE
STARTS UNWRAPPING, HIS
FOOD AS MOTHER REMEM
BERS she LEFf the camera
the car and she must
take a picture group
trud6es back to
car for camera
(Copyright, 1938, by The BtU Syndicate, Inc.)
HASTILY MOUES HIMSELF
AND HIS FOOD OUT OF
S16HT AND EARSHOT OF
THE FAMILY BEFORE THEY
THIM 0FANYTH1N6 ElST
FOR HIM To DO
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