Show Judith of Blue Lake Ranch THE P PARTY I SYNOPSIS Bud Lee LeeS orse foreman of at the Blue Lake ranch convinced Bayne m m manager man man- n n- n Jer ager 1 Is deliberately wrecking oj 1 the prop property rt owned by Judith Sanford a a. young youn woman her cousin k Hl and Timothy Gray Ora decides to throw up his lile job JoTa Judith arrives and announces she clue has bought Grays Gray share ehara In In Inthe the ranc ranch and will will run It She discharges s after 4 I shooting shooting- him turn twice In de self tense The men on the ranch dislike taking taking- orders tro from a gl girl rl but by subduing subduing- a vicious horse and proving proving- her hez thor thorough ugh knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of cit ran ranch ranh h life Ute Judith wins win the best of them over over Lee decides de de- de 1 to st stay y for tor fora a a while at l least ast I Judith h he becomes om B convinced that ha 4 h Jur r veterinarian Bill Dill Crowdy CroWy t Is treacherous She r discharges es him q 1 I and find gets ba bank back k Doc Doe TrIpp her dead fathers father's man Pollock Hampton I part owner comes correS to stay for good Trevor accepts Hampton's Hamptons Hamp- Hamp I tons ton's Invitation Uon to visit the he ranch j Judiths Judith's messenger messenger Is Is' Is s held l cup ftp p and nd robbed of ot mo th the mon monthly n pa paSt pai t toll Bud Lee Iee goe goc to 10 the city for tor fp r mOI more mON mOM money getting getLing ack ck I li Safely iely with It thou though h his hlo hie horse Is killed d under l him lm B Both th he ile and and s Judith se sec ec Trev rs rs hand In the crime HOST Hog cholera h hard rd to a ac account ac- ac count for fori tor breaks out on the ranch Judith and Lee I g gate te the scene of the holdup p A A cabIn In a a. planted flower clearIng clearing clear clear- ing ex excites Judith's Judiths admiration It Is Le Lees Lee's I though he does docs not sa say BO They are fired on from Crom ambush and Lee wounded Answering An An- 1 the fire the they make ko foe cv- cv the cab cabin ri r Uter tiey ni dud d ThU Cr Crowdy w dy y wound wounded cd l Dragging r him Into luto the building the they find he has lias th the money t from tram Judiths Judith's messenger The They are besieged Inthe In tnt the tue cabin all night Hampton gampton ar- ar 4 l' l rives Jn tnt time to drive the attackers attack attack- cis ers es off and captures Shorty 1 who later r escapes escape from the r ranCh Judith tells fells Bud d Lee Leeh Leehr her r fi financial tro troubles bles and he her says hell he'll stick Hes He's beginning to be ot of hc her In spite of ot her mannish ways The discovery er Is Is ma made that pigeons pi pigeons pl- pl geons with hog cholera g germs on o on their feet teet have been liberated on the ranch Lee captures a a. stranger Dick Donle Donley red hand ed with an a accomplice a a. cowboy known as as Poker face race Face CHAPTER IX IX Continued Continued d V 10 10 1 She asked ed her bel questions got her answers an an- Triumphantly she site tUrned toi to TrIpp The flie he Bagley Bagle ran ranch h though a hundred miles mites away was vas the nearest t cholera choler Jn Infected d place of which Tripp had hadan an any an j knowledge Bagley did lu leave ha e a flock lock OC oCI pigeons ons a man mun a m month nth or Sd so sd u ago find bought bough f two dozen from him the thc man w wasn't Tr s Bagley know who I he he hew w s. s i. i T The s c nan however had sl shown own up three o ha had ask asked d lor for r latIf-dze latIf en do of f the tle bf birds s. s There here Iad Ce white pl pigeons eons amon among them He wars wn L u ut shifty eyed eyed chap Bagley Bugley Is I's said id old b brown wn suit hat with ith a rattlesnake g j I M i skin ekin around the cronn That Thu t. t polut tor point spelled Donley i. i c returned d Ut l which he had ripped from his' his prisoners hack back AdherIng 18 UI th the Insh Inside e of of It It I ere n do anc feathers feathers' and nl