Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1931, Page 26

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SYNOPSIS, Robin Kershaw, descendant of a pioneer- ing family. Tode with Fremont to California: ‘Akde Balt a million in the sold fields and sultable locaiton for ‘s catdle ranch, i bride, who ixed covered wagon Kershaw rode | fate Northeastern Californin. Heve he tound | \deal valles for ranching’ and_ cattle Tiis brid tened it "Tden Valley, VR lue 13 an jdesl site alley which he hopes Hia ‘Didren will bultd - Helow Eden Varias, which they intend to stock with cattle, and where they plan to build their hom lgss raluable tract which istens Forlorn Valley. Kersnaw's vnle 1 INSTALLMENT II. ELL, they setiled- in Eden| Valley. spent ~that first Summer in tents, while | Kershaw and his men felled trees, peefed the bark from the logs and dragged them out into thz | sunshine to season. They dug a well out the fence posts and inclose !Au'se pasture with a stake-and-ride fence; and when the logs had been se soned by late Fall, they bullt & spa- | cious and comfortable log house with a | wide veranda.around it. The following Spring Kershaw brouxht‘ in 15,000 head of cattle. They were scrubs—old Spanish-California ~ stock; but they were the only cattle he could buy and, since his feed cost him noth- m he was content with them and the | it he knew he would ‘nnke after | .mnn; them out. He bouglit and bred | draft horses, mules and saddle animals he provided himself with the best im- plements for haying. ' Deer, elk and antelope were plentiful, so he never slaughtered a steer for meat. He pros- pered. For the succeeding eght years he was not disturbed. A few nesters into the valley nad set up small there was plenty of grass for every- | body. And there was peace in Eden | the range and shot every scrub bull they found wearing “Bar H,” the Hens- ley brand. Also they maintained a pa- trol all Summer and rather effectually succeeded in keeping the Hensley cattle on a sequestered portion of the range. ‘The result “was that the Bar H had a 10 per cent call crop that year while the Circle K (the Kershaw outfit) had 80 per cont. Joel Hansley "had his However, ha was not on speeking terms with Robin Kershaw now; hence all Winter he was torn between a desire to kill Kershaw or permit him to live, in order that he might borrow from him sufficient money to purchase pure-bred beef-type bulls. Finally he decided on the latter course Robin Kershaw saw him coming, so he buckled on & six-shooter and went to meet him, ‘Well?” he demanded coldly. “Guess I'll have to buy them pure- bred range bulls, neighbor.” Joel Hens- ley forced a sheepish gri | st of & mind to let | money——* “The situation has changed a mite since I made you that fair offer, Hens | 1 Kershaw's voice was very col “Your scrub bulls don't worry me now, so I'm not interested In helpil out. I wanted to be a good neighbor, but you wouldn't have it, so now we're enemies, and 1f you expect to drag your- self off the Circle K under your own power I reckon you'de better be startin’ now. Without a word Hensley wheeled his horse and departed.. He had earned this humiliation and he realiztd it; yet the realizal that possessed him. Nor did he con- sider so seriously thereafter the ad- visability of killing Kershaw: he knew now that Kershaw was suspicious of have the with a pistol at his hip? Evidently Kershaw would kill eagerly enough if suspicions. | “If you're | ion did not allay the fury | ds, but | him, else why had the latter appeared | Valley, which, in the interim, had been | driven to it; that he would back up for\ surveyed. After 1862, when the home- | stead law was enacted by the Congress, | men began to come in and file on hcme- | steads, Robin Kershaw and his wife | no man Hensley felt assured. And there was Robin Kershaw, 2d, to be reckoned with also. The boy was a somewhat dour, thoughtful young immediately filed homestead grazing | hillbilly, who could ride and shoot and | claims on the two sections immediatel. surrounding their ranch headquarte: thus, to a considerable