The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1926 Page: 6 of 8
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Fighting Ranger
By f. j. McConnell
and GEORGE W. PYPER
NoooltMoJ for Sowopojror
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Buck paused Tmw«'i hand,
clenching hU throat, tightened. menac-
ingly.
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mandril.
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CHAPTER XVIII
topux tliat Buck McLeod ntol* from
Taggart. That *«» th* secret of thr
topaa."
Twcnc* drew from hla pocket tha
{ copy of the map he had made
••Mere, can you ahow u# where on
| this copy of the map?" he naked
I ‘There, at the letter l> that la the
cave, *ald Stellu polutlnk McLeod la
waiting for me then* uow—for rue to
i brink hack hi* gang "
The woman fell back In a awoon.
“She has ox ern trained heraelf,"
i aald Mary sympathetically "We uniat
ket her to a hoapltal at once,"
Poor Hud had been watch Ink the
scene with pain, torn between hla loy-
alty ti» the Marshall# and Terence, ; him yet.
am! tda love and sympathy for Stella ! The men of the poaae had become
They carried Stella to the oar , reattenii. They had spent too many
“Uuah her to Pico for medical aid," j hours on the frultlen* quest.
»uid Terence “Then bring the sheriff Taggurt himself nu heminlni In-
and a posse to sierra tUatilo with all! crcaslngiy Irritable and nervous On
possible speed." | the one hand he felt that Buck would
"But aren't ^yuu coming with u»?” get ahead of him anil get the trea*-
Mary asked ure. and he waa beklnnltik to deapatr
"I'm going to the cave of the Ya j of hla last desperate effort to secure
quia, ' Terence answered, "I have j It for hltnaelf by enlisting the aid of
sworn to get Buck McLeod alone< the sheriff On the other hand, he
The\ tried to dissuade him from hLr ‘#’g*u to feel that perhaps he had
solitary, dangerous mission, hut their | ■ mistake—he w as beginning to
pleas were unat ailing Me #n* de have a premonition that something
terrains'! Mary made Stella ns com w°nld happen to queer his game. He
furtabi* >i# poaalble in the mr taking "H* becoming panicky with fear that
her place beside her to care for her hu <>wn deed# *ould be shown up.
the others hoarded the machine. ttnd "n<1 h* ««nte<l to break away from
Terence watched them off on their th‘* •herlfTa party, and dm'. Me was
way. Then he strode off on Ids lone even ready to forsake nil hope of the
man hunt treasure, anil would lime been eon-
• • • lent to simply escape. If he could only
\'•t'lun tw "< f*eenoable exetuw f-r quit-
hours TiT'-i e cm ** t t the I :i*e of t n*> tha sheriff
when you get through With him heNc
ahertfr." Terence put In. “Uncle 8am
wanla 111**
Prom a battered curd case Tereuce
drew n card and handed It to the
sheriff, who read, aloud:
"Terence O’Hourke. V. S. Govern-
ment Hanger Texas."
By this time Mary had Jumped from
the car and came to Terence's aide.
The aherlff shook hands with him, and
said:
"Of course Mary's father will he re-
A Round-Up
"Well. Taggart," said the sheriff.
"here we've spent most of the day
around Sierra Diablo on the trail you tensed at once, hut we’ll have to take
give us, and we haven't picked up j this Stella Montrose woman.”
your man yet." Mary saw a look of anxiety come
"He's probably around somewhere over Bud Hughes' face A wave of
near." replied Taggart “Well get | compassion swept her.
(Continued on page 7)
Native Maori women of New /cal-
ami salute their friends in the slreet
hy ruhhnif noses.
"•he'll Kill Msrssif Sur« T^at Plans,
In Its Condition, Will Gsl Out ot
Hor Control Any Minute." Bud E#
claimed.
Sierra Diablo. He took out his map,
studied It
"At the let cr D." h«* mwiUT'st,
Me followed the trail Indicated by
the map, anil finally stumbled upon
the narrow winding pussage between
the rocks, leading to the cave **n he
strode, Into the cn'i'
Me found Buck, lifting and dropping
handfuls of the rr*«»iiro, still gloating
with miserly Joy over the plica of
marvelous gems utut glistening gold
As Terence appeals* I, he gave n cry
like n trapped anlinal, then whipped
out hla gun Terence made a leap
for him «ml knocked It out of his
hand The men rolled about In the
ta Its condition will get out »f her treasure In a mad rough and tumble,
control any minute Bud exclaimed *Tvr Hi ked you before, and I’ui go
Me waa Intensely worried, for In Ing JW *g*K> with tny hare
op:te of tier trea. ’ cry Uie>e was Mil! j hands." Terence threatened, aa they
that warm »twu in Ida heart r-T Stella. *•* temporarily separated, after a
lingering from the memories »>f thei whirlwind of wild blow*.