three or OJ latin four larg larger f feathers tJ ers from rom a a pigeons pigeon's p n I 11 1 gt guess he lie rode lode mostly at nt night at that concluded ded Lee A great greut little flit fat man you must heave have looked stranger stran ger er with six of those birdies in your shirt t Donley's face was a 1 t violet red But Bui Buta Buin a n glance from Lee shut his mb mOUth muth th for him Poker Face still tUl looking on gave e 11 n no sign of interest Put Tut him In the house grain se said Judith her eyes bright with ith anger And see that he do go Shortys trail Poker linker Face hn have luave e you rou anything ui t to sa for say or yourself No NoV 0 answered Poker Face Then cried JudIth Judith hoty jou you ca can have haive your our time right l now ow Donley here p. p Ill I'll prosecute lies He's going to pa pay for this mornings morning's work Ive I've got nothing noth noth- In lag ing on you It Its It's up to you ou to see that I J dont don't get It And you can tell Short Shorty for me yes inc yes and Quinnion too and Ranc Bayne ors lIe if it you ou like that like that I am r nm re ady I and waiting fUng for your our next play 1 And dont don't forget that when fun Ean nn Quentin Is full theres there's still room in telephoned Emmet Sawyer that she had a man foY him LE Lee Le e and nd fart on on conducted an nn expostulating a Donley rOnley to the house grain and Jailed hint him wordlessly Then Carson CUIson put a n aman man on guard at the door daylight light though thought it was When all alt was done he filled his hits pipe slowly and turned troubled tiou- tiou d bled eyes after Pok Poker r Face She made mude a mistake there thieve lie he said regretfully A better hetter cowhand cow cow- hand I never nc ask to see Bud An j you ou ou ought ht to to see the game gume of ci crib lb that mn maii auth plays plus J Nope Judy youre you're ou re wrong there But Bud Lee the man manlio who lio did n not t approve approve of the sort of woman who did mans man's ori work t saId ald with unusual warmth Dont jou you fool yourself Carson Carlon Sile Site She hasn't made one little ml misplay p a yet J J J. J CHAPTER X t Judith udith Triumphant ri o fl Though under the surface life upon POll III JUlie Blue tie Lake ranch was tense the remaining days days' of Jun Jung June f holed h by rs as bright and bonny as ns the tile little meador blues lues flirting with the field field- flow flowers ens Since ance from the very first the ranch load hall neen short handed the hours from front dawn n to dusk were filled with activity t. t lIron irson who true to Judiths Judith's tinner linnI hlll brought back some tome new net new from frow its nis few tew fl daj-fl at the expert expert- T 4 By JACKSON GREGORY Copyright by Charle Charie ScrIbner Son SOD mental farm Ideas farm Ideas not to tobe tob be Admitted l b by Carson however however bought bought a n bundred hun bun dred red young steers from roan a a neighboring overstocked o range In the low lower r corrals corrals cor cor- rals rats the tile new milking machines were ere working work smoothly only a few of the older oder cow cows reu refusing I Il to have haye n to do with l em Tripp had in Iri hi locating r and getting back some ome of or he hc men who l had hd worked worked- long un under er Luke uke Sanf Sanford r and whom h had It was wasa r n a Joy to seethe faces of tf Sunny Sunn Sun Sun- Sunny n ny H Harper Johnn Johnny Hodge Bing 4 lyel el- el Jt Bruce The alfalfa ns l was wa-s extended ed a R d dJ J. bled I were made for d dance nce of r f dr dry fodder to tobe f be the lush hush silage during the coming lean BUd Lee Dee br broke ke his string of and with nit one other m man n. n began beg Per Per- per 1 f their education with un n eye le turn turned cd toward toward-a- a profitable sale In J Jan 9 n-I n nary uary v. v i ft t. t po perforce r orce was left lf undisturbed I tUl b ci Upon tipon ranch the sheep ranch h p whither t Sawyer r h bird bce l h him Against f Bud Lees Lee WO