'Jhe GIRL J-rom\
' Jhe DOUBLE R
S^BY BETTY 5LOCKLI NGER ? , I
CHAPTER XII
I When Ralph Howland went to
"war, his sister, “Rusty,” was left
in charge of the ranch. Soon
black market operators got busy
and slaughtered some of her
cattle. She called Laduue Decker
a neighboring rancher, to come
over, but he laughed at the idea
of gangsters and proposes to
her. Rusty turned nim down. She
stopped at the home of Dr. Her
bert Westmore, a veterinarian
for whom she had great admira
tion, and while there is told that
her Uncle Jed has been shot. She
hurries to see him in I he hospi
tal. Decker proposes to her for
the second time and warns Rusty
against Dr. Westmore, saying if
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she does not call him off he Deck
er, will have Westmore put in
jail. Decker casts supicion uupon
Westmore’s character and activi
It was the third day before
Rusty found time to embark on
iier first venture, but not one
i.ioment of tf.e preceding days
nad been given to calling Doctor
agreement.
On i.he afternoon of the third
day, she saddled the now recover
ed babe whistled up Mannys
nogs and set forth.
“The idea,” she told the dogs,
“is to pick up the scent of cattle,
just as Manny has taught you to
p.ck up the scent of the milking
held. Then I follow you.”
It was late afternoon before
the dogs, now far ahead, began a
li anno barking. Rusty put Babe
into a gallop. The dogs were sur
rounding something. A Double R
She roue up, called off the
dogs, and for a mordent grasped
the pommel of her saddle while
the cliffs of the Nopocos danced
dizzily before her sickened eyes.
it simply couldn't be. Not on
her ranch. It could not be, yet it
wa.'.
Before ner, too weak to ri i or
even dip horn at the dogs, stood
an emaciated steer in the last
.stages of anthrax.
."Back liabe, sue ordered. And
■ ■> the dogs, “Get home with you.
. . . Now, steudy, girl; we have to
do it. . .”
Before her was the drooping
head o! the mortally sick steer,
'•he di ew her revolver.
“iiei - goes,” she said stoutly—
ind shot.
•'"■her sluggered, then fell
to the ground and lay still.
Cautiously, Rusty rode closer,
looking down to check the brand.
>ut where a brand had been,
cere was now the crisscross
ones of one deliberately fouled,
mt which could never have been
hat of the Double R.
Then cattle not ner
•e.ng run across her
'here? Or had this
dose to another line,
istray?
••Suddenly she knew the ex
la nation, knew as clearly as
hough the Nopocos were oi
crystalline P^ass- Sf.e straighten
ed, looked up.
At that moment, a shower ol
loose shale rattled down the cliff
nd she caught a brief glimpse ol
■ man up tl\ere before he ducked
elnnd a rock.
Rusty waited a moment to see
whether the man on the cliff
own were
land. To
steer, so
wandered
would reappear. But he didn’t,
yuite obviously, he did not want
to be seen—was hiding.
Then, she whirled her pony a
bout and raced toward the rancli
house. As she rode, she deter
mined she must get in touch with
Herb Westmore immediately—tell
him what she had seen and what
she surmised.
How couia sne ever have doub
ted him? She somehow knew
now that he was the person to
help her.
But how to reach him? To tele
phone would mean that a dozen
or more receivers would be lifted
might be disastrous. And yet, she
had to act swiftly, before that
lookout on the cliff could carry
a warning to his superiors.
Then, ahead, she saw one of
her new riders—one of the two
she had hired first.
“Lorward,” she said, “I need
a man I can trust to do an impor
tant errand for me.”
“You may trust me, Miss Row
land. I am at your service—and
the service of my country.”
“So that’s it! You were
placed here for a purpose.”
“Now that you have singled
me out, I am free to admit it. 1
know you will reveal this to no
one else. What do you want me
to do?”
“Drive into town and tell Dr.
Westmore I want him to come
here in the morning, prepared to
make a trip into the Nopocos.”
“Herb will be glad to do this,”
he stated, and Rusty was not sur
prised.
She told him what she had
tound and what she expected to
find, and he nodded. ,
Then suddenly, he said, “Play
up,” and began a loud-mouthed
denunciation of her.
For a moment, Ruuty’s mouth
stood open. Then she saw that a
them—one of the last three new
hands she had hired,
nother ridel was approaching
“All I got to say,” Dorward
concluded, as the other ridei
came up, “it’s the last time I
work for a woman—”
“It’s the last time you’ll work
for this one!” Rusty flashed
back. “You come to the house
and I’ll give you your time.
Then you and that pardner of
yours get off the place!”