extent, availing themselves of the m:t ripa on Eden Valley Creel ‘With the pmchml jon of the war| Tian rights of tracing its “kin wrestle with any man in®the county. | So he realized the danger of clashing | with & prideful clan that was still fond folk” back & Centuries to & coat of arms! So he nursed his hatred, borrowed | few | between the States fully haif the set- | money frcm a distant bank and bought | tlers in Eden Valley voluntesred for serfice in both armies, One of the firsf recruits to the Union Army from ure-bred beef-type bulls. Indeed, he ad to, or get out of the cattle busin-ss. But Robin Kershaw weas not yet ornia was Robin Kershaw, despite | through with . him. Followed three the fact that he was now the father ot» #ix ;children. He returned with a permanent llmp‘ ln his left leg and the title of major, to find that his business had prospered. ‘With the farms of the Middle West d ided of their cattle to a large ex- lo Kershaw sold every head of stock be | and shipped them to Chicago | and Kansas City via the newly built m Pacific Raiiroad. Then, with ] book, he commenced the elm.tnluon of his neighbors in Eden 1870 he owned in fee 50.000 acres ot en Valle; -—.nd then Joel Hensley, o the . He outbid iw for the lower half of the val- and Kershaw let him have it, for, all, Edtn Valley was large enpugh l.nd Kershaw knew he mc. helore he realized it was lm- he had a bitter quarrsl with | Je . Like Kershaw, Hensley | was a Texan—a fierce, belligerent man of the breed that was responsible for ma most hemle and dramatic epitapn Had Its Messeng for! whi.ly that he couldn't spare the ereupon Kershaw patiently inlmedh.mthm.hewo\ud loan him cattle as security. | he preferred not “SWell, I see you intend to be nelghborly,” Kershaw answered, “so wedl not argue the matter further.| However, there is another matter that must be adjusted, whether you have the money or not. I am turning locse on:the Summer range this year 500 g bred beef-type bulls. Your herd are scrubs, and your cattle and | mi roam the public domain together, | Hi you are bound to reap an equal with me from the use of my sive pure-bred sires. That wouldn' 't help that,” Hensley mamd. “I “have no money to buy pure-bred | bulls and competz with you. “Il loan you the money, Hensley. and it will be money well invested. And you will not be doing your neighbor a groks injustice.” @reed and envy incite men to flnnge decmom Joel ensley re- orted, too patronizing.” And Robin Kershaw y the Hensley and Kershaw rs drove the cattle of their respec- employers up into ths Summer e in the mountains. But when the ley riders returned to the valley, the Kershaw riders remained, scoured Sl 7 IN CASH | mountains; hence, years of subnormal smowfall in the was flooded in years of normal snow- fall. But Rob'n Kershaw had put in ] a concrete diversion dam at the upper | by the war, beef prices were up, | = hew Old Roofs Quickly, Easily, Economically with FOSTER I. B. M. ASPHALT ROOFING PRODUCTS GUARANTEED #» mest el require- Roof Coot- § e ) o per. 5.gal. can 1.B. M. Plastic Roof $ Cement . . per 50.1b. con ot your dealer— or sent Parcel 724 10th St. N.W. PRIZES FOR THE BEST ANSWERS EXPLAIN ING THE MYSTERY of the “HIDDEN AND TELLING HOW MOTORISTS 4 QUART” IT Qe when the Spring | freshets came, Eden Valley Creek over- | flowed but a tithe of the territory that | COLLEGE HEAD DIES Dr. Judson 8. Hill, 78, of Morris- years unequaled by any other college pn-wenl in th. United States. Born in New Jersey, he served as clerk of the New Jersey Sennte before he was ordained in the Methodist copel ministry. 'mnbodym-mnm end of the ranch, backed the water up| “Kershaw,” Hensley began, ‘you're and over the low banks and led it by | ruining me.’ irrigation ditches all over his meadows.