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/ 1 t OUTLAWS at EDEN * By Peter B. Kyne • ynrv »mvu± Ovprrlfht. hr P*Ur »■ ■—0—•—- .Good Taste Today I task for youth; 1 * 1 TO BRING ABOUT ' THE NEW WORLD BT EMILY POST Author of SYNOPSIS lUnMford Ktrahaw, lut mAla man- tor Of tho Kershaw clan, dies sudden ly while riding with his daughter. Lor ry. Tears before, at the oloee of the Uezloan war. Robin Kerehaw, with his bride, rode Into northeastern Califor nia. Hero ho found an Ideal Talley for ranching and oattle • raising. They christened it Eden Valley. CHAPTER I—Continued On tho crest of the spur they halted. Directly below then lay another Tal ley eren larger than Eden Valley, but mto on Its eastern side It was not timbered. Nor was It, *ven remotely, as verdant as Eden Valley. “There," cried Robin Kershaw tri umphantly, "Is the land that needs the water old Mother Nature la wastin’ off yonder. Some day‘when we’re gone, our children will build that dam I spoke of, back the floor waters op most to the crest o’ this spur, cut a fanal across or drive a tunnel an’ lead the water off down yonder. Good farmin’ valley there, Loitjl" , He continued: “No, the'Lord ain’t treated yonder valley Jest right. I reckon It gits enough rainfall to make It fair dry-farmin’ land, but come a dry year qr a succession o’ dry years an’ that valley’ll sure raise a crop o’ broken hearts. Lorry. I sort o? Agger we’d ought te call that country yobdef Forlorn Valley." “I christen thee Forlorn Valley,” the girl answered, and blew a kiss out Into the splijutigi—Then, together, the? roda down Into It CHAPTER II They spent that first summer In tents, while Kershaw and his men felled trees, peeled the bark from tho logs and dragged them out into the sunshine to season. They dug a well, got out fence posts, and enclosed horse pasture with a stake-and-rider fence; and when the logs had been seasoned by late fall, they built a spacious and comfortable log house with a wide veranda around It The following spring Kershaw brought In fifteen thousand head of tattle. They were scrubs—old Span- Ish-Callfornia stock; but they were the only cattle he could buy and, since his feed cost him nothing, he was con tent with them and the profit he knew he would make after growing them out Deer, elk, and antelope were plentiful, so be never slaughtered a steer for meat He prospered. For the succeeding eight years he was not disturbed. A few nesters caipe Into the valley and set up small herds, hut there was plenty of grass for every body. -After IMS; -when Ytre homestead law was enacted by congress, men began to come in and file on home- iteads. Robin Kershaw and his wife Immediately filed homestead grazing slat ms on the two sections Immediately •urroundlng their ranch headquarters; thus, to a considerable extent avail Ing themselves of the first riparian rights on Eden Valley creek. With the proclamation of the war between the states fully half the set tlers In Eden Valley volunteered for service In both armies. One of the first recruits to the Union army from California was Robin Kershaw, de spite the ffect that be was now the father of six children. He returned with a. permanent limp in his left leg and the title of major, to find that his business had prospered. With the farms of the Middle West de nuded of their cattle to a large extent by the war, beef prices were up, so Kershaw sold every head of stock he possessed and shipped them to Chicago and Kansas City via the newly built Central Pacific railroad. Then, with bis checkbook, he commenced the elimination of his neighbors in Eden VAlley. By 1870 he owned In fee fifty thou •and jicres of Eden Valley—and then Joel Hensley, late of the Confederate army, came. Hensley had some cap ital and he, too, yearned for Eden Valley. Hi~ outbid Robin Kershaw- -Evidently Kerehaw for the lower half of the valley, and Kershaw let him have It, for, after all, Eden Valley was large enough for two, And Kershaw knew he had the cream of It. Almost before he realized It was Im pending he had a bitter quarrel with Joel Hensley. Like Kershaw; Hensley was a Texan—a fierce, belligerent man of the breed that was responsible for the most heroic and dramatic epitaph In history: “The Tbermoplyae Had Its Messen ger of Defeat—The Alamo Had None!" Kershaw had fenced off his portion bf tho valley, and in common Justice, ho asked Joel Hensley to' pay for half this fencing. Hensley, glancing sar donically over the fence at the luxuri ant meadows of his neighbor, access to which this fence denied- his cattle, re plied coldly that he couldn’t spare the money. Thereupon Kershaw patiently Informed him that he would loan him the money, with cattle as security. Hensley replied that he preferred ant te he In debt “Well, I* see you Intend tobeun- Kershaw we’ll not argue the matter further. However, there Is another matter that most he adjusted, whether you have the money or not I am turning looee on the summer range this year five hundred pure-bred beef-type bulls. Your herd bulls are scrubs, and your ‘ cattle and mine roam the public do main together. Hence, you are bound o reap an equal benefit with me from the use of my expensive pure-bred Sires. That wouldn’t be fair." “Can’t help that,” Hensley retorted. 