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CHAPTER V Synopsis Lee Hollister, returning un expectedly from a trip abroad to the Circle V ranch, his home from childhood, is troubled by signs of neglect. Joey, an old prospector friend of Matt Blair, Lee's foster father and owner of the ranch, tells Lee that Matt has killed himself, prob ably discouraged by hard times. The ranch is going to un ~ der Lawler, manager appointed by Matt's daughter, Virginia, who is staying in New York with her aunt and uncle, the Archers. Lee is worried when he sees Slanty Gano, a trouble maker, now manager of the old Oeballos place, hanging around the Circle V. He hurries East and urges Virginia to go home. Canceling an engagement with young Stanley Bradlsh, she hurries west. "The boss" was back at the Circle V. The word was passed along on the part of the old hands, at least, with reviving pride and affectionate grins. This might not be a boss with a very practical knowledge of the busi ness of raising beef cattle, but be hind her, unobtrusive, without a shadow of authority yet always on hand, was a young man who knew a great deal about ranches and still more about this one, and who had a fist like a steam ham mer, a habit of turning up in un expected places, and a calm but inquisitive black eye. Virginia, feeling her bewildered and half resentful way along new paths, nevertheless knew mo ments when something stirred her unexpectedly. The sudden Breath Offends? Bad breath is sometimes due to bad teeth; often caused by sluggish bowels. To neglect it may invite a host of constipation's other dis comforts; headaches, biliousness, loss of energy or appetite. Take spicy, all - vegetable BLACK DRAUGHT tonight. This intesti nal tonic-laxative tones lazy bowel muscles; cleanses gently,promptly, thoroughly by simple directions. Try BLACK-DRAUGHT, the time-tested laxative. II ElifE ta A NEVva K Direct! 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"You always want me to jump people hard," she protested im patiently. "It isn't a crime, Lee. Just a few strands of wire over looked for a day or two, and a field that used to have something planted in it before he came. How was he to know?" "It's his business to know." He had dismounted and was critically inspecting posts and sagging wires. "In work like this," Lee went on, frowning, "the man who fails to meet such things on the jump is either asleep on the job or—" "Or what?" she demanded as he paused. "Or he has an interest in let ting things rim aown," he fin ished crisply. ridiculous!" she retort ed indignantly. "What possible interest could Lawler have in do ing that? He couldn't get the ranch himself, and who would make it worth his while? Uncle Ellis, perhaps, who engaged him for me and who has made a home for me for years and years! Or Mr. Bradish, who has millions, and could have his choice of any number of ranches!" That was where the clash in evitably came. They were not always arguing. There were long rides together when there was no intrusion of cattle and fences. They stood one afternoon on the crest of a ridge from which & wide panorama spread out. Lee was unusually quiet that day. When they had dismounted he pointed out dots of color that looked like paint splashes. "Circle V cattle. They're all over these hillsides and out on that flat, all with your brand on them, waiting to help feed the world. That's worth something, isn't it?" "Yes, I suppoe so." There was no answering lift of enthusiasm THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA in her voice. "Oh, it's no use, Lee. Can't you see that? It isn't in my blood the way it is in yours." "There's nothing I wouldn't do to help, Virginia, if that's any use to you." "But you'll never make a ranch woman of me. Never.' Better give me up as a bad lot, Lee." "I'll never give you up!" She caught the quick blaze in his eyes, ttlt herself swept to him in a grip at once rough and ten der, his face against hers, warm and compelling. Pulses stopped, and raced exultantly on again. "Never!" he whispered against her lips. "Honey . . ." The first impulse to yield brought a blazing reaction. She pulled herself free. "You take too much for grant ed," she said coldly. "I hate be ing pawed." . The warmth went out of Lee's face like something wiped from a slate; his hands dropped; he stood looking down at her, tight lipped. "Oh, certainly, if that's the -way you look at it." The ride home was a silent one. Lawler met them as they came into the Valley of the Sun. He was grinning. "Been lookin' all over for ye, Miss Blair. Some company's come, yore aunt and a young gentleman. They've been here three hours." Stanley Bradish had already found a mount and was riding toward themi • "Thanks, Lawler," Virginia turned coolly to Lee. "It won't be necessary for you to come so far out of your way. I'll ride back with Mr. Bradish." "It isn't out of my way," he said laconically. "I'm spending the night with Joey." He rode on with her to meet Stanley Bradish, whose father wanted the Circle V and who himself probably wanted some thing worth still more to Lee Hol lister. Each man recognized the other, and neither gave the faint est indication of it. Once more, and this time consciously, the glance that passed between them was a measuring of power. There was little time now for Virginia to let her thoughts dwell on Lee. She had two unan nounced guests to entertain, both city dwellers of luxurious tastes. Mrs. Archer had retired exhaust ed to her room. Virginia excused herself to Stanley and found her. "Darling, this is lovely! But why didn't you send word, and let me meet you?" "I wanted to surprise you, dear. It was a silly notion, of