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% THURSDAY^ JUNE 17, 1^3^ ■■-V. ■ u THE CLINTON CHRiemiCLE. CUNTON.isi C. they gret'c^ght at it. Knowlii’ this, Brockwell will phy his cyapuS care ful.”': ■ / “Won’t do him no go^,” chuckled Dakota. “He’s gonna g^ caught. But somethin’ jtellS me that he wont have i< no use' for an alibi anyhow. Them things don’t mefn a jdam to a daid map.” 1 * ‘,'Yuh must expe^ Roy an* Stoney to'W-‘'-'"‘ ---- » i A A - A' PAGg SEVKy T for.they eyer- crapked the Fonl to go. get a doctof { Y^t here was a veryi young map witM>ut a partible of fear; he would have dreaded a bee-sting worse. I ■ ' '' > In the event of snake-bile, cord the limb above and phone for your —quick. You’ve done your duty tifc least. '' j SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICIA “The Paper Everybody Roada^ Synopsis: Siitn Loyale is paroled _^Jrom prison after serving 18 months for a crime he did not~c<mmut. He re- Itums to his Circle L ranch to find his father dead and sinister forces at work,tryin g to make him violate bus parole so that he can again be rail roaded to jpnson.' —^ \ The Bro^kwells and their gang ara piottixig to gain possession of Circle L ranch and the property of Mona Hall, a neighbor and life-long;,friend x>f-Biim Loyale. Slim discovers that Sheriff Star- buck has joined the plot against him. { With the help of Dakota Blue and his cowboys, Slim Loyale defies the land- grabbers to do their worst. ELEVENTH INSTALLMENT Even Starbuck himself began to ’ realize the futility of things. He also began to retreat slowly, throwing “Loyale; yuh were railroadeiS on perjured evidence. Arthub—- George Arthur, he’s got all the dope.^Get holt ,Speaking of Snake-Bite I enjoyed a short fishing trip ..on the Osage river some time ago. This ■stream, in 'itsj codrse which winds among the Ozark hills of Missouri, is or T * n u » < u I * w fascinating in its Setting of rug- L*?”.?!*!; 5!Th. dwelUr, in the nei»h lorta Spread a lot* of destruction,” observed Slim.^ ' — “Roy’s good, but Stoney is forked ligjrtnin.’,” gninted* Dakota.' “Yuh’ve never seen him in action like I have. of him an’make him talk. He’s a cow-[ain’t th^e quiet, cold eyes forUjoVhood were primitive and phyaici- An’yph bet-[nothin. Besides, yuh an me oughta evidently fqw and’farbe- ard, an’ he’ll come clean. An’ ypb ter skin out to town. Sarg Brockwell an’ some more of hip crowd are aim in’ lb rob the bank vbnilfht. Arthur’s idee—to keep yuh from loanin’ money to the Halb^girL - “Arthur an’ Brockwell been run- riin’ tl^is thing. Schemed to make, a cleanup on them Big Bend herds, they made a mess of things, an’ got me into .it. Leo Brockwell’s the man who’s b^n holdiii’ up the yasco stage.” His voice turned drowsy and come in handy ourselves.” Dakifta yawned arid stretched. “Wish they/d get started,” he grumbled. “I’m get- tin’ sleepy and cold.” Silence fell and endured 4inbroken for a long hour. Dakota’s vh^ad ]ipd sbnk uptin his chest and he ^'aa snor ing softly. Slim was having trouble in keeping aw'ake himsetf. The let down in nervous tension, after thej long day of momentous happenings, found him weary. Seve?al times his tween;.the simple folk had learned to do their, “doctorin’ ” themselves. A lad of twelve vislled our camp often. He was barefoot, save for a soiled rag-that partly covered aiflam- ing-red ankle.and heel. He limped a. bit painfully, but said he didn’t mind it 'much; the member was swollen^ quite a. bit. \' ’“What’s the matter willh your foot —stone-bruise?” was asked. ^ Otiie. ..PURE: REFRESHMENT plaintive. “I’m cold—cold^as hell. Get ^ head began-tTr-iroTL his eyelids' grow- j . . . snake-biteTTe^ replied flashes. Dakota, singling me a blanket, somebody.” ^ Steve Owens, subdued and a little awed, ran in^o the bunkhouse. But when he returned with a blanket, there was no need for it. "“"STimTo'yarPmadtrii"swift decision on the ihformation Starbuck had giv- closed in. .