Show BLUE af L P emch ajr OWA 1 mm loan i i a li it i vinced BI i AL at f r dr AP w wi t v y k laj he pro property porty owned by judth sanford a young woman her cousin pollock hampton and timothy gray decides to throw up his job judith arrives and announce she he ha gaii bou bought ht grays share in the th r ranch n ch ail and d will run it she sh T devors CHAPTER II 11 the men on the ranch dislike taking orders order from a girl irl but by subduing a vicious horse hor find and proving pro her thorough knowledge of ranch alf life judith adith wine the best beat of M them m over ia lne decides decider to stay star CHAPTER nr III convinced her bar yet vt bill crow crowdy dy in a treacherous judith discharges bilm re ra an AD old friend of her fathera fat bera bors doc trim CHAPTER IV olt hab with a party of fr lendi to tho th ranch to tay stay permanently accosts Ham hampton invitation to visit the ranch judiths insor ins nr to I 1 heli up tip and robbed of the monthly pay par roll CHAPTER V bud lee goes so to th the city for more mone money getting ati back efell lately with it thou though rh va nil hone Is kill killed under him both be ind and judith ass ee trevor hand in t tb or orlina me A box cholera hard bard to account fr for terah 4 lit on the ranch judith ant sa go L dinv inv gating the scene of the holdup aim it mountain chero the th out hay have CHAPTER VZ A alb V in a planted clearing olar ln diat m im ussa ratton ration it li is lesi though b h 0 0 0 at ay so they aro are fired an a from amy jn bush and lee lae wounded the firs they male make for the cabin here thy find bill crowdy wounds wounded drag fank him into the building tjay ay find and he ha the money taken faoiz judiths judith besieged in the cabin they ther are compelled to stay all night CHAPTER VII bampton Mam ft at tho th ranch becola uneasy at judith ion long absence with tommy burkitt b be goes goto seek her arriving in time to drive the attackers attao kars oft off and capturing con on man known as shorty CHAPTER VIII shorty from imprisonment in the th on the ranch to the 41 of carson canon cow foreman who had him in char chartre jre alts L begins to feel a fondness fond ne for ju n wilt though he ha realizes she he li Is not hi I 1 womanly ideal marcia langworthy Lanar worthy one of Ham hamptons party typical city airi irl Is IB more to his tate taste CHAPTER IX the din dro oc overy 0 r to I 1 made that p pla I 1 eona 0 n w with I 1 t 1 hog hoc a olera iteria r m a on t their h s ve r feat t hv hav been libern f d on the ranch le A capture a dick donley raa harllee with an ac accomplice complies a cowboy known as a poker fao 15 donley 0 n 1 ey has haa brought more pig pigeons bons eons to the ranch CHAPTER X at a dano judith alvea iv 3 in honor of hampton f friend tends lee appears appear in evening dress drea Z he is t by oue of tit the party as a an old acquaintance dave 1 n nc wealthy bit ruined by fals fala friends judith in her yeomanly yo manly finery makes such euch an appeal to IA I A that alone with her he be forcibly kisses her receiving the rebuke deserved CHAPTER XI word in I 1 sent to lose lee that quinnion has ha been casting slurs flur on judiths Jud ltha name because of the ni negm ht she he arl lee lag were torether together la in the oablun oam with carson carnon loo lee finds quinnion him in a fight and makes him confess publicly he Is a liar and agree to leave th thi vicinity CHAPTER XII after the III incident judith liar lAr noret nores lee las who w would affo atway tw y but finds anda himself unable J ju ll 11 alth h aei a letter to pol pollock ock hampton from a arm with which has hai boon been connected offering nj to buy a largo large 00 1 1 ament ol of cal cattle tie and harmse hor at a riall bously low acure hampton to lo addred addres A d a 11 gre of I 1 IN glue atlue aa lake ke ou judith to ira gusly uy uv any aey in her arcenoe hampton to the offer lee LAO preto ile he learns learn from marela marcia ganir A worthy that judith in ippol supposed up pol t to hal hate kone cow to see ee her lawyers at un arrax tny A A from her orar hampton to sell the took at the pris price iff tittered ered lee refuses to accept the miss are a as coming from judith th the on vj letlon forcin forcing ite itcek elf upon hi him that trevor has ha k fd na r ed li and Is I 1 hold ing her prisoner CHAPTER XIII lee tolls carson caron and hampton ot of his hi suspicions hamp ton jeers at the idea in judiths judith room they find ft a note front from doc tripp trapp salting judith to visit him ni an he hit hag boen been shot hot and cannot come to the ranch they learn from tripp he has nit been hurt and did not send end anny humane convinced now of Ju juditha Jud dithy ltha I 1 in rr anent IN n t danger ite sets bets out to and her CHAPTER XIV judith finds herself it a cavo cave where she has hai been conveyed after being slit sir knows her abductors abductor are and quinnion trevore gives her in chargo of rtuh a demented woman known an a mad rauth rep reputed led to be Quinn ions mother catching cat quinnion oft off hi cuard jo adith escaped from the cave fah forced to the mountain alon u r e aing 1 and cal callisto calloner linto to mad ruth auth to anfe intercept r c e pt her at the ottom bottom of the cliff CHAPTER XV judith drops on mad ruth nuth