Fifteen Western Tales, January 1953 — page 45: what you’re looking at

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- NEVER SELL YOUR SADDLE! 45 thinking I can save myself a ride. You want the job, son?” Clinton had known so much adversity he could not believe his ears. The suspicion lingered in him that it was pity behind the rider’s offer but then Clinton took another look of the face and figured there could be nothing soft about the man. Nobody with eyes as cold and dead as that could know of such a thing as pity. “What’s the job like?” Clinton asked. “Why don’t you come and find out? You can always quit if you don’t like it, son.” Clinton reckoned he had nothing to lose. After all, he did want a job more than any- thing else on earth. Maybe this was the be- ginning of the change in his luck. “You've got yourself a hand, mister,” he said, trying to keep the jubilance out of his tone. | The rider told Clinton to climb up behind him on the black and Clinton did. He braced his old McClellan kak against a thigh and they started off, riding double. The rider smelled of horse-sweat and woodsmoke which to young Clinton were the sweetest odors in the world. Looking down, he saw the / Brown Ducks... These NEW Carhartt Work Caps Are Tops, Too! | Masrer Ctori Vera . FOR TOUGH, HE-MAN JOBS These Brown Duck Overalls (bib and waist type) with coats to match, are amaz- ingly popular with linemen, electricians, welders, steel workers, foundrymen, truck drivers, plumbers, etc. They appreciate the heavy, high count, 11 oz. Carhartt brown duck that guarantees extra protection on the job. They're rain repellent, full cut and roomy for-added work ease, are built to outlast several pairs of ordinary overalls. Insist on Carhartt Brown Ducks by name... get all the extra features of this famous make of work clothes: gun in the man’s holster. The weapon was a .44 Colt with a long seven-and-a-half inch barrel. The handle was black and worn very smooth as if it had seen much use. After they had ridden about a mile, Clin- ton said, “I’m Ernie Clinton, mister.” “Y’m called Valverde,” said the rider. After that, they had nothing to talk about. The only sounds that rose were those of the black’s hoofs on the trail... Valverde’s place lay at the edge of the badlands. It did not look like much of an outfit. Valverde’s brand was double V and to Clinton, the few cows he saw wearing this iron were sleek and fat despite the sparse- ness of the graze. But this, he figured, was probably because Valverde did not have too many head. and so, what little graze there - was sufficed to put weight on the animals. This sef Clinton to thinking. If Valverde’s place was rundown and he did not have too many cows, what did he want.a rider for? Valverde had just felt sorry for him, Clinton thought, and it made him angry to think that he was getting charity again. But he told himself it wouldn’t be for more than | one meal. He’d see to that. ... AND THE BIGGEST SQUARE DEAL IN WORK CLOTHES IS STILL Is HAMILTON CARHARTT OVERALL CO. Here's the last word in a neat, smart, big peak Halsey-style workcap that is tailored for com- fort and good looks. Ideal for sports wear and mighty inexpensive. Detroit 16, Mich. Atlanta, Ga. Carhartt Park, Irvine, Ky. Dallas, Tex. MAKERS OF UNION MADE WORK CLOTHES FOR 63 YEARS oO Comicbooe <SHIGO