Show V udith BLUE LAKE IL RANCH DyJACK va SONT soe SMS CHAPTER I 1 dud hud I 1 L horae horse for man of this h allue lake ranch convinced dayne trevora Tru Tro vora vors manager la to deliberately libera tely wrecking the property ewid by 63 judith sanford a young wol oman nan irr latr kousin pollock hampton Hampt nd timothy gray delda decides to throw up la Is job judith arrive and announces 0 tans borscht gray grays in ens inch and will run it ah she dac dischar barea ivas CHAPTER IL the th men on the inch dislike taking order from s irl arl but by a vicious hora horse and nd proving nr her thorough knowledge 9 or of ranch life judith wine wins the tho beat beet of them ther over L LZ doilda to v I 1 14 III convinced her vt vot cri narlan bill crowdy la Is troug judith dascha a him rs an old friend of rill JUT er father fatt isea poe ripp CHAPTER IV pollock it hampton fors with a party of frienda friends comee t to the ranch to stay permanently trevore accept accepts Hamp torr lnItA tion to visit t the ranch judetha Jud ltha messenger its held hold ir up and nd robbed of the pay roll I 1 chal ChAt rElt huud V dud lee goes to the city for moro money gettier 1 back with it hta his horae horse la in under him film lauth he and judith pe P e Tr eore hand band in the crime o 0 S 01 i a ti hard to account for brace breaks out cm the ranch judith and le abse In invests vesti kuline kul lne the meant of the holdup elaml a 11 elier the robber must hv fiddan judith received the news sleepily PF lot and much more quietly than carson had find expected well have to keep our eyes open after this carson was wag her tier criticism weve got to keep an eye on our own men some one of our aroid taking my pay t Is double crossing us now pet ret your men on the jump and we ve wont bother about the milk spilling if it we are in luck well get shorty yet and quinnion Quinn lon carson dont forget quinnion Quinn Quirin lon and weve still got bill crowdy well get everything out of ji him that he knows known during the day emmet sawyer the rocky bend sheriff came and with him doctor brannan Bron sawder judith thai that he would be followed follow wl shortly by a posse led by a deputy and hat they would hunt through the mountains until they cot the outlaws to all questions put hlin him bill crow 14 dj dy answered with ith stubborn denial of knowledge or not at till all lie ile had been alone he lie know any man quinnion Quinn lon he enow anything about shorty and lie robbed miller that annaa hue bag then with the thousand dollars in it lie had find found it picked it up tip in n a cully gully crow brondy Cr oNdy dy at doctor firant ivins orders was taken to liend oliero here elsaw awer promised film at trial con k and sentence unless he tie t hanged his mind und turned states evidence and to he lie done alth bill crowdy for good rood and nil till he neer me to stand trint trial A nind attempt nt at Z 7 T 4 04 A ir A mad attempt at ece another bullet hole escape a week later another bullet hole given him in his with nith his jailer jaller and with ith lips still stubbornly locked he died without on a pal pa 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 under fire in the dark cabin with life grown suddenly ud denly tense for them lee and judith sanford had touched lingeringly no one nho knew them gueft guessed sed it certainly one 1 of them perhaps both sought to forgat it there had been that trance strange thrill alch comes sometimes when hers a roune muns hand aind a womans meet hud bud LM grunted granted nt at the memory of it ju atti remembering 1 blushed scarlet for at that moment of deep sampa understand understanding ins touched with ith romance which aich young lire tire will lit draw dpn oven from a dark night fraught with blanger kl 1 anger there had bad been in bud lees limarl lint an accetta acceptance nce eacer as an it was of a para pa ncr vor leor the time being he lie thought of tier heror or rathe ra ther r he lie i thought that he lie thought of he her r tie am n man would think of a of his own sex tie lie approved of her tier hut he did not approve of her ai an a sirl girl as a woman nomon lie ile had said there are two kintie of women omen and judith knowing that hh film ideal wae was an impossible but poetic she rich la in subtle feminine grace graces steeped ste pd in that ague charm of her ex sex like a rose in if its own omin perfume had accepted hie his friendship during a dark hour allowing herself to forget that upon the morrow if morrow came to them at all be he would hold her in that gentle acom of hie his A narrow minded bigoted fool I 1 ehe she cried in the seclusion of her tier bedroom ill show aou ou where liere aou a get off mr bud leel just you wall in the long quiet hours which came during the few days following the end of a fruitless search for quinnion Quinn lon and shorty he lie had ample time tinie to analyze his own emotion lie ile liked her tier from the bottom of hie his heart ho lie lloid her tier hut nut ehe she was not the lady of his fits dreams she rode like a man nian ehe she shot like a roan man she gae her tier order orders like a Q man she was efficient she wa was as square as an a die under fire ehe she was as a pardner for any man but she he was