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Show yw Friday, October 19, 1934 Ms painful flx and handed the gun. him Heeseman, huh! Wal, so be nays said, facing Jim with an airIfof finality that Intimated relief. 8re they avvaj he asked! r m so m om mm mmwmmm a ut Two miles. W eve got half an hour mebbe. thlnk t0 look fer tlie hosses? Eight horses In the valley. Others not In sight." Fine scout you air. now come aidnt spy them soon enough fer you us to rustle out of hyar? I couldnt have seen them half a mile sooner, snapped Jim. They came out from behind a bank. Hells fire! Tell thet to me? You was sleepin." Youre a liar, flashed Jim, leaping clear of the others. Open your trap to me again like that! Say, its you wholl shet his trap," replied Hays, stridently. Or youll git a dose of the medicine I gave Brad ana SYNOPSIS Lincoln. Jim Wall, young cowpuncher from Wyoming, seeks a new field in Utah, lie meets Hank Hays, who tells himHer-he is working for an Englishman, rick. Hays and others are plotting to steai their employers cattle and money. With Hays, Jim Wall goes to Herricks ranch. Hays and his lieutenants drive oft a bunch of cattle. Heeseman is Hays rival among the cattle rustlers. Jim is sent to meet Miss Herrick. Hays betrays unusual Interest in the girls In coming. Wall finds himself falling love with Helen, and he fears Hays has designs on the girl. Jim coaches her In riding western style, and finaldisly kisses her. She is angry and misses him, but relents and asks him not to leave the ranch. Hays men return from the drive, having sold the cattle and brought back the money. X quick getaway is Imperative. Hays tells them to go on ahead, that he will Join them. He comes, with Helen Herrick a captive. Hays explains that he stole Helen for ransom. Realizing that Helen will be worse off If she falls into Heesemans clutches, Jim Wall does nothing. Heesemans riders Not from you woman thief! you yellow dog of a Smoky Slocum ran out lu time to get In front of Jim. Ilyar! Hyar! be called, piercingly. Is this a time fer us to fight each other? Cool down, Jim. Make allow ances fer Hays. lies wussn drunk. I dont care a d n If theres ten outfits on our trail. He cant talk to me that way. . . . And, Smoky, I reckon you're presuming on friend ship. Shore I am," returned Slocum, hurriedly. Ill not do it ngain, Jim. llajs is what you called him. Hut leave your dispute till we settle with Heeseman. All right. You're talking sense, re plied Jim. He had been quick to grasp the opening made by Hays. There must be ten riders in Heeseman's outfit." Wal, thet suits me," rejoined the robber, harshly. Now think fast," snapped Smoky Hays pulled himself together. Mac, you an' Jeff run to fetch what hosses you can find quick. . . . .Tack, you an leads the gang The Robbers' Roost Latimer, one of Hays gang, wounded with Heeseman, tells Jim that Hays has held out some of the money he stole from Herrick. In the roost Jim keeps a watchful eye on Helen. Heesemans riders are seen approaching and the desperadoes prepare to come In pursuit. Hays into a canyon retreat fight 1 Continued 5 I should shiver she did. Struck gun cocked right Hays Into my belly, an says : Will you tie this villain an swear by your honor not to release him or allow any of these other men to do so or will you have me shoot you? Bowd she get that gun? Wal, she snatched It quickern llghtnin, thats how. An when she cocked It with both hands It went off The bullet went between bang! Hanks legs. Tickled him. You can see the hole in his pants. Scared? Sly Cawd, you never see a man so scared. Thet gurl, cool as a cucumber, cocked the gun again, an held Hays up then all of us. We was slttin at the table. She made us all stand, hands high, an then she performed thet little trick with Hanks gun agin my gizzard. Jim, I hope to die if I didnt go cold an stiff. But I promised on my word of honor as a robber thet Id tie Hank tp, an make the other fellers play square. It was so funny, too, thet I near bust, nays, soon as he was helpless, got over his scare, an then was he mad ! I reckon no one on this earth saw a madder man. lie cussed so terrible thet she made me gag will Jims Raised, Rifle, Already Swerved a Trifle Cracked. The Hat Went Flying. Smoky an Wall hustle the grub, cook kit, packs an beds Into thet cave across the wash. Ill git up high an watch. When I yell, dig fer cover. You aimin to fight or run? queried Smoky. We might git packed light, If somethin holds them up. But we cant leave the way we come in. Dirty Devil too high. Heeseman has stumbled on the next best way. If we had plenty of time. . . . But rustle, everybody. Mac and Jeff were already In lum bering flight up the oval. And Happy Jack, not concerned enough to stop his whistling, was sacking his utensils. Hays made for the notch In the bluff west of the cabin. Jim sprang Into