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LOVE Oil TOE MIIGE
.IT BUM b m.
Difference Of Opinion
D ATCHFORD reddened. Chok
tni hii eneer down he said. "
gueit there's one or two things you
in i iouna out. tviaentiy street
er'i identity's one of 'em. Did you
.-vwr near pj oiur uiKromi
, "What about him."
: "Well this Street!-", him! An1
you can take it from me that baby
can get nog -leg into action
auicxern hell could scorch
featherl" .
"Were you giving me that infor
nation for some special reason?'
. His habitual caution stirred the
smoicy gray of Ratchford's eyes.
want to know."
. . "Oh." Claydell expelled a cloud
, of smoke. Through ft he eyed the
sheriff coldly. "You thought I'd
want to know, eh? It strikes me
this sudden solicitude on your
parts' rather odd, Ratchford. You
en' I ain't never hit it off together
wry weii as 4 recall.
' "Let's be frank, Claydell. You
en me Dotn figure on gettln
Trone's SDread."
: Nothing was to be read upon
Claydell's face. His yellow eyes
displayed no more emotion than
twin bits of colored glass. There
was nothing left for Ratchford but
so go on.
"You an' me," he repeated, "i
both out to smash the Rafter
Fknow what you're thinking
you're thinking that I'm after that
railroad monev and the rhnnre tn
ree r a boom town along its tracks.
' I am I'll put my cards on the
taoie. i Know what you're after,
too! So that makes us even!"
j 'Claydell took the information
calmly. "Indeed?" was all he said.
..Ratchford, gathering his nerve
n In both hands, remarked:
. "Knowing all this, and knowing
. therefore that our interests cannot
pessiDiy ciasn, 1 suggest we Join
forces rub Ankrom out an' take
trie ranch. I'll marry the girl so's
k mau sure mere Bin t no mtch
an'"
He broke off in mid-sentence as
Claydell came to his feet, a .38
gripped ominously in his list, Its
muzzie pointing at . tne sheriff'
atomach.
, Claydell's thin lips barely
moved, yet his words were plainly
audible. "Get out, you rat, before
AI jorget myself ."
P. . There was a light burning in the
m rwrcnjiuuie living room wnen An
v krom and Windy braked the car
to a halt before the
Windy reached out to switch off
me ignition Annrom, leaning to
ward mm, asKea;
"When you left for town to-night
were the boys still out on the
rangei
Windy nodded.
- Ankrom took out his silver
watcn and held it beneath the dash
lamp. He saw that the hands point
"ed to 2 A. M. Returning the bat
tered time-piece to his pocket, An
krom thrust his legs across the
door and over the car'a irt
"Put the can up, Windy, get your
rifle an' go sit in a shadow where
you can keep your eyes open. Most
any mine a naDie to nappen round
noro Deiore moram .
Ankrom crossed the veranda
and opened the door.
As he moved down the narrow
hall and came abreast the living
room door, he heard a voice he
recognized; a man's voice Clay-
J.ll'. T -i ... . . -
ueiis. At ccasea aorupuy ana An
Krom xnew ne naa Deen heard.
Deliberately he opened the door.
Cold White Face
PACING him he beheld the six.
foot frame of the boss of Swing
ing J. Claydell's high-boned face
was taut; mere was a leveled six
gun in his hand. But an h m
Ankrom, a grave smile crossed his
long arn race ana, relaxing, he
returned nis gun to the shoulder
holster beneath his rnnt
Ankrom's glance passed beyond
mm, io mo com wnue lace of l-.ee.
Her cheeks, he noted, were mini.
less, and there were dark circles
beneath her eyes as though she
naa oeen crying, out sne was not
crying now.
Stepping clesr of Claydell's pro
tecting form, she said: "What are
you doing here? I did not think
you would have the impertinence
to return. Why have you come?"
The contempt In her soft voice
hurt far worse than had her quirt
peiore me caDin.
He winced when Claydell said,
"You might's well let him stay,
Lee. After all, we're short on flght
aini men."
Her jade-green eyes flashed hot
with a fierce, defiant light. "I don't
need men like him!"
jfbe lines in Ankrom's face deep
ened. "There's nothtn' I can say,
ma'am except that I'm sorry for
what I said this afternoon. Sayin'
that I'm sorry don't mean a heap,
I reckon. But I've come back here
to "
"I've heard ennnirh." mh hr-l
In coldly. "There is one thing you
can do for me. Just one. Go your
way but don't come back here
tier.
