The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 17, 1952, Page 11

BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH z = JES' NAME ME ONE PLACE Pe sut TATTERSALL!! ja eg nee on Oe OS HOW DAST YE SAY THEY DON'T MAKE OF CORN- SQUEEZINS NO CORN-SQUEEZINS IN HOOTIN et WHAR? WHAR ? HOLLER NO MORE? YE KNOW Nice GOOD AN' WELL YE JES' SAID THAT ; : : XO GIT TH LOW-DOWN x MOONSHININ' |, Be HOPE OU ee IS = SIR-- TER Tia Suire A COOK! SND 'S Vi ET TY SHE GOLLY -I'M GETTING SERVICE AROUND HERE, FOR A CHANGE COESN' FOC AT ALL ESI LUKE HER MOTHER’ 7 BEG PARDON, SiR/ 1 2] AA RECALL, WE TRUST YOU REMEMBER ALIVE u “nese DENIZEN WATERS"! BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.” THIS 1S DEFINITELY DEEP / THIS IS I CAN'T SIT STILL” t WANT SING, DANCE ON THE | CLOUDS SN LOVE.” WHIRLING AR AND LIGHT SOM PLACE.” WH HAPPENED ? a A RUNNER ZALEN OW BASE IN THE FIRST fi 7 BATTER SOME LUCKY T QUSTED ANA: E SIOELINE FZ Bry AAONTH LIKE I ALWAYS KNEW IT WOULD./— LIKE IN BaOkS."— INTHE Movies .” LOVE Ar By Fred Lasswell | Chapter 24 across the hills—and like Steve’ll sure be g money they bring.” his own boots off, said, “! For less.” be getting back. Steve it ain't far removed. This mone: Gunderson agreed. enough to save Diamond But the land was quiet, an have done. sledge-hammer against the DOOMROCK [T,TOOK the entire day for Me-| SPrawling from, ‘he Kee to reach Passover Ford. He came upon the gathered herd| dragged it with him. as sunset lent its last glory to the valley. Despite Steye’s warning, McKee was surprised at the nuni- ber of Diamonc R cattle. “Looks like somebody run a ee bunch | moment after the rifle-blast ha aimed ay fs that they shouldn't be found again, echoed mournfu! rom a distant} } at least till their brands were ; a changed,” McKee reflected. “Some-| {2g hills: McKee la thing must have spelled that plan. jad ef the extra Before the light faded out he i av had sold the herd for cash to one | thé first blinding wave of of the buyers. He stuffed the! his situation and foun money into a gunny sack. and| The high-powered rifle bu used that for a pillow as he rolled in his blanket near the camp fire.| was bleeding badi Gunderson, in the act of tuggin: Heing|t be stanched you better wait a few days till| applying. .Even with ple en fas pie boys ve mate effect 01 the bullet. he \ ea same way, ? th. He ‘Thetis quite @ thunk of sesb—_qnd presently bleed to death. He ity of men have been killed/ ever had fired that shot \ “Yeah. But then, nobody even|and he'd be coming along knows that I’m up this way, ex-| soon, seeking to pluck cept your crew, and you'll be! of his treachery. So it m keepin’ an eye on them,” McKee ssible, by lying quietly and h assured him. “Anyway, I get to Ra oem a dead-| mained to him, to drop his line to meet, as he told me, and/in turn. y| This bushwhacker wanted mon- ought to make a big difference.” “Well, you better go, then,”| Salvation to Steve Russe! as MeKeg was on his way 95,8008! man in turn, that might sav There was five thousand dollars in mite § foes aver tb the gunny sack, in bills and silver. That would make considerable difference to Steve a Mindful of the warning, he kept! of him and ready for a qui off the road and under cover| was an added chore, Unless the where he could, riding watchfully. killer showed up soon, he'd be too] ¢ crossed the divide as the first white man in that seetion might) even as the strength drained out| sack from McKee'’s Saturday, May 17, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 13 BY ARCHIE JOSCELYN AP Newsfeatures shoulder, twisting, knocking him} The action of the bird warned z, dle. But) McKee. He raised the tip of his as he fell, McKee instinctively | gun-barrel, so that it rested across clutched at the gunny sack and| | ther arm, and watched the with a sharpened patience. He recognized the man who came between vo of them, pausing rifle held at the thrust forward like questing fox. That was ERRIFIED, McKee’s horse snorted and shied away, dr ging the reins as it ran. For dit Vie son of the Noose—Old canyen, in| Nick, a © Was known, and the cKe where he had} name not inappropriate. fallen, unstirring. We was pecting sharply, Gunderson had been _right.| still partly screened by the trees, Someone had tried to murder him| €Vidently | debating whether to —and had ,robably succeeded. As| Chance advancing on a man who appeared to be dead, or to make ck of | Sure another bullet from this bad. | point-blank range. While he hesi- d| tated, McKee solved the question by squeezing the trigger of his wn gun, He v f| in which the re j-| of his asp confirmed that, as d| did the hit which he scored. ‘Be- d| fore the light went out on him, ».