OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY MARCH 17, 1911,
Ttwiinli - COPYRIGHT, 1910. BY HAMLIN GARLAND saas -c ZS Xu? t"-
CHAPTER V. Con.
"Hasn't she? f?ut I should 'huve sent
her nwny llio very first night. I'm get
ting to depend en her. I'm plumb
foolish n boil t her now can't let her
out of my slf?ht, and yet I'm off my
feed worrying over her. Gregg Is get
ting dangerous. You on n't fool me
when it comes to men. Curse 'em!
They're nil alike, every one of them.
I won't have my girl mist rented, I tell
you that. I'm not fit to he her mother.
Now, that's I lie truth. Reddy, mid this
rotten little ljildc country cow town Is
no place for her. lint what enn I do?
She won't leave me so long as I'm
alck, and every day ties her closer to
me. I don't know what I'd do without
her. If I'm going to die 1 want her
by me when I take my drop, so you
see Just how I'm placed."
She looked yellow and drawn as she
ended, and Redfleld was moved by her
unwonted tenderness.
"Now, let me advise," he began aft
er a moment's pause. "We mustn't let
tbe girl get homesick. I'll take her
home with mo this afternoon and
bring her back along with a doclor to
morrow." "All right, but before you go I want
to have a private talk. I want to tell
you something."
lie warned her away from what
promised to bo n confession. "Now,
now, Eliza, don't tell mo anything that
requires that tone of voice. I'm n bad
person to keep a secret, mid you might
be sorry for It. I don't want to know
anything more about your business
than I can guess."
"I don't mean the whisky trade,"
sho explained. "I've cut that all out
anyway. It's something more Impor
tant It's about Ed and me."
"I don't want to hear that cither,"
ho declared. "Let bygones be by
gones. What you did then is outlaw
ed anyway. Those were fierce times,
and I want to forget them." He look
ed about. "Let ino see Miss Virginia
and convey to her Mrs. Itedueld's In
vitation." "She's In tbe kllchen, I reckon. Go
right out."
Ho was rather glad of a chance to
see the young reformer In action and
smiled as he came upon her Burround
cd by waiters and cooks, busily super
Intending tho preparations for the
noon meal, which amounted to a tu
mult each day.
She saw Itedileld, nodded and n few
moments later came toward htm,
flushed and beaming with welcome.
"I'm glad to see you again, Mr. Super
visor." lie bowed profoundly. "Mrs. Ited
field sends by me a formal Invllatlou
to you to visit Elk Lodge. She Is not
quite nblo to tako the long ride, else
iCsho'd como to you." Hero ho handed
tr u note. "I suggest that you go up
"XH1 1110 tu's nfternoou, and tomorrow
,X-'ll retch, tho doctor down to see
your mother. What do you say to
that?"
Her eyes were dewy with grateful
appreciation of bis kindness as sho
IUB yOUNll Hl'.l'llllHKH WAS smtllOUNDKD
11V WA1T1UIH AND LOOKS.
answered, "That would be a great
pleasure, Mr. Itedileld, If mother feels
ttblo to spare mo."
"I've talked with her. Sho is anx
ious to have you go."
Virginia was Indeed greatly pleased
ami pleasantly excited by this mes
sage, for sho bad heard much of Mrs.
ltedtlcld's excluslveness and also of
the splendor of her establishment.
Sho hurried away to dross with such a
flutter of joyous anticipation thai Red
tlold felt quite repaid for the pressure
he had put upon his wife to Induce
her to write that note. "You may
leave Llze Wethorford out of the
count, my dear," he had said. "There
is nothing of her discernible in the
girl. Virginia is a lady. 1 dou't know
where she got It, but she's a gentle
woman by nature."
It was hot and still In town, but no
sooner was the car In motion than
both heat and dust were forgotten,
ltedtlcld's machine was not large, and,
as bo was content to go at moderate
speed, conversation was possible.
He was of that sunny, optimistic,
ever youthful nature which tlnds de
light In human companionship under
any conditions whatsoever, lie accept
od this girl for what she seenied-n
fresh, unspoiled child. He saw noth
ing cheap or commouplni c In her and
was not disposed to Impose any of her
father's wild doings upon her calen
dar, lie had his misgivings as to her
future. 'That was tlie main reason why
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A loose, board too often squeaks
loudly of loose methods.
he had said to Mrs. I Jed Held. "Tho girl
must be helped." Afterward he bad
said "sustained."
