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11 You Wish to Be Well You
Mist Keep the Bowels Regular.,
If e bowels do not move regularly
they ill, sooner or later, become con-
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The sole cause of constipdtion is an
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fioatin specks before the eyes, a feeling,
aa if y u were going to faint, or catarrh of
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of this, one of the most inmortaut organs
of the ody.
Kee the liver • ac ive and working
',roped by the use qf Millatra's Laxa-
Liver ills.
Mrs. Elijah A. Ayer,
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I teke one."
Milburn's LazaLiLvet Pills are 25c a
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Lok MotherIf toegue is coated,
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others can rest easy after giving
"California Syrup of becausein
a few hours all the cl gged-up waste,
sour bile and ferment ng food gently
moves out of the bowe s, and you have
a well, playful child a ain.
Sick children needn t be coaxed to
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C. J. W. KARN,
426 Rich/nand street, London, Ont.
fipecialist : Surgery and Genito-ITrin-
Airy diseases of men and women.
DR. .GEORGEt HEILEMANN.
Osteopathic Physician of Goderich.
Specialist in women's and chtldren's
diseases, rheumatism, acute, chronic
and :nervous disorder, eye, ear, nose
szd throat. Consultation free. Offloe at
Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, Tuesday
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Phone No. 46. Coroner for the County
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J. G. Sctvtt, graduate of Victoria and
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C. MacKay, hoaor graduate of Trinity
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DR. IL HUGH ROSS.
Gradu„ate of University of Toronto
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ar-
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• Novel
By HA LIN GARLAND
Copyright. 910, by Hamlin Garland
c,,ncluded Gregg, , "that's
what .he sad. I thought at first it
might be thet old pobo Edwards, but
this feller. being in Uniform and .imooth
shaven"- (-His face changed; his
voice deepened. "Say. I believe it was
Edwards, and, furthermore, Edwards .
is the convict that Texas marshal was
after -the other day, and this man
Cavanagh -your prize ranger -is bar- -
boring him." - •
"What nonsense!" exclaimed Red-
aeld.
The sheriff banger) bis hand upon'
tbe table. -1'hat's the whole mystery.
I see it all now. He's up there con-
cealing this man. He's given out this
smallpox scare just to keep the offi-
pers away from him. Now you've got
1t.
The -thunder in bis voice drew to-
ward him all those- who. remained in
the dining rot in. and Lee found her-
self- ringed .a out by a dozen excited.
men. but she lid not flibch. She was
too deeply co eerned over Cavanagb's
fate to be af aud, besides. Red-
field and the f rester were beside her.
The supery sor was staggered by
Gregg's accusi tion and by certain con-
firmatory (art • in his own possession,
but he (Man ed Cavanagh bravely.
-You're crazy," be replied. • "Why
should Ross co such a foolish thing?
What is las Motive? What interest
would be leiv in this man Edwards,
whom you call a tramp? He can't be
a relative en , certainly not'a friend
of Cavanagin4, for you -say he is a
00.11V1Ct. CO
C'rtranngb ha.
Gregg was,
e. now, your frhatred of
gone too far.
omewhat cooled by this
dash of reasom but replied: "I don't
know What tOlati011 he is, but these
arr. facts. II "s concealing an escaped
convict, and ie knows it." .
Dalton put n a quiet word. 'What
is the use cf shouting a judgment
against a m n like Cavanagh before
,yon know tb4.' facts? He's one of the
:best and. abl iSt refugees OD this forest.'
I don't knot why be. has resigned,
but Pin sure !- ti -
s
' "Has he reigned?" asked Gregg ea-
gerly. I
"He has."
"A good Jo Ifor him. I was about to
circulate a etition to have him re-
moved." .
"If all th [ stockmen in the valley
had signed petition against himeit
wouldn't helve done any good," re-
plied Dalton:, "We know a good man
when we see him. I'm here to offer
him premodern, not to 'punish him."
