The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
THE STORY

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THE STORY
CHAPTER Lovely. Independent Autumn
rom abroad without her fathers knowledge,
stops at the home Of Hector Cardigan. an
sa ssoua family nS ssd ssse COME He sae ss her hat that ss sss
have changed. Arriving home at the Castle
q the Norns." she Is greeted lovingly by
her father Jarvis Dean, who gives her to
visit Her mother. former belle named Mill.
cent Odell. has been dead for years. Autumn
cannot understand her fathers. attitude.
home for good. She has grown tired OF life
n England where she lived with an aunt
CHAPTER u-Riding around the estate
with her father. Autumn realizes that he has
changed. Between them they decide, how
ever, to give. welcoming dance at the
Autumn meets Florian Parr, dashing, well
educated young man Of the countryside
Late In the evening Autumn leaves the
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
death follows In the wake of the Odells:
by the invaiids trade. Bruce, apologetic.
can offer no reason for his mothers attitude.
CHAPTER HI-Authmn calls again on
Hector Cardigan-this time to find out the
reason for Mrs. Landors outburst. From
Landor killed himself because he loved
Millicent Dean. her mother. Meanwhile.
Bruce Landor rides to the spot where his
hs h meets % Autumn, INN ' who, leaving Hector, was
searching for lost child. Bruce had found
the child. and there Autumn and he talk OF
and his fater loved each other dsepiyand nsa
that their love Is the cause Of present
antagonism.
CHAPTER rv-Florian Parr, at the Castle
for dinner. proposes to Autumn. she re.
ward the Landor ranch: She meets Bruce
n q herder's cabin. There they declare
their love for each other. and determine %
stand together against everyone who might
come between them.
CHAPTER y-Autumn tells her father
aahast M ST to see ,is his reaction. and Is aeonized
g hear him whisper that Ceofirey Landor
did not take his avn life: He tells her
Landor had fallen In love with each other.
But Millicent would not break her mar.
riage vows Meeting Landor one day In q
sshs pVda with fhPDs hPm. Landor IS accidentay killed
by his own gun.
CHAPTER vI-Autumn knows then that
herself. She goes to call on the Parr family,
where she meets Elnor and Linda, Florian 3
sisters. Florian again tells her how much
to him. She likes the Parr family, includ-
ing Florian, but cannot help comparing the
polo.playing, light;hearted, youth to Bruce
S she feels little real affection for him. He
realizes that, and tells her. she win change.
Linda, Florian's sister. is in love with
tention to her.
CHAPTER vII-Bruce attends party
that night given by the PARIS. Autumn
purposeiy ignores Bruce Bewildered, he
cannot understand. Following an accident
he carries her to the garden. where she she
was merely a game. that she was not her
self In this way she believes. she car
forget-and make Bruce forget-their ioye
knows she cannot have changed overnight
but Ii forced to believe that she Is not the
same girl who called on him at his cabin
CHAPTER vIIi-Months pass and neither
Bruce nor Autumn can forget each other
Watching card. game one day, Bruce
overhears scurrilous remark .I,,a made "a about tsa
speaker, one Curly Belfort. He is warned
that Belfort win try to even the score.
If1AE1En 1<S--J dlSlS oGdn hpp4 dlaa LAs
daughter for giving anyone an excuse. te
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 30 o
the Landor prize sheep have been poisoned
picion points definitely at Belfort Autumn
knows that Bruce whipped him when ht
overheard the foul remark made at ths
card game. and knows she Is indirectly ths
cause of Bruce's sheep being poisoned
Heartbroken. Autumn knows she cannot hops
to repay him.
CHAPTER x-Jarvis Dean asks Bruce. t.
cali on him, and offers to pay him for thu
loss of his sheep. Bruce. leaving, refuses
to take the money autumn b; neaTs ne tss o. ba m
that they cannot be friends. and his ac
tions prove to her that he has lost both hi
love and respect for her.
CHAPTER xI-Autumn admits failure Il
herself, and tells her father she plans OF
leaving. He offers to tell Bruce the truth
allow him to do it. Jarvis decides he viii
sell the ranch and join her in the fall
They will visit relatives in England. Neithel
are cheerful about the venture. Jarvis Deai
knows 1t will be the end of everything fo
him to leave the country he loves and helpe'
build. Autumn realizes she cannot forge
Bruce Landor by going back to the artificial
purposeless life she had known in Englant
with her aunt.
CHAPTER XII-Florian invites Autumn
to a dance, where they meet Bruce ant
Hector Hector lectures to Bruce, but =
no avail Early in the evening Autumn ask
Florian to take her home The next "a "a,
where she is to meet Florian and his sister
Florian is alone. and Autumn demands tina
he take her home. Before going they. dc
Jarvis Dean. attempting to save sheer
herder. has been killed in stampede
Bruce hurries to the Parr lodge, where h
finds Autumn and Florian-alone.
CHAPTER xIII-Autumn calls on Hector
who gives her several letters written D
her mother. Then. In answer to Hector
invitation. Bruce calls on him. He explain
to Bruce why Autumn has been acting IN
strange manner. that 1t was merely to say
Bruce BIZ a'iIhe the real real facts about his father
death. and Bruce realizes that Autumn ha
courageously acted a role so that he woul
not be hurt more than he has been.
Bruce Landor, in loose gray tian
nels, swung his considerable lengtl
of limb out of his modest automo
bile and proceeded carelessly up tn
steep steps to Hector Cardigan
door. He was somewhat mystified
though he had resisted any suspi
cion of intrigue, by the urgency wit
which Hector had pressed him t
come to dinner.
Hector, obviously at tension
ushered him in, took his top coat an
hat and hung them on the rather ir
secure rack in the hall, a rae
which, Bruce supposed, one shoul
admire as having belonged to Cleo