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the horses Squarely in the side. ana the
animal staggered, plunged into series OF
buck Jumps, which occupied the attention OF
the rider.
"NhOopee.' screamed the putty faced COW
punCher. I've got to collect for my rope
He swung from his horse and ran toward
Virginia. his face leering. Dicks gun was in
his car, He glanced swiftly about him. looking
for some weapon. He saw an automobile
approaching from the direction of Phoenix
realized that if he could hold out for few
moments more, witnesses would arrive. and
these men did not want witnesses TO what
they were about TO do Dick felt certain that
they were not drunk, that they were suspl-
clous of him and planned to treat him so
roughly that he would be frightened INTO
leaving the country.
Dick moved with that swift. battling speed
acquired by men who have spent much OF
their earlier life in the open. Two Jumps put
him between Virginia Dame and the leerlnq
cowpunCher That individuals face promptly
lost its triumphant expression, and the mans
eyes became grim as his hand swung toward
his hip.
The other coWPuncner shouted a warning,
and his horse came lunging toward Dick
From the corner of his eye, Dick saw the
animals massive chest lathered with sweat.
saw the rolling eyes and the deep red nostrs
The right hand of the COWpunCher who con
fronted Dick came into view Sunlight gilt
tered from steel. Dick S arm shot out with the
speed of a striking snake He felt the impact
of the blow, and then the other horSeman was
on him. At the last minute, the animal
swerved, instinctvely seeking to avoid the
human obstacle in front of him. The horses
shoulder struck Dick glancing blow. sending
him sprawling.
The bucking horse had taken his rider far
from the struggle The man Dick had struck
lay Sprawled in the dust. The third man was
reaching for a gun. Brakes screamed. The
sound of locked wheels skidding came to
Dicks ears. He heard a mans voice say.
Drop that gun or I'll let daylight through
you!
Dick looked up to see battered. non
deScript touring car stopped in the middle of
the road, a man in his tifties. with cold. steady
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.1mhor Of "TAe Case Of the Curious B1idf' ana
"The Case Of the Counterfeit Eve

being duped. He's credulous sort and I've
learned he's desperately in need of money.
My idea is that the Waxon Gang. working
with the crook Seton. have arranged with
Larring to locate on the FlyingM. and Lar
ring doesn't know the type of men he's
dealing with
Dick left Phoenix with Perkett s promise to
have reinforcementS ready to send to him at
any time. He met Virginia Dame on his way
home and gave her lift in his car. then found
he had puncture. While he was fixing it,
three Flying-M horsemen. all apparently
drunk. came riding toward him.
"Whoopeeeee" one yelled Let's lasso the
car and haul it into town"
Dick Immediately sensed some sinister
purpose back of their drunken hilarity Per
haps already they knew that he was a govern
ment man.
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eyes peerng down the sight OF rifle
brOnzed finger curled around the trigger.
Virginia Dame screamed Frank Larring
These men were planning murder
Drop that gun, said the man with the
rifle
\ gun thudded to the dust
The motorst lowered his gun and came
walking toward them. Dick saw that this man
whom the girl called Frank Larrlng and who
must be the owner of the FlyIng-M Ranch
was big barrelchested individual with legs
bowed from riding in the saddle face which
was as grimly purposeiul as steel trap. There
were little ian-Shaped lines leading from the
corners OF the eyes, which indicated this mans
natural expression was one of smiling good
humor. But now he was far from smiling.
Get off that bronze, he ordered.
The Cowpuncher hesitated a moment. then
swung from the saddle
The third man, who had managed to sub
due his unruly mount, seemed uncertain Just
what TO do. The barrel of the rifle swung
toward him Come here" Frank Iarring
called
The man rode up slowly. The one Dick had
hit with his fist moaned. got to his knees and
stared at the scene with punch-groggy eyes.
Then. his senses clearing he got to his feet
stared apprehensvely at the man who held the
rifle.
Climb out OF that saddle" Larring said
to the horseman who rode up. When the man
had obeyed the order Larring, his finger still
on the trigger OF the rifle, said, You boys
have been ridin my Flying NJ broncs. They're
too darn good for you. don t want any horses
of mine to get contaminated IN takin these
bronCs back to the ranch with me. There's
road back to Phoenix start travelling
And Waik!"
Wait a minute, the Cowpuncher who had
accompanied Dick to Phoenix protested.
these people have been shopping around on
the ranch, planning to jump our claim,
and "
On your way, Larring interrupted.
Rage flared in the mans eyes You can't
get away with it." he said. Seton won't
stand for it."
"Selton be damned. roared Larring. Get
started"
The men hesitated moment, then turned
and started trudging through the deep dust
Larring turned to Virginia Dame.
'Beggars can't be ChOosers" he said apollo
getlcally. "A man named Seton showed up
about a month ago. He was a mining
engineer from the East. He thought there
was gold on my ranch. signed a contract
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through the air just as Virginia
Dame shouted warning Dick
lodged, but the moose settled Squarely about
his shoulders. He tried to push it down, but
managed only TO get his arms free as the raw
hide rope frightened about his waist. The cow
punCher rowelled the TANKS of his horse, but
the trained cattle pony, accustomed to back
ing away from cattle which had been lassoed.
holding them to one spot. did not Immediately
respond to the dig of the spurs, but stood with
his feet braCed. his ears cooked forward his
weight well back on his Launches.
Virginia Dame dashed toward the horse
man. One of the other Cowpunchers saw her
coming and spurred his horse toward her, but
was too late. A razor-keen sheath knife was
in her hand. She slashed downward, knitting
the taut rope Just as the startled horse
punched for spring. She sawed at the rata
and then, as the. horse jumped free, Dick
sensed the rope grow slack about his waist 1t
had been a close call. A moment more, and he
would have been dragged along behind the
horse.
The CowpunChers swung their horses in
swift circles. Another rope Missed through the
air, and missed. Dick drew back his arm and
flung the automobile wrench. 1t struck one of
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CHAPTER V

