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BUT NOT TO ALL THE ^ OTHER. FOLKS rr^ ( AROUNP HERE/ )/ Y IF WE EVER \ ] SHOOK 7 HANPS, , ( WE'P BE / A BRANPEP AS CO WARP 5 FOR THE _ B7 REST OF < I OUR LIVES/ WELL TEX RITTER WESTERN blocking the street/ SO THERE'LL EE ON LY ONE WAY FOR THE LAWSON SANG . TO GET OUT OF TOWN/ THEY MEANT TO 0REAK IN TONIGHT/&UT WHEN THEY SAW HOW THE ^ WHOLE TOWN HAP rT EYES ONLY FOR THE SHOWPOWN HERE/ V . THEY MAPS THE/R / S MOVE/ — ' / RITTER/ WHAT/RE YOU POIN0? C'MON/ LET'S GIVE RITTER A HANP/ — - WHAT'RE WE , WAITIN' FOR? WITH SIX-SUN LK3HTNIN© UETTIN© FROM THE BUSINESS ENP OF THEIR BLAZIN® COL-TS, THE BAPHATS TRY, TO RUN THE SALINTUETOF HONEST MEN/ r— -jr THIS WAY, MEN! IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE/ TEX RITTER WESTERN LOOK AT THAT TO /Vs &RAPLEY FIGHT/ v WHEN ONE OF THE 0APHATS y UNHORSEP/ TRIES TO use AN OLP man as A SHI&Lp,// /VO/ 'you DON'T/ THAT S|@N KNOCKEP e-RAPLey OUT / UNNNH! JUQTTH&N, HE'S MOVING SO FAST, — ^ / CAN'T TELL/ POWN THE STREET. 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BOT H SHOTS COUNTER, /'his own man finished h/moff- TH6 OTHER ONE TOO/ THAT WAS TO KEEP !M FROMTALK/N' T'SAVE THEIR HI PBS/ RAPWELL ANP H/S TWO SIPE KICKS HAP HIPPEN THEIR TRACKS WELL 0L/T TEX FOLLOWEP IT EASILY,,, MEANWHILE AT RAP- WELL'S BASE A RIPER HAP ALREAPY WIT TOWN/ TIX RITTER WESTERN RAPWELl'S NOT AW OLP MAN/ WH£N HE GETS SACK, I'M LEAVIN'/ I 'M NO OUTLAW- NO MATTER HOW H ARP_^ HE'S TRIEP TO MAKE ME ONE/ X ^ SHUT UP/ ^ GIG'S NOT MY FATHER, I TOLP YUH/ I'VE HEA RP O' TEX RITTER/ HE'S TOUGH BUT HE'S SQUARE/ TEX RITTER DOWNEP (51©- F IN IS HEP HIM AN P SAM/ HE'S HEAP EP THIS WAY/ -< VUH CAN BUSHWHACK HIM . EASY/ YUH'RE A CRACK SHOT/ YORE PAP TAUGHT. , ^ PON'T FLIP/ KIP/ I GOT NEW©/ LET'S ©O INSIP E/ THE HARPCASeS PRESENT WAtCHEP THE KIP THEY CALLEP JUNIOR— HE WAS SAAART ANP TOUGH- ANP GRE AG EP LIGHTNING WITH A GUN / YUH GONNA LET RITTER GETAWAY — TM FIRST WITH ITR. HE WfNGEP .. — THEN SHOT Hl/V\ AGAIN WAIT A MINUTE , KIP / J TAUGHT YUH PLENT Y- | GHOWEP YUH HOW TUH r W!NGEP Hl/V\ FIRST— THAT JIBES WITH WHAT I'VE HE ARP OF TEX s, r RITTER/ PR AH// TEX RITTER WESTERN T- TEX RITTER CUT THE TRAIL OF ^ , , another riper hurrying >/ AHEAP Of HIM/ HE SLOWED T , POWW,.,THAT RIPER, THE SNIPER, A.' COMPLICATE? HIS JOB/ YOU GALOOTS WANT > trouble rf TOO'? )\ /\AE— THEy'Re LOOKIN' THIS WAY RIGHT NOW. X WHITE FLASH/ THAT JASPER'S GONNA , / GET 'EM REAPY FOR ME/ ^ l>P BE PLUMB LOCO TA RIPE AN' GIT SHOT UP/ I THINK I'LL LET THEM HUNT MB/ JUNIOR RAPWELL SWITCHED SIPES ONCE MORE — HE TOLP THE OTHERS THAT HE WAS TAKING ORDERS! THEY BELIEVED HIM/ THE KIP -THE OUTLAW'S PROTEGE- LED THE GANG STRAIGHT FOR THE HILLS/ THEY FOUND TEX'S TRAIL., BUT NOT THE LAWMAN/ T" THAT KIP IS EITHER K AWFULLY PU/V\e* — OR REAL SMART/ i've ©OT A HUNCH HE'S SMART/ "" COME ON, ALL OF YUH( I'M LEADIN' THIS BUNCH, YEAH -HE'S REAL SMART! BUILD A FIRE vje'll camp 7 HERE! x' HEY, JULIE, HE jes'pis- appeared, 1 TE X RITTER WESTE RN ONE MAN MOVeP..,W£ HAP A PERR (NGER UP HIS SLEEVE. 