The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 8, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 19, 1945 Page: 2
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TIIE STORY THUS FAR Meloay
Jones and George Fury rode Into Fame
Vint on a rout to California While
there Melody was mistaken tor the want-
ed outlaw Monte Jarred cherry Mon
teg girl Irlend rushed them oat to the
farm where tber met Avep her broth
or Informed a posse was after them
Melody and Fury left toward the border
They returned and hid In the attle unUl
discovered by A ery Melody stayed at
the ranch that nliht while Fury returned
to Paynetllle The next mornlnc Cherry
hitched up the buckboard and asked
them to follow her alone the road Mel-
ody followed without learning the des
UnaUtin They both knew her plans how
over
CHAPTCIt VIII
I dont understand > ou Cherry
said looking at him strangely Why
are you Just waiting here to be
killed Any one of the rocks you
can see from here any bunch of
grcasewood may have one of the
Cotton boys behind It waiting to
kill you We might have been bush-
whacked on the road we Just drove
Whats the matter with you Arc
you trying to die
Huhuh said Melody He cocked
his hat Jo one side to block the
flat rays of the sun
Then what In the name of heav-
en
Well Melody said with reluc-
tance Ill tell you If you got to
know Its because theres a couple
of things I dont understand about
this here
Cherry de Longpre looked at him
for a long time with blank eyes
1 never saw anybody like you
before she said at last But Ill
tell you why I brought you here
She drove the mustang team for-
ward a little way In among the
ruins of the ranch This Is called
Burnt Ranch now she told him
But It used to be the Itowntree
I heard of them old pirates
Melody said
Then forget what you heard
she told him shortly
Back there behind that big chim-
ney arch where the adobe still
stands so thick that used to be the
fruit cellar Cherry went on with
such stubbornness that she seemed
unperturbed Mrs Itowntree was
a great hand for canning stuff If
you hunted under that rubbish youd
find the broken cans with labels on
em that Mrs Itowntree wrote
Canning stuff is a fine thing
Melody said Did you ever put up
any cinnamon pears
What
Nothlil Excuse me maam and
go ahaid
Cherry went ahead and told him
what had happened according to
her The Cottons she said came
Into the valley much later than the
Itownlrces Anybody would think
that there was enough land around
there for everybody such as It was
but the Cottons didnt feel that way
They set about driving the Rown
trees out and their methods were
an old story all over the West They
started with the handy use of run
ningIrons and the laming of horses
and sometimes a night stampede
and worked up to a full rangewreck
ing war wilh the killing of an oc-
casional cowboy In what Is known as-
a fair shootout In some places
as yet
Then finally a kid cowboy came
along after the Rowntrees had lost
about everything they had and the
Rowntrees gave him a Job For a
little while things seemed to change
that one cowboy almost reversed the
whole course of the war Ho had the
Cottons so well backed up that It
looked as if the Cottons and not
the Rowntrees were going to be
driven out of the valley
Cherry told all this earnestly with
lowworded strength of effect
The name of this cowboy Cher-
ry said at the end of It was Monte
Jarrad
I kind of thought Melody said
it was going to be him
In spite of Monte Jarrads amaz-
ing rally Cherry went on to say the
end of the war had been very bad
The Cottons swarmed down one
night with more than forty men
Some of them made pretense that It
was an Apache raid but they turned
out to be Cottons when they were
dead They laid siege intent upon
wiping out the Rowntree once and
for all In a single night Old New-
ton Rowntree and his wife had only
a couple of cowboys there besides
Monte Jarrad but they fought well
from behind the walls
One of the cowboys was killed
first Then Newton Rowntree was
bit Cherry showed Melody the angle
ol the wall where he went down
He was shot In the throat she said
and bled to death In his wifes arms
Mrs Itowntree took up his rifle then
Cherry pointed out the window ledge
where her head had laid as she died
Monta and an old cowboy called Da-
vy kept on fighting most of the
night until the fires were set
So thats why Monte Jarrad is
an outlaw now she finished snuf-
fling a little Old Man Cotton had
got himself made sheriff the day
befors the raid So now every law
in the world Is against Monte Jar
rad and always will be And the
southwest wont be satisfied until
hes dead
You talk good Melody said wth
respect Ive heard lies to trip
bull Ive heard lies that paid off
Meter than a hundred dollars But
i i t
ST
USELESS
COWBOY
TALAN Le MAY
wn unvict
I never heard no such lies as that
lie there
Cherry turned white she looked as
If she were about to go up in smoke
You dare use that wort to me You
