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InliOltiS FOREWORD
Thist !tale story la the Outcome of
two. spa (neitherof which was in the
welar Tooth forest) during the years
1909 and 1910. Ther golden twit is an
for me. The camp on the
lake arts mine: The rain, the snow I
met. the Prying camp robbers, the
the muskrats, the beaver, were.
Imy eompenients. But Berea. McFarlane.
wail with me only in im agtnataon. She
is II '&11014 -born of amomentary pow-
erful handclasp
ow-e ful.handclasp of aawestern rancher's
sii[anglster. The story of 'Wayland Nor
Is fiction also. But the Mcfar•
ranch, the mill and the lonely
ranger stations are closely. drawn Pie -
Mktg of realities. rough the stage'
▪ comedy is Colorado, I have not
, held to any one locality. The scene its
vas y intention originally to
'Wad a.130#h 107.1geec Mede i pee -
.book eoiicerning Supervisor Mc.
e •but this is merely the very
inlander story of a young. western girl.
Idiot being desired of three strong
lir, bestows her -love on a tourist
liehoee wed is at once her allure -
tont and her care. The administration
l Problem, the seelolagle theme, which
nine to have made the novel worth
lorbilet get lost in some way on the
Jew testi and never caught up with.
glialifvert rmsorry, but so it was.
CHAPTER I.
The Happy Girl.
eiol: stage dine which ran from
W1 nee to Bear Tooth (one of
the most authentic then to be
found in all the west) possessed
at least one genuine Concord coach,
30 faded, so saddened, so cracked ami
se splinter that its passeagers eve
Uhildren Oi3
EOR FLETCHER'S
ORIA
Weak Lack
and Kidneys
CRUD SLY ROVE
When
thehack heannesweak Land
Starts to ache add paint it is a sure sign
that the kidneys vas not performing their
fractions l?ry.
On rites lust sign ci Doan's
ridney Pills should: be taken and serious
kidney troubles p
Mr. Itisads. McInnes, . Woodbine, NS.,
writes: s "I- deem it titer duty to let you
ow the wouderftd results 1` have re-
ceived frost the use of Dcais' g
For long time 1 had been
hack and kidneys. I
used to suffer the most at night, and setae
times anal hardly move in bed with the
pain. 1 could do no hard : labor on
aunt of my back. A friend advised
me to give Doan's Kjdney ills a Bial.
s*d 1 sm gild i did for tbe pain in my'
lodneys h gam; my back is strong, and
I saa perform any hard liber sad get;
lily good night's sleep. I only weed three
boxes of the ,"
tIAoan's ruiner Pills are lir:fib ;ilk
box, or 3 boxes for $12; at aft medics: ai
tumefied direct on receipt of peke by The
T. ihrdburn Co., Limited, Tottnitot Oaiti.
When ordering direct specify "D aat'f."
tered ft unser protest
from it with thanksgiv
t Inuit have been built
meta, for in 19— it still
ut' 120 miles twice eac
loss of wheel or even
ing a scrap of paint.
And yet whatever it inay have b
in its youth it was *Its age no Ion
and -aligb ed
and ye it
by hong : hie
made the
week with
much .as m
END STOMACH TROUB, •.
GASES OR DYSPEPSIA
"Pape's Dlapepsin" makes Sick, Sour,
Gassy Stomachs surely feel fine
in five minutes.
If what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies Tike a lump of
lead, refusing to digest, or you belch
gas and eructate sour, undigested
food, er have a feeling of dizziness,.
heartburn, fullness, nausea, bad taste
in mouth and stomach -headache, you
can get blessed relief in five minutes.
Put an end to stomach trouble forever
by getting a Iarge fifty -cent case of
Paixe='s Diapepsin from any drug store.
You realize in five minutes how need-
less it is to suffer from indigestion,.
dyspepsia or any stomach disorder.
it's the meekest, surest stomach doc-
tor
ogfor -in the world. It's' wonderful.
1,000.00
REWARD
'tar information that will Dead to
the discovery Qrwhereaboute of+u�,
pet sent or persons suffering from
Nervous Debility, Diseases of the
Mouth and Throat, Bluod Poison,
Skin Diseases, Bladder Troubles„
Spee Ailments, and Chronic or
mplicat Complaints who can-
not be cured at The Ontario Medi-
cal Institute, 3-2 , tinge St.,
Toronto?' CorresPoridence invited.
ut
it-
nI
er
a gay dash et color in the landsc, pe.
