HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-07-09, Page 6PAGE SIX
L.P. HOLMES
WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, July 9th, 193fr
SYNOPSIS , , .Silas Spelle, high
handed, low-principled cattle baron,
is out to smash the local bank- and
force foreclosure on the small ranch
ers of the Kanab desert country so
that he can seize their range lands.
He is opposed by Ed. Starbuck, pres
ident of the Cattleman’s Bank, and by
San Juan Delevan, prominent ranch
er who has been crippled by a fall
from his horse. Johnny Clehoe and
Lis partner, Tex Whipple, are cow
punchers employed b ySan Juan Del
evan to fight the rustlers and protect
his interests.
The town of Carillion seemed yet
-■asleep despite the climbing sun of a
new-born day, when the little caval
cade turned into the single street.
Jake Butterfield and Tobe Hansen
were the only humans in sight, the
■former swung wide the doors of his
feneral store while Hansen was lazily
heaving up and down to the creaking
accompaniment of the rusty pump at
the watering trough in front of his
.stable. Fink Crosby set the brake of
the buckboard and skidded the two
broncos to a stop at the hitching rail
in. front of Butterfield’s store, hopped
out and tethered them. Tex and John
ny dismounted there likewise and tied
"their mounts.
“Suppose we get right over to the
hotel, Miss Ronrjy,” Tex suggested.
“It’ll give us a thance to get our
business over with before Spelle
knows what it’s all about. If we can
it’ll save a heap of
trouble.”
“Just
Ronny.
ground
duster.
They
gle-story, false-fronted hotel, Tex and
Ronny in the lead and Johnny and
Pink Crosby bringing up the rear.
Johnny was chuckling.
“Bright boy, friend Jake is,” he
snickered.
Pink grinned widely. “Ole Jake
means well, but he’s done poured mo
lasses so long his brains got the same
kind of movement. Yuh gotta give
Jake time. On a snap judgment he
can’t tell the difference between a
can o’ corn an ’a box o’ thirty-thirt
ies, but yuh gotta give him time. I ;
’member, a Sowcgian sheep herder ■
cornin’ in to Jake’s fer snuff an’ Jake ,
hands him out some fleo powder, The 1
sheepherder couldn’t read English but i
the first sniff lie took o’ that bug
killer shore put him on edge. He
chased ole Jake about two miles with
a single-tree. He’d a got him too,
only he got to sneezin’ so bad he
couldn't see where he was goin’. He
fell into a barrel cactus an’ got stuck
there, When we pulled him out he
had other things to think of beside
his nose so ole Jake come through
the ordeal all in one piece. But he’s
done figgered it out that it’s safer to
keep the bug killer on the other end
of the shelf from the snuff.”
Johnny snorted with glee. “Ain’t
he a wonder?” he sighed.
They climbed the low steps to the
porch of the hotel and entered the
dingy hallway just in time to meet
a paunchy, spry, important little in
dividual, dressed with meticulous
care. His low cut tan shoes were pol
ished to a glass-like glow, the creases
in his trousers were like knife edges,
his tie faultless. He had three chins,
a pursy mouth and a tiny blonde
mustache. But the eyes behind the
heavy rimmed glasses gave the lie to
the rest of his appearance. Those
orbs had a cold, crafty gleam. The
look he bent on Ronny caused
I
at
iness with me you’ll have to wait,
have not breakfasted yet. I’ll be
the bank in an hour.”
He started to push by Tex bruskly
but the old puncher blocked the way.
“Yuh’re wrong there, Mister
Lange,” drawled Tex. “Our business
cain’t wait, Yuh’re goin’ down to the
bank with us now.”
Lange drew himself up to his full
height of five feet four.
“Don’t be ridiculous, my man,” he
snapped. “You cannot pull one
your cowcountry bluffs on me.
be at the bank at ten o’clock."
“Some gents are shore hard
convince,” remarked Johnny casually,
stepping close to Lange. “Pink, you
get him by the seat o’ the pants an’
I’ll grab his collar. He’ll be plumb
surprised to find out how quick he
Can get to the bank.”
