Have Gun Will Travel Comics # 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

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LADY LUCK RUNS OUT

From the first moment Paladin steps i
the paddle wheeler, trouble dogs his
down a professional gambler.

The deck is stacked against Paladin, who works
to learn the gambler's tricks, but ends up in front
of the deadly paddle wheel.

THE INDIAN HEIR

ch of the heir to a gold fortuni
Paladin finds the way barred by hostile Hop:
and tries to fight his way. into their camp.

Paladin tracks down the heir, only to be tricked
and trapped in a lonely pueblo, with flying lead
for unwelcome company.

HAVE ©UN,
WILL TR&¥EL

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new address wwtosSfll If pos.ic-ie ycur old address label.

I HAD IT WITH ME WHEN MY BUGGY WAS BEING

CARRIED OFF BY -A RUNAWAY TEAM/ AND I WAS

SAVED.' IT'S BROUGHT ME LUCK SINCE THBilj

'IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I'M J HOi I WON'T
SOINGTO PLAY CARDS'/EXCUSE YOU/ I'M
"GOING WITH YOU,'

TWO HANDS LATER

That evening

OF COURSE! THEY REALLY PLAYED ME FOR A POOL.' THAT
KNiFE PROVED THEY KNOW WHY I AM ON BOARD AND MY MEETINsJ
BETTY WAS NO ACCIDENT/ SHE HOOKED ME/ SHE EVEN MADE
ME BRING HER _^DOWN HERE AND SHE'S THE ONE WHO

WELL! MY LUCK'S 1,
FINALLY CHANGING/

And half an HouRLATEg.„/^ efflERLOST

AGAIN.' SINCE
BETTY HASN'T
BEEN GROUND, HE'S
ONLY WON ONCE;
THAT PROVES SHE J

WE KNEW YOU WERE C0MIN6 ON SOARD-^1
AND WHY/ WE THOUGHT 1 COULD GET RID ■
OF YOU BEFORE I HAD TO HELP REYNER. M
ROUND UP SOME SUCKER5! WHEN THAT^^B
^ RAILED, WE TRIED BETTY/^^s^H

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^ND NOW THAT I'VE!
r LOCKED HER IN MY J
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^ FAILED TOO/ .JB

~?OOL /y iQU POOR FOOL.' 1 WOULP
Hf HAVE ENDED THINGS FORYOUWITH
^ A BULLET* NOW YOU'LL BE GROUHP
TO DEATH BY THE WHEEL/

N-NO--I CAN'T WATCH IT HAPPEN
I'M SO!NS DOWN, FREE BETTY
AND THEN STOP

S Minutes later, after changing..

1 /WHY MOT JUST \.'-|
I! HE/WE HIM OVER pt^ud

^^TRIED THAT BEFORE.'
^K if DIDN'T WORK! THIS IV

/THANK YOU; SIR, FOR GETTING OUR
7 MONEY SACK FOR U5 FROM THAT a

CARDSHARP.' AND IF I SHOULD *\
\ EVER NEED YOUR VERY ABLE HELP
\ WHERE COULD 1 REACH YOU
PALADIN

LATER. -l y i| ^p PF rhc,ht' Kn M^TTPR

WHAT I OFFERED LORlNG, HE POLITELY SAID,

BUT I MUST SEETHE PISTOL* I
UNDERSTAND IT IS HERE.' -T-v T— ___ ■

'Sf&H's MAGNIFICENT.' THEN
FIKIEST EXAMPLE OF THIS
PISTOL I'VE EVER SEEM.'
V?\ WELL, I'VE LIVED FIFTY I
YEARS WITHOUT IT, I /
*. SL1ESS I CAM SOON /
'^1 LIVING THAT WAY/>

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Next morning, wed west
reports the robberv...

I KNOW HE'S A RESPECTED ^V

MERCHANT, NED, BUT HE'S ALSO N

THE UKEUESTSUSPECTI THE

MISSING CASH AND COLTS COULD

HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO HIDE THE

REAL OBJECT OF THE ROBBERY-,

THAT OLD PI5TQL.'