On the contrary, it a into the d tet
brown and a sage ` gree plain as + e-•
Pensively as at beetle a dusty p : th.
Nevertheless itwas a indispen
part of -a , verjr nnovin picture : 'it
crept, creaking and groaning (or It
may be it was the .suff4Mng passe er
creaking and groaning), along the
side.
After -leaving tide Co de river
road. winds up a pre Met di
before- plunging demon to Ute p
as they call all that Bion .lying
tween the Continental .range on
east and the Pear T plateau on
the west.' It was a big spread :of : td
and very far from `an eastern
conception of -a park. From Do e
peak it seems a plaint tent, in ct,
ie ben clouds shut off the high s m-
raiits„ to the west this "v Iley" beco es
a veritable mountain la d, a tumbl d.
lonely - country, over hien an oc a-
sional horseman crawls; a minute ut
persistent insect. It is, to be exac a
succession of ridges and ravines, se' ip-
tured (in some far o , post .Oa al
time, by floods of wate, covered n w,
rather sparsely, with !none, ced : rs
anci aspens, a dry, forbidding but ,,e-.
jeatie landscape. ' _ •
In late August the hills become
descent, opaline :with the translue ant
yellow of the aspen, he coral :'nd
e`rimaon of the fire weed the blood ed
of huckleberry beds and the royal p'r-
pre of the asters, .while, flowing re nd
all, as st, -exit arid neutral setting, ]yes
the gray -green or the e r present nd
live" •,.daring sage= bras i . •
`i.na,.tgli tblr gorgeou. laud of m st,
ttf stillness and of cleat r a few yers
ager a pale young titan (seated hes de
the driven rode one su ,a u er day a
rniceices rapture which made Bill
',is weary.
=If you'd had as muc ' of this
love you'd talk of somathing else," he
growled after a half , ozen attem , tis
at conversation. Bill asn't much to
look at, but he was a g od driver, nd
1 he stranger respected him' for it.
Eventually this simpl minded ho e -
man became curious about the s im
,young fellow sitting beside him.
"What you doing ont ' ere anyho
fishing or just rebuildin a lung?"
` •'I;,ebuildng two turn_ ," answe
the tourist -- -
"Well. rb Its climate • 11 just ab ut
put lun here EI toffee can," reto ed
kr3i11, with official loyalr to his eo in-
il-
e
de
>t,
1
r, 3
111 stared
companion
den't: hurt y
plthlt.'d •{
he, youth
macle menthe
apology.
,Tilegirl
silent 'told 's
"1 am• much
;Bill shook
;"Out In tit
ranted to 3
!Attie hack
Thei girl to
nett of the du
ed ' conversa
What kind of
ion "lii the e
'!Fine,'=' salt
;",Did ye .ger
tuwni"
"'What town
` Oh, come
Oanahe '
''}No; I o
Bend."
The ,picture
as !she dash
her 'hat rim
brgwn face a
with the kin
ackepted his
imression o
he did not tt
'
perhaps he
as:tmuch as b
Wi finely, and
'she had been
and also- that
vo#rably kno
whenever th
a eanch sem,
Berrie!" neo
old :and ye
tOi see 'heir
`Meanwhile
over the gigan
ori+ a monster
ever more fe
sky. and the
increasing to
this land of
mance, the y
ing deep of
til t the girl
dr,us ;part of
able country.
He had no
agithi till the!
hill to "fancy'
they were to
horses.
With Intent
P-
girl • smiled, ar
led. _-'`Be careful.
rseifl.: wagon
era
rrie.
ght
pere iv Ii g `'that It had
ke,
tainmert l an
rcev his , emba asg-
etiy ace pted his and.
lig , al ``the s
ilii f ma sinus
1Viati later.
-con try girls are ;war-
p .ei an over . a ly
thug " b}e explain
a seat the bas' .cor-
iel and Bill fi pen-
th her by >r.' king
sh had been haj-
ver
n w
tin
tune
she.
as fa
acts as
old
is th t, ill?"
