The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1952, Page 7

BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH RIDDLES WHO YE VOTIN' BARLOW! FER FER MAYOR LUCY JANE ? THIMBLE THEATRE—Starring Popeye ETTA KETT — wow.’ You GuyS ON THE DANCE COMMITTEE SUPE ITS YOUR BUDDY fy SILVER BELLE- AND I'VE COME TO Pp MAKE YOU WELL. z Dy THEY ONLY SOCKED US FINE DOLLARS.! OH, LAWSY! I can't TH' BACKBONE AN’ GUMPTION TO RUN THEM S~VOTIN' DAY I GUESS MAGGIE 1S RIGHT #T Axi TIRED -- AQUIET EVENING AT HOME WILL DO ME Good. LAST YEAIe PRICES GOING UP.’— AND MONEY GETTING CHEAPER AND CHEAPER” WAIT A MINUTE TILL I GET MY SHIRT ON. qo\. QUILTIN’ BEE # By Fred Lasswell BIDDY LEOBETTERS HOW ON AIRTH COULD I FERGIT? rs Chapter 19 —— Tarson’s pride had suf- fered grievously, in the treat- ment which Melody had accorded him. Business came first now, as he had promised Felix. But if he could hurt her at the same time, that would be so much the better. Already a nebulous scheme was taking place in his mind. They rode for some time, with an appearance of aimlessness. Then, leaving the others to wait, Matt circled, climbing to a van- tage point from which he could see a good deal of country. He waited patiently for a quarter of an hour, watching. Then he swung back to rejoin the others. Those who rode with him today were a hand-picked crew, men who would do whatever he or- dered, without question. Hoctor had not been o. that bunch origi- nally. It had been his fate to join up with them, following yester- day’s episode. Matt Tarson rode alongside Hoctor, his face wiped clear of all expression. Only when he was beside him did he move, with a oe which took Hoctor com- pletely by surprise. Matt Tarson’s im swung, the barrel clipped loctor alongside the skull. He slumped in the saddle, out cold. “No need to do this in a way to upset him,” Matt explained coolly. “But_they’d hang him, sure, at a Cattleman’s Court— and he might squawk. So we'll do it and then make out that they did it. Stir up a backfire of our own. ... Get a rope over that tree!” His companions agreed. They rode away, leaving him swing- ing in the early morning breeze. And there, a few minutes later, as Matt Tarson had planned, Melody came suddenly upon him. A dreadful certainty was in her mind as she rode on. No friend would do this to Hoctor, therefore it had been done by enemies. And of enemies, who but the Diamond R, led by the man who had been interrupted at this job the day before? Who but her own husband, Steve Rus- sell, who had been returning from a nocturnal ride in the dawn, along with Burt McKee? Monday, May 12, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN DOOMROCK BY ARCHIE JOSCELYN By the time she reached the ranch, her mind was made up,| h coldly, completely. For his own sake, she had no choice but to work to get him away from this country, before he became com- pletely brutalized. That afternoon she rode to town. (COLONEL Jackson Dupray main- tained a spacious, pleasant of- fice above the Wolf Saloon. Mel- ody was greeted by Dupray with old-fashioned courtesy. He arose to set a chair for her, bowing from the waist. “This is a pleasure, Mrs. Ruse sell,” he said gaéantly. I can vaiy hope that, in some small way, I may be of service to you.” “I—I came here at the sugges- tion of Mr. Felix Tarson,” she confessed. “I—I need some ad- vice.” “I appreciate the compliment, on the part of both of you,” he said. “Anything which you may have to say will, of course, be treated with the strictest confi- dence.” Under that warming influence, Melody found herself pouring out the story—of Steve's early hopes and ambitions, of her own desire to see him transplanted again to the East where those plans might reach fulfilment. “Mr. Tarson has offered to buy the ranch,” she added. “I think his offer sounds like a good one. A hundred thousand dollars.” “It does seem like a fair offer,” the colonel conceded. “Under ordinary circumstances, I am sure that Steve would take it gladly.” Melody went on. “But right now—the way things are— well, you are an old-timer in this country, Colonel. You know what I mean.” Dupray bowed. “Indeed_I do, my dear,” he agreed. “Pride is a stumbling- block set in our pathway, and sometimes it leads us to our des- truction.” “But what can I do to help persuade Steve to sell? He's very much opposed to the idea now. Mr. Tarson suggested that you might be able to help.” The colonel appeared to ponder. Finally he nodded. ie “Under the circumstances, it seems to me that we are com- what do Melody d your h conditions at the rated. There outstanding R, which few wee “I didn’t know th bgeathed. “It gives us, wedge, a_ lever move him?” s rumor, to report. lates rather freely in —the herds of the Di have been seriously der late years. I understand gather, in these first few d the round-up, have been disco aging.” stock tc should bi a —to the point wv have no choice but to 9 offer?” The colonel nodded adm oY ody nodded decisively. “I c understand his pride, but I condone it when it leads to own destruction. Have yo specific suggestions as to wh. might do to help?” “Nothing specific, I'm af the colonel sighed. “Tt will de upon circumstances. But if v should learn of anything w: might profitably be employed the furtherance of the plan—th word to Mr. Felix would perhe enable an added degree of co eration. In such an event, I suggest that you employ boy Linny to transmit sage. He would be trv under such conditions. 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