Lee, looking about at the faces of
these men and eeeing disappointment
in their faced, lest the keen' sting Of
her own huralliation. "In the midst of
such a fighttas this how can he give
time or thotight to me?" .Painfui as
the admission was. she was forced to
admit that be was a very humble
factor in a v ry large campaign. "But
suppose he alls ia:" Her face grew
white and et eend her lips bitter.
"That would be the 'final tragic toucb,"
she thought. ("to have him eome down
of a plague rom nursing one of Sam
Gregg's she p herders." Aloud she
said: "His resignation conies just in
time, doesn't it? fle can now be sick
without loss to the service."
',anon answered her. -The super-
visor has notl accepted his resignation.
On the contrary, I shall offer him - a
higher position. His career as a for-
ester is only 'beginning. He would be
foolish to give up the work now, when
the avenues , of promotion are just
opening. I 4an offer Inn] very _soon
the supervisi n of a forest."
As they tal ed Lee felt herself shak-
ing the whil her lover rose. It *as
all true. Tie forester was right
Ross was capable of any work they
might derna d of• him. Ile was too .
I
skilled, too telligent, too- manly; to
remain in th forest, 'heroic as its du-
ties seemed.'
Upon this liscuss1on Lize, hobblink
painfully, a peared. With a cry of
surprise Lee ' ose. to Meet her.
- "Mother, y tt must not do this!" ,
She waved her away. "I'm all
right,"-eshe said, "barring the big mar-
bles in my sli pers." - Then she -turned
,I
to Dalton. ' ow, what's it all about?
Is it true that Ross is,down?"
"No. So f 0 as We- know, he is
1,
we`111e1I
", Pm gi'.10: ing to find. out. I don't
intend to set 6here and have him up
there without S. cook or a nurse."
At this moMent a tall, fair young
fellow, dressedin a ranger's uniform,
entered the retina and made his Way
rectly to spot where Lee, her
mother and edfield were standing.
"Mr. SuperVis Cp.vanagh has• dent
me to tell y u hat he needs a doctor.
He's got a sickilman up at the station,
and he's afraitil it's a case of small-
pox." He tarnad tq Lee. "He told
me to tell you that he would have
written, only h was afraid to even
send a letter ou "
"What does e need?" Asked Red-
field..
"He needs me''eine and. food, a doc-
tor, and he oug t to have a nurse."
"That's my jo •," said Lize.
"Nonsense!". s id Redfield. "Yeu're
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not tit to ride a mile. I won't hear of
your going."
"You wait and see. I'm going, and
you can't stop me."
"Who is the man with him?" asked
the forester.
"I don't know -an old: herder, he
• said. He said he could take care of
him all right for the present, but that
If he were taken down himself" -
Lee's mounting emotion broke from
her in a little try. "Oh, Mr. Redfield,
please let me go too! I want to help!
I must help!"
Redfield said: "P11,telephone to Sul-
phur City and ask Brooks to get a
nurse and come down as spoil' as pos-
sible. Meanwhile I'l! go out to. see
what the conditions are."
"I'M going, too, I tell you," announc-
ed Lize. "I've had the cussed dis-
ease, and I'm not afraid of it. We
had three sieges of, it in my family.
You get me up there, and I'll do the
rest."
"But you are ill."
"I was, but Pm not now." Her voice
was firmer than it had been for days.
"All 1 needed was something to do.
Ross Cavanagh has been like a son to
me .for. two years. He's the one man
In this country I'd tufn my band over
for -barring yourself, Reddy -and it's
my job to see him through this pinch."
In spite of all opposition she had'
her way. Returning to her room to
get such clothing as she needed for
her stay' in .the hills, she waited for
Redfield to send a carriage to her. "I
can't ride a horse no more," she sor-
rowfully admitted.
Lee's secret was no secret to any; one
there. Her wide eyes • and heaving
breast testified to the profound stir in
her heart. She was in an anguish of
fear lest Ross should already be in
the grip of his loathsome enemy. That
it had come to him by way of a brave
and noble act made the situation only
the more tragic.
• CHAPTER XIX.
THE PESTHOLSE.
