Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-03-23

identity, for in the searching inquiry
which would surely follow his secret
would develop.
To marry her, knowing the character
of her father and her mother, was
madness. and the voice within him
warned him of his folly. "Pure wa
ter cannot be drawn from corrupt
sources" it is said. Nevertheless the
thought of having the girl with him
in the wilderness filed him with di-
bated, alternately flushed with resolve
to be happy and 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-
foundry serious. He did not smile in
greeting, as was usual with him, and,
taking some letters from his pocket,
passed them over in ominous silence.
He had q face of such bitterness that
it broke through even the absorbed
uAu oC1AoA A4Cu1loI1OA 1hlO Wu1Cu OdF-
anagh had been thrown.
whats the matter, Swenson? You
look as if you had lost a friend"
II have" answered the guard short.
ly, land 81 have you. The chief Is
out"
"What?".
They've got him." he exclaimed.
Hes out"
Cavanagh sprang up. II don't be-
lieve it! For what reason? Why"
Don't that letter tell you? The whole
town is chuckling. Every criminal and
plug ugly In the country Is splitting In
u faces this morning. Yes, sir, the
president has fired the chief-the man
that built up this forestry service. The
whole works Is going to h, that's
what 1t is. Wen have all the coal
thieves, water power thieves, poachers
and free grass pirates piling In on US
in mobs. They'll eat up the forest. I
see the finish of the whole business.
They'll put some western man in
somebody they can work. Then where
will we beT'
Cayanagh's young heart burned with
indignation, but he tried to check the
other mans torrent of protest.
II can't believe It. There's some
mistake. Maybe they've made him
the secretary Of the department or
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" The
man was ready to weep with chagrin
and indignant rro His voice
choked, and he turned away to con
ceal his emotion.
Cavanagh put the letter back into
his pocket and mounted his horse.
"Well, go on back to your work,
Swenson. I'm going to town to get
the supervisor on the wire and find
out what it all means"
He was almost as badly stunned by
the significance Of Swenson's news as
Swenson himself. Could it be possible
that the man who had built up the
field service of the bureau-the man
whose clean handed patriotism had
held the boys together, making them
every year more clearly a unit, a lit
tie army of enthusiasts-could it be
possible that the originator, the or
ganizer Of this great plan, had been
stricken down just when his influence
was Of most account? He refused to
believe it of an administration pledged
to the cause of conservation.
AS he entered the town he was
struck instantly by the change in the
faces turned toward him, in the jocu-
lar greetings hurled at him. Hello,
MI. Cossack! What do you think of
your chief nOwY'
This will put an end to your in
fernal nonsense" said another. "WeW