Putnam patriot., 1911-06-30
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YEE VIRGINIA was uaw living
 romance stranger and more star
 Hing than any sHe bad ever AA lead. In imagination she was able to book back and down upon thc fefk as if she had been carried lHto another W1lld I'd world thdt was at once prmcv3l, gel peacelui. a world of dreaming trees, singing streams and silent peaks realm iu which law and order reigued. maintained bY one determined young man whose power was derived from Che president him self She fell safe-entireiy for just across the roaring mountain tor rent the two intrepid guardians of the forest were eneamped One of them. it is true. came of Swedish percentage, and the other was a native of Eng land, but they were both American in she high sense of being loyal to the federal will. and she trusted them more unqnestloningly than any other Eaen in all thnt west save only Red sield She had no doubt there were .Othors equally loyal. equally to be trusted but she did not know them.
 She rose 10 complete understand ing of Cayanaghs love for the high country and his enthusiasm for the cause. d cause which was able to bring together the student from Yale and the graduates of Bergen and of oxford and make them comrades fn preserving the trees and streams of the mountain states against the en f ,f gi fi- zens. who were openly. shortsightedly and eynically bent upon destruction. spollation and misuse.
 She had listened to the talk of the forester and the supervisor, and she had learned from them thnt Cavanugh was sure of swift advancement now that he hnd shown his courage and his skill. and the thought that he might leave the state To take charge of another forest brought her some nneasiness. for she and Lize had plan ned to go To Sulphur City. She had consented to this because It st1ll left 10 her the possibility of occasionally seeing or hearing from Cavaungh. But She thought that he might go away al ttogether took some of the music out of line sound of the stream and made the Gutarc vaguely sad.
 for the next two days Cavanagh slept but little. for his patient grew steadily worse As the flame of his fever mounted, Wetherford pleaded for air. The ranger threw open the doors. admitting freely the cool sweet mountain wind He might as well tlie of draft as smother.' was his thought and ny the use of cold cloths he tried to allay the itching and the pain,
 With the coming Of the third night Wetherford was unconscious and un recognizable to any one who had &nawn him in The days of "the free fauge He was going as the wild west was going. diSCredHed, uieerated. poi soncd incapable of rebirth. yet carry ing something fine to his grave, He had acted the part of brave man. that shall be said of him He had gone to the rescue of the poor Basque tnstinetively. with che same reckless disregard of consequences to himself which marked his character when as a COW boss on che range he had set aside the most difficult tasks for his own rope or gun His rcgard for the ranger into whose cure he was now about to commit his wife and daugh ger persisted fin spite of his suffering Qn him was bis hope. his stay. Once again in a tncid moment, he reverted Hs thc promise which be had drawn From GaNanagh.
 "lf I go you must take care-of my z9irl-take care et Hi1e too Promise ene thac Do you prom4ses' he insist ed
 q u1emIse-oa hoaoG7 Ross repeat ed. ana atb tai8t pressure If his hand ts0 sieBdeF aHd weak. Nether ford sanA away into the droVse 9hiel deepened hour by hour broken now and then oy couyulslons. which wvung fhe stern heart of che ranger tHl hi, hands grembled for pity
 The day was well advanced when th. sound of rateling pebbles on the hh lack of his cabin drew hls attention and a few moments later man on 8 sseary horse rode up to his door ana sgvnped heavily from the saddle. II, fasas a small. dark individual. with gspeeraeies. plainly of the city.
 ''Bewarel SmallpoNF' called Ross as saiS visitor drew near the door
 The newcomer waived his hand con 7emptuously Eve had il. Are yoI Gloss CavanaghY'
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