St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-05-13
SYNOPSIS

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES through Arr:
s5 marty of eastcrners, father and
s* s soh and male companlon stop 20
oa .1pass a cattle round up The girl leaves
(, shacar and is attacked by wild steer
the 9. .a sterpece Of riding on the part Of
B sne NJ the cowboys saves her llfe.@
-ruApTER I.-Clay Lindsay. range-ride1
s An an Arizona ranch, announces ms ill!eh-
II stan ia visit the 'btg town., New YORK.
ruApTER lion the train Lindsay
.s.o,naa Interested in a young woman,
Tittv Mason, on her way to new 10TH o..
a = hscome a motion-picture actress. she
q 70 p o,d as fair prey by fellow trav-
r. Jerry Durand, gang politician ana
ssranrize fighter. Perceivng MS intention.
lindsay provokes quarrel ana THROWS
Il Durand from the train .m.
5 CHAPTER III.-On his first Gay IA new
york Lindsay Is splashed with water oy
ianitor. That Individual the range
ss5s 10y FINISHES summarily and leaves tled
s !n1' Are hydrant young woman who
IN :. " The III occurrence invites Clay into her
snnsa and hides him from the police
CHAPTER Iv.-Clay's "rescuer" intro-
4 dacss herself as Beatrice Whiford.3 Lind
a aau meets her fathts. Colin Whttford. and
sF e e. ,nvited to visit them again. he meets
n,ttv Mason by accident. She has been
4 disappointed in her stage aspirations, ana
~ SIlDDOrt 1erSel1 is ScIliiiso %ioeAA St~S' 80
zs = .aharet. Clay visits her there.
CHAPTER v.-Kitty is insulted by =
customer. Clay Furnishes the annoyer.
8 Sfter lively mixup Lindsay escapes.
nntslde he IS attacked by Jerry Durand
srd a companion and beaten insensible.
cHAPTER VI-Lindsays acquaintance
with Beatrice Whtford r:psnsi, Ihro4 1};a
AIDA PARTNER on the Arizona ranch,
1ohnnte Green, comes to the big town"
The man beside the girl kept his
smile working and concealed the little
stab. of jealousy that dirked him.
Colin Whitford had contided to Lind
saw that hts daughter was practically
engaged to Clarendon Bromfield and
that he did not like the man. The
range-rider did not like him either, but
be tried loyalty to kill his dlstrust Of
the clubman. II Beatrice loved him
there must be good III the fellow. Clay
meant to be good loser anyhow.
There had been moments when the
h range-rider's heart had quickened With
a wild, insurgent hope. One of these
had been on morning when they were
riding in the park, knee to knee, IN
7 the dawn Of a new clean world. It had
come to him with a sudden clamor Of
the blood that In the eternal rightnesS
Of things such mornings ought to be
theirs till the youth in them was
Quenched in sober age. He had looked
h Into the eyes Of this slim young Diana,
and lie had tlirobbed to the certainty
4 that she too in that moment of
tangled glances knew sweet confu-
u sion Of the blood In her cheeks there
had heen quick flame Of hying color.
4 Their talk had fallen from them, and
they had ridden in /, shy, exquisite 81
& lence from which she had escaped by
putting her horse to a canter.
sBut in the sober sense Of sanity Clay
knew that this wonderful thing was
not going to happen to him. He was
not going to be given her happiness to
hold In the hollow of his hand. Bee
#.Whitford was modern youn. woman,
practic,Il-mintled. with proper sense
Il Of the values that the world esteems,
\ Clarendon sRroniield was a catch even
! IN New York. He was rich, of good
family, assured social position, good
B looking, and manifestly in love with
her. Like gravitates to like the land
! oyer.
Bromfield, too, had no doubt that
4 Bee meant to marry him. He was in
/ loVe with her us far as he could be
with anybody except himself. He
I wanted her-the YOUTH the buoyant
y me- the guy. glad conrudeship of her
and ne had always been lucky in
4 getting what he desired That was
Il the use Of having been horn with a
silver spoon in his mouth.
But though Clarendon Bromtield
4 mad no doubt Of the issue of his suit,
me friendship of Beatrice FOR this fell
n loW from Arizona stabbed his vanity.
u hust his class pride ana his personal
4 Se'II-esteem that she should take pleas
ssure IN the mans society. Bee never
lao nad Deen Well-broi1en to harness. He
/ set his thin lips tight and resolved
y u'at ne would stand no nonsense OF
1ilis sort after they We're married. II
4 sue wanted to tlrt it would have to be
Win Some one in their own set.
IT, f1eatrlce could not understand her
sell She knew that she was behay-
1 Wy rather indisclretly, though she did
\ not lallom the cause of the restless
4 4 n YES. that drove her to Clay Lindsay.
3 Ahe truth Is that she was longing for
- escape from the empty life she was
5ieallhg, mad been seeking one for years
81 s.'hout Knowing it. Surely this round
= social frIvolities, the chatter of
! u'ese silly women ana SNUG tailor
naue men, could not be all there was
3" l'1e. She must have been made
u " something better than that.
anu when she was with Clay she
sAneW she had been. lie gave her a
s.asloh Of life through eyes TINT had
4 .A'W' open. wide spaces. clean. whole
s1'ie, and snn-kissed. He stood on his
/ v'sh feet and did his own thinking.
4 imply. with beth hanus, he took hold
- problems and examined them
ss''pped of all trimmings. The man
20, eiementnl, but he was keen and
proadsgauged. II amazed her one day
q. ieafn that he had read William
.a''ies and understood his philosophy
Aiueli better than she did.
mere was in l.cr mind no intention
s ... OF ieltiljS herself do any
s .a.e SO foolish as to marry him. But
! se'e were moments when the thought
- lau 4 dreadful fasl.inatinn for