AVANA.GH had kept a keen
Watch oyer Wetherford, and
when one night the old man
began to complain of the
ache in his banes his decision was in-
stant
"You've got it," he said. "It's up
to us to move down the valley tomor-
row."
Wetherford protested that he would
as soon die in the hills as in the val-
ley. "I don't want Lee Virginia to
know, but if I seem liable to fade out
I'd like Lize to be told that I didn't
forget her and that I came back to
find out :how she was. I hate to be a
nuisance to you, and so I'll go down
the valley if you say so."
As he was about to turn in that
night Ross heard a horse cross the
bridge and, with- intent te warn the
rider of his danger, went to the door
and called out: "Halt! Who's there?"
"A friend," replied the stranger in a
weak voice.
Ross permitted the visitor to ride up
to the pole. "I can't ask you in," he
explained. ,"I've a sick man inside.
Who are you, and what can I do for
You?"
Notwithstanding this warning the
rider dropped from his saddle and
came into the light which streamed
from the door.
"My name is Dunn," he began. "I'm
from Deer Creek."
. "I know you," responded the ranger.
• "You're that rancher I saw working
in the ditch the day I went to tele-
• phone, and you've come to tel me
something about that murder."
The other man broke into a whim-
- per. "I'm a law abiding man, Mr. Cav-
anagh," he began tremulously. "I've
always kept the law and never intend-
ed to have anything to do with that
business.. I was dragged into it
against my will. I've come to you be-
cause you're an officer of the federal
law. You don't belong here. I trust
you. You represent the president, and
I want to tell you what I know, only
I,want you to promise not to bring me
lato it. I'm a man with a family, and
I can't bear to have them know the
truth."
There were deep agitation and com-
plete sincerity in the rancher's choked
and hesitant utterance, and Cavanagh
turned cold with a premonition of what
be was about to disclose. "I am not
an officer of the law, Mr. Dunn, not in
the sense you mean, but I will respect
your wines." •-
"I know that you are not an officer
of the countlaw, but you're not a
cattleman. It is your business to keep
the peace in the wild country, and you
do it Everybody knows that. But I
can't triiist the officers of this country;
they're afraid of the cowboys. You'
are not afraid, and you represent the
United tates, and I'll tell you. I can't
• bear it any longer!" he wailed. "I
must tel4 somebody. I can't sleep, and
I can't 4at. I've been like a man in
a nigh are ever since. I had no hand
in the ling -I didn't even see it done
-but I l4new it was going to happen.
I saw t e committee appointed. The
meeting Ithat decided it was held in
ray barn, but I didn't know what they
intended o do. You believe me, don't
you?" H peered up at Ceivanazh with
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white face and wild eyes. ;Tm over
seventy years of \age, Mr. Cavanagh,
and I'Ve been a law abiding citizen all
my life."
His mind, shattered by the weight of
his ghastly secret, wns in confusion,
and,' perceiving this, Cavanagh began
to question him gently. One by one
he procured the names of those who
voted to "deal with" the herders. One
by one be obtained also the list of
those named on "the coramittee re,
itaSidta.
HE BROKE DOWN ALTOGETHER AND SOBBED
• BITTERLY.
prise'," and as the broken man deliv-
ered himself of these accusing facts
he grew calmer. "I didn't know -I
couldn't believe -that the men on that
committee could chop and burn"- His
utterance failed him again, and he fell
silent abruptly.
"They must have been drunk -mad
• drunk," retorted Cavanagh. "And yet
who would believe that even drink
could inflame white men to such devil's
work? When did you first know what
had been done?"
• "That night after it was done one of
the men, my neighbor, who was drawn
on the committee, came- to my house
and asked me to give him a bed. He
was 'afraid to.go home. 'I can't face
my wife and children,' he said. He
told me what , he'd seen, and then
when I remembered"- that it had all
been decided in my stable and the
• committee appointed there I began to
tremble. You believe I'm telling the
truth, don't yon?" he again asked, with
piteous accent
"Yes, I believe you. You must tell
this story . to the • judge. It will end
the reign of the cattlemen." .
