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, LAST FH JH i 1 of: Buck plays the game, Wal Mos, Band think he loves Whew, To avert Bla Bland pretends to hey that Buck has come Niland urges W become 8 vevnlay member of his outlaw ENE, A quarrel later develops in whelh Duane kills Riand and terrible struggle with Mes, Bland. He plans te leave Jennie In good hands until a velative ov in lorated, and then mo on alone on the trail, He keeps envefa! snared ever her, Daepite b's eave Jennie is lost, Then for three years Burk is on the teall and legends shout him wpread, and finally he takes the visk of ealling on Captain Mace Nelly of the Rangers, who he has heard wants to see him, MaeNally greets Bim vather warmly, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY He took a long, earn 't gaze at Duane, and his nervous spontane- ity, the manner which had been bright, promising volubllity, ehang- of the ZANE GREY by Verne o Christy. of infamy, make your name mother, your sister proud of you- ou will you swear yourself to a ser- vice to tha State, At that, I'll be- vice, any service 1 demand?" Duane sat stock-stil!, stunned, startling Slowly, more persuasively, with know, show of earnest agitation, Captain| MaceNelly reiterated his query, "My God!" burst from Duane, INE WMAWA UAL 11Med, MUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4), 1947 MISERIES OF FLOODS) ARE INTENSIFIED) aupees that all' or most of your wry has really been good ser. Heve it'll turn out so." 'Captain MacNelly, I'd like to this came about. I can't realize it yet, Some things are strange to me, Who interested you in my case? Won't you explain?" "sure 1 will," replied Captain "What's this? be in earnest!" a deep gamd, I'm playing it square bd you say?" # impelled, rose with him, that searched each other's strong, flery purpose, hope, even gladness, and a fugitive, mounting * |Duane's fingers and wrote several MacNelly as he reached for an- other cigar, "It must have been three years ago when I first began to hear your 'ime mentioned at Austin, in the adjutant-general's 'office and elsewhere, Just casual- ly, you understand, and I took no particular notice, "Then I heard that women of your family were working to get , influence for you, This was ber fore you became famous as an out» assurance of victo.y, law, Of course, a little later, after Twice Duane endeavored to the Bland affair, your name grew speak, failed of all save a hoarse,(to be a household word in Texas, incoherent sound until, forcing From them on your reputation back a flood of speech, he found a grew, voice: "About this time, which was "Any service? Every servica!'about the time I became exceed- MacNelly, I give my ward," sald ingly busy with my rangers, I got Duane, |an anonymous letter, It was from "Right here ends the career of a woman, and it entreated me not Buck Duane, outlaw and gun- to go on your trail, It was a re- fighter," sald MacNelly, and seat markable letter, I have it some- ing himéelf, ha took the pen from where, and shall find it for you, "I was visited by a young wom- lines in severa! places upon the an who claimed to he a member MacNellg, you can't "Never more so in my life, I've Duane, as Rang- er and outlaw then locked eyes souls, In MacNelly's Duane read truth, He rose to his. feet. ed to one of grave thoughtfulness, "I've lots to say----but where to begin?" he mused, 'Duane, you've had a hard life since yon went on the dodge, I never met you be- fore, don't know what yon looked like as & boy; but I can see what Well, even ranger life isn't all roses," He rolled his cigar lips and puffed clouds "Ever hear from home left We'lston?" he asked abyuptly, "No," "Never a word?" 2 "Not one," replied Duane sadly, 'That's tough, I'm glad to be able to tell you that up to just lately your mother, sister, uncle, all your folks, I believe, were well, I've kept posted, But baven't heard lately." Duane averted his face a mo- ment, hesitated tif the swelling ween his Coelly snkes his Propo ition to Duck Duane paper, Then, with 8 smile, he of your household at Wellston, | handed it to Duane, took her for your sister or nea: "That makes you a member of Telative--In fact called her Mise Company A, Texas Rangers," Duane, which at the time she did "So that's it!" burst out Duane, BOF eorrect, a light breaking | 2] "She had been to see the Gover: MLR i Mu Js ber ors and, of course, he had turned ranger service?' her doyy. The Governor is against } " ' outlaws, the same as he is against i TH LB Ryo Bi rangers, This girl wanted sn audi- that service is to be, Tve heen a |2BCe with the adjutant-general, left his throat, and then said: busy man since I took this job and "It's worth what I went through as yoy may have 'eard, I've done to-day to hear that," a few things. I don't mind te'ling 1 can imagine how you feel yoy that political influence put me shout it, When I was in the war---- in here, and that, up Austin way, But, let's get down to the business