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The Huron Expositor, 1915-02-12, Page 7, 1915. wine hare been While I College, o leave the across the red me and could not Digestion me advised tad at once t. After I I realized and what that they k' no pent those Who ustipation and take are the t PA MT IN1 r all nealers trial size, t og price ttawa. aesseasees FEBRUARY. 12 1915 • Was All Rua Down 1 WITH HEART TROIBLE • AND NERVOISNESS When the heart does not do its work properly and the nerves become unstrung the whole system becomes weak and run down, and needs building up before you can feel fit again. ' Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills will do this for you. Mrs. Hugh Mosher, Chester Basin, NS., writes': "just a few lines to let you "mow what Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills have done for me. 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Just one application doubles the beauty of your hair, besides it imm.e- diately dissolves every particle. of dandruff. You can not have nice heavy, healthy 'hair if you. have dandruff. This destructive scurf robs the hair of its lustre, its strength and its very life, and if not overcome it produces a feverishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, g loose!, and die; then the hair falls out fast. a Surely get a 25 -cent bottle of KnowIton's Danderine from any drug store and just try it. r LEGAL. R. S. RAYS " Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer a ticas.ry Public.LSoileitor for the liaion -Bank. Offlee- in rear of the talon Bank, Seaforth. Money to loin. J., M. BEST. Barrister, Solicitor, .Contleyaneer •lefdtares, Public. Office up -stairs ver Walkee's furniture store, Main �tIeL. - fortis. F. HOLMESTED. Barr/tater, 'Convestancer and Parma -far, elide. Office, la Scott'a block, -Maim istreet, Seaforth. •1 • • - I ,PROTIDFOOT, HAYS & KILLOR,,A.Ni fibtara Public. 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Gradeate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeorte of On- tario; pass .graduate caiuraes in Chicago Memel School of Chloago ; Royal Oen- thalmic 1pitaI, London, England. University College Hospital, __London England. Office --Back of the Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Phone NO. 5. Night callanswered from residence, Viototia street, Seaforth. AUCTIONEERS. THOMAS BROWN. Licensed auctioneer for the countle.s of Heron and Perth. Correspondence me- rangemertts for sale dates can be made by calltng tsp Phone an Seaforth, or The Expositor office. Charges moder- ate itIld Patisfac tion guaranteed. • JOHN ARNOLD, Licensed auctioneer tor the counties of Heron and Perth. Arrangements for sale dates can be made by ceiling ale Phone 2 ote 23 Dublin, or 41 Seaforth, or the Expoeiter Office. Charges mod- erate and ea.tisfaction guara,nteel. R. ft PHILeellea. - of _Huron and Perth. Being a practical farmer and thoroughly understanding the vame of farm stock and Implements Places roe' in a better positlor. .to re- gain) good price. Charges moderate. liatistactton guaranteed or no pay. AiI Cetera left in Exeter will be promptly litteaded to. Cavanagh, Forest Ranger The Great Condervation Novel By HAMLIN GARLAND copyright Ism. by Hamlin Garland Wetherford lifted his head. "But I want to do something. I want to re- deem myself in some way. •I don't want my girl to know who I am, but I'd like to win her respect. I can't be what you'say she !thinks I was, but if I had a chance I might show my- self a man again. 1 1 woUldn't mind Lize knowing that I am alive. might be a comfort to her. But I don't want even her tobe told till Ca/I go to her in toy own duds." "She's pretty sick," said Cavanagh. -I telephoned Lee Virginia last night, and if you wish you may ride dowri with me tomorrow andsee her." The old man •fell • a -tremble. "I &trent do that I can't bear to telt her where.I've been." "She needn't know. I will Ltd' her you've been out Of your -mind.. PI] say anything you wish. You can go to her, In the clothes you bave on if you like. She will dot recognize you as the pris- oner I held the other night. You can have your beard trimmed, and not even the justice will know you." All reserve had vanished out of the convict's heart, and with choking, voice -he thanked his young host. "Ill neer be n burden to Yoe," be de- clared in a 'firmer voice. "'And if my In g holds out I'll show you rm not t e total loco that I -'pear to be." CHAPTER XVI. CAVA_NAGH Fat:Lows HIS tatter. T breakfast next morning Cava- nagh said: "I must dde back and take some bread to