Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-24
Cavanagh,
Forest
! Ranger
.she Great Conservation
Novel
By HAMLIN GARLAND
copyritht. 1910. b. haalin Garland
cosyritht. 1910. b. iia.lia Garland
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
IIza AND HER DAUGHTER.
THEY parted on the little porch
Of the hotel. and her eyes fol-
lowed his upright figure till hs
= entered one Of the shops. He
had precisely the look and bearing OF
q young lieutenant in the regular
army. She returned to her own room
strangely heartened BY her talk with
the ranger.
She was still ponderlng when her
mother came in.
"How'd you sleep last nights"
Lee Virginia could not bring herself
to lie Not very WELL" she admitted.
'Neither did !. Fact of the matter is
your coming fairly upset me. I've been
kind of used up for three months. l
don't know what ails me. I'd ought to
go up to sulphur to see doctor, but
there don't seem to be any free time.
I pear to have lost my grip. Food
don't give me any strength. ! saw you
talking with Ross Cavanagh. There's a
man. And Reddy-Reddy is what you
COLL q fancy rancher; goes in for Ill
fatty and fruit and all that. He isn't
in the forest service for the pay or for
graft. He's got regular palace up
there above Sulphur-hot and cold
water all through the house. furnace
in the cellar and two bathrooms, so
they tell me: never was in the place.
You better keep out Of the caffy. 1t
nlvSh nj Foe &c I
wasn't expecting anything so fine as
you are. / laid awake till 3 O'Clock last
night figuring on what to do. I reckon
-ou'd better go back and give this out
up as a bad job. used to tell Ed
Oh didn't belong to neither Of Us. and
n don't. l can't see where you did
ONE from-anyhow. I don't want the
,sponsibility of having you here. Why.
OWL have half the men in the county
hitching to my corral. You're too good
for any Of them. You just plan to pack
up and pull out tomorrow"
She went out with q dragging step
that softened the girls heart. Lies
da--yhter came nearer to loving her at
this moment than at any time since
her 9th year.
In truth. Lie had risen that morn
ing intending ito whirl In and clean
up the house." being suddenly con-
scious to some degree Of the dirt and
disorder around her. but she found
-Ies brain seemed misted. and her food
been a source of keen pain to her.
She gave sharp answers to all the
en- who came up to ask after her
tighter. and to one who remarked on
.iri's good looks and demanded an
a. Auction she said: 'Get along!
be .fellers want to understand I'll kill
b, man that sets out to fool with my
Il {Itell you that!'
:" bile yet Lee Virginia was wonder
.. how to begin the days work some
yer to her invitation a woman stepped
Ia thin blond bag with a weak
mile and watery blue eyes. Els this
little Lee virgtnny?" she asked.
The girl rose. "Yes."
"Wsll, howdy?" She extended her
hand, and Lee took it. ''My names
Jackson-Mrs. Orlando Jackson. I
knew yore pa and you before the
war; Are ye back fer to stay?'
no, I don't think 30. VIII you sit
lown?"
Mrs. Jackson took a seat. Come
back 10 see how yore ma was. reck-
bn? Found her pretty porely. didn't
yer She lowered her voice. II think
she's got cancer Of the stummick-
now that's nv guess"
Virginia started. "what makes you
think so?'
well, I knew q woman who went
Just that way. Had that same nabby.
f,pny look-and that same distress
-fter eatin'. told her this mornin'
he'd better go up to Sulphur and see
ut new doctor"
A'What did you mean BY the war;"
asked Virginia.
why. you remember the rustler
war9 We date everything out here
from that year. You was here, for l
saw3y&"
'ohw exclaimed Virginia. 81 under
end now. Yes. was here. saw my
s.,sr ut the bead of the cowboys
m, hey weren't cowboys. They were
on Killers from Texas. That's what
at sos0 pa out o the state. He were
be wrong side, and If # hadn't "a
~ for the regular soldiers he'd "a
ZEN wiped out right hyer. As 1t was
: had to skip the range and hain't
aevee been back. don't s'pose folks
VIII lay It up agin you-bein' q girl
but they couldn't no son Of Ed Weth-
erfofd come back hero and settle. not
for . minute. Why, yore ma has had
to blu1 the whole county a'most-not
that:I lay anything up asin her. 1 tell
folks she was that bewitched with Ed
she couldn't see things any way but
his way. He fought to save his ranch
and stAwk. but she couldn't do uothin'
and then. to have him 20 hack ON her
the way he did-slip out 'twixt two days
and never write: that Just about shot
her to pieces. ! never could under
stand that in Ed: be 'peared 10 mortal
~ fond Of you and Of her too. He sure
was fond Of you" She shook her head.
ssN0 can't anvhOdv make mn halfevA