.HE cowpuncher who was swinging
the rope sent the moose Circlng
through the air just as Virginia
~ Dame shouted a warning. Dick
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Evening star., 1935-04-13
THE ROYAL ROAD
|S-SERMON TOPIC
Dr.. Joseph R. Sizoo Lists
Subjects for TomorroW's
Services.

At the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church tomorrow morning DR..
Joseph r. Sizoo will have for his sub
ject 1.-THE Royal Road" and at 8 pm.
1.-THE Trial of Jesus" Following the
evening sermon DR.. Sizoo will answer
questions submitted to him.
A discussion group for college stu
dents will be conducted Sunday
morning in connection with the
church Bible school. DR.. T. D. Mar
tin will lead the discussion Of the
subject. 1.-THE Place of Faith in Mod
ern Life"
The final lecture of DR.. Sizoo's Len
ten series will be delivered at the
Carlton Hotel Tuesday at 1880 am.
His subject will be Immortality"
Next Thursday evening the sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper will be
observed.
A special Good Friday service will
be observed in the Lincoln chapel at
1915 o'clock. On Friday there will
be three presentations OF the motion
picture of the life of Christ from the
nativity to the ascension. The pic
ture. accompanied by music, Is being
presented by Rev. Laurence A. Lam
bert of New York. The presenta-
tions will be at 8, S and 8:15 o'clock.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
DR.. J. H. HOtLISTER
ANNOUNCES TOPIC
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Pastor
to Speak on "The Cross
Tomorrow.

At Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church tomorrow morning DR.. J. Hill
man Hollister will preach on THE
Cross"
The Hearthstones will meet at S
pm. in the young peoples room,
Alpha and Omega. $50 pm. in the
church house. and the Fireside group,
7:30 pm. at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. H. Gurnee, 5000 Jocelyn street.
Gideon A. Lyon, associate editor Of
The Evening Star, will give an illus
trated talk on "The Great Chalice of
Antioch" Sunday evening. This
service is being sponsored by Clyde
Kelly Mems Class. Members of the
congregation and OF the community
are invited. Members of the Collegian
Group and Young Peoples Society
have Cancelled their regular meet
ings in order to attend this service.
The Easter communion service will
be held Thursday evening in the
auditorium.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
"JESUS RIDES AS KING"
IS DR.. J. c. BALLS TOPIC

At the Metropolitan Baptist Church
tomorrow morning the pastor, DR..
John Compton Ball will have for his
sermon Jesus Rides as King" and in
the evening The Glory Of the Cross. "
The ordinance of baptism will precede
the evening service.
A large Bible class for men meets
at GAS am: e. B. Shaver is teacher.
Miss Bertha Peneseau will lead the
B. A. U.
A special communion service will be
held Thursday evening in recognition
Of the nineteen hundred and fifth
anniversary of the institution Of the
Lords supper. The program will in
clude reading passages from the Bible
covering the events in our Lords life
during passion week. Seven young
people of the church will be the read
ers: Vinton Koons, Miss Virginia
Moore, S. w. Cranston, Miss Winston
Payne, S. A. Wood, Miss Jean Kardell
and Nathan Clark. Lantern slides will
be used, illustrating the Scriptures.
under the direction of Deacon Will
liam Jones. The address will be given
by the pastor.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
ELDBRO0KE CHURCH
TO MARK PALM SUNDAY
Rev. Walter M. Michael Will
Preach in Morning on "only
Hosannas."

