Show 5 0 T 7 V ROBER ROOST r cami CW Mi A 0 batte eGrey gr 0 1 I 1 baj WB tv ft f n ax N a a a am me isi 1 a SYNOPSIS 0 t i a 1 jim wall oun co cowpuncher c er from ro wyoming niah ja athe the th eatto catto industry seeks a new held field la in utah 10 I 1 meets hank bank hays CHARTER I 1 continued 2 wal eilens arnd the string Is thet I 1 want to bead over here I 1 so so I 1 tan can get your ear car went on nays hays I 1 and when walf wall had complied compiled hebald be he said sald 1 M I run true to form today when I 1 held up thet stranger I 1 but it was a them the iron I 1 have la in the fire now listen lately tye rye got a rancher over ever here in ilithe the jueary mountains hesp hes p E with more money than sense bought Bo light ten thousand head i i of cattle ate an a lot of bosses The theres resl over there an moren noren i one oae real rustler outfit we wal this englishman his name ls w ari got the the fd idee of clr i ill all the hands available cow punchers range jhuge rI riders deri elih an plain plaid an 0 o ut vad bad men an to throw tills this select out fit it agin the whole country what do lilii think of thaldee that adeer original original 7 to cosay sa itlie the icae 1 east tut cut hotl not practical unless unless lie can aji reform bad apen men replied walla much interested wal awal exactly 4 ant 1 im not coul com orned berned with the furac of ili it Il derrick lerrick took a shine to me made mei ahat what he calls his superintendent an 1 is ent me all over lookin for hard 1 hard bard cidio men an 1 liow how you happ happened ened to ru ii fi into me mei 1 call it good luck tor for us both youve taken me tor for one of the I 1 liard hard ruling riding kind ehr eh vi wal owal I 1 want you in my outfit re bumes hays brad cotton to you ived r eena off loir alif cut hes a gun thrower himself al ai lt same hes irk in my outfit in an I 1 reckon you might get long along its Ue eseman who sticks la in toy iny crew craw r heeseman who Is he be heeseman Is tile the rustler of dragon canyon none of the ranchers even round here know them thet but I 1 know it hes got a small outfit but shore enough bad art an in some way he got wind of herricks scheme darned if he pack over to the henrys with his outfit an start aidla tor for him heeser Heese hecteman He cseman 6 saw tile same opportunity as you queried wall quietly wal yes yea I 1 was wag comin to thet resumed hays iiams gruffly 1 I got the upper hand though th ough an ill be the boss lead to friction Tb therell erell be two factions sooner or later an the woner sooner thet fight comes oft off the better 1 I see less ices of a division of spoils wall rm im 61 no rustler rustier snapped i hays excuse me if it iset impertinent way may I 1 ask just what souire you ire 4 i i ever hear bear of henry cant remember if I 1 did 0 wal plummer ummer flourished some ten I 1 ano an more gehri years ago first in afi mont montana na J an later in idaho lie ile was the great est robber the west ever developed E educated man of good family born in the east cut but the gold fever called an he be was not the kind of a man to dl he operated on the placer mines was an officer of the law while he was head bead of the biggest robber gang the he frontier ever knew from bannock to eglston I he kept the miners the stages the alie wells fargo to in terror for years wal I 1 seen plummer hanged I 1 was one of his gang a young man then in years thanks for the confidence hays returned wall in surprise you must have strong interest in me to tell that 1 shore I 1 have but I 1 dont care to ex be classed as a rustler rustier too low down ehr eh it certainly aint any two tiro bit cattle ste stearn alln however taets not the point between you an me what I 1 want to know Is will you take a job in my outfit that depends hays returned wall any scruples about it remember I 1 come you no I 1 broke brae jail in Che cheyenne d what was you in for 1 1 1 cliot a man they were golu golato to hang bang me ahue was thet square 1 I dadalt think so y had to kill the lie jailer to get out i i when was all this W wall all some years ago an since theara been shoot shooting toli my way out of out one aam am after another much obliged replied nays hays feelingly wall youre a hunted man youre broke its about where you TOSS the divide one more question bout als herricks family 41 wal h he e aint got adt aay rejoined ha baya a we heard som ethla about a IS sister t e r t i chinin out but she never turn j sister be