action, while Smoky dashed off toward the cottonwood grove. Upon Jims first return trip from ttie cave he encountered the girl burdened with her effects. Ilurry. Helen, Ill carry that Weve no time to lose. At the back of the cave there was a crack deep enough to protect Helen. He directed her to hide inside and await developments. Jim ran on toward the camp, resolving to withhold a shell in his rifle and to keep a sharp watch on Hays. The next quarter of an hour was filled with strenuous and unceasing action. Their united efforts collected all the supplies, utensiis. saddles and in the packs, and several of the beds cave back and to one d side of the shack. A huge slab of stone lay across the top of this triangular notch In the cliff. The wall had been hollowed by the action of water. A small stream flowed out from the base of the wall. , It was the best place for defense In the oval, and Jim believed Hays outfit could hold it indefinitely, though If it they couldnt save the horses. be recame to a siege they could leased. him." Well, Ill be No wonder. blowed ! gasped Jim. We was wuss. Wed had breakfast, an Hank was tryin to face os fellers. I'll say he came clean, Jim. He divided all the money he got from Herrick an his sister, an' the gold things an diamonds. Fellers, he said, 1 could lie an say I meant to give this to you later. But Im not built thet way. I double-crosse- d you all first time in my life. I meant to keep It all, an the ransom, fer the girl. But now there wont be 00 rsusoni, for Im not goin to give her up. Shes an I can do as mine, 1 want, an If any of you dont like It Jou can make your kick now. . . . Wal, we was so plumb flabbergasted thet we didnt see the gurl, who came close on the sun side of Happys shelter. She heard the whole d n show. . Jim, I wish you could have seen her when she stepped up to Hank. I don't know what did it mebbe her he shore wilted. It was then Jeshut he snatched his gun. So thats the deal ! ejaculated Jim. hat are you going to do? t ask me' sD n r keep it. For save my word an thet matter the rest our outfit air fer the gurl, ransom r no ta 'ell 16 iinou ransom. Suddenly Jim awoke Pcfaction to remember of Heeseman. Smoky, I know what doK the ay. id ;aM" d din18 of It. i into ft when 1 ntered a US'" arouo11 can P are Spttl 1 the lip t ever busy, men. Jim strode 0 tnd d. cre Smoky, coolly. I reckoned on thet under the shelter to face Herrick. She had heard, for she CHAPTER X iss os white. s. An?60 1U three-cornere- pronto. their cb re out it out of his the approach youre all go-and that's fight, he flashed, rtly. "Ileesemans outfit Is coming, sghted them perhaps three miles. Hvelmg slow, but sure. Weve no m to Pack an get away. Weve got . find ttie best place to stand an sat, an pack our stuff into It "SoHUSeman 1 e in with Hajs Smoky came panting off again. started and pack, Jim. Thats enough, Smoky, calledleft Nothin Slocum returned. I he panted. cept Hanks bed, thet. couldnt locate Listen ! What do you hear? re all but surprised by ,le said, abruptly. We You dll be worse off If t" I " v ,nto tlieir hands. Im sorry Please Hays. We need him." Z;st oo late! she exclaimed. ack things quickly and hurry t0 the CaVe Then 0n thlS Slde-Jim 1'ickeJ nP Hays gun from the tow a and ran out First he removed K,(, i fag, then In terse terms he stated 0? situation. They near got me," rang out Jim. hit one of them way over where they shot at Bridges. Theres a bunch of them hid on that cliff to the right of the outlet, you know, where Jeff went up to scout. Jim, they got us located, replied Slocum, gravely. Sure. But so long as they can't line on us in here They can move all around. An pretty soon Heeseman will Agger thet men behind the high center in front can shoot straight In hyar. Theyre below the ridge now. Iok sharp, Smoky, or they might get a couple of shots In first. Wal, If they do I hope both bullets lodge In nanks gizzard. My sentiments exactly. . . . Smoky, I saw something shine. Tip of a rifle. Right to the right. . . . Ah ! Take the first feller, Jim . . . One two three. The rifles cracked in unison. Jims mark sprang convulsively up, and plunged down to roll and weave out of sight. The man Smoky had shot at sank flat and lay still. Next moment a volley banged from the cliff aud a storm of bullets swept hissing and spnnging uncomfortably close. Jim slid and leaped to the floor of the cave below. Smoky, by ljing down, lowered the rifles to him, ana then came scrambling after. Hays had slouched back to them, followed by Happy. Jack, gimme Jeffs gun an' belt," Hays said, and receiving them, he buckled them over his own. Next lie opened his pack to take out a box of rifle shells, which he broke open to drop the contents In his coat pocket on the left side. After that he opened his shirt to strip off a broad, black money belt. This was what had made him