Some of the deep bronze washed
out of Ankrom's cheeks. "I'd sort
Ant hate to think you meant that,
Ina'am." There was pleading in his
glance.
"I do mean It," she said, though
to a person less Intent upon her
words than Ankrom, a catch in her
voice would have been apparent
"I shall be heartily glad to see the
last of you."
A poignant silence felL Then
Ankrom s law came up; a abort
laugh left hit lips. "I reckon you
ain't goin' to feel real glad for
quite some time, then, ma'am."
"What what do you mean?"
"That I got no intention of quit
tin' till this fight for possession's
washed up. Whether you like it or
not, I expect you'll have to put up
with me till one or two polecats
have been smoked from their holes
an' exterminated."
She turned her back deliberate,
ly. "Good night, Ed," she said to
Claydell, ana crossed the room.
Opening a door at its farther side,
she entered her bedroom and
closed the door behind her.
Claydell looked at Ankrom curi
ously. "How come you're sportin'
that star7"
"I'm actin aherlff now. Ruteh.
ford has resigned."
' Mighty Confident -
RESIGNED, eh?" Claydell's
mask had slipped a little. For
a fleeting instant Ankrom read
surprise, wonder. In his yellow
eyes. "What did he resign for?"
"Because I asked him to. Now
im Sl?'. ! "k ou eomethin,'
ClavdelL" A metalllo tlmhur ram.
into Ankrom's voice: "What's hap-
pcucu mj oanuera ana me rest oi
them gun-slingers you lent Heffle
to jump our tank to-day?"
ror a long moment Claydell
yed him silently. Then he said,
I ve KOt them coated rnunri tha
house.
GO On: VOU're nrnvtn' a hmmn
more interesting than I'd ex
pected." "I've given them orders to shoot
the minute Ratchford or anv of him
men show up."
"I sort of played into your hands
some when I took Ratchford's
star away from him." Ankrnm
suggested
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS -By JOHiYHIX
Tot further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat Oft
"It makes no dtrTrenr-, in
whos packin' the sheriff's star."
said Claydell coldly. "A man's a
man, an' he'll kick off Just as quick
with a star on as- without."
"Meanin' that vnii'r. nhn ..v.
things as sheriffs. Laws don't both
er you over much, eh?" .
Claydell smiled. "What. l..
gets in my way," he said. "I have
i iajten on: tne book." i
Laws Dertafnin' in mf,4 .
a little different. They got a way
of stickin'." - -
J'H one man was to be bumped
off," explained Claydell patiently,
there miffht he nilitn o tlntr D,.i
kill enough an' it will be hushed
up.
"You won't ha Ma h,..U ILL
business up."
won t n
A bit Of dnnht frartf 1m4m a-
krom'a mind. The boss of Swinging
J seemed mlehtv nnfli.-. a .--
all, Claydell was more than just
a big owner; he was a politician,
too and perhaps his political affi
liations would tide him nvr
So you don't think I'm big
enough to cut thi. n,i .v,
Claydell asked.
"YOU miffht ha ahla tn 4!.
of Ratchford, an them he bririM
along. But you won't be getting
thu ranch. I can tell you that."
That's whera vmiV
said Clavdell amnnthiu ri.
month from to-day Lee f rone an'
" "o marriea. xninK it over."
She Wouldn't marrv vm, A-
krom'S VOiCe did not fnntain II.
customary certainty.
Clavdell lanoharf v. t.
Miss Lee couldn't handle a ranch
this size herself. She needs come
one around to look out for her in
lerestwotna one she can depend
on. That someone's me. She's
wearin' my ring right now."
nnnrom reit suddenly old and
worn. A hlealr ohm t- m.
bones He crossed to the fireplace;
put his back n tha hi-,,, n...
coldness would not go away' it
seemed to be inside him.
He looked at Claydell grimly
where he stood smoking in evident
enjoyment of the situation; a cold
rage like tha rasa ha'd H
D-.l. l . . . lwi
.nitniora was rousing in him.
He said, 'There's one th
you re torgettin', Claydell."
If3Sf
"Yeah me."
I m not fnrffaHlntf
friend."
'You'll not get this ranch while
Ve KOt anvthinff tn av ahnnt it "
Ankrom's voice crossed the silence
recklessly. "Nor you won't marry
Lee Trone while I've got anything
to say about it. eltherl" ha dd.3
savagely.
uaydell grinned. "I'm not wor
ryln about you. When the time
comes "
J'Bribes don't Interest me, broth
"? wasn't thlnkln of hHhln.
you," Claydell said, and stopped
as a white glare circled the room
and the rattle or rifles rent the
ignt outside.