a h b I 1 ot of a note it shedid he did wal this shore aint no country for t A T A it seemed to jim wall that this i sally mily feeling 1440 pelf belt confessed con te ber mufit bad u W idis lib disgust bedfor ly flieda ti lait pow I 1 al fi f a git gathering h e in 1 1 dita 7 ta jg aA 1 0 h la el a kd upon aap tei git pk a to fi rank and insists insist wl go impaled lionor even amona thieves shortly afterwards the sat saloon 0 on grad leiv L kegal act 10 fill with alt lo 10 dolcedo ud dol v ced heavily booted men i i i iAl nong them jacklan C laitz t COTE and a giant ot a man j beard whom lays hays introduced as montana i thena man lya trapper entered skin and see nied out of place ein ln that crowd the bartender red d did id a thriving business seems ta to bezo beno tack emony observed waif to the watchful hays where do dd they jet get it wall youre surprised I 1 see so was L I 1 this kurg burg here ls a stage stop for points in utah an west lots of travel but theres big cattle ranges off toward the henrys 1 I bee see but at that bar there are halt half a dozen men who are not travel era ars or ranchers or riders wal for thet matter all men in these daggins hare got to tie be riders sister Si be ba a H i 1 ofa of a note nota if she did its iti a ion long way from one water ln tn place to another other but you hit into things at thet theres four or five fetters fellers I 1 never seen before chos the tall one with his hat pulled down so you can only see his black pointed painted beard taets bcorley SI bl orley claims to be a rancher but it if he aint the boss of the black dragon outfit ill eat him and the loud feller the one with the plaid vest ills his name is s stud so methin or other seen him before an aint crazy about him lets play poker shore but not just among ourselves got any money hank asked happy jack did you ever see me broke brad go digap some suckers su suckers ciers but not thet homb rethey call stud ne ile get thet that name solitaire 7 11 Thera were only two large gaming table sD abne e of at which was in use lincoln went among the men to solicit play players eis returning with morley and the russet bearded I 1 giant lion montana tana there was no formality or greeting between sand these men it was dog eat dog wall grasped mabeli Ma make keli it six handed come an set in wall said hays friendly btttle gameos draw 4 sky limit wall laughed 1 I play penny ante wal ill stake you no thanks id rather watch excuse me sir but we dont care for watchers interposed morley no sooner had they seated themselves than the man hays had called stud strode up am I 1 abeln left out of this on purpose poser he demanded and evidently he addressed hays lincoln got up the game replied hays coolly you ask my friends to set in aw an not me wal it if youre so keen about it why set in with us went on hays fingering a deck of cards but if you want to know bad im not stuck on oa with you wean mean thet to insult me stud queried sharply ills right hand rising to the lapel of his bis open vest it wall had not observed the bulge of two guns inside this vest he would have divined from studs action that there was one it at least not at all replied hays loaning leaning back in his chair that significant movement of studs had not been lost upon him A little cold glint appeared in his pale eyes reckon youre too slick a poker player for or hank hays hark I 1 want a run for mi my money slick eh wal I 1 dont mind abeln called thet its a compliment ive yet to see the gambler who be slick it if he could but when you ask my bards to play an not me different setin sef ln stud rejoined hays frays civilly as aa he began to shuttle shuffle the car cards da 1 I feet feel lucky tonight last time you had bad it all your way i The game began then the n with happy jack and wall looking on morley I 1 made rather a pointed move and I 1 ie re mar mari anent n t walls standing benad ii a uw Z hs shore ni ill thangdy seats ea with you replied hays abt lanly but tami t j plain jie he felt irritated never hays Inte interposed eUid wall deliberately the gentleman evidently tip off mal card carago s go 80 ill stand behind you if lM I 1 may imay CHAPTER II 11 from the very firsti deal nays Hays was incur morley stayed about eyell even I 1 brad lincoln lost more than he won the giant montana was a close wary gambler playing only when be had bad 40 cards stud was undoubtedly 1 A I 1 player who r required eq alred the seimu stimulation I 1 aaion I 1 and zest of opposition