Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-08-23

De equal partners. We made money
from the day we opened our DOORS"
"And you say you're not finan-
cier."
1.-THE lust for money has never
overwhelmed me. find, too, that |
love Eden Valley. I'm going to close
out my interests in New York and
return here in the fall"
II shall be very lonely while you
are away. Nate"
"And that reminds me that I've
sent down to San Francisco for
ring and here 1t is. II it's too big
wen have a tuck taken in, and If 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 hundred steers. It 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 hurry
and make the New York trip honey.
moon," he said.
She shook her head. Impossible
until dads estate has been settled.
can't leave here now. I have to
work this outfit out Of debt, because
I can't afford a 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 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 we'll spend our summers in
Eden Valley and our winters outside"
he suggested.
She leaned against him a little
YEARLY and held him tight but did not
answer.
/
Somebody once remarked that moth
ing can be of SURPRISING interest for
period greater than nine days. For
forty-eight hours following the unex-
pectedly painful and highly dramatic
denouement of his plan to sway pub
lie opinion against Nate Tichenor and
Lorry Kershaw, Silas Babson suffered
acutely, not because he was sorry for
what he had done but because the
eject had been so wholly unexpected
and pregnant of disaster to him.
After having arranged to prevent the
expose of the whole affair in court
with probable penitentiary sentences
for couple Of dozen hitherto respect
able but mercurial citizens, he began
to view life with less jaundiced eye;
and when, at the expiration Of the
proverbial nine days, he felt morally
certain that that Eden Valley gang"
as he now referred to Nate, Lorry and
Rube Tenney, was going to cling to
Its ancient tradition and have nothing
whatsoever to do with legal reprisals,
all OF his old jauntiness and optimism
returned.
He waited two weeks longer and when
at the expiration of that period Henry
Rocky, looking family reminiscent of
a potato sprout put forth in a cellar,
returned to his labors, Babson left the
business Of the bank In Mr.. Rookby's
hands and proceeded to motor forth
among the Forlorn Valleyites and ar
que them into signing the petition to
the county board Of supervisors for
permission to organize the Forlorn
Valley Irrigation district. Having had
a surveyor de-limit the areas suscepti-
BILE to surface irrigation, he knew the
Identity Of every farmer whose sigma
ture was necessary for his purpose, so
weeks time sufficed to acquire the
number Of signatures legally neces-
sary, and at the next regular meeting
OF the board of supervisors, of which
Babson was member, he presented
the petition in person and addressed
his colleagues at some length and with
unusual eloquence on the desirability
Of favorable action by the board.
TAe chairman Of the board raped
with his gavel. "The pros appear to
have their innings" he announced
smilingly. "Are there any cons to be
heard from?"
A man rose In the rear of the hall,
walked up to the railing in front of
the dais upon which the board sat,
and bowed first to the board and then
to the audience. "Mr. Chairman-gen-
tlemen: My name is John w. Gagan,
a member of the San Francisco law
firm Of Brooks, Gagan and Brooks, and
l appear as the legal representative
Of the three riparian owners along
Eden Valley creek, to wit, Estate of
Ranceford Kershaw, deceased, the
Bar II Land and Cattle company, and
the Mountain Valley Power company,
the last two companies, as is generally
known. being owned in their entirety
by Mr.. Nathan Tichenor. On behalf
of my clients, desire formally to pro-
test to this honorable board against
the formation of the Forlorn Valley
Irrigation district and will state my
reasons briefly"
Gagan Immediately proceeded to do
so, painting to his auditors precisely
H.. 81 mi