Boy's Cinema (1935-39)

28 niiTclc tlie mistake of lijliig to welt him across the face a> lUlcy had done. Tlicre v(as nothing wrong \>ith the . piikc-beats of thewso t%vo men, and so 'Hard Rock let them have it. A right, and a left, and the fellows were stretched fienselcss in tlie dust—and. Black Jack, mIio had been in the very act of walking contemptuously away, was brought up short in his tracks. "Well, can yuh beat that?'' ho said, gaining.. " He wouldn't fight me, but he tlaps down two of my best^—" And then Black Jack stopped, giving vent to a sharji ciy as a 8t.ab of pain went through him. There had been no Hcrap, Iso far as he was concerned, but the' excitement and anticipation of the whole affair, had been siifTKnent in theiii- .■-clves to afl'ect hi* shaky heart, and suddeijy he was pitching to the ground iu"a <lcad faint. . . • • • • Week.s had r«-'Sed. The tunnel had been pujhed through f,teacUly. and Black Jack'had also" progressed—though at a fclower pace. . The time had come, how- ever, >vhen it had been po£6ible to break (he news of his illness to him without fear of the shock •bringing on a fatal relap.se, and he had learned then tlie jcason for Hard Rock'.s apparent cowardice on the night which had been scheduled for the fight. . The rest of the camp was made aware •of the■ circum.stances o-s well, and one night, at the mess-hall, a phip-up dinner Va.s"given in lionpur of two men mIio were.no longer sworn foes. ' - Jviley had been prevailed upon to speak. It was his farewell sj-ieech' ns lu'nnel boss, too, for h.e had refeigned in favour of Hard Rock Harrigan and had I a ken over ft jwst tktt Avas K'S.s exacting. • •■'-Well, boys,", he said in the course of bis oration, •"I've i.ever been noted for kcep'm' my mouth'.shut,"'but t4iis time I find it kin^da hard to express myself." - '-'i-Yoall? , That's somcthin' new for voir, Black Jack," someone called boisterously. . .. ~. "^lliley 'filted ' « sombre eye on the interrupter; and then,j-an his glance over ■the .assembled audience. • . • ..I.lWiiiit I do want to say, however,", he .went on. " i.s that you mug.s have got a new tunnel lios.s' who's the finest guy .thaiever walked on two feet. And after vhat Doc Wagner has told me, I want ;lo' go on record a? statin' that there's due Harrigan who's better than a Riley!" . ., , ■ ... There was a roar of cheering as Black Jack sat down, and it was succeeded by demands for a' speech' from Tim, who wa.s sitting at the far side of the room with Andy by his side. ■H;ird Rock Harrigan stood up nwk- wardlv, and gave an cmbarr!|,3sed cough. "Well, feller.s," he began, "I—er— I—well, ■ 1 don't know just what to say Except " He pavise<i, and slipped an arrn around Andy's nhoulders. " Kxcept I'd like to introduce you," he,wpnt on, "to the little lady who's consented to bo Mrs. Harrigan." ' -The .statement was greeted with shouts of appi-oval and congratulation, and these changed to a yell of mirth os Tim vounded off his address with the follow- ing words. "And I'd like it to go on record," he announced, glancing acro.ss nt Black Jack, "that I've promised from now on lo"do all my fightin' ot home with the irii'^'<us." (By permission of Associated British Film Distributors, Ltd. Starring George O'Brien and Irene Hervey.) BOY'S CINEMA DON'T FORGET THE SPLENDID FREE GIFT OF A RAZOR-SHARP POCKET KNIFE NEXT WEEK. PLAGE AN ORDER WITH YOUR NEWSAGENT RIGHT AWAY FOR . YOUR COPY OF BOY'S CINEMA OR YOU WILL MISS THIS MAGNIFICENT FREE GIFT! Every Tuesday r THE PHANTOM RIDER' Make Sure Of your COPY Of BOY'S Cinema BY ORDERING NOW! THIS WEEK'S CAST " HARD ROCK HARRIGAN," — Hard Rock Harrigan, George O'Brien ; Andy Anderson, Irene Ifervey ; Black Jack liiUy, Fred Kohler ;' Michael McQinnis, Dean Bonton ; M'Clintock, Frank Rice ; Oscar, A'ictor Potol ; Clancy, Olin Francis ; Clark, William Gould ; Columbo, George Humbert ; J)r. Wagner, Kd Keeno; Casey, Leo bhumway. ••THE DEVIL DOLL." —XatojK/, Lionel Barryraoro ; Lorraine Lavond, Maureen O'.Sullivan; Toto, Frank Lawton ; Covlvet, Robert Oreig; Aladame Lavond, Lucy Beaumont ; Marcel, Henry B. AValf'hall ; Lachna, Grace Ford ; Matin, Pedro do Cordoba; liadin, Arthur Hohl ; Mahta, Rafaela Ottiana ; Marguerite, Juanita Quigley ; Madame Coulvet, Claire du Brey. seemed to me lliat you've ehown a special interest in him ever .since the two of you met, audi don't think you'd like anything to happen to him, vould you?" ^ - Buck saw the girl turn deathly pale, and he promptly called .out to her to take no notice of the man's threat.~Yet it was dear that she was powerfully affected by it. and there was a dis- tracted look in her eyes when Delaney informed her that he would give he- half an hour in which to urakc up hei mind. Long before (he tiihc was up,. Mary Grayson was ready to sufrcTider lier title to every square foot of land thai .she owned. Indeed, she had made that decision the moment Delaney had iii- ferred that Buck's life would be forfeit in the event of her proving stulibom. and it was a decision from whiih she- had Jiot wavered. But before Mary Grayson coiUd sign the deed whicli Hurve.> Delaney pro- duced there was a sudden thunder of hoofs in the canyon, and, rushing to the door w ith his men, the chief of tlie outlaws Sa^v «. formidable posso of horsemen bursting out of the chaparral. It w as unfortunate for the gaiig- leader that he chose to go for his gun, for in the instant that he plucked if from ■ its holster a vollev was dischargo<l by the oncoming riders, and as the echoes-of that fusillade were dying away Ilarvey Delaney sank lifelcos! to the ground. ■ - Three of his accomnlices fell with him. The others threw up their hands, and.i< minuto ; or two later, as thev .\yere being taken into custpdy, Spooky ben' j;lown to examine ?'the .body of tii-- scoundrel who had commanded them... ''So Buck and mc was right, eh?" he said. '"Delaney was our man. Well, it's"a" pity he didn't'live—to swing." Some weeks later, when Delari^y's sur- viving confederate? luul-been tried and SKjiteiiced, BuckT4raut dropped in at'the Hidden Valley ranch to seo, Man- Grayson. ■ "IMarv," he told her, "I'm i-etuming to my headquarters at Laredo to- morrow." • ''Then you haven't thought over my proposition?" bIic «sked in a tone of regret. "Oh, Buck, I need « manager to look after my investments now that I've sold my hmd and my interest in the mine. I never vas much of a business woman." Buck drew nearer to her. and his arm enfolded her waist. '"Mary," he said, "I've got a counter- proposition to make. How would you like to be the wife of a State I'an^er?" Her answer was spoken in a wliisner, but it was the answer that Buck liad hoped to hear, and when he left for Laredo the following day his biide-tobo went with him. THE END. (By permission of Universal Pictures, Ltd., starring Buck Jones. 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