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rEDFORP AfATL TfirnTTNT?, AfE'DFO'RD, fmEfiOy. TTEDNTSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1938. LOVE ON THE RANGE .lYKUMLflrE. The Story So Far A plo! it on loot to math On Rafter T, and under another name -Blor" Ankram lafcei a lob there to help louelv Lee Trone. She tavtt hit tilt by ihoottne an impoitor, Kelton Drean, but he learnt thti only after Drtan' t ac complice. Betty, cautM trouble between idem. fUtehford, the . sheriff and Claydell, a neighbor ing rancher, both tell Anfcrom that the other it after the Trance1 land. Lee'e father hae Jmt learned Ankrom't identity. Chapter 27 The SherlfTa Office ANKROM took the old man't hand dazedly. "You you mean you're figurin' to keep me on, anyway?" . "Why not?" "But my reputation, man7 You can't employ me openlyl" "Can't? The hell 1 can'tl I em ploy whom I please when I can get 'em. I wish I had six more of you!" A sudden thought struck An krom. His lips curled. "I see. You're hlrin' me for my guns." " Course I'm hlrin" you for your guns!" Trone snorted. "You got the biggest reputation of any man in this part of the country. In my po sition your name's worth more to me than twenty guns an' the men to man 'eml Im raisin' your pay-" Ankrom stopped him. "You're doin' nothing of the kind. If 1 stay on here 1 take the same pay I been gettin'. Foreman's pay. I m not hlr in' out my guns." Trone sat down and his scowl Ironed out. "Well, if you're darn fool enough to take all that risk for reg'lar pay, I'm sure I ain't the man to teller. Have you got any line on who's back of .this busf . nw yet?" "The sheriff claims It's Clay dell." Trone laughed. "Where'd he get that fool notion. 1 "He savs there's a railroad Dlan nln' to lay track from Amarillo to El Paso: they'll have to cross the Rafter T. Claydell, accordin to Ratchford, aims to build a town outside this valley some place an persuade the railroad to bring him in homeseekers " "Ratchford belongs in an asy lum!" Trone snapped. "Who'd want to locate In this desert? An' who ever heard of a railroad beta'-" Ankrom held up his hand. "Did you ever stop to think that this valley could be dammed? The re sulting irrigation project would supply water for one whale of a Jag of land. Think it over." Some of the color washed from the old man's cheeks. Ankrom let his re marks sink in, then said: "Clay dell blames this trouble onto Rntchford." Tronc's eyes brightened; he sat straight up in his chair. "Now you're talkin'l" he said with con viction. "Rotchford's the man, all right. That breed would nurse a grudge till hel' froze over!" Ankrom's soft laugh mocked the old man's interest "That suits you right down to the ground, don't it? Well, it would suitme. too. I don't like Tom Ratchford none what ever but like you this thing's got me nfcimn my hat. 1 can't tcU up from down about it." "What's Claydell say? Didn't he offer any reasons?" "He said that a man who can tie bought once can be boueht anain meanin' Heffle, of course. Well, you evidently bought Heffle away from Ratchford's or man in that war you had here back awhile. It seems to be Claydell's notion Ratchford bought him back. Another thing he said was that an outfit who'll use anecp once will try 'em out again he aimed that slam at the sher iff. But things like that are only opinions." The old. worried light had re turned again to the old man's glance. He seemed tired and weak to Ankrom as he sat huddled in his chair. Ankrom sighed. This business would have been far bad enough if a rugged, dominant man were boss of Rafter T. But with this gaunt old relic redding the spread with a whisky bottle in his hand, he felt that the end was but around the corner. Cause Of Action IN ANKROM'S mind one thing stood out above all others. The force against the Rafter T was con temptuous of its ownerl Were Trone the Hre-eater he once had been, no man would dared have raise his hand against this ranch. Plain to Ankrom also was the fact that if this spread were to be saved for Lee, Ankrom himself would have to be the man to save it. lie could place no trust in Trent!. He suddenly resolved a course of action The golden girl knew some thing: somehow he must get it out of her. "Where's that imitation Struthers dame?" he asked. "Ratchford took her back to town with him said he had some questions he wanted to ask her about thai gambler's death." A