It was Inevitable that the girl should
soon refer to the ranger, and Itedileld
was as complimentary of him as s!ic
could wish, "lioss hasn't a fault hut
one, and that's a negative one -he
doesn't care a hung about getting on.
as I hey say over in England. He's
content just to do the duty of the mo
ment, lie made a good t owpunHi: r
and a good soldier, but as for promotion-he
laughs when I mention It."
"Ho told me that lie hoped to he
chief forester," protested Virginia,
"Oil, yes. he says that, but do you
know he'd rather be where lie is.
riding over the hills, than live In Lon
don. You should see his cabin sotnr
time. It's most wonderful, really. His
walls ure covered with lim;,--.!ifl: es of
his own manufacture and hairs of
his own design. Where the boy ; il
the skill I don't see. Ilcavui knows,
his sisters are conventional enough:
He's capable of being supervisor, but
he won't live In town and work in an
office. He's like an Indian in bis love
of the open."
CHATTER VI.
IN THE V10LKNT PAST.
T
ALKING about Cavanagh was
quite too absorbingly Interest
ing to both Lee and Itedileld to
permit of any study of the land
scape, which went by as If dismissed
by the chariot wheels of some con
temptuous magician. Ited field's eyes
were mostly on the road (In the man
ner of the careful aulo driven, hut
when be did look up it was to admire
the color and poise of his seat mate,
who made the landscape of small ac
count. She kept the conversation to the de
sired point. "Mr. Cnvnnagh's work
Interests me very much. It seems very
Important, and It must bo new, for I
never henrd of a forest ranger when
I was a child."
"The forester Is new, at leas In
America," he answered. "My dear
young lady, you are returned just In the
most momentous period In the history
of the west. The old dominion the
eattlo rnnge-ls passing. Tho suprem
acy of the cowboy Is ended. The cow
boss Is raising oats. The cowboy Is
pitching ulfalfn and swearing horribly
as he blisters his hands. Some of the
rangers at the moment are men of
western training, like Itoss, but whose
allegiance Is now to Uncle Sam. With
others that transfer of allegiance Is not
quite complete; hence the Insolence of
men like Gregg, who think they can
bribe or intimidate these forest guards
and so obtain favors. The newer men
nre college bred, real foresters. But
you cnu't know what it all means till
you see Itoss or some other ranger on
his own heath. We'll make up a little
parly some day and drop down upon
111 it) and have him show us about. It's
a lonely life, nnd so the ranger keeps
open house. Would you like to go?"
"Oh, yes, Indeed. I'm eager to get
Into the mountains. Every night as I
seo the sun go down over theni I won
der what tho world is like up there."
Then bo began very delicately to in
quire nbout her eastern experience.
There wns not much to tell. In a love
ly old town not far from Philadelphia,
where her aunt lived, she had spent
ten years of happy exile. "I was hor
ribly lonely and homesick at first," she
said. "Mother wrote only short let
ters, and my fattier never wrote at all.
I didn't know he was dead then. He
was always good to me. Ho wasn't a
bad man, was he?"
"No," responded Itedileld without
hesitation. "Ho was very like the rest
of us, only a llttlo more reckless and
n little moro partisan, that's nil. lie
was a dashing horseman and n dead
shot, ami so naturally a leader of
these daredevils. Ho was popular
with both sides of the controversy up
to the very moment when he went
south to lead tho invaders against the
rusllers."
"What was It all about? I never un
derstood It. What were they fighting
nbout?"
"In a sense It was all very simple.
You see, Uncle Sam in his careless, do
nothing way has always left his range
to the man who got there first. That
was tho cattleman. At first there was
grass enough for us all, but as we
built sheds and corrals about water
ing places we came to claim rights en
the range. We usually secured by
fraud homesteads lu the sections con
taining water and so, gun in hand,
'stood oil' the man who came after.
