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i THE NEWS RECORD, MARSHALL, N. C AUGUST SO, 1934 O O O O o o o o o o SYNOPSIS At the close of th Mexican war, (tobla Kershaw, with his bride, rod tnto northeastern California. Her he found an Ideal valley for eattl rail Ing. Thar chrlatanad it Eden VaHey Balow Eden Valley la a leaa valuable tract which Kerihaw'a wife name Forlorn Valley. Joel Hensley aettlea in tha lower half of the valley. There 1 bad blood over fence and water for Irrigation. Kershaw kill Heniley and the blood-feud la on. Bv KIT. Ranee Kershaw, hi ion Owen, and daughter Lorry are all that remain of on clan. Nate Ttchenor la the aol survivor on the Heniley side. H g-oei to help Lorry In her car and flnds her father haa died of heart disease. Silaa Babson, banker, acheme to control the irrigation and ftydro-electrlo sossibll ltles of Eden Valley. Nat tella Lorry he and Owen Kerahaw, Lorry' brother, met la Franc Just before Owen wa killed. Tbey became buddies, and Nat promised that If ha survived Owen he would look after Lorry aa a brother mift-ht do. Babson, determined to ie cur Lorry' lake-site and Nate'a dam alte, makea legal application for the allocation of flood watera to the For lorn Valley Irrigation district, which ha organises. With money advanced by Nate, Lorry eleara up her Indebted ness to Babson. Nate flnds he Is fall lng In love with Lorry. Babson dls covers Nate la behind a power project which threatens to ruin the banker's schemes. CHAPTER VIII Continued 9 lie was possessed of a warm feeling of elation as he motored up to the Circle K and In a field below the ranch house found lorry with her cow boya working In the branding corral. She wore the traditional boots, over alls, shirt, and bat of a cowman. She carried a four-strand thirty-foot "calf rope of braided rawhide and bestrode a buckskin horse that knew his busi ness. Tichenor climbed np on the fence and watched her work; he thrilled with professional pride as her small loop went under the belly of each vic tim and curled up and over the legs of the calf as the little animal went for ward; he observed how gently she laid him down, saving undue strain on her rlata, and dragged him through the oft loose dirt to the Ore. Rube Ten ney, working a calf along the fence , below Nate, said out of the corner of his mouth as he passed: "Ninety-two calve so fa today and sue hasn't missed her cast yet" - - It was long since he had sat on tha , top rail of a corral fence, comfortable In his shirt-sleeves, and looked at good . stock I Long since be had done any booting and fishing, long since his knees had gripped anything save an academy-trained horse. He resolved definitely not to give It np. When the world wearied him he could always come back to Eden Val ley and enjoy the society of people who had mastered the great art of Ilent companionship. Lorry had waved her rlata at htm as he took his seat on the fence; there after she paid no attention to him. She was busy. So he sat on the fence for an hour, dreaming, remembering, planning. Finally he saw a horse standing, with drooping head, outside the corral A rlata was colled on the addle. "My horse, Lorry f he called to the girl. "Whenever you get your Job of dreaming done with," she called, back. He climbed down, cinched the saddle tighter, and swung aboard. "Ride him, cowboy," Lorry cried Joyously, and as If this was a signal, the horse went Into action.. Tichenor stayed with .him for six Jumps, then sailed off Into pace and lit on Bis hands and kneea In the soft dirt; whereupon everybody laughed" long and Joyously at his dis comfiture. A dozen feet away the horse was standing, gaslhg curiously at him. lorry rode up to the fence and looked at him. "What happened J" she asked sympathetically. He picked him self up, furious with embarrassment ' and glared at her. Tve been away a long time. I'm soft f cant grip 'em like I used to," ; he mumbled, and .caught up the hone. , The brute tried .to throw him again, but this time Tichenor stuck, and the horse, decid ing he had bad the worst of the ar gument. Jogged sedately away to the corral gate, swung into it for Nate to allp the wooden latch, pushed It open . with his shoulder, pushed It shut again and sidled humbly up to the latch tor his rider to slid It home .again. Tichenor shook out his loop, found an unbranded calf and roped it neatly around vthe hind less.. Lorry