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PAGE SIX MEDFORr) MATT, TTtlBlTNE, MEDFOTtD, ORF.nOST. TUESDAY. AUGUST 16. 1938. LOVE ON THE RANGE .lYKUHtm- 1 lie Story So Far Someone it out to butt (,. Rafter T ranch. fo help tovth Let Trone, "Blur" Inkrom lake.' a job there under the name oj Stricter The range u islpeo clean bu rutlltrt, and a man ana woman poetna ae friendt ol the Trone are revealed aj impctior The man ti mvtterimul-j thoi the girl Betty, 'taw on. Chapter 20 two Adventurer ANKROM Jtrode acrosi the yel low sand to the bunkhotue. en tered wearily and flung himself down upon the bunk. But sleep was not for him. As he lay there his mind, filled with Its many pic tures, mocked him. For every pic ture was a vision of Lee. He was amazed to learn how ef fectively his memory had grasped ;ach changing expression of hers. each poise of her slender ngure, each graceful move ana gesture. Savagely he snapped his clga. rette through the open aoor. m heard a little saso and saw i shadow cross the opening. Like flash he was off the bunk and on his feet his right hand gripping i leveled pistol, with a sneepisn grunt he slipped the weapon back in leather and tossed his hat upon his bunk. The glrl from Peso Pinto liuuu eyeing :m" giavciy. "Mav I come In?" "I reckon." he said ungraciously, "there ain't no one going to stop vou." . "Vou and 1." she answered smil Ing, "have a lot in common. We are both what might be srmed ad venturers. We're both blunt, pds less very little tact, and seldom use what little we nave. Hignt now you're in a vicious mood. I am. too I get into a vicious mood every time I come in contact with you." She approached, stood staring at him searchlngly. her lips a little parted, her blue eyes big and wide. "Why don't vou like me?" she asked him suddenly. "We ought to be friends." "I'm nit good enough for you Tm not good enough for any woman. I'd ought to be made to wear a sign 'Gunman Danger ous: Steer Clear' so that folk in passing would not be contami nated. They've got me pegged as a bad one; a killer. ( can't deny it for I have killed men. That the; were people the world is better ol without makes no difference in the fact There is no place for woman In the career of a man llKe me. "You're bitter." she said softly "Some woman has hurt you. . I can see it in your eyes Whoever the is. she ought to be boiled in lard! Not good enough? What do you mean? In every mans lire there is a place for a woman. For the right one," she amended swift ly. "Don t you remember what I told vou the other day? For a man a real man like vou there are lots of women who would go through tire, and be glad of the chance. Women live for love, Abe. and they want strong men to love them." A silence fell between them, un comfortable to Ankrom. He could And no words. Why couldn't he transfer the Interest he gave Lee to this girl? Affection, he thought, cannot be transferred at will. He stiffened to a sudden realization. He wot in love with Lee; in love with a girl who felt toward him nothing save cold contempt! His cheeks went white. What fool he wasl Ankrom, the man who had always prided himself on hav ing his emotions under control! In love with a girl who would not have him, and loved by girl he did not wantl 'I'm Afraid' HE brought his thoughts up sharply. Betty was speaking again; what had 'she been saying? He cleared his throat hoped his voice would not betray him. "What was that?" "Why don't you like me?" she repeated, coming closer. Did I ever say I didn't?" "Not in so many words, perhaps. But actions. Abe. speak loudest. There is an air about you I can feel that vou don't like me. What have 1 ever done to you that you should feel this way about me?" She came to him swiftly, placed a hand upon his shoulder, her eyes searching his face. He said slowly, "Let me ask you a question, Betty; why did vou shoot Kclton Drean?" "Because he would have shot you," she answered huskily. "He missed the first time, but he would not have missed again." "Would it have made so much difference to you?" "Of course, she broke Into his question hurriedly. "1 told you a woman will go through fire for the man she loves." Her arms went about him hungrily; there was a sob in her pleading voice: 'Tell me that you see some good in me; that I'm not all bad. Abel Tell me that you love me lust a little. ..." At that moment Ankrom's eyes were drawn toward the door. He went cold. Lee Trone stood In the opening, her lips parted in smile. "Yes, tell her. Abe. by all means. Don't let me spoil vour fun." She