The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 15, 1952, Page 4

Tuesday, January 15, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN HANGMAN'S COULEE By AL CODY WHEW !!r Jes’ GoT TO SET DOWN AN’ KETCH MY BREATH oe (™ GOIN' AS FAST aS MY TWO ~\ WOBBLY OL’ LAIGS AP Newsleoturoe DON'T BE SICH ALL-FIRED Chapter 27 Prote: SLOW-POKE, Doc! \ “LL CAREY ME, TE ALLL of this was new country | OEE to him, but Gentleman Jim kaew where they were. He had heard of this particular stretch of road, one little used but given | the graphically descriptive name of the Devil’s Bowl fist in Gentlen He knew that th exactly as he th tleman Jim took outward to desru save the life of the woman he loved. Also it would deliver h we _CRICKET'S WAITIN' << SER -VE--SHE-- | | Whatever had been the plan or , the mood of Deal Hathaway a few minutes before, it had been displaced now by the cold reck- lessness of the gambler who kes everything on one turn of the cards. More than once it had seemed to Hathaway that this man was his personal nemesis, but more than once in the contest he had been certain that he held victory in his grasp. And now it was a primitive struggle, man to | man, and both of them knew that | it was final. This would end it, one way or the other—and for one or the other of them. In that mood, there was only into the power of this ruthless man, just as it must do with the town also. Only one man had ever seriously threatened Deal Hatha- way, and he was making his last big gamble on that. Here was an tangibles — force pushed Gentleman J to make his choice the way he had. this man who, working within the cloak of the law, had been far beyond it. And who by those acts had driven Gentleman Jim Thornton to the side of the law. | If he didn’t jump now—then Hathaway would sacrifice her. -|4 were in wing backward gone NCREDUL there was 4 urgency the reins throwing he shou With rake on. t minute longer ace with death, there rim of the bowl. the tiring team slowed, u as ho} th kejand the h NO USE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT FUST HOSS. drag of the on the rei COME ON, PANCHO, MI COMPANERO! DON'T Since. in his own twisted way, savage exultation in Deal Hatha- came to a thea him on. There was another way to win—a sure one and quick. In this mood he did not hesitate. He took advantage of a lurch of the wagon to break away and The pinch was that he had the whip hand now. It was take him at his terms or see him do it. Poised as he was at the edge of the wagon box, where the canvas ; zs | y. as a powerful , | he loved her, he would plan to| 0 = = : AN STILL! BUTWE ENON WHERE _/ UAHA TO Tie Sad’ in the frst few: moments | £0 With her in that final plunge. | Pantin stop. Only then could s HE'S HEADING. RODEO. there had been certainty in him|It was the sort of dramatic Be eu t Necnue fiat HIT IT? that he would win. Now, straining | to appeal to the gambling h and to Re eels Had rieenae | desperately, doubt crept into his | of the man, an all or nothing ges- Pe ie was ee mind, but it was a spur to goad | ture. “Maita!” he choked, on_ his knees beside her. He raised and Stilled with the wonder t as her arms lifted, crept around his neck. “Jim!” she whispered. had torn away, it would ‘be im- step back, and the next instant he had _ stoo) and raised up again with the still inert figure of Maita in his arms. Balancing against the sway of the wagon, he held her, poised, and his laugh had a touch of madness in it. “Keep back, Thornton,” he warned. “Or I’ll throw her over— I warned you at the start that I intended to have her! If I don't, no man does—least of all you!” Hathaway’s voice nated inci- sively. “But it has to_be her or vou out of here now! This is it— possible for Gentleman Jim) to}, He held her for a moment, close. the distance. betiveen‘ithem | Conscious that both of them were in, time to prevest ihiny from{ Shivering with the reaction. He carr ing out his threat knew. that -he had only to hold fo,” Gentleman Jim chpked..