| Show TALES OF THE OLD FRONTIER by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 0 U kit 1933 union THE all OF OP A RANGER 13 in the days when arizona was cow country two men roda the range together for one of the big cattle outfits and although totally different in temperament bill smith and carloa carlos tafila were pale pals tiland had been cemented by years tu 0 hardship and danger when the attie attle declined in thai that territory in capt burton MORS mons biane mans arizona ArI zoua ua Rati jers a splendid body of picked men bom to uphold the law and to place duty over friend ship love or life itself As tor for smith ha he drifted from one job to another in 1000 a band of out outlaw lad who had been stealing robbing banks and poet dost office offices and committing murders in new now mexico were driven over into arizona Ar teona by a strange turn t f fate it was wa and another ranger named maxwell who discos ered the bandits stronghold in a deep canyon in the tveito mountains it was the custom of the arizona rangers before going into action to take the ranger a oath so maxwell and rode elile side by side clasped each others hand and repented repeated the secret words that bound them to stick to each other oven even unto death they were within CO yards of tho the outlaw camp before their approach was discovered nhen maxwell lifted his voice in a demand for surrender there was an ominous silence then a man stepped out into view I 1 atello Ta tolla he said hello 1101 smith reeled the ranger QuI quitley this la Is hard luck bald said the outlaw youre as its good as dead it if you try to arrest us we outnumber you and we will naver be taken alive when told him that nn an arizona ranger duever u counted the odde odds smith reminded L n of bis his own reputation as a marksman who never missed 11 T dont want to kill you carlos I 1 be pleaded for the eake sake of old times timm go away if you will well leave tale this country and never come back im arry B bill bu bul we cal wove weve jut just token miren the ees oath but it if things come out ae as say do me one favor get word te to captain man that we did the best we coul V said tf Tr folla then the rangers started forward and ad the shooting began smith bul tried to scare their away he lie put four bullet bullets taraigh the top of las ins high crowned stetson the ranger continued to advance firing wins as be came then smith lowered his nights sights and shot his olds between the eyce eyes bill smith kept hie his word A few weeks later captain hossman received a letter from the outlaw some where in mexico telling teung bow hangers rangers maxwell maxwell and bad lad kept the badgere Ban gere oath |
