Show BEGINNING THE STORY FOR NEW READERS roberta antrim beautiful eastern society girl w who I 1 0 tite lives with her uncle ac act t william 33 latham kno knoian n as crooked bill because bebau a of hla his amusing slyness receives a telegram from jaime miguel owner of 0 the rancho valla vail verde in texas informing her her uncle tom antrim has died a violent death at the advice of glenn fl ackett who Is a in love with her roberta plans plan to go to texas to protect her interests I 1 since she Is her uncles sole heir to thousands of 0 sheep which antrim h had ad grazed on land controlled liy by don jaime don jaime unmarried half spanish and halt half irish Is attracted to nober robertas tas picture in a magazine antrim li is warned to take his sheep oft off don jaimes ranch at once antrim ambushes don jaime the young youner ranch owner to Is wounded and tom antrim killed on his body are found instructions to notify miss roberta antrim in the event of hla his death another telegram tells roberta her uncle was killed by jim higgins don jaimes anglicized name latham tells her hla his fortune la is in danger dancer and she decides to go to texas to get kantrims An trims estate to save it it crooked bill concocts a scheme he hopes will forward courtship doti don jaime actuated chiefly by hla his romantic interest in the pictured roberta allows the antrim sheep to continue to graze on his ranch at the station of valle verdo verde roberta meets Din irle tom kantrims An trims foreman who points out don jalma jaime as an her uncles slayer then flees roberta watching jim fliggins sees him shoot she thus thinks at dingle she berates him blin soundly and jimmy hurries oft off ostensibly to tell don jaime of her arrival then the girl finds higgins anil and to be one and the same at al don jaimes Jal nies invitation sha sh stays at his ranch I 1 |