smiled her approval and before her . smile his anger and embarrassment netted and he smiled back. "Nate, 1 bet . Rube a hundred dol lars you'd ride him straight up and stay with him. Too rode him straight bp but you didn't stay with him so yon lost a hundred dollars for me." "Why didn't you bet Rube another - hundred I'd miss myjlrst calf." "I did." she confessed sadly. .Tni out two hundred n you." "Go bet him two hundred more t can rope ten straight , ' She called her bet to Rube Tenney. Taken," te superintendent jelled tack. "And another hundred he mliars ne calf to the first ive "Take It," Tichenor urged. Lorry took It and he woa both bets for hat; , . . By Peter "First time I ever knew' a man to lay off ropln' nine years an' come back with his old-time skill," Rube Tenney complained, , . "Once year, "for six years past, Tve roped dally for a -week In the rodeo held at Madison Square garden," Tichenor confessed. The first time I tried It was on a private bet I was In a box with a lot of society wasters and there was a rich smart Aleck there I didn't like. So I honeyed him Into , a bet of ten thousand dollars I could rope and bog-tie a calf In twenty seconds." "Why, that's siow. I can beat that" Lorry challenged. "Not on a borrowed horse, with a borrowed rope and an educated calf, Lorry. The crowd thought I was part of the show when I rode out In a top bat and dress clothes and tied the critter In fourteen seconds." "Did you collect the ten thousand!" the practical Mr. Tenney queried. "I did." "I'll bet you ten thousand I can beat your time. We're about finished with this bunch so we'll let all but four out of the corral and base the others with their mothers down the field about a hundred yards. Then Ruhe shall open the gate and we'll start a calf from the other end of the corral straight for his mother. The gate shall be the dead line, and the second the calf Is through It he's yours to rope and tie. I noticed the other day you carry a stop-watch. How about It neighbor?" Lorry asked. "Give me a tie rope," was all he said, and handed his stop-watch to Rube Tenney. The calf, a husky youngster about two months old, then went out the gate for all he was worth. Tichenor Stayed With Him for 8lx Jumps. Forty feet beyond the gate Tlchenor's rope settled over his head and stopped him; even as bo stopped, the man was going out of the saddle; crawling up along the rope, he flopped the calf, tied him and rolled him over; then Rube Tenney Inspected the tie and pronounced It perfect "Fifteen and a fifth," he announced. "Good fast work, Nate." They rode back into the corral and watched Lorry haze her calf out As his tail cleared the gate post she snagged him ; like Nate she lit running, flanked the calf expertly and tied him. Tichenor came down and rolled the little animal over twice. "Nothing wrong with that tie," be announced. "By crikey, you're strong." "Give the lady ten thousand dollars," Rube Tenney ordered. "Fourteen flat An' you've traveled a long way fora- Ucktn', mister." Nate Tichenor, using the flat of his saddle for a desk, wrote out the check. Thanks," the girl said casually, and waved the check to dry the Ink. "Easy Colors of Male Birds and tip -''' Serve to Frighten Off Their Rivals It's long been a popular Idea that la the animal world the gay coloring of the male Is bestowed upon him to at tract mate. This iant really so, says Dr. G. Klngsley Nobel, curator of ex perimental biology at the American Museum of Natural History, for the brilliance of his dress serves rather to frighten away rivals Jhan to attract the lady of his choice. . These conclusions reach ea tn rough laboratory research, differed so widely from the views of Darwin and the majority of scientists that Doctor No ble deemed It desirable to re-study the problem under natural . conditions. The -United Clay Mines corporation, through Its rice president, C. W. Hall, generously, offered to help his .field studies by placing at Doctor Noble's disposal a house in the New Jersey pine barrens, where the fence llsard, Sceloporous nndulstus, was abundant The male of this species bears on either side of bis body a handsome stripe of blue which Is nearly con tinuous with a spot of the same color on the throat as. distinguished from the female which has little coloration. "The males, as the season pro B. llyne . . come, easy go. I have no qualms at nicking you, Nate. I competed