Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-18

speech into coma which continued
to hold him ih its unbroken grasp AZ
night fell.
Meantime, seeing no chance OF aid
Ing the ranger Redheld and tho for
ester prepared to return, but Lee, 70
enforced by her mother, refused to nc
company them. II shall stay here,
she said, "till he Is safely out OF it
I'LL know that no Is beyond all dan.
ger"
Redheld did not urge her TO return
ns vigorously R5 Dalton expected him
TO DO but when he understood the
girls desire t3 DO near her lover ha
TOOK on his nat and bowed 10 her
You arc entirely IN the right" he
said. Here II where you belong"
/ Hedheld honpred Lie for her sym.
pathetic support Of her daughters res.
/ olutloh ana expressed his belief that
hoas would escape the plague. Il feel
thht ms splendid ylgor, combined with
the mountain air. VIII carry him
through, even If he should prove not
10 DO immune, Shall run up again
dhy arter tomorrow. ] shall bo very
anxious what a nuisance that the
telephone line IL not extended TO this
point Ross has been insisting on It's
value for months"
Lee saw the doctor go with some
dlsmay' Young as he was, he was at
least reed tp cling to in case the
grlsly terror seized upon the ranger
ME Rodheld, can't You send real
doctorY 1t seems so horrible to be
left here without Instructions"
The forester, before going, again be-
sought Cnvanagh not TO abandon his
work In the forestry service aud init
mated that at the proper time ad-
vancement would be offered him. "The
whole policy ~ but beginning" said
he, and practical ranger with your
experience and education will prove Of
greatest value
To this Ross made reply "At the
moment | feel that no promise Of ad.
vancement could keep me I'm this coun-
try Of grafters, poachers and assasslns.
I'm weary of II and all It stands for
However, If | could aid In extending
the supervision Of the public ranges
and in stopping forever this murder
and burning that 40 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, 81
might, but am ! the man2"
you are Your experience dts 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 II will
take man to enforce our regulations.
You will have the support Of the best
citizens. They will all rally, with you
rs leader, aud 30 end the warfare
there"
"It can never end till Uncle Sam
puts rangers over every section Of pub
lie lands and lays out the grazing lines
MS we have done in this forest" re.
lorted CavannRh,
81 know, but TO get that requires a
revolution In the whole order Of
things" Then his fine young face
lighted up. Hut we'll get It. Public
sentiment IN coming our way. The OLD
order Is already so eaten away that
only It's shell remains"
at may be, If these assassins are
punished shall feel hopeful of the
change"
81 shall recommend you for the su-
pervlsorship of the Washable forest"
concluded Dalton decisively. And 80
goodby and good luck"
England, his blood relatives, even
the RedAelds, seemed very remote to
the ranger as he stood In his door that
night and watched the sparkle Of
Swenson's campfire through the trees
with the realization that there waited
brave girl or the type tnht loves SIN
gle heartedly, rOady to sacrifice every
Ting to the welfare OF her ldeallzed
subject, he felt unworthy, selfish, vain.
III should fall sick she would IN
sist on nursing me- For her sake
must gya Swenson the most rigid or
ders not to allow her, no matter what
happens, TO approach. I will not have
her touched by this thing
Beside the bn2e Lee and her mother
sat for the most part In silence, with
nothing to do but TO wait the issue Of
tho struggle going on In the cabin, so
near and yet 10 inaccessible to their
will 1t was az II magic wall crys-
tai clenr, yet impenetrable, shut them
away from the man whose quiet hero
Ism was the subject Of their constant
thought
1t was marvellous, as the dusk fell
and the air nIpped keen, to see how
Lie Wetherford renewed her youth.
The excitement seemed to have given
her fresh hold on life She was
wearied but by no means weakened,
by her ride and ate heartily Of the
rude fare which swenson set before
her "ThIs Is what needed she ex.
ultantly sald-"the open air and these
trout. | feel ten years younger al.