Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1935 Page: 4 of 12
twelve pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
wjtmmi
;r fi<
p. " V#
"Sarge" York
mttocmter sir*
Twelfth Installment
SYNOPSIS: Strange' partners they were—
Speed Malone, hardened gambler. Ed Mait-
land, young New Englander, son of seafaring
folks. They met on their trip north to the
Yukon gold fields in 97 % Maitland in pursuit
of lost family fortunes. Malone evading the law
in the gold camps. Frcnchy, the fisherman who
took the two men north. Lucky Rose, the beau
tiful girl who gave Maitland a ring for a keep-
sake ; Fallon, trail boss of the miners and re-
sentful of Rose's attentions to Maitland , Brent,
old-time proipeuor, Garnet, who gave Maitland
and Speed his outht and horses when he quit
the trail; Pete and his drunken partner Owens,
drowned on the beach. these were among the
crowd of gold-seekers. After a hard trip north,
with many hazards—and Speed killed a nun ai
Skagway, the manager of a shell game who was
out to get Speed -the two partners made camp
for the winter near Bennett, where the Canadian
Mountiei held sway. Drew, head of the Moun-
ties there, said there was a strange legend about
a ghostly Si wash who left tracks in tne snow—
his new man Cathcart was specially interested
in it. One night the two partners were «ui
prised to have a half-starved dog join them
while they were eating steaks from a deer Speed
had just shot. A little later a man came out
of the storm to them - the ghostly apparition of
the Mounties legend, they decided and took
half their deer. While Speed ha.I gone to
Skagway with mail for the Mounties. Maitland
found a half froien figure in a storm, and dis
covered it to be Pete, who turned out to be a
riri disguised ai a man. Speed, when he got
back to Skagway. was a'!C*tril nn a tharpp of
murder of the shell-game man ami put in (ail.
When Frcnchy. now a deputy, brought hu lup
per to hitn. he made .i break for freedom and
escaped. New Co On With the Story.
Speed waited another instant to
watch the door. The foremost of
the marshal's men rushed into view
it thought sooner than he had count-
ed on. Too soon for Lefty, anyway;
the door was still shut.
Speed raised the gun for a shot
that would draw thent away from
it. The revolver spat flame with a
stunning roar. . . .
For a priceless second, he stood
dazed and half-blinded, stumbling
to keep _his balance and conscious
of no more than the fact that he
was alive. A nunibuess centered in
his arm and hand As the haze
cleared he realized that the gun had
blown to pieces. Probably frost in
the barrel ... he should have
warmed it on the lantern before he
left Steiner's tent.
And in that tick of doom, the
pack Was on him. The last thing
he knew was the writhing twist he
gave his body so as to land on his
shoulder, and a flare of fire in his
head. Then the snow went black.
He was still on his shoulder when
he became conscious again, but his
hands were trussed behind him with
a rop,fe; his ankles were bound; he
was ..gagged and lying on drv
ground.
Gradually a murmur of low voices
in the tent became articulate. He
recognized Fallon's and lay motion-
less.
". . . so we didn't find the kid
through the winter till Chik Holter
located a camp on the Teslin a ways
above where we camped on the
Lewes. An outfit was cuttin' tim-
ber there for a raft, and 1'ete had a
job cookin' for them. Holter picked
up the mare's trai! headin' vest,
alone. Picked it up and lost it
"How?" another voice inquired
"The blizzard, I reckon. But I
figured the kid was making for the
coast. We had to come down for
some gear anyway, and we'll head
Pete off here at the same time.''
Speed's car caught sharply at
some hidden implication in the man's
voice.
The other voice murmured an in-
terruption. "Seems to me like your
prisoner's ears is awake."
"I'm speakin' to him," growled
Fallon. "He likely knows plenty.
It always looked to me like he had
somethin' figured about Pete, and
about Owens too."