the dog. 1 can't go away and leave him there without saying hello." **Let me do that." suggested Wether - ford. "Pim afraid to go down to the Fork. I reckon I'd better ge-baek and tend the sheep till Gregg .sends /3013143 one up to take my place." • "That might be tees late to see Liza. Lee's voice sbowed great anxiety. She may be on her deathbed. No; you'd better go down with me today," he urged. •And at last the old M8I1 con- sented. •-Putting some. bread in his pockets, Ross rode off up the trail to see how the dog and his flock were faring. He had not gone far when be heard the tinkle of the bells and the -murmur of the iambs, and a few moments later the collie came toward him with the itir f a boy Who,. having assumed to disr gard the orders. of his master, ex- pects a scolding, elle plainly said: "rvie brought my sheep. to you because I -was lonesome. Please forgive me," Cavanagh called to him cheerily and tossed hies _a piece of bread, which he caught in;his teeth, but did not swat - tote On the contrary, he held it while leaping for joy of the praise he heard in his new found master's voice. Turning the flock leeward toward the 'higher peaks, the ranger commanded 'the collie to their heels and so, having redeerned'his promise, rode back to the cabin, wbere he found, Wetherford sad- dled and ready for his momentous trip to the valley. He had sbaved away his gray beard, and had Ross been un- prepared for these changes be would have been puzzled to account for this decfdedly military figure sittipg statu- esquely on. his pony before the door. "You can prove an alibi," he called as he drew near. "Gregg bimself Would never recognize you now." Wetherford was in no mood for jok- ing. "Lize will. I wore a mustache in the old days, and there's a scar on my chin." As he rode he confided this strange thing to Cavanagb. "I know," said be, "that Lize is old and wrinkled, for I've seen her, but all the same I can't re- alize it. That heavy set woman ,down • there is not like. My raze is slim and straight This woman whom you know has stolen her name and face, that's all. I can't explain exactly what 1 feel„ but Lee Virginia means more to me now than Lize." • "I think I understand. you," said Cavanagh, with sympathy in his voice. The nearer Wetherfordtcame to the actual meeting with his wife the more he shook. At last he stopped in the road. "I don't believe I can do it," he declared. "I'll be ltke a ghost to her. What's the use of it? She'll only. be worried by my story. I reckon I'd better keep dark to everybody. Let me go back. I'm plum spared cold." While still he argued two men on horseback rounded a sharp tarn in -the trail and came face to face with the ranger. Wetherford's face went ,suddenly gray. "There's the deputy!" "Keep quiet. I'll do the talking," commanded Cavanagh, who was in- stant in his - determination to shield the man. "Good morning, gentlemen," he called cheerily. "You're abroad early!" The man ta front was the deputy .sheriff of the county; his companion • was a stranger. "That was a horrible zness you stum- bled on over on Deer creek," the dep- uty rem rked. "It certainly was. Have any arrests. been made?" "Net et.. bot we're et a clam deniee tem. CASTOR IA For Infants and ChM= In Use For Over 30 Years Alwalisiebears Signature of_ THAT COLD 101I HAVE May Taring sickness'doctors bills and loss of work; you know that serious sickness usually starts with a cold, and a cold only exists where weakness exists. Remember that. Overcome the weakness and nature cures the cold—that is the law of reason. Carefully avoid drugged pills, • syrups or stimulants; they are: only Iprops and braces and whips. , It is the pure medicinal nourishment in Scott's Emulsion that quickly en- riches the blood, strengthens the/lungs and helps heal the air pasah.ges And mark this well ----Scott's Emul- sion generates body -heat as pro4ction against winter sickness. Get ,Scott's at your drug store to -day. It /always ' strengthens and builds up. 1 • 14-51 Scott & Borne, Toronto. OntarLo. _ _ 6 I commommimmosom 'imommismarrensomplutuataames Is Marshal Haines of Dallas, ikr. Cav- anagh." pursued the deputy. fFbo tw& men nodded in token of the troduc- Ube, and the deputy went n, "Sou remember that old cuss thaf used toi work for Greggr Again CaVanagh nodded. "Well, that chap is . wantd by t Texas _authorities._ Mr. -Haines h wants to see him mighty d.