| Show THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER at the inquest into the death ot of john mason banker jean daughter of campo ragland aner owner v ot of jhb lh bar hook ranch where mason met death surreptitiously pas passes s es to kentucky jones the bullet which had killed mason she having abstracted it from the evid evidence enco kentucky goes foes to work on the bar hook ranch the mason verdict Is accidental death bob elliot owner ot of the 88 ranch the bar hook drives his cattle on the bar hook land lee bishop Ra glanda glands ranch boss ex postulates and bill mccord Elli elliot foreman insults him bishop and jones are astounded by Ra rowlands glands indifference to elliote elliots Bil Elli lots action jones tells jean elliot knows ehe bile purloined the bullet at the inquest which jones jonea has got rid ot of her reaction mystifies him zack sanders cook at the bar hook ranch Is found dead murdered sherin sheriff hopper announce his bis knowledge knowl edae that hat mason also was 0 murdered m in a sun gun light with riders rider of the 88 ranch jim humphreys NI bar r H hook ook cowboy Is I 1 killed and billy petersen wounded jones sends mends fo for lighting cowmen but ragland countermands the order jones seeks seeka to trace the ownership ot of a gun eun found on zack sanders as a bearing on the mystery jean sells him her share in the bar hook ranch thus riving giving him a tree free hand with elliot jones ands proof that jean has concealed evidence connected with masons death A gunsmith whom he had engaged to trace sanders eun says say he sold the weapon to a bar hook cowboy joe st baarle jones questions st at starts without avail lea bishop goes gunnin tor for decord mccord knowing bishop will not be given elven fair air play jones seta 1 l 0 ou after him the foreman forealan la is shot from ambush jooe jones carries him to shelt pu r |
