The Marshall republican., 1911-06-16

trail with bent head. for all this bore
heavily upon his relationship TO the
girl waiting for him In the Wiley. lie
had thought Lie u burden. n social
| disability. but n convict father now
mnde the mothers faults OF small nc.
count.
The nearer he drew to the meeting
with Lee Virginia the more important
that meeting became. Cnvanngh had
seen Virginia hardly more than u score
OF times. and yet she nlled his thought.
confused his plans. making Of his brain
n place Of doubt and hesitation. For
her sake he had entered upon a plan
20 shield n criminal. 90 harbor an es'
cnpcd convict. II was OF no avail to
argue that he was moved TO shield
wethcrford because Of his heroic ac'
lion on the peak. lie knew perfectly
well that Il was because he could not
zee that fair. brave girl further dis
sraccd by the discovery of her fathers
identity. for In the searching inquiry
which would surely follow his secret
would develop.
To marry her. knowing the character
Of her father aud her mother. was
madness. and the voice within him
warned him OF his folly. pure wa
ter cannot be drawn from corrupt
Sources Il IL said. Nevertheless the
thought OF having the girl with him
IN the wilderness filled him with di.
vine rccklessness. While still he de-
batcd. alternately flushed with resolve
20 be happy aud chilled by some
strange detection. he met Swenson. the
young guard who guarded the forest
on the South Fork.
As he rode up Cavanagh perceived
In the other mans face something pro
foundly serious. lie did not smile I'm
greeting. as was usual with him, and.
taking some letters from his pocket.
passed them over In ominous silence.
He had n face OF such bitterness that
Il broke through even the absorbed
and selfish meditation into which Cav
anagh had been thrown,
whats the matter, Swenson? You
look as II you had lost a friend"
81 have" answered the guard short
ly. "and 40 have you. The chief II
out"
"WhatY'
They've got him" he exclaimed,
"IIe's out"
Cavanagh sprang up. IL don't be
lieve III For what reasonf Why?"
"Don't that letter tell you? tn" whole
town Is chuckling. Every criminal aud
plug ugly in the country is splitting IN
our faces this morning, Yes, sir, the
/ president has fired the chief-the mar
/ that built up this forestry service. The
whole works Is going TO h. that's
/ what II II. Wen have all the Goa.
thieves. water power thieves, poachcr'
and free grass pirates piling In on u'
IN mobs. They'll eat up the forest.
see the finish OF the whole business
l They'll put some western man in
| somebody they can work. Then where
will we beT'
Cavanagh's young heart burned will
Indignation, but he tried to check thu
: other mans torrent Of protest.
!. II can't believe II. There's som'
mistake. Maybe they've made hin
the secretary of the department d
something"
mo. they haven't. They've thrown
him out. They've downed him be
cause he tried to head of some thiev
: cry Of coal mines In Alaska" Th,
man was ready to weep with chagriI
: and indignant sorrow. His voic'
choked, and he turned away to con
4 ceal his emotion.
3 Cavanagh put the letter back Int
. his pocket aud mounted his horse
I "Wen. 60 on back to your work
swensons I'm going to town to &c
: the supervisor On the wire and nm
. out what It all means"
. He was almost AZ badly stunned b,
b the siguincanee Of ewenson's news y
D Swensoa himself, Could II Be possibl
that the man who had built W %
I. neld service Of the hureau--the maj
= Whose cleAn handed patriotlam ~
4 keld the boys together. making then
!, every year more clearly 4 unit. Z III
ne army of acknowledgements 4 B
possible that thu orlginatpr. TIE 81