Palm Sunday will be observed in
Eldbrooke M. E. Church. The pastor,
Rev. Walter NJ Michael. will preach
at IL am. on "Only Hosannas" and
will administer the sacrament of in
FAINT baptism. The vested choir,
under the direction of Clara Young
Brown, will render special music.
The Young Peoples Society will
meet at 7 pm. and will be addressed
by DR.. Arthur j. Jackson on Re
ligion and Personality"
The pastor will preach in the eve
ming on THE Value of Enthusiasm. t"
The song service will be led by DR..
w. w. Thompson.
Holy week services will be held
Thursday and Friday evenings. On
Thursday the sacrament of the Lords
supper will be held and on Friday the
pastor will lead a service beneath the
lighted cross.
This church will unite with the
other Methodist churches in the Dis
trict In the annual three-hour service
at Foundry Church, beginning at
noon Friday.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
.DR.A.A.ST0CKDALE
ANNOUNCES TOPICS
zone Kings Highway" to Be
Theme of Sermon
in Morning.

DR.. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor of
the First Congregational Church, will
speak tomorrow at u o'clock on "One
Kings Highway" and at 8 pm. on
Religion With Cross" The vested
choir Of go voices, under the direc-
ton of Ruby Smith Stahl. will sing
at both services Paul De Long Gable
at the organ.
The Calvin Coolidge mems class,
under the leadership Of DR.. B. B.
James, meets at 10 o'clock. The
Young Peoples Society meets at $50.
Miss Nell Berghout will lead dis
cussion on What Can We Believe
About Life After Death?" Thursday
evening the holy communion service
will be held. DR.. Stockdale will
preach on THAT Last Supper" Rev.
Harvey w. Goddard will assist in ad-
ministering the communion.
The Working Baud will meet at 10
am. Monday.
The I. c. Y. c. will meet with Mrs.
Arthur w. Brown, 1926 Eighth street,
Tuesday at 10 O'Clock.
The Young Women's Club will hold
a dinner meeting Tuesday at 6:15.
Several girls from the Schauff1er
School of Cleveland will present a
program Of Hungarian and Bulgarian
folk dances and songs following the
d.1ner.
The church night supper and
public speaking class will be omitted
this week.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
PETWORTHPAST0R
SELECTS SERMON
"The Triumphant Christ" Is
Topic at Palm Sunday
Service.

Palm Sunday services will be held
at Petworth M. e Church at IL
O'Clock. The minister, Rev. Robert
Louis Wood. will preach on "The Tri-
umphant Christ" The three choirs
will sing. Infants will be presented
for baptism.
The minister will conduct the serv-
ice at 8 pm. and will preach on the
painting, Christ in Gethsemane," by
Hofmann. The choir will sing.
A service will be held Holy Thurs
day at pm. The minister will
preach on 1.-THE Passion of Christ and
It's Meaning for Men," The choir will
assist.
The service of the rugged cross and
silent communion will be held Good
Friday evening.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
SERMON WILL GET
MUSICAL SETTING
DR.. Carl C. Rasmussen to
Preach Last in Lenten
Series Tomorrow.

Palm Sunday will be commemorated
at Luther Place Memorial Church
tomorrow in a special program of
music as a setting for the last SER
mon in the Sunday morning Lenten
series which DR.. Carl G. Rasmussen
has been preaching.
A group of 10 young people will be
received into the church through the
rites of confirmation.
The preparatory service will be held
Wednesday at O'Clock. Thursday
evening holy communion service will
take the place of the regular prayer
meeting. Good Friday, from noon
to 3 pm, the Lutheran Churches Of
Washington will unite in a three
hour service in this church
The choir will render Maunder's
"Olivet to Calvary" Friday night.
The Young Woman's Missionary
Society will meet at the church Tues
day for a o'clock supper. A meet
ing and study will follow. The Babe
of Bethlehem Society will meet in the
chapel Wednesday from l to pm
to sew for the needy.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
TOPICS ANNOUNCED
DR.. Henry w. Snyder to Speak
Tomorrow on Theme "Chris.
tian Growth"

