The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
THE STORY

CHAPTER Lovely. Independent Autumn
Dean. returning home to British Columbia
from abroad without her fathers knowledge.
sS Sp .S the eDa q hsGT ss Ss4 tsat she
should not have come home. that things
have changed Arriving home at the Castle
her ia isthsp. % Jarvis e Dean. % who gives her 70
understand that she Is welcome-for short
visit Her mother. former belle named MILL
cannot understand her fathers attitude,
though gives him to understand that she Is
home for good: She has grown tired OF LIE
CHAPTER n-Riding around the estate
with her father, Autumn realizes that ne mas
changed. Between them they decide, how
ever, to give a welcoming dance at the
castle When the night of the dance arrives.
Autumn meets Florian Parr, dashing. well
Late In the evening Autumn leaves the
dance, rides horseback to the neighboring
ranch where she meets Srnee Landor daE eRe ne
takes her to see his mother, an Invalid. His
father Is dead. thought to have killed him.
she commands Bruce to take her away. that
death follows in the wake of the Odells:
Autumn is both ,saddened and perplexed
by the invalids TRADE. Bruce, apologetlc,
can offer no reason for his mothers attitude.
CHAPTER uI-Auemn calls again on
Hector Cardigan--this time to find out the
reason for Mrs. Landors outburst. From
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
searching for lost child. Bruce had found
the child. and there Autumn and he talk OF
nd hs assr Tasdy eaen eer
that their love is the cause of present
antagonism.
CHAPTER Iv-Florian Parr, at the Castle
for dinner me, proposes to Autumn H,mn rds. shs re- f
ward the Landor ranch. She meets Bruce
IN q herder's cabin. There they declare
their love fOr eaSn otner nono ano bn seb 1
come between them.
CHAPTER v-kutumn tells her father
that she Is going to marry Bruce. She Is
aghast to see his reaction, and is agonized
TO hear him whisper that Godfrey Landor
the story. Millicent. his wife. and Geoffrey
Landor had fallen In love with each other
But Millicent would not break her mar
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 Elinor and Linda, Florian' 8
sisters. Florian again tells her how much
he loves her. but she pays little. attention
to him She Ii. likes the Pa5r family neaa tbs
polo.playing, light.hearted youth to Bruce
tandor. Florian Is good company" but but
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 vn-Bruce attends a party
that night given by the PARIS, Autumn
cannot understand Following an accident.
he carries her to the garden, where sne
tells him the episode In the herder's cabin
was merely a game. that she was not her.
self In this way, she believes, she. can
forget-and make Bruce forget-their love.
Bruce is stunned by Autumns actions; \. He
but IS forced to believe that she Is not the
same girl who called on him at his cabin.
CHAPTER vIII-Mcnths pass, and neither
Bruce nor Autumn can forget each other.
Watching a card game one day, Bruce
overhears a scurrilous remark made about
speaker, one Curly Belfort He Is warned
that Belfort viii try to even the score.
CHAPTER Ix-Jarvis Dean upbraids his
daughter for giving anyone an excuse to
talk about her. Later she meets Hector
who tells her that he will have something
to say when the right time comes; Inc
next day Bruce's foreman drives to the
Dean ranch and tells Autumn that so O.
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 ne
overheard the foul remark made at the
card game, and knows she Is indirectly the
cause of Bruce's sheep being poisoned
Heartbroken. Autumn knows she cannot hope
to repay him.
CHAPTER X-Jarvis Dean asks Bruce t.
call on him, and offers to pay him for ths
to take the money Autumn hears of hi:
call, and goes to visit him. He tells he
that they cannot be friends, and his ac
tions prove to her that he has lost both hi!
love and respect for her.