not a little 1 lady to bo be thought of sentimentally lie ile wondered on dered what she would look like if site lie asbed boots and broad hat lint and elding habit babit and appeared before a man in an beening gown all lacy and you know he imagine her dallying an the lady of bin his dreams dallied in an atmosphere of ros aleice a volume of tennyson on her knee Shu chuckel ckel sl he grinned to himself a a trine trifle shamefacedly shame its just the springtime in the air in such a mood there appeared it to bud lee a islon nothing less he was in the little meadow hidden from the ranch house by gentle hills still green with youn june tie had been working lovelady Loie koel lady atly a deiy broken saddle inure mitre Sta standing alth itla his MR hack back toa toft to a ft tree at clin cigarette in the in his fits hands his black lint far hack back ILoe upon fils head ho lie watched lady as alth resul nod freedom slie site galloped back across the meadow to liet herd then a elindor cow on the drew lees 1 acs aies ics sIf tl atay ay from the more and an d to me 11 ishon the flooring of the meadow stepping 1 in and out among the big golden buttercups butter cups came carne one ne mho lio might well ell have been that mot anh df his dreadin A mill bisp hand held up a pale pink skirt disclosing the lacy 1 flouncy of a line tine underskirt pa pale e pink dinits stac stockings kings and mincing little slippers j a pink parasol cast the most delicate of tints upon a pretty face from front which big blue eyes looked out a little timorously upon the tall horse foreman ele tie knew that this was marcia langworthy by he had neer known now just how pretty she was how ake a flower tA arcla paused seemed to hesitate dodged suddenly as a boisr bumblebee sailed galled down doin the air then the bee buzzed on and barcla smiled still stepping daintily she site came on until with her tier parasol twirling over her be shoulder she stood in the shade with lee I 1 ee youre Yon re mr air lee arent you asked marcia she was still smiling and looked cool and fresh and very aalur ing lee dropped the makings of his cig tr rette ground the paper into the sod nod with his heel and removed his hat ith a gallantry little short of reverence er ence tee res be he answered his gravity touched with the hint of a responsive smile Is in there something I 1 can do for you miss langworthy ohl oh I 1 cried marcia so yon you linow know who I 1 am let yet I 1 have bave never seen you I 1 think abe star always eee see the moth you know offered lee a little intoxicated by the first arst vision of this kind und he had seen in many years oh cried marcia again and then stopped looking at ut him frankly puzzled slie site knew little firsthand first hand of home horse foremen but she had seen car can son even talked with him and she had seen other workmen she would until now have summed them all up as IRS illiterate awkward and impossibly backward and nod shy A second long curious glance at lee failed to show eliat he was wax embarrassed though in truth he had had bod time to be a bit ns ashamed harned of that rooth moth and star observation of his fits instead he appeared quite bolt self possessed and he ans na good looking remarkably good looking and he iteen illiterate quite the contrary marcia thouis in an ian in I 1 rant alit ne he thip till tail tall onried C calm nim 4 eyed ed man as Interest interesting inC she twirled her tier at him and laughed softly A strund of blond hair that ana as very becoming where it wan was against her tier del delicate lente check cheek ahe she tucked lurked hack hock when lipron it evidently belonged rince since there it looked oen een more lie becom comIna lne mr hampton ampton II tn here IH lot he ahe she linked no como come to think of it he lie did sany thir isla morning flint ho ht mould bo be out right after lunch to help helli me ine break Loe lovelady Lo clady lady hut lint I 1 litt anent Nent awit him lie minted ino in to troll out here itla him blin marcin and I 1 it nil ton foci hot ou find it it tribly hot about nn tin hour ago mr lo lee 10 ap A it in matter of fact lind iee lee hod had been altogether too huy nn an hothir ago ngo alth ith ali the of helady Loie lo lady to note 0 bother bether it wun liot hot or cold but he courteously agreed with miss long orthy then she lie ran on brightly it got cool ool nil all of a sudden or at least I 1 did and I 1 thought dint polly had come out here so no I 1 walked out to surprise him and anti now he lent here herel I 1 marcin looked up at tit lee helplessly smilingly fascinatingly it was quite as though aishe he had added oh dearl what hall I 1 do pollock linn ipton had fully meant to come hut but by now he lie find forgotten for nil about bud lee and horses boride to ride and to be bucked off by A telegram had come from a nasty little tailor to in san francisco who had discovered die covered retreat and who ho was dov dev insistent nt upon a malt small matter oil oh some suits and things you know the whole thine thing totaled scarcely arcely ac even seven hundred dollars dolln re he ile went to find judith to bop beg an advance against hie his ages or allowance or dividends or whatever ahn lover you call it judith wax wan out here nt at