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PAOE FJflTTT fEDFOTCD MATL TTirBTTNE, MET)F(mD, OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST 21. 1938 LOVE ON THE RANGE .it nuoi C HE. The Story So Far Under th nam 0 Strteter, "Blur" Ankrom takei a job on thi Rati" T to help lovely Lee Trone. A plot it on tool 10 grab the ranch, and Ankrom uianu to discover who u behind It. Heffle, a theepman, fumpi the water tank. Ankrom daihei to the lint ' camp and challenges Hele. Z.et follouu him. Chapter 24 Powderamoke A COLD chill fell on Lea as iha looked from Heffle to Ankrom Ankrom's lips were compressed. bUyface rigid. Heffle laughed. "I don't scare worth a dnm ." he Baid, and his tobacco-s'.ainer fanss showed be tween the curl of his lips. "Un leash jour wolf an' let him bark." None of the other men within Lee's vision smiled with him. What they saw in the eyes of the hafter T foreman cut a cramp in their facial muscles. One or two shifted their feet uneasily, cast longing glances toward their horses. Sud ' denly slipping, Heffle's smile re vealed the scowl that lay be hind it. From a distance the pound of hoofs beat across the quiet, Lee, hearing them, thought it must be King-Legs. Heffle heard them, too, and a deeper flame burned through his dusky glanc He settled his raw boned length more easily against the door frame. "Well," he sneered, "what you v.aitln' for?'' "I'm waitin' for the rest of that three minutes to slide past," An krom said, and Lee saw that a grin crossed his lip: as he added: "But that needn't hold the rest of you gents back any time you feel the need for action lust lerk a pistol loose." "You brash fool!" Heffle's cheeks blazed red. "Nothln" but my per s'nal hatred of violence holds me back from lettin' these boys give you what you're needin'l" Lee saw u horseman top the crest of Eagle Point, pause an In stant to take In the scene below, then cautiously urge his pony down the trail, As he drew nearer she caught her breath. This man was not Ring-Legs he was a to tal strangerl While Ankrom drew a watch from his pocket Lee's eyes stayed on the coming horseman. He was much closer now; near enough for her to make out his features plain ly. He was clad in a tight-fitting jacket of bright velvet and a pair of bat-wing chaps over trousers of green cordurov. The chaps looked scarred and old from long usage, but their studdings of turquoise and silver told of original worth. Upon his head was a huge, bell crowned sombrero. But it was not at his trappings that Lee was gazing; her glance was fastened upon his face. It was dark, swarth" and handsome de spite the tight, thin-lipped mouth and the dark little eyes that fla-hed with cunning. She watched him appronch and slide down from the saddle not twenty paces back of Ankrom. A Mexican obviously. Lee decided, and saw him glance at Hefile. whose mouth spread wide In a vl. . ciotis erin. Why didn't Ankrom look around? The man In the big som brero was ca.fcotine closer each second, his face wreathed In a leer of anticipation. Lee opened her mouth to call, bt, no words came. Cold fear stranded it.: rv In her throat as the advancing Mexican drew the heavy pistol sagging his holster. Terror-stricken she watched the Mexican creeD ud behind An krom: creep u . to a noint so near that bv merely reaching out his hand the man could have touched him. She saw the gun - welahted hand go slowly un and hack and there, as the breath caught In her throat, tt stooped. I.onk Behind Toil!' IT SEEMED to Lee that some- thing must have frozen the Mexican s muscles. From the tail of her eves she noted the scowl that wnrped Heffle's features as the Mexican r hand began to trem ble. slowly began to sag. And with the sight she suddenly found her voice. "Abe! Abe."' she cried. "Behind you quick: Ankrom d d not whirl or even turn. Swift as lent two smooth. long, sidewar paces took him out of the Mexican's reach; placed the man within his vision and held the others likewise. "Whv. howdv. Chato Bandera Vm quite some pleased to see vou. Were vou flgurln' to wave that gun at me? "Blur Ankrom!" They were like a wail, those words that tel. from the Mexican's twisted mouth. The eyes In his livid face were like two fat burnt holes in a linen sheet. A tremor snooK tne eicnaer iorm rxom nu polished 000' to his bell som breroed head as, beneath the im pact ct Ankrom's mocking glance, he went backward a few uncer tain steps. "I swear," he cried, "I deed not know eet was you. Senor Blur Ankrom I Bandera's words seared Into Lee's consciousness with the scorch of a branding Iron. They left her weal and feeling very feminine and helpless: they drove the color from her cheeks and snapped