1 qu ow I'm from
as far as gouth
got
Whicl
uptc
blow:
d s
' ess,
ant
the
his
earef
guff
listJe
east' fo
he was
• all.slo
met 'a
one call
ial lulu,
were es
girl had wade
pasture ate-
a ay fro her
g eyes-- E ted
in i er voice ' s she.
aid entered deep
is mini but
to look - ; her
s elbow Hite
he ned
g learner that
several eeks,
••..own, ' fa -
,
a, • the lie , for
•s or a: seed
out; ello,
e, and th men,
ecially p ased
e 'sage
c s ells
ea, hale
ent frc
hills glo
ult
olor, of
ng ve
e g•rml
ehin1 'h;
d
Wane: to
'coat ' ' r
'• a an
ake In
q sh . w
rose an
like; a tin3
the sunt
m the spl
wed with
olori Th
repose,
ler rode,
ssair, t
m was a
and unac.
study, he
1Ied dew
h house;
er and -r
ill that h
fell
boat
azed
ndid
per
ough
ro-
rink
Ling
won-
unt:,
face'
the .
here
ange
did
eme
try
•
To lois discerning ey "the ton
now became "a hinge ." "Where
you live when you're to home?"
"Connecticut."
"I knew it."
'-'How did you know
seemed realty intereste
"I drove another fell
fall that dealt out th
brogue you do."
Bill was prevented at
from pursuing this lin
the discovery of a eau
racing -from a•distant r
road. It was plait. ev
ger. th.it they intendea
stage. uud 13i11 ptit'd
sudden vigor.
"1'11 give 'em si
grimly.
The other appeared
"What are they. Nandi
"Bandits-!" sneered
sight is piercing, The
The traveler apologi
aren't very good." be
He was, however, q
his mistake. forboth r
rimmed sombreros and
a furious pace, band
skirts streaming, and
in shrill c'mmand. "C11
As they neared the
drew up with a wo
"Why, howdy, girls? D
with anassumption of innoC
"Were you wishin' fer to speak to
. "Oh, shut up!" commanded on
the girls, a round faced, freckled
"Yon know perfectly ell t a
is going home today. e told yo
about it yesterday."
-Sure thing-!" exclai ed Bill.
forgot all about it."
"Like nothin'!" excl lined the
"You've been cot)ntin the hours
e on, ;rot here. 1 know you."
Meanwhile her companion had
ped from her horse. "Well,
Molly. Wish I could stay longer.'
"Goodly. Bun down again."
"I will. You come up."
The young, passeiigeJr sprang- to
ground. ead politely said: "May 1
t?" The yo
I to know.
w up here
same kin
c
the ren
of inysiiry
le of home
nch toward
ntc'the s
1 U lie ere•Cj)t
the ntsh
ase." said
little ala
$,,, .
ill. "Your
i'Ft girls."
•ed "My
aid hnrried
ite justitle
ders wore
rode f is strid
Inas . rlutte
40
th
est
of
ent
by
en
1 be
'irks
the
�tlt
he
d
ire
ye-
y, .
'
ide
at
ng.
ane was ca] ling
t, Bill!"
gate the dr ver
rd of surp ise.
owdy ?" he : aid,
nee.
e?„
of
nap.
rie
all
"I'd
id.
till
hp.
by,
The Girl Behi
• Part of This
Country.
iiot greatly f
sprang down
Mt his.
alight, and. s
Standing, a
Bill's chagrin,
path side by
"This is all
tome,"the y
nation, ,"but
tmonplace to y
"Oh,' no --it'
"You were
"No,Iwas
lived here ev
old."
"By east yo
"No, Misso 1." she laughed ba
She .was tater than most
and gave out An air of tie unco
health which made her good to
though her face was the bKoad
pretty. She Smiled easily;
teeth were write and even. ' Her
he noticed was as stro g -'as s
brown as leather. Her neck ros
Wild anditinaccountable
sralles the
nd offered a hand
a, with `kindly
accepted his al
and they -walked u
e.
ery new land won
ng man said in
;suppose es quite
hem herer"
born in th east, len
since as three
mean Kansas?"
outh
as-
der -
to
the
Ple-
I've
ears
_ Asif
Appetite and
your sign w
I make you fe
I- This appeale
began to feel better, and eow / feet fine.
1 and the geadaches are gone
fruit medicinel to ail m friends ".
DAN MoLEAN.
50c. a box, for t2.5Q, trial size, 25c.
