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' 1* i' < ■ V . ■7 "v"v' ' f ' /•/ j:. . THTJRSIHI!¥^'APIUL is, 1937 ,_^ t ' ■ :. '1 ■■' ■■ THE CLIN’^ON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S." C. - ■/ PAGE SEVEN cold during her greeting, Sudd^ly ^he, remembered the lAen who hyl been riding with Mona. When- he IooiM*d;for them, he saw that they had dismounted ift front of the Wild Horse Saloon andywere just entering luiiging through the swiHgmg doory, a drawn gun in hi;^ hand. /" “What’s goin^ on inV here?’’ lie snapped. “Loyale, arejolh in trouble already ?’*"'7 ' • ‘Hardly,’ ’answered Dakota, smil- it. Slim’s lips tightened and his eyesiing thinly. “Not quite so fast, Star- grew black. BtitTie crossed the street • buck. Damned if yuh don’t act like and entered the plwe himself. jyo’re just waitin’ a chance tu try an’ There were just five men in 'th^ I hang somethin’ on Slim.” Wilj^ Hqpse^when Slim entered. Da-j . (Continued Next Issue)., kota Blue was there, talking across' ■■ ^ ' “ Synopsis: Slim Loyale;is paroled from prison after serving If months' for a crime 'he did n®t comniit He leaves on foot and his met by a friend from hrs Circle L ranch. They camp out for the night. SECOND INSTALLMENT aim Loyale got to his feet and draggfid a bla^et roll from the dunj nage heap. He set about spreading them in the very center of the little meadow. “It’ll be a heavy dew tonight. Slim,” counseled Dakota Blue, ‘*¥011 better spread ’em back luider the wll- t the bar with Spud Dillon, the short;' i o, , , , . , i ** !f*t, red-fac^, jolly proprietor Then!' SUrback shftigpsl w, bout ^ I took my oath to uphold an enforce swapiping for Dillon..J^oe was sanding; down the cues behind the pool tabje. I Sairg Brockwell and his son had swung up to the bar near the door! my oath to uphold the law. It ain’t me to question how’ it works. I aim to do my duty.” “Yuh would,” retorted Slim terse ly, “even if it broke yore own heart An’ ruined^ yore best friend. W’ell, I . and Spud Dillon was just moviqg didn't come in here to gfet into a ar-i^Q^j^ toward them when Slim en- gument. I was told to report here to jeered. But at sight of Slim, Dillon yuh every two weeks, and I’ll do it^ I seemed to forget all about the Brock- ^ for the next eighteen months. iwell's. His fat, red face broke into aivVHY W'ASH at home? Buchanan’s THE CHRONICLE’S WANT AD RATES le per w«rd toi first ins^ tion;^ five inaertlona for the price of four. Minimum ehargo 25c. Card of‘thanks and tribntao of respect, le a word, payablo in advance. Minimnm 50c. Nit^ie of So^ Ceresan, Ever green Spray, Black Leaf 40, Bordejiux. Mixture, Calcium. Arsenate, Apenate of Lead and Bean Beetle DUst/Blake- ly Brothers Seed Stote. Telephone 18g.‘ * ‘ Ic .1 . BABY C«icKS, FEEDS,^ B. W. D. Tested Chicks. Starting,"^'Drowing and iLaying Mash, Grains, ^ Oyster Shells, Walko and Pratt's Chick Tab lets, Feeders and Fountains. Blakely i Brothers Seed Store. Telephone 188. iU. JSJ" I ajll Tuesdays and Fridays. We ‘buy mill ing wheat E. V. (Solding, Waterloo, S. C., ^ — 4.15-8C y ipi sten< BULBSr—Dahlia and Gladioli. Dahlias in White, Yellow, Red, Scarlet, Old Gold and Pink. Gladioli in Salmon Pink, Red, Yellow and Mixed Colors. Double Golden Gleam and Dwarf Mixed Nasturtium in Bulk. Blakely 1 Brothers’Seed Store. Telephone 188. “lifter that, I’m my own boss again. after etghteen months cer tain folks in these parts are gonna fjnd that a wooly wolf has come back pULK SEEDS. Beans,' Cabbage,, Col- lard, English Peas, Beets, Carrot/ Lettuce, Radish, Tendergreen, Mus tard, Turnip, Tomato, Spinach, Kale, Corn, Nasturtium and Many Others. Also Flower and Vegetable Seeds in ■I'. ~V5S. lows where mine are.” ^ SUhTtaughed rottly. ^ winta. taste that dew once more, Dakota. I wanta feel it on my face, an’ I wanta look at the stars a heap. I ain’t seen much of ’em fey—for a lo^ time.” Shortly* before midday, Sliin Loy ale and Dakota Blue rode into the cow town of Dinnacle. The single street was dusty and wide, and Hank ed with warped, splintery board side walks. The buildings were nearly all. of frame construction, their high falsej,,. P ’ fronts throwing blocks of shadow. The street ran north and south, and