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Show A 10 . SALT FLATNEWS, APRIL, 1975 A revolutionary war? If that was true,, it had been kept under A. wraps, for there hadnt been a PART TWO OF A SERIES whisper of a rumor of one in the making. Or I had been sleeping too much on the job.' to find Bumble-Be- e' quick and jsee just what she could tell me about this mystery. But caramba! She would, by Floyd D,Eaton, International Ranger no;longer be; a ' Gracis there was ' no doubt shed married years ago and .1 didnt know t "i i , i, her 'married name' would OUR HERO Red Cougar,1 personal ace troubleshooter my! would-b- e assailant had been what, be. Chingal! I couldnt even refor the president of Mexico, is sidetracked from a long was now lost from sight member her given name. Chingal! That had been a awaited vacation by a messenger, bearing a note written in Thetd was one sure, way, of the secret code of the old Broken Diamond Rangers. De- dose one. Whom could it be that finding out: just ask someone me for what I was? where Gradss daughter .lived. coding the message. Colonel Cougar learns of the murder recognized Of course, I had been seen get--. While I was trying to figure out an old friend. Captain Gracis. Graciss daughter, nickof out of an official marked ting named Bumble Bee, requests Keds assistance and Ked, just whom to trust for the only vehicle, butr that would cut no sixcop in sight was myself, a boy of never one to ignore a damsel in distress, shifts his big ice it could have been in town about ten years old sidled up to teen cylinder Kissler into overdrive and high tails it to on any sort of business other, me as I stepped out of a bar and than police duty --r in which it Durango. The sun was hours past its I had been emptying a great unofficially were. zenith when I pulled off in a many bottles of the old cactus Two city cops came pounding "- -. v. wide spot in the road and looked juice, and I voted and elected up and stopped in front of me. gpHjwt vSBSI down upon the city of Durango. myself to be the one to do the Seeing my hands filled with artilThe town had changed a great whipping. I proceeded tQ the lery, they, asked if it were I deal since the last time 1 saw it fort to get that colonel, but whom had done the shooting.' It was , becominga metropolis, upon arriving, I discovered Id No, someone else did, and and in another ten or fifteen plumb forgot to get myself a he or she or them were shooting) yean; it would rank second to whip. But hell, who heeded a at me. I am Colonel Cougar, ' the nations capital I could pick whip? I had two good fists; I Federal Police, I- answered, ' out. and recognize a few old would just use them . and any- shielding the Colts back in their landmarks the spires of Saint way, it would be a lot more fun. spring-clippeholsters under my I so never As did turned it arms. the out, , .. glittering Josephs cathedral, ' golden dome of the state of get that old colonel, but when Why they 'shoot at you? ; Durangos capital To the south- - the smoke all cleared there were they asked. west about half a mile was the' several wounded soldiers, though Chingal! To kill - me! But old fort Papasquiaro and the Rio none fatal nor serious. And their aim was a little' off and Ramos. The old fort had long. yours truely was homeward they only killed the. window inbeen abandoned. It was on the bound to the ranch, still nursing stead, I answered. We will notify the manage parade grounds that lay behind-thos- a bottle of cactus juice arid hapas a lark the in his misfortune to have a of walls adobe that py springtime. crumbling showcase. You be careI never could recall just what busted Zapata had been lured with a . promise of safe passage to re-- it was that .started that big ful, mi coloneV while you are in our city. We have already had deem the horse he so dearly shootout in the fort loved. The horse was said to In the twilight I drove down one killing this day and we care have strayed, but hell, the army into town and pulled into the not to have another one. Caramba! You know I was had deliberately stolen that curb in front of a restaurant horse. The aroma of simmering tamales going to be carefuL Somebody When Zapata started walking came to my nostrils; it reminded was going to pay dearly for that over to the commander, who me that I hadnt eaten anything shot if I lived the night out was standing under the long balAfter supper I started visiting since early morning. I stepped but of the car arid the clubs, buying a drink here n cony smoking a cigar and smiling broadly, to thank him for his the glittering of a necklac? in a there, slowly nursing hem and kindness, 'hundreds of hidden1 showcase window caught my listening to the talk.' It mostly . rifles riddled Zapatas body. eye I. walked over to take a look centered around Graciss murder Later a troop rode into the hills at it and its price the light was and him in personal It was all to within sight of Zapatas camp bad, so I moved over just a little good no one had anything bad and threw the body upon a so the light would be better. to say about the old fellow. When , boulder and gleefully shouted, That was what saved my life, for discussing the killer, there was The Tiger is dead! the bullet shattered the glass just one name that kept cropping And it was in that very fort, inches from my face. I hit the up El Leon de Poca - , then occupied by troops, that I sidewalk and rolled into the proNow who the hell was calling s shot my way out without any tection of the doorway, came up himself the littlejion? .There was on one knee, both hands filled an 'outlaw once who went by the .. harm to myself I disremember had been what the it with snubnose forty-four- s. that My. name of the lion but it couldnt just old colonel had done to rile the hands automatically obeyed the be him, for he was dead. So were town people, but there was talk command of my subconscious his sons, unless hed had one I going around that the colonel I never remember drawing my didnt know about . - should be taken out and horse-- . revolvers. I scanned, the crowd What was .this rigamarole all across whoever but the about anyway? Were we in for a street, ' whipped. Gate! I.-ha- . . ' asked, Senor, you be , El Cou- v gar?- Thats me. ; Why?- -. ;' . A smile a yard long spread on his brown face as he said, If you please, you come with ' me.. Its important , ; : Where to, and whats so Important? I asked. He- said only onev' word, . ' ; Granpa, and started strolling off down the street What the hell, I thought It could be a trap. Somebody, could have paid him to lure me into a dimly lit street so they or him could shoot me from a dimly 'lit doorway or the shadows of : a shrub. But on the! other hand, he could be sincere. I might just as well take my chance with him as with anybody else. I certainly had to locate the girt (to be continued) . . - d . . . e . , . . ' . , . from city crime, pollution, and urban blight Read the Salt Flat News. and get away from it all. At 3.00 ay ear, it's cheaper than airfare to Pago Pago. 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