The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-10-16


Meantime. seeing no chance Of aid
ing the ranger. Redheld aud the for
ester prepared to return. but Lee. re-
enforced by her mother. refused to ac-
company them. Il shall stay here"
she said. "till he IL safely out Of IT.
till I know that he Is beyond all dan
ger"
RedHeld did not urge her to return
- vigorously as Dalton expected him
to do, but when he understood the
girls desire to be near her lover he
took or his hat and bowed to her
"You are entirely In the right" he
said Here Is where you belong"
Redneid honored Lie for her sym
pathetic support OF her daughters res
olution and expressed his belief that
Ross would escape the plague. Il feel
that his splendid vigor. combined with
the mountain air. viii carry him
through. even II he should prove not
TO be immune. I shall run up again
day after tomorrow. | shall be very
anxious What a nuisance that the
telephone line Is not extended TO this
point Ross has been insisting on Its
value for months"
Lee saw the doctor 60 with some
dismay. Young as he was. he was at
least a reed TO cling TO In case the
grisly terror seized upon the ranger.
mir. Redheld. can't you send a real
doctorf II seems so horrible to be
t~Hs a. fxa
The forester. before going. again be
sought Cavanagh not to abandon his
work In the forestry service and init.
mated that at the proper time ad.
vancement would be offered him. The
whole policy IL but beginning" said
he. land q practical ranger with your
experience and education will prove of
greatest value"
To this Ross made reply: AT the
moment ] feel that no promise Of ad-
vancement could keep me In this coun-
try of grafters. poachers and assassins.
I'm weary Of 1t aud all II stands for.
However. II could aid In extending
the supervision of the public ranges
and In stopping forever this murder
and burning that go on outside the
forestry domain ] might remain In the
west"
would you accept the supervisor.
ship Of the Washable forest T. demand.
ed Dalton.
Taken by surprise. he stammered. Il
might. but am ] the manT'
"You are. Your experience Ats you
for a position where the fight IL hot
The Washable forest Is even more a
bone Of contention than this. We have
laid out the lines OF division between
the sheep and the cows. and II will
take a man to enforce our regulations
You will have the support Of the best
citizens. They will all rally. with you
as leader. and 30 end the warfare
there"
at can never end I'LL Uncle Sam
puts rangers over every section Of pub
lie lands and lays out the grazing lines
as we have done In this forest" re.
torted Cavanagh.
II know. but to get that requires q
revolution In the whole order Of
things" Thrn his fne young face
lighted up. But Veil get It Public
sentiment Is coming our way. The old
order Is already so eaten away that
only Its shell remains"
1T may be. II these assassins are
punished shall feel hopeful Of the
change"
Il shall recommend you for the su
pervisorship OF the Washable forest"
concl Dalton decisively. And so
goodby and good luck"
England. his blood relatives. even
the Redtields. seemed very remote to
the ranger as be stood In bis door that
night and watched the sparkle Of
Swenson's campfire through the trees.
With the realization that there waited
gle heartedly. ready TO sacrifice every
thing to the welfare Of her localized
subject. he felt unworthy, selfish. vain
IF I should fall sick she would In
sist on nursing me For her sake
must give Swenson the most rigid or
ders not 10 allow her. no matter what
happens. 10 approach. ! will not have
her touched by this thing"
Beside the blaze Lee and her mother
sat for the most part In silence. with
nothinG 10 do but to walt the issue of
the struggle going on In the cabin. 30
near and yet SO inaccessible to their
will. II was as n a magic wall. crys-
tai clear. yet impenetrable. shut them
away from the man whose quiet hero
ism was the subject Of their constant
thought
II was marvellous, as the dusk fell
and the air nipped keen. TO see how
Lie Wetherford renewed her youth.
The excitement seemed 10 have given
her a fresh hold on life. She was
wea ried. but by no means weakened.
by her ride and ate heartily Of the
rude fare which Swenson set before
her This Ii what needed" she ex-
ultantly said-"the open air and these
trout feel ten years younger al
ready. Many's the night I've camped
on the range with your father with
nothing but a purp tent to cover us
both and the wolves bowling round
us. I'd feel pretty fairly gay II II
wasn't for Ross over there In that
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