word I that h he h. h had d had a. a hand a In r the td trouble at at tIe the old ld Id cabin were the combined oaths p 9 of t two YO of the that he had with them thep ie at af t tit the I time lj 1 0 i ft Hampt Hampton's Hamptons n s- s guests T Th who had t p planned for or a a at nt the tIie ranch ranch- tn ea on 1 n. n I But they would end encl be bc len lea the at tC of ot Jun June That Is ts Farris Rogers s positively l the rth perhaps Th The major was vas content I re and alid Jo to to stay ahva find ond always would be nn- nn n mi unbounded jO Joy joy of of f cO course with wIthe runs run to the city for lor the tl opera season m aud d. d for for shopping h trips find and a gre great Jolly joBy it party house now and then The only it fly in n Marcias Marcia's ointment w a'S aS S Hampton himself SHe uIe conre confessed sed as ns much to Judith She liked him oh oh ever ver so much J But mit was that love lore She yearned for a man who would thrill l her ller through and through and Hampton Hamp ton didn't alwa always s 's do that Just after his heroic capture of ot the terrible Short Shorty Marcia was thrilled to her J hearts heart's content But there h re were other days J s when Hampton was was Just Pollock Hampton If Ic It h could only be arranged so that she cou could stI stay o on oi and anU on with no da day of reckoning t to rome come ome no matrimonial matri maCri- ventures on the horizon simple my dear Judith smiled at her her- When you yot q get through being heing lock Pollock lc Hamptons Hampton's guest youCan you youCan ou Can be mine for a while awhile 1 Hamilton was ns now a n great gleat puzzle to Mrs II's antI and cY even n an object t of if her secret secret displeasure e qt t that t that hut displeasure ever went to the limit of changing Mrs Lang orthy's s plans 13 But tit she sIte l longed for the right to talk to him as a m mother ther should ShO For s seeking to emulate those whom he so 1 edl edly l admired nuel Bud Buil Lee and Carson and rest the rest rest ot the of-the the hard handed liard quick quick- e eyed ed n In Inthe In the service Eter of the Cite ranch Hampton was no longer the careless frankly Inefficient youth yuth j who ho hid had escorted es es- tei i hIs ils guests guests gusta l here ie lie lIe went vent for Jor s at a time tithe I having other matters t to to think J. J of he lie came hi l t to the the table bringing wi U the aroma of the th stable he l wore roe a pair of ot trou trousers rs a ns as cylindrical In in the leg as us a sf stovepipe over ore them he lie wore wore a pair ot of othe cheap he p. p blue Lihue overalls o w with th the prop proper r six six inch Inch turn up at the bottom bottom to show t th the H stovepipe tr trousers users users' underneath a th The he ov overalls o r got gt soiled then dirty then disgracefully Notched blotched l with wagon agon grease greas and pl picturesque stains and md Hampton made no rio apologies for forth th them em Twice he left the ranch once to be gone overnight intending that It should be a m mystery wl where er he went ent But since he rode ode the north trail which led to the tile Western Lumber camp no one doubted that he had gone to see Ba Bayne ne In whom he still stoutly believed belle Between the and md the thc memorable attic able of ot June Tune Bud Lee saw little of ot Judith Sanford She was here t there here everywhere e bu busy betsy preoccupied I Marcia he lie talked with twice once when they rode together while Hampton Hamp ton ton racing lacing recklessly down clown a rocky y slope slone for a shot hot at ct a deer leer got ot a u fall a n sore shoulder and made his debut lebut In certain new words swear once when all nil of the guests with the exception of Fan Farris Fallis Is who was painting the portrait por par trait of the stallion Nightshade and the rr r who had letters to write ran corn out nut to watch the Chic horse TM IM time Introduced to Mrs Ir Ln Lang Lang- n I Lee Iee ee got ot for or his how p c ably