1 TWO SHOTS ROAREP,,, RITTER'S LONG \ THERE'S GONE BY NOW/) ONE HE AIN'T GOT J M/SS/N' THE NERVE < POWN THERE T' TACKLE US\ — BUT I'M , HERE IN THE ) NOT WASTIN'! BAPLANPS/ Xu ^ FREEZE — SlPIN 1 THE LAWMAN / f PAUL HANLON- IN, CASE^ YOU PIP N'T KNOW/ I'VE SEEN MEAN IN' TO LOOK yUH UP l I KNOW TORE UNCLE — I TOLP H/M RAP- WELL HAP A BOY WITH H/M — -T OUT HERE/ GLAP TO SEE VOU/ TEX/ My NAME r | fsieVER- ROPE X WITH GIG'S MEN/ TEX.! 1 TEN PAYS AGO/ I GOT RAP WELL- TO TELL ME MY REAL NAME/ I WAS r LEAVIN' EVEN BEFORE L YOU CAME ALONG/ J I WARN EP THE BOSS HE WAS A WRONG GUV/ y r YUH CAME IN REAL HANPy, PAUL/ LET'S RIPE/ Rudolph Friederich Kurz was a noted Swiss artist who came to this country more than a century ago. He kept a diary of his activities during the years 18 46 to 1852, which he spent at the western trading posts of the great fur companies on the Mississippi and the Upper Missouri Rivers, from New Orleans to St. Louis and Fort Union. He witnessed the great rush westward of the money crazed people after the discovery of gold in California. He acted in the capacity of a clerk, especially at Forts Berthold and Union. So he came into direct contact with the daily lives of the Indians, of the carefree traders and of the officers of these trading posts. Because he was an artist, he had developed the habit of seeing a lot of things, including even the small details. Listen to what he tells us: "At evening we mounted our horses and bade our acquaintances heartfelt adieu. However, we were provided with the worst horses at the fort which did not by any means guarantee my safety. Our double-barreled guns, heavily load- ed, we laid across the saddle in front of us. We were well provided with powder and shot. Each of us carried a scalping knife which we stuck in our belts. My cloak together with a sack con- taining some changes of linen and a zinc drink- ing cup, all fastened to the back of the saddle, made up my total equipment. Bellange carried our provisions, our coffee pot and a blanket. So we rode across the prairie into the West. The first day we saw nothing but prairie chickens, blackbirds and in the even- ing several shy antelopes. Camping at night be- side a spring, we tethered our horses to tufts of tall grass. Except for the howling of wolves and the chorus of mosquitoes, a deathlike silence reigned. Before sunrise on Tuesday morning we sad- dled our horses and reassumed our journey — always riding at a slow trot. About 8 o’clock I enjoyed my first prairie breakfast, cooked by a fire made of buffalo chips. Bellange forgot the meat. So we had only biscuits and hot coffee. He consoled me by saying he had his gun and would keep us supplied with game. I allow my- self to be easily comforted when I am enjoying myself. When on an adventure and in happy mood, I disregard hunger. Constant danger from lurking enemies, the vast prairie bounded only by sky and sea, buf- faloes and bears in prospect, fine health and tense anticipation — what could I desire? Every dark spot amid the green might be an Indian, a buffalo, an elk or a bear. Any bright spot might be a wolf, an antelope or a dWr. My glances wandered everywhere. What my eyes could not distinguish, my telescope brought within my range of vision. We started our first buffaloes that day. Bel- lange wished to be sure of having the Knife River behind us before the evening in order to get out of the Gros