Gradually, nfter much shooting and
lowing, we parceled out the range nnd
settled down, covering practically the
whole state. Our adjustments were
not perfect, but our system was work
ing smoothly for us who controlled the
range. We had convinced ourselves
and pretty nearly everybody else that
the state was only fit for cattle graz
ing and that we were the most com
petent grazers; furthermore, we were
In possession, and no man could come
In without our consent.
"However, a very curious law of our
own making was our undoing. Of
course the 'nester' or 'punkln roller,'
as wo contemptuously called the small
farmer, began sifting In here and there
In spite of our guns, but he was only a
mosquito bile in comparison with the
trouble which our cowpunehers stirred
up. Perhaps you remember enough
nbout the business to know that an
unbrnnded yearling calf without Its
mother Is called a maverick?"
"Yes; I remember that. It belongs
to the man who finds him and brands
him."
"Precisely. Now, that law worked
very nicely so long as the poor cow
boy was willing to catch and brand
him for bis employer, but It proved a
'Joker' wheu he woke tip nnd said to
bis fellows, 'Why brand these mar
ericks at $5 per head for this or that
outfit when the law says they belong
to the man who finds them?"
Leo Virginia looked up brightly
"That seems right to me."
"Ah, yes, but wait! We cattlemen
bad large herds, and the probabilities
were that tbe calf belonged to some
one of us, whereas the cowboy, liavint
no herd nt ull, knew the maverick be
longed to some one's herd. True, the
inw snld it wns his, but the law did
not mean to reward tbe freebooter.
Yet that is exactly what It did. At
first only n few outlaws took advan
tage of it, but hard years came on, the
cattle business became less and less
profitable, we were forced to lay off
our men, and so nt last the range
swarmed with Idle cowpunehers. Then
came the breakdown in our scheme.
The cowboys took to 'nmverlcklng' on
their owu account. Some of them had
the grace to go Into partnership with
some farmer nnd so claim n small
bunch of cows, but others suddenly
aud miraculously acquired herds of
their own. From keeping within the
law they passed to violent methods.
They slit the tongues of calves for the
purpose of separating them from their
mothers. Finding he could not suck,
bossy would nt last wander nwuy from
his dam and so become a maverick. In
short, nuarchy reigned on tbe range."
"But surely my father had nothing
to do with this?"
"No; your father up to this time had
been on good terms with everybody.
lie had a small herd of cattle down
the river, which he owned in common
with a man named Hart."
I remember him."
He was well thought of by nil the
big outfits, and when tbe situation be
came Intolerable and we got together
to weed out 'the rustlers,' us these cat
tle thieves were called, your father
wns approached nnd converted to a
belief In drastic measures. He bad
suffered loss than the rest of us be
en tise of bis small herd and the fact
that ho was very popular among the
cowboys. So far as I was concerned,
the use of violent methods revolted
me. My training in the east had made
me a respecter of the law. 'Change
tbe law,' I snld. 'The law is all right,'
they replied; 'the trouble is with these
rustlers. We'll hang a few of 'em, aud
that will break up the business.' "
Parts of this story came back to the
girl's mind, producing momentary
flushes of perfect recollection. She
beard ngnln (bo voices of excited men
arguing over uud over the question of
"mavcricklng," and she saw her fa
ther ns he rode up to the house that
Inst day before ho went south.
Redtield went oil. "The whole plan
as developed wns silly, and I wonder
still that Ed Wethorford, who knew
the 'nester' and the cowboy so well,
should have lent his aid to it. The
cattlemen, some from Cheyenne, some
from Denver nnd a few from New
York and Chicago, agreed to finance a
a sort of vigilante corps composed of
men from tbe outside on tho under
standing I hat this policing body should
be commanded by one of their own
number. Your father wns chosen sec
ond in command and was to guide the
party, for lie knew almost every one of
the rustlers and could ride directly to
their doors."
"I wish be hadn't done that," mur
mured the girl.
"I must be frank with you, Virginia.
I cnu't excuse that in him. It was a
kind of treachery. lie must have been
warped by bis associates. They con
vinced him by some means that it wns
his duty, and one line day tho Fork
was Blartletl by a messenger who rode
in to sny that the cattle barons were
coming with a hundred Texas bad men
'to clean out the town' nnd to put their
own meu into olllce. This last was
silly rot to me, but the people believed
it."
