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IF ANYONE CAN TRACK THEM INTHE DARK, IT'S YOU! YOU'RE MY BEST RIDER! I'M DEPEND- ING ON YOU! LEAVE IT TOME, BOSS! BUCK MEDUCK RIDES AGAIN! THEY PICKED AGOOP MOON: LESS NIGHT: FOR CATTL ITS DARKER THAN THE ‘OF A BAGPIPE! TDON'T RECALL THESE I THERESONEOFTHE TRAL- LITTLE SHRUB STUMPS |. HANDS--MAYBE HE CAN NEARCAMP! I'm HELP ME! ALREADY Lost! (GOSH, BUCK! HERE IT 1S AFTER MIDNIGHT AND YOU'RE STILL OUT SHOWIN! OFF YOUR TRICK RIDIN'S I SAW SOME RIDERS (THE BADLANDS? 3Gulple HEADING EAST TOWARDS ) THAT DOESN'T SOUND THE BADLANDS A GOOD! WHILE AGO!‘AH! BY GODFREY, Im DEE- YZ LIGHTED To SEE YOU! 4 j, Cav i} Me r s Uy EASY THERE, PARDNER! TILL SAVE YOU! HOW DID YOU GET YOUR w» RELAX, MY BRAVE FRIEND! THAT BEASTIE HAS BEEN DEAD FoR 100 MILLION YEARS! WHAT IF IT HADONLY THAT FELLOW SPOOKEDMY \ JroHaTE TO SEE Y BEEN PLAYING. mn HORSE AND THE LEGGE COL- THE CRITTER WEAR- ALL THAT TIME! THEN LAPSED ON ME! IT'S CALLED A YOU'D THANK ME! | "PREHISTORIC DYNE-O-SALIRUS!",‘I WAS TRACKING A GRIZZLY BEAR Y I'M TRACKING THAT HAD KILLED SOME STEERS ON ISTLERS! WITHOUT mucH MY RANCH, "THE MALTESE CROSS", JUST EASTOF HERE! LUCK! HOPON! T'LL GIVE YOU A LIFT! YOU LOOK LIKE A CITY Boy! DID YOU COME WEST TOGET RICH, 100% NO. ACTUALLY, TALREADYAM RICH! I'M FROM NEW YORK CITY, \ GRADUATED FROM HARVARD THREE YEARS AGO! I WAS IN POLITICS BEFORE TBECAME ~_A COWBOY} \\ Our HERE IF. YOU'RE RICH?) 7 wry Live way )| Me, I FAIL AT EVERYTHING I TRY! PIRATES SANK MY RIVERBOAT! RUSTLERS RUINED My ‘COWBOY CAREER ! WHY COULON'T I HAVE BEEN GORN RICH LiKE You? BEING BORN WEALTHY 15 NO ACCOMPLISH- MENT! THATS WHY I BECAME A COWBOY? TO FINO THE LIFE I MISSED BY NOT BEING BORN POOR LIKE YOu! JO MAKE YOURSELF RICH THROUGH THE GLORY OF HARD WORK, WITH THE BEATOF A HARDY LIFE IN YOUR VEINS -- BY GODFREY, THATS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT! BESIDES, SOMEONE WiITH- X” NOW, WHAT ARE YOU OUT A TASTE FOR ADVENTURE ) GOING To DOABOUT WOULD NEVER TRY JUMPING £ MERE RUSTLERS? ‘A DINOSAUR!‘ONLY, HOW DO YOU TRACK ANYONE. THROUGH THESE BIZARRE CANYONS ‘AND GULCHES? LOOK-- Some INDIAN BUFFALO Have You SEEN NO, BUT CAN'T YOUSMELL HUNTERS! MAYBE THEYCAN HELP TWO WHITE MEN THEM? THEY'RE INTHE THIRD RAVINE ON THE LEFT! US! THEY'RE SUPERB TRACKERS! h_ WITH A BULL? THERE Sans’ FROM UP HERE WECAN e= THEYARE! (RH LASSO THEM BEFORE r TELL THE ONE WITH WITH BACON GREASE ON HIS HAIR TO WASH HIS FEET! iphew!=NOW T'LL ROPE THE POINT RIDER AND-+ HOLY HANNAH! IT ASRIZZLY Let's. cit OUTTA HERE! EASY THERE, SNAKE -EYES! by = T aay, ARE YOU NUTE? D0 you ama REALIZE WHAT BULLETS’ : fi COST# APIECE?AIEEE! THATS ZENS AND IT HAS ANEVIL SPIRIT IE PIERODACTYL ON ITs EVER SAW ONE? BREATH! BADOMEN! ATHREE-RING CIRCUS! y A 1D flair reerMEAN, ‘Scroose’s BOSS HAS BEEN TRACKING Hitt SINCE DAWN. zs) byes 179) VEPs THE BADLANDS! TWAS AFRAID THAT'S WHERE THE TRAIL WAS LEADING! STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN HERE! 7 BUCK MeDUCK'S HORSE! FIRST HE LOSES MY PRIZE BULL, THEN HIS OWN HORSE! T MADE ABIG MISTAKE WHEN I HIRED THAT LAD! MURDO! Z FIGURED THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR MEN. HES THE BRAVEST COWBOY THE BADLANDS ARE ANICE PLACE TO VISIT, BUTI WOUILONT WANTBUCK, YOU SAVED THE FUTURE OF MY MONTANA RANCH! T'D LIKE YOU 70 TAKE OVER AS IT'S MANAGER -- ALL. 10,000 SQUARE MILES OF IT! SURE, MR. MACKENZIE, BUTONLY FOR A FEW YEARS! SOMEDAY I'M HEADING WEST INTO THE ROCKY MOUN- TAING TO SEEK MY DESTINY! MAYBE T'LL FINDA OR WHATEVER! Bur )) | MY FRIEND, T FEAR YOU'LL LEARN THATGREAT MEN VALLEY OF GOLD OF SOMEDAY T'LL FIND LEAD LONELY LIVES! REMEMBER, WEALTH IS SILVER OR ...0} GREATNESS! MORE THAN A PILE OF CAGH-~ IT'S THE GLORY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT COUNTS ! ‘THANKS, BUT WITH YOuR GiFToF Jf \ | Y cippyar, HorTeNsi GAB, YOU SHOULD GO BACK INTO. S| BOTH ) WERE OFF IO Powrics! 7 \ 4 GLOREEEEE! MURDO, THERE GO THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT MAN! 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