Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-19
Synopsis
By JACKSON GREGORY


owned by Judith Sanford, young
woman, her cousin. Pollock Hampton,
and Timothy Gray. decides to throw up
she has bought dray's share In the
Trevors
CHAPTER II-The men on the
ranch dislike taking orders from a
girl. but by subduing g. vicious horse
Of aRo1 e nf1 SSS Sss So Sest 6f
them over. Lee decides to stay.
Vaguely uneasy because OF Cnarne
Millers manner, Judith galloped down
toward the four corrals where the
cows were milked. From a distance
she saw that there were a number Of
in close-packed group. She Won
dered what it was that had drawn
, them from their work at this time Of
day; what that big, bull-voiced man
was saying to them. She heard the
muttering rumble of his words before
the words themselves meant anything
to her. A quick glance over her shOul-
der showed her Charlie Miller hasten
ing behind her, pick-handle in hand.
Her way carried her by long,
narrow building standing out like a
great capital E, the COW hospital. She
was passing on to the men at the
milk cOrrals, when the breeze, blowing
lightly from the west, brought to her
nostrils a whiff Of sulphur.
A quick tide Of red ran into her
cheeks; that fool, Ed Masters, had not
told Crowdy to refrain from the old
fashioned deadly treatment! Almost
before her horse had set his four feet
at the command Of quick touch
upon the reins, the girl was down and
hurrying into the middle of the three,
calling out as she went:
"Crowdy! Oh, Crowdyw
Bill Crowdy, heavy, squat figure
of a man, shifty-eyed, with hard
mouth and a nervous, restless air,
came down long hallway, smoking a
cigarette. His eyes rested with no un-
certain dislike upon Judith's eager
face.
Pm Crowdy," he said. want me-"
Il told Masters to tell you to stop
the sulphur treatment for the lung
worm calves. Hasn't he told your"
"Mr. Trevors said l was to give it
to them," said Crowdy Il can't be
taking orders off'n every hop-o'my-
thumb like that college kid
"Then Masters did tell your"
Sure, he told me-" said Crowdy in
surly defiance. But if l was to listen
to everything the likes of him says"
Judith's eyes were fairly swapping.
You'll listen to the likes of me,
Bill Crowdy!" she cried passionately,
a small fist clinched. you get those
calves out into some fresh air just as
quick as the Lord will let you! Into
a pen by themselves. Doc Tripp will
attend to them in the morning"
"Tripp's gone"
He's on his way back, right now.
And you're on your way off the ranch.
Understand? You can come to the
Office for your pay tonight"
Crowdy shrugged his shoulders and
turned away.
IF I'm fred" he growled in that
ugly voice which was so fitting a COM
panion to that ugly mouth Of his, II
quit right now. Get some of your
other Willies to turn your calves out"
For a moment, in the heat of her
anger, Judiths Quirt was lifted as
though she would strike him. Then
she turned instead and ran to do her
own bidding. A moment later Miller
was with her. The two of them got
the calves-there were seven of them
out of the sulphur-laden air and
into the corral. The poor brutes,
coughing softly in paroxysms, some
Of them frothing at the mouth, two of
them falling repeatedly and rising
slowly upon trembling legs, filed by in
a pitiful string One of the youngest
lay still in the hospital, dead.
"Crowdy did something that don't
look just right" said Miller, gazing
with eyes Of longing after the burly,
departing figure. 81 saw him do it
just after Masters carried him your
message. He drove three of the sick
calves-theres dozen or more got
the worms, you know-out into the
pasture with the well calves"
Judith didn't answer She looked at
Miller moment as though she
thought this must be some wretched
Jest of his And when she read in his
eyes the earnestness in his heart,
thefe rose within her the question:
"How far has Bayne Trevors gomez
Charlie" she said finally, Il want
you to close store for the rest of the
day. Get some one to help you and
cut the sick calves out from the
bunch. Haze them back here into the
detention corral. Tripp will attend
to to them all in the morning. Now,
tell me-what's wrong down at the
milk corrals? What are all of those
men up tO?"
"We're going to see, me an you,"
answered Miller. 81 don't just know.
But l do know there's big guy down
there that come onto the ranch
couple of hours ago an that don't be-
long here. He's that guy talking.
Name of Nelson. He amt done any