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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER 5 hes done, this Tanner has put some bunches of Mex renegades up to A Quiz With Answers landing on us, they work with the Offering Information Yakis, and his Indian scouts have we make where crossour spotted on Various Subjects ings. Seems like theres anyway a dozen bands of them havent got any7. In what state is Harpers thing else to do but lay watching The Questions those crossings, and wait us out. Ferry, the scene of John Browns 1. What is a chuck-wi- ll About half of them is carrying in 1859? 2. When its 11 a. m. in Omaha, raid new American guns and plenty ammunition. They got our hide nailed what time is it in Galveston, The Answers to the fence all right and we are Texas? 3. Where are the Plains of 1. A bird. (So called from its ASK ME.O ANOTHER r 7 installment FAR: STORY I THE SO I Dusty King and Lew Gordon had built up a vast string of ranches which stretched from I Texas to Montana. King was killed by his Ben powerful and unscrupulous competitor, ! Bill Roper, Kings adopted son, Thorpe. I undertook to break Thorpe's power. His f first step was to start a cattle war in Texas. He made this decision against the opposition of Lew Gordon and the tearful pleading 0f his sweetheart, Jody Gordon. With the aid of Dry Camp Pierce and other outlaw gunmen, Roper conducted raid after raid man-- ! upon Thorpes herds. Cleve Tanner, seemed 8ger of Thorpes Texas holdings, dar-- I helpless to stop him. In spite of his tag plans, Ropers resources had dwindled dangerously low by the time winter came. Thorpe seemed not to feel the losses. F I ; fd CHAPTER X winter dragged out slowly. Ropers plans, bold as they were, The had been well laid. He had perceived from the first that success or failure depended upon whether or not he could make his war with Tanner self sustaining. To gnaw away at the Tanner herds was one thing; to turn their captures into cash was altogether another. Roper had hoped that he could initiate his own drives to the north, but he had found this out of the question. On the other hand, the trail drivers had found themselves so vulnerable that none of them wanted to buy cattle of questionable ownership. The did not organization have this problem ; they took what they wanted and drove what they wanted, by means of their own trail outfits. But Roper could now only dispose of cattle for the trail through ranchers known to be scrupulous and established men. This was the strategic purpose .behind Ropers rehabilitation of the eleven outfits which Tanner had originally seized, and which Roper had now put back into the hands of their Thorpe-Tann- er proper owners. These ranchers had not only the sympathy but the respect of everyone who knew anything about Texas cattle. Through these men Roper now had a safe and sure outlet for the cattle recovered by Dry Camps experts, while the gunfighters under such men as Nate Liggett, Tex Daniels, and Hat Crick Tommy 'supplied a much needed protection until they could get on their feet. But this method, promising as it was, was slow. Of necessity the men whom Roper backed were cowmen without assets other than their disputed claim to their ground. Sometimes by mortgage loans, but principally by silent partnerships, Roper had now obtained interests in nearly a dozen outfits. They should have been thriving outfits. But Roper found his money draining away with unforeseen swiftness, without hope of any financial return until the trail should open in the spring. Only the Mexican border operations, which depended upon Lee Harnish, continued to show a thin trickle of income through the winter months. As spring approached, Roper found himself near the end of his string. Shoshone Early in February, Wilce came south seeking Bill Roper, and found him at the Pot Hook ranch. Find out anything? Roper asked. Shoshone Wilce rubbed his badly shaved chin with horny fingers. I dont know as youre going to like this so very good, Bill. "Lets have the bad news first I eat it up. God knows theres enough of it; there aint any other kind to be had. What do you want to know first? Hows Thorpe making out up above? I saw him in Dodge City; he was throwing money around with a shovel in each hand. You know what I think? I think he can go away and .forget Tanner, and write everything he has in Texas right off the books, and never know the difference! Roper locked his hands behind his head and stared at the ceiling. Sometimes it seemed to him that trying to break Tanner was like trying to empty the Rio Grande with a hand dipper. The apparently unbounded resources of Ben Thorpe in the middle country and in the north, out of reach of the south Texas war, made up a vast reservoir which tanner could draw oh. without limit. "How is Tanner himself making out? ., 1 Ive been all up and down anc east part of Texas; I cant see where weve nrrt ana Jiou a damned thing. dont know what youre ng about! . P ed talki- Xu know what' 1 think? Wilce rsisted. "I think theres more cat tle in this country than the world has any use for. I dont think you can bother any man any more, just by fooling with his cattle. "Never mind what you think. Lets have what you know. I nosed around and tried to find out what promises Tanners been making for cattle on spring deliveries. I didnt learn everything. Nobody learns everything. But I got enough to total up. Shoshone Wilce hesitated, and didnt say any more until he had got a cigarette rolled. In the middle of rolling his cigarette he went into a coughing fit, and spilled the tobacco, so that he had to start over again. Bill, he said at last, "Cleve Tanners going to drive more cattle this year than hes ever drove before. In just one bunch alone he aims to deliver fifteen thousand head on the banks of the Red! Hes crazy! Roper shouted. He cant do it its impossible! Well he thinks he can. He knows his cattle counts better than me. But Ive been all up and down this country, and I dont see but what he can. Well, anyway, Roper said, the border gangs are going good. Well go on with it, and keep going on . . . Bill, Shoshone said, how long can you go on, the way its costing ' you now? Not much farther, I guess. You going to have to quit? Roper shook his head. Ill never quit now, Shoshone; I cant quit. through. It was a long time before Roper saw Lee Harnish again. He did not accept Hamishs statements offhand; but when he had conferred with Dave Shannon, and others of the border men in whom he believed, he was forced to accede that g the phase of the attack on Tanner was done. As February drew to a close, the big herds were 'once more being thrown together for the trail. It was deep into March when Tex Long quit. border-runnin- Tex Long said, Look, Abraham? 