The girl was tingling now. "I re
member! I remember tbe men who
rode Into the town to give the alarm.
I was scared almost breathless."
"I was in Sulphur City nnd did not
hear of It till It was nearly all over,"
Kedfield resumed, his speech showing
a little of the excitement which thrill
ed through the girl's voice. "Well, the
first act of vengeance was so HI con
sidered that it practically ended the
wholo cnuipulKii. The invaders fell
upon nnd killed two ranchers, one of
whom was probably not a rustler at
all, but a peaceable settler, and the
other one they most barbarously
banged. More than tills, they attack
ed and vainly tried to kill two settlers
whom they met on the rond-Germnn
farmers, with no connection, so far as
knowu, with the thieves. These men
escaped nnd gave the alarm. In n
few hours the whole range was aflame
with vengeful fire. The Forks, as you
may recall, was like n swarm of bum
blebees. Every man and boy wns
armed and mounted, Tbe storekeepers
distributed guns and ammunition,
leaders developed, nnd the embattled
'punkln rollers,' rustlers and towns
men rode out to meet the Invaders."
The girl paled with memory of It.
"It was terrible. I went all day with
out eating, and for two nights we
were nil too excited to sleep. It seem
ed as If the world were coming to nu
end. Mother cried liecause they
Wouldu't let her go with them. She
didn't know father was leading the
other army."
"Sho must have knowu soon, for It
was reported that your father was
among them. She certainly knew when
they were driven to earth In that log
fort, for they wero obliged to restrain
hor by force from going to your fa
ther. As I run over those furious
days It nil seems Incredible, like a sud
den reversion to barbarism."
The soldiers
came, didn't they?"
"Yes; the long arm of Uncle Sam
reached out and took hold upon tbe
necks of both parties. 1 gbess your
lather nnd bis band would have died
right there hud not the regular army
interfered. It only required a sergeani
wearing Uncle Sinn's uniform to come
among those armed and furious cow
boys and remove their prisoners."
"I saw that. It was very strange
that sergeant wns so young and so
brave."
He turned nnd smiled ut her. "Do
you know who that was?"
Her eyes Hushed. She drew her
breath with a gasp. "Was it Mr. Cuv
anagh?" "Yes, It was Itoss. He was serving
in the regular army ul the time, lie
h::s lo'd me since that he felt no four
wlnittvtr. 'Uncle Sam's blue coat was
like Siegfried's magi;' armor,' lie said.
'It was the kind of thing the mounted
polite of Canada had been called upon
to do many n I hue, uud I went in und
got my men.' That ended the war,
so far as violent measures went, and
It really emit d the sovereignty of the
cattleman. The power of the 'nester'
has steadily Increased from that mo
ment." "Hut iviy father what became of
hlmV They took him away to the east,
and that is all I ever knew. What do
you thin!; hot -time of him'"
"I could never make up my mind.
All sorts of rumors come to us con
cerning him. An a matter of fact, the
stale authorities sympathized with the
cattle barons, nnd my own opinion Is
that your father was permitted to es
cape. He was afterward seen hi Tex
as, nnd later It was reported that he
had been killed there."
The girl sat still, listening to the tire
less whir of tiie machine and looking
out nt the purpling range with tear
mist eyes. At lust she said. "I shall
never think of my father as a bad man
lie was always so gentle to me."
You n ctl not condemn bun, my
dear young lady. The people of the
Forks some of them, nt lenst con
sider him a traitor and regard you ns
the daughter of a renegade, but what
does it matter? Each year sees the
old west diminish, and already, in tbe
work of the forest service, law and or
der advance. Notwithstanding ull tbe
shouting of herders and the beating
to death of sheep, no hostile shot has
ever been fired within the bounds of a
national forest. In the work of the
forest rangers lies the hope of ultimate
pence and order over nil the public
hinds.
The girl fell silent again, her mind
filled with larger conceptions of life
than her judgment had hitherto been
called lquin to meet. She knew that
Retinoid was right, and yet that world
of the past tbe world of the swift
herdsman and his trampling, long
horned, half wild kine still appealed
to her Imagination. The west of her
girlhood seemed heroic In memory.
