Show MI J 4 A of BLUE J L LAKE A K E 14 P rangle 0 P A aa JACKSON rr tn f ct i bin li v if aced a J Illier attl 1 1 ht avrov proper bor owned 0 ey oy U agnf a rd a y you woman her cousin pollock ilaryi and terothy gray decides to throw h his job judith arrives and tho she hab grays gray ah share a re in t ranch and will run it she di f 1 pdt abr 0 1110 II if the men 0 on ti r b dislike inking or orders deri froin from t VIA earl but by subduing it a vinious hoi ho i and alid proving her thorough knowl know knowledg led of ranch lire life judith wins the best belt I 1 them over afe IA e decides to stay CHAP ER elt III convi nod her bei Y v I 1 bill crowdy crowds la Is tro judith Pc discharges harges him film re onga g I 1 old friend of 0 her fabbra fat bra bars doe doc T eff CHAPTER IV pe joch hal haipt pt with a party of friends rl enda crines to t ranch to stay permanently I 1 accepts ham hamptons apt 0 ns invitation to V vl tho the ranch judiths u d messenger mess Is ig hi up and robbed of 0 the month montary y pay re rc i V abud bud leo goes to t 1 i city for more mor money gettin g be b I 1 safely with it ft though his bis ho horst re 41 I 1 killed under him film doth both he and dudl isee i ee Trevo rit hand in the crime H cholera hard to account far r breaks a 0 on the ranch judith ara go le gating eating the scene of the ih holdup a olio is a mountain where the mi robber on bif have bave aham TC CHAPTER VIL ana A fwu gnp J S jagan A efcy planted clearing clearl nr aali anc ration it Is I 1 les iaea though he h does do a say so they are fired elrd on an from a ar bush and lee wounded ans rl the fire the they make roundel for I 1 the he cab cabin ae hol find bill coyly wounded V un ded draa dra him into the building they nl h he e has haa the money taken froc judit judici i ines messenger Besl besieged eged in the cabin th are compelled to stay all night 1 r wen judith planned a little pai pa t to 0 o mink the departure of marcia liln tile the soth oil of june it definitely decided that tile were leaving then but at least barrs farrs and ami rogers were the reasons actuating tier were rather more complex than judith herself fully realized or would gnp admitted slie she liked slie she wanted nned to do at least tills this much for tier her living loom dining room music room they would rill all he be cleared of the larger pieces of fur il til ture tile dauble minors thrown tl iron open tle r aind from rocky bend judith Tu dilli would send out affons vains to the nicer people there i the re cinches rinch ps horen hT cabout bout slie she 1 harne cuc there would tie be and the hie usual holiday hollday then the dauie dante marcia would know nothing of it until the last day nhen tier her cager would send her ii a to her dres dressing sinT room unanalyzed it was simplicity itself i tills this ahing a farei farenell ell baity to marcia under analysis vals it il was a different dirr orent matter the boys at tile ranch would be invited lint and or if course most of them would come con e but lee ife would come judith would see sec to that even it if he should hesitate kud bud lift lee had alwais been so self pos possessed essed had so coolly found her lacking that piqued it 11 little judith gouged for tile opportunity to place heln an atmosphere where a little of ills calm i elf might be ena tiLed from him jf f she could embarrass him it if the ile could see the red rise under ills his tanned skin she would be gh ehing ing mr lee a lesson good for his soul I 1 ie got powerful little use for or nn an affair like that tit lee coolly when she told jilin thank you sanford but I 1 dont think ill come judith shrugged ged tier shoulders as though it did not in the least matter to tier her I 1 im ahing it for marcia she said do you think it would he be quite nice to tier her to stay away I 1 om am afraid that the will lie he hurt not judiths hut but the look in tier her ees changed chang cl lees intentions if its for alls langworthy he said quietly ii ill come i the day came and hurl burl lee began to regret that hint he had bad given Ms ills roin 1 ise to go to marcias Mar clas dance all day he wils was taciturn aloof avoiding not only tile visitors from froin rocky bend and the lie ollit ranches but ills his own as well lie ile took look no part in the anict nicas q ais is missing when the blazin tro MICK and ami smell of broiling ment tom told tunit the barbecue was in s II fit worked with tile his horses aa ile he hi olied yesterday erday as ae he be donld work lo lomonof lomo morrow now with the dusk lie ent aini to 11 the mens quarters nu arters hut but to the orl old cabin at tile the upper und end aenon agnin and aaen that day he be had th of that th at bools in judiths eyes blun she imbt bowd jilin to come for marlas sake what the devil did sw she 11 an by it ile he know ex city anthe b tl t 11 did P know that hat t in its 0 own w n V rilei yit tier her eyes ind ad 11 led nt at III in they y had tensed thy hall had told lim film th hat t judith herself want wa nt inton Int ln n thought upon uin mr air lud bud l ud L lee ee but that she ahe hud had noticed ills th thy 8 1 us interest ln tret in 1 MM Lung wor I 1 D n it Ill 1 uttered loe lee I wont ut he lind jirld lie he would go e and in tie ng 8 in ug hig lie he ones was ecru i ww ile e would go 