was gone before Ankrom und his voice. Ankrom removed the girls' arms. Not even the twist of her parted lips or the stricken look in her eyes held the power to move him He clapped his hat upon his head and strode toward the door. The girl from Peso Pinto caught him. whirled him round. "Wait!" she cried. "You can't go like that! Is there nothing you can say to me? No tiniest ray of " There he stopped her with his eyes. "I'm afraid not" he said, and his voice was bleak. "You're hard!" She reached out to put her hand again upon his shoulder, but his eyes warned her and she dropped the hand im po tently to her side. "There there Is information I could give you if only vou'd treal me a little kinder. . " "I don't" Ankrom told her flatly, "buy information in that manner. He turned to depart but she clutched him desperately. "Wait I'll tell you anywayl" "Well?" "This feud of Trone's you've been trying to see the purpose back of it She swallowed un easily, wet her lips. "Yes, Do vou know?" Ankrom asked. "I I'm afraid," her voice was thick. "Afraid?" Ankrom stared. "What are you afraid of?" "This whole thing." Ankrom scowled, half turned to leave. "Let it go, then." A mirth less grin Hashed across his lips "I'll be findin' out directly, any way." ''You'll not And It out in time Wait. I'll tell you. There are plans afoot to lay tracks across this ranch." "Tracks? What are you talking about?" "A railroad from Amarillo to El Paso!" "A whatl" Ankrom swore and saw the girls face go deathly white. She took a faltering, back ward step and one hand came up before her face as though to fend off a blow. Ankrom spun and saw behind him a heavy rocklike form. There could be no mistaking that great hunched figure it belonged to big Tom Ratchford. 'A Pair Of Love Birds' ANKROM drawled, "Howdy, sheriff. You ought to bo in for sleuthing." A knowing grin bulged Hatch- ford's beefy face. His eyes passed from man to girl and the grin grew wider. "Say! I'm sure some sorry to come bustin' in on a pair of love birds this way. Streetcr. I ll amble over to the house an' wait till you get through." You needn t bother. A flush stained Ankrom's cheeks. "You've jumped to false conclusions. We were just having a little talk." "Oh, sure. Just havin' a little talk. No harm in that When a gent is talkin' to a lady, though, he can do without an audience. I'll gc over to the house. Come over when you re through. I m through now. What did vou want? Did vou come out to the ranch to see me?" "Well, yeah. I did. Wanted to put you next to somethin,' but 1 11 Keep a spell. "Won t have to." Ankrom said. "Go ahead, spill it" well. Katchrord led him on through the bunkhouse door. "I think I've got a line on the fella what's after 01' Man Trone. The fella's name is Claydell." me rancher? Ankrom laugh ed. "You must be drlnkin' a poor brand of whisky! Katchiord s glance grew dark. "This is cold turkey. Claydell's the one who's out to smash lUt Rafter 'What for? What's he to sain from a stunt like that?" "There s a railroad going to cross this ranch " "Railroad Where'd you get t':al crazy notion?" "It am t crazy leastways. Clay dell doesn't think it is. He's flgurin' strong on that road goin' through here. Anyhow, that's why he's after this spread. How d vou get wise? Ratchford's lips curled in a slow grin. "I ve got my ear to the ground. I hear a lot of things a fella wouldn t think. The other day. fot instance, an ancient history fell into my hands." "Yeah?" "Yeah you ought to see it" Ankrom s cold look swept the sheriff's mocking features. ''Any thing personal in that remark?" Katchrord assumed surprise. How could there be?" Let it ride," Ankrom said. "So you think Claydell's the dog with the brass collar. You think there's railroad soin through from Amarillo to El Paso an' that it's olng to cross this ranch and that Havdcll knows it and wants this property to hold the railroad up. ( raid there wouldn t be enough money in it to tempt a fellow like ClaydelL I expect mebbe you've missed your guess." Missed hell! I know what rm talkin' about. It'll be worth a cool two hundred grand for that road to lay track through here!" rCWorti Oil aw C. N) The net tighten. Monday, STATE OFFICERS LAKE VISITORS DIAMOND LAKE. Aug. 18. (8pl.) P. C. Howell, grand master of the Masonic lodge of Oregon: O R. Cheney, grand Mcrctary, and ether prominent members of the order from Portland. Including J. O. Freck. Fred Hartman, W. Wallace S pence. H. Mad cn. Clarence O. Phillip. Jack 8. Gordon and A. U Orlntu, spent the week-end at Diamond Lake report