New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-02-14

December you are to take charge OF
this forest IN my stead Eleanor has
decided to take the children abroad
for couple Of years, and as l am to
be over there part Of the time don't
feel justified in holding down the su.
pervisor's position. shall resign in
your favor. Wait noww he called
warningly. "The district forester and
framed all this up as we rode down
the hill yesterday, and it goes. Oh,
yes, there's one thing more. Old man
Dunn
Il know"
"How did you learn it,"
"A reporter came boiling over the
ridge about noon today wanting me to
give him the names which Dunn had
given me. l was strongly tempted to
do as he asked me to-you know these
newspaper men are sometimes the
best kind Of detectives for running
down criminals-but on second thought
I concluded to wait until had dis
cussed the matter with you. I haven't
much faith in the county authorities"
Ordinarily would have my doubts
myself" replied Redfield, "but the
whole country is reused, and we're
going to. round up these men this time
sure. The best men and the big pa
pers all over the west are demanding
AN exercise of the law, and the re-
ward we have offered"- He paused
suddenly. by the way, that reward
will come to you if you can bring
about the arrest Of the criminals"
"The reward should go to Dunn's
family replied the ranger soberly.
poor chap, he's sacrificed himself for
the good of the state''
"That's true. His family is left in
bad shape ......-
Cavanagh broke off the conversation
suddenly. 81 must 90 back to- He
had almost said "back to Wetherford.
my patient needs mel" he exclaimed.
"How does he seem"
Hes surely dying. In my judg-
ment he can't last the night, but so
long as he's conscious it's up to me to
be on the spot" ..-, 49,.
Redfield walked slowly back across
the river, thinking on the patient cour-
age of the ranger. .-
1T isn't the obvious kind Of thing.
but it's courage all the same" he said
to himself --r. ~ .. ..
Meanwhile Lie and Virginia, left
alone beside the fire, had drawn closer
together.sa,, .--...
The girls face, so sweet and so pen
sive, wrought strongly upon the older
woman's sympathy. Something of her
own girlhood came back to her. Be-
ing freed. from the town and all its as
sociations, she became more consider
ate, more thoughtful. She wished to
speak, and yet she found it very hard
to begin. At last she said, with a
touch of mockery in her tone, "You
like Ross Cavanagh almost as we'll as
l do myself, don't your
The girl flushed a little. but her eyes
remained steady. II would not be here
If 1 did not" she replied. 49,. -.
WERNER woufd I. Wen. now, I have
got something to tell you-something
I ought to have told you long ago.
something that Ross ought to know. I
intended to tell you that first day you
came back, but couldn't somehow
get to it, and kept putting it of till
well, then I got fond of you, and
every day made it harder" Here she
made her supreme effort. "Child, I'm
an old bluff. I'm not your mother at
ALL" v
Lee stared at her in amazement.
'What do you meanY' she asked.
II mean your real mother died when
you was tiny little babe. You see.
was your fathers second wife-in
fact, you weren't year old when we
married. Ed made me promise never
to let you know. We were to bring