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Custer and Will Rogers—and of Incian fights. By LYNN WESTLAND Chapter 12 ores fone panes as for; didn’t hit the tral’. Said he'd “TF that’s th . 1 feel about | Wha ose things s' for. And he's got gras for them I A apahdi dhe oh ad 5 S, hata That was. what he had wanted} They're on the 64” ___ it, go right ahead,” Zachary) of the Gun, of Saralee. A fine|, Zachary sat down suddenly > ~ invited. He went on brutally.|place, a beautiful wife. Above all| legs seemed toc ak to held — — WHERE S I HOPED “How about your brother Tom? things else. Zachary aspired to be up. are wa WGHT TAKE YOU PLACES TONIGHT Do you know what he’s been|@cclairned a Successful man, to be| he hat been TRINKETS, HAS BUT IT WILL <P SO WE CQULD WISH THE WoRLD A. doing these last few tonths? 1] Tespeeted,'looked' up to. Now he|ever high a f * 2 yi was getting only the shadow, not| under control. Then « new # WIPE'OUT THE PLANE AND’ don't suppose you do. You knew} Was 8e°ung or ea pe ehedow eel struck hie. that he was getting pretty wild, , 4 | Hine have vou cuceed unm many| Work and planning of years had Valse had threatened te SD | hold-ups he ha. had a hand in—|been brought crashing about his) him be him “te | or murders? In case you jhave Cote. # one ae fr guessed, it’s all true enough. He dismounted heavily, leaving) jue or it. and b a thet He saw her cheeks blanch, but|his horse standing, knowing that 4 some of his crew would find it and| ‘* Must be gone throwsh with Gm went on mercilessly. F schedule. It was the samenth: “T’'ve kept my mouth shut about cary ite) it, and tramped into the he reflected, as signing El | what I’ve discovered,” he went r death warrant on. “I didn't want my future} Rudd knocked at the door, then] Zachary shivered, ¥ come brother-in-law to hang. If he's toj¢ame on in. For a moment after|scious that his foreman Tad left be in the family, I'll still feel the] the foreman had entered, Zachary|the house. A new th came same way about it. But if not—|Was too absorbed in his owNn|/to him, and he returned to Bl why should I care? It's up to}thoughts to notice the bleakness| chair, thinking herd. : in Rudd’s face. Then Rudd's voice| The stage was all set for metas. fora her dis-|DTought him up sharply tranke, aan oa Sara ked at him, her dis-|" . : wa i rophe, but a clev an might | Bataee en strong in her| “There’s the devil to pay,” he/ still work it ao that the ty | face. Sh s seeing him clearly }S4id. i would pass him by, and Si me. The mask was ‘What's wrong now?” Zachary| work out as he hed o- | | for the | che sw that h vas| demanded, aware of the temper) planned. It would reqs | ie at ae part of the| in the foreman's words. Ferent mathe, aibeoean truth. Her half confessed fears}. “Huff and Marsh juss got back|ments, now that Marsh a 4 about Tom were confirmed now. }@ little while ago,” Rudd said, and| were des bat he had the amtrus | Only if he had done such things, | Zachary saw ‘the was. watch-|ments at hand, ready to wat, it had been, ot]: indirect-| ing him sharply, as if-to see what} Not Rudd and his crew te @ ; ly, under Za ’s tutelage. effect the. ap! tly casual state-| pinch. he could use th ae P era is | elite Zeokaty enapgedpparicuiar job Rudd hat f i « ‘ae Th ss % ell??? a sn. e articul, ~ AND LAST BUT I KILLED THOUSANDS “ T RESCUED SCORES Wiig) | artns'ivach-sope for Tom?" | "Wats o funny about that” with, = bilee ead lag hese GON’ ; x were ¥ woul NOT LEAST, SIR OF' DRAGONS, SLEW < OF WINSOME WENCHES/ Hopelessness came into het! norse'Rudd said. slowly, Tied | such methods, nor woud Ie j | vi COMPAN . eb = eyes. She s h dreadful} 2° - wos So danas eaneerre) A ee ee iD MARNeal, Sie Oakey, | eres, She sa. ne Mi Grete [onta aang Bet ie | Serta sae ee a if | in one way or the other, of killing] ¢ Migs hs ths aind ike co Sek WAS SiR LANCELOT : I COMEST NOW TO THE | , i Valse if he could not drive him| ‘21d: 10 DIInY Worgt soo,” he| not hesitate, He rode off, Mam LOOSELEAF, SIR GALAHAD ( | out of the country. That poster} went on. “He said that Marsh|toward town. But once git i { do it. He had stacked the cards|_ but it seems that Huff's bullet|Swung in a nearly oppe { against Tom, and he was unbeat- | hit Marsh, and Valse downed| tion, heading back | able in this game. Her shoulders} tug He told me he was sendin’| tant blue of the would be all that he required to} tried to drygulch him. Then Huff|sight of any prying tee Se degee 4 - j sagged. = them back on one horse. Marsh| Tougher country | veyond the i “If that's what you want,” she/had killed his cayuse, so he took | 64 <? agreed. .. [the other one.” There were still Indians beck Zachary’s mouth opened, but no|in here. Everyone knew thet, of bite exultation was all gone out| words came out. He had the pic-|though not many people knew of Zachary by the time he} ture of what had happened prett; where to find them But finding reached the G again. He had/ well in his mind, but the shoc! them was no trouble for Zachary; ' won, but at what a cost! Deep|of it left him numb. Rudd con- it was easy if you knew how. down, he knew that he had al-| tinued to pile it on. Now there was 2 tight emile on ways envied Trib Valse, not so] “We'd turned the longhorns out, | his face as he rode much for his ability to get things'same as you ordered, But Valse (Ze be continued)