\t ten paces, he shouted, jpjj before hc/di)^d. The bank hold-up “Sti^rbuck, yuh crooked rat, this way.Kijjj ^ot exactly surpri.'se Slim; for that It’s Blue \Njho’s callin’ yuh.” ' / ^ ’ Starbuck twisted in hiS snarling, and .flung two Ijghtning* mo.re ^hots. One drew' a crimson brand jecturt)# in such cadence that it was easy to tell that one man with a practiced pair of i hands was wielding them. . .matter, norie of the infonnation did.i Thruinp-thrunip! Thrump-thrump' saddle, I But it r^dered his position all the , Thi ump-/lhi ump! • , •ure, to know that his con-[ slim and Dakota were on their had been right. ing weighty. " .1 indifferently. .\nd then, like a thunderclap, a; “What sort of snake?” I enquired, single re|iort echoed dov^n the street, i “Copperhead'. Lots of'^’enn tbeJ Frdlowing it came a shrill, jrammer-j hresh and rocks here?” ■ ' 1 ing, high-pitched yell. A uair of gima. a staccatp rumbling. “ What, -did—Jii£i.-.dA)ctor. 4o- - to - Avhen you were hitW'n? Did he give' you serum?'” > j , '“Never had ivo. doctor; anybody can ' cure snake-bite with ’curochrome.” He exhibited jrlain contemp^, V thought, [.when he heard the suggestion of a lector for a little tbing like the bite I- , r I • - i • 1'*^ t'oi’Perhdad! (Jne i»f the most! _ , , ‘in a houmf. guns drawn, poised in the n,. i across the side'-of Dakota’s nock. The He/hacj guessed that an attempt 1 opening. The measured roll „f!‘'‘‘^\‘*>-'‘ "omous of serpents. .j other socked heavily into,one. of the might'he made to Jopt the hank. :<b:tHclVd . **'*'” nothing thal fills mo with] that reason he had detailed Ro.v v.;*, u.. „ more .than the bite of a' rat4le-f bucking rnll.s of Dakota’s saddlcT -Av Dakota'lef loose oue careful shot. 0/Brich aiuI Stoney Sheard to guarUlfivv, stim saw shadowy figures dart- Starhuck gasped, his snarling curses Ijt. But he knew the odds w’puld now cut .shoit abruptly. His guns thudded/he greatly again.'^t them. They would to the dust yearth. He loaded botbjneed help, ferocious fighters though hands about the horn of his saddle,(they were. So Slim turned to Dakota, his shoulders hunched, hi.s bitter face: “Yuh an’ me go to town,'as quick draining white. He drove home the sjiurs, trying to ride past Dakota. But the fir^t fren zied leap of his mount sent him sway ing. Quite suddenly, he slithered head foremhsf from his saddle. Instantly Dakota also swung to the ground, leaping apart from his bron co, crouching low. He knew that a hail • of lead would be .searching for him. In \itKat he was right. The animal he had iust left collapsed in its tracks, shot tWough the head, Dakota went flat on the ground, alert and waiting. Lead whispered over and around him, one slug kicking his eyes full, of r dust. Still he held his Dre,. gambling that without Starbuck to lead them the remaining members of the poss« would break and run for it. In^this«he was also right. Realizing that their leader was down, the posse gave back faster ahd faster, thtfti finally' turned and thundered away into the night. For a time Steve Ow ens and Charley Quinn warmed them on‘their way with the -Winchesters, But presently Slim’s voice, calling out, stopped