Putnam patriot., 1911-04-14

 Ranger By HAML!N GARLAND
Copyright. I)Io. by Hamlin Garland

.ontcnted I'm associated now with q country that will never yield to the blow Yes. I like my work. love the forests and the streams ] wish I might show them 10 you. You don't know how beautiful they are. The most beautiful parks in the world are commonplace to what l can show you My only sorrow Is to think of them given over to the sawmill. Perhaps you and your mother will come up some time and let me show you my lakes and streams There are waters so lovely they make the heart ache. Hugh IS planning to come up soon perhaps vo1 and Mrs Reddeld will come with him"
 I'd like if above everything" she responded fervently. Then her voice changed. But all depends on my mothers health"
 II hurt him 10 hear her call Eliza Wetherford mother. He wanted to forget her origin for the moment. He was moi in love with her-far from il. But she WIS so allurins and the pro trietress of the Wetherford House was not nice. and that made one doubt the daughter
 She broke the silence. Tt seems dfeadfullY dark aul mysterious up there" She indicated his path.
 "It isn't as bad as it looks. There is good trail and my pony knows il as well as 1 do 1 enjoy riding by night"
 But there are bears and other wild things. are there notf'
 sNot as much as 1 wish there were"
 "Why do you say thatE
 T hate to see all the wild life killed oG. Some day al these forests will have game rcfuges like the Yellow stone National park They are com ing each year 10 have greater and greater value to the people of the plains. They are playgrounds. like the Alps If should ever settle down to a home it would be in a canyon like this. with a great peak at my front door"
 1t Is beautiful" the girl said in the tone of sadness with which we con front the perfect night the perfect flower. the flawless landscape. "It is both grand and peaceful
 This tone of sadness pleased him. 1t showed her depth of perception. md he reflected that she had not ut tered vaeuous or silly phrase since their first meeting "She is capable a ha thDltuht Aloud he sad: You are n strange mingling ef east and west. Do you realize it."
 "In what way." she asked, feeling something ardent in his tone.
 You typify to me at this moment this whole state. You fill me with en- thusiasm for it's future Here you are. derived from the lawless west, vet taking on the culture and restraint of the east so readily that you seem not in the least related to"
 He checked himself at this point, md she said, Ny mother is not as rough us she seems. MT. Cavanagh.
 She must be more of the woman than appears or she could not have borne such a daughter But do you feel your relationship to her? Tell me honestly, for you interest me"
 "I didn't at first. but l do now. begin to understand her, and. besides I feel in myself certain things that are in her, though I think am more like the Wetherfords. My fathers family home was in Maryland"
 Ross could have talked on all night so alluring was the girls dimly seen yet warmly felt figure at his side. but q sense of danger and a knowledge that he should be riding led him at last to say: It is getting chill. We must 20 in. but before We do so let me say how much Eve enjoyed seeing you again hope the doctor will make ia vorable report on your mothers case Youll write me the result of the ex- apination, won't youT "If you wish me to-
 .I shdit h. most anxious to know"
 They Were standing very near to each other at the moment and the ranger made very sensitive to wo- maos eharm hv hls lonely life shook with newly created love of her X suspicion. a hope. that beneath her cul- tN9ted maunei lay the passionate na- lure of her mother gave an added force to his desire He was sorely tempted 10 touch ker. Co test her. but her sweet voice. d little sad and perfectly un. conscious of evil calmed him. She said
 .I hope to persuade my mother 10 leave the Forks All the best people there are against us. Some of them have been very cruel to her and to me, and. besides, despise and fear the men who come to our table"
 Her Savings.
 I'm so glad you tod me to keep