At all dealers r sent po'etpaid by Fruit.
Tckn- by
uniovelv
those
noVeity
planting
about s
eadaci4s, Ale day I blot- Piled*
alking: on air."
to Me, io decided to
"She Was met at the d
down exclaiming; °My
to see ye beck; 'Pears 1
is just naturally goin'
out you. The dark% las
ly was pitiful."
cinct, shook her han
"Ma's right, girl, the co
I'm scared every time
fear some feller will sn
The young touriet—h
Norcross in Yence's re
her closely and listened
she spoke with an in
which led Mrs; YancY
" 'Pears like Oak yo
goin* to forgit ye if he
"What makes you --
or by old lady
•hand up and
tang rm. glad
e the country
the dogs with -
Saturday was
ap to the Ltd -
gin'. It shore -
try maks ye -
e go away ter
p ye up."
signed W. W.
to every word
It, of Interest
Say privately:
'longer' ain't
help it."
"'Don't ha.f to thinlr. look at him
Thereafter a softer lig the light of
pity—shone In the ey of the„ girl.
"Poor fellow! He d look kind o'
peaked. But this dim te will bring
him up to the.scratch," she added, With
optimistic faith in her b loved hills.
stage pulled in loaded t the side lines,
And everybody on it seemed to know
Berea McFarlane. *was 'hello here
and hello there and hOw are ye be-
tween, with smacks from the women
and =open cries Of "Pass it around"- on
the part of the men, till Ifortiross mar-
veled at the display.
"She seems- n great favorite," he ob-
served to Taney.
"Who—Berrie? She's the whole
works up at Bear Tooth. Good thing
she doe't want to go to eongress—she'd
lay Jim Worthy on the shelf." .
Berea's popularity was not so re-
. markets*. as her -Manner of eitezeiving
it. She took li all as a sort of joke—a
good, kindly joke. She shook hands
with her male admirers and smacked
the cheeks of her female friends with
an air of modest deprecation. "Oh,
you don't mean it," was one of her
phrases. She enjoyed thie display of
affection, but it seemed not to touch
her deeply, and her impartial, humor-
ous acceptance; of the comtship of the
men was equatly charming, though
this was due, according to remark, to
the claims of 1 some rancher up the
She continn . to be the theme of
er
conversation a the dinner table and
yet remained nembarrassed and gave
back quite as ood as she received,
"If I was CI ft," dedared one lanky
admirer, "I'd e shot if I let you out
of my sight I ain't safe."
"Oh, you're 11 right! It's the other
first. and as the girl cathe out to take
her place Norrosis said, "Won't you
have my seat th the driver?"
Slip diemped her voice huntorously.
-No. thank yo T can't stand for Bill's
Norcross und
• ,sh the notion
frankly amere
ed no oppo
Therefore tee •
inside aid res
Bill, noNV
minutely `de
horses, liquors
rstood. She didn't rel -
Or being so close to the
s driver, who neglect,
tY to be personal,
helped her to her seat
mot' his place in front.
roadly communicative,
ed his tastes in food,
and saddlers. in a mono -
k et Logue which uld have been tiresome
to any one b an imaginative young
eastern student Bill had a vast
e west, but a distress -
g way some ten miles
the road climbing ever
mountains to right and
men
ens
al -
be
her
hand
1 and
from
1111 YOUR COED CRO
Look Mother! 11 tongue
cleanse little towels with "C
fornla Syrup ciff Figs."
Tria
ain
Mothers e i rest esisy atter giving
"California tyrup of Figs," because in
a. few hours all the c ogged-up waate,
Iiing
eour bile = = termer( food gently
moves out Ike howe s, and yo have
Sick child n needn't be ed to
take this harmless 4:fruit tive."
Millions of mothers seep_ it ha dy be-
cause they know Its action n the
stomach, liver and bOwels Is rompt
and Mire.
Aek your druggist for a 5fisceut hots
tle of "10.-• lit rnia Syrup a Figs,' which
eentains r ons fon babies, children
at all for 19rown-nps.
knowledge of
ing habit of
In this in&
were travers
higher and th
left increasint 'in grandeur each hour,
till of a sudden and in a deep valley
on the bank f another swift stream
they came u n a/squalid saloon and
a initiate post Dice. This was the town
of koskows
Bill, lumbe
took a bag of
dragged it in
stretched hen
in' is slow bu
going to walk
"May go
cross.
