The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-09

Ight tone. Il want to talk with 20
before you do anything rash. 81
down." But Lee remained standing
merely saying, "Shoot."
i WONDER" explained Trevors, 81
the boys understand just the size o
the job I've got in my hands? Yol
Know that the ranch Is a million
dollar outfit; you know that you cal
ride fifteen miles without getting of
the home-range; you know that W,
are doing a dozen different kinds O
farming and stock-raising. But yo,
don't know just how short the money
is! There's that young idiot now
Hampton. He holds a third interes
and I've got to consider what he says
even If he Is a weak-minded, inbred
pup that can't do anything but spent
an Inheritance like the born fool he
is. His share is mortgaged, I've tried
to pay the mortgage off. I've got to
keep the interest up. Interest alone
amounts to three thousand dollars q
year. Think Of that! Then there's
Luke Sanford dead and his one-third
interest left to another young fool, q
grill Every two weeks she's writing
for a report, %eternally butting In,
making suggestions, hampering me
until I'm sick Of the job"
THAT would be Luke's girl, Judith ?"
Yes. Two Of the three owners
kids, writing me at every turn. And
the third owner, Timothy Gray, the
only sensible one of the lot, has Just
up and sold out his share, and | sup
superannuated female in an old lady's
home has inherited a fortune and
bought him out. And now you, the
best man I've got, throw me down !"
Il don't see," said Lee slowly, after
a brief pause. "just what good 1t does
to sell a good string of horses like they
were sheep. Half of hat herd is real
horse-fesh, I tell you"
WELL" snapped Trevors, Suppose
you are right. I've got to raise three
thousand dollars In a hurry. Where
will l get itT"
"Who Is offering fifty dollars a head
for those horses?" asked Lee abruptly.
ut might be the Big Western Lumber
companyY'
Eyes"
"Uh-huh. Well, you can kill the
rats in your own barn, Trevors. I'll
go look for a job somewhere else"
Bayne Treyors, his lips tightly COM
pressed, his eyes steady, a faint, angry
flush in his cheeks, checked what
were flowing to his tongue and
looked keenly at his foreman. Lee
met his regard with cool uncon-
Germ. Then, just as Trevors was about
to speak, there came an interruption.
The quiet Of the morning was
broken by the quick thud Of a horses
shod hoofs on the hard ground of the
courtyard. Bud Lee in the doorway
.urned to see a strange horse drawn
up SO that upon Its four punched
roofs 1t slid to a %standstill saw a
figure, which in the early
light he mistook for a boy, slip out
# a saddle. And then, suddenly, q
,irl, the spurs of her little riding-boots
jingling music on the %veranda,
Ter riding-quirt swinging from her
wrist, had stepped by him and was
with bright, swapping eyes
ron him to Trevors.
Il am Judith Sanford" she an
ounced briefly, and there was a note
\ hor un11nn u0ion ryhfch mani r{nn
lg, bell-like, through the still air. rs
ne Of you men Bayne Trevors?"
A quick, shadowy smile came and
'ent upon the lips of Bud Lee. 1t
.ruck him that she might have said
just that way: 81 am the queen of
and / am running my own
He looked at her with eyes
lied with open interest and curiosity,
aking swift appraisal of the flush In
q sun-browned cheeks, the confusion
dark, curling hair disturbed by her {
rious riding. the vivid, red-blOoded
of her. Mouth and Eyes and
9 very carriage of the dark head /
her superb white throat an "
'uuCcu DUlu1y dlu IlullPhohd tia 4
was no wax-petaled lily OF a lady b
t rather a maid whose blood, like v
e blood of the father before her, was :
rbulent and hot and must boil like
wild mountain-stream at opposition.
er eyes, a little darker than Ire
were the eyes Of fighting stock.
Trevors, irritated already, turned
I'd eyes up at her from under cor :
gated brows. He did not move In
chair. Nor did Lee stir except that
he removed his hat.
I am Trevors," said the general
mayer CURLY. "And, whether you fc
!, Judith Sanford or the queen Of bl
I'm, l am busy right now" P
You talk soft with me, Trevors" ii
ed the girl passionately, III you p'
Mt to hold your Job five minutes! fo
tolerate none Of your high and at
airs" In
laughed at her, a sheer In pl
laugh. II talk the way j talk" he W
Iwered roughly. IF people don't tn
the sound OF 1t they don't have to We
on Lee. Won round I'D those TO