B. M Bower

Lark, owner of the Meadowlark Ranch, had a habit of taking home all sorts of cripples and hurt creatures which he came across, so when he found a child bearing the scars of terrible beatings and crying in fear of another he promptly brought him to Meadowlark also, though the boy was the grandson of old Palmer,-rich and stingy and feared ranch-owner of the district. Palmer tried to brand Lark as a child stealer, but was himself "branded" by Lark's...