Ventres' district. So we had to cut across the Big Bend. Finally Bellange found the trail which our Indians had marked out with their tent poles. Traces of a wander- ing band of Indians are essentially different from similiar trails left in the wake of white travellers, for the reason that the former have no wagons. The tracks of a wagon and team make one road. The travois forms three deep paths or furrows parrellel with one another. That is, a middle path along which the beasts of burden, whether horse or dog, travel. And two outer paths furrowed by the tip ends of the carrying poles. This trace we followed from the prairie down toward the river. Then for a time along the bank of the stream until we came again into a plain. We found skeleton twig huts over which the Herantsa had merely thrown blank- ets, and abandoned fires. This was a trace some- what too fresh for Bellange’s comfort. He began to fear for his skin. We left the trails, therefore, and turning from the river, we trotted off to a distant prairie surrounded by a chain of hills. After a time my horse refused to trot any further, while Blanc, a well seasoned traveler, kept steadily his even gait. So in order that Bellange and I might remain together while traversing the wide stretch of country that we had yet to cross, I was forced to urge my horse forward with a hazel rod. After we forded the river at noon, we dismounted, and lay down for a little while in the tall grass to stretch our legs and to allow our horses to recover breath. Our midday meal consisted of half a biscuit. We were in the Herantsa’s own hunting ground. We dared not fire a shot or even show our- selves too openly, for fear of attracting unnec- essarily an attack from the so-called enemy. We might also be in more peril of the Sioux than the Herantsa. After we proceeded across the plain in a direction that cut off the Big Bend, I called Bel- lange’s atention to a graceful caribuck (prong- horned antelope). It came trotting forward from a glade and peered curiously about, with- out getting the scent of us because we were traveling against the wind. Bellange, bidding me to be still, slipped off his'horse. He took my double-barreled gun and aimed at the fat animal which had approached near enough to have been killed with an ordinary pistol. When Bellange fired, the beast paid not the least atention to the rifle shot, but trotted grace- fully about us. Still without gaining any warn- ing from the wind. Bellange’s second shot was aimed much too high. The buck, now alarmed, fled swiftly away with prodigious leaps and bounds. Bellange said, by way of excuse, that as a matter of course for hitting an object at that distance, the gun was too heavily loaded. I did not think it was necessary to inform such an excellent huntsman as he represented himself to be, that one can hit a mark whether distant or near with the same charge, depending if one takes high or low aim. As sportsman, he has rather lost in my good opinion. In the evening we had to climb the hills near the Knife River. They were so steep and so often intersected by deep lying brooks that we were forced to lead our horses. From these heights, we had a magnificent far reaching view of a range of