"Oh, no; I can't do that?" i
"You must do that. It is your duty
as a Christian man and citizen,"
"No, no; I'll stay and help you -I'll
do anything but that.. I'm afraid to
tell what I know. They would 'burn
me alive. I'm not a western man.
I've never been in a criminal court.
don't belong to this wild country. I
came out here because TO' daughter is
not strong, and now"- He broke
down *altogether and, leaning against
his bore's side, sobbed pitifully.
Cavanagh, convinced that •the old
man's mind was too deeply affected to
enable him to find his way' back over
the rough trail that night, spoke to
him gently. "Pll get you something to
eat," he said. "Sit down here and
rest and compose yourself?!
Wetherfordturned a wild eye on the
ranger as he re-entered. "Who's out
there?" he asked: "Is it the marshal?'
"No; it's only one of the ranchers
from below. He's tired and- hungry,
and I'm going to feed him," Ross re-
plied, filled with a vivid sense ef the
diverse characters of the two men he
was serving.
Dunn received the food with an eager
band, and after he had finished ,his re-
freshment Cavanagh remarked: "The
whole country should be obliged to
you for your visit to ine. I shall send'
your information to Supervisor Red-
field."
"Don't use my name," he begged.
"They will kill me if they find out
that I have told. We were all sworn
to secrecy, and if I had not seen that
fire, that pile of bodies" -
"I know. .I know! It horrified me.
It made me doubt humanity," respond- t
ed Cavanagh. "We of the north cry
out against the south for its lynchings,
but here under our eyes goes on an
equally horrible display of rage over
the mere question of temporary ad-
vantage, over the appropriation of
free grass, which is a federal resource
-seinething which belongs neither to
one claimant nor to the other, but to
the people, and should be of value to
the people. You must bring these men
to punishment."
Dunn could only shiver in his horror'
and repeat his *ea. "They'll kill me
if I do."
Cavanagh at last said: "You must
not attempt to rideback tonight I
,can't give you lodging in the cabin
because ray patient is sick of small -
x. but you can camp in the barn till
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morning, then ride straight back to
my friend Redfield and tell him what
you've told me. He will see that you
• are protected. Make your deposition
, and leave the <country if you are afraid
to remain."
In the end the rancher promised to
do this, but his tone was that of a bro-
• ken and distraught dotard. All the
landmarks of his life seemed suddenly
shifted.
Meanwhile the sufferings Of Wether -
ford were increasing, and Cavanagh
was forced to give up all hope'of get-
ting him down the trail next morn -
Ing, and when Swenson, the forest
guard from the South Pork, knocked
at the door to say that he had been'to
the valley and that the doctor was
coming up with Redfield and the dis-
trict forester Ross thanked him, but
ordered him to go into camp across
the river and to warn everybody to
keep clear of the cabin. "Put your
packages down outside the door," he
added, "and take charge of the situa-
tion on the outside. • I'll take care of
the business inside."
Wetherford was in great pain, but -
the poison of the disease had misted
his brain, and he no longer worried
over the possible disclosure of his iden-
tity. At times he lost the sense of his
surroundings and talked of his prison
• life or of the long ride northward.
Once he rose in his bed to beat off
the wolves which he said were attack-
ing his pony.
He was a. piteous figure as he strug-
gled thus, and it needed neither his,
• relationship to Lee nor his bravery in
caring for the Basque herder to ,fill
the ranger's heart witit a desire to re-
lieve his suffering. "Perhaps I should
have sent for Lize at once," he mused
as the light brought out the red sig-
natures of the plague.
Once the old man looked up with
wide, dark, unseeing eyes and mur-
mured, "I don't see* to know you.",
"I'm a friend. 'My name is Cava-
nagh."
"I can't place you," he sadly admit-
ted. "I feel pretty bad. If I ever get
out of this place I'm going back to the
Fork. I'll get a gold mine; then I'll
- go back and make up for what Lire
has gone through. I'm afraid to go
back now."