cold wave rushed over An krom; a recollection clicked In his mind. With cheeks drawn taut he yanked the door open, plunged down the hall and out across the broad veranda. Mounted on a big-boned straw berry roan Ankrom crossed the range. He let the big horse have its head and it ran with a will. When he entered town the big animal was moving at an easy jog trot. Through a series of back streets he approached the brick building which housed the sheriff's offlct One or two open touring cars were drawn up at the curb across the street, their tonneaus being rapid ly filled by men carrying rifles, and from whose vests the glint of met al was reflected by the street lamps. Directly before Ratchford's office a group of horsemen were collecting. Ankrom swung from the roan and Ignoring these signs of unac customed activity, strode within. His glance raked the office. Three or four men were conversing here, but Ratchford's burly form was not among them. He passed down a hall that led to the cells. A frail old man with a bunch of keys at his belt sat on a stool at the end of the passage. He rose as An kron approached. "Yes, sir?" "I want," said Ankrom curtly, "to speak with a prisoner the sher iff broughrin. A girl." . "Yes. You mean Miss Betty." "That's the one. Lead the way. I'm a little pressed for time." "I shouldn't wonder, sir," the jailer said, "the posse will be leav ing any minute. They rounded a c rner. "Here you are, sir Num ber Eighteen." Ankrom waited till the fellow walked away, then approached the bars. The golden girl's frail figure was slumped dejectedly on the tiny cot within She did not look up but sat there drearily regarding the floor, There were dark circles under her eyes. For a moment An krom felt a trace of pity. "Miss Struthers " , 'Just A Stall' SHE looked up wildly at sound of his voice; came surging to her feet and grasped the bars. "Youl" she said, and Ankrom caught a note of hope leaping upward through the word. "I didn't think you'd cornel" She pressed her face against the bars, reached a hand through eagerly to grasp his own. "God bless you, Abe," she whis pered huskily. "I didn't think you cared." Ankrom held her hand uncom fortably He dared not disillusion her So much depended on what she might have to tell him. Hating himself for the part circumstances were forcing him to play, he patted her cold hand reassuringly . "There, there." he said. "I came as soon as 1 learned you'd been brought to town. What was Ratchford's idea In bringing you here?" "He overheard what 1 told you about the railroad He was furious. I thought for awhile he was going to kill mo he took me away as soon as you left." "Did he question you about Drean's killing?" "That was just a stall." "How?" "He wanted to eet me awav from the ranch. Hp hnrt In oivt th Tfrones some kind of an excuse." "Yes. but" She broke In hurriedlv. her eves pleading and a warmer color in her cheeks. "I told you I shot Drean. I didn't realize but .Ratchford knew." "Knew what?" Ankrom demand ed. "What did Ratchford know?" "He knew that you were the one who killed Drean. He told me to night on the way to town." Ankrom shot a quick glance oyer his shoulder toward the office No danger yet. Those men otn there were still talking "When I found you bent over Drean thm night, what were you taking frorr his pockets?" Her eyes flew wide. "Didn't yon know? Haven't you guessed?" "1 saw you take some papers anrt a gun Drean's gun?" Ycs, I took it from the sand where it fell when he went down." She flushed. Ankrom guessed she was think ing of how she had forced that gun upon him later, making him think it was the murder gun. "That's all right," he said. "What was in the papers? Why were they so important you risked detection to remove them when you must have heard us running toward you?" "I didn't want them found In Drean's pockets they would have given everything awav if the wrong person had gotten hold of them. "Why?" Restlessness was creep. Ing over him. He looked toward the oflice again and saw the men going out "Why would they have given things away?" "Ratchford's name was on them they were I. 0. U.'s he'd given Drean." With crystal clarity things stood out In Anitrom's mind Drenn and this girl had ren Ratchford's tools! ICHvuti. ml. K,l,n C. Ki4 Tomorrow! Trlckfd! STILL BELOW AVERAGE WASHINGTON. Aug. 34. - (AP) -The prim of thi n niton's foodstuff crrpt slowly upward in rrly ummcr months, but sttll renin l m well below the nvrrnRo for correspond tup periods rf 1937. Statistic compiled by the burviui of in nor statistics showed 80 2 cents bon lit km much food In June as couU be obtnined with BO 3 cents In f i mut month of 1137 the same amount 100 rnt purched in 25. lint the srnn quantity ;f f d pui chAAcd with the BO and t frsctlu'i cents in June could navt txtu bought for 79 1 cents In May, The Increase of 13 per cut In the price of fresh fruits and vcrtahlis. The department based It fluros on & study of food costs hi M cities. Ft mires for Individual district and cities Included: Pacific states. 