Show lya 1145 04 A western film story novelized from the motion pictures posed by anderson one of the epst popular moving picture actors read the story see the pictures granderson GM ANDERSON mm BRONCHO BILLY AND vigilantes CAST OP OF MS broncho hilly 0 M anderson C tin nuttier lee willard ernest Lri teat van pelt pdt nil hairy todd cattle owners owner avi i victor in united states patent office I who wb tire fiti familiar nillar with tile varied career of broncho Ilion chu billy hill will not lie ile ased that lie he finally nilly wits back in ili the of bear county iou nty ills ilia f fa a insularity inU larity with tile the work enabled him to got into rull swing tit onte once mid and luaulu lua u rate a crusade ni fiade the bud bad men luen of tin tile locality what ot cu I 1 ailed it gren t lea I 1 of billys attention MIS ivits the task hisk of willing out a n hand bund of cuttle cattle rustlers who lio bud bad mude made away any with scores morts of steers bt their depredations were of tin nn unusually daring character and billy thoroughly realized that ilo w bad to no easy jolt job to either capture them or drive theta out of the country the big ranch owners bud bad combined and fortner a to round up the crooks ru oki but their boita efforts ita proved futile finally li milly they tho that lie was mild the one OIK man suii capable of cop ilig anith ath the situation leave ew etu to me lue billy to the t ill shore make these parts wo tie almighty consar tied tor reed fur for those gentry that wish they were on ley icy mountains or therea bouts so no to cit lepeak when I 1 start a job like this I 1 always finish it good and due and proper billy white while the affairs of the loftlee tile the next morning morn liiK so that lie li could take up till the trail of the cattle th thieves leveR wits was suddenly froust ol by the sound of heavy bouts boots pounding the into tit clr room char ley icy calvert a young inan front tile the east who ind had become it 11 dittle bronder brander ou on the double X ranch near iley hey sheriff lr lir ho he cried breathlessly theys thes n guy down donn to cross iny ing what sneaked a couple of heffers heifers off 00 our place I 1 traced him and rode into town jovn to let you know get busy bugy quick bulc li rift billy who was is calmly oiling the mechanism of one of ills hla 43 45 nu automat lea looked ut tit his visitor smilingly young man mail 0 o he be said 1 I reckon your education has tits sure aure been hegt vt el ed you use the expression theys a ruy guy tit your langiv idge I 1 want you to thu that in this here official office of bilue only the most pru fact 14 I 1 supposed to be spoke you ilk h TUK THIC HAD HMO bores should have suld down to balleys ballets crossing Crossl nR there 1 ti 4 a never use the rhe word guy uy I 1 in it place of the word void 1 I gent bent billy surveyed tits his informant with nn an nid aid superiority ht he went int on 1 I 1 cat culiar that iu im fully toni coni detent to run this gilve without tile aid or advice of a young buck who heeln n cattle thief in the full fail of his nee n re furl fari ous crime dont chig him film with it 11 lend lead pill it only dinkes mure work for an overworked worked sheriff ft when hen those rus rua tiers are left alave alope do much better in the future it if you continue to tit live in bear county the visitor wits wan villy embarrassed hut but I 1 want to lie he accused of murder responded calvert wung ninn man mald broncho billy it murder to kill a cattle thief that lint la Is not while im sheriff of bear county it saves haves the county a heap of expense to put them out of the way pre pie iia as one might say of course mistaken are sometimes mail 0 by in hasty imet persons which tire lire to be re gret fretted ted lint bill by b humbly apologizing to the tin fil filially tally of tile the deceased the mistake Is easily rhe hie informant greatly enlightened its to tn proe procedure dure in fit hear county depart vil nl nud ili ti it half hour billy wa win 4 wen galloping town down biln main nil it the lue way to the trail lend lead alig it 11 1111 leya B crossing Cruss liiK the owners committee having given tit ill the hie litins for tile the cuttle cattle steal ert cr everything in this connection was wag now til ill the llie hands not to mention the brahim and guns of broncho Ilio acho billy let us its see how thu the one time desperado prospector and cowboy will acquit himself of the responsibility thrust upon him on oil balleys Crog crossing aing where ili