Show 4 woMEN S I DAG 0 AILS HOtI up y N-I N A I roD TOD 1 Dick A big bit bo boss bOBs of f t th Dou- Dou Double Double Dou Double I ble A ranch r take a II lynching party I to the ranch r ot o Duck Bodine Bodin when ho hear h thai tha Duck Buck I 18 I the th Ih I ot tho blowin up ot oC o a dun built by byI bythe bythe bythe I the Double A AcklIn find Mel Mel- cede Mi-cede cedes cede Arra In o tear tc r at Bodino Bodine s place and Shorty one on of ot Bodine mOil dead on the floor loor Blaze KII- KII dar II- II dare ot or o the th Loubo A I Is an n unseen of ot all aU that happens e ethe the cabin l 0 o 0 GO ON WITH vrr TIlE flit STORY Mercedes bit her tx nails nalle n U ly under th the scrutiny of at Acklin eyes eye el I r excitement made her bet seem eem guilty to him I 1 I he Cf Vt II- II child brought to the man a a recollection o Este lIons bone words 1 orde Bodine had bad talen taen Ito care r of the child then She Sh had h corno comil too In Dome my ay she sho haa got rid of lie his mail man Melody Ills Hl voice olce Dice rose roe ros to A d r nu aa as C hO he opened his hie hi mouth to p So 80 oure oure ready to kip skipwith with Ith Lodine ch eh 1 IS sour lour our m- m littie II tie plan n Is le It You forget it lIs lIez done all the traveling ho he hes he's going j to todo todo todo do You'll ou I go to with mo me m when I leave here wh h h Who Sho ho did that aho She did cried the tho blood from hl scratched taco l my gun tun out and ald got him from the tho door therel there Is that right 0 Acklin bellowed M Mercedes covered co her taco face her hands He lie could coull hear her sou ns as sh elio ho turned awa away It was WIl er aneer enough for him take tike yot you yot to Jail for or this Ito he crumbled lIe He II stopped to muL- muL muter ter to himself Then No th y wont either Ill I'll fix IIo Ho came close clo e to Bodine Ducks flucke nerve had I ii In a sure You won t t take ko her an ass 0 ay fro mo me Acklin not that tint way ha he cut ut In before the th big bit boas bees b s could speak peak But Acklin laughed In his he face for h hl iaIn pains You hue hae your little joke Do Bodine dine he riled Your Your time I 4 e short enough taco faco f ce pale paled l a at th studied ease with which the mail beCore him Mm uttered this statement What hat you et d t now he I demanded When my men Ret got here herl ouli find out You didn't think lou ou cOUld I lIh lint you pullout on onnie nie me tonight did lid you You deal I this slips s lips lip t t twitched Had ot tat tool foot kid given liven him away Acklin's UI poker eyes eyo face toi fOI some sign slun of ot bluffing but buthe buthe buhe he found nothing to him bim You YO aint gain to hll c mo me ar- ar arrested rested on Bocos noco's vord ord II are ro oU ho bo aske asked l No We 0 an Bin aln t coin to arre arrest t you I I Tho The directness 3 of o this thi statement blanched the th big tellos tello's f face They Thel acre cre going to 40 1 the law that was ps what Acklin w S sayIng The blood along Bucks Buck's Buck spine grew eol for a brief second But h concern passed He had ha h d been i dire straits berl before re and live I through Ha lie summon a grin crin to this hIs mouth now and laughed bed dens dens- d Isely pretending ot to the the Innuendo I Your youre all out cut up about bout die diet 1 I dam aint yuh T 1 h laugh out ot of Bodin voice votee You Ton II 11 never lOUt rebuild that little toy cither eather Pot not It you yon lug fur me I Wo We clean forgot your Injunction when no o 0 built It didn't we W lIe he lIeI I asked sarcastically I No Nol Buck shook hOok his hi head You fOI get how the tho water was tricked out of o the Rebello Rebel so o that you could build your dam dim When I 1 tell toll ms my Into an r tory story to a jury you'll go co eclipse cc re The jury that that's going to h hoar ar sour our cane cafus will use UK