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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-02-15, Page 6flSNES LOUISE PROVOST ILLS OF EESTINY WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, February 15, 1940 SYNOPSIS Lee Hollister, returning from a <trip abroad to ithe Circle V ranch, owned by Matt Blair, who for twenty years bad been like a father to Lee, decides to surprise the family. He sends them no word of his coming and rides over the hills to ithe ranch on horseback. When he finally sees the wide ranch­ land before him, he is astonished at the unusual aspect of the place. He as troubled, too, when he meets Slanty Gano on Matt’s land. Then Joey—old prospector befriended by Matt—tells him Matt is dead by his own hand. , , Joey says the ranch is going to ruin under Lawler, manager appointed, by Virginia, Matt’s daughter,-who is liv­ ing in New York with her aunt and uncle in New York—'the Archers. Lee goes east and persuades Virginia to return to the ranch to save it .,. . . . ■“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 no.t be a boss with a very practical knowledge of the business of raising beef cattle, but be­ hind her, unobtrusive, without a sha­ dow 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 hammer, a habit of turn­ ing up in unexpected places ,and a calm but inquisitive black eye. Virginia, feeling her bpwildered and half resentful way along new paths, nevertheless knew moments when something stirred her unexpectedly. The sudden glimpse of a vista through a notch in the hills, the sight of wide 3ands that were hers in spite of their burdens, of cattle bearing her own ’brand. Then the .thrill would vanish before some discouraging detail, evi­ dences of neglect or carelessness, such as a line fence out of repair, or an -untouched clearing which should have produced several crops of alfalfa. “There’s no excuse for such things. You want to jump him hard.” “You always want me to jump peo- , pie hard,” she protested impatiently. ■“It isn’t a crime, Lee. Just a few strands of wire overlooked 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.critic­ ally 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 as­ leep on the job or—” “Or what?” she demanded as he paused; " “Or he has an interest in letting things run down,” he finished crisply. “That’s ridiculous!” she protested indignantly. “What possible interest could Lawler have in doing 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 yfears and years! Or Mr. Bradish, who has millions, and could have his choice of any number of ranches!” That was1 where .the clash inevitab­ ly came. They were not always argu­ ing. 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 a wide help, Virginia, if that’s any use to you.” / “But you’ll never make a ranch wo­ man of me- Never, Better give me up as .a bud Jot, Lee.” “I’ll never give you up!” She caught the quick blaze in his eyes, felt herself swept to him in a grip at once rough und tender, his face against hers, warm and compell­ ing. Pulses stopped, and raced exult­ antly oh again, “Never!” he whispered against her lips. “Honey ...” “Oh, -let me go!” « The first impulse to yield brought a blazing reaction. She pulled herself free, “You take too much for granted,, she said coldly. “I hate being pawed.” The warmth went out of Lee’s face like something wiped from a slate; his hands dropped; he stood looking at her, tight-lipped. “Qh', certainly, if that’s the way you look at it. ■miw—MrWF il.W|ll>lll IMLll Each man. recognized the other, and neither gave the faintest indication of it. LONE, ACE BOMBS SYLTlaconically, “I’m spending, the night with Joey,” He rode on with her to meet Stan­ ley Bradish, whose father wanted the Circle V' and who himself probably wanted something worth still more to Lee Hollister, Each mah recognized the other, and neither gave the faint­ est indication pf it. Once more, and this time consciously, the glance that passed betw^efr them was a measuring of. power. * * * There was little time now for Vir­ ginia to let her thoughts dwell on Lee, She had twO unannounced guests to entertain, both city dwellers of luxur­ ious tastes. Mrs, Archer had retired, exhausted to her room, Virginia ex­ cused herself to Stanley and found her, “Darling, this is lovely L 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 returned 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.” Virginia smiled brightly. She paused, 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 his desk- still.” , Mrs, Archer looked frightened. She had not heard that hard sound in Vir­ ginia’s voice since the first day 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 com­ fortable here. Stanley has had one