Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-07-05

yeo te mooey 70 pay the taxe4 how
soos can yos marry mer'
In shout three minutes, II We had
q license and Z preacher handy"
He glanced mp 1t the sun Justice,
long delayed. maketh the heart sick"
he Grated Likewise marriage-after
you've made up your mind You skip
night into the house, climb into your
Sunday dress throw 4 few things in
your old straw suitcase and meet
ne here II ten minute2 We've Just
about got time to get over the noun
tains and into Reno before dark In
California We have to our
intention to get married and then walt
for three day1. IN case we decide to
change cur mind Ny mind II made
up. - well take our trade to Nevada
and avoid annoying delays"
You're = nan after my own heart"
Lorry cried joyously. and anne into
his armA- He held her close, his IN
ger under her chin. uplifting her sweet
facs toward him. the while he ap-
praised her hunxrily. comparing her
with the girls Of her age in the world
he had known before the homing In
st1nct had brought him back to Eden
Valley. He thanked God she wasn't
soft. that she had high courage, initia-
tive. and the power Of instantaneous
decisdon In m emergency: that hers
was the old. fierce. unquestioning 10y
atty that was his own heritage. A man
could rely On her always the told HIM
self1. know always exactly where she
stood She ri Incapable Of hbs,
~evaxdonA. o. ths tears that camoufage
little feminine deceitA Her code was
4 masculine one, but Of 4 quality rare
enough In this decadent generation
the code u 4 gallant gentleman, plus
that d the very finest Of her own rex.
Ye4. she Aad character. courage, hui
nor. self-reliance, capabilities Of ex-
IRENE seif sacrifice, tenderness, help
IesEDeu-an angel with ! touch OF the
devfl In her Wen. better 4 touch
Of the devil than 4 trace Of the cat.
Dear little sutlaw. l love you 80
he murnured. and kissed her : dozen
times Make It snappy. Time and
visibility wait for no pilot"
Half m hour hter. N they roared
upward In great Rirah to gain alti-
fude before crossing the mountains,
they looked down On Eden Valley; to
that tragic creek winding its sdlvery
way through the green meadows, to
the little Hack dots that were Lorry's
cattle and the little white dots that
we're the homemade headstoneA chs
eled from native granite and marking
the graves Of MI the Hensleys and
Kerzhawx that had gone before.
Il wonder what they're thinking Of
up yonderT- the girl shouted In his
4
He pretended he did not understand
her.
"Tve bern 70 busy ! couldn't get
started On that new house / planned
he shouted back. but wen tackle
II the minute We eef back
So she knew he had. II last, left his
dead and hfs old bitter memories be-
hind hin and there. above Eden VAL
ley. n her little hard. caIloused. capa.
bic hand closed over Ais. she dropped
hers aEso: RE sAed happy tears In
the knowledge that never again would
hard work, penury and loneliness b
her portiOA- The nn Was setting on
Eden now. but when. for them, II
should ne axain On Eden, the serpent
would BE- gone.
In June of 1877 the news spreat
through For3oen Valley Of the return
Of Nh. and Mr.. Nathan Tchenor Il
Eden Valley. Shortly thereafter hug,
trucks laden with lumber and build
Ing materials came through Valley Cen
ter from Gold Rum, bound Tor the OLE
Circle X ranch Immediately Cren
shaw. TIE manager Of the Valley Cen
ter lumber yard, motored up to th,
Circle X to - Nate T1chenor and asl
for 4 share Of this new business. I'll
had been received courteously ant
told that n orders for humber or build
ing material could b given him be
cause Nlas Babson wAS one Of hil
heaviest aockhelden
When Cren1haw returned to Vale.
Center he informed the local chambe