"All right," Ross soothingly agreed.
"But you'll have to keep quiet till you
get over this fever you're sufferiag
from."
"If Lize weren't so far away she'd.
come and nurse me. rrn pretty'. sick."
Swenson came baek to say that
probably Redfield and the doctor
would reach the staUonby noon, and.
thereafter, for the reason that Cava-
nagh expected their coming, the hours
dragged woefully. It was after 1
o'clock before Swenson annotmced
'that two teams were coming with
• three men and two women in them.
"They'll be here in half an hour."
The 'ranger's heart leaped. Two
women! Could one of them be Lee
Virginia? What folly -what sweet,
desperate folly! And. the other -she
could not be Lize, for Lize was too
feeble to ride so far. "Stop them on
the other side of the bridge," he com-
manded. "Dent let them cross the
creek on any pretext.".
As he stood in the door the flutter
of a handkerchief, the waving of a,
hand, made his pulse glow and his
eyes grow dim. It was Virginia!
ize did not flutter a kerchief or
w ve a hand, but when. Swenson stop -
pd the carriage at the bridge she said:,
"No, you don't! I'm going across. I'm
going to see Ross, and if he needs help
a-
ril" going to roll up my sleeves and
take hold!'
Cavanagh saw her advancing, and as
she came near enough for his voice to
reach her he called out: "Don't come
any closer! Stop, I tell you!" His
voice was stern. "You must not come
a step nearer. Go back across the
dead line and stay there. No one but'
the doctor shall enter this door. Now,
that's final."
"I want to help!" she protested.
"I know you do, but I, won't have it.
This quarantine is real, and It &mar_ :
ossFereWeettlt-v- -•
• -2511C suppose 'you yourself get sfckr
f "We'll cross that bridge when we
get to it. I'm all right so far,' and
call for help when I need it:'
- His tone was Imperative. and she
obeyed, grumbling about his youth and
the value of his life to the service.
. "That's all very nice," he replied,
"but I'm Itt it, and I don't intend to
expose you or any one else to the con-
tagion."
"I've had it once," she asserted.
He looked at her and smiled in rec-
ognition of her subterfuge.
"No matter; you're ailing and might
take it again, so toddle beck. It's
mighty good of you and of Lee to
come, but there isn't a thing you can
• do, and 'here's the doctor," he added
as he recognized the young student
who passed for a physician in the
' Fork. He was a beardless youth of
small experience and no great cour- 1
age, and as he approached with hesi-
tant feet he asked:
"Are you sure it's smallpox?"
Cavanagh stalled. "The indications
are all that way. That last Importa-
tion of Basques brought it probably
from the steerage of the ship. I'm
told they've had several cases over in
the basin."
"Have you been vaccinated?"
"Yes, when 1 was in the army."
"Then you're all right"
"I hope so." •
There was a certain comic relief in i
this long distance diagnosing - of a
"case" by a boy, arid yet the tragic
fact beneath it all efttethat Wether -
ford was dying, a broken and diehon-
and husband and father, and that his
Identity must be concealed from his !
wife and daughter, who were much
more deeply concerned over the ran-!
ger than over the desperate condition l
of his patient "And this mist' eon- i
tinue to be so." Cavanagh
'And As he stood there looking,toward ;
the girrs fair figure on the bridge he
!ame to the final, fixed determination
never to speak one word or make a.
sign that migb.t , lead to the dying
man's identification. "Of what use is
It?" he asked himself.: "Why should;
even Lize be made to suffer? Wether -
ford's poor misspent life is already
over for her, and for Lee he is only a
dim memory."
Redfield came near enough to see
that the ranger's .face, though tired,
showed no sign of illness and was re- I
• lieved. "Who is this old herder?" he
asked. "Hasn't he any relatives. .in
the country?"
"He came from Texas, so he said.
You're not coming in?" he broke off
to say to the young physician, whona
• Lize had shamed loco returning to the
cabin.
"1 suppose Pll havee to," he protest-
ed,!