at the north end stood a livery stable ano corral with a watering trough in front. Across from the Itvery stable w'as Sheriff Jigger Starbuck’s office and behind the office stood the jail. The latter was a small, squjire chub by, which differed in construction from the majority of the buildings inasmuch -as it was made of stout fir logs, brought down from the slopes of the jagged Mineral moun tains to the north. j At the hitching-rail before the sheriff’s office, Slim and Dakota dis mounted. “Yuh go ahead with yore business, Slim,” said Dakota. “When yo’re done, come on over to Spud Dil lon’s place. I’ll be waiting* for yuh there.” wide, delighted grin and one pudgy! does it best. 16 pounds Damp Wash, hand shot across the bar. ‘ I ready to iron, only 49c. Bu^anan’s „ , d. , , . o... j “Slimj^he cried out delightedly. | Dry Cleaners and Laundrv, Telephone i i “Slim Loyale, yuh Manged jyoung I >jo, 28. _ Store. Telephone 188. Ic to live_jivith 'em. Nobody-«an steal a . whelp, how are yuh, boy ? Put her] year an’ a half of my life, blast myithere! Gosh, I’m glad to see yulL”. IFOR SALE—A good Jersey milk cow reputalToh, ah^ get away with Tt. Now I’ll thank yuh for my guns, Jigger. I suppose yuh still got ’em?”' “I’ve'" got ’em,” nodded Starbuck. “But I’d rather yuh wouldn’t wear ’em, Slim. They’ll be a temptation— a bad temptation, as long as they’re bangin’ On yore hip. If yuh go to throwin’ ’em, it’s hard tellin’ just how yuh’ll end up.” said Slim grimly. “m-’’ Slim knew Spud DlUbn weTL and he1 with young calf. Apply to J. H. knew that Spud meant every word of I Madden, Mountville, S. C.* Ip I his greeting. So he wrung Dillon’s -^qm ATO PLANTS — Earliana, hand heartily and smiled.. “An’ I’m shore glad to see yuh, Spud, yuh fat ole duffer, d do believe yuh-’ve bean losin’ weight.” Sijud guffawed. “Oh, sjiore I am. I’ve only taken on twenty more pounds since I saw yuh last^ Slim. Have a drink. 'I’m buyin’.” As Dillon turned for Ixittle and glassews, a silver dollar was tun on the bar. Then a cold, sneering voice sounded. “When yuh get through Slim nodded, twisted iSie reins of his mount around the rail, then walk ed up to the door of the office and knocked. He entered at the summon* of a deep, resonant voice. i Sheriff Starbuck eat behind a bat- tred, paper-littered desk. He - was a tall man of middle age, thin and leathery-brown. His clean-shaven face was hard from the habitual grim set of his jutting jaw. Hie eyes were a Starbuck shrugged a^in, crossed to a little clothes closet and lifted down a pair of cartridge belts, carry ing two heavy, bolstered Colts, He hajrjded them to Slim, who bucked them about his waist, as he stepped to -thi^ door. “Much obliged, Jigger,” he said over his shoylder. “See- j^uh two weeks from now.” Loyale left the sheriff’s office and started to cross the street. A buck- board was whirling up from the south end of the street, drawn-by a faat- Steppihg pair of ‘bank-tail mustangs. A girl was driving it alone, but on either tide jogged two mounted men. jyoung fellow back, stepping between Slim recognized the trio immediate-! him and the Brockwells. “Remember ly. The girl was Mona Hall. The ti^oiyore parole, kid,” he muttered. “I’ll makin’ over yore jailbird friend, Dil- loff, we’d like some service.” Slim caught his breath in a little, ho* and whirled. His face was white, and his Hp^ h tight, straight line. Tie made ik ’queer rasping sound in Jiis thfoat and.he sjtepped away from the bar, crouching. ^ “Brockwell,” he grated' thickly, [ “yuh—” “Shut up, Slim!” It was Dakota Blue who spoke. His hand locked on Slim’s shoulder and he puTTed the Chalk’s Early Jewel, Break O’Day, Marglobe and Brimmer. Cabbage Plants: Charleston and Early Jersey Wakefield and Early Flat Dutch. Maine-grown CobbU*r artd Bliss Irish Potatoes and Onion i Sets. Blakely Brothers-Seed Store. Telephone 188. Electrie Wiring, Fix- tures, Repairing anT^ Contracting. 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Ic FOR SALE — Pigs, milk cow.s, dry stove wood. See J. L Adair, Route No. 1, Clinton. 