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8 "TRAVELIN' ON"

his face contorted with hate, he lurches over to the
front of the Palace and deliberately resting his six-
shooter on the hitching rack, he starts to draw an
accurate bead on J. B., who is up against the bar, just
in the act of raising his glass to his lips. J. B.'s back
is toward the door, but he is facing the mirror over the
bar and in it he could see. Without the movement.
of a muscle, save his right arm and hand, he slowly
draws his gun from his right holster, and resting it
in the croch of his left arm, and still looking steadily
into the mirror and tasting his drink, he fires. There
is a sound of breaking glass as the bullet crashes thru
the front window, and tears its way straightinto the
gun hand of Gila and shatters it. With a howl of pain,'
Gila doubles up and then staggers away, vowing ven-
geance and looking for a doctor. J. B. quietly finishes
his drink and returns his gun to its holster, and just
simply remarks to the bartender, ''When there's no
mirror behind a bar, I always drink with my back to
it."

Carmen Rosa has seen and heard, and Carmen Rosa
loves bravery and loves daring. So Carmen Rosa,
in company with another pretty dance hall girl, comes
forward with Jacko still perched upon her shoulder.
,
"Buy a drink?" says Carmen.

"Sure," says J. B.

And the drink is bought and drained. "Come and
sit down and have a talk," says Carmen Rosa. To
which J. B. replies, "When I want women, I go get
'em, and I ain't aimin' to be bothered none." At which
Carmen Rosa and her companion stand, not knowing