"Sure thing
As they cro
which
It's like mel
"Comes rig
she answered
of his simile,
woUld kladly have lingered, lis-
tening to the
she passed o
site hill was
but as they
easterner call
Before the
old, gray and
g down over the wheel,
mail from the boot and
the cabin,. The girl rose,
If and said: "This stag-
iness. rra cramped. I'm
with you?" asked Nor -
Come along."
ed the little pole bridge
the- flood the tourist
hat exquisite water!
t down from the snow,"
impressed by the poetry
(Mg of the *tater, butes
he followed. The oppo-
harp and the road stony,
ebed the top the young
out. "See the eavInsi"
stood a grove of cedern
They
are fro
east,' w
"From
at= Yale.
lids, sca.rred by lightnings.
oted., tenacious as tradition,
Ised and blackened, th an -
le creatures eirmg to the
'What do you suppose pl nted
there?"
wag deeply impressed b. the
this query. "I never ttto ght
reckon they just grew,"
' he insisted.
n't , worry ourselves twit
things out here," sh re-
th charming humor. "We
n worry about the wea her.
ake things as they ceme.
lked on talking with ne
"Where is your home?
miles out of Bear Tooth,
the east, Bill says--lh
call it."
ew Haven. I've just
Have yen ever been
While, and I saw St. Louis once
her much about It, What are yo
re, if it's a fair ietteptiOn
iced awey at the
her Used up last
said I'd better tom ottt
and build tip. I'm goin
s 'Do you 'know
g out
He 1
Y do
or awhl
Meek
41 kli0
afis
elated
111
in -
he
Yon
far
hed
in
but
eta-
do -
and
hem
up
ere
every stovepipe in this p rk,"
!I. ered, "Joe Meeker is d o'
me—ttncle by marriage, He
ve,s abOut fifteen miles ,over the hill ,
This fact seemed to bring *them still ,
Iclesertogether. "I'm glad of that," he
permitte' to see yoti 'now and aghind
mi.I'M goin to be =lonesome foe, awpile,!
htitotht you believe It! Joe Meeker)4
I,boie Will keep -ion interested," she ae
i Theostage overtook them at this point,
leutsider'a growing favor with the girt
' Ali th 7 rose *to the higher levels
the aspe shook Its yellhwish leaves la
the bre e sand, the pimple foothill's
gained I Di tY. Great new peaks
tante tete ele on -the right, and the.
lofty clitts hif the Bear Tooth. range
loamed in naked grandeur high ahoye
the bine green of the pines which cloth-
ed their eloping eastern sides.
; At intervals the -road passed Mali
log ranches crouehing low On thettinke
of creeks, but aside froin these-eand
On sparse *animal lite around theni-
no Sign of settleenetit could be Seen.
The. valley lay as it had lain for Ilion
sands of years, repeating its foreste :e-
pee meadows of the 'ewer levels send
torth their annual grasses. Noreros,
Said to , hituself. "I have circled tie -
be border America. where the see- •
Ooach is etill the one etirriug thing et -
1 At last the driver, with a note oO ex-
' itetion. palled out. "Grab a root, even.-
ody; it's all the way down hill aed
me to feed."
And se as tne dusk came over the
ighty epread of the hills to the east
nd the I peaks to the west darkened
rom 'vioiet to purple black the stage
inbred litnd rattled and rnshed down
the winding road through thickei ink
igns of 0ivilization and just at ta lit-
e!! rolled into the little town of ear
e Ilte Plateau. 4'
Norceots 'had glven a great deal of
hought to the young girl behind him.
nd thought had deepened her charm.
er frankneos, her humor, her surierb
hnsical etrengtlidand her calm se re -
`mice apPealed to him and .the niore
angerouely because he was so Weil
ware ot his owh weakness and lone-
liness. all4 as the stage drew to. betore
he hotel, he fervently said, "I hope 1
hall see lyou again?'
CHAPTER II.
WORE Berea could reply a.man's
voice called, "Hello, there" and
a tall fellow stepped up to her
with conddent mien.
