Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-06
THE STORY

CHAPTER robin Kershaw. de-
bcendant of q pioneering family. rode
with Fremont to California. made half
million In the gold fields and sought
With his bride. who had walked be-
side q covered wagon in the 80 trek.
kershaw rode into northeastern Cali
Tor rsnchne ne and Sats vaH,
bride christened II Eden Valley. Be-
low Eden Valley, which they intend
60 stock with cattle. and where they
valuable tract which Kershaw's wife
christens Foriorn Valley.
CHAPTER 1.-THE Kershaws pros
valuable lands in Eden Valley. Trou-
BILE impends when Joel Hensley. q Tex
an. and As belligerent and obstinate =
lower half of the valley. There is bad
blood over fences and water for irri-
sm ns,SSa. Eae msn ,f fight a. out IL
the blood-feud Ia on. Hensley's sons
swearing vengeance.
CHAPTER III.-By 1917, Rance Ker-
y are ali that remains OF one clan.
Nate Tichenor IL the sole survivor on
the Hensley side. owen IL killed in
NE World war. Nate Tichenor returns
goes to help Lorry in her car and nnds
der father has died Of heart disease.
CHAPTER Iv.---silas Babson. from
Srasping. controls the Foriorn Valley
schemes to build a dam ana Control
abilities Of Eden Valley. He FIRST aims
to secure the heavily encumbered lands
Of Rance Kershaw's daughter. Lorry.
asy ands owneG By Nsss III sHen
The. banker proposes to play Nate
against Lorry, assuming that they are
getting control Of the key lands nec-
ossary to the project.
CHAPTER V.-Nate, however, has no
torn Valley buzzes with the news that
the two survivors of the Eden Valley
saga Of bloodshed have buried the
owen Kershaw. Lorry's brother, met
in France just before Owen was killed.
They became buddies. and Nate prom
look after Lorry as brother might
CHAPTER vI.-Lorry informs Nate
volunteers financial aid. Babson. deter
mined to secure Lorry's lake-site and
Mates dam-site makes legal applica-
to the Forlorn Valley irrigation dis
trict, which he organizes. He figures
that through condemnation proceedings
money advanced by Nate, Lorry clears
up her indebtedness to Babson.
CHAPTER vI1.-Nate. who plans ex-
pnds that he is falling in love with
Lorry. Babson discovers that Nate IL
behind power project which threat
ems to ruin all the bankers schemes.
WI
In the roundup work on her ranch.
admits she loves Nate. They become
rUS s wasss 81 osE a Valley to
thwart Babson's schemes.
CHAPTER N.-Babson insists that
Joe Brainerd, editor of the local pa
per. attack Nate as an enemy of the
people. about to grab water for power
purposes. This Brainerd refuses to do.
Nate hires expert legal counsel in San
Francisco; Gagan; a leading lawyer.
tional. Nate. comes to Brainerd's res
cue financially. The editor celebrates
by punching Babson's head.
CHAPTER x.-Babson. in his des-
peration, hires Pitt River Charley. a
half-breed. to assassinate Nate: The
attempt Is thwarted. largely through
Charley tells Nate that Babson was
the instigator. Nate attempts to adj
dress the mass meeting. but at Bah
sons instigation the crowd maltreats
him. Lorry saves him from possible
death by wounding several of his as
sailants with her revolver. She stops a
raid on the newspaper office and
marches several raiders to Jail.
CHAPTER xI.-Tichenor spends q
week in the hospital recovering from
the injuries inflicted by Babson's ad-
herents. He is Immensely pleased at
Lorry's bravery. The attempted de-
struction of Brainerd's newspaper
plant has angered the press of the
for her work in driving off the mob
Nate vainly urges her to marry him
at once, but she insists that matter
must await the satisfactory settlement
of her fathers estate, and with that
he has to be satisfied. Then Babson
has the irrigation district organized