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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
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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
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