hills beyond the Missouri, where the land swarmed with buffaloes. We reached at length the high woodlands thai are usually found along the banks of the Missouri. We spotted a herd of white-tail deer who paid no attention to the approaching horses until they saw quite near them the most dangerous of all animals — man. We selected a spot on the river bank f or our camp, in order to have water and to get rid of the mosquitoes by means of the strong breeze that was almost continuously blowing toward the stream. A mug of coffee and a cracker was all we had for our supper. In order to avoid at- tracting enemies, either by firelight or smoke, we extinguished our campfire. But we kept no watch. Wrapped in our blankets we slept peace- fully with our saddles for pillows while our horses were grazing. We had been in the saddle for 16 hours that day. We found a piece of sole leather and a bow lying beside it — evidence that Indians had but lately passed this spot while we imagined they were behind us. We camped for breakfast on the White River. Afterwards, we crossed a steep rocky ridge of hills that would have given an enemy thousands of opportunities to catch us unawares in an attack. We saw cedar trees that had turned to stone — trunk and branches. As \ye were descending these hills and came into the skirts of a forest, we found evidence that we were close upon bison. Our rifles, al- ways loaded, were put in position under the left arm, so that we might bang at a buffalo the in- stant he allowed us a glimpse of him within range of our guns. At length we caught sight of several dark humps in motion directly before us. But we were unable to bring our tired' horses to a gallop. So the buffalo escaped. We could only make ourselves merry over the peculiar rolling gait of the galloping buffalo bulls. At every step we were crossing paths that had been traced by those animals from the hills to the Missouri. Entering a deep and narrow ravine that open- ed upon the plain, we noticed three buffalo steers quietly grazing about 200 feet ahead. We dismounted at once. I held the horses in the ravine, standing in the dried bed of a stream, while Bellange crept foward to shoot a buffalo. He took the most deliberate aim before firing. And the beasts were standing perfectly still ! He pulled the trigger-and missed. Then he used his rifle and fired again. Another miss ! He kept on firing and kept on missing. I began to get the impression that the buffalo were telling one an- other about the Missing Marksman. Finally, apparently in disgust, the bison fled away. I wanted to say something but Bellange merely remarked that at this time of the year the buffalo were not fit for food. We remounted our horses. Then suddenly I turned pale. What would happen if we had to fight for our lives against the enemy? Perhaps. I consoled myself, it would be better if this Missing Marks- man joined the enemy instead of being on my side. Later I will tell you more about this wide country.” — THE END — EACH GUN BOX CONTAINS: TWO COMPLETE ARMIES HE BLUES AND THE GREYS! EACH PIECE OF MOLDED PLASTIC, EACH ON ITS OWN BASE MEASURING UP TO 4 INCHES! JOSELY CO.. Dept. W-6 Carle Place Long Island. N. Y. HERE'S MY $1.49! Rush the CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS TO ME! | Ms.es. I NO ! CO-D.'s i I Address . i 1 jifilVfi Ctf y State i:m'[7bDiMT!