They attended a special commut.ca tlon of Mfriford lodge No. 103. A, r. & A. M . held on Cloudcap Point on ! Crater Lake rim. Saturday. ! P. P. Morton. altant regional for pater, of For U and, ftfcompftjiletf hi V. Vfc Hf..pham, aupervtaor of Omp qua national forest, and hta aM'stant C. L. Clark of Rooeburg were at Dia mond lake during the part week. H. D. Kern of California Ongon Power company spent Sunday at the lake, taking moving pictures to be U5ed at the Hnn Pranctco exposi tion. Also during the past week L. C. Barnard of the Un Anlej Examiner and O. L. Itulbert of tho loa Angeles Times stopped over night here, taking picture the followtng day for a mo tor log of vacation upots W. A. Brown, promotion mannger Oakland Tribune. Oakland. Cat , ar rived Sunday, accompanied by his slAten. Margaret and Marian Btown. and M. E. Simmons, for a two weeks' vacation. Mr. Brown came Immedi ately after the return to Oakland of C. N. Hansen sports editor of the Tribune who took dally llmlu of rainbow trout the previous week Also visiting Diamond lake the paat week were Mr and Mm. P1 Seal of San Praneisro. Mr. !leal Is night JTort editor of the San Francisco Newa. Mra. Keal U society editor of the mlUigaua Cl. Advtao. i STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX for farther proof address the antior, tncloslaf stamped envelope for reply. Res. TJ. 8. Pat OS. mmmmK S."; ' oemonnft tllGllL UrUP nPfnA mt ofW ouT of 3 was foeei fliRse Off 36,725 Wit SOLD teFoRBTriSRMB FOR ONLY 425 f w f 'I'll in I ini' . .1 .laW I U?Pif oFBRew? ToM& Of H ftNClENT tflVpTlftH FHfsRftOrt wife ft 'oUinihpBaupHart Museum, BeelM) Ikhon Bern x-N VK. IrlWW n. onuvnts, VAyC?fittr ( Stolcanolotfeh WiVi Mfc In a Yolrumi Halemaumau "The House of Ever lasting Fire" la what Hawaiian na tives call a seething lake of red hot lava, boiling and rumbling In the yawning mouth of the world's larg est active volcano crater. Perched like a summer cottage on the shores of thla fiery Inke Is the laboratory and home of Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, director of the Haw.. Man volcano observatory. He has lived there for the past 26 years. Dr, Jaggar'a Job la to record dally the activity of thla and other col- canoes and of accompanying earth quakes, so that a better knowledge of their freakish nature may be r s For 26 YAR$ Hf wed lr INSIPS THS CRATER Of IHB Hawaiian Isa Wt Keeps ft pftiW record Op ITS hcTWftV... yJ gained. A more spectacular side of Dr. Jaggar 's work consists of bombing volcanoes with charges of TNT when eruptions threaten to end flows of lava toward HUo or other Hawaiian cltlea. In 1935 an army bombing squadron, under Dr. Jaggar'a guidance, dropped six tons of TNT Into a lava flow diverting It from the vicinity of HUo. Dr. Jaggar's observatory, strangely. Is made of wood, set on a concrete foundation. Its Interior Is crowded with seismographs, thermomttera. electric time pieces, chemical and photographic equipment, charts, and other scientific apparatus. Forewarned of prospective erup tions by earth tremors recorded on his Instruments, Dr. Jaggar la al ways ready to proceed to the scene and record in photograph and note book the story of what he terms a "new building operation." In this manner the volcanologist secured a complete photographic his tory of the Allka river erupting from the flank of Mauna Loa in 1910. one of the greatest lava flows of the century. Tomorrow: What famous American signed the four great documents forming the United State government? TWO CADET FLIERS DIE IN COLLISION SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Aug. 16. Two army cadets from Kelly field hurtled to death Monday after planes they were flying collided In tho a!i near Dilley, Tex. Army officials said as the two weru returning In three-plane formation from a training flight the machines collided and the plane of Edward Da lancey Wlllard, 22, of Modesto. Calif crashed to the ground, bursting Into flames with his body inside. He was burned almost beyond recognition Lieut. John F. Oullmartln. lnstruc- ASSEMBLY By GLUYAS WILLIAMS .. .CujvbS SW4 rf'S HlferKiMEfO SfARf HOME AVID "POtS PICNIC iWlrteS IrJfO WHtrt READS' TO 66 FlripS-ttWAOm'l.Of- Tie Hfro vanished WfT -frllWKS SHE WEUf AW uff A?PM?S Co PICK LAUREL MP PRESEmW TRM DfriER 60ES To 6Ef HER. DmECflDr). SENDS JUN IOR T6TELV MOTHER -" " ) NCTtUlN& MAPPFWIWA. YOO-HOOSTOWIFE. ONLY Nfc5Ul-1 BEING THAT V? BRl&KLY FROM JUN OR RETURNS -fclllMlJ MUrTJ WAV They were calling him AFNnA. 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