Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-06-21

MY mother was twenty-four years
old at the time and already begin
ming to be regarded as a fossil, 30
father added her to his collection and
stayed on In Eden Valley and wrote
some books nobody ever read, and
resolutely refused to learn the cow
business. he did manag to put 4
little bit Of culture and uplift into
the Hensleys. l made up my mind
to stay out Of Eden Valley and forget
cows as 4 first aid to making 4 mil
lion dollars.
when my mother and aunts died
l vas the sole heir to the Bar b Land
and Cattle company, and the corpora
ton was In excellent shape. There
was about two hundred thousand dol
lars In the bank and no debts; there
were twelve thousand head OF cattle
and the ranch was unencumbered- |
decided to sell the cattle and lease
the ranch RUDE Tenney, who was
In command Of the ranch, classed the
cattle, so / knew what I had and
what they were worth. l wrote my
attorney to see your father and try
to make 4 trade. 1t seemed the fair
thing to do to let him have first
chance. He'd always wanted Ill OF
Eden Valley, So he bought all the
cattle and leased the Bar 81 ranch for
thirty thousand dollars Z year, for
five years, with an option to buy the
ranch at any time prior to the expIra-
ton OF the lease and on very easy
terms.
1.-THE result was that early In 1920
l found myself foot-loose and with
about a million dollars cash In bank.
Now, while I was In France / secured
a commission. My captain and l got
along splendidly together. / got to
know this man and to trust him and
admire him. In civil life he'd been
general manager OF a large New York
stock brokerage house. He had about
fifty thousand dollars and he wanted
to buy a seat OF the New York Stock
Exchange and go into business for
himself. But he didn't have enough
money to buy the seat and finance his
operations.
II told him I'd finance him-Ope
hundred thousand dollars In cash
against his fifty thousand In cash. his
experience and ability. and We should
be equal partners We made money
from the day we opened our doors"
"And you say you're not a anan-
cier."
.The lust for money has never
overwhelmed ne I find, too, that /
love Eden Valley. I'm going to close
out my interests In New York and
return here In the fall"
Il shall be very lonely while you
are away. Nate"
And that reminds me that rye
sent down to San Francisco for 4
ring and here 1t Is. II it's too big
wen have q tuck taken In, and IL it's
too small or you prefer some other
stone I'll change It" And he slipped
on her finger a square emerald worth
at least a hundred steers. 1t was the
first piece OF jewelry she had ever
owned and her hot tears OF emotion
baptized it; her warm lips caressed
1t in a silent promise he knew would
never be broken
Suppose we get married In a hurry
and make the New York trip a honey
MOON" he said.
She shook her head Impossible
until dads estate has been settled.
/ can't leave here now. | have to
work this outfit out of debt, because
/ can't afford q trousseau until | do.
However, dear, you run on to New
York, complete your business there,
and when you return wen make those
two mergers you spoke OF. I'm too
busy now. I've got a lot OF those
early calves still to brand and I'll
have to brand about a thousand late
calves In the fall / don't want to
leave any worries behind me when
we 60 on our honeymoon"
"And wen spend our summer In
Eden Valley and our winters outside"
he suggested
Cha 1nanpd against him uftJa