%i1i jjB|i ■», n*. TEX RITTER WESTERN MAKE DUST, PLOW -IOCKEV RIMBOWI 'WANTS TUH TUH <51 T.' START GITTIN 1 / 7hE HOMESTEADER, ED LOONET, WWVSAQUIETMAN... HE 'WALKED AWAT FROM 1 TROUBLE AND NEWER, d P AC RED A GUN / 'WHEN i”, MONK RIMBO'N BEGAN HIS 3 LAND -GRABBING, FOLKS KNEW HE'D TAKE LOONETS PLACE... RIMBO'N WANTS TO) A/O' HE CHANGED BUT ME OUT, IS / HIS MIND... HE'S THAT IT ? y TAKIN' TORE PLACE ^ J V FOR NOTHIN'/ , 'l BETTER NOT BE I HERE WHEN WE 'COME THIS 'WAT AGAIN - -OUR ARGU MENT'LL BE PER- MANENT NEKT ^ TIME.' ' I'LL... I'LL TALK TO RIMBO'N.' TEX RITTER WESTERN ED LOONES CONFRONTED MONK RIMBO'N LATER. IN TOWN/ RIMBO'N HAD HIS GUNSTKEAKS ALONG AS USU AL- SOU 'RE GETTIN' IN MS HAIR, LOONES / LEASE THIS SALLES" DON'T LOOK FOR ME TUH BUS SOU OUT EITHER/ ED LOONES 'NAS A QUIET MAN... SOME THOUGHT HE WAS S ELLON/ HE SADDLED UP AND SI ENT TO OLNER. LAKE'S BIG SPLIT R SPREAD — I'M SORES. ED, BUT I SJONT FIGHT RIM BOSS OSER.SOUR.TROUBLES-' THE MAN 'WON'T BOTHER ME/ RIMBOH4 'WANTS THIS RANCH, ED.' HE NS ANTS EWERS THING SOU O'NN.' I'M IN HIS 'NAS-- THAT'S SSHS HE CHASED THE TO'NN MARSHAL COULDN'T HELP" HIS AUTHORITS ENDED AT THE TO'NN LINE --IT WS COUNTS BUSINESS/ LOONES SHAS ON HIS O'NN ... LOONEV HEADED HOME/ THERE, HE DUG DEEP IN HIS 'WAR CHEST AND FOUND TVNO COLTS/ THEV 'WERE OILED. READ-i TO USE... I TOOK A LOT- - r PRISED MYSELF HO'W MUCH I TOOK MONK RIM BONN'S GOT A FE'W SURPRISES COMINY I'M ALL FINISHED BEIN' REAL NICE BUSTER/ STICK. AROUND --I'LL BE back; SOON/ TEX RITTER WESTERN HUH IN THIS. ACE ? HUH BACKIN' THIS LOUDMOUTH'S. P LAW ? +S I NOT /HE-' I OUST (QUIT WORKIN' FOR MONK / I'M LEAVIN' THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY / LOONEY'S BACK-- i BEARIN' GUNS/ HE LOOKS PLUMB SALTY, [ BOSS/ y LOONEY RODE BACK INTO TOWN --RtMBOYJ WAS GETTING READY TO RIDE OUT TO THE SPLIT R / HE AIMED TO BUY IT--AT HIS PRICE... r- — ‘I'LL SNE LAKE A DOLLAR AN ACRE... HE'LL SELL/ THAT'S WRONG/ . WHADDYA WANT. SODBUSTER ? STILL SNNEUN' FOR MONEY’ NOPE/ X CAMETUH TELL YOtf TUH GIT /I DON'T WANT YOU IN THIS Y ALLEY. RIM- r* NAS SHOWDOWN FOR RIMBOW'S FORE ‘.LAN / LOONEY TURNED HIS EYES ON WE GUNMAN AND ASKED... I DON'T NEED HELP, LOONEY/ YUH GONNA DR ANY ? ACE. THE HIRED GUNSTREAK, COULD’ NE WARNED RIM BONY AND THE OTHERS... BUT HE WAS TOO ANXIOUS TO DEPART.-- ’EVERYBODY THOUGHT/^ WAS DEAD/ X’/VI NOT MATCHIN' GUN- -SPEED WITH HIM / ...RIGHT NOW.' HE DIDN'T .SLOW DOWN A BIT/ HE'S AS FAST AS HE WAS WHEN HE TAMED ABILENE AN' __ - SANTA FE/ JHBK GO AHEAD. RIM BOW ^ DRAW / TEX RITTER WESTERN WHAT ? NUH GOT TOO MUCH SUN , LOONEH ? HEH, THAT'S A GOOD NAME FOR HUH ! LOONEH HA THE MW WHO CALLED HIMSELF ED LOONEH DIDN'T ANSWER / HE OUST WAITED... i HE'S NUTS/ TWO OF ] HUH GIT HIM OUT/ MOVE. BLAST HUH/ NOT ME, BOSS • X SAW HIM BEFORE/ US NAME AIN'T LOONEH X TRIED TO DO IT WITHOUTTHE GUNS, EIMBOW / HUH WOULDN'T LET ME/ NOW. X'MTELLIN' HUH - -GIT OUT . DON'T COME BACK / GOSH, ED, X THOUGHT HUH WAS LIKE... X MEAN, WE DIDN'T KNOW HUH WAS A GUNSLINGER/ TEX R8¥TiH WESTERN K PINP HI/VV FURY/ WE WANT >. 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