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LOVE OH THE RANGE
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INDELIBLE HANDS
By GLUT AS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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The Story So Far
A plot it on foot to imaih the
Roller T. and "Blor Ankcom
tafce a fob then to help lovelv
Lee Trone. She tavei hie lift by
ehooting Helton Dreon, on Im
postor, but he learne thie only
oter Dreon'e accomplice, Betty,
eaueet trouble between them.
Ratchford, the iheriff, and Clay
dell, a neighboring rancher, both
tell Ankrom that the other is alter
the Tronet' land. Then Ankrom
learns from Betty, whom Raich-
Jord has jailed, that the and
Drean were Ralchford't tooU.
Chapter 28
Tricked
"rID you ever bear rUtchfo.d
L'speak of a man named Hackett
Mose Hackett?" Ankrom asked.
Betty nodded eagerly. "He had
charge of the rustlers who were
plundering Trone's ranch. You
mean Rafter T's foreman, don't
you? The man you shot?"
Ankrom's cheeks drew taut.
That recollection which had sent
him hurrying to town had been a
lucky one.
Trone's remark that Ratchford
had taken the girl to town for
Questioning had been the thing to
rop that peg in place. For with
the rancher's words Ankrom had
recalled the sheriff's reaction to
the statement he had made this
noon. To his pointing out that a
man who would go to so much
for myself; I'm Just telling you
how it was. He said he loved me.
He'd been telling me what an im
portant man he was out here;
man with a future; a man who
might even one day be governorl
1 imagined myself in love with
him. Of course I wasn't 1 see that
now. I wai in love with the pic
tures he painted. I was a fool, but
one night I ran off with him. He
brought me here. It didn't last
long; it took about a week for the
glamor to wear away. When I saw
the husk of him showing through
I was sick. He wanted me out of
the country. But I was determined
to stay. To keep from starving I
found employment in that cabaret
from which I waved to you that
night we first saw each other when
those thugs were trying to gun
you down."
Her eyes clung bravely to nil
face. She seemed to feel he'd un
derstand. ' The Franks Of Fate
HE DID, and It made him fee
lower in his own estimation
than the lowest snake. Yet he had
done nothing to place himself in
this position. If she had built her
hopes on a false premise, could
that be charged to him? He had
not said he loved her; he'd done
nothing to imply it. It was, he told
himself, the fact of his being here
that had brought her hopes to their
present peak; she must feel he
would not have come unless he
cared I
fe2 iwJ fLa.1 , , ii i ALltArtflfrk-- A Jenl
"I'm arrestiri you for the murder of Kelton DreanJ
trouble to smash the Rafter T
would scarcely be likely to be sat
isfied with so small a reward as
the price of a railroad's right-of-way
and the chance to build a
boom town, when by damming
Trone's valley he could control a
veritable' kingdom, Ratchford had
laid; "You're right. I hadn't
thought of that."
Yet even with the recollection
Ankrom had been afraid to trust
his judgment He had felt he might
be swayed by his own antagonism
Df the man. But he'd been right.
Claydcll's guess had hit the naill
"What were you and Drean im
personating the Strutherses for?"
he asked. .
"As a means of getting on the
ranch."
"But why?"
"I can't tell you that. It was one
of the reasons why I wanted
Drean's papers so badly; 1 thought
Ratchford might have given him
written instructions. I wanted a
hold on him. But he hadn't. Those
papers were only I. O. U.'s."
Ankrom felt a leaping exults
' Hon. Clnydell's guess was right:
Ratchford was the manl
1 Was A Fool
ANKROM dropped the hand that
lay in his. The girl's eyes
Jumped to his face in alarm.
"What is it?" her voice came
huskily as he stepped backward
from the cell. He caught himself:
his part was not played out. There
was one more thing he wished to
know. "Wait," ho said, and steD
ping close up to the bars asked:
''How did you get tangled up in
this? Why did Drean pick you out
to play the role of Struthers'
daughter?"
"Diean didn't," she said, and
grimaced. "It was Ratchford."
"Ratchford?"
She nodded reluctantly. "1 had
known him for almost two years.
It vas because of him I ran away
from home and let Dad die of a
broken heart. I've never forgiven
myself. But I was young and in
experienced. He was jo big and
strong and handsome." Her lips
curled bitterly.
"I'm not trying to find excuses
He realized that his face must in
some measure have given him
away, for abruptly she pressed
close against the bars. "Don't take
it so hard, Abe," her voice came
softly as her hand touched his
cheek. "I never loved him. I didn't,
really not as I love you."
Cold sweat bathed Ankrom's
forehead. Ho was on the point of
rushing blindly from the jail
when
"So wben Ratchford asked if 1
would help a man impersonate my
father, I told him yes. 1 believed
the time had come when I had it
in my power to pay Ratchford
back. 1 had never seen Drean until
Ratchford took me to the hotel and
introduced him as the man who
was to play my father "
She broke off as Ankrom thrust
close against the bars. "Father?