with the best men in the country at the Pendleton round-up last year and took second money. Came away from that show with eleven hundred dollars and met the September payroll." "You're a man's woman," he told her -feelingly. "I've never had more fun losing ten thousand dollars." "And Tve never had more run win ning It You're a true blue sport Nate, and a true blue sport never knows regret" And she laughed and tore up the check. He bad no reply to make to this. Half angry and half prldeful, he sat bis horse, looking down at her with a queer, Intense light In his eyes, seeing which Rube Tenney gathered his cow boys together and rode off with them toward headquarters. When they were out of hearing Nate Tichenor spoke "Lorry Kershaw, Tve never loved a woman before, but I love you." Tichenor knew the ghost of old Ranee Kershaw was coming between him and his desire. "I understand. Lorry,' he said, final ly. "Well, I'm good at waiting, but certainly do crave the Job of taking care of you." She smiled up at him. "Well, I have resented your valet," she admitted, slyly. "What does a valet know about taking care of a man?" He dismounted, squatted on his heels In the shadow of the corral and motioned her to sit beside him. "Tell me anything except how much money you have," she suggested pres ently. "I'm not Interested In that." "Lorry, I'm the proprietor of a big dream. As a half-owner In a bond and brokerage house In New York I've made money enough to retire on now, But I'm too young to rust out, so I'm going to put over one big deal before I quit Lorry, I'm the Mountain Valley Power company. She stood up, gazing down at him reproachfully. "So you were the Santa Claus that gave me twice what my land was worth, were you?" Her tone was cold. "That was your nice little method of conferring charity, was It?" "Well, It was a good price, LorryJ but the land was worth that fb me. Had anybody but you owned It I would bave haggled and made a couple of hundred thousand , dollars. ' But tt wasn't charity. I wasn't In love with you when we closed that deal. That's happened since and I don't know why. I only know I'm glad It's happened, even If nothing should ever come of It, Sit down please. You can't pick a fight with me merely because I declined to take advantage of your ignorance of the value of what you held, plus your acute financial embarrassment" She sat down. "You and I are not popular In our little world," he went on. "I don't know how you feel about It, but that knowledge has always hurt me. My heart Is here, where my people lie buried. I've wanted to do something big and constructive, accumulate a lot of money and employ It wisely In this country. I I want neighbors. I want to be thought well of." He waved his hand toward the east "I don't belong In that country and I don't like It. I want to live here and you might as well know It now." "Go on. t'm listening, Nate." "You're going to marry me. sooner or later, and I want to know If you'd have any objection to living here six months of the year?" "A little bit shorter than I care to consider, but I can stand It" Lorry, you're a darling. Well, Tve found a way to popularize both clans. When the Mountain Valley Power com pany's dam Is In, I'm going to sell wa ter cheap to Forlorn Valley. They're Irrigating from deep wells over there." "Those people are a miserable lot Nate. I was blackballed out of the women'a club In Valley Center." Lizards ' gresses," writes Doctor Noble in Nat ural History Itagaslne of the Ameri can Museum of Natural History, "be comes extremely pugnacious and es tablishes himself In a definite terri tory; If another male la dropped Into that territory, the first tenant either goeinto a full display, compressing bis .sides until his gorgeous , blue stripe stands out In shimmering bril liancy, or else he dashes forward in most violent attack. : If the trespasser U a female the male never displays. This difference In behavior observed at frequent Intervals shows that the bright colors of the male fence llsard are employed to bluff possible rivals Into withdrawing from a fight The adornment of the male la not wed ding finery but a gladiator's vestment" ' - Lacky Reptile " : The teeth of serpents and crocodll tans as a rule are perpetually re newed, new ones growing out to re place the old as fast as they are worn out and disappear. This Is believed to he largely responsible for the