Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-11-14
BY JACKSON GREGORY
dAPTER bud Lee, horse fore
OF the Blue Lake ranch, con-

Bayne Trevors, manager. 10 de-
f asd X Judsh s.nttearSS, taS prSgsnax yonnx
S1 woman. an. her cousin. Pollock Hampton.
his Job. Judith arrives and announces
ranch and will ran It. She discharges
Trevors.
CHAPTER 1.-The men ON the
ranch dislike taking orders from
girl, but by subduinR O Vicious horse
and proving her thorough knowledge
G5 sbam ranch S1.r lifet JUDITH 9th wins the best Of
srinarian. Bill Crowdy. II treacherous.
old frlend of ssr 9aR.r pco Rfpp
CHAPTER Iv-Pollook Hampton,
ranch to stay permanently. Trsvors
accepts Hamptoh's Invitation to visit
the ranch. Judith's messenger 10 held
up and robbed of the monthly pay roll.
CHAPTER v.-Bud Lee goes to the
city for more money getting back
see Trsvors' hand In the crime. Hog
cholera. hard to account for breaks out
on the ranch. judith and Lee. investi-
ans ha %S.ss q (: &. nsSSD HoSsD:
have hidden.
n,sa1a5 CHAPTER TEL w " ;:ei3 IN oTsF-
ration. It is Lees. though ne does not
bush, and Lee wounded. Answering
they % B 6rc: 9r raSn t5s ssSn 4sr
ging MIN into the building. they find
he has the money taken from Judith's
messenger: Bssie9sd In the cabin. they
CHAPTER VII - Hampton, at the
.snsh. rsnoh becomes Tass uneasy 4t Jadith's long
to seek her. arriving in time to drive
man, maj s known ss ashortS." 4S capturing one
CHAPTER vIu-"shorty" escapes
on the ranch. to the disgust Of Carson.
cow 70 foreman; RENAL whS haa hin in charge
@ %omanis iSufd fdsa as Marcia fensWorthy Ss h,:
one eI., Gt Ham MsmDts9s p:rts.. tyDloal oits
CHAPTER Ix.-The discovery, is
maae mans that 1sst With ASg ofGbsra
a stranger. Sn 19 Dick Ip; ponlaS' ~ fsd-handed
as Poker Face" bonlsy has brought
more pigeons to the ranch.
rss. SaARTPa ln Sene, Of snsSn: ssas: snss !Ssta
R1sddri BY in oss sy'an drs =.
old acquaintance. Dave Lee. once
wealthy but ruined by trusting false
friends. Judith. in her woma4ly fnsry.
alone with her, he foroibly kisses her.
receiving the rebuke deserved.
You mean-sps isn't coming at anT'
I he asked quickly.
q lh, no." she told him, busy with
rose In her hair, her eyes bright
Iis "Just as the dance. was be-
ginning she had to go to the telephone.
Some ranch business, don't know
what. But she sent word she would
be here immediately believe" and
Marcia made her remark teasingly,
though she did want to know, "that
a certain mysterious gentleman who
masQuerades as a horse-breaker Is
very much interested In Judith"
"What makes you say thing like
that?" he asked, startled little.
Marcia laughed.
"A woman's intuition, Sir Mysteryi I"
she informed him gayly.
"What does the woman's intuition
find to be the mysterious gentleman's
interest in a certain Miss Langwor-
thy2" he asked lightly.
ut tells her that he likes her; that
1t would be fun for him to come and
play with her; that he would be kind
and courteous; but that he considers
her very much as he would foolish
little butterfly
Again she startled him. He looked
at her wonderingly. But before he
could frame bantering reply, Marcia
had involuntarily gripped at his arm
with look upon her face that first
was sheer bewildered astonishment,
and was crying for him to look yonder.
Judith had come.
Across the floor, now nearly desert
ed, Bud Lee and Marcia stared at her.
She was coming toward them, her
dainty slippers seeming to kiss their
own reflections In the cleaning floor.
1t was Judith and not Judith 1t was
some strange, unknown Judith. A
wonderfully gowned, transcendently
AO'SAJ ~00Ath' "A WIZ udu IOIlS
hidden herself, masquerading, and who
now stepped forth smiling. and bright
and vividly beautiful Judith Of bare
white arms, round and soft and rich in
their tender curves; Judith whose
filmy gown foated about her like a
sun-shOt mist; Judith whose skin
above the low-cut corsage was like
baby's, whose tender mouth was a red
flower, whose hair was shimmering
mass Of bronze-brown, whose eyes
were Aphrodite's own, glorious, dawn
gray; a Judith Of rare maidenly
charm; a glorious, palpitant, trium-
phant Judith.
II might have been just because it
was fitting that they should greet
their hostess SO; 1t might have been
because the men and women who saw
this new Judith were caught suddenly
hrs compelling current Of admiration,
that above the hum of voices rose from
everywhere a quick clapping Of hands
as she came through the room. The
color Of her cheeks deepened, her eyes
flashed a joyous acknowledgment Of
a.