The morning service at st. Paul's
Lutheran Church tomorrow will in
clude a sermon on christian Growth"
by the pastor, DR.. Henry w. Snyder,
confirmation and reception of new
members and rendition of two anthems
by the choir At the evening service
the choir. directed by Miss Edith
Stowell, will present a cantata
There will be special services Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings. when the pastor will be assisted
by c. Worthington Lowe and Harry
Dunlap, divinity students from the
Lutheran Seminary at Mount Airy,
Pa. On Tuesday evening DR.. Snyder
will preach on Christ Our Mediator"
with Mrs. Lawrence Satterfield as
guest soloist. On Wednesday evening
there will be a preparatory service,
with an address by c. Worthington
Lowe, followed by the celebration of
the holy communion. The concluding
service of the communion will be held
Thursday evening. Eugene Dahl will
be the guest soloist.
On Good Friday from noon to $3.50
pm. there will be union Lutheran
service, arranged in half-hour periods,
at Luther Place Church.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
DEDICATION SET
IN CHEVY CHASE
Bishop Hughes Will Speak
at Methodist Church
Rites.

Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes will be
the speaker at the formal dedication
Of the new Chevy Chase M. E. Church
tomorrow at the II o'clock service.
The pastor, Rev. Edward Gardner
Latch, will receive IL adults into
membership, and there will be music
by the double quartet. with Law
renee E. Troth as soloist.
DR.. Benjamin w. Meeks, district
superintendent, will be the speaker
at 8 pm, and DR.. w. S. Mowbray,
q former pastor, will assist.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris OF
Foundry M. E. Church will speak
Tuesday night. and Rev. Ralph Smith
Of the Woodside M. E. Church will
assist. Rev. J. Turnbull Spicknall
of the Catonsville M. E. Church, a
former pastor, has been invited to
assist in the service also.
There will be holy communion serv-
Ice Thursday evening, with the pastor
presiding, and the reception OF II
young people into the church.
The speaker Good Friday will be
another former pastor, Rev. j. Luther
Neff, now minister at Wesley M. E
Church. The Wesley Choir will sing.
The week of dedication will conclude
with the Easter Sunday service. with
the pastor speaking.
The church, which has recently been
completed, is of English Gothic archi-
lecture of gray stone. with interior
walls of plaster. There IS a choir
room and also a pastors study. The
auditorium has a seating capacity OF
225. The building cost $4,000.
Former pastors are DR.. Lucien
Clark, Rev. j. Luther Neff, Rev. A. S.
Mowbray and Rev. ]. Luther Spick-
nall.
Memorial gifts to the church include
the altar, in memory OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace E. Troth, ST., given by their
children: pulpit. in memory of DR..
Lucien Clark, the first pastor, and
lectern, in memory of his wife, Emma
Thompson Clark, by their daughters,
Alice Clark and Ruth Clark; COM
munion rail. in memory of Rev. Alex
ander Bielaskie, by Mrs. Bielaskie
and their children: altar lights, in
memory of Mrs. William L. Orem.
by Rev. William L. Orem and their
children, and landscaping. in memory
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Henry Small, by
their children.
Other gifts are a Bible, by Mrs.
Charles E. Roberts and Mrs. George
M. Depue; cross, by the young people
of the church, and two credena tables,
by the Montgomery Club. The Wom-
ans League has given two vases for
the altar and has completely equipped
a new kitchen. The league also will
furnish the pastors study.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
ASSISTANT TO TAKE
PULPIT AT CALVARY
Rev. Philip G. Murray to Act
in Absence Of Dr.. Abernethy
From City.

Rev. Philip G. Murray. minister's
assistant at Calvary Baptist Church,
will occupy the pulpit tomorrow morn
ing in the absence of DR.. Abernethy,
who is speaking to the boys at Hill
School, Pottstown, Pa. His topic will
be "On Making Up Ones Mind" DR..
Abernethy will preach the evening
sermon, when he will give the last
from an ancient book for a modern
day, "Is Pacifism Cowardly-In a
World of Strife What Shall a Chris
tian do?" being the subject.
John A. Patterson. jr., will have
charge Of the junior church service
ut II o'clock in Bristow Hall.
The B. Y-P. U. fellowship tea will
be held at S o'clock tomorrow.