Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-29
CHAPTER xxIi-continued.


Aad far years drifted between Tribula-
tsoa and Winchester trading in cattle
and f3EsAer. made a journey through
tina hzEas that spring, and was every
wAere received as home folks For
hfm there were no bars of distrust.
and ne was able for that reason to buy
lana right and left. Though he had
paid fD u a price above the average.
n WAS price far below the value of
fAs ceas and timber it contained
aad yim had picked his land.
Aase Havey and his associates knew
that gim Fletcher had been subsidized;
fAat fhe money he spent SO lavishly
wan nok AIS own money; and that he
eazse M = stelking-horse. but they did
nex kHDw that he had been to Louis
yEkae and had conferred there with Mr.
Trevor Neither did they know at
enee tAaa he had visited the cabins OF
every maaeontent among both the for
ner fAc4snns. and that he was a mis-
eAseEzaa&ex adroitiy laying here in the
hEaas szAe sozndations for a new feud.
JEm HAD n bland tongue and a per-
ssazEse manner, and he talked to the
mosRdnEm men in their own speech,
h7t he was none the less the advance
agent MI the new enemy from down
bese9- the personal fulfillment of
JsAmstas prophecy to Roger Malcolm.
5sazlsfa did not realize how much
sAe was leaning on the strength OF
Aase Aasey. how she depended on
hfM fnr counsel and encouIA cement.
which Ne gave not in behalf of the
scheea. b~4 because he was the school
tsarAess slave. She saw the little
hespaAAA xxse on the hill and thought
eS w2zna Il would do, and she believed
THAI AnRe Hayey must be, in his heart.
coAseraea. even though his mountain
ohs4znacy would not let him say so.
Thsa. while the hillsides were joy
oEss with spring. came a squad of lads
wItA transit and chain, who began
ranaans n tentative line through the
land 4z1aa Jim Fletcher had bought
Anse Harvey watched them grimly
vita fc2aed arms. but said no word
RHfE 1hE.y reached the boundary of his
oBa place
There he met them at the border
BGS.~ he said. we mustn't cross
that Se4ceA This is my land, an / for
bids pa
TRgar ScrenRan argued.
ne easy want to take the measure
-Iaass necessary to complete our line
Mr. Rzves- We won't work any in
jHfy-
A1es zhook his head
-CMmR hn. boys. an eat with me an
make yourselves at home.'' he told
them. but leave your tools outside
Aea frcEa the house patrolled the
SoUnaaRy with rifles and the young
mes usxe faFced to turn back
Bxz aaker they drew near the house
Of ole Bah McGreegor, and he, steal
ing aowR 10 the place in the thicket of
rAoaoaeanron. saw them perilously
rear &he aricikling stream which even
thea hors On it's surface little kernels
Of geA0w corn. Deeply and violently
cid Bob swore as he drank from his
aiftfe hlae keg. and when one day he
saw them again he asked counsel of
no mAn- He went down and crept
ciSse shzoEgh the laurel, and when his
cid zfas spoke a schoolboy from the
A3Ee Grass fell dead among the rocks
Of ehe Ea4sr course.
AsRsr AkAa death, the first murder of
ma szzssceaf outsider, the war which
A1se HaTey had so long foreseen
brsaEe fETs0asly and brought the or
4exs al upland and lowland to the
grip NJ natter luminosity.
0ia AESEeegor's victim had been
yoUcs Roy Calvin, the son of Judge
CAlszn al Lexington, and the name of
Cn2ssa I'm central Kentucky was one
aSsoczAseA with the states best ira
AitiDnR
n hxd xun in strong, bright thread
sAEsRgA the pattern of Kentucky's
achievements. and when. news of the
wzzz1a destination came home. the
state 1HGakc to a shock of horror. The
szfsazay 81 ehe hills was screamed in
eShD IN the mourning. and the name
q BAD Anse Havey was once more
Prsaaea I'm large type.
Tase x1cn whose capital sought to
Eres& pr@6s from the hills, and whose
esHzagFee had been slain, were quick
ID snare advantage of this hue and cry
0f c13asZzy-
1Aey hurried themselves into the
6sfa Esr gaining possession of coveted
aAma zHa were not particatar as to
unszAeaz
Lama Fletcher came and went con-
xtAxAzy between the lowlands and
AaEa&nniasl He was all things to all
men. zzs IN the hills he cursed the
Eo%3az8es. hut in the lowland he
CURSED kAc hills. Milt and Jeb and
AnsR E1Be constantly from cabin to
eazEz IN their efforts to circumvent
the mzxDzk schemes of the mountain
3zaEs Who had sold his soul to the
7DTwanaa syndicate
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