“Why—why,'” stuttered Lange.
“That is ridiculous. Don’t you dare
lay hands on me.”
“Yep,” drawled Johnny. “It shore
will be re-ediculous. Don’t know
when a man looks like a bigger fool
than when he’s gittin the bum’s rush.
But
on Lange,
his voice
‘‘Very ir-
But I’ll get
argument an’
of
I’ll
to
shore slated for it less’n
as you say,
She jumped
and divested
“Tin ready.”
crossed the street to the
Tex,” nodded
lightly to
herself of
the'
the
sin-
the
I
yuh’re
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“There’s the ten thousand,” said Tex. Trot out that mortgage.”
yuh use yore haid.”
The bank examiner looked around
hot blood to flame in Johnny’s face
and his fists to clench.
“Yuh’re the bank examiner, I take 15n sonie trepidation. He saw no sign
it,” drawled Tex.
“I am,” was the crisp retort.
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his hair with yore gum That’ll get
action.
Tex ignored Johnny’s outburst.
“Jest tell this tin-horn who yuh are
Miss Ronny,” he said. “An’ then if
he wants to doubt a lady's word, lei
him say so.”
“I am Ronelda Delevan” stated
Ronny quietly. “My father, as you
no doubt know, is a cripple. He was
unable to be present so he sent me
in his place.”
Tex1 turned a cold eye
“Satisfied?” he drawled,
dangerously Soft.
“Yu-yes,” gulped Lange,
regular, as 1 said before,
the mortgage. I won’t be responsible
for what happens over this. She
should have her father’s power of at
torney.”
“Don’t know what one o’ them
things is,” stated Tex. “But her word
is good enough fer me,”
“Yeh—an’ me too," chimed in Pink
Crosby.
“That makes it unanimous,” declar
ed Johnny,
Lange went reluctantly to the vault
and began spinning the dial. He was
very much perturbed—very much in
deed. His dignity was badly ruffled.
He wished devoutly that Spelle
would show up. Lange knew the his
tory of the Delevan mortgage, knew
it very well indeed. And he knew that
was the one piece of paper held by
the defunct bank that Spelle wanted
to get his hands on above all else.
He hated to think what Spelle’s out
burst would be on finding that his
chance to take over the San Juan pla
teau had slipped between his greedy
fingers. But apparently there was no
thing further he could do. So pres
ently the vault door swung open and
Lange came out with the Delevan
mortgage.
Tex opened the money belt and be
gan tossing bundles of big denomina
tion bills on the table.
“Count it,” he ordered.
“Interest for three months is also
due,” stated Lange as he
the last bill.
“How much?” growled
ging into his pocket.
“One hundred and fifty
Between the three of them Tex and
Johnny and Pink Crosby dug up a
hundred and forty-five dollars. It was
Ronny who opened her -purse and
brought to light a final five dollar
bill to complete the total.
“Correct?” asked Tex. “All right
then—stamp it paid. An’ sign yore
name and official title as well. We
don’t want any comebacks on this
thing.”
Helpless to do otherwise, Lange
obeyed. Tex could scarce conceal his
eagerness and satisfaction as he pick
ed up the precious mortgage, folded
it and
second
handed
“It’s
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;■ of relenting in the faces of his visit
'll y |ors- Even the slender, extremely
- pretty girl seemed cool and uncon-
scerned.I-
J “I—I—-very well, I'll come,” he
- fumed, “But mark my word—you’ll
pay for this.”
In all his ruffled dignity he inarch
ed down to the bank and unlocked
the door. The others followed him in
and Tex went immediately to the
business at hand.