course." Mrs. Archer Yeturned the warm young kiss and smiled wanly. "I hope you don't mind my bringing Stanley this way, but I couldn't very well object when he wanted to come." "Oh, no, of course not." Vir ginia smiled brightly. She paus ed, and the rest came jerkily. "Father was going to build a new ranch house as soon as I came back. And I never came. The plans are in bis desk, still." Mrs. Archer looked frightened. She had not heard that hard sound in Virginia's voice since the first days after Matt Blair's death. "Oh, but you were practically on the way home," she said soothingly. "And I'm sure we shall be very comfortable here. Stanley has had one of his cars shipped out. Really, if you weren't going to sell, I should insist on your getting a new one." Virginia did not answer im mediately. "Oh, yes, I suppose I shall sell," she said slowly. "It would be foolish not to. But I'd rather not talk about it, if you don't mind." Mrs. Archer flashed an alarm ed glance at her niece's face. "Of course," she said hurried ly, "it's your property and I don't want to seem insistent, but if you delay too long, you may lose the opportunity. Mr. Bradish is a very generous man, but he is also very—er—peculiar. He may get impatient and withdraw the of fer." Mrs. T- Ellison Archer's ears might have warmed unpleasant ly if she had known that at that particular moment the , young man called Lee Hollister, whom she both disliked and feared, and the little dried up prospector whom she considered a "very vul gar and obnoxious old man, were discussing her affairs with con siderable freedom. "Reckon Mis' Archer's aimin' to take Honey back east?" said Joey. "I'm bettin' she won't, Joey." The old man peered at him shrewdly. "Looks kinda serious, that young Bradish feller comin' along, like it was a family party. It's queer how life keeps turnin' folks around. There was Milt Brad ish, back in the late nineties, busted and glad to eat the grub Matt gave him, an' now Milt's a millionaire and Matt's the one that's down, an' Milt's boy is out here hangin' around Matt's girl. Funny, ain't it?" "Very." The voice sounded grim. "Never did have any use for them Archers," Joey grumbled. "Too plumb full of foolishness to live. All they think of is money and how many yachts and butlers their friends has. It must have 'most killed 'em when Honey's ma married into the shirt sleeve set, but I took notice that when Matt was makin' a lot of money they corresponded with him pret ty frequent. Can't tell me!" The dark head turned slightly. "They're born grubliners, Joey, if I know the breed. I'd like to see the stubs of Matt's check books for the last six years." Joey nodded thoughtfully. Si lence fell between them again: "You're not sore with me for trailing along this way, are you?" "Don't be silly." Virginia laughed and half shrugged as Stanley came out to where she stood on the veranda in starlight, looking across the shadowy valley. "Well, I just wondered. You've been so quiet. Rather withdrawn, you know." He bent a flushed face toward her. "You ran away from me, Vee. Don't you know that I'd follow you—anywhere?" His voice had dropped to a whisper. In another second he would be kissing her. Lee this afternoon, Stanley this evening . . . She couldn't stand it. "That's sweet of ycu, Stan." She moved a little, just out of reach. "But don't let's talk about it tonight, will you?" For Lee, and for Joey also, the serpent had entered'the garden. There were no more long rides, nor quiet evenings by Joey's fire. Virginia rode with Stanley Brad ish now, showing him over the range, taking him deep into the hills by trails that Lee had shown her. On the third day after his arrival he and Virginia went down to Saunders and came back with a long, rakish car, smoke grey, with his monogram in scar let on the doors. After that they were seldom home. At the end of the third week more guests arrived, friends who had stopped off on a coast-to coast trip, and lights shone and music came from the ranch house until far into the night. A new er, gayer life had come to the Circle V, and with one notable exception, Lee Hollister had no part in it. The exception was the dance while the week-end guests were there. He wore the blue serge suit and was on of the few men there not in evening clothes, but he swung Virginia into a foxtrot as easily as if he had been born to it, and later danced twice with Peggy Watrous. Peggy special ized in new men. "I'm crazy about your hand some cowboy, Vee. I'd cut you out if I could. He is part In dian, isn't he?" "Of course not. Lee is—" She hesitated, half angrv but suddenly brought up against a blank wall. Alter all who—or what—was Lee? A bit of human flotsam that Matt Blair had sal vaged and made into a man. "Who's an Indian? Hollister?" The voice was Stanley's break ing in just in time to save her from a lame reply. "Oh, yes, there's mixed blood there, Vee. Didn't your father pick him up on one of the reservations? Or was it south of the border?" This time Virginia showed her annoyance. "I don't know," she said coldly. "You'd better ask Lee." (Continued Next Week) NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the or der of sale made by the Clerk of Superior Court of Surry County, North Carolina, on the 11th day of December 1939, and supple mentary o*-'"er made January 15th, 1940, in the Special Pro ceeding entitled "Emma C. Thompson, Admix, of B. H. Thompson, deceased against Hort Thompson et al heirs at law," the undersigned commissioner will offer for cash to the highest bid der at public auction at the old home place of the said B. H. Thompson, in Mountain Park, N. 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