Cowboy Short Stories, November 1939 — page 96: what you’re looking at

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THE DEAD ARE IN THE SADDLE rifle, the other two staying hunkered where they were, and the man on the road stopped whistling in the middle of a bar. Then the big man dropped his rifle and began clawing at his eyes. The gray-haired man’s hands went up to his chest, and for an instant the kid thought he might have been hit. He wasn’t, though. The kid involuntarily caught his breath at the speed with which a brace of six-guns leaped into the man’s hands from shoulder holsters beneath his coat. The big man bellowed something, and the rifle of his sandy-haired companion blasted. It blasted a second too late, though. RIFTER’S Colt cracked again. The sandy-haired man threw up his rifle, clawed at his chest, and came rolling out of*the rocks and finally landed, sprawled out, in the center of the freight road. The white-haired rider was thumbing the hammers of his guns and letting them drop back with deadly regularity. The kid knew he couldn’t see either of the bush- whackers who were left, but from his bullet spurts, he was throwing his lead uncomfort- ably close to them. The big man howled and bolted for his horse down in the rocks. His companion followed him. The kid could have dropped either of them, but he did nothing. That wasn't his quarrel, and his estimation of the old fellow’s ability to take care of himself had risen considerably. He started to rein away, and a bullet plopped into his saddle pommel. The kid whirled, snarling a curse. The white-haired man was still sitting his horse directly below him, looking up, from beneath white eyebrows; and he held his guns leveled across his saddle. “Come out of there, ye scalliwag,” he shouted. “Come out of there, I tell ye.” The kid cursed harshly. That was a nice mess he had landed himself into, all right. The old fellow thought he had been doing the bushwhacking. He reined down to the road, because there was nothing else to do. “Well?” Drifter demanded. “Kind of young to be mixed up in Trude Tyman’s schemes, ain’t ye? ‘A mite too young to be diggin’ yourself a grave, goin’ around tryin’ to back-shoot a man.” “Put up that six,’”’ the kid said through his teeth. “And get this straight. If it hadn’t been for me, you’d be deader’n a stuck toad.” For a moment the kid couldn't tell (Continued on Page 98) GREATEST T A BARGAIN IN TEN YEARS NEW REMINGTON NOISELESS 10%. { Money Back Guarantee 10-Day Free Trial Offer Remington Noiseless Portable that speaks in a whisper is avail- able for as little as 10¢c a day. Here is your op- portunity to get a real Remington Noiseless Portable equipped with all attachments that make for complete writing equipment. Stand- ard keyboard. Automatic ribbon reverse. Variable line spacer and all the conveniences of the finest portable ever built, PLUS the NOISELESS feature. Act now while this special opportunity holds good. Send coupon TODAY for details. YOU DON'T RISK A PENNY We send you the Remington Noiseless Port- able for 10 days FREE trial. If you are not satisfied, send it back. WE PAY ALL SHIP- PING CHARGES. @ FREE TYPING BOOKLET With your new Remington Noiseless Portable we will send you—absolutely FREE—a 82-page typing in- struction booklet. It teaches the Touch System, used by all expert typists. It is simply written an illustrated. Instructions are as simple as A, completely B, C Even a child can easily understand this method. A little study and the average person, child or adult, becomes fas- cinated. Follow this instruction booklet during the 10- Day Trial Period we give you with your typewriter and you will wonder why you ever wrote letters by hand. @ SPECIAL CARRYING CASE Also under this new Purchase Plan we will send you your Remington Noiseless Portable in a special carrying case sturdily built of 3-ply wood. This handsome case is covered with heavy du ont fabric. The top is removed by one motion, leaving the machine firmly attached to the base. This makes it easy to use your Remington anywhere—on knees, in chairs, on trains. Don’t . 8end in the coupon for complete details! elay — SEND COUPON WHILE LOW PRICES HOLD Remington Rand Ine. Dept. 164-11 465 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Tell me, without obligation, how to get a Free Trial of a new Remington Noiseless Portable, including Carrying Case and Free Typing Booklet for as little as 10c a day. OO (C@