The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
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in bIeecA0rs mountain man who
haA ~ years dfiftsd between Tribula-
t1oa md WincAesteP trading I'm cattle
and timber. made Journey through
the hills that. spring. and was every
where received a. home fplkD." Hoe
h1A there were no bars Of distrust,
end - was able for that reason to buy
laad right ard left. Though he had
paid for Il . price above the average.
Il Wa . price tar below the value Of
and Jim had picked his land.
Anss Havsy and his associates knew
that Jim Fletcher had been subsidised;
that the money he spent 20 lavishly
was not his own money; and that he
came ~ gtAlkinG-horse, but they did
mot know that he had bean to Louis
vile and bad conferred there with Mr..
Trevor. Neither did they know q
once that he had visited the cabins Of
every malcontent among both the for
mer factions. and that he was Q mis-
chiefmaker adroitly laying here In the
hills the foundations for new feud.
Jim had . bland tongue and . per
suasive manner. and he talked to the
mountain men in their own speech.
but he was none the less the advance
agent Of the new enemy from down
below: the personal fulnllment OF
Juanita's prophecy to Roger Malcolm.
Juanita did not realize how much
abe was leaning on the strength Of
Anse Havey. how she depended ON
him for counsel and encouragement,
which he gave not In behalf Of the
school. but because he was the school
teachers slave. She saw the little
hospital rise ON the hill and thought
Of what It would do. and she believed
that Anse Havey must be, in his heart,
converted. even though his mountain
obstinacy would not let him say 20.
Then. while the hillsides were Joy
Gus with spring. came squad Of lads
with transit and chain, who began
running tentative line through the
land that Jim Fletcher had bought.
AAse Haysy watched them grimly
with folded arms. but said NO word
until they reached the boundary Of his
own place.
Thsrs he met them at the border.
Boys. he said, 'ys mustn't cross
that fencs. This 10 my land. an for
bids ~"
Thsir forsman argued.
I'VE only want 70 take the measure
msats necessary to complete our line.
NJ. Hsyey. We won't work any In
jury"
Anss shook his head.
@Come In. boys. an eat with mo an
make yourselves at home" he told
them. ''but leave your tools outside"
Mem from the house rAtrolled the
boundary with riles and the young
men were forced TO turn back.
But later they drew near the house
Of old Bob Nc0reegor. and he. steal
fng down to the place in the thicket Of
fAododendron. sAw them perilously
near the trickling stream which even
then bore on it, surface little kernels
cf yellow corn. Deeply and violently
old Bob gwore ~ he draAk from his
little blue keg. and when one day he
eaw them sgain he asked counsel Of
NO man. He went down and crept
close through the laurel. and when his
old rife spoke schoolboy from the
Blue Grass fell dead among the rocks
Of tho water course.
After that death. the first murder Of
an innocent outsider. the war which
Anse Havey had 20 long foreseen
broke furiously and brought the or
ders Of upland and lowland to the
grip OF bitter animosity.
Old McGreegor's victim had been
young Roy Calvin. the son OF Judge
Calvin Of Lexington. and the name OF
Calvin in central Kentucky was one
associated with the states best tra-
ditions.
II had run In strong. bright thread
through the pattern Of Kentucky's
achievements. and when news OF the
wauton assassination came home, the
state awoke to q shock Of horror. The
infamy Of the hills was screamed in
echo to the mourning. and the name
Of Bad Anse Havey was once more
printed in large type.
The men whose capital sought To
wrest profit from the hills. and whose
employee had been slain. were quick
TO take advantage Of this hue and cry
OF calumny.
They hurled themselves into the
night for gaining possession of coveted
land and were not particular ~ to
methods. 80
Jim Fletcher came and went con
stantly between the lowlands and
highlands. He was al things to all
nen. and In the hills he cursed the
lowlander, but In the lowland he
cursed the hills. Milt and Jeb and
Anse rode constantly from cabin to
cabin IN their efforts to circumyent
the adroit schemes of the mountain
Judas Who had sold his soul to the
lopland syndicate.
Fletcher sought q foothold for capi-
tal to pierce fields acquired at the
price OF undeyeloped land and then
10 take the profit OF development.
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