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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-05-27, Page 8,'FABE EIGHT THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, May 27th, 1937 “Man alive, that gang will be des­ perate, soon as Tisdale has his talk with Arthur. They’ll be on us like a swarm of ants. But we know now what to look for an’ why. Abe, I want yuh to do somethin’ for me. Ride .to town* an’ tell Arthur, that Mona has the money to pay her mort­ gage. Then kinda let it slip that I’m Will yuh do * SYNOPSIS; Slim ed from prison after serving eighteen months for a crime he did not com­ mit, He returns to his Circle L ranch to find his father dead and sinister forces at work, trying to make him violate his parole so that he can again be railroaded to prison. The Brockwells and their gang are plotting to gain possession of Circle L ranch and the property of Mona Hall/ a neighbor and life-long friend of Slim Loyale, Slim discovers that Sheriff Starbuck has joined the plot against him. With the help of Dakota Blue and his cow­ boys, Slim Loyale defies the land­ grabbers to do their worst.- Loyale is parol- “Ten‘ of us got our herds already started on the trail. I come on ahaid to sorta break trail, yuh might say. The short, quick way into the Kica- poor range for us is straight through this .country. That’s what I was lookin’ for Arthur about. Said he had a business proposition to talk over with us.” Abe Fornachon was nobody’s ‘fool. He held out his hand; “My name’s Fornachon,” he said. "Glad to know yuh, /Tisdale. Shore yuh don’t mind my sayin’ that yore bronc looks like it could stand a couple of feeds of oats and a good rest. I’m haidin for the Circle L, a couple miles along. Yuh better drift over with me an’ rest yoreself an’ yore hoss, When’d yuh eat last?" ■ ’“Danged early this mornin’,” grin­ ned Tisdale. “Ain’t no particular rush about me seein’ Arthur; I can see him tonight. I’m with you.” At the Circle L they found Slim and Dakota perched on the corral fence, deep in thoughtful conversa­ tion. Slim looked up and waved to Abe. The Dot H Dot foreman saw that Slim was carrying a pair of guns. He and Tisdale dismounted. “Slim—Dakota, meet a gent from the big bend country. Tisdale, this is Slim Loyale an Dakota Blue.” When the round of hand-clasps was over, Abe explained. Slim nodded generously. “Glad yuh dropped in, Tisdale. Shore, we try an’ treat folks. I’ll tell Oscar to set yuh out a meal, an’ I’ll loan yuh a fresh bronc. Yores looks pretty gaunt.” Leaving Tisdale at his meal,- Slim went outside again. Dakota, his eyes hot with interest, beckoned him. “Abe,” he said, “tell Slim what yuh just told me.” Abe did so, starting with informa­ tion of Arthur’s visit to thd Dot H Dot and his ultimatum. Then he ..went on about his meeting with dale and what the rancher had him. “Get- it?” snapped1 Dakota, as Tis- told Abe finished. Slim nodded his head, a grim look on his countenance. “Shore," exulted Dakota, “I can see it plain now—the whole dirty, high-handed scheme. Abe, I love yuh like a brother for runnin’ into this feller Tisdale an* bringin’ him here, Shore, we’ll spike Arthur’s an Star­ buck’s an’ Brockwell’s guns now. “Get this. There’s just one feasible route to the Kicapoo range from the Big Bend country; that is, a route to drive a herd of cattle over. I know that country. Those herds will come north through Lawler Basin, then along the west edge of the Flytrap Rough and finally hit the south end of Jericho Valley, “An’ yuh know where Jericho op­ ens out; it opens right on the Circle L an ’the Dot H Dot range! Man, there’ll be thousands an’ thousands of cattle passin’ here inside another month, “Naturally, them Big Bend owners expect to pay a certain amount.per haid to take ’em across this range. It’s only fair that they should. Them cattle will eat a lot of grass in pass­ in’, an’ we’re gonna have some extra expense in