The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-07
CHAPTER X.
WITH TINE AIp o. rms rRr "A

va 4AAfs AID VI TIE, EltE5s.
r EE VIRGINIA was now living a
romance stranger ana more stflr.
Ting than any she bad ever
- read. In Imagination She SSas
able<to look back and down up6n fiie
Fork as II she had been carried INFO
another world-a world that vas 1t
once primeval. yet peaceful; world
q dreaming trees, singing streams and
Silent peaks; realm IN which INV
and order reigued, maintained by one
determined young man whose power
was derived from the president him.
self. She felt safe entirely safe-for
just across the roaring mountain tor.
rent the two intrepid guardians Of the
forest were encamped One OF them.
It Is true, came of Swedish parentaee,
and the other was a natixe Of Eng
land, but they were both American n
the high sense Of being loyal to the
federal will, and she trusted them
more unquestionfngly than any other
men in all that west save only Red.
Geld. She had no doubt there were
others equally loyal, equally to he
trusted. but she did not know them.
She rose to a complete understand
Ing OF Cavanagh's love for .the high
country" and his enthusiasm for the
cause, cause which was able to
bring together the student from Yale
and the graduates Of Bergen and of
Oxford and make them comrades In
preserving the trees and streams of
the mountain states against the en-.
croachments Of some of their own citi-
zens, who were openly, shortsightedly
and cynically bent urcu destruction,
spoliation and misuse.
She had listened to the talk OF the
forester and the supervisor, and she
had learned from them that Cavanagh
was sure Of swift advancement now
that he had shown his courage ana
his skill, and the thought that he
might leave the state to take charge
OF another forest brought her some
uneasfness, for she and Lie had plan.
ned to go to- Sulphur City. She had
consented to this because It still left
to her the possibility Of occasionally
seeing or hearing from Cayanagh. But
the thought that lie might go away nj.
together took some Of the music out OF
the sound Of the stream and made the
future vaguely sad.
For the next two days Cavanagh
slept but little. for his patient gycw
steadily worse AS the flame of lis
fever mounted. Wetherford pleaded
for air. The ranger threw open the
doors, admitting freely the cool. sweet
mountain wind. He might as well
die of a draft rs smother" was Ills
thought. and by the use OF cold cloths
he tf'";l to allay the itching ard the
I,ain.
vi the coming of the third night
WeI!"rford was unconscious and I'm
recognizable to any one who had
known linn in the days of tho fret
range" I!e was going as the Will west
was %oiu=. discrcdt;ed. liberated. poi
sonc3. Incapable of rei'rth. yr' carry
ing scratching fine to his ;luvr. III
had acted the part of Il hrtrr f;.n,t
that shall be said of him liz l!.t
gone TO the res"uc>of the poar Ra$qu,
Instinctlvely. with the same reckless
disregard Of consequences to hlmsr!
which marked lila character when
4 COW boss an the rPu',r Il" Ind so
aside tile most dimcult tas,:s for his
ow1 rope or gun. Ills regard for the
ranger into whose care he w25 COW
about to commit his wtee ind daugh.
ter persisted in spite Of his suffering.
In him was his hope. his stay. Once
again, in a lucid moment. he reverted
TO the promise which Ep had drawn
from C0vanugh
III ! go you must take rare-of mr.
girl-tnke cure Of Liz, ipn. Promise
NE that. DO you prmniSe:" he insist
ed.
Il proni!'c-on hoaor." Enss reneat
ed. and, with a faint pressure Of his
hand $50 slender anu went;i. Wether-
ford sank away into the browse which
deepened hour by hour. trolcn now
and then by commissions. which wrung
the stern heart Of The ranger till his
hands tremblcd for Pity
The day WAS wcli advanced when the
sound of r.''ttEn9 rel,l,leS IN the h;lI