7^ COYOTE

"Sheriff! Sheriff Mahoney!"

As the rider pulled up in front of the
sheriff's office on the main street of Grub-
stake he was bawling at the top. of his
tongs.

Squinting in the harsh sunlight. Sheriff
Ken Mahoney stepped into the street. "Re-
lax, friend, what's this ail about?" he
snapped.

Dismounting from his horse the rider re-
ported excitedly. "The express train from
Goldville was ambushed in Shawnes Can-
yon! I was riding by when I saw some gun-
slicks begin the attack."

Ken Mahoney frowned as he stared at
the rider and then at the white horse which
was tethered to the nearby hitching roil.

"Could you make out who those var-
mints were?" he queried.

"I figure it was Blackie Carson and
his gang," was the reply. "That block out-
fit he wears — I'd know it anywhere."

"We'll need a posse," snapped the
sheriff. "I've got some men deputized.
They're down at the roilrood station guard-
ing a gold shipment! Come on, we'll pick
them up there."

At the railroad station Mahoney faced
the bitter protests of Del Blake, the express
manager. Blake gestured toward a pile of
wooden chests heaped on the station plat-
form. "Sheriff, I've got nearly a quarter
million in gold here. If you take your depu-
ties you'll be leaving that shipment un-

guarded."

"Sorry," said Mahoney. "But Blackie
Carson's the most wanted man in this ter-
ritory. This is my chance to noil him."

A moment later Mahoney was galloping
out of town with every able-bodied man in
Grubstake behind him.

From o nearby ridge Blackie Carson
watched the sheriff's exit, o twisted grin on
his face. "It worked," he gfooted, as he
turned to face the rest of his gang. "1 out-
foxed Mahoney. All we have to do is go
down there and pick up that gold ship-
ment."

Moments later Blackie and his gang
cantered into town and pulled up at the
railroad station.

"I knew it," said Del Blake, as he saw
the bandits ride up "It was just a trick to
get the sheriff out of town! Carson! You're
the trickiest coyote in this territqry."

"Thanks for the compliment," grinned
Blackie, as he dismounted. 'The coyote's
the smartest critter in the West."

"You're smart all right, but not smart
enough," called a voice from behind
Blackie.

The bondit leader and his men twirled
— and found themselves facing the drawn
guns of Ken Mahoney and his posse which
had slipped in behind them.

"Better drop your hardware, Blackie.
You and your men don't hove a prayer,"
said the sheriff. One by one the bandits
dropped their guns.

"I was sure you'd be heading for
Shawnee Canyon," muttered Blackie.
"How/d you know that call for help was a
fake?"

Mahoney grinned and nodded toward
the rider who had brought in the message.
"That rider you sent — he was supposed to
have galloped a good ten miles from
Shawnee Canyon, but there wasn't a streak
of sweat on his horse. And with that gold
shipment waiting on the railroad station,
it wasn't too hard to figure what was cook-
ing."

Mahoney jerked his thumb in the direc-
tion of the town jail. "Head for the cala-
boose, Blackie! You may be a smart coy-
ote, but I fust nailed your hide to the wall,"

IN SAN FRANCISCO, A
VAULT DOOR SWINGS
OPEN, REVEALING A
FANTASTIC PILE OF
GOLD BARS...