bulge so and give the impression of stoutness, when In fact he was lean. He hung this belt over a projecting point of wall. In case I dont git hack, he added. An there's a bundle of chicken-feechange In my pack. There was something gloomy and splendid about him then. Fear of Hod, or man, or death was not in him. Rifle In hand he crept to the corner on the left and boldly exposed himself, drawing a volley of shots from two quarters. Then he disappeared. What's Hays Idea? asked Jim. He must know a way to sneak around on them. A metallic, spanging sound accompanied rather than followed by a shot, then a sodden thud right at hand choked further speech. Happy Jack had been cut short in one "of his low whistles. He swayed a second upright, then uttering an awful groan, he fell. Smoky leaped to him, bent over. Dead! Hit in the temple. Where'd thet bullet come from? It glanced from a rock. I know the sound. Jim, the only safe place from thet Is hjar, huggin' this corner, declared Smoky. An there ain't room enough fer the two of us. Keep It, Smoky. I'm not going to someget hit. This Is my day. I feel thing in my bones, but its not death. Huh. I feel somethin too clear to an cold. my marrow an it's siekish back out crawl an sneak I'll Jim, of them. Thets my idee. I dont have wrong ldees at this stage of a fight. That was the last he spoke to Jim. Muttering to himself he laid a huge roll of bills under the belt Hays had deposited on the little shelf of rock Tlien he vanished. I hair-trigg- r I climbing. CHAPTER IX bint, Presently a white puff of smoko showed above the ragged rim. Spang! The fight w89 on. One of llays men Bridges let out a hoarse bawl and swayed over, almost losing his balance. Jim looked no more at him, but concentrated his gaze on the rim. Another puff of white! Something dark-m- an's slouch hat bobbed up. Jim's rifle, already raised, swerved a trifle cracked. The hat went fljlng. The horses came over the bench, frightened, but not stampeding, and Mac drove them Into the corral. This was a round the corner from the range, of the sharpshooter of the rtm. Bridges, reeling on the horse, followed Mac, who ran out of the corral to catch him as he fell. Then, as they came along close to tiie wall. Hays arrhed from the other direction. Heeseman with his outfit nine In all, he heaved. Theyre scatterin' to surround the roost. . . . But they cant cross below us an across there its out of range. . . . Were all right." A bullet thudded Into the wall, followed by the report of a rifle. 'Duck hack ! That was from some-wher-e else," shouted Flays. They doe twenty feet farther back. Here they were apparently safe, except from the grassy ridge of the oval in front, which it was unlikely nny sharpshooters could reach In daylight. After a careful study Jim crept into the brush, stirred by a renewal of firing from the west rim. Wisps of white cloud, thinning on the light wind, located the positions of the shooters. First Jim peered through the grow tii of brush directly In front Almost at once he caught a movement of a dark object through a crevice in the rim. The distance was great for accurate shooting at so small a target. But witli a rest he drew a coarse, steady aim and fired once. The object flopped over. A shrill cry, unmistakable to any man used to gunplay, rent the air. Jim knew he had reached one of the Heeseman gang, to disable him, If no more. Next instant a raking fire swept the brush on both sides of .Tim. He dropped down Into the cave. Smoky stood tliere. In the act of Next he teleased the :rSp I your eje peeled stole cliff, said Smoky, and brush. of the cover under on the foruid d TO BE CONTINUED. First Fraternity Starteo 1750 The first American college fraternity was organized at Will.am an Mary college in 17-'- in iigiu a. SEEN' HEARD around the National Capital By CARTER FIELDS Washington. An overwhelming per centage of the householders throughout the country who have yielded to the blandishments of the governments modernization campaign have spent cash for improvements to their homes Instead of borrowing. Yet It was not even contemplated that people who had the cash to speud would need the coux-lng- . competitors would smell it out, and would scream to high heaven. This would bring the chlseler before the code authority of his Industry and measures would be taken to stop it. No one seemed to doubt that the Interest of self preservation would lead to the various production lines of industry, la this way, policing The chief problem the Federal Housing administration U up against la reluctance of people everywhere to go Into debt It was rather a jolt to everyone In the administration to dis cover this, and in fact, It requires a good deal of prying Into the situation to find that this Is the fact. But It Is the truth, nevertheless. The point seems to be that this Is the first move the