The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-30
CONTINUED from Saturday.

allzthe rascalg are chdckling With slee.
I've resigned from the service.
Wetherford was aghast. t'what for?''
u will not serve under any other
chief. The best thing for you. to do
Is TO gogout when Isalb. / think By
keeping on that uniform you can get
to the train With mel
"Did you see Lie and my girl?"
No; / only remained in town a min.
ute. It was too hot for me. I'm done
with 1t. Wetherford. I'm going back
TO civilization. No more wild west for
me-" The bitterness Of his voice touch.
ed the older mans heart, but lie con.
sidered 1t merely mood.
"Don't lose your nerve. Mebbe this
ends the reign ofterror."
Nothing will end the moral shift.
lessness Of this country but the dealt,
OF the freebooter. That Job was done
by men who hated the tdagoes hated
'em because they were rival claimants
for the range. It's nonsense to at.
tempt to fasten 1t on men like Neill
Ballard. The men who did tint piece
Of work are well known stock own.
ers.'
II reckon that's so"
well, now, who's going to convict
them? I can't do 1t. I'm going to pun
out as soon as can put my books in
shape, and you'd better gotoo.,
They were standing at the gate of
the corral, and the roar OF the noun.
tain stream enveloped them in cloud
Of sound.
Wetfertord spoke Slowly: al hate to
lose my girl now that. I've seen her.
but I guess you're right. And Lie.
poor old critter! IT'S shame the way
I've queercd her life. and I'D give my
right arm to be where / was twelve
years ago, but with a!psice on my head
and old age coming on don't see my.
SER ever again getting up to par. It's
Il losing game for me now"
There was resignation as well as
despair in his voice, and Cayanagh felt
1t, but he said: There's one other qucs-
ton that may cometup for decision. II
that Basque died OF smallpox you may
possibly take it.''
1--WE figured on that, but it will take
a day or two to show on me. don't
feel any ache in my bones yet. II +
do come down you keep away from
me. You've got to live and take care
Of Virginia.
"She should never have returned to
this accused country" Cavanash
harshly replied. starting back toward
the cabin. ID,
The constable, smoking his pipe be-
side the fireplace. did not present an
anxious face. On the contrary. he
seemed pIumply content as he replied
to the rangers greeting. He repre-
sented very well the type Of officer
which these disorderly communities
produce. Brave and tireless when
working along the line Of his preju-
dlces, lie could be most laxly inefficient
when his duties cut across his own or
his neighbor's interests. Being cat
tleman byNtraining, he was gladUof the
red herring which the Texas officer
had trailed across the line of his pur-
suit.
Tills attitude still further inflamed
Cavanagh's indignant hate Of the co,in-
try. The theory which the deputy de.
veloped was transparent folly. ut was
Just case OF plain robbery" he ar.
gued. "One Of them dagoes had mon.
cy, and Neill Ballard and that man Ed.
wards Just naturally folIered him aud
killed the whole bunch ana scooted.
That's my guess"
An hour later the sound Of a horses
hoofs on the bridge gave warning Of q
visitor. and as Cavanagh went to the
door Gregg rode up, seeking particu'
lars as to the death of the herder and
the whereabouts of the sheep.
The ranger was not in a mood to In
vtte the sheepman in. and, besides. be
perceived the danger to which Wether.
ford was exposed; therefore his an,
swers were short. Gregg, on his part
did not appear anxious to enter.
what happened to that old hobo
sent up?" he asked.
Cavanagh briefly retoId his story, and
at the end of It Gregg gruuted 'sYou
say you burned the tent and all the
bedding?"
Every thread of it. 1t wasn't safe
to leave it,
What allied the man."
/ ~ don't know, but 1t looked ant
smelled like smallpox"
The deputy rose with a spring
Smallpox! You didn't handle tn.
cuss:"
CavGnagh did not spare him. -:'Some
/ body had to lend a hand. / couldn'
see him die there alone, and he had t.
be buried, so did The job"
j Gregg recoiied a step or two, but thI
deputy stood staring. the implication
of all this sinking deep. Were yot
wearing the same clothes you've go
m:"
Eyes. but l used a slicker Will,
working around the body"
Good kingr' The sweat broke GU
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