a a rope You lou g get that Bodine B By Dy the tho time Urn the con con- cor coroner or- or oner conies to ge get tt this thins thIng on orthe the floor door the buzzards will pill be bo pick pick- pickIng Ing your YO bonea There lont on ont t be anybodY but me to say ay how man got cot shot hot And If I 1 lay say that you did It matter mutter will win be ended Yuu are going to ing Due Buck cast an nil an lous u I IDue at 1 back lii-back I ee e at the 1 The one It was w near nea hack KM all open I too A tiring leip 11 and ho murky gras gra make It In the could could cO t ot of early dawn down he h ne nees s was looking at his I Y Acklin a 1 un 1111 opportunity v itch uh It IC was chance Mercedes WA watching flodine Sho saw his tinker clench his mus- mus s cl Knot Inot She dh loed his lIls Intention mouth opened In amazement m emen Iler IIer then thea tot tor 10 tho th to sat sat- to tike t him that was wat spring sp but the th patter pt t h horses ou ty side the window at which he h wee WU i topped stopped him short ACkil aimIng aiming miLca ot at a him him i pit lIe had j heard too had Tl Kildare K da had and Bodino no lie Ito H blessed bl d e ry 1 passed without bringing tI te I that nd file tIlo of the Double Double- Double Double-A to tc lI and him hini That 1115 pig big boS oll bad l th rt reVel led come there light hal bait AcklIn In a 1 neW hew tactful him c found lound 1 ai a II His comIng here bore WaIl WC could not have kno R a He BC I b hi alone Or OC J had w that t Bodin In hiding the man Inan was figured that Creek Wester e ster on that the house I be b deserted d t tUo would bustle bf f ap- ap t heard t k fil the m mo had Ho be before fore foro of o roo their noL aol Se k dr men e Acklin There a 0 long IanI became wore minute ore aware he 1 or the paul patty lie recognized I six Ix In tacklIng cackling voice A 1 Jones Jone Brother trio thO old man and ami his second later companions tramping Into the tb th kitchen DIu male Blase recognized recognised reco d Chot and Pat P bringing UP the rear They were all 11 heavily hc armed rm d Brother J Jones ont's was wa I ready at t the lh door of oC tho room In which Acklin had hail con cor cornered nored 1 The Ih he others othere oth r were t at athis his heels hoel llo l prall sprang Into action Ito Ile placed his hl bands band ban on the sill and vaulted Into the th kitchen n When Whon the tho big bit boss bo c u ht sIght light l ht of or bins lie ho bello bellied od the tb man had bad come coma In wIth the tl othe other i I tiers Here Hr us h I Is 1 the th owner ot of o the Double A called out pointing at Bodine tIed be Mr My 1 Oo Who done dono Jones Jonel exclaimed of Q o the th body In the th corner corn r The fhe Tt coIning of o thee these mn man turned fluck a taca a sickly hv hUe He H ft actual actually ly IY when he said Id Sloe ill Sh O d d It If- If Mercedes JI lurt he eart rt leaped l p 4 as ae a she Ir be iii ii TIle Jury hats that's that going to In bear ol fl your ur ca a e i Mill sUl st 11 u- u ua e a rope NIle lou OU get it limit t do you Ou Bodino saw aw aw fe He Ire made mad no attempt to go o to her The girl girls s raised half h l hand fell ell limply to her lier tide side She bho dimly thet t the th mans man's man es were tr to con eT some omo flies me- mea mea-fago eago to her She bhe saw him tsp tap his lips III's And then Acklin as saying You boys boya forget that remark of othis his lies Hea lying There was only three of o us u here and and- and Youre not counting m me I 1 gue guess The The crowd heeled n heeled on KIldar Vh Why 3 on just came cam In non non- now Hith It II Jones Jonc didn't you Acklin I 1 e shook his head h ad No o I v ye been here her for tor almost aIr ait an hour Bodine t do any shooting f I Uro tife If flowed back Into Bucks Buck's in Ing Immediately ThIs was 8 help in us unexpected source 11 ii stop your