The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-07-31

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replied.
She experienced pang Of regret
I and could not help showing II little.
your talk helped me-" she said. I've
decided TO stay aud be Of use 70 my
/ mother"
Redfcld overheard this and turned
/ toward her
II want Mrs. Redneld TO know you.
/ I'm sure her advice will be helpful.
hope youll come NJ and see us II you
decide To settle In sulphur or II you
don't"
IL should like TO do So" she said.
touched by the tone as well as by the
words of his invitation.
'Redheld's house 10 one Of the few
completely civilized homes In the
state" put IN Cavanagh. when | get
so weary ~ cuss words and poaching
and graft that can't live without
killing some one ! 20 down to Elk
Lodge and smoke and read the super.
vlsor's London and Paris weeklies and
recover my tone"
Red6cld smiled. when I get weak.
kneed or careless In the service and
feel my self respect slipping away
20 up To Ross cabin and talk with n
man who represents the impersonal
even handed Justice 81 the federal
law"
Cavanagh laughed. There! Hav-
ing handed each other reciprocal bou-
Duets. we can now tell Miss Wether-
ford the truth Each Of US thinks very
well ~ himself, and we're both he
llevcrs In the new west"
"what d. you mean by the new
vest asked the girl.
We'll. the work you've been doing
here this morning is part OF IT," an
swered Redneld. "Its n Kind OF house
cleaning. Tbs old west was pictur.
esque and In way manly and fine
certain phases Of Il were heroic-and
| hate 20 see Il all pass, but some OF
us began 10 realize that IL was not all
panlons for over twenty years were
lawless ruffians. and the cattle bust
ness as we practiced IL in those days
was founded on selfshness and de.
Tended NJ the mouth Of the pistol. We
were all pensioners on Uncle Sam and
ightng 10 keep the other fellow OF
from having a share Of his bounty. II
was all wasteful, half savage We
didn't want settlement. we didn't want
law; We didn't want state. We want
ed free range. We were line OF pi.
rates from beginning 20 end. aud we're
not wholly reformed yet"
Some one at the table accused Red
field OF being more Of town site
boomer than a cattlemnn.
He was quite unmoved by this charge.
'The town site boomer at least believes
In progress. lie does not 20 so far ms
70 shut out settlement. don't care
TO have my children live the life I've
lived. Besides. what right have we 10
stand In the way Of community
growth? SCI pose the new life il less
picturesque than the old. We don't
Ike To leave behind ms the pleasures
and SPORTS 81 boyhood. but we grow
up nevertheless. I'm far more loyai
TO the state as forest supervisor than
was when ! was riding with the cat
uemen To scare up the nester.'
At this moment sam Gregg entered
the room. followed by young man In
an English riding suit Seeing that
"thc star buarder table" offered cou-
pie Of seats. they pointed that way.
Sam was plainly In warlike frame OF
mind and sla ahmed his sombrero on It's
nail with the action ~ man beating
an adversary.
That is Sam Gregg and his son Joe.
Used Ia be ranch cattleman, now one
OF our biggest shcepmen." Cavanagh
explained. Hes hucking the cattle
men now"
Lee Virginia studied young Gregg
with interest. for his dress was that OF
man to whom money came easy. and
his face was handsome. though rather
fat and sullen. In truth. he hal been
brought into the room by his father 20
see Lie Wetherford's girl" aud his
eyes at once sought and found her. A
look OF surprise and pleasure at once
III mt
Gregg was the greedy west checked
and restrained by the law. Every
man In the room knew that he was n
bitter opponent of the forest servicel
and that he had II In" for the ranger
and some Of them knew that he was
throwing more sheep into the forest
than his permits allowed and that a
clash with Redfeld was sure To come.
II was just like the burly old Irish
man TO go straight TO the table where
his adversary sat.
Vlrginia's eyes fell before the gHze
OF these two men, for they had none
OF the shyness and none OF the indirec-
ton OF the ruder men she had met.
Reifeld did not soften his words on
Gregg's account. On the contrary, he
made them still more cutting and TO
the line.
THE mere fact that | live near the
open range or national forest does
not give me any rights In the range or
forest" he was saying as Gregg took
his seat. II enjoy the privilege of
these government grazing grounds,
and | ought 10 be perfectly willing TO
pay the fee. These forests are the
property Of the whole nation. They
are public lands and should yield