80 just to lace dance ml mir flarria ein and judith a e t IIII 1111 ill 1 J tile the engle eventually sought sough F 0 refuge tit at the chateau Clinten ii tie de aussy a where keepers immediately shot jd id it whereupon the lock flock of 0 crows disbanded and disappeared tile the U i eagle measured more than eight n feet across the wings iw 0 tl e 4 1 IT agnette pole makes it stand or tt A 1 oot lot and they both pill play tricks ai a 0 ta t qu 11 sorts of metal instruments ty 19 cs CJ 4 f 0 T n izing or demagnetizing chev 4 1 4 e rt it why compass swerves aror 0 fl o b f y 2 ca ST r when john jones trave 4 at ly Y corthern ern wisconsin ansin or i f A hoods solely with the al ala 8 AZ ass he cannot go directs di it f ad diss iss lie he travels just a little wes C a ie direction in which ills his compass n because of its affinity for the orth magnetic pole id the explanation of tile the magnetic qa t oles Is that the earth itself Is a mag BS et made so probably by the electric Is a currents passing around it in an east vest rest direction I 1 i tile the poles of cold are the Ishm ishmaels aels 0 10 nd ind eagars of the polar family out 0 abts both erratic and disagreeable C rhey hey reside in the places where the 1 4 old Is most intense usually in the t of a continent though the orth north pole has the coldest mean an f nual lual temperature there Is a desert of ce in the interior of greenland which s the coldest part of the northern hemisphere in july in lort heastern siberia on the fringe of the he arctic circle Is colder in january r itself it even it tit i lamp in hand went down into the cellar W whereby cereby he called attention to his turned up overalls soft shirt battered lint hat and flapping vest with the co tag imaging hanging out hud bud lee turned down don the lck ick of at ills lamp which had heen smoking g land and sat staling nt fit it another five minutes ry by thunder he sold said softly to himself til ill do it ile he shoved tile hunk bunk awny from its 10 place in the corner opened a trapdoor in the floor find and lamp in hand went down into the alie cabins cellar here was a long pine box with tin hands tor for shipping its lid ild securely nailed on lie he set down his lamp and with shirt sleeve wiped off some of the accumulation of dut duat and spiderweb spider web debt A card with the words david bill fiur rill lee iee rocky hend bend tacked to it mane made its leo lee shook his hi head and attacked the lid its like digging out a dead man he muttered well well bury ill alia a again tomorrow it was a box of at odds and ends clothing a few books a pack of photographs to an ornate bridle a pair of gold chased spurs a couple of hats gloves no end of the varied articles which might have gone hastily into such a receptacle as this from the hurried packing in a bachelors bachelor 8 apartments bud lee with a dress suit and the articles it demands even to a tit tie and dancing shoes went back into the room above like hampton he mused looking at the things in his hands 1 I wonder what feel like to get back into thesel these im a fool ile he laughed shortly and set to work to improvise a flatiron to take the lie worst wrinkles out of tile the cloth once a fool always a tool fool you cant get away from it it was settled lie ile was wait going to marceas Mar MR clas relas party ile he insisted upon calling it in his mind marcias Mar clas party and he be was wondering as lie ho shaved how judith was going to look As bud lee come came through lilacs into the courtyard lie he heard the tinkle of a distant piano and the tremolo of 11 violin so taint faint as hardly to be distinguished above the plash end and gurgle of 0 the fountains the court bathed in soft light seemed a corner of fairyland the music vanishing elfin strains to some mischievous troop putting sighs and to love e dreams into a sleeping maids breast the night was rich with stars warm with summer icrene with the pence peace of the mountains ile he was late ate they ther were ere already dancing was within 1 ho he stood a moment looking in at the outer edge of the flood of light which gushed through the wide doors behind him jalin ase lanterns hane banz ing from IT a itne covered treffli trel fla berdofe him flowers bright chandeliers girls dresses like fluttering many colored diaphanous butterfly wanga he had bad been saying to himself 1 I must hurry if it I 1 I 1 wont want to dance with marcia and something stirring restlessly within him shoved aside the thought ot of siar mar cla and put in its stead the old wonder what sort of a judith would he see tonight tie lie found it difficult to form any picture of her here among these gay inconsequent merry makers judith to him spelled a girl upon a horse booted spurred with a scarf about tier her neck fluttering wildly behind her as she rode the superb splendid figure of a girl of the he out of doors alive with iab tile the hot pioneer blood which had been her rich inheritance a sort of wonderful boy girl remove her flapping lint hat her boots and spurs and and what was ana left of judith outside were halt half a dozen of the boys who had not mustered courage to set foot on tho the polished floors floora carson canon and tommy burkitt among them tommy stared at bud lee and his bis jaw dropped in amazement carson carlton took