The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-12
CATTLE
KINGDOM
BY
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THE STORY
CHAPTER - Billy Wheeler. wealthy
young cattleman, arrives at the "a ranch.
summoned by his friend Horse Dunn, its
elderly and quick-tempered owner. because
OF mysterious murder. Billy is in love
with Dunn's niece Marian, whom he has not
seen for two years. She had rejected his
suit and is still aloof. Dunn's ranch is sur
rounded by enemies, including Link Bender.
Pinto Halliday and Sam Caldwell, whom he
had defeated in his efforts to build cattle
kingdom. Dunn DIRECTS his cow hands. Val
Douglas, Tulare Callahan and others to
search for the killers horse. He explains
to Billy that the morning before he had
Greek and found the trail OF a shod and un-
shod horse The shod horses rider had been
killed. The body had disappeared and no
had arrived at the scene and read the signs
the way he had. Dunn reveals that because
OF financial crisis the ranch may be. in
since Sheriff Walt Amos Is friendly with
them. He says he has asked Old Man Cof-
fee, the country's best trailer. to join them.
CHAPTER H-Dunn and Billy meet Amos.
Link Bender. his son ''the Kid and Cay
Cayentano, Indian trailer, at Short
Greek. Bender has found the slain mans
horse, but the saddle is missing. Almost
supernaturally, cattle attracted to the scene
by the blood-stained ground, stamp out all
the traces Dunn is angered when Amos
tells him not to leave the county. Following
an argument. Bender draws his gun, but
Dunn wounds him in the arm. Back at
the ranch Old Man Coffee arrives, with a
pack of hounds. Bill notices Marian is cold
TO Dunn. Coffee goes in search of the dead
mans saddle. Dunn tells Bill that Marian
is incensed at him for trying TO settle dis
putes by bloodshed. He reveals that the
ranch is really hers since she inherited it
from his brother; also that he recently sold
his own ranch in Arizona and that his part
ner. Bob Flagg. is enroute with the money.
CHAPTER M-Bnly accompanies Marian
on . ride to Short Creek. kid Bender.
aep snS by trick ac Bender es To
shoot him. Billy saves himself by plunging
against Bender's pony and "the Kid" Ia
injured.
CHAPTER Iv-Coffee returns to the ranch
with the saddle and reveals that Cayuse
The saddle belonged to Lon Magoon. q
smaIl-ttme cattle thief who, according to
range law: deserved such. q fate. Billy
learns he In 10 be arrested for assaultng
she cannot testify for him him.
CHAPTER v-on the sherifs orders.
Billy and the ranchmen drive into Inspira-
ton. On the way, Coffee tells him that the
murder victim was not shot by the man
riding with him, but by q third person.
CHAPTER vI-BiIy IL disturbed when
Marian be in Val Doug
sheriff, aided by Dunn's enemies, tries to
incriminate Billy for attacking KID Bend.
demands to be heard and refutes their false
testimony. Suddenly word is received that
Cayuse Cayetano has been mysteriously
slain.
CHAPTER vII-Justice Shafer dismisses
the charges against Billy. Back at the
Dunn il disturbed when Coffee tells him that
Lon Magoon was not the murder victim.
that another man was killed in his saddle.
CHAPTER vIn-Goaded by Dunn. Coffee
declares that perhaps someone at the ranch
knows more q about, about the ,,. killings Ling than he and
leaves he tells Billy he is going to find the
murdered man and asks him to ride out
mvsterious e shot es from tbe bush aa amost
hits Marian. When Dunn tells Billy Magoon
was short man. he measures the stirrups
on the saddle and finds they were heightened
for tall man. 1t occurs to him that Bob
Flagg may be the victim.
CHAPTER Ix-Dunn deprecates the sug.
gestion that Flagg may be the murdered
man. He says If it were not for Marian he
would give up the ranch and go to Argen-
tina. Billy offers to throw in money to
save it. Dunn refuses and accuses Billy of
trying to buy Marian. He hotly denies it.
Next morning, Wheeler is amazed 10 find
heard the conversation the night before and
insists on accompanying him TO Coffee.
CHAPTER x-After hours of tracking.
Coffee goes on ahead. He returns saying
the slain man was Bob Flagg. Back at the
ranch, Wheeler tells Dunn that Flagg was
a Chntpun
terious person has been sinking around the
ranch Sheriff Amos arrives, preparing to
up saying he has just seen Magoon in the
distance. Amos agrees to let Dunn have 80
hours to settle his affairs.
CHAPTER xI-Dunn, Billy and Callahan
set out in opposite directions to catch Ma
COON. Returning from vain search at
sighted Magoon. They find the trail Billy
rides toward an abandoned shack, figuring
1t may be Magoon's hideout. When Mar
ian insists on going. he suddenly kisses her.
certain she will now turn back. Upbraiding
him angrily, she rides with him. Soon she
sees a rider in the rocks above and mo-
CHAPTER xI-Searching the canyon,
Billy and Marian hear pony snort and
ers the body of Lon Magoon, killed by a
shotgun shell. Returning to the ranch they
reveas eve ah he ha BEEN Mo On the o rs o Bob
Flagg, had found he had come in back
way to the ranch, met Magoon, got a cheap
horse from him and they had ridden away
together. Flagg had bummed his way from
Arizona.
CHAPTER xIII-Later that night, Billy
is joined by Marian. She tells him she is
going to stay with the ranch whatever hap
pens. Events have brought them closer to-
gether and he now knows there is no barrier
between them. She confesses her love for
him. His mind now at rest, Billy suddenly
feels he has the answer to the mystery, and
talks again with Coffee. Soon he tells Mar
ian they must go to Inspiration.
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