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James Young, Freddie Valcriote
hod Walter Pettifer were badly scar*
td when they were chased by a mar*
«t<lu!hg bear near Skead, Ont, and
fold E. Longer a resident. Fearing
-the bear might harm his little daugh-
tcr* Longe went hunting for it and
li
found it He fired three shots into
he animat After the first shot it
charged him and struck his arm be
fore it dropped dead. This picture
shows Ltmge’s two-year-old daughter
beside the body of the huge bear.
tihou-and dollar
Jam Delevan
Tex.
t'j cuear 51 Trot it
by that 6* very arregti-l
tit o’aax'ot be dvne,'*
“Yo’j are too late.” M'* - ____, -- __ ____
lafcjflg -over ad ti-e batrakT hooks like an argument is goin’
indtudsng all 0*31 ^landing I bust around here. The kid an’ me'll
. Yoss wJIHjave to do you hake tare of this end of it. Spread
ith him. He be here r-hoHlly. | owl, Johnny.”
I have an appoantwent wilfo berel Johnny skipped lightly to one side,
this murrhng,” yds eyes unwinkingly upon Spelle.
"Has be dosed the deaU” snapped | Pink Crosby took Ronny’s arm and
Tex coldly, “'l urried over the rwoney | started for the door. Spclle squared
, to you an 'all the rest of its” ibis bulk in the doorway, his scowl
“Why—er*—no, not exaotiy. But in || deepening,
behalf of the bank's ereditonl have] “What’s the rush?” he snarled,
agreed to his proposition, I must|“What h this anyway — a hold-up?
j confer with bitn before I do anything | Nobody leaves this place until I get
further.” Ian explanation.”
“Wrong,” corrected Tex, “Tbatj Pink Crosby's cheeks paled slight
mortgage is right here in thfc> vault ’ ly, but his blue eyes grew hard and
j and he hasn't paid a cent on it yet,
1 Well, we're here to pay it in full.
4 Mcbbe there might be some picayun-
I i.sh point o’ law somewhere in the
i thing but that’ll have to be talked ov
er afterwards.”
Tex reached inside his shirt and
lifted out a heavily padded money
belt, “There’s the ten thousand,” he
asserted. “Trot out that mortgage.”
The bank examiner bit his lips and
stalled, “Are you James Delevan?”
“No—X’m not. But this young lady
is his daughter an’ Jim's authorised
her to represent him, I’m still waitin’
to see that mortgage.”
“What proof can you offer that the
young lady is James Delevan’s dau
ghter?”
“Aw-w,” burst in Johnny. “Lem-
me work on him, Tex, That jasper
has been bangin’ around Spelle an’
the rest of a lyin’ outfit so long he
don’t know the truth when he hears
it He’s jest stallin' fer titn-e. Comb
re rcere
It’ll be
-ah—vri
In fact i
lered Lange,
Spelle
stowed it in his pocket. On
thought he took it out and
it to Ronny.
yores, young ’un,” he smiled,
on to it.”
Ronny was tremulous as she snap
ped her purse shut about the paper.
“Let’s go,” she murmured,
feel safe until this
hands.”
t At that moment a
caused them to turn,
stood Silas Spelle.
Spelle glared around the room sus
piciously, his features pulled into a
hard, nasty scowl. But for the mo
ment he did not speak. It was Tex
who assumed immediate mastery of
the situation.
jzut-f “Fink, take Miss Ronny down
Mr. Hake Butterfield’s,” he snapped.
banVshooks like an argument is goin’
to
“It
to
bright. He stepped ahead of Ronny
and advanced on Spclle, His right
hand hovered above his gun.
“Tha-so” he drawled. “Since when?
Git oiita the way, ’fore I mow yuh
down at the hocks.”
“Atta* boy, Pink,” chimed in John
ny. “Make a phony move Spclle an’
I wreck yore belt buckle complete.”
“An* what the kids start I finish,”
added Tex. “Go ahead Miss Ronny,
he’ll be good.”
Ronny was very pale but her little
chin was high as she stepped to the
door. Spelle wavered. His nerve was
slipping. He stepped to one side and
Ronny went by him,
“The Delevan mortgage,” cackled
Lange excitedly, “That girl has—”
The rest of his words were muffed
by the hard Smack of Johfihy’s fist,
The elegant Mr. Lange went back
wards over a chair to light on his
shoulders with a crash.
(Continued Hext Week)
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