swift stock of such clothes clothe ns as he had never suspected a good horse foreman owned and gasped faintly the d n lady killer I 1 but lee had neither eyes nor thoughts for them nor remembrance of his own change from working garb to that of polite society the dance came to a lingering end ed the couples throughout the big room strolled rolled gt up and down clapping their hands softly or vehemently as their natures or degree 0 of enthusiasm dictated and lee forgot un barcla cla and sought eagerly tor for a glimpse of judith refused a second encore the couples stood about chatting the hum bum of lively voices be speaking eager enjoyment there was waa no early chill upon the assembly to be dissipated ail aa the dance wore on the day of festivity outdoors had bad thawed the thin crust of icy strangeness which Is so natural a part of such a function ns as this already it seemed that everybody was on the most cheerful terms with everybody else suddenly his eyes still seeking judith found marcia surrounded by a little knot of men each of them plainly seeking to become her happy partner for the next dance adorably helpless as usual miss langworthy was allowing the men to fight it out among themselves lee moved a little nearer to see her better in a pule pale blue gown fluffy as a summer cloud tier her cheeks delicately flushed flu ahod a white rose like a snowdrop in the gold of her hair she was flatteringly happy reminding him of those little meadow blues that had flown about him that day in the fields and she was obviously as much at her ease here in an atmosphere of music and fl flattery atterT agthe as ithe tiny butterflies la in their own meadows bud lee came in his tall form conspicuous and went straight to uarda she saw law him immediately forgot her self to stare almost as carson careon had done smiled at him brightly waved her fan to him lie ile took her hand and told her with ills his eyes how pretty she was the delicate tint in marcias Ma relas cheeks deepened and warmed her eyes grew raw even brighter flatterer Flatter erl 1 she chided him are we to talk of the moth and the tar star again mr lee the knot of men about her melted away lee stood looking down into her upturned eyes measuring her bentle beauty lie ile had thought of tier her as is a little blue butterfly she was wa nore more like a wee white moth fluttering fluttering the music again from a hidden dis ance set feet to tapping if barcla arcla hesitated flashed a quick look irom mm lee to the ahers abers about them lien hen whIs whispered percil hurriedly its terrible of nie me hut but and she slipped tier her hand into his bin arm cast another searching glance flanc dier 0 er her shoulder for or a partner who had been too tardy in finding tier her and yielded to the temptation to have this first lance with the most terribly fall ta i man th there erel I 1 lee slipped ills hla arm about tier her felt her sway with him and tightly they caught the beat of the dance and lost themselves in it and still again and again turning away from marcia he sought judith the lance dance over their talk was wag interrupted by an excited and rather youth with a hurt look in ills his young worshiping eyes who willy reminded miss langworthy that she had cut ills his dance she was to so contrite and helpless about it that the youths heart was touched she blamed herself for tier her teril terribly bly stupid way of always getting things tangled up gave him the promise of the next dance which slie she had already given to some one else disposed of f him with charming skill and sighed as she turned again to lee 1 I paid my respects to our hostess he sold said quietly where it Is miss sanford she sent her excuses excuser marcia told him arent we in a draft mr leel ue ile moved with her away from the soft current of air a distinct disappointment moving him to the verge of sudden anger what business had bad ju doth to stay away you menn mean she coming coining it at our af he be asked quickly oh no slie she told him busy baay with the rose in her hair her eyes bright on life hie just as aa the dance was w beginning she had to go to the telephone some ranch business I 1 dont know what but she sent rest word she he would be here immediately I 1 believe and nd ani aln made her remark teasingly though she did want to know thill that a certain mysterious gentleman who masquerader as 0 a horse horge breaker break et III 1 vers in enuch ilch interested ln in J udith WW what fat makes wk es jo you u e say ay a fenig like alk that he be asked startled tart led it a little marcia laughed A womans comans intuition mr mystery My steryl r she be informed him bayly what dof does the th womans comans intuition end to b be th the mysterious myie gent lemans interest in a certain ulm longcor thyr he asked tightly lightly it it tells tell her that he h likes like her ber that tt it would be tan run tor for him to t comis come and play with her that he would be kind and courteous but tint that he h considers her very much as a he would a foolish little butterfly I 1 again the ghe startled him ile be looked at t her wonderingly but bat before he could frame a bantering reply marcia had involuntarily gripped at t his arm with a look upon her fees face tint that first was 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