of his cars shipped out. x Really, if you weren’t going to sell, I should insist on your getting a new one.” Virginia did not answer immediate­ ly- . “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 ’ alarmed glance at her niece's face. “Of course,” she said hurriedly, “it is’ 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 offer.” i , Mrs. T. Ellison Archer’s ears might have warmed unpleasantly if she had known that at .that particular moment the young man called Lee' Hollister, whdm she both' disliked and feared, and the little -dried tip prospector whom she 'considered a very vulgar and obnoxious old man were discuss­ ing her affairs with considerable free­ dom. • “Reckon Mis' Archer’s aimin’ to take Honey back east?” said Joey. “I’m bettin’ she won’t, Joey'.” ’ The old man peered pt him shrewd­ ly- “Looks kinda serious, that young Badish feller cornin’ along, like it was a family party. It’s queer how life keeps turnin’ folks around. There was Milt Bradish, back in the late nineties, busted and glad to eat the grub Matt gave, him, an’ now Milt’s a million­ aire, and Matt’s the' one that’s down, an’ Milt’s boy is out here hangin’ ar­ ound Matt’s girl. Funny, ain’t it?” “Very.” The voice sounded grim. . “Never did have dny use for them Archers,” Joey grumbled. “Too plumb full of foolishnes- 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 inta the shirt­ sleeve set, but I took notice that when Matt was makin’ a lot of money.they corresponded. with him pretty fre­ quent. Can't tell me!” The dark head'turned slightly. “They're born grub liners, 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. Silence fell between them again. * « * “You’re not sore with me for trail­ ing 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, Vcc, Don’t you know that I’d follow you—any­ where?” His voice had dropped to a whisper. In another second he would be kiss­ ing her, Lee this afternoon, Stanley this evching . , . She Couldn’t stand It “That's sweet of,you, St&n,” She moved a little, just out of -reach, “But don’t let’s talk about it tonight, will yon?” panorama spread out. Lee was unus­ ually quiet that day. When they had dismounted he pointed out dots of col­ or 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 suppose so.” There was no answering lift of enthusiasm in her voice. ' “Oh, it’s, no use, Lee. Can’d you see that? It isn't in my bloodifor you to come so far out of your the way it is in yours.” ‘ way. I’ll ride back with Mr; Bradish.” “There's nothing J wouldn’t do to’ “It isn’t out of my way,” he saM The ride home was a silent one., Lawler met them as they came -into the Valley of the Sun. He was grin­ ning. “Been lookin’ all over for ye, Miss Blair. Some comparty’s come, yore, aunt and a young gentleman. They’ve been here three hours.” Stanley Bradish' had found a mount and was riding towards them. “Thanks, Lawler,” Virginia turned coolly to Lee. “It won’t be necessary SURE THEY CAN SKATE BUT TRY AND MAKE THEM ADMIT IT * ; Jr - MU 4 X V ' 41 > If these two Canadian soldiers can’t Skate, they should be ashamed of themselves. Oh the other hand, if they let that little thing stand in the way of instruction from a beauty like this,, they should be ashamed ol themselv^ os, too. She’s Sheila McCall, star of a ‘London ice show, and she spends * much of her spate time «at Richmond rink, teaching the boys to stay perpen­ dicular on skates, *■ * * „ For Lee, and for joey also) the ser- "pent had. entered the galtdeti. 'there >> were no more long rides, nor quiet ev­ enings by Joey's fire, Virginia rode with Stanley Bradish 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 badk w$h .a long, rakish car, smoke-grey, with his mon­ ogram’in scarlet on the doors. After that they were seldom home, At the. end of the third week more guests arrived, friends who had stop­ ped off on a coast-to-coast trip, and lights shone and music came from the ranch house until far into the night, A newer, gayer life had cope tb the Circle -V, and with 4 one notable ^ex­ ception,. 