tin ermate passed at guide grade our mer tile turnpike in ill for luer days the trail tile the ilie riff round found it 11 mail whom lie knew R as 14 a former employee of the angelina mines seen anybody darivin a n bunch of heifers heffers this away away queried the caal yep yell nn an desmet hes met another man just below here was the nut answer iwer 1 I 1 thought the tha outfit was parti liller sos soi niclous ez cz they brur them cattle into the bushes beside tho the old deserted rattlers idl neis bo lioard ardla ln house us its they seen me tome come along broncho billy had received nil all the in formation he desired spurring his bh favorite horse horne which lie always used on oil sped special il occasions mountain lafot in tain belle te he arrived tit at a clump of trees about yards ards one side of the dismantled building used years yeara 1 I afo afore re as a board ing house home for tho the men ell employed aloyed in the Willi willigis his hooray gold lulae while pay ore oie was obtainable there creep ing through the miniature forest and the bushes on its edge bill surprised the two rustlers rust lere ono managed to es cape the more desperate one however and who was waa subsequently covered to be tile the leader of tho the lund hand finally surrendered youve got the best of me lue he be suld said regretfully 1 I guess I 1 got to go along nu an pay pa the penalty for my luy misdeeds good guessa guess said tile the sheriff sen aen youre sure suie the best little guesser weve seen in some time around this ll way 1 billy tied the heifers heffers to trees rie ile would let their owner know their whereabouts as soon as 03 ho he could get to a telephone to aid this purpose lie he decided to take his prisoner to the silver circle hotel a road house bouse between Gulch ville and eville and about three miles away flea JenI fenichis chis who me he prisoner proved to he be walked ahead of billy and Moun mountain talu inelle to the stiver silver circle hoRt hostelry elry where by telephone billy informed the ranch owners committee what hat had occurred the sheriff and his captive inter had dinner find adjourned to the barroom to have as billy said bald ono one I 1 last ast friend ly drink with ft ath tin an unfortunate individual that Is going to be relieved of earning any honest money for some time to come A k commotion outside the hotel was suddenly heard looking for cattle rustlers and lime got guns and ropes n bystander remarked billy quickly thrust ills hla prisoner into n small back room adjoining the cafe 1 I 1 wish they had shot allot or hanged you before I 1 caught you ile he hissed but now that youre in ili my custody I 1 must maintain law and order hilly billy stood nonchalantly beside the de bur bar smoking a cigar us as the men poured in I 1 if f youre here that robber Is here exclaimed the loader leader who ft ho carried n t toll roll oll of rope over 0 cr his arni arm broncho billy noted that the men und and lert left guns outside ns as their purpose e in stopping nt at the hotel had been to get it bite to eat cat in ili a flush flash billy drew ills two ora 4 i nu and held the men nt at bay Ct illIng out the ho he told old him to take rake the rope from the lenders leaders hinds and wad the lie arms of every oni one tills this wits speedily and gladly but one of the be would be lyn chers stepped behind billy and threw n rope arouni him holdene hinr him helpless tits llie rustler wan wait heing tit lag treated in ili the same panic way when the hotel proprietor came in with a repenting repeating rifle and forced the HI to release the two men billy whispered to the hotel leeper keeper carl can you gut get some blank cartridges yes ive got several boxes of them left from fourth ol 01 0 july was the reply well go out and unload the guns tip the folks have left otI tAlde and put in fit blanks billy instructed i 1 4 the old man departed to his mission on broncho dilly billy now noir saw his bs vicy vi ay clear hr it bellich belli cd to sure bare the cattle thief from tile the wrath of the ranchman ranchmen ranch men crowd lie ho mado made no objection when the crowd took the wretch outdoors lie ho followed them thein but what worried him was the appearance of ft a newcomer with a gun having rent real curt cartridges rIdges lu in it tit the cattlemen took their captive to a sturdy oak tree tit in the yard at the bado aldo of the tavern dont to ilo ILI dont to do it pleaded fit the titter thief ive rot got a wife and three children tind and a mother to support ill