const, icting fingers of ice about her heart Her mina was a chaos of emotion. Blur Ankrom those wordf explained a lot of things about the man she had known as Streeter! In a sullen silence she sav Ban dera lower hi- shaking hand saw the loosened grip release the pis to to let it slither bark in leather. Heme s men were like a row of hand-carved figures; not even their eyes moved as they stared with glassy fascination at Rafter T's foreman. Such was the shock ing power of Ankrom s name. Lee shuddered. She wishec she had not com . ' Still keeping the group covered Ankrom said, "Who bought your gun, Bandera?" "But no one. senor." Bandera shrugged and spread his hands. My gun f 11 no for sale, amino. I have quee' that business se puro si." He wiped cold beads of moisture from his face, backed a few mora steps away, awkwardly, fearfully, as inougn eacn step migni De nia last. "Senor eet ees true!" he cried with breaking voice. "The guise of reformed and re pentant bad man fits you well, Bandera. I could almost find it in my heart to believe you if I didn't kmw what . black-bellied snake you really are. Throw that gun in the water!" Longcd-For Chance I IKE one in a trance Bandera mechanically lifted the heavy pistol from his holster, drew back his arm for the toss. Lee recog nized the danger even as Heffle realized tha. here was his longed for chance. At the Mexican'i weapon struck the water with a splash, Heffle's rifle leaped to his shoulder his finger curled against the trigger. Yet fast as the sheepman was, Ankrom's move was swifter. His eye must ive caught the tag-end of Heffle's upward sweep with the rifle. Even as the shot cracked out the Rafter T foreman drooped and whirled. Red flame licked from his hip. Heffle clutched at his chest and wen. reeling out of sight within the cabin. "Come on, you back - shootin' polecats! If it's fight you're honin' for I'll give vou a fracas to re member!" Several of the men had gotten their guns. A rifle cracked and hurled a whistling streak above him. Ankrom fired from the hip and grinned maliciously as the ri fleman staggered backward. With a side leap another of Heffle's gun slicks got hiinsell a weapon and whipped It up. It spat and so did Ankrom's! Lee saw sand lump at Ankrom's feet, spill down across his boots. She saw Ankrom's lead smash the luckless pistol-bender back and down saw him drop to hands and knees and swav there. Lee was terribly shaken, yet pride and elation had snapped glowing spots of color to her cheeks and the blood was pound ing through her arteries at a heady gait. The thought came to her that she should fear this man. But she didn't she was glad and proud this man was Rafter T's foreman! Smoke hung thick about his crouching figure. Abrupth the fight was over killed as swift as was Its birth. Heffle's men dropped weapons as hough they Lurnt their palms, thrust shaking hands in hurry above their heads. Ar he straightened. Lee saw that there was blood on Ankrom' neck where a close-placed slug had torn his en tie sc;med unconscious of the wound. "If you skunks have got enough, back away from them guns! If you're wantin' more, reach for one of them rifle an' I'll give you all you can handle!" Angry, sulien, cursing, the men moved away from their weapons, stood clear of the rifles placed against the cabin wall. "This." he told them curtly. "Is Rafter T property. From here on out trespassers will he shot on sight. Now make dust!" When the men were ready to go, one man looking down from the saddle said, "We won't be forget tin' thees, senor!" Lee recognized the Mrxican, Bandera Ankrom laughed. "Save vmir breath to blow your beans, h advised, and tipped his hat de risively. fCm. I'l'. Itihn C. ,vl Lee and Ankrom clash, tomorrow. Stennett Finds Gambling Main Occupation In Reno RENO, Nov., Aug. 18. (Special Correpondtnc1-Last night we inalc the rounds of the moat popular nisht clubt In the city and watchiM the urging maaa of humanity move from game to gnme, placing OftA whirs odda were high, hoping for ft atreuk of luck. I would eatlmate there are about 100 gambling houaea in Reno, acme very extensive, and many Rroall ones, mostly In falcons. The Fortune, M the Hank Club and the IV lace are the leading gambling hou!wa, and es pecially at the Bank Club every form of gambling with carda. wheels, diet keno. norr racca and alot machine li awnltlng the fortune aerkera. The Bank Club la a very tarne a tnbllRhment, with 45.000 worth if fixture and equipment, and Is pack- d with throng of anutatlng nu tnanlty day and nlttht and aeven rtai a week. Among the gnmblt.