The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-30
By Jackson Gregory
Copyright by Charles s~cribner's Sons

ugly voice which was so fitting a com
panion to that ugly mouth of his. .
quit right now. Get some of your
other Willies to turn your calves out
For a moment, in the heat OF hei
anger, Judith's quiry 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 ~sulphurladen 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. Il saw him do 1t
just after Masters carried him your
message. He drove three of the sick
calves-there's a dozen or more got
the worms, you know-out into the
pasture with the well calves"
Judith didn't answer. She looked at
Miller a 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,
there rose within her the question:
"How far has Bayne Trevors gone?'
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. Trip 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 a big guy down
there that come onto the ranch a
couple of hours ago ar that don't be-
long here. He's that guy talking
Name of Nelson. He amt done any
talking to me, but from a word or two
I picked up from one Of the mixers ]
got a bunch he's been sent over by
Trevors.''
Nelson, the big emissary for Ire
vors-for he admitted the fact openly
and pleasantly-took off his hat to
Judith and said he guessed he'd be
going. And the men with whom he
had been talking, including all of the
mixers and all Of the other workmen
upon whom Nelson could get his med
dIesome hands at short notice, all
whom Trevors had placed here,
made known In hesitant speech or
awkward silence that they were going
with Nelson. There were good jobs
open with the lumber company, it
seemed.
Judith, her eyes flashing, asked no
man of them to remain, seeing that
thus she would but huniliate herself
fruitlessly, and TUNED away. And yet,
WIFI Tie ncIuS VI COWS Will Dui SUNG
bags soon ready for the night milk
ing, she watched the men move away,
her heart bitter with anger.
They've got to be MIXED, Charlie"
was all that she said. "Who will milk
them until l can get a new crew."
'Tll tuck in an help" answered
ruefully. 9" hate it worse'n
poison, an | can't milk more'n ten
COWS, workin' Neutrality-suspicious. shifts.
I'll try an scare up some of the other
boys that can milk" But he shook
his head and looked regretfully at the
pick-handle. Good mixers is scarce
as gold eggs" he muttered. "And the
separator men has quit with the rest
We've got to make out!" exclaimed
Judith. We've got to beat that man
T~revors, Charlie and do 1t quick. If
he'll try to keep US s~hort-handed, If
he'll spend money to do 1t, If he'll do
4 trick like giving sulphur for lung
worm and then send infected stock out
INTO the herds, I don't know just
where he will stop-unless we stop