* He an escaped COIL -Viet with a b d record. "Is that so?' exclaint d Cavanag "I thought he seemed a b t gun shy." "The la.st seen of hire wa when Sa Gregg sent him up to herd sheep. ,think he was -mixed up in that myself—him and Ballard—and we'r ,going up to get some track of him -Didn't turn up at your station, di he ere' Pt b.. a p. .• laa II B - 1 The Slow, Sluggish, Torpid Action of the Liveris Responsible for Many Ills. ;he?" "Yes; he came ley some days ago, .o his way; so be said, to relieve tha 'sick Basque,_ Ambro. I went uri couple Of days ago and found 1th 'Basque dead and the old; man gone. buried the herder the best I could,/an on my. way down to report/ th 'case." The deputy Mused: "He may b ,hanglag . round some .of the lumber icamps. I reckon we bad better ge u and look the ground over anyhow. W might Just chance to overhaul him." "He may have pulled out over the range," suggested the ranger. "Any bow, it's a long way up there, and .you'll plobably have to camp at my place tonight - You'll find the key hankie' over the door. Go in and .make yourself comfortable." . The deputy thanked him and was about te ride on when Cavanagh add- ed: "I burned that Basque's tent and 'bedding for fear of contagion. His .outfit was worthless anyhow. You'll find the sheep just above my cabin and the horse in my corral." "The old man didn't take the horse, eft? Well, that settles it; he's sure at ,one of the camps. Much obliged. Good day." As the two officers rode away Weth- erford leaned heavily on hid pommel and stared at the ranger with wide eyes. His face was drawn and his lips dry. "They'll get me! Theffl get me!" he said. "Oh, no, they won't," rejoined Cava- nagh. "You're all right yet They suspect nothing. How could they, with you in uniform and in my com- pany?" "All the • same, I'm scared. That naan Haines ha.d his eyes on me every minute. e He saw right through me. They'll get me, and they'll charge me up with that killing." "No, they won't, I tell you," insisted the ranger. "Haines suspected. nothing. • had his eye. He never saw you be - ore and has nothing but -a descrip- ion to go by, so cheer up. Your uni- orm and your position with me will ak.e you safe—perfectly safe. They'll lid the Basque's camp burned and he sheep in charge of the dog, and they'll fancy that you have skipped across the range. But see here, old m . an," and he turned on him sharply, 'you didn't tell me the whole truth. on said you were out on parole." "I couldn't tell you the whole truth,"' plied the fugitive. "But I will now. was. in for a life sentence. I was esperate for the open air and home-' ick for the mountaine, and. I struck own one of the guards. I was will - g to do anything to get out. I bought if I could get back to this ountry and my wife and child I'd be ale. I said I'd bp willing to go back. the pen if necessary, but I'm not can't do it. I'd die there. You must ve me for my girl's sake." His voice and eyes were wild with a ind of desperate fury of fear, and. vanagh, _moved to pity, assured him s his aid. "Now, listen," he said. I'm going to shield you on account f your, work for that poor shephercl. d for your daughter's sake. It's my. uty to apprehend you, of course, but xis. going to protect you. The safest iiing for you to do is to go back to y cabin. Ride slow, so as not to get ere till they're gone. They'll ride ver to the sawmill without doubt If ey come back this Way remember hat the deputy saw you only ne gged old.man with a long beard. and t 1 m fl ,Y in to sa Ca an 'm th to th ra :that Haines hits nothing but a printed description to go bell. There's no use I trying to Bee.- You are a marked 1 man in that uniferm, and you are : safer right here with me than any- ' , where else this side of Chicago. I ,Haines; is likely to 4ross the divide in I the belief that you have gone net, ; way, and if he doe$ you have no one i 1 but the deputy to d 'al with." • He succeededat ast in completely i rousing the older m 'S courage. Wetherford rose to meet his opportu- nity. "ru, do it," hl said firmly. , "That's; the talk!' exclaimed Cam- I anagh to encourage him. "You can . :throw them off the track this time, and ; -Viten I come back tomorrow r11 bring i 'some other clothing for you, and then, ; ;we'll plen some kind of scheme that ' will get you out of . the country. Pll ' not let them make a scapegoat of you." !, .. The ranger watched the fugitive as ; • he started back over the trail in this ,1 desperate defiance of his pursuers with 1 far less confidence ia the outcome than the had put into words. i "All depends on Wetherford himself. ! 