77 3 per cent In June. 78 4 per cent In May. and 8.1 6 pr cent In June. 1937; L, Atitceies. TJ i 71.9. 79 4; Prtlsiul, 80 9, 79 5. H Han Francisco. 81 S, 80.1, 85 9. 8cnttl, 79 0. 78 4. and 88 6. SAMS VALLEY SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER 5 SAMS VAI.1..F.V. AiiR. 34.-iSpl.i--Sams Valley schools will "nn Mon day, September 8 with Profeasor Ho, coe Lsrvn e principal and Mrs. Oat Wyatt as asMMnnt. D. l Lowe nl teach the upper prancs and Mi i n a Metrtier the primary room. The sch:olhouso Is now In excellent cor. tl. lion, the wwlls. woodwork, lestta tnd j floor hnvttiK recently icen ennr pletciy reftnuUuxl. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the author, Inclosing, a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. 17. JB. Pat 0. hCo VvS?3 ibbIIp Sis? UNITED SfftTes SENbTOR frtesE PRopHfcflC CftRVetJ ON h TRUNK W CftMP HlV-Ma. BY" 1He "Tortuous sf . edtxm'fomti, WW DU3 FROM BoTH ENDS rND J0INE.0 LESS ThMONB FooTlN ERROR (I8Qo) frig KING Of. feNMi eiwTrW t ' Of $WtDBH-- $0 YE ARS u OLD, FbR b WEEKS EftCH VEftf? PLAV5 0 SET'S o?Tt-NNlS m if M &Jl Altered Fingerprint. Contrary to the popular claim th.t fingerprints remain unaltered and unalterable throughout life, nctunlly thoy are subject to change under certain conditions. According to the findings of Or. Leonldlo Rlbelro, Brazilian finger print expert, the whorllng patterns which vary characteristically with the Individual are affected by three dla- eRsea: leprosy, radio dermatitis anl scleroderma. The fingerprints of lepers change so greatly that It Is Impossible to match the prints of a leper with his prints prior to contracting the (Un ease, Dr. Rlbelro says. Concurring with the Brazilian ex pert's opinion la that of the crimin ologist, Oosfc. who says: "Finger print Identification amongst persons afflicted with leprosy is Impossible -at any rate very undependable. Aside from losing their prints compiotely, ns la often the case, they may change from time to time." Aside from then exceptions, no other known cause, will change fin ger prints from birth to death Scar3 and operations will not make Hie I patterns vary; m old age they ire I the same as at birth. I Youthful Prophecy. Twenty-seven' years ago, as a boy of 10. Claude Pepper carved these prophetic words In the trunk of a tree at Camp Hill, Alabama: "Claude Pepper, United States Senator." Two years ago, strange as It seeni'. Claude Pepper waa chosen to servo out the unexpired term of Florida's late Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, and In May, 1938, was returned to the senate with the largest majority vot ever given a Florida primary candi 'Tmnnrrow: The city built on Ire! First Aid Saves Injured CCC Boy KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 24. 4V- Speedy application of first aid sci ence by Dwlght French, Klamath Falls high school basketball coa:h. yesterday saved the life of Moll Mc Collough, CCC youth from Ohio, nt Camp Lava Beds In northern California. station, applied a tourniquet and stopped the flow of blood from n wounded arm. A piece of wede pierced the boy's artery when he was. splitting wood. Companions, driving to the camp physician 14 miles Away, stopped at the ranger Million. French noticed the lad's condition. The doctor said his action undoubtedly prevented death. French, a ranger at Indian Well., 1 Use Mall Tribune Want Ada TOWNSEND TO DEDICATE NEW TILLAMOOK HALL TILLAMOOK. Aug. 24 (Fy Dr. FrnncUs E. Townscnd, founder of t!u pension plan bearing hl name, win dedicate the new Townscnd hall here August 26. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your Droken windows reasonably Trowbridge Cab inet Works. SI UR IGHT AS WILLIAMS ! 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