hirin’ extra hands to keep our own cattle from mixin’ in with the trail herds. “Here’s the scheme Arthur, Star­ buck an’ Brockwell are figgerin’ on, I’ll bet a laig. They’ve planned on these herds cornin’ through over this range. An’ they’ve schemed to get hold of the Circle L an’ the Dot H Dot. Once them trail herds get cfowdin’ well into Jericho, the Big Bend men could be held up somethin’ scandalous. “Time’s damn important with ’em. That Kicapoo range won’t last long, for it’s a case of first come, first serv­ ed. They’ll stand for damn near highway robbery to get their stock across in time. An’ if Arthur, Star­ buck an’ Brockwell controlled the Dot H Dot an the Circle L, they’d make ’em pay an’ pay an’ pay.” Slim laughed softly as Dakota fin­ ished. “The old haid is workin’ all the time, eh, Dakota? Yo’re right as rain! If I hadn’t been too cussed stupid, I’d ’a’ guessed the scheme right along. Yuy’ve made it plain now. They railroaded me to prison for a job I didn’t do. Dad was failin’ at the time, and they gambled he’d die before I got out. He did. But I’m bettin’ my parole kinda upset their plans. “They tried to dry-gulch yuh, Da­ kota. With yuh daid an’ me in jail, they could soon get their hooks into the Circle L. Then Arthur got that mortgage against the Dot H Dot. Now he’s goin’ to foreclose, or rath­ er he thinks he is. But I don’t it from yuh. though darn Women get gonna loan it to her. that?" “Shore I will, Slim, think Mona will take She said she couldn’t, me if I can see why. funny idees.” “Never mind whether she does or not. Just give Arthur the notion that she is. Yuh can ride' in when Tis­ dale goes.” A half an hour later, as Abe and Tisdale were about to leave, Slim made one last remark to Tisdale which caused that individual to wrinkle his brow in puzzlement. “When yuh get through wantin’ to wring Arthur’s stringy neck, Tisdale, ride back out here for the night an’ we’ll talk business.” As soon as the two were gone, Slim got hold of Roy O’Brien and Stoney Sheard. “I want yuh two to 'oil yore guns an’ haid for town,” he explain­ ed. “An’ I want yuh to put in the time from now until tomorrow noon, keepin’ yore eyes on the Standard Bank. “Just hang around sorta, like yuh was killin’ time an’ loafin’. Watch that bank all the time. Yuh may have the chance to puncture a hold-up. If nothin’ happens by noon tomorrow, come on home again. Understand; I’m not shore about anythin’, but I’m playin’ a strong hunch.” “Shore, an’ I’ve knowed hunches like that to pan out before,” grinned Roy. “Come along with yuh, Stoney. Dakota Blue’s brow was furrowed with thought as he watched the two punchers jog away. “That’s one angle I don’t quite get,’ ’he drawled. “What’s the hunch, Slim?” “My money is in the Standard Bank, ain’t it?” explained Slim. “Well Arthur knows it, an’ so does the rest of that crowd. The surest' way to keep me from usin’ that money to' loan out on mortgages like the Dot H Dot’s, is to grab the money off. “Don’t yuh see that Brockwell an’ Arthur have gone too far by this time to back down? They either stand to win big or lose everything. I’ll bet yuh anything yuli want, Roy an’ Stoney will have work to do.” When Steven Owens and Charley- Quinn came jogging in from their work that' evening, Slim met them at the corrals. “For the next few days I got a nice easy job lined up for the pair of yuh,” he told them. “Yo’re gonna have to do a lot of loaf- up. His eyes were bleak and his lips were stern. Slim and Dakota met him as he dismounted, At the look on Tisdale’s face, Slim jabbed an el­ bow into Dakota's rib. “I knew he’d be foamin’,” he murmured. Tisdale wasted no time in express­ ing himself. As he swung to the ground he faced Slim and Dakota truculently. "Listen," he demanded harshly, “how much range does that damn law shark own around here, anyhow?" Slim shrugged, “Not a yard of it that I know of,” “What? Don’t he own any a-tall?” “Not a