there's a good deal of fri~tion in of this meeting," He pulled his cheir close to Duane's, "You've bad word more tan once in the last two years that [ wanted to see you?" "Three times, I remember," plied Dugne, YWhy didn't ou bunt me up?" #1 suppose you imagined me One of those gun-fighters who couldn't; take 8 dere and expected me to' ride up to your camp and be ar- rested." re- ---. "That was patural, I suppose," went on MacNelly, "You didn't know me, Otherwise you would beve come, I've been a long time géiting to you, But th? pasture of my job, as far as you're concerned, made me cautious. Duene, you're ewsre of the hard mame you bear 2ll over the Southwest?" "Once in 8 while I'm jarred into realizing," replied Duene, "It's the hardest, barring Mur- rell and Cheseldine, on the Texas border, ence. Murrell in his day Pve found hundreds of who're "But men in Southwest Texas your' friends, who swear you never committed 8 crime. The farther south I get the clearer this be- comes. What I want to know is the truth, "Have you ever done anything eriminal? 'Tell me the truth,' Duene. It won't make apy differ! ence in my plan. And when | say crime I mean what I would call | crime on any reasonable Texan." | "That way my hands are clesn," replied Duane. "You never held up 8 man, bed a store for grub, stole 8 horse "Duane, I'm glad!" MacNelly ex- claimed, gripping Duane's hand. "Glad for your mother's sake! Gilad for the--person who has been instrumental in interesting me in your case. But all the same, in ifaw, accountable to the You're perfectly aware that mnder ex'sting circumstances, if you fell into the hands of the law, .you'd probably bang- -at least go to fail for a long term." ! "That's what kept me on the) dodge all these years," Duene. "Certainly." spite of this, you're a Texas ate, rest up the MacNelly removed leaned closer to Duane, laid sin-: exy pressing fingers upon Duane's lis or DUTDosS 40 fcquaint Tez- e ist ey hair to this," he o your m: |the Department of State in regard to whether or pot the ranger ser- vice is any good, wh-ther it should be discontinued or not, iand in his absence 1' ¢ ran across e "I want to say here that she e! ectrified me, Before she left mv office I was ready to fight for her I promised to speak to the adju tant-general and to use what in fluence I bad in her behalf, She wan'ed a parole for you, if mot a pardon, mind, |Cheseldine, 'the worst outlaw of the times, Cheseldine and his gang who are operating on the banks, They're (private opinion; but it's not back- But fhere's this digter- (* a stranger to him and to the coun- try he dominates, It's five hundred into Cheseldine's country. Whats ,every wey you decide is best you will proceed to act upon. iyour own boss. You know such men and how they cam be ap- proached. You will take all the time meeded, if it's months. 'communicate with me, will be a difficult matter, yop. Cheseldine dominates several whole 4SOWBL tes, Jop must find yor | way me w when I and my when you needed him bad--mever o gors are needed. The plan fis otto break up toughest the "Arvesting bim slope isn't to be heard of. He couldn't be brought out. ter, for his select men, the ones he operates with, are as dangerous to the community as he fis. somehow, to ments, to lay your trap for mangers to spring- -that, Duane, is Jour service to me; knows, it's a groat one!" replied pane are now a ranger, manger. " whispered "You'll see there's mo date on i I place a pardon in ha pardon € you a free, bof know just when yon entered the est citizen ounce more----clear your service, *I was absent from Austin when ;*he came the mext t'me, She won Suit, the interest of Adjutant-Generu " "Reed, and he even went to the Be, Wel, its been Hd ® wa £9 Governor with her, Sure, they only Fofuee. Tosnlls, go Foot aur |EOt turned down, I learned trom oidhaiogei id tne" outlaw |Becd's secretary that this sid yas sane sane te Sor 1h MEPS SLE Pe Borer ventured in there vet, bel" "ure was a fact, however, tha! cause I've been wait'ng to get thelyy,e yiyuq gt your mother's home ix cause I've been walUng to get tne 3 Heutenant 1 meded. ou, of(sue lead #1 SOME BOT, 2 course, are the man I had Injy 100g your case there st the capi- tal it sure would have been forth- coming, #All this interested me, I wrote to Miss Lee, and told her that my duties would soon take me to the Nueces country agein, and that I would find out all I could about you. She replied - a grateful, sweet, womanly letter. #1 wrote her from several towns on the border, and heard from her. It was in this wey that I kind of kept touch with sour family, And it was on this trip that I hatched out my plan to make 8 ranger of u, "When I got back to Austin I laid my plan before Adjutant-Gen- eral Reed, He ™ailed it with en- thuciasm, I tell you your cousin, Miss [es -- I presumed she was your cousin -- certainly had won over Reed. We went to call upon the Governor. "Im mot likely to forget that interview in a hurry. We