partially stunning her and cots away abely safely with the one match hj h i tio doest airs s it es be ne light a beacon art ani n s inks t to c sleep utterly exhausts CHAPTER XVI bud L As and a far asta fori 14 eit t runner ranger find her almost at it the 1 IWO of at her en durano reproaching hits self elt for his impulsive action in kledis her judith admits admit the salute wai 1 1101 not unwelcome leaving Lea it her or with I 1 marela marcia at the ranch lee lea decides cid it wath 1 I 1 u up t to him to have an interview with X CHAPTER with canon n aco L sef cots 0 out u t they find trevor at h his offles a and nd lee bluntly informs hint him he leave the count country at one at Tr trevor vors suggestion aney dade f loave leave the lanue to a I 1 fight I 1 g in primitive fashion flit fists feet teeth nethlena barred A r r s d after a alerce battle le rb ough badly hurt wins a complete vi victory artt to vivo up tha th littlon lon he h had attl attained nod head bend up a of the th stern burnier com company piny lit bit alei and leave that sectler of the antry at once dud toes roea to I 1 and a judith U 3 cj at 04 cabin which his agan had J boon the econs cn 9 of t hip hi dawa awn 4 B love fur for judith as a it waher aras herf for far wm k le crt his hl hurts hurt thon in di fk aad d and his hi love it t the th rans anh h pals hoar so a b all fend and al r namand na mand his hl own 13 who bait tt emmade em aade the other only you aint rot got any call to be a baic nud bud besides I 1 got a right to bea e if theres a fair break aint I 1 say took look at them cw brute back yonder I 1 dont it beat all how silage when you uso use it right shaped sham em ea up HIST few elou tilt words wm were said ball III ai the bulles were none flung boand them few were needed A swift gladce showed carson that lee lea carried a revolver revolT cr lit in his shirt his own gun rods rode plainly in evidence in front arnt of his hip what little conversation rose between them was of ranch matters whey they spoke broke of success now with confidence these two foremen alone could see eo the money in late winter and aad early spring front from their cattle and hersa to te carry the blue alue lake venture over the rapids then there were the other resources of the undertaking the hom hog the prize stock the olives poul poultry dairy airy products and soon or late lumber would pay the price for the timber tract soon if they saw that they had to pay it or lose the forests which they had so long counted upon lumber values were mounting every day neither man when wh it chanced that nayne bayne trevora name nam was casually mentioned suggested why not eo 90 to the lawr law row for to t them it was wan very clear that ones once la in the courts the man who had bad played safe would laugh at them against judiths judith oath that he had bad har would stand Tre tremors Tr eTora word that he had done noth las ins of the kw coupled with his hl carefully perjured perjure il alibi and the lulb testimony of tha th who had bad visited judith la in th it caye care man and that might be ba rounded rawn up shorty and denny and ad poker face and if any of then them talked which perhaps maze BOBC of then them would wild at most they would my may they had as a orders ordera from fram aarbo but axler ara where wua was who stood as a buc bulber ller and i tion blont and what nhat buckler in all the world can ever stand between out oae man and now anil and then thea carson careon sent a quick clance lubbe toward lets leta in cru table faco face ROW now aud and then he b sighed bim thoughts his as own hud lee I 1 kit ewing his comp as he did shrewdly guessed Tie sied that carson caroa was hoping that events might so befall that there would weald be an ope epst free ree for all light and that he raight met be forced to play the te restless part of a more mere onlooker end bud lee I 1 hoped otherwise theres two ways waya to get a man iman said carson meditatively out of a long IOB silence an both to Is good eod ways with a gun an or with your hands tm tea agreed acred rud bad quietly if it works work oat bt ims way continued carson still with that thoughtful half look leek in hi hta his rem it dont hurt to re rente remember rAVer rud bud that lie hf shoots iott haade sin BB from te hip lee sey mry bedla carson carsen did not look vp B from the bobbing ears earn of kin his cpr its it Contil Med if it works ent ant th other way an its bust it it dont hurt to t rein henru ber how hew put ont oat scotty webb last year yar in icky bend four footed style striking with his boot square in lq lettys Bc ottys belly Tr arre Trev re name was wag not again referred to iren la in the vaguest terms the road in front of thom thoin ot at last d dropping down dawn into the valley in IB which the ingber camp WB was cried out into a lane that ran between stumps to the clutter of frame baiad ings something doing at the ofhie offered carson as an they drew near dl rectors meeting likely two automobiles stood in the road ton ten steps front from ali the closed door of the flie unpretentious shack which bore the printed ted arend Itic office western lumber company the big red touring car certainly belonged to melvin the company companas comp anys 19 president corso n looked curiously curio urty at lee bud dis