bit.” Tisdale looked plainly astounded. “That hombre must be plumb loco,” he declared. “He gave me to under­ stand that he controlled all this range for at least five miles, both ways from the mouth of Jericho Valley." “Then he lied, Tisdale, What he meant to say was that he hoped to control it by the time yore herds start across it. Ah, how much per haid was he gonna charge yuh in range toll for yore herds?" ‘ “One round simoleon,” exploded Tisdale. “Yes, sir, one whole damn dollar per haid, yearlin’s included." “What did yuh tell him?” “I told him that he was a cross be­ tween a polecat an a buzzard an’ that he could go to blazes. I told him that we fellers coinin’ north to the Kicapoo range would pay a reason­ able range toll, but nothin’ like a dollar. "I told him we’d fight our way through before we’d be =rx>bbed by anybody. Why, there’s nigh onto thirty thousand haid of cattle movin’ up Jericho Valley right now—the com­ bined herds of ten of us Big Bend ranchers. There’ll bC at least half as many more followin’ us that I know of. ’“That jasper musta figgered he was gonna clean up a fortune off us. He knows we cain’t afford to turn back by now. If 'we did, we’d never be- able to drive another route in time to get to the Kicapoo country when it’s opened. “And that range up there ain’t go­ in’ to last any too long. It’s a plain case of gettin’ there right away, or not at all. But me, I cain’t under­ stand him makin’ such demands when he don’t own none of "Suppose we go an’ suggested ‘Slim. “I’ll whole set-up ‘while we Over the meal, Slim gave the Bend man the- entire story. “Yuh he ended, “Arthur an’ the rest of the polecats in with him were schemin’ a long way ahaid. They shore hoped to be in control of this range. Sev­ eral things kinda upset their calcula­ tions. One of them was havin’ yore in’ around. I want one of yuh to be ' herds arrive so early. Another was on guard about the ranch here all the time, day an’ night. Yuh can take turns, but I want the man on watch to have a Winchester over his arm and be plumb wide awake.” “What’s in the air, Slim?” yelped Steve Owens excitedly. “A scrap?" “Likely to be,” was the answer. “If it comes, it’ll be a hummer. So watch things close.” “An’ how!” chortled the irrepres­ sible Steve. “We will, yuh know.” Just at sunset Tisdale came riding this range.” have supper,’ tell yuh eat.” the Big see, CARDINAL’S CRITICSM OF HITLER STIRS STORM my gettin' outa jail on" a parole. "With a little more luck they’d have won out, an’ had yuh in a cor­ ner. Right now .yo’re sore, Tisdale, over Arthur’s demands. But yuh know as well as I do, that in the end yuh’d ’a’ paid that dollar-a-haid range toll. Am I right?” Tisdale nodded ruefully. “Yeah, yo’re right, Loyale. We’d just plain have to, or lose everythin’. But evi­ dently, from the way he talks, that Arthur ain’t given up hope yet of get- Business and Professional Directory Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 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But i‘f yuh’d ride over to the Dot H Dot with me an’ make a deal with -Miss Hall, put­ tin’ up the toll money in advance, yuh’ll get the crossin’ for yore own price an’ she’ll have enough to pay Arthur.”, “I’ve tried to get her to accept a Cleaning Quit Couch eradication of «. couch grass,The otherwise known as quack, twitch or scutch grass, is one of the hardest problems with which the farmer has to deal. Few people realize the enor­ mous quantity of couch grass roots which exist in .infested soil. Tests conducted by the Central Experi­ mental Farm at Ottawa show weights of roots ranging from 1,531 to 6,997 pounds to the acre—as much as a heavy crop of hay. No wonder it is roots as well as seed. Thoroughly hard to clean out when it spreads by cleaning out the roots is the one ef­ fective way of getting rid of couch. In small areas this may be' done by hand. 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