Well, if he won't explain hisself,
it'll be tough. He shot and killed a
man in this camp, and was charged,
legal. He busted jail, stole a gun,
and would have done plentv more if
the gun had been good. He ain't a
Canadian. We tell the 'mounties'
we don't figure they'd choose a man
of this char-cter to run their mail.
We suspect he stole, it; he was seen
gainblin' in a joint with the mail in
his pocket."
Through this talk, Speed's mind
* had been shuttling swiftly, trying to
weave the full pattern of what it
implied. The picture that began to
emerge made him writhe at his
bonds and at the gag in his mouth.
"The Golden Pass" at Skagway.
under the protection of Soapy
Smith, was a lathering vortex of
carnival It had a slick and spa-
cious floor lit by hanging lamps
which depended from the cross
beams of the lumber roof A piano,
banjo and accordian were in the
swing of what sounded like a mu-
sical steeplechase Rut they made
a spirited noise, and served to in-
dicate that the romping riot on the
dance floor was sociably intended
In attire, the crowd was variously
informal, mixing corduroy, rough
flannel and heavy miners' boots
with the "store clothes" of new
comers
The bar had its own supporters,
who somehow remained audible
In their rumble of talk there were
echoes of a rumor that a dangerous
gunman had broken jail and tried
to shoot up the camp.
In the tumult no one therefore,
immediately noti< ed that a group of
armed men had entered, pushing
before them a hatless captive whose
hands were tied behind his ba> l<
The leader of the posse commanded
attention by the simple means of
sending a bullet into the rafters.
"Where's Soapy Smith?" Fallon
demanded in a voice that made the
quiet absolute.
No one answered, or seemed to
know. One glance at the posse and
the prisoner had sent through the
crowd, drunk and sober, an electric
sense of what was impending.
There was a low drone and buzz
of excitement. They pressed in for
a closer view of the prisoner, who
was looking at the rafters.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said
Fallon, "the character of this
murderous desperado is knowed to
ever' miner who was on the trad
in the first stampede of '97. He re
turns with erroneous ideas of terr'
izin' the camp. Jaiied for murder
and mail robbery, he breaks jail,
steals a gun, and is the cause not
on'y of protnisc'ous bloodshed, but
of holes bein' shot in your tent
roofs. We've brung him here be
With a terrific driving smash to
the j;>w he sent Fallon spinning.
cause this roof has i strong cross-
beam. With your kind attention,
this ceremony will take about three
minutes."
As the crowd 1 •• t:ecl or in dead
silence, Speed was puilcd across
the floor to the further end of the
dancing space, near the orchestra,
where he was lifted to a table un
der one of the traverse roof beams.
Standing there, his feet were
quickly bound. One of the posse
expertly fashioned a halter loop
with nine winds around the shank
of a stout pack line; the other end
was thrown over the beam, and
the noose fitted to the captive's
neck, with the hondoo against his
ear.
Speed watched those preparations
with a|v>arent resignation. His rov
ing glance came to rest on Fallon,
who stood ready to send him clear.
"Still fignrin' a play?" his cap-
tor taunted.
"Yes," said Speed. "One. They
say a man's last look sees clear,
Fallon. I ain't never tried to
figure what lies over the line, but
if that's so, maybe you don't check
me out, complete. If you frame a
deal against the boy, my pardner.
or lay hands on Pete, by God, I'll
follow you—dead!"
"Damn it, Fallon," said an old
miner, "I've seen men hung before,
but never in your cold blooded
style. At least they're given the
offer of a last drink or a smoke
Why don't you do it regular?"
Some of the old-timers voiced
approval of that.
"All right," I allon growled.
'You can ask him. I'm damned if
1 will."
The man put the question.
"If it's a choice," said Speed, "I'd
like to roll a cigarette. I've got the
makin's."
His hands were untied and the
bartender told to, "Bring a glass of
the special, Soapy."
Gratefully flexing his wrists,
Speed rolled a cigarette and was
lighting it. when the drink arrived
in a well-filled tumbler "I take
this kind, Soapy," he said, "but I
never liked to drink alone You
can use my name freely in urgin'
drinks on the house The marshal
has my wad."