'If his nerve does not fail him, if they nee, ttet, -eiform ter, granted. aad. de, : THE ITTIRON EXPOSIT0i, mot 'carry the Matter to the supervisor, we will pull the plan through." And ; ,th time -hope he rode away down the , trail with bent head, for ali this bore ; headelle neon, his relationship to the t ;girl waiting Or him in the valley. He had thought ILize a burden, a social' : (Usability, NO a convict father no made the mother's faults of sinall , , count. ,•-,i The nearer he drew to the meetin with Lee Virginia the more importa that Meeting became. Cavanagh It 'seen 'Virgin* hardly more than a sco of times, and yet she tilled his thought, i. g confused his plans, makinof his brain a place of oubt and hesitation. For her sake he had entered upon a plan to shield a criminal, to harbor an es- • caped convict. It was Of no avail to arghe that he was moved to shield , Wetherford because of his heroic am tion on the peak. He knew perfectly well that it was becettee he prom] not see that fair, 'brn NM girl feheer dis- raced by the discever of ; - • 'Cr , W COM' Tht3 brought him back to the hide- ous tragedy of the heights, and with that thought the last speed of faith in • the sense of justice in the state van- ° ished. 'They will never discover those mur- derers. They will permit this outrage to Pass` unpunished, like the others. • will be merely another 'dramatic I dent' in the history of the range." 1 His pony of its own accord turned and by a circuitous route headed at last for the hozne canyon as if it knew its master's wavering mind. • Cava- nagh observed what he was doing, but his lax hand did not intervene. Help- less to make the decision himself, he welcomed the intervention of the hom- ing instinct of his horse. With bent ' head mid brooding face he returned to the silence of the trail and the lonele- ness of the hills. ae- Finds: kelli in Lydia. E. Pink- - hams Vegetable donvound. nt ad re mentair.., Thr In the eearelxlng inquiry . which would eurely follow his secre woild devek•A • To many heroknowIng the characte • of her lather and. her mother, was 'madness, and the voice within him warned hint of his folly. ,'Pure wa ter cannot be drawn from corrup Boum*" it is seld., Nevertheless th thought of having the girl with him in the wilderness filled him with di vine 'reeklessness. 'While still he de- bated, alternately flushed with resolv to she happy and chilled by som strangivciejection, he met Swenson, th yutmg guard Nebo guarded the fores on the South Fork. As he rode up .Cavanagh perceived in'the other ,man's face something pro- foundly MUMS. He did not smile in greeting, as was usual witirhira, and, taking some letters from hist pocket, poised them over In °mittens silence He had a face of such, bitterness that it, broke through eyen the absorbed and selfish meditation into .which Cav- anagh' bad been thrown. • "What's the matter, Swenson? Yon look as it you had lost a friend." 41 have," answered the guard short- ly, "and so have you. The chief is out" "Whatr "They've got him!" he exclaimed. "He's out." Cavanagh sprang up. "I 'don't be- lieve it! For what reason? Why?" • "Don't that letter tell you? The whole town is chuckling. Every criminal and ping ugly in the country is spitting in our faces this morning. Yes, sir, the president has fired the chief—the man that built up this forestry service. The whole works is going to h—, that's what it is. We'll- have all the coil thieves, water power thieves, poachers and free grass pirates piling in on tut in mobs. They'll eat up the forest. I see the finish of the whole business. They'll put some western Man in— somebody they can work. Then where will we be?" • Cavanagh's young heart burned with indignation, but be tried to check the lother man's torrent of protest. "I can't belie've it There's some mistake. Maybe they've made hithi the secretary of the department or something." "No, they haven't. They've. thrown him out. They've downed him 'be- • cause he tried to head oft some thieve ery of coal mines in Alaska." The man was • ready to ,,weep with .chagrin and indignant SOT.TOW. HIS voice • choked, and he turned • away to con- ceal his emotion. Cavanagh. put the letter back into his pocket and mounted. his horse. "Well, go on back to \your work, Swenson. I'm going to town to get the supervisor on the wire and find, out what it all means." He was .almost as badly stunned by the significance of Swenson's news as Swenson himself. Could it be possible that the min who had. built up the field service of the bureau—the man whose clean handed patriotism had held the boys together, making them every year more clearly a unite a lit- tle army of enthusiasts—could it be possible