The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-15
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NnaHn. fufeat Nauarf thafIgr nnd
BFu,h-r-i toll. "a. e Lss ylTginsa N~thsf.
fprd. sh. ~as Young and pretty Fpr
IN years she had b'-~n sway In the Ess'
ANAL r-hned surroundings returning
~ tho hotns % h-f chilhhood az Roaring
Fork her s-naibiit - uer- shocked Tier
mother coar~. woman. k-Y, a boarsiins
hot-- II was = dreadful plao-. S,ill
shs mot Cavanagh there lie was EnE-
ii-h born bu, had been Tor tuenty years
IN this country Hs Wor. an olive green
uniform. On his breast hung a silver
badge With a pine tree IN the c~ntrs. lie
looked like . young ofiiccr % the regular
army His head was hancisome. the lines
% his shoulders graceful -Most attrac-
tive % all were his eyer. 80 brown. 81
quistly humorous and ~ keen
A. a ranger CaVanaRh had charge 81
about $1,000 acres 81 territory. He had
been one 81 Col Roosevelt's Rough Riders
in Cuba. The story says that he Was
loyal with the loyalty Of n soldier and that
his hero was the Colonel II adds The
second Of his admiratIons was the Chief
Forester
The story describes in deta u the horrors
% the boarding house. We only need
mention the flies and the reek 81 the fried
ham. lee Virginia attacked all the hor-
rurs with energy. She accomplished won
derful reforms. While she was thus hero
,cally engaged polishing the glassware.
ImpnsIng napkins upon the embarrassed
boarriers. Cavanagh arrested two poach-
ers for shooting a mountain sheep.
Trouble came Of this. The mob. haters
81 conservation. tried Ia release his pris-
oners when he brought them Co town
leo Virginia and her mother. each armed
with a pistol and each mana ging her
weapon with n steady hand helped him
o. stand the mob or. tine 81 the poachers
an old sheep heryier. proved 20 be lee
Virgnia's father. He was supposed % be
dead. He had been in prlpon in Texas
for years. He had noble qualities. He
nursod a man who had the smallpox. lie
caught the disease and IN his turn was
nursed by CavanaRh. Who finched al
nothing
Cavanagh had plenty NJ trouble. hut
perhaps his most hitter hour was when
he heard n the dismissal ~ the Chief
Forester YES sir said his informant
the President has fred the chief. the
man that built up this forestry service
The story savs that Cavanagh's young
heart burned with indignation. He eS-
claimed Good Lord What a blow -
the service He uttered q srnan Of
sorrow and rage. He said: What ~
m. President thinking 81 to throw out
the only man who stood for the future.
the man who had built up this corps
who was It's insp ration With bitter
resolution he added: This ends u for
me. Here's whore I get on. I'm through.
I'm done with America with the States.
| shall write my resignation az once
He wrote II and mailed H. II GER
tainly looked as though the country
was gong 10 lose him HIS grief was
acute His heart was swollen within
his breast lie longed for the return
81 the Colonel Ia the White House
He asked himself regarding MIR Taft
what manner 81 ruler - this who -
ready 10 strike down the man whose
very name means conservation The
question wcs too stupendous To- lie an
swer~d HE gruaned .kain and his
throat ached with the fury of his lndig-
nation
But forty five pages further On Ne
fnd some warrant for hope District
Forester Dalton. > powerful official in
luros Il Cavanagh at that point Would
YOU accept the supeTvIsorShip II the
WASH ne Fur"s's- Taken hy surprise
and -tamm-ring CavanaRh replies /
might nut am Ihe man. SAYS tho
District Forester. Won ar" And not
long after that all come~ out well In
sp~ctor Redh~ld says To- Csvann gh i
have some cheering news for Won The
President has nut a good man in the
chiefs place He was a student under
the chief and the chief says he's all riRh,
The inspector drew Cavana CHS resisna-
ton from hts pocket. L didn't put u
on file. he sad What shall | do with
~ Cavanagh took u and tore u up.
Then ~ was possible for CRvRnagh and
! 80 Virginia 10 marry
\ letter 20 the author from Mr. Clifford
Pinchot - published "a an introduction
to the story In this Mr. PInchot speaks
Of the kindness az Mr. Garland in letting
him 49,. N" proofs 81 -Cavanagh- and
says that hiE Mr. Pinchoi'sI respect and
liking Tor the West will last as long as he
does