The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-11-02
The Lone Star Ranger
: Romano; he e rs fss Of b sd"s Stock By ZANE GREY

man when he struck Texas. Now bel
: mlddle.aged remember how year.
, ago be was soffs spoken an not rougf
8 10 talk or act like he IS now Blanc
ain't likely bis right name. He knows
q lot He can doctor you. an he's
shore a howin' Teller with tools
He's the KIND tbet rules men. Outlaws
arc always ridin' IN here 20 join his
eaug nm II II hndn't been Ter the
gamblln' an gun-play he'd have o
thousand men around him."
How many 10 his gang nowT
II reckon there's short Of hundred
now The number ypries. Then Bland
has several small camps up an down
the river. Also he has men buck on
the cattle-ranges"
How does he control such a big
f0rceT asked Duane. Especially
when his bands composed Of bad men.
Luke Stevens said he had no use for
Bland And heard once somewhere
that Bland was a devll'
''Thefs IT, He Is deyil. He's as
hard as fllnt violent in temper, never
made any friends except his right
hand men. Dave Rugg an Chess Alto
way Bland II shoot az wink, He's
killed lot Of feliers, an some fer
nothln'. The reason thct Outlnws
gntiter round him an stick Is because
he's safe refuge. an then he's well
heeied Bland Is rich. They say he
has hundred thousand pesos hid
somewhere, an lots OF gold But he's
free with money He CANDLES when
he's not on with " shipment o. cnttle.
He throws money around. An the
fact Is there's always plenty Of money
whore he ls Thets what holds the
gang Dirty, bloody money!
"It's a wonder he HASN'T been Killed
al these years on the border" eX
claimed Duane.
"Wal replied Euchre dryiy hes
hecn quicker on the draw Than the |
other felIers who hankered to I'm him,
thets all"
Euchres reply rather chilled |
Duanes interest for the moment Such |
remarks always made his mind resolve |
round fects pertaining 70 himself
"Speakln OF this here swift wrist
game went on Euchre there's been
considerable talk IN camp about your
THROWN OF a gun. | heard Bland say
this afternoon an he said It serious
like an speculatlyc-thet he'd never
seen your equal. All the fcllers who
seen you meet Bosomer had somethln'
10 say. An they all shut up when
Bland told who an what your dad
was. Pears 10 me I once seen your
dad In u gun-scrape over at Santone,
years ago, Wal | put my oar IN to-
day among the fellcrs. an | says:
What uils you loceed gents? Did
young Duane bulge an inch when 30
came roarin out blood In his eye?
Wasn't he cool an quiet. steady OF
lips, an weren't his eyes rendln' BO's
nlndY An thet llghtnin' draw can't
yOunll see thet's family giftT
Euchre's narrow eyes twinklcd. and
ie gave the dough he was rolling Il
slap with his -four whltened hand.
he had proclaimed himself
, champion and partner OF Duane's,
with all the pride an old man could
eel Ia a young one whom he admired.
"Wal," he resumed, presently,
'thet's your introduction to the border,
back An your card was high ,
rump, You'll be let severely alone by
eal gun-hghters an men Ike bland
Rugg, nm the bosses OF the I
'ther gangs. After all, these real men
re men. you know, an onless you E
ross them they're no more likely to d
with you than you are with d
hem. q
"'rhe only Teller who's goln' 10 put \
close eye ON you Is Benson. He runs y
he store an sells drinks The gang a
plls him JackrUbblt Benson. because n
cs always got his eye peeled an n
is ears cooked
"Bland's not here tonight. He left n
o.iiay on one OF his trips, takin' Alto n
ray an some others But his other h
iau. Rugg, he's here, Riggs the
tile bow-legged man with half Of his +
ace shot on He's onccyed. Hut hU ~
ma shore see out OF the one he's got i,
m there's Hardin You know bimy NJ
les got an outlaw gang as btg as n
lands" i,
Euchre went on calling Duune's ut
milton 20 other men OF the band Any ii
ne OF them would have been IA murk-
I man IN respectable crowd Here .,
lch took his place with more or less il
stluctiop. according TO the record of q
IS past Wild pruweSs and his present
Duane. realizing that he II
as tolerated there, received IN care
So spirit by this terrible class OF
ltcusts, experienced feeling OF re-
ilsiou thut amounted almost to hor-
z, Was his being there not an ugly "
eam2 What had he in common with "
ch ruHlansG Then in a fash OF "
emory came the painful proof he
rs criminal In sight OF Texas law; II
: too, was an Outcast, az
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