Western Story Magazine, May 12, 1934 — page 55: what you’re looking at

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Outlaws Of Calico Hole | 53 clean, so he is going to marry Sally on the fifteenth of next month. They're going to get the Twin F back again and run it as four genera- tions of Fords have done.” “And you?” he asked. — “TI wait until you’ve served your term, whatever it is, Dan, then we'll be married. There couldn’t be any- body but you—ever, my darhng,” she said. “Serve what term?” Tex Craw- ford bellowed. “My gosh, girl, do you think he’s an outlaw? Dog my cats, but I don’t know what the - younger generation is commg to— a girl marrying a man without know- ing who he ts!” “Why should that make a differ- ence?”’ “It makes a whale of a difference this time. This cuss tried to rob Wagon Gap Bank, and here’s why. He wanted to be arrested, thrown in jail with Al Ford, so Al could get him into the Sanchez gang as a re- ward for pulling off the jail break, Crawford explained. “Yes, that’s clear enough,” Alice said. “Dan needed ten thousand bucks to develop a ranch he’s had in mind a long time,’ Crawford continued, “and Sanchez offered one way of getting it. Everything went along fine, except he had to actually rob the bank in order to win Sanchez’s confidence, so that later he might be tricked into leaving Calico Hole and thus give the Rangers a fai chance at him.” ‘Texas Ranger. Se ree “That's elear now,” Alice an- swered. “And so, this here chump writes another glorious page in Ranger his- tory, then ups and quits the outfit so he can marry a girl and invest ten thousand reward money in de- velopmg Calico Hole into Calico Ranch,” Crawford boomed. “Dan!” she eried. “You are a> Then Many things were clear now, chiefly that this man had guarded her brother throughout at the risk of his own life. “But, rf P’'m not going to be Mrs. Dan Stuart, who am I to be?” “Why, bless you’re little heart,” Tex replied, “you’re gomg to be Mrs. Jud Tremper, wife of the Ranger who spent his vacation preaaiee his brother’s murder.” “Mrs. Jud Tremper,’ softly. . “Sounds nice, don’t it?”’ Crawford suggested. “Here’s the check for ten thousand dollars for Sanehez, dead or alive. What’ll I do with it?” “Give it to Alice,’ Mr. Jud Trem- per said; “she’ll get it as soon as | were married, anyway. Besides, she earned it a long while back. It was one night in Calico Hole. My brother’s mare recognized me and came up to the fence. I slapped her, and Alice saw the whole affair. She knew that mare connected me with my real identity, but she not only let me play my hand through, she turned the mare loose and re- lieved me of a menace that might have betrayed me to Sanchez.” she said “MAN TRAP,” a Complete Novel by GLENN H. WICHMAN, in Next Week’s Issue. ea eee ee ee ae AN iG 5. 50) cS7GOin