This sentiment was most favor
ably received by a number of the
revelers whose thirst had outlasted
their means The discovery that
the condemned man's credit was
still good with Soapy created a
generally good impression I allon
gnawed his cheek.
Curious newcomers were jam
ming in through the doorway, and
Speed paused with the glass half
drained, at sight of one of them
Lefty, wearing a look of strongly
mingled triumph and discomfiture,
answered his stare by touching one
bulge in the side of his coat and
another in his pocket. Speed re
sumed his drink with a twisted
gtimace So Lefty had hi- guns
and the mail The money would
have been safer in the marshal's
office. With the deft trick of his
kind in worming through crowds,
the dip drew nearer. The forward
press of the crowd had brought
Rose nearer too. Speed met her
clouded eyes again in a long study,
as he emptied the glass and low-
ered it.
Fallon jerked it from his hand.
"Any other little thing you'd like?"
he inquired sardonically.
"They's one other thing," ac-
knowledged Speed, still looking at
Rose. "I ain't heard no music for
some time. If the lady will play a
song while I finish this cigarette."
Fallon wheeled, but Rose did not
see his scowl.
A chord as clean and sweet as
the tinkle of the wind at twilight
through a desert canyon flowed
from the strings under her touch,
and shed an almost instant lull on
the crowd. Then her voice dis-
solved into the music—-a clear, ex-
quisite contralto, plaintive, strong
and deep, like the shore wash that
sounded through it. sustaining the
rhythmic lapses of the song.
In that beguiling, fluently riding
spell of sound, the prisoner forgot
everything apparently, but the
singer's magic. But his eyes
drifted to Lefty's with a sidelong
glance at the accordion which
dangled in the hands of its owner
in the orchestra. Fallon, watching
Rose and waiting for the end of her
song, did not notice the invisible
prompting. Eyes and wits less
sharp than Lefty's would neither
have perceived the look nor inter-
preted it; but the dip quietly de-
tached the instrument from the list-
less fingers, and before he was
aware of what had happened, tossed
it to Speed The pass was hardly
observed before Speed had chimed
the accordion with the closing bar
of Rose's song.
She looked up in wonder, but
continued playing an accompani-
ment as the accordion repeated her
melody. The sudden unexpected-
ness of the gesture took the
crowd's breath no less than the per-
fect chording of the two instru-
ments. He lured Rose's song into
a lighter, brisker measure which
she instinctively mate I.e.I with the
guitar until the melody itself was
subtly changed. •
Here was dance music such as
few camps have heard, played by-
two artists who had music in their
hearts and fingers. And as Speed
-waved slightly with the playing,
his eyes evading the smoke that
curled up from the shortening ciga-
rette butt, his feet were just visibly
weaving too— as it seemed, to the
infection of his own music, but with
a crafty, studied strain against the
rope. "Come on, boys, he chanted
suddenly. "Take your pardners!"
The crowd was almost swept off
its feet. In another moment the
miracle might have been done
Lefty, with a gape of awed admira-
tion, caught the meaning of Speed's
strategy. •
But Fallon came alive with a
roaring curse.
"I'll make you dance, you jig-
gin'— 1"
He made a stride for the table to
kick it over.
The kick, however, was not com-
pleted. The crowd had buckled and
swayed inward from the door,
cleaved apart by a powerful pair ot
shoulders, and by a dark, youthful
battling head which Speed had
never hoped to see again. It was
Maitland.
There was a sharp crack of fist
against bone, and I-allon was stif-
fened to his toes by a terrific driv-
ing 6mash to the jaw
He rocked and went backwards
but saved himself from falling by
lurching into the piano keys with a
loud discord.
To the crowd it was like ,, gong.
\ lynching was one thing; this was
something more; the challenge
laced their blood with a strong in-
toxicant. The night had a head of
steam.
Fallon shook his head groggily.