4-29-5^ CROT.ALARIA — the greatest soil- improving legume. SESBANIA—a quick growing legume, makes won derful partridge feed. SUDAN GRASS —fine for pasture and hay. SOY j BEANS—for soil improvement, hay, and grazing. CALCIUM PHOSPHATE Guaranteed Analysis 24'/f Tot^ Phosphoric Acid Cftk^um Oxide (Lime) _ WIllT^ DISTRIBUTING CO. i ^CHESTER, S. C. men were Sarg Brockwell and his son, Leo. ^ Slim stiffened and he went a lit tle white 'about the lips. For a mo ment his impulse ww to pull his hat low over his eyes, iWer his head, and hurry acro^ the street. But a surge of burning defiance forestalled this truant weakness. So he watched them quietly, rolling and lighting a cigar-i ette vrith a steady hand. < They were almost opposite him be- handle this,” . Dakota wa.lked toward the Brock- wells. Sarg Brockwell was a big man, dark of hair and sworthy of skin. His face was broad with high cheek bones and__little, glinting black eyes. Hi.s lips were .thicki and in repose wore a continual, confident-grin, disclosing two rows of teeth, startling 4n .their size and whiteness As Spud Dillon bad saiid one time, "I never look at tjiem teeth of Sarg Brockwell’s but fore the girl saw him. For a moment [ what 'I think of a graveyard.” of her slender shoulders, .she set the [ father, with the same swarthy color bank-tails up short, locked the brake, hooked the reins alMut it and jumped to the ground. She ran to him, light- footed as a fawn, a pliant little figure in khaki blou.se and divided skirt. / Her hair, where it escaped in tru ant tendrils beneath her du.sty Stet- ing and black eyes. But Leo’s mc^h was thin, sarcastic and .sneering, twi.sting up at one'corner. He was built on the lithe, feline lines of a panther, and he moved with the .same slinking walk. —= His hands oh hif “fps,v Dakota Blue son, was crisply brown. Her eyes were stopped a yard fvdm the Brockwells. yuh blue^and heavily lashed; her nose short and straight, her lips generous an'd'spft. And the blood hushed rich in cheeks and throat of a smooth, vel vety tan. “Slim!” she exclaimed. “Slim Loy ale—dh, but it’s good to see you!” Slim, a little shaky, took l^h her. outstretched, gauntleted hands in “Yuh really mean that, Mona?”'^ he muttered huskily. “Mean it?” she cried. “I^eed I do mean it! If you need further con vincing—there.” / Before Slim coul^think, she had “Wh'ich one of made that craCk?” ijy^^jiminy,” yelped Spud Dil- TOU light blue, cold and aaaarching. Ha^aba atared. Than Jw’itb pna. lithe tw^j - waa anfcallar than his .showed no evidence of surprise at sight of Slim. Instead he rose to his feet and thrust jforth his hand.- ^ “Hello, Slim,” he s^id. “Glad to see yuh back.” , “ Slim shook hands. '“Glad to be back. Jigger. Yuh knew I was cornin’?” f Starbuck nodded, and" poked a legal- looking envelope” lying on the desk. “Gbt-vword yesterday. What yuh aimin’ to do. Slim?” “Go out to the Circle L and get to , work.“__ . f “GUd to heUr that. Was afraid yuh’d come back y/ith the idee of startinl-trouble. An' that’d be bad— with yuh on parole.” Slim’s lips tightened. “I ain’t aim in’ to turn the other cheek, Jigger,” he .said softly. “Remember, I’m hu man. Certain folks; in this neck of the woods gave me a dirty deal. I ain’t exactly gonna kiss ’em when I run into ’em, but I know what that parole means. - “At the firsr"sign of Xtrouble I go back to—hell. Well, I aim , to do the best I can. But if some folks start trompin’ on my toes, I’ll see that they get off. Yuh cain’t blame me for that?” “I ain’t blamin’ yuh for nothin’, Slim. 'But my personal feelin's ain’t matterin’ one little bit in this. It’s the law yo’re beholden to. So yuh wanta watch yore step.” Slim laughed a littla harshly. 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Ic HOUR OF SERVICES CHANGED ■ Effective next Sunday, the evening hour of worship in the city churohes j will be changed from 7:30 to 8:00' p.m., according to an announcement! of then ministerial union. | OLD HOMESTEAD FLOUR--A Lau-i rens County product. Try itX^and i note the difference. Our mill runs! Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. Business and Residential. Property for Sale. Gmd Investments and Splendid Opportunities To Buy Property. - ' ' Also INSURANCE .In Some of the Strongfrat Companies In America. See B. H. BOYD, Agent he demanded/^oldly, ‘^Yes, by><jiminy,” Ion, hii^ round face scarlet with an ger, “mm me tell yuh somethin’, Sarg BrociKwell! I don’t likp yuh or yore good son or nothin’ about yuh, ^vvy? I chopse my own friends an’ tp Kell. with "yuh! Yuh’ve had yorb last,drink over this bar. Yore mpney ain’t worth a damn here, from now^ on. Chaw__on that!” . ‘ Neither of the Brockwells paid any attention to Dillon. They were watch ing Dakota Blue. “Well, I’m waitin’. 7“ he stepped close to “tim,, risen on her i^jrawled'Dakota. “Which one of yuh made that crack?” Leo’s«' lips twisted. “I did, snsrled. “What’s it to yuh?” “This!” - Dakota’s fist moved with startling speed. It landed with a spat on young tiptoes and kispdd him. “Satisfied Her smile wwr i little tremulous. For a m/yment Slim could not an swer. “ICs worth goin’ through hell— to come back to heaven,” he muttered finally. “Mpna, yo’re a little thor oughbred, same as always. But yuh’lUprockwell’s mouth and he went over be ruinin’ yore reputation, kissin’ a backwards, clawing at his gun. At ex-convict.” Dakota’s movement, Sarg Brockwell Mona stamped one little, booted jumped back, Jiis right hand BUY WHERE MILLIONS ARE BUYING L V ■OY USfD CARS FROM YOUR CKVROin KAUR IS THIS A XECOBOT 2.LB. FRYERS = IN 6V2 WEEKS! Owner—D. T. Pitts. Variety —New Hampshire Hatchery — Thomwell Or phanage. Age, when weighed — 65^ , weeks. Weight—Up to 2 lbs. Kind of feed—‘SPARTAN' PERFECT PELXETS.** Moral: It’s not the pr^ of the feed, hot how long yon have to boy it. that counts. You, too, can produce fry- ers quicker and ckraper on *^partan Bf^hes.” p IV C 'GUANO CO. Phone €2 foot. “'Bosh! Don’t mention tlut word to me again. You are just an inno cent man* who has gotten a mighty shady deal. Aiid if I can’t kiss my old pal hello, I want to know why.” “I—'I’m liad, yuh fael that way about the innocent part, Mona. Some folks don’t agree with you.’^^ -‘MXher folks be hanged!” aha re torted spiritedly. “I know you, Slim Loyale, better t^n anybody else. I oughtr to; we gr^ up together. Now let’s talk'^ other things. You'll be going out to the Circle L, I suppose?” Slim nodded. “Soon as I can rustle up Dakota Blue. He’s over in the Wild Horse Saloon.” “Then tl want you to come over home and sqe me this' evening. Slim. There’s a lot to talk about. You’ll come, won't youT^* * **’ “Try an’ keep me away,” grinned Slim. “I reckon I ain’t forgot the trail.” ' She gave .his hands a squeeze. “That’s better,” she said softly. “I was afraid you would be chang^ in some terrible manner. I want to see my old pal, ^lim Loyale,>jj^ some hardnboiled stronger. Now HI be ting along. Don’t forget o’clock.” Again her-jdhn, strong little fin gers tightened. T^n she went back t othe buekboard, clhnbed in and kick ed off the brake. She waved to him as the broncos broke htto a rm. Slim! waiehed her until 4^' had halted /the rig in front of Ase lang- ley’s big general store and disappear ed from sifbt through its shadowy doorways. Then he sighed deeply and relit his cigarette, which ^had gone get- seven flashing to Ws 'hrpr"Thrown a Tittle off balance by his blow, Dakota lag ged on his draw, and it looked as if Sarg Brockwell had him dead to rights. Here Joe Rooney stepped irno^he game. At the first hint of hostilities, Joe had slipped away fr6m the pool table, a cue^pped iiTfils hands, his faded eyes glintihg purposefully. And how, as Sarg Brockwell threw „down on Dakota, Joe jammed the cue between Sarg Brockwell’s ankles and gave it a violent twist. ^ . Brockwell, his feet cut from under him, auned raucously as he fell for ward, ii3^Jiia gun rammed flame and smoke into the floor. Dakota’s return shot, loosed as Brockwell was falling, cut through the shoulder of Brock- well’s shirt, just nicking the heavy muacles. Before Brockwell could straighten himself, Dakota stepped forward and kicked the gun from his hand. Leo Brockwell, dazed Md bleeding, was] mumUing curses and fumbling at his gun. As he raised it, Joe Roon ey sfauimed him across the wrist with his cu^The gun thumped to the floor, where Dhkota snapped it up. Dakota stepped back. “A’right, Joe, let ’em i^,” he drawled. “I got their stingers. An’ much obliged, Joe. 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