Rusty was deeply asleep when
something awakened her. An un
sheathed paw. Annoyed, she
slapped at the cat, then awaken
ed completely, listening.
Fatso was growling, growling
like an alarmed dog. She jump
ed from the bed and went to the
window. A moment Intei*
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jumped down and went to the
hall door—and again she growl
ed.
But did cats sense danger?
Suddenly, Rusty was cold with
fear. The ranch doors were never
locked, and inside, this night,
were only her mother, Manny,
and herself.
Stealthily she went to her door
and opened it. For a moment she
' heard nothing. Then came the
j telltale creak of the front door,
a barely discernible creak..
I Swiftly, with Fatso held firm
ly under her robe, she shipped
through the hall to her mother's
room. ,£>he literally dragged the
sleep-stupid woman through her
bath to Manny’s room.
“Manny”— she laid her hand
over his mouth—“not a word out
I of you. There is someone prowl •
| ing downstairs — understand”.
I They could hear nothing at first.
I Then, perhaps half an hour after
Rusty’s first alarm, they heard
| footsteps padding about Manny's
room, and the murmur of men’s
I voices.
| “Come on,” whispered a voice.
! “This is the kid’s room; we don't
I want him.”
And Rusty knew it was the whom
they wanted.
But for what?
Rusty, her mother and Manny,
huddled in the little attic next to
Manny’s room, heard the intruders
leaving the room. For a while,
there was silence.
Then suddenly, there was an
exptosion souund somewhere with
in the house—angry voices, scuff
ing. This went on for some time,
to be followed again by silence.
And then, the three in the attic
once more heard footsteps in the
adjoining room—and the sound of
a familiar voice.
“Muz—Sis—Maany! Where are
you?”
Ralph. But what in the world
was he doing here?
“In here, son.” Mrs. Rowland
called excitedly. “Just a minute!
We’ve barricaded ourselves in.”
Eagerly, they clawed at the
heavy play chest, moved it out of
the way, and opened the door.
Mrs. Rowland rushed out to fling
hersdlf into he arms of her tall
son- Manny breathed an awed,
“Gee whiz!” Rusty followed her
mother into Ralph’s arms, then
looked beyond him.
In the doorway stood Herb
Westmore.
“But Ralph, what are you do
ing here?” asked Mrs. Rowland.
“Westmore wangled a furlough
for me, and I shot here by plane.
I reached Westmore’s place last
evening just after Dot-ward had
brought Rusty’s message. That
message made him so sure that
Rusty was in danger that we
drove right out. And a good thing
we did! We sneaked into thi
house heard some one prowling
around upstairs, and came up to
find the intruders in Rusty’s room.
Dorward and his partner, Cutter,
are guarding them downstairs
now.
in tne living room, the three
prisoners sat sullenly, their wrists
and ankles bound. Dorward and
< utter stood guard over them.
At first, under Westmore’s and
Ralph’s questioning, the trio re
fused to talk. Rut finally one of
them weakened.
“We didn’t aim to harm Miss
Rowland/9 he said. “We was to
keep her hid until we got word to
let her go. She’d found out too
much.”
“You couldn’t have got away
v.ih it,’’ Rusty put in.
“Reckon we could. We’da made :
you write a note to your mother
'yin’ the hospital had phoned
you that your uncle had took a 1
L; d turn, and so you’d gone into i
e city. Then, later, you’da tele- :
■honed that everything was okay
h.'t that you were goin’ to stay
n town for a few days until your
ncle was better.”
I suppose you know the penaj- ■
> for kidnapping,” Ralph re
• arked coldly.
“We’ll all get sprung,” the mai !
-ragged. “Lon’t think no little1
owtown justice can send us up.
" e got protection ’way up.”
After a little more questioning,
the three would-be kidnappers
>vere taken out and turned over
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BUILDING STRONG TEETH
Dentally speaking, the most im
portant event in a child’s life is
the eruption of the sixth-year mo
lars, one in each half of each jaw,
making four in all. Yet unless yoit
are familiar with the normal,
course of dental development, 01
through regular trips to the den
tist have kept touch with what is
taking place in your child's mouth,
you may mistake these indispen
sable first permanent teeth for the
last of the baby crop. This is be
cause the sixth-year molars come
in without displacing, a first toothy
for nature has designed them to"
accomplish the remarkable engi:;
neering feat of holding the arch in 1
place while the foundation deck.*
uous teeth are being shed.
The first sign of the possible
advent of these initial permanent
teeth is the widening of space be
tween the baby teeth. This is
noticeable around the fifth year.
The jaws are growing and the first
teeth no longer fill them, as na
ture foresaw when she planned to
give us two sets of teeth in one
lifetime. The first occupants ol
this extra space come in just in
to a couple of deputy sheriffs
whom Ralph and Westmore had
brought from the city in case
they were needed, and who were
waiting in their car down on the
Later, they afl assembled again
in the living room.