little tame game tC 1 lin Ia n hn he cried I 1 1 he lie the Ble no Bon paid pall no attention to toI I odines odine's words Ills His III eyes were on In tense tones he lie said ash ld to JIm him I JImI I You aint saying who Iho did It it But you and anil I know It 11 swans a jaUl trial ie W don t t want ItS t It If you'll pass SC me m your word I well we'll ell airing up II this skunk kunk t tor or r blow blow- isa hg out the damn dam and killing this man and let It gO co at tb Then Than came the th clatter ot of o many horse Here are the rest of ot the bos bo s vii II git nio ruo ln The Big Bl Bo- Bo Bos Bo's alsed his bis voice Somebody bringa bring I n a a II rope ha he cried Hurry flurry upi I bend u the tho th men mom dismount lai lount tig bg There were wr not less leu le than U Ih Iii the th crowd There Thero Th ro wouldn't be beany any ny delay now v This affair was w go Iu lag through to Its sordid finish Bo- Bo lb i Bo-i Without face tace ace was ghastly knowIng why Ir lie did It walked past him Into the kitchen I Th There ro seemed to be some omo om delay outside He lie could hear a murmur ot of voices rifle stood in inthe the corner BlaZe Blae picked It 1 up and I threw a shell hell h ll Into the tho barrel b ir l In Inthe Inthe Inthe the past put he be h had pondered at some somo th over acquiring tills this gun un lie lien lieV II n w V that It was the same nr callb ras as Aeiline That effectually snap snap- snapped nap napped jas ped pd the flimsy thread ot of o circum- circum circum l 1 e by he had to trap Jose Joses Jos s murderer te e told K now that hr hI should hould have expected any other end to such reasoning rea At least he still had the th Indian charm chum The others started mo ing mo Into the kitchen Brother Jones Jone had bad a agun aun gun at Bodines Bodine's back sang lout again azain for those thos outside to hurry hurr hurrI tp sp In answer to his hIe hi second cond call coil the thedoor thedoor thedoor I door BIS S as flung open Blaze Blar could I hardly see lIeo oo for joy The Th man who Lad just Jut entered was ra Sorry I 1 had to keen keel ou walt wait trig inS the little fellow tellow ellow cried I been to beat all sU get Bet out u hatie h hatI tl e you doing here her Ach- Ach AchI 1 I 1 n shouted Kent smiled faintly You might enlighten me m too In that direction I 1 got the th and nd some twenty deputies outside oU It If tha ts any ness s to iou ou If CHAPTER 1 X use l Sheriff In the silence that toll followed owed lAnd squeezed pest past the little mat man malIn In the OSy He lie was vas broad shoulder shoulder- shouldered ed gl a sheriff of or bygone days In the crook rook of ot his arm aria ha h carried carried a 0 n time worn army Winches Winchester ter tr that he ho had taken away iron romu a renegade Pluto Plute Well Acklin he lie asked You re yourself a lot ot o trouble of-trouble trouble butting In here Land Dont I lou QU ou go so worn worra In about mi m Ill I'll take Lake care of or u III myself s lf H He tul tn neil to Kent lent re TC our r fi lends hel heme e Joe lIow about that thac plaze lus los I caron d demanded l ll 1 is T 8 ib 4 A a fl and nd her brother broth here lere u uI They re ro In t th exl room Mercedes hal had heard Kent s 5 que- que nuM- nuM I Ion She left window t which sho ho ho bad bIn ben leaning 01 nt l to the door between the time m I opine looms Ol ms Tl Tk I e child yal Vo vai in li tier her alms ims The TIme girls girl's woeful appearance I IThe stabbed the little man to the tle heart hearl ats at's tIle the matter honey be h tt us he reached out but ut to helo helD har hr Tell Peter pter to come conr In here Iro he called to land Ind a a later hater IV en the th old Basque calDe Caine cam in Keri Ken gave the tb sleeping child to him hips Tako Take him outside e till III this thIn thIngs thIng's over he ho advised In Monday Issue Issn |