called on him to give us a pardon for you. We promised wo would make you render the State a service as ranger. We found ourselves pre- cipitated into a flerce debate upon the old guestion of the ranger service." "I'm on the party's side who's defending ranger service, tend that it's made Texas "It's my idea to start way up the Rio Grande and begin with He's the strongest, it's He's more than a rustler, doing bank robbing, That's my} up by any evidence, *Cheseldine deesn't leave = evi- dences, He's intelligent, cupping. miles west of your ground, big as "Well, I want you to drift over You sre *It will be necessary for you to and that For Cheseldine's gang. It's 30b on the border, (To be continued to-merrow) ER CAPITA AMOUNT 'OF CURRENCY IS LESS NOW THAN IN 1928 Washington, D.C, Feb. 25. -- If ie average per capita circulation of oney in the United States is an ac- arate indication, each person in the ation has $269 less now than he had t the end of 1928, The monthly circulation statement sued by the treasury shows that the er capita circulation of money in the untry on Janua 31, was $39.07, ale on r 31, 1928 it ounted . to $41.76. Cotal money in circulation on Janu- v 31 amounted to $8211,579725 ile just after the Christmas holi- ys it totalled $8431,099.373, of rich $3,604,297,038 was held in the asury. Gold coin and bullion in country aggregated $4,126,600,052, 'le money in circulation totaled $4,- | "964,322. Federal reserve banks - agents held 2 total of $1,710.242,- 7 Killing bim isn't much bet- "We want to kill or jail this selection of fiobbers aad rest of the gang. To get among them learn their move- us and God "I have accepted it," replied "Your work will be secret. You in my service; e fact that you are a Neo e will ewer Perhaps we can make i WOULD NEVER BEWAL dig gig ep i to The tg 0 tes Mon The to io and 200, o boars everywhere, SAY DOMINIONS | | WERE UNINFORMED Mackenzie King and Others Complain of Neglect in Re» civing Pact Information 3 London, Feb, 24--A certain amount of discussion took place at the for- eign office today regarding complaints from certain quarters, particularly from Premier Mackenzie King of Canada, of the alleged failure of the British government to keep the do- minions informed of the progress of negotiations on the Anglo-French naval compromise which recently proved abortive, It is understood the British gov. ernment took steps to inform all the dominions at the outset of the con versations concerning the main lines the discussions would follow and the dominion governments replied they would raise no objections to discus. sions along these lines, Subsequent- ly it was found very difficult, if not impossible, to keep all the domin- ions informed of the progress of the discussions owing to their extremely technical nature, Reuter's learns, Certain British newspapers today attacked the government for its al- leged neglectfulness, declaring much suspicion might have been @verted, Seid in id ] Premier King had stated in the House of Commons at Ottawa earlier this week that Canada was notified of the intention of the British gov- ernment to enter into negotiations but was not kept advised of the progress made. He said he took it that the British government felt the negotiations were not likely to im- pose any obligation on Canada and therefore Canada was not advised. Ottawa, Ont, Feb, 23.--The state- ment 'by Premier Mackenzie King with reference to the Anglo-French naval conversations, was made dur- ing the course of debate on the mo- tion for ratification of the Briand- Kellogg peace treaty, in the House of Commons. The question as to whether or not Canada had been in- formed of the Anglo-French naval negotiations was raised by J. S. Woodsworth, Labor member for Winnipeg North Centre. Mr, Woods- worth pointed out that he had pre- viously submitted a question for the purpose of finding out whether Can- ada had been consulted in connection with the Anglo-French naval com- promise. He pressed for an answer to his question, "I believe that in March of last year we weré advised that the Bri- tish government intended to enter into conversations with the French government with respect to the con- sideration of armaments and their possible reduction," the Premier said. He continued that the infor. mation received was "public knowl- edge within a week after," Canada bad not been kept advised of the progress of negotiations, "At the Imperms Conference of 1926," continued Mr, King, "it was laid down that before one part of the British Empire entered into nee gotiations wit anol country, which negotiations were likely to af- fect other parts of the Empire, all parts of the Empire should be ad- vised. If these negotiations were calculated to impose obligations up- on other parts it was understood that these parts of the Empire would be kept advised of the progress of the proceedings, eir assent ob- Who isYour Skinny Friend, Ethel? 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