Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-12
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By JACKSON GREGORY


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woman, her cousin, Pollock Hampton,
she has bought Gray's share in the
ranch and will run it, She discharges
CHAPTER 1.-THE men on the
ranch dislike taking orders from
and proving s her thorough fl'iUuS Enowiedge ledge
or ranch life, Judith wins the best of
them over Lee decides to stay.
Judith Sanford, General Manager"
THAT may start his gray matter
working" she ended as she clicked up
the receiver. Nov, Lee, will you
stick with me ten days or so and give
me time to get man in your placer?
Yes, I'll do that, Miss Sanford"
you Will help me in every way
you can while you are with me?'
when l work for a manor a
woman" he added gravely, 81 don't
hold back anything"
"All right. Then start in right now
and tell me about the gang Trevors
has taken on. Are they all crooks?
That little gray, Quick-spoken man
with the smelly pipe-hes straight
isn't he?"
THAT would be old Carson? Yes;
he's good man. You won't find a
better"
Us he going to quit, too? Just be-
cause I've come? Has he any love
for Bayne TrevorsT'
Maybe you'd better ask Carson"
In flash she was on her feet and
had gone to the door. Carson" she
called loudly. Come here, will your"
There was little silence, a low
sound Of laughter, then Carson's
sharp voice answering: 'Im coming!"
Judith went back to her chair
She did not speak until Carson's
wiry form slipped through the door
way. Then with the old cattleman's
shrewd, hard eyes upon her she
turned from clip full of papers she
had been looking through and spoke
to him quietly:
''You used to work for the Granite
Canyon crowd, didn't you, CarsonT
"Yes'm," he answered.
Cattle foreman there for several
yearsY'
"Yes'm."
Helped clean out the Roaring
Greek gang. didn't you, CarsonT'
Carson shifted bit, colored under
her fixed eyes, and finally admitted:
"Yes'm."
Haven't had real first-class fight
for quite bit, have you, Carson? Not
since that cash on your jaw healed
Not since you and Scotty Webb mixed
with the Roaring CreekersY'
Carson rubbed his jaw, flashed
quick look at Bud Lee as though for
moral support, looked still further
embarrassed, and finally choked over
his brief: Nom"
Judith sat smiling brightly up at
his hard features. I've heard dad talk
about that" she said thoughtfully. Il
guess I've got at least one real man
on the ranch, Carson. Oh, don't dodge
like that! I'm not going to put my
arms around you and kiss you on the
top Of your head. But I do love a
man that loves fair fight =. Lee,
here, has given me his promise to
stick on the job for ten days or so,
to give me time to get some one else
to look after my horses"
"Yes'm," said Carson, lingering his
pipe and looking down.
For few moments the girl sat STILL
now and then flashing a quick, keen
look from one to the other of her two
foremen Then, abruptly, her eyes on
Carson, she snapped You've found
out, more or less recently, haven't you,
that Bayne Trevors is a crook? You've
perhaps even guessed that he's been
taking money from me with one hand
and from the Western Lumber with
the otherY'
"Yesm," said Carson, II doped it
up like that"
Why" cried the girl, "he's fred all
of the old men and heaven knows
how many Of his sort he's put in their
places! Help me clean 'em out, Car
son Where will we begin? I've
chucked Trevors and Ward Harmon.
Who goes next, Carsonr
DENLY luS COOH, Sdl0 carson
gently. "An' I'd be obliged, ma'am, II
you'd let me go boot him offn the
ranch"
'sThat's talking" she said enthu-
siastically. You can attend to him.
Any one elseY'
Carson shook his head. II got my
suspicious" he said. But that's all
I'm dead sure on"
THE others can wait then. Now,
I'm taking gamble on you and Lee.
You have all kinds Of chances to
double-cross me. But I've got to tell
you something: Trevors is trying to
sell me out to the Western Lumber
people. He is one of their crowd and
has been since they bought him up
six months ago. The ranch, outside
the stock we've got running on it, is
worth clean million dollars if it is
worth a nickel, Well, the Western
Lumber company has offered US ex-
actly two hundred and fifty thousand
One-quarter of what it's worth They
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