The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-14

Dean. returning home to British Columbia
nom abroad without her fathers knowledge.
stops at the home of Hector Cardigan. an
% hase COME he sone ss hel that hai hsss sss
have changed. Arriving home at the Castle
OF the Norns." she is greeted lovingly by
understand that she is weIcome@for short
visit Her mother, former belle named Mill
cent Oden, has been dead for years. Autumn
ush gVes h to nat she
home for good. She has grown tired of life
tn England. where she lived with an aunt
CHAPTER u-Riding around the estate
with her father Autumn realizes that he kas
changed. Between them they decide. how
castle. when the night tV, of the dance lance arrives m
Autumn meets Florian Parr, dashing, well
educated young man Of the countryside
dance, rides horseback TO the neighboring
ranch where she meets Bruce Landor. friend
and champion of her childhood days. He
takes her to see his mother, an invalid. His
father is dead. thought to have killed him
SELF. As soon as his mother sees Autumn
she commands Bruce to take her away. that
Autumn is both saddened and perplexed
by the invalid's TRADE. Bruce. apologize.
can offer no reason for his mothers attitude.
CHAPTER uI-autmn calls again on
Hector Cardigan-this time to find out the
..
his conversation she inferred that Geoffrey
Landor killed himself because he loved
Millicent Dean. her mother. Meanwhile,
Bruce Landor rides to the spot where his
fathers body was found years before. There
he meets Autumn, who, leaving Hector, was
searching for lost child. Bruce had found
the child, and there Autumn and he talk OF
their families. They agree that her mother
and his father loved each other deeply-and
that their love is the cause of present
antagonism.
for dinner, proposes to Autumn. She re-
fuses him.. The next day Autumn rides to-
ward the Landor ranch. She meets Bruce
the oSe for eseR Other snd ds to
stand together against everyone who mlght
come between them.
CHAPTER v-Autumn tells her father
that she Is going to marry Bruce. She Is
aghast to see his reaction and Is agonized
did not take his own life. He tells her
the story. Millicent, his wife, and Geoffrey
Landor had fallen In love with each other.
riage vows. Meeting Landor one day in a
secluded spot, Jarvis Dean was forced to
fight with him. Landor Is accidentally killed
by his own gun.
CHAPTER vI--Autumn knows then that
everything Is ended between Bruce and
herself She goes to call on the Parr family
where she meets EIinor and Linda, FIorian 5
sisters. Fiorian again tells her how much
he loves her. but she pays little. attention
to him. She likes the Parr family. includ-
ing Florian, but cannot help comparing the
polo-playing. nght.hearted youth to Bruce
tandor,. Florian is good company but
she feels little real affection for him. He
realizes that, and tells her she win change
Linda. Florian's sister. is in love. with
Bruce, but to no avail. He pays little at
tention TO her
CHAPTER vII-Bruce attends party
that night given by the PARIS Autumn
cannot understand Following an accident
he carries her to the garden. where she
tells him the episode in the herder's cabir
self In this way, she believes, she car
forget-and make Bruce forget-their love
Bruce is stunned by Autumn's actions. Ht
knows she cannot have changed overnight
same girl who called on him at his cabin
CHAPTER vIII-Months pass. and neither
Bruce nor Autumn can forget each other
Watching a card game one day, Bruce
overhears 2 scurrilous remark made abou
Autumn. He administers beating to tn.
speaker, one Curly Belfort. He Is warned
that Belfort viii try to even the score.
CHAPTER Ix-Jarvis Dean upbraids hi!
talk about her. Later she meets Hector
who tells her that he will have somethini
to say when the right time comes, Th'
next day Bruce's foreman drives to th'
Dean ranch and tells Autumn that 80 0
the Landor prize sheep have been poisoned
Bruce is away from home temporarily. Sus
picion points definitely at Belfort. Autumn
knows that Bruce whipped him when n
card game, and knows she Is indirectly tn.
cause of Bruce's sheep being poisoned
Heartbroken. Autumn knows she cannot hop
to repay him.