The Snowflake herald., 1922-10-20
dered savagely. "Ten
Why do you keep me wa,'e W. d
Tho rrf,-l eD,;IoJ Vungh

might have remained to tS
ing on her own account S
mira herself remained 70 N@
on her own account, D.. @
from cities, just as you aro
unlike you-had no mount.,.0 0a
her. She wasn't used tO
perhaps she didn't know bo
She only knew how to ho Os
"They say that she went @l'' !
sane at the sight of that g.. dIa
man of hers lying still i
needles. She hadn't evon a
was out of the house. n. I
out on some secret busira..
night. She had only one ~,
her baby boy and her litS %
daughter-little Linda Roy
before you now. Her onS '
was to get those children
dreadful land of bloOdsbas
hide them so that they ooa,i
come back. And she didpt saa
them to know their truo W va
She seemed to realize that 4 "
known, both of them won,,
some time-to collect tba,.
Sooner or later, that boy with :
ger blood in him and tbat ~
the Ross blood would retu,s
tempt to regain their ancipD, :,
and to make the clan paw,
"All that was left were !.
women with hate in their ba..
a strange tradition to take fl,
of hope. They said that soma
death spared them, they vos'
Folger's son come back ac,,
assert his rights. They VoiS
new champion would arise On,
their wrongs. But mostly dp,h
spare them. Only old Elmir, !,
"What became of the secrp,
ment I do not know. I haven
hope that you do, either. m.
was carried down to the cam.
Sharp, one of the witnesses nh,
aged to get past the guard .,
on file soon after it was WRITE,
rest is short. Simon and his C,I
up the land, swearing that M
FOlger had decided it to them
he had procured it. They had
to show for it-a forgery,
one thing that they feared,
weak chain, was that this
agreement between Folger Al
father would be found.
"You see what that would nj
would show that he had no
deed away the land, as he was
holding it in trust for me. Old
explained the matter to mel
mixed up on the legal end Of
cuSe it. If that document d
found, their forged deed would
viously invalid. And it anger!
that they could not find 1t.
"Of course they never fla
forged deed-afraid that the
would be discOvered-but tha
it to show to any one that
teresteda But they wanted
themselves still safer.
There had been two with
the agreement. One of them
named Sharp, died-Or was
shortly after. The other, an
per named Hudson, was indlf
the whole matter-he was
ing through and was at FOlge1
for dinner the night Ross cam
still living in these mountains
might be of value to us yet,
"Of course the clan did nd
all secure. They suspected Z
agreement had been mailed
one to take care of, and u
afraid that it would be brOugA
when the time was ripe. TH
perfectly that their forged de
never stand the test, so On
things to do was to prevent Q
ever being contested. That
keep Folger's son in ignOran
whole matter.
81 hope / can make that q
deed from my father to FOls
record, Folger was dead, AM
son would have every rlgn
portunity to contest the clan
the land. If he could get
into court. he would surely
1.-The second thing to do
me over. / was just a Gil
looked the easiest course OF
why l was stolen from the
by one of SimOn's brothers
was simply that when the
l would marry one OF the q
tablish their claim to the la
"Up to a few weeks ago
to me that sooner or later
out. Bruce, you can't drea
meant 1 thought that sV
could drive them out anu
pay, a little, for all they
But they've tricked me, q
thought that / would get
gers son, who by inherlt9
have a clear title to the y
with the aid of the courts
these usurpers out. But
I've found out that even
is all but gone.