A movement of one hand to his belt
brought a roar of protest from the
crowd — on their own account no
less than that of fair play. But bal-
lon had no intention of shooting.
He pushed the gun tight in the
holster, and brat ing himself against
the piano, leaped for his antagonist
The crash when they met sounded
like an impact of bulls. Both men
were magnificently strong, and
toughened by the snow trails,
though weight and matured experi-
ence were in Fallon's favor He
drove in a pounding barrage of body
punches. Maitland closed in. trying
to smother the assault, but taking
meanwhile a thrashing rain of jack-
hammer blows to the head and
body. I he instinctive balance which
a suitor learns on heaving decks
must have steadied him now: lie
thrust back of a sudden, and Fa!
Ion's foot, less sure of the glassy
floor, slipped a little The boy
lashed up with a short left that cut
the other's tipper lip. and then drove
home a full shouldered right, as
Fallon's head snapped back. He
came back with a spring that tore
through Maitland's guard by sheer
weight and fury. They slipped and
came up in a swaying grapple
Continued Next Week
PALL MALL, Tenn. ... Do you
remember this mailt He was
America's greatest doughboy, ac-
cording to General P'ershing, during
jWorld War days. It is Sergeant Alvin
C. York as h« areata tuduj at hi*
bome here..
1
discipleshtp of the Spirit that we
shall receive living demonstration
>r His matchless power.
This text expresses our hope
.'or the world. Business, politics,
reform, club life, and a host of
ither activities claim our atter.-
ton, but let us net forget, the
tame of Jesus must be magnified.
There are other name1; rivals for
i brief clay, and many nre de-
ceived. but Christ is Lord of nil.
Test your Christianity by this
measure, is the nunie of Christ
being magnified? Submit your own
life to this test and let the world
see the glory of His majesty.
A Christian is one who makes
it easier for others to believe in
God. Christians, are living witness-
es of Christ and His gospel, then
be sure that everything you do
will magnify Christ and bring Him
glory.—W. E. Ferrell. Minister,
First Christian Church, Clarendon,
Texas.
jlWE l R V c o.j -.t
Creating
VALUE
History
Year of PrOfijresi
Birthday
Feature Values
PAY ONLY 11c DOWN
Balance as Low as 50c Weekly
70-PIECE TABLE SERVICE
WANT ADS 2c A WORD
FIFTH ORADE
The Fifth Grade has greatly
missed Johnney Lou Bagwell, an
honor student. We hope that she
recovers rapidly and is soon able
to be with us again.
We are anxious for school to
be out and are counting the days.
—Reporter.
(C. H. S.)
SECOND GRADE
We were happy to have our |
mothers and friends at our as-
sembly program. We have twenty-
four mothers and twenty of them
came to see our play. Besides them
there were ten other visitors
We want our mothers to know
loo that we appreciateed their
making our costumes and helping
us into them. The boys who play-
ed robins liked being birds for
a few minutes but think it's much
nicer to be boys every dav.
SIMPLE QUESTIONS OF EVERY
DAY LIFE
H. Q. Punklnsnider
"The Mustang's
Neigh—"
twwmvtwwwwwww
!! RAH SENIORS !!
Yea! YEA! School is nearing
a grand close!!! And the Seniors
'35 are planning a scintillating
climax to an eventful year. Their
exams will, of course, be char-
acterized by due solemnity, but
before that final night they will
witness a multitude of glamorous
days and exotic nights!!!
This time next week the evi-
tfane* at our laborous research
will be observed in our final ex-
| ams.
Final exams! recitals— Grade
school graduation Senior gradua-
tion— and SENIOR WKKK!!! Of
all the formality that Is going to
J take place just watt!
I Our caps and gowns invitations
[—everything and are we thrilled?
j Ask a senior.
Boy! And are we planning a
swell Senior week—
Until then we slave? Continu-
ously. Our exams begin May 8-10.
Oh well— Reporter.
