The Coolidge examiner., 1935-07-05


SEE you here"
4 suppose So" said Kentucky,
swinging down without Invitation
Are you going 10 ask me In or
notf"
Il hadn't though, ~ IT. sald r..
lot: Els there any special call FOR
IT,
There Is"
lets hear what your business
IL. thea"
Its little matter OF range
rights" Kentucky told him.
"In that case. said Elliot. go
back and tell your boss you fell
down. I understand my rights on
the Bake Pan. and Wolf Bench. too.
iusi as well as he does And when
be- wants TO tax to me he can come
himself"
"Raeiand." said Kentucky "can
speak on hls own behalf. w hB, and
where BIZ wants 10. without advice
grom mt-or from you. either n
happens that this time I'm speak
lne for myself came over e. tell
sou ihat I've bought \ 9th Interest
.n she Har Hoot~
Bob EUio;'s face ~eni blank with
perfectly real as,onishmruL ~You
bought a-whatf"
"You heard me. I think"
Bob Elliot stared AZ him FOR a
moment more. Come iu here" b.
said az last He turned his hack
and walked into the house: aud
Kentucky followed hln Il though
/ understood you 20 SAY you'd
bought into the Bar Hook" aid
Elliot as soon as the door was shut
"Now whai In all h--l can be you
idea iu ihatT"
Il was able 10 buy some hundred,
~ head az Bar Hook cattle n p
very favorable price" Kentucky told
him. "Tll make something on fhoss
cattle In the spring
In the spring" Elliot repeated
And where dId ron expect to hold
them through the Winter1"
Right where they are"
Fob Elliot stared al him again
while this soaked IN. Then abruptly
unexpectedly. he turned away from
Kentucky Jones and began e.
laugh. as Kentucky had seen hin
laugh before in sheriff EIoppers
of1ee nj Waterman. This IS rich.
he said at last Nothing trivia
about this transaction. ! hopeT
Hardly"
so nov naturally you want t
talk 20 me"
Naturally. Both technically and
practically. FOR the time being ! an
part owner OF the Bar Hook
More particularly as regards the
Rar Hook grazing rights"
"In short" said Elliot. what you
came here 70 tell me II that your
share In the Bar Hook Is a hghtins
share"
''You can call Il that"
Bob Elliot lighted = tailor made
cigarette. The ironically humorous
glance OF bis frosty blue eyes had
snap ike the alex OF a whip
THAT girl certainly cot you in To-
something" he vaid
Ycs%" Kentucky Jones smiled oi
one side % hts mouth. Unul nos
neither had mentioned The incident
In the sherins Office which bad ter
minated when Kentucky Jones had
knocked Bob Elliot out lie held
his peace. and began the making o.
\ cigarette. but he thought that ~
lot must have known what vas iE
hI- mind
"I'll tell you couple ~ things
Tor your own good" Elliot went on
You're but,lng into a situation thai
you know very little about. Jones
You seem 90 think that this little
difference of opinion that's comin-
up now between me and Ragland Il
something new II isn't We've bad
Il all the time. Even without this
new crisis brought on by Mason's
death. there never could have been
room for both the Bar Hook and the
s.. ia the long run. Sooner or later
one or the other would have had
10 20. Up until now I've been will
ing TO give Ragland a break for the
sake of the peace. II just happens
that the way things fall out I'm mol
able TO baby him any more. Don't
you forget for a minute thar the
land In question is public domain
And that you're entitled to Craze
half way from your water 90 his.
You'l have TO govern your cattle
count by that; and we don't want
20 see one head more"
Elliot made an impatient gesture
with his cigarette. Jones, II you
think Ragland has a case-ask Cam
DO why he's sitting back In his cor
ner, and sending you 10 make MS
bluf. Ask him. You might find
out something you need to know. -
Kentucky Jones shrugged. Il
can't speak for what Campo win do.
I've bought in on the understanding
that the land my cattle are on Is
Bar Hook range-has always been
Bar Hook range. I'll tell you straight
ont. Elliot don't mean 70 have