| he vy Wesson take a long stride like a toy set wildly in a man striving desperate- to hold his balance and failing, e de a gyration as his then he sprawled After a moment, he need to crawl ahead, grim- ned to geach his victim, gunny sack and then on his own horse. He'd fore. three or four lived through them this, too. pain doubled him up, opped, aware that he was shape than ever before, st plug that hole in tomach where it felt as if a rrel was gnawing, nich the blood was nead was playing tri t| now, so that he could no longer clearly. He crawled dog- diy. stopping a couple of times and with his last strength and dragged the gunny st clutch to -fell across done plenty of damage. method which he w only a few minutes left. But w have been motivated by r nding such strength ey, money that might repr was not only his employer bu friend. If he could get the would depend on who came and found them, but that wa matter out of his hands. T other, however, still etting the gun around i weak to use it. jut his head remained clear,| Teach of him. A magpie, teetering on one| his own. Then he ha It was mid-afternoon when the| of the branches. took off without] it. not knowing and past carin, bullet came out of nowhere, with-| a squawk, flying low toward the| that he was lying now at the fee! out warning. It hit him like aj road, a flash of color against the] of the man he had slain. drabness. (Te be conti Today’s Business Mirror By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (® — Some of the depressed industries are reporting the first signs today of what could |be a turn in the tide. | Those seeing either better sales |and orders, or believing that the bottom has been reached for their business, include spokesmen for: Cotton, rayon, acetate, knitwear, dresses, shirts, shoes, men’s wear, furniture and TV set makers. These | are among the industries that went | into the slump first. And while the | makers of many durable consumer goods are maxing their adjust- | ments, the pioneers on the reces- sion trail may now be starting to | beat their way back. Denartment store sales last week n 6 per cent ahead of a year -thanks, in part, to Mother's FIRST SIGHT. | and mail order houses report that ril was far ahead of a year the 31st chain was an ex- | Business in men’s wear stores QUE HAY, AMIC ALL THESE LO N in April averaged 18 per cent ahead of that movth in 1951, the National Association of Retail hiers and Furnishers reports. he Federal Reserve Bank of C ago adds a cheering note ahout farmers. Their cash receipts in the first four months of this year ran 3 per cent above the e period last year. The bank ks for the entire year farm come may top slightly the 33 billion dollars of last ome in Washington, - how- think it will be just the other Shareholders in American busi ness still fare well. The Commerce Department says corporations’ eash dividends in the first three months of 1952 ran 6 per cent above the first quarter of 1951— although earnings were down. That is because when they were making more money, the corporations were conservative about d lends and retained a larger percentage THIS'N FER PO eir profits specific industries there are a number of of reports The eotton q t now for rec fepres- sion levels, says ( es C. Hert wig, president of Bibb Manufae Day buying. Thirty chain stores | FOR SALE) Newsprint Second Sheets 506 1: 50c ——THE-— Artman Press CITIZEN BUILDING turing Co., Macon, Ga. Speaking | 2 s nea ot the American coon | Public Invited sal Manufacturers Institute, meeting in Atlantic City, Bibb says inven- | To Nudist Colony tories are at last under control. | Rayon yarn shipments exceeded | LONDON #. —British nudist: output in April—for the she ae have invited the public and in 15 months—says Royal Little, | or o.. to attend an “open day’ president of Textron. Harold | 4+ sheir Northe Kent Sun Club Blancke, president of Celanese, | near Dartford May 24. The viel» and other rayon and acetate lead-| yo. can ke their clothes on ers, also say business is headed for better days. Business was so bright at the 1 ry Popular Price Shoe Show of Amer Ask Compensation ica here this week that some ex hibitors booked orders for their| penn, switzerland « — Deputy entire output for nine months | M. Chate ain demanded in Parlia- ahead and closed exhibits early | pont here that the Bern govern- | Sad went “home, ment compensate 31 sehool chil- New York dress manufacturers dren, who ne said, contracted tu- but they can‘t take snapshots. report a sudden upsurge in busi-|herculosis from their teacher. ness, with orders now running 10 Chatelain gontended a teacher in per cent ahead of a year ago. | the village of Movelier transmitted Some furniture makers report | the disease to all but three of his | a spurt in orders in recent weeks. | pupils within two months, A General Electric vice president, | loan Dr. W. R. G. 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