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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!
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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.
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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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FREP PERPr' FEELS -TriAT "faE NEIGHBOR
HOOD DlStiNCtlY DDES KOf LOOK VfS BSS'f
At -frtiS SEASON! Of -TH VEAR WHEN MOST OF
The residents have sowe off on Their
VACATIONS, FORSEffitteTo STOP THEIR PAPERS
(Copyright. 1938, by The Ball Syndicate, Inc.)
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