"Iwedailidn'y.
tsee the need of it. The
whole place reeks of the poison, and
• you might carry it away with you.
Unless you insist on coming in and
are sure you, can prevent further con-
tagion I shall oppose your entrance.
You are In the company of others. I
must consider ttieir welfare."
The young, fellow was -relieved,
"Well, so long as we know what it is
I can prescribe just as well right
here," he said and gave directions for
the treatment, _which the ranger agreed
to carry out. -
"I tried to bring a nurse," explained
Redfield, "but I couldn't find anybOdie
but old Lize who would come." .
"I don't blame them," replied Bois:
"It isn't a nice job, even Noiel you've
got all the conveniences."
His eyes' as he spoke were on the
figure of Lee, who still stood on the
bridge, awed and worshipful, barred of
approach by Lize. "She shall • not
know," he silently vowed. "Why put
her through' useless suffering and
shame? Edward Wetherford's disor-
dered life is near its end. To betray
• him to- his wife and daughter would
be .but the reopening of an oId wound."
• He was stirred to the center of his
heart by the coming of Lee Virginia,
so sweet and brave and trustful. His
stern mood melted as he watched her
there waiting, . with her face turned
toward him, longhig to help. "She
would have come alone -if necessary,"
he declared, with a fuller revelation of
the self sacrificing depth of her love,
"and ape would come to my side this
monaerit if I called her."
He went back to his repulsive serv-
ice sustained and soothed by the Into -
camp of faithful friends on the other
side of the stream.
During -one of his clearest momenta
Wetherford repeated Ills wish to die a
stranger. "I'm going out like the. old
time west, a rag of what I once was.
Don't let them know. Put no name
over me. Just say, 'An old cowpunch-
er lies here."
Cavanagh's attempt to change his
hopeless tone proved. unavailing. En-
feebled by 'his headships and his pris-
on life, he had little reserve force upon
waich to draw in lighting such an en-
emy. He sank soon after this little
speech into a coma which continued
to hold him in its unbroken grasp as
night fell.
Meantime, seeing no chalice of aid-
ing the ranger, Redfield and the for-
ester prepared to return, but Lee, re -
enforced by her mother, refused to ac-
company them. "I shall stay here,'
she. said, "till he is safely out of it -
till 1 know that he is beyond all dan-
ger."
eRedfield did not urge her to return
tatee vigorously as Dalton expected Will
to do, but when he understood the
girl's desire to be near her lover he
took off his hat and bowed to her.
"You are entirely in the right.," he
said. "Here is where you belong."
Redfield honored Liza ,for her sym-
pathetic support of her daughter's res-
olution and expressed. his belief that
Bos b would escape the plague. "I feel
that his splendid vigor, combined with ,
the • mountain air, will carry him
through, even if he should. prove not
to be immune. I shall run up again
day after tomorrow. I shell be very
anxious. What a nuisance that the
telephone line is not extended. to this
been eneieting on its '
value t for months."
Lee
.''be
Lee saw the doctor go with some
dismay. Youner as he was, he was at
least a reed to cling to in case the
grisly terror seized upon the ranger.
Redfield. can't you sp.* a real
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highly about them. ;About four years
ago, I commenced -Viking " Fruit -a -
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they did me a world of good. We
bought a good many dollar's worth,
hut it was money well spent because
they did all that you claim for them.
Their action is so pleasant, compared
with other laxatives,.that I found only
pleasure, as well as health, in taking.
them. They seemed to me to be
particularly suited to women, OH
account of their mild an.d gentle action,
and 1 trust Ahat some other women
may start taking "Fruit -a -fives" after,
readingmy letter, ,and if they do, I am
satisfied the results -will be the same
as in my own case'-'.
MRS. W. N. KELLY
"Itrait-a-tives" are sold by all
dealers at 50c. a box, 6 for 82,50, trial
size, 25C, or sentpostpaid on receiptof
price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa.
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doctor? It seeins sei horrible to hal
left here without instructions."
