Putnam patriot., 1911-06-23

AEAHtlu 0BA0IEu lsikF Attl AAfi AA pathetic support of her daughters res olution and expressed his belief that Ross would escape the plague. T feel that his splendid yigor. combined with the mountain air. will carry him through. even If he should prove not to be immune l shall run up again day after tomorrow. l shall be very anxious. What a nuisance that the telephone line is not extended to this point Ross has been insisting on it's value for months
 Lee saw the d0ctGf go with some dismay Young as he was. he was al least a reed to cling to in case the grlsIy terror seized upon the ranger MT Redfield. cant you send real doctor: 1t seems so horrible to be left here without instructions"
 The forester. before going. again be- sought Cavanagh not to abandon his work in the forestry service and inti- mated that at the proper time ad- yancement would be offered him. 'sThe whole policy k but beginning" said he. and a practical ranger with your experience and education will prove of greatest value"
 To this Ross made reply: At the moment 1 feel that no promise of ad- vaneement could keep me in this eoun- try of grafters poaehers and assassins. I'm weary of it and all it stands for. However. if l could aid in extending the supervision of the public ranges and in stopping forever this murder md burning that go on outside the forestry domain might remain in the west"
 Would you accept the supervisor ship of the Washable forest?" demand ed Dalton.
 Taken by surprise, he stammered. ''l might. but am l the man.
 You are. Your experience fits you for position where the fight is hot. The Washable forest is even more bone of contention than this. We have laid out the lines of division between the sheep and the cows. and it will nke a man to enforce our regulations. You will have the support of the best citizens. They will all rally, with you as leader, and so end the warfare there"
 Tt can never end till Uncle Sam puts rangers over every section of pub. lie lands and lays out the grazing lines as we have done in this forest" re. torted Cavanagh.
 T know. but to' get that requires a revolution In the whole order of things Then his fine yo"ng face lighted up. But we'll get it Public sentiment is coming our way. The old order is already so eaten away that only its sheIi remains" 1t may be. If these assassins are punished shall feel hopeful of the change"
 "l shall recommend you for the su pervisorship of the Washable forest, concluded Dalton decisively. And so geodby and good luck" England. his. blood relatives. even he Redhelds. seemed very remote to t're ranger as he stood. in his door that night and watched the sparkle. of Swenson's campfire through the trees
 
 braye girl of the type that loves sin gle heartedly. ready to sacrifice every hing to thp welfare of her idealized subject. he felt unworthy. selfish. vain
 ''If should fall sick she would in Sist on nursing me For her sake must give Swenson rhe most rigid or derS not to allow her. no matter what happens. to approach l will not have her touched by this rtiing'
 Beside the blaze Ice and her mother sat for the most part in silence. with nothing to do but 10 wait the issue of the struggle going on In the cabin. so near and vet SO inaccessible to their will II was as If a magic wall. crys- tai clear. yet impenetrable. shut them lway from the man whose quiet hero ism was the subject of their constant thought