say I He
Uhhuh Melody said I reckon
you was thinking ol Billy the Kid
he used to come up with them kind
of monkcysjiines all the whole time
How was you to know I always stop
by and grubtest at the Rowntrees
whenever I winter In California
You you do
They raise chickens now he
told her They was some of those
folks that come out West to get
rich So they got rich and moved
to California Or at least Melody
amended they moved Old Man
Cotton bought this whole spread for
a hundred dollars and a buckboard
teamLet
Let It go Cherry said in a dead
voice I quit
They sat silent a certain awk-
wardness between them
Im hongry Melody said
Im sorry Cherry said without
having heard him She sounded as If
she were going to cry 1 got my-
self Into something and I tried to
talk my way out Thats all
So I seen Melody said
My familys known Monte Jar
rad since he was so high Cherry
said In the same dead voice He
rode In hurt and I tried to help
him Thats all there was to the
whole thing
Did he get away okay7 Melody
asked with Interest
Theyre about to get him He
would have been safe but you drew
the posse back by being mistaken
You say I
for him So now hes drygulched
and through It wasnt your fault
You didnt mean to draw the posse
in But you did Ive been trying to
make you lead the posse away
again But you bucked me down
Youd do just about anything for
that bellygunner wouldnt you
Melody said out of his dejection
Cherry snapped out of it she low-
ered her voice I want you to
know Im sorry I hauled you into
this Youve been pretty nice about
it according to your lights And
this is goodbye
She put her arms about his neck
pulled his head down and kissed
him Melody made no move for a
moment Then he awkwardly took
off his hat and took her in his arms
Well goodbye he said and kissed
her again
Listen she said still in his
arms I dont want you to think I
brought you here to ask you to help
Monte
Well goodbye Melody said
again but this time she ducked
I want you to know she whis-
pered desperately that Im not
asking you to help Monte Nothing
was farther from what X meant
Oh
Such a thing never entered my
head
Melody released her slowly
Then why he asked her have
you got Montes saddle here In the
buckboard under that there blan-
ket Cherry gasped I I didnt know
It was there she faltered
Id of thought Melody said
you might of noticed It while you
was tying that sack of flour to it
Just before we left
Cherrys eyes dropped I dont
know why X He to you she said
after a pause
Neither do I He swung down
off the buckboard Hold them
broomtails a minute
lie went to the tall of the buck-
board and unsaddled Harry Hen
shaw Then he got Monte Jarrads
great silvermounted saddle from
the buckboard where It was hidden
and swung It aboard Harry Montes
saddle weighed better than sixty
pounds and Harry Uenshaw locked
a tittle tit as tlwugb be were look
ing out of a dog house Somehow it
also made Harry look pigeontoed
on both sides Instead of Just the one
When Melody looked up from ty-
ing the latigo Cherry was staring
at him In utter dumbfoundment
Youre youre going to do It
Whut Change saddles Oh
sure Aint that whut you wanted
me to do
Yes she admitted in a very
small voice
He saluted her with one gloved
hand and reined Harry Henahaw
away I guess I got to be going
nowWait
Wait Cherry called sharply
and he turned back That thats
the wrong wayl You cant ride down
that wayl Thats toward Payne
villcI
I know Melody said You see
I got to talk to a feller
As soon as Melody was out of
sight Cherry turned and went whal-
ing back to the Busted Nose She
got there with her ratty team blow-
ing and lathering and Monte Jarrad
was at her buckboard wheel even
before she could Jump down
Im glad youre ready to ride
she said before he itpoke Its time
to be out of here Monte Avery
how In time did you get past me on
the road
The deceptive thing about Avery
was that he made his long sullen
silences and his secretive eyes sug-
gest a singular wisdom people al-
ways listened when he spoke be-
cause it was seldom Then they
were let down by the triviality of the
longawaited remark
Oh I got ways he answered
her
Theres a couple of things you
need to know she said looking
him directly in the eyes Neighbors
used to mean a lot back in Pike
County Because people were few
and far between And they hung
onto each other for better or worse
So we were there so we broke a
colt together when we were eleven
years old
Named him Dusty Monte said
That made Cherry falter a little
I didnt reckon youd remember
I remember Cherry
All right All right Monte But
youve got to know something I
wouldnt risk one thread of that
stranger boys shirt to pull you out
of thisl
He stared at her blankly through
most of that but on the last of It
a kind of humor came into his eyes
You done that already he said
I iMdnt shi said breathlly as
much to herself as to him I didnt
I didnt and I wont
His stiffcheeked smile pushed up
the lower lids of his eyes Itll