Ankrom with a muttered curse
sprang to the wall. "Ratchford!"
His left hand swept across the light
switch, plunging the room In darkness.
thing
you, my
WASHINOTON, Aug. SO. (UPI
Oen. John J. Pershing suggested Ui
dsy leaders of Industry, with an
re to a possible future conlllct In
rowing this country, prepare to put
oo to their successors the knowledge
they acquired In the World war.
"Without some very definite agrna
ment, we must never again o caught
o completely unprepared, and we
must remember that any large wa
wilt again draw upon all our re
sources." the World war commander
all in a review of 1017-18 moblllra
tlon duricultlea.
Oeneral Pershing, now In Franco,
sent this statement on "Industry and
the A JET." tor tha seventy. filth an-
nlversay Issue of tha Army and Kavy
Journal.
President Roosevelt wrote for the
same Issue tti United States gladly
would reduce Its armaments If other
nations reduced theirs.
E AGREEMENT
RAPPED BY GREEN
HARLAN. Ky., Aug. SO. I API An
agreement between tha United Mine
Workers of America and the Harlan
County Coal Operators association
bore todsy the approval of union
members and the dlstata of William
Oreen.
Green. AT L. president, terjed the
agreement a "brazen snd unlawful
lllsnee" and said a complnlnt would
be filed with the national labor re
lations board, which ha charged with
a. r tTi rSr'.IR I
fcv -Ski
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VgT BoTrt MEN WERE UNAWARE
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S MATTER' POr
PAYNE
Strange as It seems, the paths of
two great explorers In 1609 crossed
within 100 miles of each other In
upper New York state yet nelthor
man knew the other existed.
Samuel de Champlatn, a French
navigator and oolonlzer, in 1608 bad
completed the founding of the Im
portant Xur-tradlng post at Quebec.
The following summer he accompan
ied an Algonquin and Huron expo
dltlon against the Irlquols on the
shores of Lake Champlaln, which he
discovered.
There, with a single shot from
his heavily-loaded Arquebus, Cham
plaln killed three Mohawk chiefs
near Crown Point, a mistake that
prevented the French from com
pleting their colonization conquest
of America and eventually cost them
their northern dominion.
About the same time an EnglUh
navigator was sailing his ship, the
Half Moon, up the Hudson river to
Albany. Henry Hudson and his half
Dutch, half English crew of 20 were
searching for a through route to
China.
Originally they had sailed north
ward seeking the famous Northwest
Passage, but solid pack Ice and open
mutiny of his crew caused Hudaon
to seek a passage father south by
skirting Virginia.
Passing the narrows of upper Ner7
York bay. which had dissuaded Ver
razano from entering tne Hudson
river In 1924, Hudson In seven day
Balled up the river which now bears
his name, aided by the string flood
tide which can be felt 150 miles
from the ocean.
At Albany Hudson encountered the
"Mahlkan" Indians, establishing
peaceful relations and thereby facili
tating later Dutch development along
the Hudson and Mohawk rivers.
Tomorrow: What Inauspicious event
marked the Coronation of Nicho
las II?
a part In a "conspiracy" to violate
the Wagner act for Its reported sanc
tion of the contract.
At a meeting yesterday 111 dele
gates from 37 U.M.W. locals In this
area ratified the agreement, which
was signed by attorneys for the
CIO. union and the Operators as
sociation at Cincinnati Saturday.
Closing time for roo Late to Clas
sify Ads Is 1 :30 p. m.
Brothers Killed
When Driver Nods
BELLINOHAM, Aug. 30. (AP)
Carl snd Adolph Imhoff, brothers liv
ing near Ferndale. were fatally In
jured about 8 o'clock this morning
when a car driven by another broth
er, Joe. In which they were riding,
plunged Into the rear end of a heavy
truck and trailer operated by the
Pacific Highway and Transport com
pany about eight miles south of Bel
llngham on the Pacific highway.
The driver had been at the wheel
all night and was believed to have
gone to sleep.
Department of n.lculture plant
breeders are working with melons
Imported from Afric In an effort to
produce a sweeter, better shipping,
disease resistant watermelon for pro
duction In this couutry.
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FOR THE NEXT MONTH, BEN AND RUSTY LAID LOW, I
mtr-tir seuinu n ullasional GIANT TURKEY
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IWt 1Q IHt DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHICKENS-)
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