Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-05
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CHAPTER bud Lee, horse fore
man OF the Blue Lake ranch, con-
vinoed Bayne Trevors, manager, Ia de-
oSnsd Sy 5udsh Ernthins santenS taS prSpsnsx ySunx
woman, her cousin, Pollock Hampton,
ana Timothy Gray, decides to throw up
ms Jop. judith arrives and announces
: ranch and will run It. She discharges
Trevors.
raCah GaAPT5R SIIIls. 1.-the 1.x; men men on s the
girl, but by subdutng Q vicious horse
and proving her thorough knowledge
Of ranch life, judith wins the best Of
Them over. Lee decides to stay.
CHAPTER III.-Convinced her vet
erinarian Bill Crowdy, Is treacherous,
Judith discharges him, re-engaging. an
ola friend of her fathers. Doc. Trip.
CHAPTER Iv-Pollock Hampton,
with party of friends, comes to the
ranch to stay permanently. Trsvors
the ranch. Judith's messenger is held
up and robbed of the monthly pay roll.
CHAPTER v.-Bud Lee goes to the
safely with hort It. SUh though EifS Eis horse eaUs is
killed under him.. Both he ana Judith
Sc see Treyors s hand in the crime Hog
on the ranch. judith and Lee, investi- i
eating the scene Of the holdup, climb
a mountein, where the robber must
have hidden.
planted clearing exoites JuditS's sdmi-
ration It Is Lees, though he does not
say, so. They are fred on from am
the fire. they make for the cabin. Here
they find Bill Crowdy wounded Drag
ging him into the building, they nnd
he has the money taken from Judith 8
are compelled to stay all night.
CHAPTER VII. Hampton, at the
s %tn Tomnyy EuE B. 51a hs Sns
to seek her, ARRIVING in time to drive
man, known as shorty"
CHAPTER vIII-"shorty" escapes
from imprisonment In the grainhouse
on the ranch. to the disgust Of Carson.
COW foreman, who had him in charge.
womanly IDEAL Marcia LanSworthy,
one, one Of Hamptons party. typical CITY
CHAPTER X-The discovery is
made that pigeons. with hog cholera
germs on their feet. have been liber-
stsd "n 4e poF FanGe bonsx Lee
as % POKER ok GSa0b Faee. bonlsy sST has bought Fought
more pigeons to the ranch
gess e.ARTBe IN Rene1 Of ssaf: fsnda }SS1ta
recognized by one Of the party as an
wealthy but ruined BY trusting false
friends. Judith, in her womanly fnery,
makes such an appeal to Lee that
alone with her, he. foroibly kisses her,
receiving the rebuke deserved.
CHAPTER XI-Word is sent to Lee
l&hat Quinnion has been casting slurs
Judith's name because of the night
With Carson, Lee finds Quinnion
worsts him in fight and makes him
confess publicly he Is liar, and agree
to leave the vicinity.
CHAPTER XII-After the kissing
incident Judith ignores Lee, who would
go away, but finds himself unable. Ju-
dith sees letter to Pollock Hampton
been connected, offering to buy large
consignment Of cattle and horses at a
ridiculously low figure. Hampton is
addressed as general manager" of the
easy. In her absence Hampton decides
to accept the offer. Lee protests
strongly. He learns from Marcia Lang
worthy that Judith is supposed to have
gone to see her lawyers at San Fran
cisco. A telegram from her orders
Hampton to sell the stock at the price
offered. Lee refuses to accept the mes
sage as coming from Judith, the con-
Trevors has kidnapped her and is hold
Ing her prisoner.
Long ago Judith had told herself
that she must keep her two eyes wide
open for seeming trifies. In spite OF
her, though she scoffed at her nerves,
the girl had the uneasy conviction that
this offer had been prompted by