That's the second time you've used
that word. Who are you?"
"Betty Struthers."
"I mean really!"
"Betty Struthers was the name
my mother gave me."
Ankrom's stare did not take in
the shadow on the floor. He was
marveling at the pranks of fate.
He was still marveling when 8
grim voice behind him snarled:
"All right, Streeter! Git up them
handsl I'm arrestin' you for the
murder of Kelton Dreanl"
A laugh left the girl's Hps, and
It was not pleasant.
Ho read mockery in her eyes and
an icy numbness swept through hit
veins.
"Here, Blur Ankrom, is where
you reap the price of a woman
scorned I
Trickedl A bitter laugh spilled
from his lips. Like a sleek, plump
fly he'd stalked into her web and
now was caught there fasti
With her words still ringing in
his ears he saw the neat simplicity
of the trap in which he had been
snared. Ratchford had feared he
was getting too close to the truth
of things. The girl, angered by
Ankrom's Indifference to her, had
been ripe for Ratchford's use.
They'd pulled it slickl
News from the Rafter T, tomorrow.
UNION HEAD RAPS
REGULATION PLAN
SALEM, Aug. 25. CD A proposed
Initiative tn rulnte labor union
wu attacked today by Ben Osborne,
executive secretary of the Oregon
Frderntlon of Labor, who snld th
measure would "mnlte It lmposMhl
for labor unions to function.'
The measure, which will appear on
the November ballot would outln
Jurisdictional labor strike, prev-nt
interference In the marketing of farm
products, prevent picketing unless a
depute bet worn employer and em
Move exist, and chrow labor union
-vk ojien to Inspection by membM
Osborne's statement, made tn a
'oriml argument atlnst the measure
svill nppejir In a voter pamphlet
"The measure would virtually pro
hibit picketing," Osborne mid. "Pick
etihfl ! the only means available to
union a to intomi th- public that
there is a strike,"
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SEATTLE DEMOS
SEATTLE. Aug. (T"i The local
Democratic league announced today
adoption of a resolution reqtiest'ng
the Die committee to conduct hear
Inga here for Investigation of "com
munist domination of the Washing
ton Commonwealth Federation' tt
ecutlve hoard.
Jack Dalton, league secretary, waa
ordered, to forward th resolution to
the committee.
The Democratic league recently wat
organ. red by a conserve tiv grouo
The Commonwealth Federation Is ac
tive' tn statewide politics, u a "left
wlng"' organization.
Three hundred attended last ntghVi
meeting.
A resolution approved by the league
stated It "U the avowed Intention
of the communist party to enter the
Democratic parly t:nd thereby ob
tain control of It through the Com
monwealth Federation.
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Coldest apot In the Northern Hem
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Yakusk. administrative center ol
the Yakutsk. A. 8. 8. R a 4 .00 0.000 -
square-mile republic nearly aa large
as European Russia.
Temperatures colder than 00 deg.
below zero F., have been reliably
recorded there. The river Lena, 10
mile wide at Yakutsk, is frozen
over from November until June.
Strange as It seems, the very
ground Yakutsk 1b built on Is locked
In perpetual tee; scientists estimate
it has remained unthawed for at
least 6000 years.
Because nearly half of the Soviet
Union la frozen even in summer,
locking In precious resources of
metal and coal, a complete study
of the region is being conducted
by the Soviet Academy of Sciences
to forward Its Industrial aspects.
Indians vs. Train.
A band of 100 Cheyenne Indians
bent on stopping a Kansas Pacific
(now Union Pacific) locomotive got
the surprise of their Uvea when,
shortly after that line opened, they
staged a surprise attack near Fort
Wallace.
Not realizing the great power of
I the puffing giant, the Indians cun
ningly strung a braided rawhide rope
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hold of each end. They squatted in
wait, hiding behind clusters of all
sunflowers.
As the train approached the In
dlans sprang up. bracing themselves
to receive the shock of the train. To
their disappointment, they were
yanked flying Into the air, killing
or Injuring about a dozen.
Tomorrow: What state once had
I five mpltnls at the same time?
PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS
GROWING MORE CAREFUL
SALEM, Aug. 25. (fp) Professional
automobile, truck and bua drivers
reduced their accidents by 23 per
cent during the first six months of
this year, compared with the earn
period last year, Secretary of State
Eerl Snell said today.
Truck drivers ere Involved In
8.302 accidents during the period.
Agaln&t 3,101 the first six months
of last year. Bua accidents dropped
from 2S0 to 122, and taxlcab acci
dents from 170 to 101.
Bingo Rush Perilous.
TORONTO, Ont. (UP) Among
casualties treated at the Toronto
General hospital was a woman whu
fractured her shoulder in her rush
to get a seat at a Bingo game. Dash
ing to a table she tripped and fell
on the shoulder, fracturing it.
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