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Young Billy Cole eyed the stranger .dis-

mounting at the hitchrack with the curiosity

always aroused by new arrivals in the fron-

tier mining camp of Sunburst.

The man was a redhead, powerfully built

and whiskered. He swept the dozen or so

onlookers with a contemptuous glance,

slapped the twin Colts hanging from his

gun belt, and swaggered to the swinging

doors of the Red Dog Cafe. Throwing them

open, he roared to those inside:

"The name's Bisbee! Hank Bisbee! An'

beginnin' right now, I'm takin' over as chief

in this here camp!"

Billy's mouth sagged open. The men in

Sunburst, rough miners all, were quick to

anger; they drew, and fast, at the slightest

provocation. Tensely, he waited for the ex-

pected gunshot.

But it did not come. Bisbee vanished be-

tween the swinging doors. And the street

loiterers crowded in for a look over the

doors' tops, 3y standing on tiptoe, Billy

was able to see into the cafe, too.

Bisbee was Strutting back and forth, twirl-

ing his guns with practiced hand3. "You

musta heard o' ME!" he was bellowing. "An'

if you ain't, take a squint at the notches on

my shootin " irons—NINETEEN of 'em!" Hs

holstered his guns and banged a powerful

fist on the bar. "Gimme some service—an'.

be quick about it!"

Thus did Hank Bisbee establish himself

in Sunburst. As self-appointed "chief," he

did not have to work to live. Everyone was

glad to provide him with ail he could eat

and drink—for free. Even the roughest char-

acters gave him a wide berth and doubtful

respect. Nobody noticed that he chose the

weaker, more inoffensive men to bully. He

would provoke them, then sneer off the epi-

sode with a derisive, "Humph! HE'S not

worth wastin' a bullet on!"

To seventeen-year-old Billy, who believed

every word. Hank's stories of his exploits

set him up as a hero in the lad's eyes. This

swelled Hank's vanity, and he more or less

took the youth under his wing.

Like most frontier boys, Billy was a good

shot. But he wanted to be a better one. Most

of all, he wanted to be as quick on the draw

as Hank, and to shoot as straight. He kept

begging Hank to teach him.

"Okay, kid," Hank always replied. "Oneo' these days, when I've got time."

One morning. Hank was missing from his

accustomed chair in front of the Red Dog.

"He rode out toward Cedar Pass 'bout 20

minutes ago," the storekeeper told Billy.

Billy hurried for his horse. He would take

the short cut over the ridge, and pin Hank

down about the shooting lesson.

When Billy reached the rim of the Pass,

Hank was just entering it. As Billy started

down to intercept him. his blood froze. On

a ledge below crouched a cougar, tensing

for a leap,

"HANK! Look out!" screamed Billy, draw-

ing his own gun- "COUGAR!"

"EEE-YAAA!" screamed Hank— and fell

out of His saddle.t

Silly took quick aim and fired. His shot

caught the leaping cougar in mid-air. It fell

dead near Hank, crouched quivering on the

ground.

Billy spurred down to his hero. "Are you

okay. Hank?"

"Y-yeah," stammered Hank. "Thanks for

s-savin' my life."

"Why didn't YOU shoot?" frowned Billy.

Shamefacedly, Hank stumbled to his feet.

"I couldn't." he said. "My guns ain't loaded!

I've never even fired 'eml"

Billy took the story of the fallen idol back

to Sunburst, and Hank kept going—in theother direction. As one of the men later said.

Hank's prestige had "gone up in NO smoke"

from his notched, disused revolvers.



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