1 have no money to buy pure-bred range hulls and compete with you." I’ll loan you the money, Hensley, and It will be money well Invested. And you will not be doing your neigh bor a gross injustice." Greed and eavy Incite 'men to strange decisions. Joel Hensley re torted. "You’re too patronizing.” Very welL" And Robin Kershaw rode away. ^ In May the Hensley and Kershaw riders drove the cattle of their re spective employers up Into the summer range In the mountains But when the Hensley riders returned to the valley the Kershaw riders remained, scoured the range and shot every scrub.bull they found wearing "Bar H," the Hensley brand; Also they maintained a patrol all summer and rather effectually succeeded In keep- tm a sequesters portion of the range The result was that the Bar H had a 10 per cent calf crop that year while the Circle K (the Kershaw outfit) had 80 per cent en between a tomary hay -crop and pasture. But Kershaw turned the water, when he was through with It, back Into the channel of Eden Valley creek. Of course there was nothing Hensley could do about this Kershaw had the use of the water and when he turned it back into the channel at the boundary line he was quite within the law. 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, undernourished cattle produce poor, undernourished calves and a lessened quantity of them. \ Following the second year of sub normal snowfall la the mountains he suffered even greater losses The third year he could stand It no longer. Again he called on Robin Kershaw. He rode up to the letter’s house and before the gate held up his hand, palm outward, in the old Indian sign of peace. Nevertheless Robin Kershaw came oat with a pistol on his hip; on the front veranda Robin, n fondled a repeating rifle and watched Hensley as a cat watches a gopher hols "Kershaw,"’ Hensley began, “you’re ruining ms" "That’s a lie. You’ve ruined your-/> self.’’ Tve got 4s have mere water this sons in fact—and these Inherited the casus belli. . . 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 a six-shooter and went to meet him. "Well?" he demanded coldly. "Guess I’ll have to buy them pure bred range bulls neighbor." Joel year,” Hensley shrilled. "When you’re through with the water 1 want you to run It under the fence to my ditches If you don’t, by G—d, we’ll argue this in the smbkS irs plain dirty of you to run It back Into the creek again." “Writ, I suppose I could run It Into your ditches" Kershaw mused. "See that you do,” Hensley remind ed bias and rode off, little realizing that he had made an error of Judg ment. He thought he had bluffed Robin Kershaw. When Kershaw was 'finished with his irrigation that summer, Hensley connected his lower Irrigation ditches with Kershaw's and the water started running merrily down over the Hens ley meadows But ahnost Immediately the flow ceased. Kershaw had opened the water gate on his diversion dam and turned the water back Into the channel of the creek at the upper end of his ranch Instead of the lower! Hensley was now In a most unpleas ant predicament In the presence of wltnessee (Robin II and two of the Kershaw cowboys) he had threatened. If denied the water, to argue the issue with Robin I In the smoks "He’ll make good," Roblp Kershaw I de cided. . And he and his sons and his riders all rode armed with nlstnia and CHAPTER in -No relatives outside th# immediate descendants of the Kershaw and Hens ley dans « v *r partldpated In the feud started by thgt defective primer, for it was a point of honer with both clans to "kill their own snakes" Dur ing three generations eleven Kershaws aad four hired gunmen died with their boots on and two went to state’s prison for varying terms Of the Hensleys thirteen were killed, with five gunmen. * Neither side ever complained to'the authorities; as they often said they preferred the good old six-volume law! Only very Inquisitive sheriffs Invaded Eden Valley seeking redress for the outraged law; and o^the half-dozen who did, two, who knew too much, never returned. At that, the feud sorely must have died of Inanition at times when the count on each side was even, but for the perennial casus belli of water. Years of lean snowfall in the moun tains were years of lean profit for the Hensleys. Despite this disadvantage, the Hensleys prospered in the cattle business to the point whpre, In the year HXXk they were enabled pnv i» diversion dam of their own la Edee Valley creek. In 1917 there remained of 4be clan Kershaw Its chief, Ranceford Ker shaw, a widower of fifty, permanent- “Lorry, I Sort o’ Figger We’d Ought to Call That Country Yonder For lorn Valley." Hensley forced a sheepish grin. "If you’re still of a mind to let me have the money—" "The situation has changed a mite since I made