ui,j ,iny^ I Thr iwo ii»ri» Jump-mi at nrb othrr,
-WVU cUmmp up a ltd nfv nt»«t wr tta* <otuhat via* on !t\ «**ra**«t
can do," said Terse veer in* hla iui Buck, r.-*U»lng he was no match f >r
rnme i« tt*« dW-wrrtaa of ttw> other i Terence, and tn tear, was maneuver
~M tws'tt drop nose right over her ‘“U f»r *.hr**h '•• «»>e .-nmuy-v. and
W <V» *«o« «f h.v wiS wi. rnwagtng e*.-si»e
stunts drop lot" her ptwne and take
care of her." L I
<T ere®. •* agrovwl. and ett'e l*n* his
plane about for the maneuver S«>r»ti
they wire fultsstrlng be hi a-! *0»*-
la's jcJatic ft> tug st the swore height
The plttw wo# tu Mar lust above her
as they overtook her far enough to
let Bud swing by his bauds above the
other plane sad drop tit,
The men at the hen-1 <>f the posse
shouted, un<l spurred their horses.
Ahead of them they saw a group of
horsemen Ttiey st«rt'*il Jn pursuit
Taggart hung b'-hlnd, then turnn!
full, and tied tiack in the otlier dlret*-
ttOD
Mr liad scarcely started when his
way was bb> koi by a racing auto-
mobile It whs the ranger's car with
Mary Bud . ml Jack. Taggart turned
white with rage und fear as he con-
fronted them. Bud an«l Jai’W drew
their gun* on him, forced him to halt,
turn about and go on with them.
The horsemen the sheriff’s posse
had gone tn pursuit of proved to In*
Buck's gung of rustlers, belatedly on
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Ku! *tftl». vr«! -.g -tie sImiuI
fn h* overhauled, and desperste a I
most hy«fi-rlcal. grltnly set her t»*eth
and devidei) upon a hid 1 coup •The
•tUffewl her cent rots, sad her plane ,'*r{her
•wept arntutd tn • startling side spin,
turning complete!v stuntt Into the very
fsi-e ,,f the pursuing plane
“8he * gone wad " sin<titei! Terem a.
•S the two plane* swept crajtir on
toward each other lie shifted trying
to ve«r ffrnii the dher machine * path
hut Stella » niactune foltoweil hla move
they were too close for another shlfi
But Trrexu-e liUw-kevl the way
oh attempt Duck tuade tu run for
It he «#» met by n row of hard
ktj'.-kb- which sent him flying bs
Into the cave.
Buck gave up that alley of escape
Anally ttfs-l retreated back into rh«
• avi Tert-m-• fn'tovtcd. lie »•«
dated ,'iftd startled tyy the untoid
heap* of guttering treasure that lav
about him, *.i far surpassing even his
wildcat ctj*ectnt|or>« but he kept Ms
mind net erf heirs* to the business at
hand-—to get Buck '
Finally. as Buck fell farther and
ack tn tbs cave, tie noticed
hitherto unseen crevice through
which the dayilght •trestne'l. leading
up and out of the aw* Me darted
for If and started to climb through,
t ut re-rrre r flow hehlRik »e!*ed him
and pulled him hack Seeing he tuna*
tight hta **«y out. Buek started for
Terence Me was knocked down by
a rr» ah In g blow to the Jaw ('outing
It was a matter of only „n in.tan- hr °P • handful
before the rash now Nothing Mff ?hr * i! -R*! >”*** «« them at
routd b* don#—-the tas plane# sh-*t I erem e
toward each other and crashed "C*nT u»e your hand# ehr mat-
Mary, watching ths akv froai tha ,*rr', Teren.-e
Speeding aUtomobUs, Uttere<l a shriek tna<le a firing leap for Buck, bat
of horror ns she saw the two plane* 'er’ng him rarrtdtessiji a* they went
about head on for esch sther crash *cwn together Terence on top
and. looked together start dropping a 1 ,w* *"r* tar*. blee<11ng d!
mis' >f stiattered. smoking debris sheveted Buck Miugglevt managed to
"Ttiey'll Mil be kitted she screamed *h*»* Terence IT. and both staggered
Jack the ranger crowded the ar *• thwtr feet again Then they met
to Its last Inch of speed, and headed bead <*n Terence deltvera't a terrible
for the «S'ot where the plane* were fhraahtrig and after several minutes
falling. **t flerca fighting. Buck went down
When tlier rescheit It aft! t>:*nj>e*l *gam and lay attll lick**! beaten-—
out. they brand Terence and Unit broken cowed Idnally he scrambled
1 vending over the uncon*- o* form f* hi# kr.eaa raised his hands auppll
c*f Stella They had dragged her out
of the wreckage and »»’t trying to
revive her Mary ran and threw her
arm* about Terence
"What a miraculous eac-ape you buy a
bad." she cried "Oh Terence I'm an
glad "
"Her plane broke away a*
neared the ground, and fell natter » *
cat lug! y Tareftce aelaed hint by the
throat, his face set sternly, and with
gel hi menace g a aped
"Buck McLeod If you want to live
answer me one thing <jt’lCK’"
Buck begging for mercy nodded
and stammered that he would *na»ej
laftllag
“Who kills') Michael O'Knar ke, my
"Mold That Man T Sharlff—
Ma’a the Man You Want Abova Ah."
tlietr way to Join their leader As
the car came up. the men of the posse |
hsd them all covered with guns, and !
secured their tassoea.