<C. H S i
JUNIOR NOTES
The Juniors are so busy these
days that we hardly know what
to do next. We are studying lor
the final exams, which are only
few days ofl and then we will
b. classified as Seniors!!! It hard-
iv seems possible, but we are go-
ing to make our Senior Year even
more successful than our previous
years of schooling in Claude High
School.—Reporter.
<C. H. 8.)
FRESHMEN NOTES
Last Friday the Freshmen Clas.
entertained in assembly with e
short program composed of article;
about Arbor Day and poems and
songs related to trees. In the
afternoon, we motored to Batsel's
for a delightful picnic under the
supervision of our sponsor. Mr
Howell. Everyone reported a very
good time.—Reporter.
Questions: No. 10.
Why is sleep necessary?
How do self-winding clocks
work?
Why does cream rise to the top
• of milk?
(Answer next week.)
Why do people standing in a
moving street car tend to fall for-
' ward if the ear stops suddenly?
This is an instance of inertia.
The standing people were moving
; with the car. They tend to keep
} on moving when it stops. The law
J of inertia is that matter at rest
j tends to remain at rest and matter
in motion tends to remain in mo-
tion in the same straight line until
some opposite force is applied to
it. This is another one of Newton's
famous laws of motion.
What is an electric current?
It is a stream of electrons rush-
ing through a wire like a stream
I of people in a tunnel. The num-
j ber of electrons is astounding
' Through the filament of an ordi-
j nary 60 watt electric lamp there
; pass every second so many e-
! lections that if all the people in
New York City were set to count-
| ing them and if they counted out
! two a second without stopping day
or night for ten thousand years
they would still have a few to
count.
Why are there two kinds of
nerves?
Ore kind has the ditty of report-
ing to the brain what happens
outside the body. Nerves of this
kind are called sensory nerves, the
nerves of the senses. Nerves of the
other kind have the duty of carry-
ing orders to the muscles. They
are called motor nerves, the nerves
that move things. Suppose you
burn your finger. The sensory
nerve in your finger tip reports
immediately to the brain that
something is wrong. The brain
then fend# an order down the
motor nerve to th muscles of your
arm and hand and these muscles
jerk your finger away.
"OUR WEEKLY CHURCH CHAT"
"The Supreme Goal of Christian
Service"
This statement how the New
testament Church thought of it's
mission. Too often we glorify our-
selves. our particular organization
or our inferior ambitions, and miss
! t he supreme goal of Christir.n ser-
vice.
i The words of our text, reveal
the right attitude toward Christ
Magnify" signifies worship. "Oh
magnify the Lord with me. let us
exalt His name together." What
the Magnificat but just such
j idoring worship.
This should be the spirit of
ur worship and service. Somebody
vill receive the pn.ise. for human
Vings are hero-worshipers, and
iraise is sometime comforting a;
veil as inspiring. But who is
worthy? Who inspires us. saves
us. end energjzes us? Surely our
Lord Who blesses us in His ser-
vice. Therefore we aay give the
praise unto Him. There is dangei
hat we forget this. Some would
idopt His teachings and forget
ihe Teacher. But it does not take
long to prove that the principle?
of Jesus are only a dream with-
out his power to make them real
nd practical. Jesus is His Oos
pel, and to Him must be givet
he glory and honor. Therefore
it is the duty of the Christian t<
held up Jesus, for U is only hi
Town Crier Comes Back
W.
gm
G etched
Goblets
(i etched
Sherbets
Account
26-Piece Set
Salver
Entire Set (70 Pieces)
Guaranteed Sf.-piece set of nationally
famous Table Silver with hollow han-
dle, stainless steel knives, together with
a handsomely decorated "2-|>ic:e China
Dinner Set and VI pieces of beautifully
elthed glass stemware—70 pieces in all
for only $11.11. A value extraordinary.
lie DOWN—50c A WEEK
LIMITED QUANTITY
BEAUTIFUL
LAMPS
New Designs, Large
Hbadcs, ,%eiv Colors, Sh^d",
Base, < ord, Complete.