NorCross awkwardly shrank away.
his was her cowboy lover, of course.
t was impossible that so attraettle a
1 should be ulattached, and the
ewiedge produceil in him a faint; but
ery definite pang of envy and! re -
The hippy girl. iltwen in the exelte-
If you were told of
a new discovery for he
treatmeht of cou 1S,
*di* and bronchitis, at certain in its
Etetzion on all chest troubles as a ti -
toxin is, on diphtheria,' or vaccinatio on
Mail -pox, wouldn't you feel like git
Peps 41 the discoverY
Peps are little tablets. containing
certain medicinal ingrediebts, w ch,
When placed upon the toUgUe, imm
ately torn into vapour, and* ate at o ee
breath. -410V413. the air passages to the
lunge. On "their journey, they soethe
the inflamed end irritated membraees
ofthe hionchial tubes, the delicate
of the air passages, midi finalLY elfter
endows"- relief and- t° the lutgs'
In. a ,word, while no liquid. or solid
oangeteto the longs and air oessa-Oes,
these. Peps fumes 'let there direct. d
at tetoecommenee their work of
FR TRIAL Cat out this
and mail It (with lo. stamp to pay re urn -
=oat it the mime and date of this etre ,e
postage) ta Peps Co, Toronto. A t
tried packet Will then be sent You. All
iste and stores sell Peps,' 50e. bole
PISSED gitONE FROM BLADDER
to operati but said. the dtone was
to large to remove and too hard
to ;orison returned home mid
reconiraended by a plead to try
THE MPH EY11,'
'Thee relieved tee pause con-
ned to taXe GIN PILLS, and to
my great urprise end joy, X passed
the,"8Gtg°P.ILLS are the best men -
'eine in the world. I will recom"
mond Mein all the rest of my life.
' X. Albert Lessard."
Au, druggists Ben. Gin Pills at
Toronto, Ont. 76
went Or meeting ner lover. enct DOE ror-
get tlie stronger. She gave him her
hand in par--4ng, and again .be*thrilled
to its amaz g power. It was entail,
but id Was ike a steel clamp. "Stop
in ron your ay to Meekerhe ehe sold.
"You ,pass, our gate, My father is
"Good nig t," he returned with sin-
cere liking.
The hotel Was hardly larger than the
log shlinty of a railway grading camp,
but the meat was edible, ind just out-
side the doer roared Bear creek. which
came doivn directly froin Dome moun-
tain, elnd the young easterner went to
sleep beneath its singing that night.
He shauld have dreamed of the happy
ntountain glrl, but he did not. On the
contrary, he Imagined himself ba.ek at
college in the midst of innumerable
ftmesecehniven„ yelling: ."Bill McCoy! Bill:
He woke little bewildered by his
strange surr undings, and -when he be-
mme aware of the chhap bed, the flim-
sy Vraihstan , the ugly wall paper and
thought how far he was from home and
friends he n t only sighed, he shivered.
The room w chill, the pitcher of wa-
ter cold alMOEtt to the freezing point;
and his joints were stiff and- painful
from hie ride. What telly te come eo
far into the ivilderness ist this time!
As the *tern youth crawled from
his bed and looked fromthe window he
was still .fUrther disheartened. In the
foreground /stood a half dozen frame
bulldings, graceless and cheap, with-
out tree or shrub to give shadow or
charm of line—all VMS bare, bleak,
sere. But under his window the
tain song, and away to, the west rose
the aspiring peaks from which it came.
Romance brooded in that shadow, and
on the lower foothills the froat touch-
ed. foliage glowed like a moss.ic of jew-
Dressing hurriedly he went down to
the small barroom, whose litter of
duffle bags, guns. saddles and camp
utensils gave evidence of the presence
of many hunters and fishermen. The
slovenly landlord was poring over a,
grown youth was sludging the door
with a mop. But a cheetful clamor
from an openoloor at the back of the
ball told thaftreakfast was on.
Venturing 'over the threshold, Nor-
cross found himself seated at table
with some five or six men in corduroy
jadkeW and laced bootS, who were, in
fact, merchanth and professional men
from Denver and Pueblo out tor fish
and such game as the law allowed,
and all in holiday mood. They joked
the waiter girls and joshed one aeotin
er in noisy good fellowship, ignoring
the slim youth in English riding suit,
who came its with an air of mingled
melancholy and timidlty and took a
seat at the lower corner of °the long
table.