Further d»»wn the road two men
were coming toward them on foot, one
trudged before the other, who hail I
him covered with a revolver The
poaae with their prisoner*, were wait- |
Ing the arrival of these two.
•'Sheriff, make these people let me |
go." Taggart cried, almost hysteric*!,
j cowering nt bay under the revolvers
| of Bud ami Jack “What right have
they to hold me up—what’s the Idea
here’"
The two figures on foot, now run-
ning. came up The one behind with
the revolver hearing Taggart's rnlo-
eruble whtne. shouted
' Mold that man Taggart, sheriff— i
he's the man you want above all "
It waa Terence, marching hla prla j
j oner. Buck, before hltn
Taggart ahlvered In fear, but dared
not move under the menacing pistol
munites pointed at him Two of the
deputies now flanked him
Terence pointed accusingly at Tag
gart and shouted:
"There a your arch criminal, sheriff
rustler robber — forger MUR
DCRBR -Spade Sinclair, who calls
hlmaelf Tops* Taggart "
All Itatenv-d In amatement. as Ter
once went on *
"He drove John Marshall from the
Bar M and persecuted hit daughter
ta ffc* h<>|>* <>f p'SHOtlni the l'aqul
eTpIslTted Teren.-p. "It aavexl Bud and
me hut ahe, poor thing, le to a ter Buck breathing hard, gasped:
rlhtc i*'iape "Si>sda Sinclair hla partner ahot
They all bent over the Injured Mood f<W the tw
woman. She waa recovering con _»
acb-uaneea, but waa writhing In great -TH, M# fho whole story"
agony from her Injuries "They were hunting the Ysqnl gold jtreaeure brand -*n It.
"I guess the game's up- 1 guess >n f>((< wrn( ^ "Teera ago. wtth the same lust for
I’m 'brae for," ahe quavered. j ..Yrr d-d found how to read the algos Uhls gold, h* hr killed in* father
"Strfta Montrose, why have you vv> wrote the secret d«»wn and ae«led "And It was Tsggsrt- Spsde Sin
been aiding the roomie* of the Mar : j, u.( ln ,b# w„b Wlt Sinclair 'Isle- who tmirdrrr«| Bla«*k Beuwetl.
ehsllsr Terence asked fcnt.w flM, b,d something to dr j Hd* gif'* father. John Marshall. Is tn
"The love of adventure-and riches w„h ,b# |OT| didn't savvy what jO'wwetT
promised ss a reward Taggart"—-the w-)| 1() It* a lie- If* a Hel“ Twggsrt w*«
Buffering woman ■•tiered. -An- tt was thin Sinclair th* same ‘brisking
"But th* treasure la on the Mar- i mnn mt Black Itenwrll But j "Be It nln t- I saw y»n «lo both th#
*h*ll land- them* men are wolves-- (>l<, jn#ri|hlln driven from hi* klUlngA" yelle>l Buck Mcl-eod ”Ae'
msrctlPkg plra’pe robbing Msrv of her ann,oq year* and Anally !,f think I'm not g»*ln' to turn
one chance to save her father and j p^aakted fsr It 8tikrl*lr fired ««••• vlstr’* rrMrnro now and try to wav*
shot from hiding whll* Marshall and | of my «w n hide y«ra double
Ben w el I grappled—Je* when Mar cnsmln cur after tbe way you flgurod
ahall'e gun harked hy accident. Bln j*« »rtn» ms-well, ye gw another thtnk
clalr weete*! Marehatl's ranch - fsr . wmtn- "
. the treasure he knew waa oa tt." j "Woa. Use. Ilea." Taggort cotitlnosd
"Whs la this Stnctalr’" Tere*cs
demanded Where la her on. 8»ecla»r Taggart.” »hou«
I Buck snarled, with hats: "» «•* *bertff. yeull have s chance to
"The asake he -hange'l hla name - r«* what'a lies and what t truth be-
a*' hla took* Tha double-err seer He I B*re ■ B»*t»w ami Jury “
^ »■ "If there’s say thing leB of Taggart
his ranch,” *ald Terence. |
Mary’s arm encircled Stella, and ahe
waa trying to assuage iter suffering
"forgive me If you can,” she turn*
mured. Mustering her strength, ahe
went on wtth an effort: "It la not toa
late. The treasure la In a hidden
cava near the trail that winds np the
thro of Sl*rrn Diablo. The a egret «f
Ms location was written on n ting slip
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1926, newspaper, January 30, 1926; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633828/m1/6/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.