that the originator, the or- ganizer of this great plan, had been stricken down jut when his influence was of most account? He .refused to believe it of an administration pledged to the cause of conservation. As he entered, the town he was struck instantly bee the change in the faces turned toward him, in the jocu- lar greetings hurled at him. "Hello, Mr. Cossack! What do you think of your chief now?" se, "This will put an end to your in- fernal nonsense," said another. "We'll nave a man in were now wit° Knows the western ways and who's willing to boom things along. The cork is out of your forest bottle." Gregg was most offensive of all. "This means throwing open the forest to anybody that wants to use it— eans an entire reversal of this fool licy." "Wait and. see," replied Cavanagh. lit his face was rigid with the ex - Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills stimulate the sluggish liver, cleanthecoated tongue, sweeten the obnoxious breath, clean away all waste and poisonous matter from the system, and prevent as well as cure all complaints arising from a liver 'which has become inactive. Constipation, sick headache, bilious headache, jaundice, heartburn, water brash, catarrh of the stomach, etc., all come from a disordered liver. Mr. Victor B. McNeills, Sandstone, Alta., writes: thought I would write and tell you of my experience with Milburtes Laxa-Liver Pills, as I am greatly pleased with the results I re- ceived by using them. I was troubled with sick headache for a long time, and -would get so sleepy right after I ate my dinner that I could not do any work. • A friend of mine, from Toronto, visited me last summer and he asked ine to try Milburn's Laxa-Lieser Pills. He told me they had done him so much good for his stomach. 1 used several vials, and I found they did me so much good that I can recommend them to any one suffer- ing from liver trouble." Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills are 25e a vial, 5 vials for $1.00,- at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The 'T- IVIitbztra Co., Limited, Tonto, Ont. ezeeeisaawr-teosysamee- Cape Wolfe, Canada.,-" Last lillaxch I was a complete wreck. I had given up all hope of getting better or living any * length of time, as I was such a sufferer from female troubles. But I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CoMpound, and today I am in good health and have e pair of twin boys two months old and growing fine/y. I surprised doctors and neighbors for they all know what a wreck I was. "Now lam healthy, happy and hearty, and owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies. You may publish this letter ' you like. I think if more women used your remedies they would have better health." -Mrs. J. T. COOK Lot No. 7, Cape Wolfe, P.E.I., Canada. Because your case is a difficult one, and d4ctors having done you no good, do not co tinue to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkhant's Vegetable Compound a trial. It surely has remedied ninny eases of female ills, such as inflamma- tion, ulceration, displacements, tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, and it may be exactly what you need, The Pinkham record is a proud sok,ld peerless one. It is a record of constant victory over the ob- stinate ills of women • --ills that deal out despair. It is an es- tablished fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's VegetableComPound has restored health LY I to thousands of such'suffering women. Why don't you try it if you needsuch a medicine? pression of the fear and anger tie reit. • With hands that trembled he opened the door to the telephone booth, closed It carefully behind hint and called for the supervisor's office. As soon as Redfield replied he burst forth in ' question, "Is it true that the chief is out?" eld's voice was husky as he re- plied, "Yes, lad; they've got him." "Good Lord. what a blow to the serv- ice!" exclaimed Cavanagh with a groan of sorrow and rage. "What is the president thinking of to throw out • the only man who stoqd for the future —the man who had buillt up this corps, who was its inspiration?" Then after a pause he added, with bitter resolution.: "This ends it for me. Here's where I get ofL" "Don't say that. boy. We need you now more than ever." t- • CAVANAGH PENNED HIS ItESIGNATION AND MAILED IT. • "I'm throtigh. I'm done with Amer. ica—with the States. I shall write my 'resignation at once. Send down an- other man to take my place." Redfield's pleadings were of no avail. Cavanagh wents... directly from the booth to the