administration has made in Its dealings with various sections of the public where the Idea Is to get people who still have a little property, represented In this case by their homes, to borrow money which they must pay hack for nonproductive items. The government has dealt with property holders before. But they were farmers, and the government was offering them something in most instances for nothing, or at most for not planting crops. What the FHA is up against Is fear on the part of these small property holders to mortgage their incomes for the next year or so. It Is this lack of confidence In the future, which Is so disturbing to the administration, that explains why this curious fact has not been revealed before. Beyond the shadow of a doubt It la not due to any lack of pressure from corporations, which have something to sell along the modernization line bathtubs, roofing, what not Nor Is there any lack In the ballyhoo the government has used. For Instance, the Presidents mother In a newsreel. For instance, the public and commercially sponsored radio programs, the dodgers in the grocery baskets, the newspaper and direct mull advertising by manufacturers whose products tie in with modernization, and by others who expect to benefit on the turnover of money put Into circulation by this plan. Training Speakers So far the greatest measure of success has been lu the small towns. Cincinnati is one exception among the larger cities, but the smaller places seem to need more time to get organized. Horae owners are given a check list of all Items that need attention. A vital feature of every community campaign Is a canvass of such Individual needs and Intentions. The Federal Housing administration Is schooling speakers whose services soon will be available. It Is also supplying tnovies for the visomatic portable talking machines that may be leased from a big telegraph company. Four pictures have been prepared for exhibition for community purposes, for financial institutions, for local contractors and building supply dealers, and for property owners. FHA Is dealing direct with the big national companies which sell building materials and equipment all over the country. It Is having conferences with their representatives here In Washington, and also in regional meetings and in company offices. Meetings In 82 industrial centers were held last week. Others will follow, there having been some holding back on the part of a few which did not wish to expose their entire hands to their competitors. FHA Is urging ail Industrial firms to point the way to employees and home owners generally by catching up on plant repair and maintenance. U. S. Steel has responded with an $18,000,000 schedule, and General Electric is following suit, A big department store In Wisconsin has followed through with a refurnishing plan which steps right In where Uncle Sam leaves off." But the timid householders are still reluctant to borrow. Peace in NRA Ranks All Is peaceful at the moment In NRA, with Hugh Johnson out of the picture, and the new bosses functioning, but there Is trouble In the ofllng, and not very far off at that One of the hints Is with regard to the almost complete failure of business to spy on itself. When NRA was set up, the main object was to prevent murderous competition, which ground the workers down and down in the hope of their employer that he would be able to produce cheaply enough to undersell his competitors and get a little of the rapidly evaporating business. The Intention was to force each employer to pay equal wages and work his help equal hours, so that whatever other chiseling he might do, his help would not suffer. It was widely hailed at the time as the only solution for the vicious circle downward In which the country had gotten. For every time Chlseler A reduced his wages so as to get some of the business, Chlseler B met the reductions, while the employees of both A and B were able to buy less of other products. And as the same thing was happening in so many lines, the buying power of the country was shrinking at every tick of the clock. It was thought, when NRA was set up end the various restrictions Imposed, that If anyone among the manufacturers In a given Industry would start chiseling, no matter bow, his Sqlly Sez Few Complaints But curiously enough it has not happened. The total number of complaints filed about chiseling by competitor! Is so small as to be utterly Insignificant. Now, some of the heads of NRA are wondering what will be the reaction among business men generally If NRA should do Its own snooping if Its agents should walk Into plants without notice and demand a look at the books and a look around at the plant Just like nntlonnl bank examiners, only with a view not to discovering if the Institution Is solvent and its assets O. K., but to finding out what working conditions