but bt he be could I 1 not wait ifor luck to change chang 0 ile he had to bp be in every I 1 r hand haid moreover iho be was 9 nota not adept d ept enough with the cards todeal blin himself self a good bood hand liand when his ara cama came he graw grow so BO aulle sullen that will wall left off watching a mcg aej and returned Ye turned 1 ij to the clr fireside sade but arse presently j nily lie he had cause to attend lm more keenly than ever to this card game the drift bi of conversation I 1 wore toward lv ra an inevitable fight these men were vicious characters wall knew that life out here was wa raw there was no law except that of the six shooter while valle he bent a more penetrating gaze upon stud to io whom his attention gravitated wall siw saw him perform a trick with the cards that was pretty clever and could not have been discerned except from walls position nevertheless fickle fortune most certainly had picked on stud he bet this hand to tile the limit of his bis cash and then such was his big confidence he borrowed from morley still he could not force hays to call he fell from elation to consternation then to doubt from doubt to dismay and from this to a gathering impotent rage ill all of which proved how bow poor a gambler he was when at last he rasped out wal I 1 calet heres mine lie he slammed down an ace full nays hays had drawn three cards stud il 11 hate to show you this hand drawled nays hays yes you dol do lay it down I 1 called you whereupon hays gently spread out four ten tea spots and then with greedy hands raked in the stakes stud stared with burning eyes three card draw f a i to You come in witha with a pair of tens nope 1 I held up one ten an the ace replied nays hays nonchalantly i 1 I had stud n steal coppers oft off a dead mans eyes haw hawl haw bawled the victorious gamester but he was the only one of the six players who seemed to see anything funny in the situation that dawned upon him stud I 1 was taken thet crack of yours humorous was you snapped stud shore I 1 was returned hays with congealing voice wal I 1 mean it humorous stud retorted ahue come to look at you I 1 see you aint feelen gay suppose you say just what you did mean 1 I meant what I 1 said shore im not so awful thick but apply thet crack to this here card game an my bays ha ys you palmed them three ten spots declared stud hotly then there was quick action and the rasp of scraping chairs and the tumbling over of a box seat stud and hays were left alue alone at the table youre ire a ilard hissed hays suddenly black in the face here jim wall thought it was time to intervene ile he read the glint in studs eyes hays was at a disadvantage so far as drawing a gun was concerned and wall 11 allaan eisaw that it could and would w kill 1 I 1 h him I 1 A 1 hold on there called wall in a voice that made both iiren men freeze S hays did not turn to wall but he spoke tard lay oil off I 1 can handle this teller 11 otake care car stranger estranger warned stud who appeared to be able to watch both nays hays and wall at once they were however almost la in line this aint any of your mix 1 I just wanted to tell hays I 1 saw you slip an ace from the bottom of 0 the deck said bald wall he might as well I 1 have told of hays irregularities wot he filled his ace full thet way roared hays ile he most certainly did all right let it go at that replied stud deadly cold if you can say honest thet you pulled any tricks go for your gun otherwise keep your shirt on that unexpected sally exemplified the peculiar conception of honor among thieves it silenced hays alays the little gambler knew his bis man and shifted his deadly intent to a more doubtful issue jim wall ehr eh he queried insolently at your service retorted wall ile he divined the workings of the little gamblers mind stud needed to have more time for the thing that made decision hard bard to reach was the quality tot bf this stranger ills his motive was more deadly than his will or his power to execute all this jim wall know it was the difference between th the etwo two men im I 1 cheated said bald stud harshly barsh ly tut but I 1 aint stand ln to be tipped olt off by a stranger well you going to do about it asked wall while the spectators of tile the drama almost held their breath 7 i jn I 1 T studs lean i dark little hands lifted from tte the table 1 I 1 dont drawl yelled wall the man live who can sit bit at table and ana bent beat me to i a gun 11 S 70 TO 1 13 1 00 CONTINUED at MED I |