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LARRY COLLINS-newspane ne,
reporter, hunting the murderers n
his brother.
MIKE BENTLEY-wealthy ran
cher, knew too much about ant,
accidents.
YESTERDAY: Larry is taken t,
Dead Mans Curve and Bentley ont
lines how the murder of his brothe,
was committed. Larry is to die the
same way. 1t is we'll planned will
Bentley's men helping. As he gets
ready to kill Larry, Monnie's voice
calls to them. Bentley is off guard
Larry swings at Mikes chin, grabs
the gun.
CHAPTER XIV
Bentley pulled the trigger as
Larry's fist crashed against hi .
jaw. The bullet grazed Larry's
shirt, buried itself in the door
Larry jerked the gun away as
Bentley sumped in the seat, out
cold.
Then he was out of the a
searching the darkness, shouting
"Monnie! Monnie!"
Larry" She ran across the
road to him.
Don't shoot, Collins. Everything
under CONTROL" came another
voice. Colonel Harris!
Monnie's arms were around him.
Larry, darling! Are you all right?
That shot?" Tears were streaming
down her face.
He kissed her. I'm not hurt.
He missed"
Colonel Harris was beside him.
Good work, Collins. Got all of
them Bentley?"
In the car. Had to sock him.
That shot was for me-" Harris left
them to pull Bentley, still uncon-
scious, from the seat. A a round
ed the curve slowly, its headlights
Illuminating the scene. Bill a n d
Schultz e. standing beside the
highway, hands in the air. Two
highway patrolmen guarded them.
a third officer came down the hill,
pushing a protesting Joe in front
of him.
Well get the one in the canyon
later. He can't get far" Colonel
Harris shouted.
Bentley reused as handouts
snapped on his wrists. What
-. What ?" he mumbled,
Harris jerked him to his feet.
you lost this time, Bentley.
through"
The sheriff was getting out of
his car.
1t was not until Bentley and his
men were headed toward town in
Mikes own car that Colonel Harris
explained.
This was all Miss Miles idea,
Collins. You have her to thank
for saving your life" Larry
squeezed her tighter to him. He
had never released her.
She figured Bentley perfectly"
Harris went on. Bentley got
away with Hugh's murder. He
thought he could do the same thing
with you.
Miss Miles, here, had to make
him decide to get rid of you him
self, and she wanted him to keep
remembering Hugh"
That's why I had to tell him
you were Hugh's brother" Monnie
broke in. That's why I pretended
to hate YOU"
Miss Miles called us as soon as
she got away from Bentley's," the
patrol chief continued.
We knew we'd never get you
alive if we rushed the house. So
;.fter Miss Miles explained more
about the other accident, we de-
cided Bentley would try the same
thing over again. When he called
the sheriff, we were sure of it. We
came up here, hid down in the
canyon.
Luckily, l sent one of the boys
on the hill to watch for Bentley.
He took care of Joe. We heard
everything Bentley said.
"It was getting you out safely
that worried us. We knew you
weren't tied, but we yer afraid
that Bentley would shoot you the
he suspected anything.
When he started talking a b o u t
Miss Miles, 1 told her toshout, and
let you take your own chances:
She was game enough to do it. 1t
worked out swell"
"Monnie's voice did it," Larry
said. 1T was unexpected and it.
threw Bentley off guard. That
gave me time to clip him, and to
push that gun away"
And the others had their hands
in the air as soon as the boys point
ed a gun at them. We kept them
covered all the time we were here,
just in case But we didn't want
to start a battle"
IT was scared, Larry, scared to
DEATH" Monnie said. But I had
10 keep Mike from killing you"
Harris walked with them to the
car You 60 back to the
The sheriff and I will 60 on
up to Bentley's. There may have
oeen a scrap there. I sent half a
dozen men up the canyon road to
take Bentley's place. I think We'll
have enough on Bentley and all his
men to hang him after I 60 over
his records"
'"There'n be a shipment of mar