you that fair offer, Hens ley." Kershaw’s voice was very cold. "Your scrub bulls don’t worry me now, ■o I’m not Interested in helping you out I wanted to be a good neighbor, but you wouldn’t have it, so now we’re enemies, and If you expect to drag yourself off the Circle K under your own power I reckon you’d better be startin’ now." Without a word Hensley wheeled his horse and departed. He had earned his humiliation and he realized It; yet the realization did not allay the fury that possessed him. Nor did he consider so seriously thereafter advisability of killing Kershaw; he knew now that Kershaw was sus picious of him, else why had the latter appeared with a pistol at his hip? But again Joel Hensley visited the Circle K. "Kershaw,” he called from the front gate, ”111 pay for my share of that fence. With Interest” he added. "I don’t need the money," Kershaw taunted him. "And I doubt If you'd maintain your share of the upkeep of that fence. How would you like to sell out to me? That’s the best and easiest way to shed your water troublea I’ll meet you in a liberal spirit for the sake of peace. Eden Valley," he added "ain’t big enough for us both." Two weeks later, as he rode In alone from the nearest settlement, Joel Hensley rode out on Kershaw from -a- clump of pines. Neither man hesi tated; It did not occur to either to ask questions; simultaneously they drew and fired. Mark, now the perversity of Fata Had each killed the other the feud which, for the next forty years, was to make of Eden Valley a dark and bloody ground, would have ended then. But Joel Hensley’s first cart ridge had a defective primer—and Robin Kershaw’s did not Whereupon, a coroner’s Jury at Gold Run, the county seat, returned a verdict of Justifiable homicide and restored Robin Kershaw to the bosom of fils family. But Joel Hensley left a sen—several ly Crippled by reason c^a soft-nosed bullet through his hip; his son, Gwen, aged twenty, and a daughter, Lorraine, aged sixteen. Of the clan Hensley there remained three women. Angle TlchenoiY a widow, and Hattie and Beulah Hensley, both old maids. It was assumed, locally, that In the fullness of time Nathan Tlchenor and Owen Kershaw would shoot it oat to gether ; hence, with one or both of the young men out of the way there should be peace, at last. In Eden Tal ley. But the World war Intervened. Neither Owen Kershaw nor Nathan Tlchenor waited to be drafted. War with Germany, It will be re membered, was declared on April A 1917. In March furious freshet had washed out the Hensley diversion dam In Eden Valley creek. On the morn ing of April 7 Nathan Tlchenor rode up to the gate in the white paling fence before the old log ranch-house of the clan Kershaw, and, like his fire- eating grandfather, help up his hand, palm outward. In the old frontier sign pf peace. From the veranda crippled Ranee Kershaw glared down at him. "Our diversion dam went out last month," said young Nate, “Pleased to hear It, “ETIQUETTE," “THE BLUE BOOR OF SOCIAL USAGE," ETC t ,, , AVOIDING THE NAME JUNIOR D EAR Mrs. Post: We would like to christen our baby with the same name as his father. Bat we hesitate because we do. not want him to be called "Junior" by ever} one, which we have grown to dislike very mneh. Under these circumstances would It be very Improper to write his name with the suffix 2nd? v Answer: Yon lannot call him 2nd because this means nephew or cousin of a man of the same nam^ "Junior" Is son or grandson. But if yon call your boy Jack If his father la or Fred If hla father Henry if his father la called Harry, no one wiU call him Junior unless yoa begin It, or at (east encourage It • •••••• My dear Mrs. Post: WiU you tell me about a christening at home? What kind of Invitation la sent and what refreshments are usually served? Answer: Taking It tor granted that yon have consulted your clergyman and that he la willing to christen the baby In yonr house, you either tele phone or else write on your card, "Baby’s christening, Wednesday Sep tember 20, five o’clock r. v. p.” Cov er a small table with a white cloth or a piece of brocade and on it put the bowl that la to be used as the font—a sUver one if yon have It If yon haven't a silver one, nse a china one, and lay flowers around it The service Is exactly the same at In The godmother holds and the two other godparents gtand next to her. — After the ceremony serve white al mond cake, and candle (a rather mild ~ot-sggnog with which every ena la supposed to drink the baby’s health). __ _ ~ . e Dear Mrs. Post: Would you say that a christening without having god par ts much the same as wtat’you say about a wedding without the bride In the traditional white bridal veU and orange blossoms—'It Is a frame with the picture left out" In the same way that a bride can be married without these trimmings, la It possible to christen a baby without having .god parents? Answer: Marriage la equally legal no matter what the bride wear*. At a christening the service of some churches requires that a 'bah) have "sponsors In baptism," that la god parents—Just aw the marriage service requires that the bride be given a ring. Summarizing the vexed situation, and looking Into the future* Dorothy Thompson, writing In tha Cosmopolitan Magazine, tosses 4tas challenge to youth: “There la ho longer any war >rttti nature. There Is no longer any need of ^ class straggle which Is rooked In any physical reality. WltL Intensive scientific agriculture, the state of Kansas alone could grow enough food to feed the Entire world, and tha aoll could be constantly revital ized and reconditioned. Working at half the time they do, the workers of this country could produce suffi cient automobiles, sufficient shoes and suits of clothes, sufficient apart ment houses, bathrooms, detached cottages, kiddle cars, electric cook- stoves, vacuum cleaners and tons to live at tha standard now enjoyed only by the' upper middle classes. My gensra- tlon envisaged this possibility. It was the basis of our optimism and our faith. “Now It has come to pass. We nave chained the lightning, disci plined the soli. If we like, we caa go farther, and subdue climates and find new sources of power. Man’s long straggle with nature Is ended. And what Is the result? Unemploy ment ; poverty; bread lines. “Wa have organized nature But we have not organized men. An old- fashioned man lives In a new-fash ioned world. And yon, my young friends. It will be yonr task to tuns away from the conquest of things, the discipline of elements, hack toward “tha proper study of mankind," which Is—man. "It la possible—it is even probable —that man will prove far more tar corrigible than nature." m 's SVn Young yOTraMattbssety. At i [Hiittis’srj PROPRIETIES Ym Tell The. There Is frequently worldly wis dom In being an old maid. Well?” "I’m going down to San Francisco tomorrow to enlist—” "That's to your credit, If I do say so.” Old Ranee appeared to tha* perceptibly. "Still, yeu’re a mite alow doin’ yonr duty. My boy, Owen, Ml this morning.” "I wish him lack, Mr. Kerehaw. What I came for was to ask yon If you’d consider favorably the suggeat tlon that one war at a time Is enough for our people to be engaged In. Our dam'a oat, and I ask yon, as a favpr, to let na have the water after It’s dons Its work for you." "Why should you aak me a favor! And why should I grant It, young man?” "Because my mother and my annfii have got to run our outfit while I’m In the army. I didn’t figure you’d make war on women.” "How about the old fence bill, voung man?” Young Nate laid a check on the gate post "My grandfather should.have paid that, Mr. Kerehaw. It Was right low and ornery of him net to. There’s A check for R. with tntarsst far tortz years at 6 per cent added.” TO MM OONTIXUaW enough If driven to It; that he would back op for no man Hensley felt as sured. And there was Robin Kershaw II to be reckoned with, also. So he real ized the danger of clashing with a prideful clan that was still fond of tracing Its "kin folk” back a few cen turies to s coat-of-arms! So he noreed his hatred, borrowed money from a distant bank and bought pure-fired beef-type bulla. Indeed, he had to, or get out of the cattle busi ness. Bat Robin Kerehaw was not yet through with him. Followed three years of subnormal snowfall In the mountains; hence, when the spring freshet came, Eden Talley creek over flowed bat s tithe of the territory thht was flooded In years of norms! snow fall. Bat Robin Kerehaw had pat In a concrete diversion dam at tbs upper end of his reach, becked the water up and over the low banks end led It by irrigation ditches all over hla meadows. Hs could have permitted the water from these ditches to* ran under the line fence between bis ranch and fleas ley’s, thus Insuring Hensley the car f I Science *&t Last Has Overcome Bar D EAR Mrs. Post: The other day at the tennis club a boy who had been playing In the next court naked very eageily tf t would pity with him some day soon. Would it be Im proper for me to call him np? Answer: I certainly would not tele phone him, not because of any espe cial Impropriety but because yor would seem overeager to aee him again. Bat if yoa see blm at the club some day, there la no reason why yon might not aak him casually, “Would you like to play?” -■* IT. • - • • • v Dear Mrs. Post: Is It essential (In this day of unsettled living) to have an address on a man’s visiting card? If there la no address on the card, should one be written on In pencil when necessary? Answer: The address on a card Is so convenient that It Is best to hart It pat on, especialy as several suc cessive addresses can be cat on the same plate Of coarse, if you have no address on it and the person for whom you leave it does not know where you live, write in pendl. • . • • • • My dear Mrs. Post: 1 am planning to be married this month and must have a very simple and small wed ding. Several weeks ago a friend of mine had a shower party and Invited almost every one of my friends. 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