The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-02-23

! 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" Il is said. Nevertheless the
thought OF having the girl with him
In the wilderness filled him with d.
vine recklessncss. While still he de.
bated, alternately flushed With resolve
TO be happy aud chilled by some
strange detection. he met Swenson. the
young guard who guarded tile forest
on the South Fork.
As he rode up Cavanagh perceived
In the other mans face something pro.
foundly serinvs. lie did not smile IN
greeting. as sas usual with him, and.
taking some letters from his pocket.
passed them over In ominous silence
He had II face OF such bitterness that
II broke through even the absorbed
and selfish meditation into which CIV
anagh had been thrown.
whats the matter. Swenson2 You
look as II you had lost friend"
II have" answered the guard short
ly, "and so have you. The chief is
out"
"What?"
They've got him" he exclaimed
"He's out"
Cavanagh sprang up 81 don't be-
lieve III For what reasonf whyr
Don't that letter tell you? The whole
town is chuckling Every criminal aud
plug ugly In the country Is splitting In
our faces this morning. Yes. sir, the
! president has fred 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
see the finish OF the whole business
They'll put some western man In
somebody they can work. Then where
will we ber'
Cavanagh's young heart burned with
indignation, but he tried to check the
| other mans torrent of protest
~ can't believe It. There's some
mistake. Maybe they've made him
the secretary OF the department OF
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" Tn,
man was ready to weep with chagriI
and indignant sorrow His voic,
choked, and he turned away to con
cenl his emotion.
Cavanagh put the letter back into
his pocket and mounted his horse
well, so on back to your work
Swenson. I'm going to town to get
the supervisor on the wire and find
out what 1t all means"
| He was almost as badly stunned 10y
the Significance Of Swensons news ms
| Swenson himself. Could 1t be possibl,
that the man who had built up tn,
field service of the bureau-the mar
whose clean handed patriotism hat
held the boys together, making then
every year more clearly Il unit, III
tie army OF enthuslasts-could II b
possible that the originator, the or
ganizer of this great plan, had beer
stricken down just when his infuenc,
was Of most account? He refused I,
believe 1t Of an administration pledged
to the cause Of conservation
AS he entered the town he wat
struck instantly by the change in tn,
faces turned toward him. In the jocu
lar greetings hurled at him. Hello
Mr.. Cossack! What do you think o.
your chief nowf"
This will put an end to your In
fernal NONSENSE" said another. "We'l
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