HALF OF THESE ARE MINE BY MY FATHER'S J'
WILL.' DAD WAS. A FABULOUSLY LUCKY
PROSPECTOR/ HE PIED A MONTH A60/

BECAUSE THE OTHER HALF BELONGS TO HER
YOUNGER BROTHER, RAYMOND/TEW YEARS AGO,
WHEN NELLIE, RAY AUD THEIR FATHER CAME
WEST, THEIR WAGON TRAIN WA5 ATTACKED/
RAY WAS CARRIED OFF BY THE INDIANS/ WE
WANT TO FIND HIM 60 WE CAN CARRY OUT
" ETERMSOFTHEWILL/

DAD'S BEEN SEARCHING FOR RAY EVER SINCE
WE REACHED CALIFORNIA/ JUST THE WEEK
BEFORE DAD PASSED AWAY, HE RECEIVED A
STRONG LEAD/ IT'S THE HOPI PUEBLO
MARKED OU THE MAP/

Several days later, paladin nearsthehopi
pueblo. suddenly..,

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MIWUTE5 LATER, ,45 THE HOPIS WATCH IN
SILENCE, TWO MEN LOCK IN WILD GRAPPL1NS..-.

PALEFACE PLENT 1 / STRONG.' HIM WIN RI6HTT0)
BE -HERE IN PEACE AND SPEAK WITH ME/
WHAT DO VOU WANT?

I AM LOOKING FOR A WHITE MAN ABOUT
TWENTY.' HE WAS CAPTURED ABOUT TEN
YEARS AGO/ HERE IS A PICTURE OF
HIM AS
A BOY OF TEN.
DO YOU KHOW
HIM'

BLUE' EYES SO HUNTING OWE SUM AGOj
STAY WITH FOUR OTHER BACHELOR BRAVES
IN OLP PUEBLO HALF A SUN'S RIDE AWAY.

I'VE COME A LONG WAY TO FIND HIM AUd\
I'M NOT STOPPING NOW/ I DON'T THINK HOPIj
BRAVES WILL SHOOT A MAN IN HIS BAZySJ

That night, palapin tells the whi
youth of the fortune awaiting him

V011R FATHER HAD BEEN L0OK1N6 FOR YOU ALL
THESE VEARS!' 1 GUESS VOL! STILL REMEMBER
-,THE WASOfJ ATTACK,-^
1 WOULD RATHER NOT TALK I WHEN YOU WERE

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Minutes later, having tied the prisoners,
paladin is led to some ancient hopi ruins...

YOU HELP IN TIME/ THEM PLAN TO KILL
ME WHEN YOU RODE OFF WITH MAN CALLED 1
►■ LANG/ HIM PAY BRAVES PLENTY TO
HELP-UM/ KEEP ME ALIVE IN CASE HIM
WEED .AN5WERS ABOUT Ml
THAT ONLY I KNOW/

HE ACTED RELUCTANT
TO COME WITH ME! THEN,
WHENX HELD HI5 HORSE,
HE- FOUND THE EXCUSE
HE WAS LOOKING FOR--
I SEEMED "A MAN HE
COULD TRUSTYHE'DGO
.BACK AND -<
CLAIM YOUR
INHERITANCE/

SHE HAD HER BROTHER CAPTUREP BY HAVING \
AN IMPERSONATOR BRIBE SOME HOFI BRAVES
TO HELP HIM/' ONCE HER BROTHER WAS KILLED,
.THE IMPERSONATOR WOULD HAVE CLAIMED

' RAVMGND CLAY'S HALF
OF THE INHERITANCE-/

NO WONDER SHE TURNED ON HER BROTHER
WITH SUCH VICIOUS FURY.' YOU WOULD, TOO, IF
YOU KNEW, ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OFTHE
WILL, IF EITHER

CHILD TRIES TO
PREVENT THE
OTHER FROMGET-
TIN6 HIS RIGHTFUL
PORTION,THATON£
WILL LOSE HIS
HARE" TO THE

YO-YOU MEAN AFTER) YES ANDALL BECAU5E
MANY MOONS OF ^PALADIN REALLY ACCOM-
LIVING OFF WHAT I ]PLtSHED WHATYOURSI5-
HUNT, OF SLEEPING / TER HIRED HIM TO DO-
IN A PUEBLO, I /FIND THE INDIAN-
INHERIT SRA'ISED HEIR TO
A MILLION V/OUR FATHER'S /\£&*
DOLLAR6?/. FORTUNE/ *

HAVE SUN,
WILL TRAVEL

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