old cold stare Others ml might ht rOl forget et here In the open the distinction between he- he tween people of ot th the better CI class and their serva servants not er n not ts-not not Mrs Irs Langworthy worthy If It you on please e. e Having created his Imaginary worn WOOl I an Lee Iee was ripe alpe to tn taU fall In e love with her len she came canue He lie hind hall thrilled to 10 the touch of ot Judith's Judiths mind hand that night In the cabin his hits thoughts man many md fund many a day centered about the superbly alive all beauty that was Judiths Ju The rile fact tact disturbed him vague vague- I ly The t til that t he lie was very very deeply Interested In her tier In the good old wit way h between tween man mun and maid ne er entered lois his stubborn head She wax wiio as ns far removed remo from lila his Ideal heal ns is the furthermost fui star In the Infinite firmament Perhaps It was this very within him caused b by Judith which now turned his hits thoughts to o. o Marcia the sort of ot woman he told lf stoutly A uA mans man's manso o woman lm lila Ids other self not Just a pardner the necessary other necessary other side of him not Just the same side i 11 n a different way Marcia had little feminine way if f helplessness which turned flatteringly to the strength of the other sex Judith Ju Ju- Ju asked no man to aid alJ her In mounting mountIng mount mount ing her horse Marcia la coquettIshly slipped shipped a daintily d foot Into a mans man's s palm rising because of ot his ls strength No Now Y when his thoughts went went to Ju Jo- ilIth Bud Lee turned them dexterous dexterous- ly Iy t to MarcIa making his compit comparisons ns shaping them to fit Info Into his p pet t theory W V When len en days davs passing he lit did IM no not ft W V When len en days davs passing he lit did IM no not ft seo Judith JUdt he told himself t that at lie he w was s goIng to mI miss Marcia iu when she site Je JelL t. t When one day ny he came unexpectedly up upon n Judith and with lips and and andr eyes tys r s she flashed her ready smile at him he felt that In hIs Ids blood Wh What t a 3 irl like hike her who lt have haye been an anything elected to do a mans man's work v-ork ork When hen ag ln n edly le carn carn came another r di d day y upon Marcia Mar Mar- Mareta clu eta cia riding 1 with h Ba Hampton there was vs s n no quid stirring of ot the the p pulses lse and and h he hey contented hl himself with the Cite thought u Now ow that mat t I Is Is of ot woman Amans Aman's A Amans Aman's mans man's woman ills His other self an and and S so on pu o 4 11 When Wien Judith planned d n a little little y pau ro to o marie Ic the departure departure ot lt in on on the i of M June June 1 It wasn't definitely decided that thit t the s' s wele Vete leaving lea then then but lit at is Farris arid Rogers Rogers- were were the the r reasons a actuating her were vere rather noie or complex than Judith fully real realized or Would ha e ad admitted 1 H. H Sil lIkE i d M a Maria I she wanted rint to do at least this much tor i or h her icer r Lv Living Living t oom j-oom dining f room idom om music n room tJ they y would H. H be cleared of ot the larger pie pieces es of ot furniture fur J the double doors thrown open copen The string band bund from Rocky Bend 1 would send nd out t to the to nicer there and tb to th the ri ranches l hereabout el L She ld bir b i c e tl ti there t would be ie races ras a s and flad tJ the tho ti usual tuat l holiday oUd w games gumes then thep M Marcia would know nothing of It until the last day vh when n nr her r eJK eager r enthusiasm would s send d her flutter a-flutter to o her dressl dressing g room Unanalyzed It was simplicity Itself this giving a farewell party to Marcia MarcIn Under analysis It was a different matter mat mat- ter The boys bos at ut the ranch would he invited and of course most of them would come But Lee would come Judith would see ee to that even en If he should hesitate BUd id Lee had always |