Fifteen Western Tales, January 1953 — page 66: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

"TALES "of “the” Y LEE When reat yy A | Ih ; Li oS ‘ MOSSMAN of the RANGERS - THE NAME BURTON C.MOSSMAN iS WRIT , LARGE IN THE ANNALS OF THE ARIZONA TERRITORY. A SMALL MAN, FASTIDIOUS IN DRESS AND MANNER, WITH STEEL-COLD 2x EYES AND ICY NERVE, HE WAS SUPER- ii INTENDENT OFA CATTLE OUTFIT WHEN, AROUND 1900, GOV. MURPHY — COMMISSIONED HIM TO ORGANIZE THE \ ARIZONA RANGERS. | tl >> ES . / — VL “s res ) nate E 5 hs Prag? at ik i] a < Ss , Pe ie Mae i He Scamen ean Ht | Soe pe eee iH an oy Ua SEE LSS eee — AWE TERRITORY SWARMED WITH BORDER RUNNERS, RUSTLERS, HIGH- WAYMEN AND BANDS OF OUTLAWS WHO SWEPT DOWN FROM HIDE- OUTS IN THE MOUNTAINS, RAIDING AND MURDERING. WITH HIMSELF AS CAPTAIN, MOSSMAN TOOK A SERGEANT AND 12 RANGERS CHOSEN EROM OLD COWHANDS AND TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS,AND SET OUT TO CLEAN THINGS UP. | Banpits BOLDLY ROBBED A POST OFFICE AND FLED INTO THE TERRITORY ONLY TO BE TAKEN, MUCH TO THEIR SURPRISE, BY THE NEWLY ORGANIZED RANGERS. WHEN BILL __. ge SMITH'S GANG TRICKED AND KILLED TWO OF HIS) 3S RRs" RANGERS, MOSSMAN SAW RED. WITH ONLY AsO ERS PAIR OF APACHE TRACKERS, HE FOLLOWED —~ "SS THEM RELENTLESSLY OVER THE Za, “GH MOUNTAINS, THROUGH RAIN AND SNOWSTORMS, FOR 22 DAYS, THEN LOST THE TRAIL INA BLIZZARD. SMITH AVOIDED ZB ARIZONA AFTER ELE cCoMmichboOoks.cO©