Even the quiet account of it to which
she had just listened could not conceal
its epic largeness of movement. The
part which troubled her most was her J
father's treachery to his neighbors.
That he should fight, that he should
kill men in honorable warfare, sho
could understand, but not bis recre.in
cy. bis desertion of her mother nnd
herself.
She came back to dwell nt last on
the action of that slim young soldier
who had calmly ridden through the
Infuriated mob. She remembered that
she had thrilled even then at the
vagr.e an.l Impersonal power which he
r.'prt'senied. To her childish mind he
scemctl to bear a charm, like tbe he
re's of h'T story books something
which r...i". I. Ini l:i ulnerable.
Afur u I ;: v ;uuse Itedileld spoke
again. "The memory of your father
will make life for a time a bit hard
for you In Konrlng Fork. Perhaps
your mother's advice Is sound. Why
not t oino to Sulphur City, which Is
almost entirely of the new spirit?"
"If 1 can get my mother to come,
too, I will be glnd to do se, for I hate
the Fork. Put I will not leave her
there, sick and alone."
"Much depends upon tbe doctor's
examination tomorrow."
They had topped the divide now be
tween the Fork and Sulphur creek
basin, and the green fields, the alfnlfa
meadows and the painted farmhouses
thickened beneath them. Strange how
significant all these signs were now!
A few days ago they had appeared
doubtful improvements; now they rep
resented the oncoming dominion of tbe
east. They meant cleanliness nnd de
tent speech, good bread and sweet
butter.
Iteiltleltl swept through the town,
then turned up the stream directly to
ward the high wall of the range, which
was ragged and abrupt at this point.
They passed several charming farm
houses, and the western sky grew ever
more glorious with Its plum color and
saffron, and the range reasserted its
mastery over the girl. At last they
came to tne very jaws or me canyon,
uul there, In a deep natural grove of
lofty Cottonwood trees, itedileld passed
before a high rustic gate which mark-
d the beginning of bis estate. The
driveway was of gravel, and the inter
mingling of transplanted shrubs and
pine trees showed the care of the pro
fessional gardener.
The bouse was far from being a
castle. Indeed, it was very like a
house in Hryn Mawr, except that it
was built entirely of half hewn logs,
with a wide projecting roof. Giant
hydrangeas ami ottier flowering shrubs
bordered the drive, and on the rustle
terrace a lady lu white was waiting.
Kcdtleld siowed down ami scrambled
ungracefully out. Hut his voice was
charming ns be said: "Eleanor, this
is Miss Wethorford. She was on the
point of getting the blues, so 1 brought
her away," he explained.
"How did it all end?
.
Mrs. Redfleld, quite us urba.i as the
house, was a slim little woman of del
icate hnblt, very far from the oidlnary
conception of a rancher's wife. Her
manner was politely considerate, but
not heatedly cordial (the visitor was
not precisely hers), and, though she
warmed a little after looking into Vir
ginia's face, she could not by any
stretch of phrase be called cordial.
"Are you tired? Would you like to
lie down before dinner?" she asked.
"Oh, no, Indeed. Nothing ever tires
me," Virginia responded, with a smile.
"You look like one In perfect health,"
continued her hostess In the envious
tone of one who knew all too well
what ill health meant. "Let me show
you to your room."
The house was not precisely tho pal
ace the cowboy had reported If to be,
but it wns charmingly decorated, aud
the furnishings were tasteful. To the
girl It was as If sho had been trans
ported with instant magic from the
horrible little cow town back to the
'BXEAHOR, THIS IS MISS WETHEHFOBD."
home of one of her dearest friends In
Chester. She was at once exalted nnd
humbly grateful.
"We dine at 7," Mrs. Redfleld was
saying, "so you can take a cup of tea
without spoiling your dinner. Will you
venture it?"
"If you plense."
"Very well, come down soon and I'll
have It ready. Mr. Itedileld. I'm sure,
will want some."
Virginia's heart was dancing with
delight of this home ns she came down
the stairs a little later. As they talked
Mrs. Redfleld studied tbe girl with In
creasing Interest nnd favor und soon
got nt her point of view. She even se
cured a little more of her story which
matched fairly well with the account
her husband had given. Her preju
dices were swept away, and she treat
ed her young guest as one well born
and well educated woman treats an
other.