be a long day the day you ever
quit me he said
She stared at him defiantly but
presently her eyes dropped I guess
so Monte
Theres only one thing you got
to be sure to do he said clearly
After they get him you got to go
and Identify him
She shrugged that off almost with
contempt He can easy enough
prove who he Is
Montes eyes snapped back to her
face I reckon he isnt going to
prove much after hes dead
They they arent going to
I should judge theyll bring the
body In But if they dont youve
still got to make sure they bury
him as mc
Cherry was staring at him as U
she couldnt believe her ears She
managed a shaky flareup Noth-
ing like this Is going to happen
Even If they should catch him
Monte chuckled but It hurt tils
side and he finished stralghtfacrd
All he better hope Is that theres-
a tree handy so they dont have to
hang htm by draggln him
I dont believe you Cherry said
again He could hardly hear her
this time
This Is the break In the luck
Monte said and Its you that done
it honey I got plans for burnln
this country to the ground once I
get In the clear
Cherry sat perfectly still as if she
were hypnotized she seemed to
have lost any ability to move or
speak
Monte started to bend In the sad
dle he meant to kiss her But his
wound stopped him as If he were
caught with a fishhook Im head
in south for the border he told
her Ill send for you as soon as
your job here is done
He forced one more grin then
lifted his reins and followed Avery
his pony at a running walk
As he swung down In Paynevllles
Court street Melody Jones took one
more look at the low sky beyond
the town A haze to the southwest
might or might not be the dust of
the posse coming In He could not
tell how far away it was but he
judged that what time he had would
be none too much
Melody crossed the boardwalk and
went Into the Last Chance bar walk-
ing with such slow light steps that
the spurIrons hardly whispered at
his heels He had pulled the buck
skin glove from his right hand and
stuck It In his belt as he supposed
Monte Jarrad might do In walking
Into uncertainties His knees were
stiff as boards but his faee was as
blank as could have been wished by
Unsmiling Jones His Intent watch
fulness had left It empty except for
the restless twitch of bis eyes
to be coirnmnEDj
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HEMFHILLCOUNTY NEWS CANADIAN TEXAS
OPA Rationing to
End During Year
Will Scrap Rent Control in
75 to 100 Cities
WASHINGTON The OPA has
told congressmen most rationing
will end this year while rent con-
trol will be scrapped In 79 to 100
cities within four or Ave months
The forecasts were made ln a re-
port sent to senators and representa-
tives recently by Price Administra
tor Chester Bowles
It outlined for the guidance of
legislators this present outlook
for the removal of price ceilings
and ration rules Both meats and
shoes will be unratloned by the end
of 1945 fats and oils may be
rationed Into 1946 at least the
shortage Is likely to last that long
and sugar is impossible to pre-
dict
On tires Bowles missed his guess
His report said truck tire rationing
might end by August 31 That dato
has passed and OPA men now
think both truck and passenger tires
may be rationed until the first of
the year
John L Collyer president of the
B F Goodrich company said re-
cently motorists should be able to
buy tires rationfree before the end
of the year
Rent controls obviously will have
to continue for some time Some
may linger until congress ends the
federal program and turns the prob-
lem over to states or local com-
munities to handle Bowles said
OPA meantime will remove rent
ceilings whenever and wherever
It can be done without rent infla-
tion he went on adding
Already eight areas have been
decontrolled rent ceilings lifted
The number decontrolled probably
will Increase by 75 or 100 during
the next four or Ave months
In a positive action for tighter
protection of tenants however
OPA Increased from three to six
months the waiting period during
which a dwelling buyer may not
evict a tenant in order to move in
himself
The rule will be effective in all
487 federal rental areas unless the
area director decides that three
months Is adequate
Navy Plans Use of Atom
Bombs on Carrier Planes
PORTSMOUTH VAArtemus L
Gates navy undersecretary dis-
closed the navy plans to adapt the
atomic bomb for use by carrier
based planes
Effective as the atomic bomb is
it Is still a bomb and must be car-
ried to the target he said in a
speech delivered during ceremonies
commissioning the 450OO ton carrier
Midway the largest fastest tough-
est flat top In the world
The MIdwav christened at New
nort Now last Mnrch 20 was
named for the historic battle of June
912 which even Japanese officers
now admit Gates said was the turn
ing point of naval warfare in the
Pacific The undersecretary said
the Midway first of three super car-
riers is evidence of our will tc
maintain peace
Wives of Servicemen
Soon Will Sail Overseas