posteflice, and there, sur- rounded by jeerhae and exultant citi- zens, he pentiedenals reitignation and mailed it Then, with stern and con- temptuous face, he left the place, mak- Ing no reply to the jeers of ,his ene, mies, and, mounting his , horse, me- chanically rode away out upon the plains, seeking the. quiet, open places in order to regain calmness and de- cision. He did not deliberately ride away from Lee Virginia, but as he en- tered Anson the open country he knew, that he was leaving her as he was leavie the forests. He had etit him- self off from her as he had. cut him- self off from the work he loved. Ilis heart was swollen big within his breast. He longed for the return of "the colo- nel" to the White House. "what man- ner of ruler is, this who is ready to strike down the man whose very name means conservation and who' in a few years would have made this body of forest rangers the most effective corps of its size in the world?" He groaned -again, and his throat ached. with the fury of his indignation. "Dismissed for insubordination," the report said. "In what way? Only in making war on greed, in checking graft, in preserving the heritage of the people." The , lash that cut deepest was the open exultation of the very men whose Persistent attempt to appropriate pub- lic property the chief had heleted to thwart "Redfield will go next The influence that got the thief will get Hugh. He's too good a snan to escape. Then, as Swenson says, the thieves will roll in upon us to slash and burn , and corrupt. What a country! What a country!" ,• • As he reached the end of this nue of despairing thought he came back to the question of his remaining Pomonal. obligations, Wetherford must be cared for, and then—and then—there was Vir- ginia waiting for .him at this; moment. "For her sake, to save her from hu- miliation. I will help her father to free- ianieVitteal It mci- CHAPTER XVII 0AVANAGH'f3 LAST VIGIL BEGLNS. - ON his solitary ride upward and homeward the ranger search- ed his heart and found it bit- ter and disloyal. • Love had Interfered with duty, and pride had checked and defeated love. Hie path, no longer clear and definite, looped away aimlessly, lost in vague, obscure meandering& Hie worldhad suddenly gr wn gray.. He had no trade, no busi- nee-, no special skill *save in the ways of the mountaineer,and to: return to his ancestral home in England at the monienaseemed a woeful confession of failure. It was again dusk as 'he rode up to his own hitching pole and slipped from the saddle. Wetherford came out, indicating by - -his manner that be had recovered his confidence once more. "How did you find things in the valley?' he inquired as they walked away toward the cor- ral "Bad," responded the ranger. "In what way?" - "The chief has been dismissed, and all the rascals are chuckling with glee. I've resigned from the sere/ice." Wetherford was aghast. "What for?"' "I will not serve Under any other chief. The best thing for you to do is to go out when I do. I think by keeping on that uniform you _can get th the train with me." : "Did you see Lize and my girl?" "No; I only remained in town a min- ute. It was too hot for me; I'm done vvith, it Wetherford, Itm- going -back to civilization. No more wild west for, me." The bitterness of his voice touch- ed the older man's heart, but be con- sidered it merely a' mood. • "Don't lose your, nerve. Mebbe this ends the reign of terror." "Nothing) will end the moral shift- lessness of, this country but the death of the freebooter. That 1013 was done by men who bated the dagoese-hated 'em because they were rival claimants for the range. It's nonsense to at- tempt to fasten if on inert like -Neill Renard. Jhe men who did that Piece of work are well known stock own - "1 reckon that's so." "Well, now, who's going to convict them? I can't do it. I'm going to pull out as soon as T can put my books inf.:, shape, and you'd better go too." They were standing at the gate of • the corral, and the roar of the moan - thin, stream enveloped them in a cloud of sound. Wetherford spoke slowly: 41 bate 4to lose my girl now that -I've seen her, • but I guess you're right And Lize, poor old critter! It's a shame the way I've queered her life. and I'd give my right arm to be where I was twelve years ago, but with a price on thy head and old age coming on I non't see men . self ever again getting up to par. ,. It's a, losing game for me 1101V." There was resignation as. well , as despair in his voice, and Cavanagh felt Lt, but he said: "There's one other quest - tion that may come up for decision. If that Basque died of sznallpox you may possibly take it.". "I've figured on that, but it will take a day or two to show on me. I don't feel any ache in my bones yet. If I do come dowo you keep away from me. You've got to live and take care of Virginia." "She should never have returned to this accursed cotmtry," Cavanagh harshly replied, starting back toward the cabin. „ - The constable, smoking his pipe be- side the fireplace, did not present an anxious face. On the contrary, he emed plumply content as he replied the ranger's greeting. He repre- nted very well the type of officer hich these disorderly coimmunities oduce. 