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N°

The Expert

one had much faith in the new afford to take a chance. He dispatch- of Deputy sheriff. The night pre ed Jim Seaver, his foreman, out to ceding the day of his arrival the ran- round up the boys, By 1.30 á band chers of the Roaring River Valley held 12 mounted men were ready to follow a meeting in the Paradise Saloon, the new deputy-LAR

Mark Raoul, largest cattle owner in Vic Stuart led them to a section of country familiar to them all; the hopes the vicinity, was the spokesman.-

"No use in expectin results from that Rex had entertained began to ebb. this young deputy they're sending up Then suddenly they burst out anew as from the county seat. He's a western- Vic entered a narrow canyon; the exis er with eastern ideas an' a college edu- tence of which was a surprise to every- cation. Probably got a head full of one. A moment later he pointed down new fangled notions on how to run into a hidden valley where stood a down a bunch of Arizona cattle rust- couple of rough shacks and an aston- lers. Thing for us to do is organise ishingly large herd of cattle. a vigilante group on our own, and wipe Rex asked no question, but directed them there cattle thieves off the face his men into a fan-shaped line, then of the map."S

ordered them to move down the slope.

"How we gonna do that," Rex Ru- The rustlers were taken by surprise. pert wanted to know, "when we ain't They had no idea as to the size of the got a notion where the rustlers is attacking force, and after a desultory takin' our cattle?"

attempt to fight off the invaders, the main body broke and fled. ·

"We got as good a notion," Mark shot at him, "as any smart young de paty sheriff what ain't dry behind the ears yet."

Rex shrugged.

any

Rex Rupert's men, remembering the loss of life and money suffered at the hands of the thieves, gave hot pursuit. man's Before the afternoon was spent,

By Vic Yardman

guess. Fact is, if we knowed where least two-thirds of the rustlers had to locate these here rustlers we woulda been either killed or made prisoners. done something months ago. That's The big surprise of the affair occur- the trouble: 'we've followed one trail red when Vic Stuart rode up with the rustlers and, after another, an' miope of 'em has led masked leader of the anywhere. My vote is for lettin' the standing before Rex, and his riders, new deputy take a fling at the situation tore off the leader's mask, revealing with his new fangled fleas, an' see the snarling features of Mark Raoul. how things turn out> ahtlose Mark's identification as the bandit nothing

chief explained in part why previous Opinion: was divided, but eventually attempt to locate the rustlers had it was decided to follow Rex's advice, failed, but it didn't explain Vic Stuart's for a couple of days at least.

phenomenal success Vic explained

Vic: Stilarty red-headed, freckled blue- that, eyed and friendly, arrived the next

“Matter of brains," he grinned. morning and announced himself to be "Funny thing it didn't occur to any of the new deputy assigned to the Roar you hombres who've lived in this coun ing River Valley cattle rustling buai- try all your lives that even a bunch of ness. Rex Rupert, self-appointed com- rustlers couldn't camp where there mittee of welcome, looked the youth wasn't water. Only water hereabouts over and decided the ranchers had been is the Roaring river, unless some hid- start in postponing their vigilante or- den spring somewhere fed into the ganisation. But Rex betrayed 'node of river. That was the theory I went on. the confidence he felt when he explain I got myself a forked hazel stick and ed the circumstances to the new sheriff. used it to locate water and to indicate Vic listened and smiled and his blue the direction of the source. Forked eyes crinkled at the corners. "Natur hazel sticks never fail to indicate the al,” he^wald,” “for Rabul to feel that presence of water if held properly in way. Fact is I have got some new the hands of an expert.” fangled ideas. It takes brains to beat eyes crinkled. "I reckon I'm an ex- a bunch of outlaws these days, whether pert.".

His

blues

they're stealing cattle or operating a Rex would have shot any, one' who racket."

disagreed.

Some of the confidence Rex had felt (Uopyright, 1988, By The died. He shrugged."Hop to it. The Newspapers:

field is yours, for # uple of days at Teast. If you Heed help, ride out to my ranch and ant the boys will be glad to accomm

Rex's thou rers rather glum a GERMAN

lerode

to the ranch He felt

Shanghai, July 18.

German to-day

almost sure, now, that the new deputy VICE-CONSUL would fail. In that event, the young DECORATED bloods from every ranch in the valley would tally round, Mark Raoul, form a vigilante Committee and go whooping That meant taking off into the hill men from their work on sisälồn that. would prove as useless as had all the other, attempts to locate the rustlers.

About noon the next day Vic Stuart, rode in just as Rex finished his lunch.

"How many armed men can you pro- vide me?" the youth asked,

Rox

You ain't found the

Mr. Elari von Vice-Consul was with the cross der of the German preciation of his effo of German nationals

the out ugus

the Or

the Nation