alt shooting. ^ Slim came through the darkness jmh as we can get there, Dakota,” he .'»nappe(f tens.ely. “Tisdale,, yuh stay here ah’ let‘Oscar fiz u^‘that arm of yores. Steve an’ Charley, get 'some lanterns an’ clean up things around here. But keep yore guns handy. There’s no telling’ but what that crowd, bein’ desperate, .might make another try. Grab a bronc, Dakota,” Dakota’.s 'own horse was dead, but he soon secured another, as there Ivere .several riderless.ones stamping and snorting around. In a fast gallop, he and Slim headed for towm. ... . 1 horror to bits by a ragged roar of other Sliifi knew huhian nature, and he ing about the hank* in what appeared to he aimless confusion. Then a stentorian yell echoed in a Voice easily distinguis-hahU* as belong ing to Sarg Brockwell. “('lo.se in! Close-'in? There’ll' only two of ’em. Close in, 1 tell yuh!” jil ^ ■ T” By the’?answering massing of those ||j shadowy figures, Slim got Stoney Sheard and Roy O’Brien located. They were ih'yond the bank in the corral of the livery stable. ‘‘C’mon,” he snapped , to Dakota, i “They got-i^toney an’ Roy cornered.”' Slim and Dakota w'ent up the .street; at a run. With half the distance-gone,: Slim halted and began to shoot. Da-j kota.stepped apart from him and fol-| lowed, .suit. Someone in Brockwell’s i were U-lC eoj)x»erhea(l^ ever a victim. 1 I’m sure if 1 woiilil (Be biT- IpHlIBIlBlIlBlIB,, k 1 lil.Bl!rBuai:UBI!!1 knew jlhat unless this full exoneration j crowd yelled a warning. Immediate ly Slim and Dakota became the cen ter of' a lashfng hail of lead. Dakota Blue grunted, cursed and went down in a heap. Behind Slim came a bawl of wara- ling. “Get him inside I Get him inside. was made, .there would always be some who would believe hi.s incarcer ation had' been legitimate. The only way to completely wipe out that stain against him was to get that confes sion from Arthur. .Sim’s face was e ti sii When Slim and_ Dakota reached. Pinnacle, it was after midnight. The town seemed quiet enough. However, they took no. .chances, circling well around to one side and leaving their warily.Dakota, jmh alF right?” heimounts ground-reinecl some two hun- called. dfed yards away from the, town, lim- “Bitting pretty, Slim,” was the la-jits. They went the rest of’the way conic answer, “TheyVe all sloped.-ion foot, stealing in through the shad-, Bring the boys-~out, I’ve gqt Star-lows carefully. “Roy'an’ Stoney.will be somewhere buck.” ^lim exclaimed “Leo ^n*^surpnse Brockwell’s back in the correl,” he griitTas he considered it. He’d ffetI” help yuIT. if “ ”“^^fho"no,7^ment7f,r^dT)iironT to Apacne t,ricks to do it. j^is white bartender’s apion, was bending over Dakota, tug ging at -his shoulders. “It’s my right laig,” snapped Da-, kota through .set teeth. “Get me up, Spml, an’ I can hobble inside. GiyjB. ’em hell, Slim, an’, back up with us.” Quick to grasp' the idea, Slim shot with smooth precision, backing up, a ste|) at a time. Just as his guns snap ped hmpty, his shoulders struck the -wall of a building. Then hands grab- l)e(j him, jerked him to one side and through an open doorway. The door clo.se to the bank,” muttered -Slimv “but by this time Brockwell an’v his crowd are ip town an’ on the watch. vouchsafed, as he came up. “Tisdale '^^topped a slug somewhere, but^it tain’t be very bad; he’s still cussin’.”! quiet here in this alley and w'ait de- He raised his voiceito a shout. “Hi,lvelopmenls. What d’yuh think?" gang; come on over. They’ve pulled! Dakota grunted assent. So they out.”