As he !oohed about tbe room the
tourtses eye was attucted by four
young fellows seated elt a small table
to his right. They wore rough shirts
of we olive-geeen shade and their faces
were wind searched. but their voices
held a pleasant tone. aud something in
the inanuer et the landlady toward
them made ttem noticeable. Norcross
later asked her who they were.
"They're fOrestry boys."
"Forestry boys?"
"Yes, The Supervisor's office is here,
and these boys are his help,"
This InforMatIon added to Norcross`
interest and cheered him a little. He
knew soreething of the United States
forest service and had been told that
many et the 'rangers were college men.
He resoleedi to make their acquaint,
twee. "If I'm to stay here they will
help me ebtrt,c31 the exile," he said.
After; ntst he went forth be
find the poste -Mee, ei-peeting a letter of
instructions from Meeker. He found
nothing of the sort, and thie quite dis-
concerted Min.
"The stage is gone," the postmistrees
told him, "and you can't get up WI
day after tomorrow. 'You might reach
Meeker by using the government
phone, however."
"Where will I find the government
"Down in, the supervisor's office.
They're very accommodating. They'll
let you use it. if yon tell them who
yOu want to reach.
It was impossible to miss the for-
estry building for the reason that a
ha.30,smie flag fluttered abet. it. The
door being open. Norcross& perceived
troim the threshold a young clerk at
ner clove by the window another and
olc10 man was worlang intently al 4
"le this the 01114 of the forest auper=
Ivisor?" asked the youth:
1 and pleasantly answered: "It is, Nit
The man at the maebiee looked up
IMe supervisor is not ill yet. In there
anything 1 can do for you?"
"It may be you can. I am ota my
way to Meeker's mill for a little oat -
i ktg. Forbore you cOuld ten roe where
i The man at the map mediated.
' "We not far, asios eighteen or iwoutar
-W t kind of a place tr
"Ve charming. You'll like I Real
This- offieer was a plain featured
man of about thirty -fine, with keen,
and clear 'eyee. ats voice, though
strongly poSsessed a note of
manly sincerity. As he studied his
visitor he smiled,
"You look brand new. Haveen hod
time to season,ebeck, have you?"
"No. I'm a stranger in a strange
land."
"Out for your health?",
"Yes. My name Is Norcross. nit
just getting over $evere illness, and
I'm up here to lay around and fish and
recuperate—if can."
"You cart—you will, You can't heV,
it," the other assured him. "Join one
of our surveying crews for a week and
mellovv that suit of yours and Basket
a real mountaineer -of you. I see Yoh
wear a. Sig,ma Chi pin. What vrail
your school?'
"I am a 'Son of Eli.' Last years,
The othet man displayed his fet4
"I'm ten classes ahead of you.
name is Nash. Ihn what they via
"expert.' I'm up here doing some
timating and surveybig for a big -ditch
they're putting in. 1 was rather *
hopes you had come to join wariranine.
We ions of Ell aro tioniing the consent\ \
vation fort these dans. and we ;need e
eesieee
"My knowledge of your work is rathe
er vague," admitted Norcross. "Ms
father is in the lunaber bushiesii, but
his point of view isn't exactly yours."
"He slays 'el, does he?"
'He did. He helped devastate Mieide
"After me the deluge! 1 know thg
arittl. -why not make yourself a. Boit
of vicarious atonentent?"
Norcrosi smiled. "I had not theinght
of that It would help some, wouldn't
"It cerfainly Would. There's no great
money in the work. but it's about 00
mental bureaus."
Norcross was strongly drawn to thlet
forester, whose tone was that of a
highly trained specialist. "1 rode tql
on the stage yesterday with Miss Bert
rie McFarlane."
"The supervisor's datighterr 1
"She seemed a line western type." 1
"She's not a type; she's an individnali
She hasn't her like anyWhere I've gelkat
She Celts s, wide 8Wath up here. Bahia
au 0111Y ohild, ahe's betlt Sen and
daughter to McFarlane. ate know*
more about forestry than her brawl
In fact, half the time he depends
her judgment"
Norcross wee interested, but did not
want to bike up valuable time. Mt
said, "Will you let me nee yonr teats -
"Very sorry, but end lime Is out 4
order. You'll have to vett i day, or OW
or use the malls. Utile too late fro
today's stage. but It's otilni atebort Min
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