At last she said; "We dress for din
ner, but any trock you have will do.
We nre not ironclad In our rules
There will be some neighbors In. lur
It Isn t In any sense a 'pirty.' K
Lee Virginia went to her room burnt
high upon a new conception of the pos
sibilities of the west. It wns gloriou
to think that one could enjoy the re
flnenient. the comfort, of tbe east a
the same time that one dwell v. I;Y
the Inspiring shadow of the I a
Her bands were a-iremble as s!;e
on the bright muslin gown win. h v. .
all she had for eveuhu wear
felt very much l!l;e the s !n o :
again, and after she bad done her I t
to look nice she took a stsit in the Mill
rocker with Intent to compose h 'rsc
for her meeting with st";-nw
wish we vvero diuiu'i without visitor"
sho said as she heard a car: lie t1!' '
up. A little later a galloping lit so y.
tered the yard and stopped nt the t' i.
She heard voice-s in the lu.: ...
among them one with n very Ungll
accent, one that sounded pr.'i is. ly !;'
those she had heard i n th." stag.'.
At last she dared wait no Ion. vr a
taking courage from r.e-es'siry. '
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have come to the conclusion that tbe requirements absolutely necessary for a
wire fence are elasticity iu the Jina wires, stitfaess and rigidity in the stays,
and a lock or tie that holds firmly.
By reason of speoial attoutoiu to its'oonstruction, the. wire used in onr
fence is neither too hard nor too "soft, bat just euongn noints carbon to give
it strength and elasticity. Tli wire is thoroughly galvanised, and each and
every bundle of wire woven into our fence is iuspaoted aud approved before
it is allowed to go to t e mnchin.es.
Our stay, or top wire, is one continuous wire from the top to the bottom,
and is of tbe same quality and goago as tne intermediate line wires. The
method of tying the stay or upright wire to ihe liue wire is where we differ
materially from other makes of fence, and we were the first to apply this
prinoiple in tbe msnnfaotnre of wire fence.
Onr knot is a LONG oval loop, with the two ends returning towards the
stay, forming two hooks. Bf hsviug.this.long, oval loop it permits ub to pnt
a LONG bend in the line wire,;tbas preserving lie fnll strength of the wire
We believe this to be one of the vital points in the msuufactnie of any
wire feuoe. Most manufaotarers of wire feuoe are compelled to put a short
kink in the line wire, owing to the shortness ot their lock, and each and
every short kink you put in any wire weakens the wire.
Again, we construct our look of the same hard, spring steel wire that is
used in the line aud stay wire. We positively DO NOT nse a solter wire tor
onr knot than the line aud Btnys.
It is not n cessary to anchor our fence between tbe posts because when
properly stretched the rigid stay prevents a hog or any other small animal
from going under onr fence unless they raise the whole fence, aud with the
fence well stapled to the posts, this they caunot do.
We do not 0S9 half sized wire in auy of onr styles. The price of a wire
fence depeuds on the quality of the wire and the weight ot the fenoe per rod.
The life of a wire fenos depends on the qaalitv ot the tviie, the galvaniz
ing, the size of ths wire and the method of tving the wires together so
they WILL NOT SLIP or iu any wav injure the wires in the fouce.
We have a fence that embodies all of these aunlities an 1 wo frnurmitr-n
every rod of fence we pnt out.
FRANK BLISCI1
n. , v ,! ',i i li l m mill iii
PROPRIETOR
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ZJSolo Anb RceOMMCNDtoBvl
DRUG COMPANY, Inc.
The trouble with the central and
eastern state orchnrdlst is that in a
majority of cases he does not have his
work arranged so that be lias the time
to give his orchard tbe painstaking
care which the western fruit ranch'
man gives his. He would better re
duce his o.- Iiord area by four times
nnd Increasethe care in the same ra
tio. This, coupled with proper organ
ization, which will Insure favorable re
sults In marketing, will give profitable
and satisfactory returns. I'nless he Is
willing to adopt the methods above re
ferred to he would better yrnk out his
trees, plow up tho ground and grow
corn, oats or clover,
GLADSTONE, OREGON
OREGON CITY,
OKccON
ST. LOUIS, MO.
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