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 one of the few men Jhere not in evening clothes, but he swung Virginia into a foxtrot as easily as if he had been Lorn to it, and later danced twice with Peggy Watrous, Peggy specialized’in new men. “I’m crazy about your handsome cowboy, Vee. I’d cut you out if I could. He is part Indian, isn’t he?” “Of course not. Lee is—”« She hesitated, half angry but sud­ denly brought up against a..blank wall, After all, who—or what—was .Lee? A bit of human flotsam that Matt Blair had salvaged and made into a man. • . “Who’s an Indian? Hollister?” The voice was Stanley’s, breaking 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 Vjrgini.a showed her an­ noyance, “I don’t know.” she said coldly. “You’d .better ask Lee.” (Continued Next Week) for ^disputed goal with a minute left to make it 4-2 for Durham, The second period was one of great excitement, Q, McDonald scored in two minutes, and a few mintlies later Watt, wJxile lying on the ice, was hit by Hepburn and had his nose .cut. H.e was taken off and “Punch” McDonald took his place in the nets an^ played a- gjood game. A few- seconds after McDonald took over duty Proctor sailed in and made no mistake. Sticks were high and bad feeling was creeping into the play when Mos­ es boarded Bateson. He was- sent off but on his way to the box he hit Bate­ son with his stick and was given a mutch penalty, Bateson' got two min­ utes. After Moses hit Bateson a free- for-all fight b'egan with all players taking part. With Mpses off Proctor scored twice, accepting nice passes from Elliott and Rae, With things all tied uinSA Durham had the advantage when Hepburn was penalized before the third • period got properly going. While he was ofh G, McDonald scored. In less than two minutes the Durhamites got .another and at the half-way mark Cassidy put them three up. Hepburn scored tp pull the lead down to two. The Indians were all over Durham at this stage, then Dean took a rink-wide pass from Tucker and sailed in on Clarke to make it 9-6. Dean with a minute to go, again scored on an offside pass from Cassidy. . Wingha’m: Goal, Clark; def., Gard, Proctor; centre, Rae; wings, Hepburn, Knglish; alternates, Beltz, Elliott, Mitchell, Bateson, Baker, ■ Durham: Goal, Watt and McDon­ ald; def., O. McDonald, Cassidy; cen­ tre, G, McGirr; wings, G. McDonald, B. Lawrence; alternates, H. 'McGirr, Dean, Tucker, Kress, 'Mpses, Dinger. Referee—“Butch” - Brudfer, Walker­ ton, - While eye-witnesses On Danish soil, watched, according to a report from Tpender, Denmark, a Jone British warplane bombed the Germany naval base 'Qii the island of Sylt Feb. 10, set- fire to Hoernum, on the southern tip of the island,^and‘got Safely.away from six German pursuit planes. Fires at Hoernum set by two bombs yvere still burning an hour and a half after the raid. Two more bombs were dropped on Randum. v BANTAMS WON 5-2 tarns ham, them both GAME AT DURHAM WAS SCORING BEE Indians Lost by 10-6 Score Ih"‘a hard-fought .game at Durham on Friday night the Indians lost in a scoring feast by 10-6. * The game pro­ duced just about everything that ‘ a hock'ey game could have,, speedy play, heavy checking, lots of goals and a fight that got the referee so excited that he forgot that Wingham were a manf short and. called the, play back fpr.a shot down the ice. Durham had the edge the first period but not to 4-2 extent. In the second period‘the Durham lads fought like fiends when Moses was given a match penalty .but the Tribe tied things up by scoring three goals. ' , The game started out fast with Dur- ’ham carrying the play. They were re­ warded when Dean scored, then Cas­ sidy repeated in half a mihute. Elliott gave Wingham one in less than a min­ ute but H. McGirr came through'to. put Durham two up. Dean got credit 1st Period 1— Durham, Dean (H. McGirr) ... 6.00 2— Durham, Cassidy (Tucker) ... 6.50 3~Wingham, Elliott (Proctor) ... 7.25 4— Duham, H. McGirr ............... 13.00 5— Wingham, Proctor (Bateson) 17.00 6— Durham, Dean (Cassidy) ...... 19.00 Penalties—Rae, Beltz. 2nd Period 7— Durham, G. McDonald (G. Me- • Girr) ................ 2.06 8— Wingham, Proctor .......... 5.50 9— ’Winghitn, Proctor (Elliott, Rae) *—;-----------. 17.25 10— Wingham, Proctor (Rae)...18.50' Penalties—Moses, Bateson 2', Cas­ sidy, Gard.' ) 3rd Period ‘ " 11— Durham, G; McDonald (G. Mc­ Girr) --------„..--- 3.55 12— Durham, Dean (Cassjdy) — 5,20 13— Durham, Cassidy (G. McDonald) .................................10.00 14— Winglnpri, Hepburn (Gard, Rae). , , .....:...... .........13.00 15— Durham, Dean (Tucker) ...... 17.00 16— Durham, Dean (Cassidy) ...19.00 Penalties—Hepburn,"’H. McGirr, On Thursday when Lucknow Ban- played a return game in Wing- the Wingham boys trounced. 5-2. The game was fast with teams using good combination plays, but, due to Wingham back- checking MacLeod had few pucks .to stop. The game was well attended. In the first ^period Lucknow broke into the lead when Orr scored from B. Chin and then Maclnnes scored, from Havens. Then, near the end of the period, Anderson scored for locals on a lone breakaway. In second period Templeman tied score on a pass from Hilbert. In third period Wingham went into lead when Hilbert scored from Tem­ pleman. Then Templeman scored from Bell and soon after Bell scored, from ’Templeman, to make it 5-2 for Wingham. 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