The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-19

keep your man Cavanagh IN the hills.
Mr.. Forester. or somebody win take
pot shot at him."
feWhy, what's newt
'sHis assistant is down with small
pox."
"SmaIlpoxT exclaimed Dalton
Every jaw was fixed and every eye
turned upon the speaker
"SmaIlpoxT gasped Lee.
Gregg resumed. enjoying the sensa-
ton he was creating. Yes, that
Basque herder Of mine. the one up
near Black Tooth, sent word he was
sick, so ] hunted UP an old tramp By
the name of Edwards to take bis place.
Edwards found the dago dying Of pox
and skipped out over the range, leav-
ing him to die alone Cavanagh went
ND and found the dago dead and took
care Of him Result is he's full Of
germs and has brought his apprentice
down with it. and both Of 'em must be
guaranteed right where they are"
Good heavens, man." exclaimed
Dalton, this is serious businessI Are
you sure it's smallpox"
last night / was there myself on
Monday; so was the deputy. The sher-
IN missed Tom this morning. but !
reached him by phone, and Cavanagh
admitted to US that the Basque died
of smallpox and that he buried him
with his own hands"
The sheriff spoke up. "The criminal
- - Il L. IL no1k
nagh didn't report the case when be
came down here. just when about leav-
ing a trail of poison Why didn't he
report it? He should be arrested"
"Wait moment" said Dalton. per
haps it wasn't pox; perhaps it was only
mountain fever. Cavanagh is net the
kind Of man to involve others In a
pestilence. l reckon be knew it was
nothing but fever, and, not wishing
to alarm his friends, he just slid into
town and out again"
a fash of light, of heat, Of Joy. went
| through Lees heart as she listened to
Dalton's defense of Cavanagh. THAT
was the reason why he rode away"
she thought HE was afraid of bring
ing harm to u.s." And this conviction
lighted her face with a smile even
while the forester continued his sup
position by saying. ',Of course proper
precautions shonld be taken, and as
we are going up there the supervisor
and VIII see that quarantine is es-
tablished II we find 1t necessary"
Gregg was not satisfied. "Caxanagb
admitted to the deputy and to me that
| he believed the case to be smallpox
and said that he had destroyed the
camp and everything connected with
! & except the horse and the dog, and
yet he comes down here, injecting ev-
| erybody be meets" He turned to Lee
You'd better burn the bed he slept
on He's left a trail Of germs Rher-
ever he went I say the man is GRIM
| inally liable and should be jailed II
he lives TO get back to town.
Lees mtad was OF nov on another
tangent. ''sHppose IL Is trueip she
asked herself suppose be has fallen
sick away up there, miles and miles
from any nurse or Doctor
There's something Queer about the
whole business pursued Gregg. "Tor
instance, who Is this assistant he's
get7 johnson said there was an old
man IN ranger uniform pottering round
Why didn't he send word by him?
Why did he let me come to the door ?
he might have involved me in the dis
ease. tel you, II you don't take care
Of him the people Of the county will"
The forester looked grave. "If he
knew 1t was smallpox and failed to
report Il he did wrong, but you say
he took care OF this poor shepherd
nursed him till he died and buried
him, taking al precautions You can't
complain OF that. can you? That's
the act Of good ranger and a brave
man. You wouldn't have done I'll" he
ended. addressing Gregg. sickness
up there two full miles above sea level
! Is quite q different proposition from
sickness In Sulphur City OF the Fork.
! shall not condemn Mr.. Cavanagh till
I hear bis side of the story"
Lee turned q grateful glance upon
him. You must be right, don't be-
Heve Mr.. caEanagh would deceive any
one"
"Well. wen soon know the truth
said Dalton, "for Pm going up there.
II the ranger has been exposed he
must not be left alone"
HE amt alone" declared the sher-
III. tom phoned me that he had an
assistant"
stevenson, suppose" said Redheld
who entered at this moment 'Swen,
son is bis assistant"
II didn't see him myself Gregg
continued. ''but I understood the dep
uty to say that he was an old man.
stevenson is young man." correct,
ed Redfeld
The sheriff insisted, tom said II
was an old mana stranger to him
tall. smooth shaven, not very strong
be said-'peared to be q cook. He had
helped nurse the dago, so Tom said
That's very curious nNased Red
field There isn't an old man in the
service Of this forest. There's a mis-
, take somewhere"
. WELL" concluded Gregg, shat.
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