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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
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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
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much of her spate time «at Richmond
rink, teaching the boys to stay perpen
dicular on skates,
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For Lee, and for joey also) the ser-
"pent had. entered the galtdeti. 'there
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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.
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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. ' >
the
the
the
the
the
Lucknow— • ' .
Goal: Prest; def., Johnston, Purvis;
forwards,. B. Chin, Hall, Orr; alt., A. ■
Chin, Havens, Maclnnes, Treleaven,
McCartney.
Wirigham—
Goal, MacLeod ;• def., Bell, Lock
ridge; forwards, Anderson, Hilbert,
Templeman; alt., Wilson, Carter, Ern
est, Breen, ,
Referee—H. Brown.
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