43rave and tireless when orking along the line of his preju- ces, he could be most laxly inefficient hen his duties cut across his own or neighbor's interests. Being a cat - man by training, he Was glad of the d herring which the Texas officer d trailed across the line of his pur- se to se pr di tv his tie re ha suit. • This attitude still further inflamed Ca.vanagh's indignant hate of the coun- try. -The theory which the deputy de- veloped was transparent folly. "It was just a case of plain robbery," he ar- gue& "One of them dagoes had mon- ey, and Neill Ballard and that man. Ed- wards just naturally follered him and killed the _whole bunch and scooted. That's my guess." An, hour later the sound of a horse's hoofs on the bridge gave warning of a visitor, and: as Cavanagh went to the door Gregg rode up, seeking particu- lars as to the death of the herder and the whereabouts of the sheep. The ranger was not in a DIGod to in- vite the sheepman in, and, besides, he perceived the danger to whIch Wether - ford was exposed; therefore his an- swers were ghort. Gregg, on his part, did not appear anxious to enter. "What happened to that old hobo I sent up?" he asked. Cavanagh briefly retold Ids story, and, at the end of it Gregg grunted. "You say you burned the tent and ail the bedding?" "Every thread of it It wasn't safe t°2eahvaetaflit" • Wed the man- ?" "I don't know, but it looked and smelled like. smallpox." The deputy rose_ will clear up your urine—neutralize uric acid--disselve stone in the Blad- • der or Kidneys—stop the pain in the back—and cure all Kidney and Bladder Tronble, rne. a box, 6 for $2.50. Trial treatment free if you write National Drug- & Chemical Co. of Canada, • Limited, Toronto. Zs . "SMallp0X: Yoe didn't handle Ike! cuss?" • . . • Cavanagh did not spare him. "Some*l body had to lend a hand. I couldn't • see him die there alone, and he had toil be hurled, so I did the Job." 1 Gregg recoiled a step or two, but th ' deputy stood staring, the implica of all this sinking deep. "Were wearing the same clothes you've on?' •. "Yes, but I used a. slicker whit* working around the body." • • H "Good king!" The sweat broke onti oa the mates face.- "You ought to bt arrested." Ross took a step toward bine "Prat at -your service." "Seep off!" shouted the sherifL Ross smiled, then became very eons. "I took every ptivaution, ,M.r.,:' Deputy. I destroyed everything could possibly carry the disease. ti burned every 'utensil, including Ile& saddle --everything but - the man's( horse and his dog." The officer caught up his hat etiet coat and started for the' door. "Its , me fer the open air," said he. I As the men withdrew Ross folloWedi. them and, standing in his door, tee livered his fins/ volley. "If this stet does not punish those fiends every tied cent Man should emigrate out of eV turning the land. over to tire wolves,,, the wildcats and other beastaid prey.lc, Gregg as he retreated cae. back : - "That's all - right, lir. Banger, buti you'd better keep to the Mita for la few weeks. The settlers -down:below! won't enjoy baying a matk with small-, pox chassaying around town. Then might rope and tie you." Wetherford game Vat of his hidititi. place with a grave face. "They're right about our, staying' . clear- Of town," said Cavanagbe . "They'll quarantine us sure." Wetherford now that thedanger op - arrest was over was disposed he be. grimly humorous. -"There's no -great! loss without some small gain. I don't - .„. I think we'll be troubled by any. mew - 1 visitors, not even by sheriffs, or doc- tors. I reckon youeand I are In for si .couple of Months of the,quiet life4lrel kind we read about." -Cavanagh now that he was definite- ly out of the forest -service percetveiti the weight of- every objection 'Which; hie friends and relatives; bad made against' his going into it _ It was ai lonely life and must ever be so. 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