| her closer, and that she would “Don’t do it?" Bais & respond—but this, of course, was Incredibly, there was help at|the reaction of the moment, in hand—a shapeless form that: rose| being saved from what had up behind Deal Hathaw shov- threatened. An emotion which he ing at him, clutching at the bur- | Couldn’t afford to take advantage den he held in‘ his arms as he|0f. Once she had calmed, she turned. The surprise of it stag- would remember that he was not gered Hathaway, and then he was} Professor Meader, but Gentleman crying out, in a mixture of wild| Jim Thornton anger and pleading. i (To be continued) | Bramhall Will Lecture At Gospel Hall Tonight Lectures on the Book of Exe By Paul Robinson Sabr € Jets Mattress Blaze Damage Two (Early Today IT WASN'T AN ACTHIT IWS MENDED Many 4 >] | | dus by J. W. Bramhall begin at NOW I'M WORRYING WHAT HE'LL Lr N WILL DO WHEN He FINDS OUT iT was WAS REAL! SEEING THE BROKEN BONE BUT THIS \y | ; Two fire engines with long! Gospel Mall, 720 Southard strect ref YOUR SO ISTHE FIRST Home I ever }} | | ie Sine Ger WELL’ SEEING BOY IN DANGER MADE eerie eee, ‘Red Planes hose rushed to 721 Thomas street tonight at 7:30 p. mi, it was an menrnt YOU BACK TOGETHER Peers ae McK | at 12:40 this morning to extin-| nounced today. a! "| GAVE HIM SOME - | A | Communist MIG-15 Jets| guish a mattress fire at the home| Mr. Bramhall will speak to seg ’ Were Out In Force As | Blinkie Robertson, Fire Chie‘| morrow, Thursday and Friday ¢ Leroy Torres said tod the same place, same time. Al Clearing Weather Bane Both engines went from No. 3| who are interested are urged t From Snows, Storms station. | come. | By SAM SUMMERLIN I sansnstpiniinainia altar Rup RaNDe Nem Geist. ViURCEAS SEOUL, Korea (#—American Sa- } bre jet pilots damaged two Red | FAST, DAILY SERVICE, gif jets today in the first air battles prryseunca in four days over Northwest Ko- } = NEW YORK Communist MIG-15 jets were out | | in force as clearing weather broke the week-end period of snows and storms. On the ground chief action was INGING UP FATHER McManus PO a men — Vor = — — ——= = 7 ty |in the center of the snow-covered CALL 1780 A r iS i ea | |” RELO-0i iS | Z FO See NAT. SON LOORNG JeeS-HE IS yy f GIVE UP- I'LL CALL \| LISTEN -WHAT FOUR-1 R | 145-mile front. U. N. troops threw open nae | STUDYING! SO HAPPY- OEP IN STUDY- UP DINTY-HE MAY , | WORD MEANS "LABOR! MA) |} |baek an attacking Red company | GOT THE MOTHER- WHY || HE'S SO BUSY I KNOW THE ANSWER! | STUCK_WITH THIS CROSSWORD |! least of the Pukhan River. The THIS JOY ? WCULDN’/T & fvme pease te) PUZZLE -WHAT ? YOU SAY YER 4 : : WA DISTURB Him! [| | So BARTENDER IS WORKIN’ ON TH’ | aes Hemeciecen a Re wiry ‘uw ontans cpeaiie SAN = LEPFI i! AS ri aS ere oS w cteeicied SAVE RUe eee Seat | | damaged in a fight between 36 U. S. F-86 Sabres and about 40 TICKET OFFICE: Meacham Airport MIGs. The Red jets were hit by | Lt. Billy B. Dobbs of Fontana, . Calif., and Lt. Robert W. Smith . a ork NATIONAL Airlines Other Sabres screening an at- ; tack on ground installations by Ailin of the fighter-bombers sighted about 150 ale MIGs and exchanged firing passes with some. No reports will be made until gun camera film is checked. F-84 Thunderjets set a grenade factory afire with incendiary bombs. A tower of billowing smoke and flames rose above the plant near Pyongyant, the North Korean | capital. Pilots said the factory was three-fourths destroyed. Thunderjets and F-80 Shooting Star jets cut Red rail lines in 93 places, the Fifth Air Force re- ported. Air Force planes based in | Korea took full advantage of the | | Sood weather, flying 602 sorties. | | Monday night 11 B-29 Superforts | | dropped more than 100 tons of bombs at a rail bridge at Sinanju | |in Northwest Korea. It was one | of the biggest medium bomber | raids in recent weeks. H Another B-29 hit: the rail yards | at Hungnam in the northeast, and | two others flew close support mis- | sions for U. N. infantry. | Other night-flying pilots searched | |North Korean highways for Red | |road traffic Monday night. They | spotted only about 500 vehicles. | | One large convoy was seen mov- | . ing from Sinmak to Kaesong. A % < =: cee a . | B-26 light bomber attacked and | the pilot reported’ 15 of the 60 | ‘wehicles destroyed. | Gotto | United Nations warships Mon- | | day silenced three Red shore bat- | teries off the northeast coast and | pounded other targets on both | sides of the peninsula. t ba aw } ) wait uu — THIMBLE THEATRE—Starring Popeye | OCEAN ANO LET AYN (Fis SWALLOW ITH ha ‘By Roy OZARK, HOW COME YUK AINT PRACTICIN YO PEG CANT USE TNO MO, ~ AND YOULL SEE WHAT | MEAN WHEN WE SCORE WITH CUR NUMBER 24 4 PLAY ON TH Say OPENING ‘YY sume? | LOOKIT THEM HOF SHOTS FRUIM ~WILOWEED, RUN A-WARMIN’ UP Marcia stood in stunned amazement. his life just because Abigail did not love him? herself for not talking him out of this rash act? wise in coming to his apartment as she had? 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