-ig 'iement are many old men and w men aome of whom are 70 to 71 yeara old and ought to know better The Bank Club hna 52 ljt nu himt ranging from the IW virion to "1 and you ottl.itit lir.tr n lire . or the con ota lit rattla of the ma chine. The Palace ranks next f.r crowd attendance. The Fortune, where din ners and bar service la very high, li o tended only by tbe elite of the city They have every form of gambling. Including tango. There la alan mimlo dancing and dinners at this club But at the Bank Club and the liH there la no music, dancing nor eits The city haa many t.im clubs, es tablishments without bar or music In (art 1 observed no music oi danc ing at any of the club except th Fortune and the Dog House. There were many patrons at the gambling tables last night but the wagers were mostly In the dollar claas and It wa hard to tell whether there m-ere any real lucky ones among the bptters. I would estimate there are consld ersbly more than lOoo alot machines In Reno. They are In the grocery stores, fruit stands, saloons, drug Mores, hotels, restaurant, cigar stores, gas station, book stores. port ing goods store. ft. In liot there were only three public pi m in Nevada where I did not ob.ene a slot machine the aUU capitol STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address tbe author, incloitef stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Fat Off. mfmlf wmmm, prototype f 4 Ill '-Kj jX 1 ' OM frifi Of tf IS PEATrA HE mcUtO. ii VWvv&Xi )W ih PERSONS FROM DRomm f f' JJ I WrV5 COUKTCP OUT HfSt-OH Hl$ BACK y-FEETABoVETHBCMm Wt LhMMDpRoNeoMTftft' fop rope fcw WrweoTrieRe... OPflCM. IMKIOM 1 titfMfcNf monument... Vomers, N. y. ERECTED To 1H M6N0Ry Of 010 &ET, ft CIRCUS EltPHfcNT 1rM1URNE0Tri TOWN INTo Trie circus capital of A THE Little Lord Fauntleroy. Used by doting mothers as a shin ing example of what a little gentle man should be like, Utile Lord Fauntleroy, famous character created by Mrs. Frances Hdgson Burnett, epitomised Instead everything "slsst- fled" to the average small boy. The story first appeared In tbe Saint Nicholas Magazine In 1386, and Mrs. Burnett -claimed that her son, Vivian, hed given her Inspiration for the character, In an article which wac published years later. Vivian waa at one time an under- graduate at Harvard, so he went oi; for all tha strenuous athletics to prove he was "no sissy. He made the track team at Harvard. After graduating, he went to Den ver, Colo., and became a newspaper man; In Denver's earlier days a news paperman was "no sissy," Later, Burnett came to realize tne fine sentiments In his mothers great novel. Retiring to the magazine field. Burnett chose aa a hobby yachting, a sport strenuous and exciting In it self. At 61, he owned a yawl. Dellsnt TIT, and lrwt summer resc.ied four persons from an overturned sailboat In the Atlantic ocean. While heading for shore, Burnett died of a heart attack. In July, 1037, carrying to his grave the true spirit of Little Lord Fauntleroy, hi moth er'a idealistic picture of himself. Elephant Monument. One of the first elephants ever brought to the United States wan Old Bet, commemorated today by a monument In Somers, N. Y. Because of the Interest Old Bet created. Sonv era became the "circus capital" of North America. building, Reno pcwtofflce and 8t. Mary's In the Mountain church In Virginia City. A, F. STENNETT. Hlms Smash Window OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) When the rear tiro of a city truck blew out on a downtown street It burled the two retaining rims 20 feet across the sidewalk, through a show window and against the back wall of a store. 60 feet from the door. No body was Injured, because the acci dent occurred at midnight. PLEA OF SPRAGUE TILLAMOOK. Aug. 20. (AP) Ore gon forests, agriculture and power should be developed to their utmost, Charles A. Sprague, Salem, Republi can gubernatorial candidate, told a Tillamook fair crowd yesterday. He advocated development of add! tlonal industries to fabricate Oregon forest products, pledged himself to a program of sustained forest yields, unged wide diversification of sgrl culture. complete utilization of Ore gon power resources, a balanced econ omy and adequate old-age pensions. THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUYAS WILLIAMS 8-H VOU DISCOVER, -faftf It) 1HE XKFi5SlOK- OF SElYlNG. "TriE TAMILS' OFF OM -THE TRAIN TOR-friE CoUNffcV VOU HW 61VEH "frtEM TWE REV To VOU SOU CLUB LOCKER. AND HftVE KEPT -WE KEV1 0 HE TRUNK .IMS, (Copyright, 1938, by Tie Bell Syndicate, las.) 3 MATTER POr Bv C M PAYNE EXPERT ADVICE ana TREATMENT for all scalp and hair diseases. ETHELWYNS BEAUTY SALON. jp T W L&'S ) fl LA- corps'. T30W-T ) Oopyrigtt, 1939, by Tj TAILSPIN TOMMY Aerial Olown! 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