“Now, Sis,” said Ralph, “you’re
going to write the kind of note
those bozos wanted written. Muz
will spread the news over the
ranch in the morning, so that, it
there are any interested ears,
they will figure things went oft
as planned. Later, Muz will
spread word that you’ve phoned
that Unc is better, but that you're
going to stay a few days with the
Westmores.”
Ralph continued. “Before dawn,
you and I, with Westmore, Cuttei
and Dorward, will set out to find
my trail over the N’opocos into
Low Valley. I think we're going
to find something in that valley.
We’ve aranged for some of the
other ranchers to go with us. The
sheriff and his men are going to
come in at the same time from
•lie south side of the valley. By
the way, is Decker handy?”
“No, he’s gone East.”
Ralph frowned. “Then that
gives Slim Jack free rein. You
ee, Sis, Westmore and I figured
hat Slim Jack's big-heatedness in
helping you with your round-up
had a purpose. We suspect he
and his men have been running
smatlll beef off the Double R, a
cross one corner of the Four D—”
“And into the hills for feeding
or slaughter!” Rusty exclaimed.
The first leg of the trip was
made in Westmore’s car, with
Rusty crowded between Ralph and
lerb, while Cutter and Dorward
occupied the rumble seat. They
followed the main road to a point I
somewhere between thee Big and
Little Sandy, then turned off onto
» sid road.
The gray of dawn was show dig
five ranchers from south of the
onwoods where they were met by
vhon they came to a grove of col
s’opoeos. Here were horses and
supplies and ammunition. Rusty
non found herself mounted on a!
sturdy buckskin named Jimmy. |
There was nothing exciting a i
>out the fi'-st day’s travel. Ri: tyl
tad plenty of time to think, lav I
"ore of the V'ooks into the t
iuw puzzle.
Docker's di.-lil ... of U r. i uno c '
vifl evidently stemmed from a 1
■motional reaction. Westmont had!
!ound anthrax among his pi i-e
■attle. But what of L) ckir's t r t
0 turn the doctor ove r.o l; v
Rusty prodded By J'mminv ami!
•ulltd up bts..at f,e■ I>
“Herb, ted me about (lie nigh,
■oil took care of Slim Jim. \» hy j
on't you report the other man to I
a authorities'.'”
“I didn’t have to," he confesse ■!
‘I was authority enough. I treated 1
he man and dulnt want to turn
im in because 1 wanted to ident
v all of the small fry of ihe ring.
1 waned them to come back' to mi
often as they would.”
They reached the base of thi'
s'opocos Imp before sunset, ane
started on the next lap, a slow tin
ip canyons. Darkness had fallen
■vhen Ralph found tbt. canyon he
sough, a cleft deep and narrow.
Slowly, carefully, the ten ridei:
noved in. They came at last 1o
■vail and camped there to aw: *
laylight. '
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front of the two baby molars, mak
ing thoif appearance* some time be
tween the ages ot 51 2 to (11 2.
So much for nature's brillian?
Ilian for preserving the lines or
the juw, and thereby the beauty
of the face, while these changs arc
going on. The rest is largely up i*
me parents. For if any one of the.
first permanent molars is lost the
other three are unable to do suc
cessfully the job planned for them.
This is because a tooth is never an
independent worker, but function^
in relation to its antagonist in the
jaw above or below, like a care
fully meshed machine. Likewise,
if a pair of teeth on one side of
the face is deprived of its share
of chewing and the other side tak
es over most of this work, the chin
may gradually shirt out of posi
tion and greatly change the whole
facial contour and expression.
Den.ists have' neen doing their
part by perfecting techniques for
saving these priceless molars if
they become diseased. But your
dentist would far rather cooperate
with you in preventive tooth care
if you will see that he has the op
portunity to examine your child
ren's teeth at least every six
months. For even before there is
any obvious decay the teeth
should be examined for slight im
perfections in the enamel which
may harbor germs and decayed
lood, two foes of a healthy mouth.
Of equal importance ale the
preventive routines you can estab
lish at home for building strong,
healthy teeth. For one things pro
per diet is esential in nourishing
the teeth through their cycle of
growth. As you know, the perma
nent tooth grows and hardens
within the jaw, beginning long be
fore it pushes out the baby tootli
it replaces. Faulty diet at any
stage of development is reflected
in irregularities of the tooth rings,
or. if prolongd, in chalky or pitted
enamel. Fortunately, teeth require
the same well-balaned diet which
produces general health, with per
haps a bit more emphasia on milk
and vegetables containing cslcium
and other minerals.
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