Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20
THE STORY

CHAPTER I-RObin KershaW. de-
with fremont % V csiiforna am made f half
q million In the gold fields and sought
q suitable location for a cattle ranch.
With his bride. who had walked be-
side q covered wagon in the '4s trek.
Kershaw rode into northeastern Cali
Lornia. Here he found an ideal valley
for ranching and cattle raising. His
low Eden Valley, which they intend
to stock with cattle. and where they
plan to build their home. IL . less
valuable tract which Kershaw's wife
CHAPTER 1.-THE Kershaws pros
per. Robin Kershaw acquires the most
valuable lands in Eden Valley. Trou-
an. and as belligerent and obstinate q
man as Robin Kershaw, settles in the
lower half Of the valley. There Is bad
smoke" KershaW kills Henslsy and
the blood-feud 10 on. Hensley's sons
swearing vengeance.
CHAPTER III.-By 1917, Rance Ker-
shaw. his son Owen. and daughter Lor-
~ are all that remains of one clan.
g.. HeEsIeg side ow sSs killed IN
the World war. Nate Tichenor returns
litter an absence of nine years. He
goes to help Lorry in her car and fnds
CHAPTER Iv.-silas Babson. from
The Middle West, unscrupulous and
Srasping. controls the Forlorn Valley
ssa%s: to SnS da as an. bank Contrib
the irrigation and hydro-electric pos
sibilities Of Eden Valley. He FIRST aims
Of Rance Kershaw's daughter. Lorry.
Babson finds surveyors already on Eden
xall,y lands owned by Nate Tlehenor.
e SaHSsT to bap FLAX t.y N at:
carrying on the old feud. in this way
getting control of the key lands neo-
essary to the project
CHAPTER Mate. however. has no
Intention Of carrying on the feud. For
lorn Valley buzzes with the news that
the tive 'S SIvdSE Of the Eden S Valley
Ratchet. Nate tells Lorry that he and
Owen Kershaw, Lorrys brother, met
In France nee Just before Owen vas killed.
tsed that II he survived Owen he would
look after Lorry a. brother might
CHAPTER vI.-Lorry informs Nate
that she intends TO run the ranch. He
volunteers financial aid. Babson, deter
mined TO secure Lorry's lake-site and
Mates dam-site makes legal applica-
ton for the ALLEGATION of flood waters
to the Forlorn Valley irrigation dis
trict. which he organizes. He figures
he can secure the coveted lands. With
money advanced by Nate. Lorry clears
up her indebtedness to Babson.
CHAPTER vI1.-Nate. who plans ex-
eensive improvements on his ranch.
ands that he Is falling in love with
Lorry. Babson discovers that Nate Is
ems to ruin all the bankers schemes.
CHAPTER vIIL-Nate assists Lorry
In the roundup work on her ranch.
ne i, tells her that he loves her d Lorry
nms 'hf N h.y p paS to
troll the waters Of Foriorn Valley and
thwart Babson's schemes.
CHAPTER K-Babson insists that
Joe Brainerd, editor of the local pa
per. attack Nate as an enemy of the
purposes. This Brainerd refuses to do.
Nate hires expert legal counsel In San
Francisco IS ,Gagan; q leading lawyer wS,as
Babson is proceeding is unconstitu-
tional. Nate comes to Brainerd's res
cue financially, The editor celebrates
by punching Babson's head.
CHATTER x.-Babson. in his des-
peration, hires Pitt River Charley. a
half-breed. to assassinate Nate: The
the loyalty OF Tichenor's English valet.
Charley tells Nate that Babson was
the instigator Nate attempts to ad-
sons instigation the crowd maltreats
him. Lorry saves him from possible
death by wounding several Of his as
sailants with her revolver: She a,,. stops .s =
marches several raiders to Jail.
CHAPTER xI.-Tichenor spends q
the Injuries inflicted by Babson's ad-
herents. He Is immensely pleased at
Lorry's bravery; The ATTEMPTED de-
structien OF Brsinerd's Newspaper pc
state, and Lorry 10 hailed as q heroine
for her work In driving of 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.
CHAPTER xII.-Nate. who has been
settling his affairs in New York. re-
turns. He and Lorry fly to Nevada to
be married. Babson has an irrigation
district organized. hoping to thwart
to Europe. They return a year later.
Babson has an irrigation district or
ganized. hoping to thwart Nate in that
way. Nate swears ne viii ruin Bah
valley.
CHAPTER XIII.-Babson plans q
KTanO opening Oh lno new irrigation
district. AS he is about to press the
button releasing the water, he is halted
by a temporary injunction secured by
Nate. The injunction is sustained. Bab-
son, defeated. and with complete finAn-
cial ruin impending. commits suicide.
CHAPTER XIV.-The Babson bank
collapses. and the unfortunate farm.
ers of the Valley. who have put thou
sands Of dollars into the irrigation
project, face ruin. Dispossess notices
are served on most OF them, in the dead
OF winter. Nate and Lorry in their
automobile, see a farmer and his fami.
ly leaving the district. Nate sends his
chauffeur back to stop the man, an
old acquaintance. though one of those
who had assaulted him at the meeting
and tells him to return to his home
assuring him of employment at the
country place he and Lorry are plan
ming to build. After everything the
two OF them, in their happiness in the
birth of their son. and their delight
over the peace that has finally set
tied upon Eden Valley, cannot bring
themselves to the idea OF revenge even
upon those who had i'll used them and
those two "Outlaws of Eden" the
curse of the old feud seeming to have
been removed for ever. go their re-
joiclng way. cheered by old Joe Brain
erd's comment, IT'S pretty good old
world, after all"
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