The forester, before going, again be-,
sought Cavanagh not -to abandon hilt,
work in the forestry service and intief
mated that ai the proper .time tid• e!
vancement would be offered him. "The
whole policy is but beginning," said)
be, "and a practical ranger with your
experience and educat:ion will:prove of
greatest value."
To thie Ross made reply: ."At the .;
moment I feel that no promise of ad-
vancement could keep Me in this coun-
try of grafters, poachers and assassins.
I'm weary -of it and all -it stands for.
'However, if I could aid in extending,
the supervision of the public ranges.
'and in stopping forever thia murder;
and burning that go on outside the,
forestry domain I might remain in the
west"
"Would you' accept the supervisor=
ship of the Washakie-foreSt?" deniand2
ed Dalton.
Taken by surorise, he stammered, "I
might, but ain 1 the man?'
"You are. Your experience fits you,
for a position -where the fight Is hot.
The Washakie 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 it will
Jake a man to enforce our regulations.
You will have the support of the best'
citizens. They will all rally, with yoz.
as leader, and so end the warfare
there."
"It can never end till tincle Sam
- puts rangers over every section of pub-
lic lands Mid lays out the grazing lines
as we have done in this forest." re-
torted Cavanagh. •.
"I know, but to get that requires a -
revolution in the whole order of
- things," Then his fine young face
:aghted-up:-.11tiit we'll 'get It Pubile
sentiment is tording our way. The old
order is already so eaten away that
only its shell remains."
"It may be. if -thee assassins are
punished I shall feel .hopeful of :the
•
;change." •
; "I shall recommend you for the SU-,
ipervisorship of the Viritshakie forest,"
concluded Dalton decisively. "And so
goody and good luck?'
f, England, his blood relattvea, OMR
jthe iledfields, seemed ,Veraa tiemote to,
the 'ranger as he atoodia. his 4001'i:hat
pi'ght and watehed the sparkle- oti
wenson's cainpfire through the trees.
with the realization that there waited -I
la. brave girl of the tyle‘that :loves An-
kle heartedly, ready to sacrifice every.
!thing be the welfare of her idealize(
!subjeet, he telt, unworthy, selfish, vain. i
"If I should falt. sick she would ht,l,
plat On nursing me.. For ; her sake It
must give Swenson the most rigid or.'
dem not to allow her, no matter whiCi
lhappens, to 'approach. I will, not blot
'her touehed by this thing?'
Beside the'hlaze Lee and her mother
sat for the most part in silence, WIESS
nothing to do but to wait the lyme-0
the struggle going on in the -cabin, gir
near and yet to inaccessilde 10 thefirts
will. It was as if a magic' wall, cr».
tal clear, yet impenetrable, silent tlynal
away from the man whose quiet heae-i
ism was the subject of their constanti,
thought.
It was marvelous, as the. dusk Mil
and the air nipped leen, to see he*
Lize Wetherford . renewed ;her Youltik4
The excitement seemed to have givegt.1 .
her a fresh hold on life, She 'walsi
wearied, but by no means ,weaken,'
by her ride and ' ate heartily ,of 'then.
rude fare which Swenson set beforei
her. "This is what 1 needed,",she ex-
ultantly said --"the open air and these
trout. I feel ten years younger al,
ready. Many's the night I've camped
on the range with your father witIt
nothing- but a purp tent to cover nsh
both and the wolves howling- renunt
ris. I'd feel pretty fairly i gay if it
wasn't for Ross over there in that.
!cab* playing nurse and cook all by his
'lonesomeness." i
Lee expressed a deep satisfaCtion
from the fact of their nearness. "lf
be is 111 -we ean help him," •Sbe reiter-
ated.
'There was a touch of frost iii the air
as they went to their beds. and,
though she shivered, Lim was undis-
jnayed. "There's nothing the matter
aeltit my heart," she edulted, "I don't
believe there was anything, renlit- seri-
ous the Matter witb me, anyway. 1 -
reckon I was just naturally grouchy
and worried over you and Ross:"
(Continued next week)
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