4. matter-of-fac- assigned to 11 a. m. How to Do Newest Dance Steps look. from diagrams. Begin with the p from the WestOpen j chester shown here. Two-Ste- t, . game. Bill Roper looked at him, without expression. All right. How much you figure I owe you? Tex smiled. Nothing. A very rare flush of anger came into Bill Ropers face. Tex, whats the matter with you? Tex Long made a quick, futile We used gesture with his hands. to be able to jump down on them. We cant do that now. The Bert Johnson place is studded with rifles until a man cant take a step. Every place youH find out its the same. There isnt going to be anything more we can do. We went good for a while. But they got organized, now. Were through. Tex Long was only one of Bill Ropers picked gunfighters, but he was one of the best. As March drew on, Roper lost four more. Into the Big Bend, into the valley of the Nueces, Cleve Tanner had flooded such a power of gunfighters as Bill Roper would not have believed. He had supposed that he could outplace and outsmart Tanners warrior outfits. But now his raiding forces met everywhere a stubborn resistance. Roper had discounted the quit of Tex Long; but now other news was coming in. The Graham outfit the first of all those that the Roper men had taken was ffgain in the hands of Cleve Tanner; and Nate Liggett, 2. in legislative houses? 3. Canada (Quebec). 5. How does the worlds record 4. Authority. A mace is a staff for running and ice skating 100 or mallet. 5. The record in both cases is yards compare? 6. Who did Sir Walter Raleigh 9.4 Identical to the split second. 6. 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And simple to learn steps Driving a Stamping Coins The pressure required to stamp the design of United States silver coins varies tremendously with the size of the coin itself. A dime requires from 35 to 45 tons, a quarter from 60 to 100 tons, a from 100 to 110 tons and a dollar 160 tons. half-doll- bus is a cross-countr- y man-size- d ar job, says Bus Driver WALTER STINSON Thats why I go for the protect Graham, had headed for the tall without even a report. Hat Crick Tommy was three weeks missing. The Davis outfit, left under his protection, had gone the way of all loose outfits, and Tanners cowboys rode the range. Dry Camp Pierce was almost the last to come in of those who came in at all. Pierce rode into the Pot Hook Camp early in April. He was the Harnish took to the brush and same, small wiry man he always had been his eyes watery, his jaws the hills. poorly shaven. While Ive got one rider left with Bill, I cant carry these camps me, or no riders, Ill still be work- no more. God knows we strung ing on Cleve Tanner. But I think with you while we could. Weve et were going to beat him, Wilce. Aft- beef, beef, beef without salt or flour, er all, the border gangs we can weve et bobcat meat. But Bill, count on them. theres no lead in our guns, and Roper continued to count on his theres no patches in our pants, border gangs for two weeks more. and its time I got to let the boys Then, in the middle of February, go, to make out any way they can. he learned that Lee Harnish was Bill Roper looked older than Dusty through. King had ever looked; his face was The first word of difficulty came like granite, with hard lines cut into when Dave Shannon pushed a little it by the weather. bunch of seven hundred head I understand Okay, he said. through the river at Mudcat Turn, how you feel, Dry Camp. and found no vaqueros waiting on Look you here, Dry Camp said. the other side. Shannon waited three Ive strung with you when I days before he was forced to turn wouldnt have strung with any other the cattle free and ride. man, let alone an upstart kid. Ill The complete news of what had say this for you youve made a happened never really came. What game fight. But kid, take my word Roper learned came in bit by bit, for it theyre too big, and theyre by way of random riders who had too strong. talked with a vaquero here, another You think so? Bill Roper said. there. I know so. I dont know what Lee Harnish had been pressing had, made men like Lee Haryou hundred south with a herd of twelve and Dave Shannon and Nate nish head. He was two days into Mex- Liggett throw in with you, but they ico, and supposed that he was clear; did the damnedest wild bunch Texhe had never had much trouble, as ever seen. Half the renegades of once he was well below the line. the Long Trail, and your part of But now, one moonless night, a band has gone into beating men reported as of at least sixty the Cleve Tanner. And where are we struck from no place, scattering now? s herd, and blazing down on Harnishs-riderWell? take could almost before they arent any place! Kid, I tell We to the saddle. There had been a beat, and were long were and you sharp running fight as Harnish beat! brush to the n boys took his April melted into May, and Roper and the hills. Unsatisfied with sei- had nothing do fight with any more. zure of the herd, the unknown band Those units of his wild bunch that had spent three days trying to hunt had not quit had not been heard down Harnishs riders. from at all; he knew already that Lee Harnish himself, wounded in the ones who had completely failed. the first skirmish, had had a hard Cleve Tanner prospered, seemingly; time getting clear; it was not known and all was well with Ben Thorpe. whether or not all of his riders Bill Roper waited at the Pot Hook were elsewhere accounted for. now trying to think of some way n After an elapse of several weeks, that he had missed. vaquero came huntan Indian-face- d him, and Lew Gordon denied a writing Bill Roper; he carried expressedly would advance nothing Harnish: Lee from ten message more against Dusty Kings share of whidh had been broThis thing is finished up. Dont the partnership . death let anybody tell you it was Cleve ken bv (TO BE CONTINUED) Tanners men busted into us. 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