\ - • squatted dowm, their backs against a, friendly wall close to the mouth of Ti.sdale was the first to reach them. 4 -I would stick a^careful head around the corner and s^ey the street. The bank was some fihy yard.s away, >on the dpposite side, Two doors from it was a Mexican cantina. The windows of the Mexican joint glowed yellow and there were quite a* few., broijcos slouching at the hitching rail in front. “Brockwell an’iltsrgHiiig^ are in that abserved “Got a furrow from my wrist plumb [the alley. Ffom time to time Slim to my elbow,”.he explained with, pro fane [flmctuations. “She’s"' bleedin’ s(>me, but I’ve got my neckerchief wound aroun'll^ it. It’lK^keep for a ■ time.” \ Steve, Charley and Oscar reported, unhurt ,ekcep tthat Oscar had had one bodt^ heel shot off. He walked with a queer' hitchity-hop tJiat caiised' Steve to chuckle, “Ole step-an'-a-half Os- • car.” As Dakota scratched a match and bent over Starbuck, he | was surprised to see that Starbuck’s eyes were open. The sheriff jrroaned. “Listen close/’ he whispered. “I’m done for an’ I know it. Don’t hold it agin yuh,' Blue, yoVe'a pretty good man. “Time was when I was a sq^are- ahooter myself. But the glitter of money an’ a lot of slick talk made, a sucker outa me;^ However, I aun to get some of dirt off my shrygeM soul. I ain’t got long, but I’ll do my best. ik'st thing we can do Ts’ just lay out slammed shut. He an Dakota were inside the Wild Horse saloon. Old Joe Rooney was the man who had guided Slim to safety. ^ As Slim 'began hurriedly reloading his guns, Spud ibarked an order. “Git my ole double-barreled Greener, Joe, an’ fasten yoreself to that front win dow. Spray those buzzards by bank with buckshot. That’ll kee shuffled up.” * It did. With the initial bellow of the .shoti^n, Brockwell’s crowd scat tered wildlyi Slim, edging in beside Rooney, snapped shot after shot at this one and that. He saw two" of greaser joint,” observed Slim dowm. From the livery *tal)le “'I recognize that buckskin boss of Cinder Alton’s. Hope Roy and’ Stoney don’t take any chances with Alton. That crooked little devil is poison with a gun.’ ’ “I wouldn’t do any worryin’ abqut them two,” answer^ Dakota. “They know AJton as we db.~The rtr9t .:iead they rarow* will be liaided his way. Wonder when they’ll pull the job?” * “ ’Most atty time now. The town is pretty daid. I recion they’re figgerin’ on doin’ it plenty quiet. They won’t have ah alibi in the world, should ruEYHOVND COMMUTATm^ r.nntcsgfFER 4- r hlSCOUAT /ares It Wlil* ly 'W corral came a whoop of triumph and a .sputter of words, thick\With the brogue of^old Ireland. \ “Whurroo! Give it to the spalpeens! Away with ’em, the robbin’, murderin’ diwils. Smoke’ em out!” Surprised ahd confused, the bandit crowd were quick to realize that there w^as nothing to be gained by . trying to fight matters out along this line. Any chance of looting the bank was entirely gone now. In another minute* or two, the en tire, town would be about, their ears. The only thing to do was ride and ride fast. As this idea, caught hold, they raced for thc'r horses which were r«ari^ and plunpn|i; with fright. 'They split, some fidmg north, some south. ' In the lead of those passing, the Wild Horse, caane Cinder Alton, crouched low over his buckskin’s neck. Slim tried two shots, but missed both. ^ne'IRooney calmly spaf,“cradled the Greener against his shoulder and pulled both triggers. (Concluded Next Lssue). CAROLINA STAGES, Inc ■ ■ Takes Pleasure In Announcing Streamlined Parlor Coaches • .5.. 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