the lower end mra birs simpson thought thou glit hampton ampton II saddled file oun horse and ent to ind her all this marcia was to learn that eve ning after the swift passing of a few bright minutes minu tee marcia and bud lee strolled rolled et together across the meadow to the spring marcia it seemed ans interested in everything lee told her much of the ways of horses of f breaking them of a score of litt little 1 e ranch matters not their color marda noted that he be spoke rather slowly and guessed that be lie was choosing hie his nords with particular care she was delighted when hen they came to the bank under the willows where a pipe sent forth a clear cold stream of water from a shady recess in the hillside here at lees solicitous aug suggestion castion ce stion she rested after her long walk it was nearly a si half mile to the ranch bouse disposing her skirts fluffily about ber tier taking her seat sent upon a log from which with ath bis his lint leo lee had the loose dust im dreadfully improper am I 1 fotr not said marcia rut but I 1 am tired and it Is hot it out there in the fields I 1 mean here its just lovely and I 1 do so love to hear bear about all skit the things you know which are so wonderful to be me life narrow in the c cities dont you think so mr leer lee the breece playing gently with ith the ribbons of her tier sunshade brought to him film the faintest of violet per perfumes fumei he ho lay at bej tier feet obeying her tardy command minand co to have the smoke which sir hud interrupted ills ilia eyes were full of her id so love went on marcia to the 11 e always out of doors doom out here I 1 feel eo so sorry for the people I 1 know in to toun ton n here women must crow up so sweat and pure and innocent men must be so fine and conly and stron gT gl and she meant it it it was perfectly clear that she spoke in utter sincerity for this long summer day no matter liow how she would feel tomorrow murcia was in tune with the open yearned for the life blown clean with the air nir of the mountains mountain la in the morning her mood had been one of rebellion for her mother had find said aid things which both hurt and shocked the girl her mother was uns so mercenary so anro mantle now as a bit of reaction the rebellious rebellions bad had crown tender fa opposition nari find been followed by tier lint and nil into the mood of tender 1 there had come tome mattea a man hoin had ne net er noted until now and ullo lio was an anomaly minions u ru jittery 0 0 0 0 0 vate in the flip furin forin of old carson turned a herd berd of bellowing jeers out into lit lying between the aitio adow und ond flip ranch boune that aft primon just an murcia making a lote inte to propriety was shaking liar skirts and lifting her parasol it an up scarcely to he lie ordered on ored dered at that the toon steers seemed to marcin marcia u great herd of bloodthirsty beasts then there were her tier pink cown gown and eun but childe oil olt dear oh ob dearl cried so it was under leee lees protection flint ulic phe went back through the mend owe own and to the house at 11 elret ra t ehe bile wa ane frightened hy by the strange hi hl led horse anade little norte snorts which made her tier jump hut but in the end ee sie si e put out n timid hand and stroked the el et none when finally bud lee L ids 11 lint to her at the base of the tile knoll upon which the house stood thanked him for his kindness te been terribly unconventional I 1 17 ehe she smiled at him but I 1 again next time we meet mr lee I 1 am not even going to to you unless relenting brightly you come up to the tile house and ore are properly property introduced I 1 an she he went through the lilacs lee saw her kiive ave her parasol to him hlin 0 three day days later bud lee learned teamed that judita sanford wae way after all just a girl you know that at least for once in her life ahe she had slipped away to be by herself and to cry he stopped dead in hie his tracks when he caine came unexpectedly upon her became suddenly awkward embarrassed a moment uncertain but yielding swiftly to an impulse to run for it come here bud leel lee commanded judith sharply dabbing at her eyes 1 I want to talk alth etli aou a lie ile uns tas at the upper end where he had ridden for half halt a dozen oung hore which were to be taken down into the meadow for their education and hero here she was as on a bench outside the of old cabin indulging herself in a hearty rry cry il 1 I I 1 know you were here he lie stammered 1 I ans going to make some coffee and lieve lunch here I 1 dj di ite its a rat real fine day lent it miss sanford I 1 nice and werm and tile voice trailed off india tt notly ly oh olt cried judith ot at him haff laughing still half crying slie she find gulped her eleu but still til two big fears untouched trembled on her tier cheeks cli in spite of him film lee keep hie film ce eem off them tin just crying judith told him film then alth a sudden of cool dignity alch hud had in it of def definney innee ive got 1 a right to if IC I 1 alit 1 to IT 17 what do you look took ut tit mo me like flint forr sure he answered lineally line lins tily it doen do you bood good to cry I 1 know borrut thine thins all iddles do to judath sniffed Knirr AnIf cd fed |