are, whether profits are too large to be In keeping with New Deal ideals, etc. There is considerable fear that this would be very much resented, so a number of discreet Inquiries are being made. There is no desire at the moment to further heckle business. On the contrary, there is every desire on the part of the administration to keep business In as good a humor as possible, certainly until after election. That Is one of the things that annoyed the President so much recently about the United States Chamber of Commerce questionnaire. lie doesnt want any element fanned Into Insurrection now. This Is not the right time. But how else, those with the spirit of the NRA In their minds demand, can Its policies be enforced and the desired results obtained, In view of the demon strated fact that business simply will not police Itself? The very word which the operatives doing snooper this checking up would certainly be called sends cold chills down political backs. But there has been no other Intelligent solution offered to the problem. So look out for an Important development along this line. But not before election. Probably not until some time next spring. Start Real Revival Drastic measures are being planned to start a real business revival by the simple expedient of getting the money directly Into the hands of merchants, manufacturers or other business men who are willing to spend It If they can just borrow It somewhere. Though there has been no flurry of trumpets about It, Ben Johnson, banker from Shreveport, La., has been placed In charge of this particular new function of the government. What started this move was the fact, laid before the RFC, that up to September 24, a total of only 165 loans had been made, for the very disappointing aggregate of $12,623,375. It had been the plan of the administration to have at least $300,000,000 out on such loans by that date. It will be Mr. Johnson's function to encourage applicants for loans, who have been turned down by regional loan agencies, to appeal to Washington, then to go into the loans and sea If they cannot be nmde. Johnson himself is full of optimism. He believes that thousands of business enterprises can use more working capita! to advantage, since loans can be made on a long-tim- e basis up to five years. This has been one of the sore spots in the New Deal all along. It will bo recalled that, after much discussion last year between congressional leaders and the administration, a bill was finally put through which was Intended to open the treasury door to all sorts of loans which seemed to be sound, but which for one reason or another local banks would not make. One of the needs, It was thought, was that the government would have, for a time, at least, to take over tho sort of private financing which up until the passage of the securities act was made with more or less ease by private hankers for the business concerned. Of course, everyone realized that the private bankers took a pretty fat profit on the transaction. Then their expenses were heavy. That was how so many bond salesmen made a living. Private Banking The New Deal has never been particularly sympathetic with private bankers. Their profits seemed to the government an undue addition to the cost of doing business. Their profits were viewed with horror. They might have continued, In spite of this, had It not been for the securities act But with that tremendous handicap of not being able to represent to purchasers of the securities they had to sell that there would be tremendous profits, tho zest with which such securities were bought In the past evaporated. All this was realized by congress, and by the treasury, so It was arranged that the government should make the loans necessary to business expansion, and at a fairly low rate of Interest The money was appropriated, the authority was given, and shop was opened up, so to speak. But nothing, or practically nothing. If one may speak so disrespectfully of twelve million odd dollars, has happened. So now the government has named a particular man, Ben Johnson, and given him the assignment to go out Into the byways and hedges and find tho blind, the halt and the lame who need only a little government money to blossom os the rose, or at least give a good appearance of being able so te blossom. Oopyrlzht WNU Servio I If MU local petrosa nifloct Home tMr tan mui nesloctwashed aoos be all tUnpa mall bt Pi Istaatrp lhs Bp fa everybody. Lata keep an PatronUln Boon Indaatry, I C 4 Cl Penn Was Born In London William Penn, the eminent Quaker and founder and proprietor cl the colony of Pennsylvania. born in London October 14, 1644. Be died July SO, 1718, and waa buried in the churchyard of the Friends' meeting house at Jordans, near Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England. 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