PARIS Wives of officers and
enlisted men who may remain In
the army of occupation for a long
time may soon receive permission to
sail abroad find join thefr husbands
Gen Dwlght D Eisenhower who
made the announcement admitted
he was very sympathetic toward the
Idea and would like his own wife to
come over in a hurry
Im just as bad off as any G I
today complained the general 1
dont want to be here Im 54 years
old and I lead a kind of lonely life
Its hard Hells fire I know Its
lard Thats why I keep my staff
busy exploring shipping space for
possible accommodations and the
food situation As soon as the prob-
lem of proper housing is licked all
wives should be allowed to come
over he said
241309 Japs Die 313041
Wounded in Allied Raids
SAN FRANCISCO Allied air
raids on Japan killed 241309 and
wounded 313041 the Domel agency
said in a broadcast Dome report-
ed that the 534350 casualty total was
announced at a recent diet session
Metropolitan Tokyo fire bombed
repeatedly by B29s headed the cas-
ualty list with 88250 killed 61300
wounded and 2578000 homeless
the broadcast said
Atombombed Hiroshima was Sec-
ond 49221 dead 58839 wounded
359000 homeless Nagasaki second
atom bombing target lost 21501
killed 51530 wounded and 204960
homeless
New Airplane Controls
Cable Combats Elements
CLEVELAND American Steel
Wire company announced recent-
ly the development of a new air-
plane controls cable which expands
and contracts at virtually the same
rate as ths metal used in plane
frames Made of high nickel man
gancse alloy ths new cable elimi-
nates the necessity for temperature
compensating devices and contrlb
utes to ths efficiency of plane and
pilot
WONT MAKE IT Weil
Watch out for those cuts and
bruiscsl Even apparently minor
ones may lead to more serious
conditions If nclected The
wise way Is to keep tlmctcstcd
Dr Porters Antiseptic Oil on
liand tn the medicine chest at
nays formula of n lonftcx
railroad surgeon
rerienced
t soothes cases and tends to
promote nitural healing proc-
esses Good for minor cuts
bruises burns sunburn non-
poisonous insect bites chafing
rUse only as directed In 3 dif-
ferent sizes at jour drugstore
fcrt i Aip i ft iK < S
Aftsi w Mr
Aircraft Output
More airplanes were produced
during 1914 by the American air-
craft industry than the total of all
aircraft of all types produced tn the
country from 1903 to Pearl Harbor
In the 38 years of Its history prior
to 1942 the industry produced an
estimated 83 000 airplanes of all
types military and commercial In
1914 a total of 9C3C9 military air-
planes was produced
KRISPlEr
WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY
IFlXAgO
FKIDAV OCT 19 1945
CLASSIflED
DEPARTMENT
HELP WANTEDMEN WOMEN
8KILIXD and unskilled male and grnal
helo wanted lot work In the Deahlef Broom
Factory eaneclally broom and whLlc broom
Writ
makers flood working condition
call or wire the employment department
IIIC DESULEll 11UOOJ1 FACIOttT
Dehler Nbraka
FARMS AND RANCHES
120 AcnES GOLIAD TEXAS 50 acres
laature balance cultivation 13 room
rouse large barn large chickenhouse
32 00 acre royalty reserved
Sins LUDWIQ It 1 Odem TtXsva
FARM MACHINERY EQUIP
SEE TIIE NEW FORDS MILKER no pip
lines simple installation eaiy to wain
economical to operate Rasollne and elec-
tric models available write to Feedola
Sale Co 500 T Uarlln Mclbetion Kas
nOME FURNISHINGS AFPLT
REPAIRS Stoves Ranges
To Fit Furnace
ItUHkMxHOki
Order through your DEALER
METZNIR STOVS REPAIR CO
EatabPolWd la do Mmm City M
MISCELLANEOUS
GROCERY AND MARKET
EQUIPMENT
Scales choppers sllcers colTee mlUa
Meat and vegetable display cases
Grocery restaurant refrigerators
IteirlKeratlon machines
WALTER HAItNED CO
1HK Main 21383 Wichita
SEPTIC TANKS
AND CESSPOOLS cleaned the new vacu-
um way Any locality Call or writ
MID1VEST SANITATION CO
IUB 5 Osage Wichita It Phoae 51303
CRUTCHES WITH TIPS SI 89 Postpaid
traces made remodeled repaired A U
Uoawerth 418 N IVater Wichita t Kans
REAL ESTATE BUS PROP
RrLl HOTEL 19 CABINS WITII SMALL
HOTEL and trailer park located on three
national highways Excellent Income
Purpose setUe estate
POX 81 Liberal Kan
WANTED TO BUY
HUMAN HAIR BOUGHT 10 Inches up
Cash paid Immediately TUCCIAItONQ
CO Ill East SJrd St New Yerk 10
READ THE ADS
Oood and GrispJ
RICE
TtuGralntArtGrfrtroixIt
Kdlow RIM KrUple equal
the while ripe f am Ijwj Wall
element
all the protective food
ment < feUred eurotlal to
human nutrition
mils
QUICK RELIEF FROM
FOR
f JointsTired
letSprains Strains
favorite
POPCORN
COLDS LOCAL CONGESTION
of children quickly soothed
by Penetro Grondroaa old
timo mutton Buetidca developed
by modern aclenco Into a coun
terirriUnt vaporizing
Bvelt iem
Only 25f double alto 351 QttftTM
PENETRD
1 MUM IN MUItDN JU1T
Bruises
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Hake mine Faultless every
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Grand relief starts as VapoRub
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