| «Thats a lle. He could have permitted the water from | gejr these ditches to run under the line| “:jve got to have more water this fence between his ranch and Hensley's. | vear Honsley shrilled. ~When you're | thus insuring Hensley the cus 2omury through with the water I want you to hay afop and pasture. But KershaW | yun it under the fence to my ditches. turned the water, when he was through | 1f you don't, by God, we'll argue this in with it, back into the channel of Eden | the smoke. ' Ii's plain dirly of you to| i 2/ gl thing Hensley | T it back into the creek again.” courss re was nothing Hensley p could do about this. Kershaw had the| “Well. I suppose I could run it into firs your ditches,” Kershaw mused. % use of the water and when he | Your ditches’ Wemhaw TU8Cd. 4 oq turned it back into the channel at the | him and ¥ode off."little Tealizing that boundary line hs was quite within the o : night to Mor- You've ruined your- Havre de Grace Races WEEK-DAYS, September 21 to October 3, inclusive Special Train direct to Race Track Eastern Standard Time Parlor Car, Dining Car and Conches Lv. Washineton (Union Station) | Ar. Havre de Grace Race T’l‘i{ AL Pirst Race Starts 2:18 P.M. Returning from Track immediately Pennsylvania Railroad | he had made an error of judgment. He | thought he had bluffed Robin Kershaw. | " 'When Kershaw was finished with his irrigation that Summer Hensley con- nected his lower irrigation ditches with Kershaw's and the water started run- ning merrily down over the Hensley meadows; But almost immediately the | never walked past a window in his flow ceased. Kershaw had opened the | house after the lamps were lighted; he water gate on his diversion dam and | never came to the front door to answer turned the water back into the chan-|a hail from without until he had first nel of the creek at the upper end of | made reconnaissance from the flanks or his ranch instead of the lower! | rear. "And he and his sons and his Hensley was now in a most unpleas- | riders all rode armed with pistols and ant predicament. | In the presence of | Fifles. Kershaw put up his customary ton- nage of hay that year and Wintered his cattle well. Hensley had but a quarter of the hay he required and Wintered his cattle poorly; and thin, under- nourished cattle produce poor, unde: nourished calves and a lessened quan tity of them. Following ‘the second year of sub- normal snowfall in the mountains he suffered even greater losses, The third mfll‘ he could stand it no longer. Again called on Robin Kershaw. He rode up to the latter’s house and before the gate held up his hand, palm outward, in the old Indian sign of peace. Never- theless, Robin Kershaw came out with a pistol on his hip; on the front veranaa Robin, 2d, fondled'a repeating rifie and watched Hensley as a cat watches a opher ho The following Spring Kershaw brought in fifteen thousand head of cattle. that fence. How would you like to sell| Mark, now, the perversity of Fate. out to me? That's the best and easiest | Had each killed the other the feud | way to shed your water troubles. Il| which, for the next 40 , was to | meet you in a liberal spirit for the sake | make Eden Valley a dark and bloody of peace. Eden Valley," )xe added, | ground, would have ended then. But “ain't big enough for us both. Joel Hensley's first. cartridge had a de- | That's what I think,” Hensley re- | fective primer—and Robin Kershaw's plied, and rode away. {did not. Whereupon a coroner’s jury Witnesses (Robin, 2d, and two of the| But again Joel Hensley visited the| Two weeks later, as he rode in alone | at Gold Run, the county seat, returned Kershaw cowboys) he had threatened, | Circle K. “Kershaw,” he called from |from the nearest settiement, Joel | a verdict of justifiable homicide and ! if denied the water, to argue the issue | the front gate, “Tll pay for my share | Hensley rode out on Kershaw from & | restored Robin Kershaw to the bosom | with Robin 1st in'the smoke. “He'll| of that fence. With interest,” he added. | clump of pines. Neither man hesitated; | of his family. But Joel Hensley left a | “I don’t need the money,” Kershaw |1t did not occur to either to ask ques?| son—several sons, in fact—and these | taunted him. " “And I doubt if you'd | tions; simultaneously they drew and|inherited the casus belli. night forward he maintain your share of the upkeep of ' fired. 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