The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1949, Page 5

Chapter 9 ALSE had remained where he was for a while, sta at the empty horizon where Sai he'd , mad Sages. To kill him. The had richly deserved: that fai fens tearnnd it was acl no longer to be put off. It had to be fone before he could marry Sara- ie Heavily, Valse swung back into: —— the saddle ain. This time he eta rade slowly. His horse cocked its head, sn g. Alert now, Valse TwE looked about; and for a,moment OF PATSY he could see nothing. Then h saw + Man, off some dist i from the shadow of @ big pine. An Indian, Valse decided, This was their old hunting grounds, and some still came here. Proba- - , face as he bly this fellow was lurking with . itted, and he his the notion. of killing a cow. jaws hard. But Valse was not sur- The blast of the rifle took him “ arefully, | prised. He studied his capti completely by surprise. His first head | Fiously. ehesateh sensation was the convulsive jerk of his horse. Now it was jumping clear off the trail, which had a} )_ sheer d: as Valse saw in that | band instant, of-at least a hundred feet, down below. , ed. stick, Startled as he was, Valse. acted,| ’ He had not long to wait. He} | He could see the fresh in partly by training, partly from, in-4 heard. the ser: horse’s Marsh's bopps ay hes stinet, At the first convalsive | hoofs on, the then’ , abruptly, Valse” shudder of. the stricken animal |} whoa, , followed “T know you now,” he he kicked his feet freeof the}! of leather as the man dis- | “You-didn’t have those stirrups, and a thought rocketed{ mounted. The gu wi in through his mind: Thet was ing, pertain own Indiont i mt th job, was-done, that there was » Then, as the horse began the |,2° to worry about, but mak- downward plunge, he grabbed ing a routine check to be sure. wildly, and his hands closed on] He got down on to his hands ion vane a bret out kas and neees and sraned his perro e broken face of the rocky |scraggly: neck out for a better at The Inner Tube edge. look, ahd then, for the first time, | Stubborn. Otherwise r Luck was with him now, the| his gaze encountered Valse’s, and sign, no reply. luck to be able to get a hold, luck} he looked into the muzzle of the Surprisingly enough, Vi that there should be brush here eres gun. smiled a little. It was more WHAT A THRILL! 1 NEVER = iM Al we di ; h’s fi ith | ening than if he had IM ALL THROUGH (OULD. IT WHY when there was none on down ss areas seen. went sak pes Gttenss htesie seqwe BELIEVED WE'D ACTUALLY WITH THE TREASURE INTEREST You below. He hung on, not moving, SOM LOO ; . BipyT yOu id looked around. "| prise in him. “Don't you think,” Valse. pang ETHING ! IK, 4 HUNTING GAME! A TO KNOW ‘THAT SAY SO be 4 gee his. feet : “Tust stay that way, on your gently, 4 Fat you'd be shoal : A | GUY DOES A LOT } THIS 15 AN BEFORE ? were, was only emptiness — a|hands and knees,” Valse ordered. | lot better sense to talk?” BETTER PEDDLING AUTHENTIC ‘ blank wall for another ninety’ “Move, and it'll be your last.” (To be continued) Ts TREASURE MAP? oo STALE PEANUTS ! TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS University of Southern California, eminent professor of law, born in (Know America) Seattle, Washington, 44 years Prof. Quincy Wright of the ago. University of Chicago, noted Lieut. Gen. Lloyd H. Freden- teacher of international law, born hall, retired, commander of the in Medford, Mass., 59 years ago. wartime Second Army, born in Warren H. Atherton of Stock- Cheyenne, Who., 66 years ago. ton, California, onetime com- Chorles F. 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