91c
No. ( . (). I)., Phone or Lay-Aways
1 *HOVINTKTOWN, Mas*. . . If
you ure going down Cape Cod way
tiiin summer you can hear Amos
Kubik (above), oflicial Town Crier, .
elauglug his bell and calling out
announcements for which he cha .
$2, length vi Juuiu dUcct .aid «m
PASTIME
THEATRE
CLARENDON, TEXAS
Friday GLORIA STUART and
ROSS ALEXANDER in M AYI'.E
IT'S LOVE. ALSO NEWS and
COMEDY. 10c and !5c.
Sat. 4th. BOB STEELE In LAND
OF MISSING MEN, another Rood
OUT-DOOR picture. Also PER-
FECTLY MISMATCH. Comedy.
MATINEE 10c TO ALL, NIGHT
10c and 15c.
Sun. Moil. 5-fitli JACK BENNY
NANCY CARROLL. MIT/.I GREEN
tnd many other stars. Also IH/./.Y
ind DAZY comedy, 10c and !.r>c
Tues Kb ROBERT TAYLOR.
VIRGINIA BRUCE IN I'lMi?
SQUARE LADY. OUR HANK
MITE. Also AT COUNTY I Xlit
comedy. Matinee 2:00 1*. M. 10c
ind 25c.
Wed. Thurs. Kill and !>th WAL-
LACE DEEKY. VIRGINIA IIHt'Ct.
tnd a score of notables in THE
VIIGHTY BAR NUM. also TWO
REEL COMEDY. 10c and 25c.
REMEMBER OUR MATINEES
EVERY DAY 2:00. Coming I'LL
LOVE YOU ALWAYS, "BILLY
HIE Kill'' and SWEET MUSK
GEM THEATRE
AT CLAUDE
Friday - Saturday
Murder in the Clouds
Willi
Lyle Talbot
Ann Dvorak
AND
THE WORLD'S GRIM 1ST
STUNT FLYERS
SHORT Sl'B.II'.CTS
Monday - Tuesday
"Here Is My Heart"
Willi
Bing Crosby
Kitty Carlisle
MON.- CASH NITE
CARTOON MUSICAL
Thursday Only
Special Showing Of
"Bulldog Drumiriond
Strikes Back"
With
Ronald Col man
Loretta Young-
One of the greatest mysteiy
pictures of all lime.
,ll( KEY MOUSE-
SILLY SYMPHONY
Anniversary Sensation!
Natural yellow or white gold
Ladles' (> u run teed
WHIST WATCH
Matched With a
DIAMOND SOLITAIRE
AND A SOLID GOLD
" WEDDING RING
Only Zile can give /.iilc values. Get
>our set now while the supply lu*t*.
(iuaranteed ladles' wrist watch
matched with a genuine Diamond
solitaire and a solid cold weddiiu
rin*. All three pieces for only
$19.13. f
11c down :,0c a week
15 Jewels
Thin Model
WatcH
With Chain
and Knife
ON SALE
$911
lh DOWN- 50t A WEEK.
Thin Model Standard
Pocket Watch. 13 Jewel*,
f ully Kuaranteed. Match,
ed with a chain ud knife
«*t thiv low vrice Ctfarie
it.
DOWN—50c A WEEK
EXTRAORDINARY VALUES
1 Diamond Ultra-Mndern
BRIDAL SET
$16H
Dollar tor dollar v..lue. Beau-
ty combined with economy.
Pet feet bluc-whlto diamond
enhanced with two side dia-
monds and matched with a
5-diamond wedding ring.
Ship at Znle's for beauty
and value.
No Interest or Carrying Charges
ALE
JEWELRY CO. INC,
Corner SUi sntl Polk, Amarillo, Texas
Oj.en SaturdiN lij !l y. m. (Hltei Mays Til H p m.
Mail Onlf-i'* Hecfivo I'loiupt \111111i<>i).
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Waggoner, Thomas T. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1935, newspaper, May 3, 1935; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth348549/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.