Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18

ment as a mule, should fancy little
cooling, innocent-like pigeons? You'll
hear them In the morning"
But Judith was not to be distracted
by Trips talk. She smiled at him,
however, to show him that she had
understood and appreciated the pur-
pose back of his light words.
I "We're all going to have our hands
! full for a spell, Doc" was what she
said. 'To Trevors, with a free swing
here, it must have appeared rather a
simple matter to make so complete a
failure as to force. us, encountered as
we are, into selling out to the highest
bidder inside the year. But, Doc, he
must have known, too, that at any
time there might occur the very thing
which has happened-that he'd lose
his Job. He strikes me as a rather
long man, doesn't he you ?
Now, man who saw ahead, figuring
on this very contingency, would have
more than one trick up his sleeve. /
think the obvious thing for you to do
! is to make certain that all the rest of
the stock are in shape. Will you be-
gin tomorrow making a thorough in
vestigation?"
eyes," he answered. You're right
there, Judith. There's nothing like
making sure"
Another thing want you to do"
Judith went on, lis to try to locate
all Of dads old men whom Trevors
let go. Johnny Hodge and Kelly and
Harper and Tod Bruce. Wen need
them. We've got to have men that
crooked money can't buy"
aren't you magnifying things, judi
ith?' asked Trip quietly. There's
such thing as law IN this country,
you know"
| But she shook her head.
maybe am seeing the dangers too
big. But don't think so. And it will
be lot better for Blue Lake ranch if
I see them that way at the beginning.
And as for the law, 1t costs money.
I'm not sure that Trevors or the lum-
Der people would be averse to getting
us involved in lot of legal intri-
cacies. Oh, he has been careful not
to leave any definite proof behind
him."
"You hit the bell that time y
! laughed Trip, and Judith smiled with
him as there came to their ears the
faint tinkle Of the telephone-bell in the
Office.
Judith excused herself and fastened
to answer the summons. fastened be-
! cause she wanted to be back with
Tpipp as soon as might be. &c. know
! ing her way so well about the big house
she went quickly through the dark
hallway without turning aside to
switch on the lights and came into the
Office, dimly lighted by the stars shin
ing in through the windows.
She snatched up the telephone in
strument.
Hello" said Judith. "Who is it?''
ii ives the telegraph operator in
4 Rocky Bend. A message for Miss
Judith Sanford from Pollock Hamp-
ton, San Francisco. And the message
ran:
.sWhat were you thinking of to
chuck Trevors? Thoroughly excellent
man. You should have consulted me.
Don't do anything more until come.
Send conveyance to meet Saturday
train. Bringing five guests with me.
"POLLOCK HAMPTON"
Judith turned frowning to Trip.
GAS if / didn't have enough on my
| hands already" she exclaimed bitterly
without Hampton dragging his fool
guests into the naixup! [ could slap
his face"
do it," chucEled Trip. Good
idea!"
i
Busy days followed for Judith San
ford and for every man remaining
upon Blue Lake ranch. A score of men,
! including the mixers, Johnson, the
irrigation foreman and his crew of
1 laborers, had quit work, going over
openly to Bayne Trevors at the West
ern Lumber camp.
i Almost her first answer to Trevors'
coup was to telegraph San Francisco
for milking machinel together with
an expert sent out by the company to
install and superintend it's working
for the first few days. At the same
time she hired from one of the Sacra-
mento dairies a man who was to be
foreman of her own dairy industry, a
| capable fellow with an intimate knowl-
edge of automatic mixers. He, with
a couple Of shippers paid overtime
wages managed until the dairy crew
i could be builded up again.
Mrs. Simpson, the matron from
Rocky Bend. arrived. true to her
promise and, motherly soul that she
was, took a keen interest in Judith's
comforts and in caring for the big
house, of which she Immediately waxed
proud with an air of semi-proprietor-
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