Boy's Cinema (1935-39)

28 mine and snared himself in some coils of rope lying on the floor of the gallery. The stallion was Rex, god horse of Sujan, and in his efforts to free himself he had only entangled his forefeet more securely in the rope, which was fastened to one of the timber props that sup- ported the roof of the mine. Rinty drew closer and for the space of several seconds he watched the stal- lion's frenzied, but useless, attempts to regain his liberty. Then, as the horse desisted for a brief interval, the wolf- hound padded still nearer to him, and sniffed at the hemp coils which had im- prisoned his front legs. Presently, Rinty began to see if his sharp canine teeth could make any im- pression on the snare, but he had to give up, for soon the stallion resumed his desperate struggles, and in order to avoid a kick from his hoofs the dog was forced to scuttle out of reach. From a safe distance he again watched the antics of the black Arabian. After a moment or two, however, he suddenly turned and ran out of the mine, then sped from the canyon and as if by in- stinct dashed along the trail by which he had come. It was a trail that would eventually bring him back to the Bruce Academy, and perhaps it was natural that Rinty should make for that establishment, where he had seen 60 many creatures similar to the trapped stallion in the mine. Yet before the dog had travelled a couple of miles he heard someone call him by the name that Jensen had given him, and, halting, he observed a girl approaching him on horseback from a cleft in the hills. The girl was Dorothy Bruce, blonde, blue-eyed and pretty as a picture, and she had been enjoying a canter through the mountain country when she had caught sight of the wolfhound. "Why, Rinty!" she exclaimed, pulling up within a few paces of the dog. "What fire you doing here?" Every, line of Rinty's splendid body seemed to betray agitation. Wheeling, he darted back along the trail for a short distance—stopped—returned—then set off again; and by the time he had repeated this performance two or three times it had dawned on Dorothv Bruce that he was trying to persuade her to follow him. The moment this conviction had taken a grip on her" mind she gave her pony the spur and rode after the dog, who promptly raced for the mine as hard as he could go. But, though it was Rinty's intention to lead her to the scene of a dumb animal's plight, fate decreed otherwise, for a jack-rabbit's scrape in the path of Dorothy's horse caused the pony to stumble, and in an instant the girl was thrown heavily to the trail. She lay where she had fallen, and, unaware of the accident she had sus- tained, Rinty held on at top pace until BOY'S CINEMA he reached the canyon in which the mine was situated. Then, even as he swung into the ravine, he saw four men ahead of him. They were strangers to Rinty, but, if the dog had been acquainted with any of Crawford's employees, he would have recognised them as Jones, Mitchell, Martin and a fellow known as Ander- son. They were riding towards the cavern in which Rex was trapped, and Jones was talking in an animated voice. "Here's where I spotted that'black Arabian," he was saying to his com- rades. ".He went into that a - L-inclined mine, like 1 told you, but I was sealed to tackle him alone. Maybe he's still there, an' even if he ain't there's always a chance he'll come back." "He's there all right," jerked Mitchell all at once. "Listen 1" The four men drew rein, and, pausing, they distinctly heard the stallion whinnr- ing—heard, too, the stamping of hoofs somewhere within the dark interior of the mine. They did not know, however, that their prize was trapped in that gloomy cavern, and after unhitching their lariats and dismounting from their broncs they sneaked up to the tunnel- entrance with exaggerated caution. "Hold it, boys," said Jones, as thev gained the mouth of the cave. "We'd THIS WEEK'S CASTS " THE ADVENTURES OF REX AND RINTY."— Frank Bradley, Kane Rich- mond ; Dorothy Bruce, Norma Taylor ; Rex, King of Wild Horses ; Rinty, the Wonder Dog ; Jensen, Smiley Burnett ; Wheeler, Wheeler Ottkman ; Crawford, Harry Woods ; Mitchell, Al Bridge ; Jones, Edmund Cobb ; Martin, Charles Chesebro ; McDonald, Jack Rockwell ; Pasha, Pedro Regas; Bruce, Allan Cavan ; Foster, Tracy Layne ; Tanaga, Mischa Auer ; Kinso, Victor Potel ; Dehor, Hooper Atchley ; Jerry Morton, Ralph Byrd. "CEILING ZERO."— Dizzy Davis, James Cagney : Jake Lee, Pat O'Brien ; " Tommy " Thomas, June Travis; Texas Clarke, Stuart Erwin ; Al Stone, Barton MacLane ; Tay Laicson, Henry Wadsworth ; Mary Lee, Martha Tibbetts ; Lou Clarice, Isabel Jewell ; Joe Allen, Craig Reynolds ; Eddie Payson, C'arlyle Moore Jun. ; Fred Adams, Addison Richards; Mike Owens, Gary Ovren ; Doc Wilson, Edward Gargan ; Leslie Bogan, Robert Light : Buzz, James Bush. "CRASH DONOVA N."— Crash Donovan, Jack Holt; Johnnie Allen, John King ; Doris Tennyson, Nan Gray ; Alabam, Eddie Acuff ; Captain Tennyson, Hugh Buckler; Tony, William Tannen ; Mike, Al Hili ; Sinokey, James Donlan. Every Tuesday better not go in theie. \You know what that devil is. Our besi\plan is to get him in the open, so we can throw our ropes on him. How about smokin' him Out?" It was a suggestion that met with approval, and a mass of dry thicket? near the main entrance was set alight, the wind carrying the smoke of the con- flagration directly into the cavern. Meanwhile, Rinty had been watching the activities of the four men, and now he seemed to realise'that they were up to some mischief, for suddenly"ho da-hed straight across to them and started to bark at them loudly. "Get outa here!" snapped Mitchell, aiming a kick at the dog. He could not have adopted a worse method of dealing with Rinty, for with his spirit aroused the wolfhound sprain; at him, and, buffeting him solidly in the chest, knocked him flying to the ground. Rinty fell atop of him, and the dog'., gleaming teeth were at the man's throat in another instant. Only by clutching the thick fur around the wolfhound's neck did Mitchell save himself from deadly injury, and as it was he was badly bitten about the wrists before Jones came to his rescue and clubbed the senses out of the dog with the butt of a gun. Panting, Mitchell rose to his feet and spurned the huddled body of his attacker viciously. Then he turned towards the entrance of the cave with Jones and the other two men. Smoke was pouring into the tunnel, and out of the darkness of the. interior there came the sound of Rex whinnying and stamping frantically. " That stallion can sure take punish- ment," Martin gasped. "But he's bound to make a rush for the open soon. Be ready to lasso him, fellers." Even as the words were spoken there was a sharp splintering of wood, and to the dismay of Crawford's hirelings it was followed by a thunder of falling earth and rock. 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