Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-12

hctu Sou LUZ any kcuelhi nuudkcl.
That land is worth four hundred thou
sand dollars to me If | can get 1t with
out a fight and without leaving a bad
taste In Lorry Kershaw's mouth. l
can afford to pay for my f~ancies, |
have a fancy for this four thousand
acres. and | fancy 1t nowl But | do
not wish to be known In the premises,
SO do not come up yourself to close
this deal. The girl would suspect col
fusion. Understand"
AYE, aye. sir"
The following afternoon a livery car
from Gold Run arrived at the ranch,
bearing Mr.. RUDE Tenney, Mrs. RUDE
Tenney. and two little Tenneys. a boy
and a girl. Mr.. Tenney. In his younger
days, had been a Hensley bodyguard,
willing talbeit never called upon to do
sol to kill a Kershaw out of loyalty
to the bread he ate. He was riding
under Nate Tichenor's father, and
when the latter died was elevated to
the. position of ranch superintendent,
which positnon he had held with credit
and honor until Nate Tichenor had
gone out OF the cattle business. RUDE
Tenney was nearly fifty years old now.
but active and still trustworthy. He
greeted his old master as informally
as If they had not seer each other
since 1917.
Well, got your wire ordering me
to report, Nate" RUDE Tenney an
nounced. $50 / came %a-runnin'."
Tichenor smiled. When the Bar Ell
retirement had left Tenney without
a job. Nate had financed his old super.
intendent In the lease OF a ranch and a
band Of two Thousand sheep. Sheep
were and always had been repugnant
to Rube Tenney. but he had worried
along with the nuisances and even dur
Ing those lean years had managed to
make more than a living off them
"You left a good "a In charge of
your sheep, | hope, Rube7"
I sold EN- to a good man. My lease
was expiring In October, an after
three bad feed years / reckoned I'd
better quit before my sheep died o.
starvation" He handed Nate a
check. There's the money You staked
me to. | got a few thousand over an
above that Thank God, the rest o. my
life will be spent with decent. re-
spectacle cows
"Now's q fine time to git back Into
the cattle business Mr.. Tenney went
on. "prices is adyancin' but You car
still stock up cheap"
'I'm not going back into the cattle
business, Rube. But you are. You're
to be riding boss OF the Circle K-on
the salary Of a ranch superintendent"
"Ahi Closin' II on them Kershaws,
eh?" Tenney grinned.
Patiently Nate proceeded to disillu-
sion him. and while he was doing it
the Tenney head wagged understand
ingly. Never did hgger you'd be able
to keep up steam like the Hensleys,"
he declared. That's your fathers
blood. Very well. son. I'm glad to
have the job"
Miss Kershaw knows all about you
knows I've sent for you. There's a
Miss Bachman staying with her at
present. Tell her I suggested she send
Miss Bachman back to Valley Center
In this rented a of yours"
He gazed long and af~fectionately
after the departing RUDE Tenney and
his brood. "Old Faithful" he solilo-
quized. HE doesn't suspect I bought
him out OF the sheep business and
took 8 loss to do 1t. But It's worth
1t to have him back on the job-to be
free Of worry about that Kershaw girl
and her f~nances-and mine. Fine joke
on Rube and me If she takes a notion
to fire him-for a woman's reason !"
But In his heart he knew there was
little chance Of that Lorry Kershaw
was a girl one could trust to know
the value of a good rider and a loyal
employee. And RUDE Tenney could
fill the bill.
When Silas Babson returned to VAL
ley Center he brought with him three
legal documents, all undated. One was
a petition to the county board OF super
visors for permission to form the For
lorn Valley Irrigation district another
was a formal application to the state
water commission requesting the allo-
cation to the Forlorn Valley Irrigation
district of the flood Or freshet water Of
Eden Valley creek; the third wal the
articles of incorporation Of the district.
The attorneys he had consulted,
Messrs. Brooks, Gagan and Brooks had
agreed with him that, under the cir
cumstances. his strategy was excellent,
but had taken occasion to warn him
that II Nate Tchenor and Lorraine
Kershaw should decide to oppose his
proposition seriously he would realize
he had 4 fight or his hands before
he got through with them.
Under legislation recently enacted
a state water commission has been
appointed and this commission has
control OF the ~so-called appropriated
waters In all the streams in this state.
There are, undoubtedly. billions Of gal
Ions OF so-called unappropriated water
In Eden Valley creek, and there Is no
doubt but that the state water COM
mission will grant the petition OF the
Forlorn Valley Irrigation district for