re markable longevity of some of the roraa. ..... o o o o o o o o o o . Copyright, br rater . Krna. "So was my mother." "I've never been invited to a party or a picnic or a dance or a barbecue, even by the people who come up here to picnic and fish and hunt on our ranch. I want no credit from those people, Nate." A break in her voice caused him to glance sharply at her. Tears were rolling silently down her cheeks. He gazed moodily down Eden Valley and watched the hut cays of the sun gilding the crowns of the scattered pines. Yes, the people of Forlorn Val ley had always been free to use Edea Valley for a playground. "They can't come to Eden Valley any more," he decided aloud. 'Til put a sign up on the gate thai leads from the open country to the Bar H." The mountaineer was speaking now. "I wouldn't have truck with your ene mies. Lorry." She leaned over, put her arm around his neck, drew his face down and kissed him. "I do love you, Nate. And we're sufficient unto ourselves, aren't we?" He held het so close to him she could bear his heart thumping with the fierce Joy that possessed him. He was happy at last; the thought came to him that never again would he be lonely. Nevertheless, he had dreamed a big dream and lis recoiled from the prospect of abandoning It "We needn't be friendly with them, darling," he resumed, "but we can sell them water, make a lot of money out of them and save them a lot of money. And It's not altogether their fault that we've been ostracized. You've got t admit we weren't a wholesome crew." "We'll ruin them," she cried, passion ately, "and when they've been ruined we'll run cattle over their farms, Nate." She was still recalcitrant for she had been wounded deeply, and women do not forget their wounds as readily as men do. "I'm not Interested, Nate. I am not my brother's keener." "I rather thought you might urge me to be nice to them," he complained a little sadly. And he went on to sketch the situation as he had con ceived It the girl listening alertly and forbearing to Interrupt him. At tha conclusion of his statement she said: Very well, Nate. Til get religion and love mine enemies ; they've struck me on one cheek, but for your sake I'll turn the other. But I'll not for give Silas Bahson. Nate, he killed my father just as surely as any Hensley ever killed a Kershaw or any Kershaw ever killed a Hensley. You said s mo ment ago you wouldn't bave truck with my enemies. Well, that Babson Is my enemy. Are you going to have truck with him?" "I do not see how I can very well avoid that, Lorry. Forlorn Valley will have to form an Irrigation district to get the water and you know Babson'i their bellwether. He'll run the show." "He mustn't run It with you. You'll run that show. I'll not bave yeu play ing second fiddle to a man that Isn't fit to shine your boots. That's final." Well, how are you going to prevent It spitfire?" "If you do Til not marry you." "Threatening me, eh? Don't yoa realize none of my clan has ever been driven?" She dodged that terse thrust "It compromise with you. Be nice to the Forlorn Valleyttes, If you wish, but smash Babson. I want him smashed," she added with quiet vehemence. But if I humor you, little wildcat I'll have to smash the Bank of Valley Center, and when the bank's smashed all the depositors -111 be smashed with it" "You don't truly love me," she chided him, petulantly. I can give up my love. Tve ttvod twenty-nine years without It and I eas live some more." , Again she put her arms around him and drew his face down to hers. "Why, we're feuding again, sweetheart," she murmured softly. "Have It your oar way, rd rather have yon than thx scalp of Silas Babson" and she sealed that pronouncement with kisses. "Ton win. Lorry. Yon caa lead mole to water but you cant make him drink. TU smash Babson for you. and I have an ancient grudge against that rat Henry Rookby, too, so HI knock him oat of the best salaried position tn Valley Center." "What a wrong with Henry Rookby T" "Once, when I was about sixteen years old, I walked around the block in Valley Center to avoid coming face) to face with your brother Owen. Book by saw me do it so he followed me and twitted me about it Implied I was afraid of Owen, ; Then he went back and talked with Owen and I saw the pair of them smiling In my dlreo tion. 8o I dldnt avoid the meeting after that Rookby would have liked to see a killing, I Imagine, just to