never steal tiny ny wore more cattle no folks I 1 surely wont I 1 wear swear to god you bet you wl well tend to that right away snarled josh hangs bangs ono one of the most violent of the group so saying lie he deftly threw a noose the cattle rustlers nock neck broncho billy dally jumped fo forward rivard nothing doings he bo exclaimed lie ile seized tho the ropo rope and cast tho the noose loose from the would bo be victims neck get out of here quick i lie he shouted to tile tho trembling crook is As flip mail annn ran for ills his life several of alio lie party tired at him film Bro licho hilly billy elded the newcomer whose gun bun had real ammunition in it fm that tant ile he could not shoot much to the surprise ot of the N I 1 P 1 0 TOURE A ZOT OF EAST MARYS bowd tile the fagi fugitive tIve wits was untouched by dieli shots ile he ran on oil and disappeared tit the distance every one of tile the disappointed lynch ITS ers wits it 11 crack yet et they had till nil missed the kind of a marki nural broncho hilly billy burst into a loud load peal of laughter bonts your great joke demanded josh bangs billy bucked backed to the doorway of a woodshed nearby at the same bamo time holding ono one of hh 1111 45 43 automatics in hla his hand ready to u lu in defense if occasion should require youre it 11 lot of easy marks ho he said sarcastically you think youre till ill so smart and can tube a prisoner away from me tile the sheriff of bear county but I 1 want to tell you folks that while ou on were polso poisoning ning your our en fandle joung brains lu in the ca fay hereabouts with bid bad spee rafts tic de fei nun toos I 1 had it used that eliat blank shells shella were put luto into your jour runs guns you sure wasted some of tuo the old maua mails left over fourth of 0 july ve lebrat ion nilly billy laughed again for it moment the anger ot of tho the party continued then us its they realized fully liow how ridiculous they oil all must havo have looked taking cageful aim at the fleeing criminal und and firing with blanks they ailed i and snickered ed at one another und and at last joined in ili the same kind or of learty hearty laughter in which broncho billy lad had been indulging ill never forget it as long as I 1 live sa said lot josh bangs annga after a moin moment ezit broncho billy admonished moni shed bcd the tattle cattle owners you folks GO along respectably now and dont follow that fellow just to 1 bow you jou what a good sheriff bear county has ill take up hla his trull trail nud and corral him once inure yon yen will have a 11 chance to testify him in court in ice corus manner SD ro to say and there will be no need of tiring thing your our arms by currying carrying ropes likewise you will ft bo be searched cd for guns tit at the ajic courthouse door tho the men nodded at billys remark 4 they shook hands with ith him and mounting mount liiK their horses rode lode away in ili good humor broncho billy knowing the surrounding country so fco well felt assured that lie would hao hut bill very little dial culty in ili hiding the fugitive from jus lice ilce ile iio it 11 nap of two hours on oil n sofa in ili the roid bouse till and was then ready to start wt aut ou on tits hla second quest for the rustler at the lie end of twenty four hours tile the robber was behind the chilled steel birs of the bear county lockup safe from lynchc rs but not safe from the operations of justice broncha illey cAlli exhausted by the ex citing p proceedings Toce edingA of tile lie two days decided to KO go on a brief fishing trip over oer gold oty aty way the benr bear river trout justly famous and titter after that well it wits waa some tv hat of a deep secret st ciet but Bro ticho 11 hilly illy till had brn been for months ing ln al another lothel pillage plunge into the uncertain waiters of thy the girl hid had heen n playmate of his hiring hl hla eiarl burly bov hool hilly billy had lived enough molley to buy a cottage oil tile outskirts of watson utson and it be it comparatively short time before a swell funk liun iia as nilly billy described it occurred for thi the of tha notables in ili bear county Iti society cletY hilly billy was becoming fired of tile loneliness of single life ile ho looked forward eagerly to the lie time when he be rould could resign tin the sheriffs job and take the girl of ills ebolee war over to tile the 0 of f iiii lil parents anti upend spend tile the rest of his bis days thoro there raising cattle and tilling tho the 1000 acres that his father owned V |