mounted dropped his horses rein shifted th the revolver from his shirt to his belt where it was at one once and dewely held ready tor for a quick draw dmn he went up tip the three steps carson at his heals basis tits his gun also alie unhidden and roady from within beigno voices one tn in prote bayne Tr overs ringing out ant filled with mastery followed foll ewed by a laugh lt L set his hand to the door then only because it was locked from within did he knock sharply ply who Is in fir tame ame the sharp inquiry but bat tho the man who mad it and who was standing by the door threw it open what do you yen fantl he demanded again were busy 1 I want to me see Ti evors said mid le coolly fly tou ton cant 11 he lo 10 L shoved shored the man aside and aad strode on carson close at lees atel his yes eyes glittering stopped a little aside when once he was within tile the room and ani took his place with LIS bis back against the wall close to p the boor i t f b cr 4 ui i it t was a bit big bare barn like room furnished simply with one long table and half a dozen chairs here were five men besides bayne Tro trevora vors all except trevora and the man who had opened the door were seated at the far end of the room was standing an oratorical arm slowly drop ping to hla his side aide ills ilia eyes met lees leaa ran quickly to carsons buitte back to leus lees and rested there steadily aten dlly beyond tile the slow falling of hla extended arin ho he did not move the muscles of his face hardened tho the look of triumph which just now had stood lit in lite his eyes changed slowly and in its place came an expression that was vas twin to that in bud lees leea eyes just n look of inscrutability with it a hint of watchful ness under it and the hardness of agate while a man might have drawn a deep breath into tits his lungs and expelled it neither lee nor trevora stirred what the devil Is in this demanded melvln melvin from across the table hold up or what ile he rapped the table resoundingly shut cupl up I 1 snapped carson its just a two man play melvln melvin lee an Tre Tors oh sold said melvln melvin and sank back making no further protest ile ho was no stranger to carson or to dud bud lee and he sensed what llo lie between lee and a man like Ir evora then shrugging tits hla shoulders he said carelessly lu im not the man inan to get in other mens way und and you know it carson fiut you might tell your sour friend bud leo lee that bayne la Is rather a big man influentially to mix things with ive just resigned this morning and Is our new president thanks returned carson dryly 1 I dont think make much difference though melvln melvin most likely have two presidents resigning the same day at last lee spoke lie he said quietly maybe the law cant get you but I 1 can for reasons which both you and I 1 understand you ou are aio going to clear out of this part of the country it am I 1 asked the look of his eyes did not alter the poise of film big body did not shift his hands hand both at his sides again might lieve been carved in bronze then suddenly he laughed and threw out hit his arms in a wide gesture and again dropped them saying shortly youre playing the game the way I 1 thought you ou would youve got it a gun I 1 am ain unarmed begin your shooting ind nd he be d d to you I 1 its H c even cven ven stepped forward tits his eyes iiii ii ih upon tipon lets leeb and settled lis big frame comfortably in a chair by the table go ahead he concluded tin im rea reada dy 11 tents Illi ats as aa it should bet bel lees voice was vibrant ills hurd hard eyes brightened with H m quick jerk jeri lie he drew the revolver from his belt and dropped it to the floor at Ca carsona Carso ronas aa feet carson though lie he stooped for it quickly did not shift lite hla watchful eyes from froin trevora for carson had known more fights in tits his life than lie he had years tie ho knew men and looked to for just the sort of thing trevore did As lee stepped forward snatched open the drawer of the alie tuble table at his side quick as light and whipped out the weapon which lay there go slow alow Trev Trew mal ral came old carsons dry voice ive got you covered already two gun style even with his finger crook ing to the trigger paused und tand saw the two juns nn in CRr cartons sons brown 1 and trained unwaveringly upon him film there was much deadly determination in casone Cara ont eyes again laughed drawing back his empty hand ton toa yellow bogl grunted granted bud lee ills his tone one of supreme disgust you d d yellow bogl shrugged you see sec gentlemen two to one with the odds all theirs you liell lie I 1 spat out carson its one to fo one an ill see the game goes square 11 he stepped forward removed the weapon from the table under trovore now suddenly changeful eyes and w went back to his place with his back to the wall for gods arkel cried the one nervous man in the room lie he who had opened the door title this Is murd murder ert 1 melvln melvin smiled a smile as cheer cheerless leps as the glearn gleam of wintry starlight on A bit of glass will you fight him he asked with your hands yes answered yes move mote back the table commanded melvln melvin on n hla his feet in an instant and the chairs get them back the table was dragged to the far end of the room the chairs were plied piled |