vary the routine of hia duU life. So I bent my gun over his right shoulder up be tween the shoulder and the neck and knocked him fiat on his back. And said to him: 'Rookby, if yoa wast killing, aay so sad TU kill yea. ru net looking for Kershaw yet "And what did Owe sayT to sa cxxamiroaa. ' CAP fj ANDIS BELLS ( GENIUS First, little Jones ran excitedly from the room and fetched his wife Then he went out Into the garden and called the twins, who were tell ing the children next door what they would do when they arrived at the seaside. After that he persuaded youug Albert to abandon for the moment his efforts to get Radio Paris on the wireless, brought coolc in from the kitchen, and even asked nurse to lift baby from the peram bulator. And, to bis delight, he found that when they nil sat on the largest trunk at once, he could Just manage to fasten tho lid. London Opinion. Of Coarse Natl .Voice on the Telephone :t ordered thht crab meat three hours ago snd it hasnt come yet. Grocer W expected a fresh ship ment this morning and I've been wait ing for it. l-ifiifcJ Voice on the Telephone But my husband Is here complaining because his dinner's not ready. Grocer But you wouldn't want to serve an old crab, would you? Lon don (Ont.) Free Press. A Passing Grade Old Fashioned Father When I was your age, John, my parents never had trouble with me. Modern Son Well, I can't say I've had any real trouble with you, either, dad. London Answers. Funny Thing, Age "A very handsome woman, that Mrs. Miller." "You ought to have seen her 15 or 20 years ago when she was 10 years younger." London Tit-Bits. ACCOUNTING FOR IT "Daughter, your new beau doesn't rpmntn verr Intp Thp inat nnn listtri to hang around until the milkman :alled." "Well, you see, dad, this one is the milkman." Preparedness Johnny was very hard on trousers. One day, while shopping with, a friend his mother bought cloth for a pair of trousers for Johnny, but ordered a good bit more than seemed necessary. "Why do you get so much?" asked the friend who was with her. "Oh," was the reply, "this is for reserved seats." Out of Sight Hostess There's Mrs. Ponderosa. Her husband's bitterly opposed to extreme evening gowns, but she wears them all the same. Guest WeU she has plenty of backbone. Hostess Sh must have, but she's so fat that you oan't see a trace of It Sure He Had Hospital Visitor Do you ever pon der the Uncertainty of life; do you realize that death must come to one and all; have you thought how short a time we must spend on this earth? Patient I should think I have my business is life insurance. The Meaa Thing First Actress I like to act In . a play that brings tears. Second Actress Wont any play you're In do that? Coulda't Daant Htm "I must tell yon that my daughter can bring a husband only her beauty and her Intellect" "I dont mind many young couples have started In a very small way." . Ne Harry Ahoat It Instructor What would you do If there were an explosion and some body went np Into the air? " Pupn-t-Walt tfntil he came down, stew Stray Stories, . 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MUST HAVE PEEPED Two inmates of a lunatic asylum met during their daily walk in the grounds of the Institution, and the following conversation took place: First Inmate Bet yo'u can't guess what I've got In my hand? Second Inmate A horse and cart First Inmate Ger-cher ! you've looked. Sufficiency "Are yon afraid of foreign entan glements?" "Not a bit," answered Senator Sorghum. "I don't see any use of bothering to import any. Homemade entanglements are good enough for me." Quits a Difference "What Is the difference between an old-fashioned girl and a modern girl?" "An old-fashioned girl blushes when she Is ashamed, and a modern girl Is ashamed when she blushes." - Distarbiag Thought "Do you think you could learn to love me?'. . "Possibly, but. If I were a man, Pd hate to think I was an acquired taste." Never Answers Lady (applying for a maid) I am very particular.' I want a maid who will not answer me bade Employment Agcecy Manager t Bave Just what yoa want a former telephone operator. Hummel. Modem Faliticiaa "Have you seen . the candidate yetr "Yes; be flew over onr house this morning and dropped down a lot of literature and threw a kiss to the baby." Pathfinder Magazine, QV7.' t If kM IVNI . . HhwWw ' ',. UL CKM I ' 1 ."IMM m m - . -m a.
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