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Show flHHflV " Cavanagh, B Forest Ranger flflK " Wm The Great Conservation gjra?' Novel Lf ByvHAMLIN GARLAND BB Copyright, 1910, by Hamlin Garland H I V CHAPTER VII. HV TWO ON THE VKUARDA. REDFIELD met Tils young guest In dinner coat, looking extremely extreme-ly urban, and presented bis , "friend and neighbor, Mr. En- B derby." BB Enderby turned out to be tbo owner Bfl of tbo volco with the English accent IB which Leo Virginia bad beard In tbo BB ball, but bo was very nice, and a mo- Bfl ment later Mrs. Redfleld entered with B Mrs. Enderby, a largo lady with a Bfl smiling face. Then a volco she knew Bfl spoke from behind her: "I don't need Bfl n presentation. Miss Wetnorford and Bf I have already met." B Bho turned to meet Iloss Cavanagh, BJ the young ranger. H "How did you get here?" she asked S In wonder. flf "I rode across tbo hills. It's not far." Sj 1 He, too, was In evening dress, and as fl she stared at him in surprise bo laugh- BJ lngly protested. "Pleaso don't scrutl- H nlze this coat too closely. It's the only J one I've owned for ten years, and this Is tbo only bouse In which I'd dare to J wear It." Bj One of the guests was Stato Senator BJ Bridges, a farmcrllko elderly man fi wearing a badly fitting serge suit. He BJ was markedly westera. So was bis wife, who looked rather uneasy and hot. Virginia and Ross, being tbo only m young lout at, mo moie, wero seuieu together, and Enderby remarked prl- vatcly, "Ross, you'ro In luck." I "I know I am," bo replied heartily. Ho was, as Redfleld bad said, high B ly susceptible, made so by his solitary life in the mountains, and to bo seated Bj closo beside tbls maid of tbo valley Bj stirred his blood to the danger point. BE It wns only by an effort of tbo will BJ that ho kept in touch with tbo conver-BJ conver-BJ satlon. "I hadn't tbo least thought of seeing fl you here," snld Virginia. "How did fljr you happen to come?" "Iledllcld telephoned mo at tbo mill, BJ and I en mo at once. I haven't been B hero since Mny, and I Just thought I'd B take a half day off. Luckily my nn-B nn-B derstudy was with me. I left him 'on the Job.' " Ho did not tell her that slio wns tbo I principal reason for this sudden de-E de-E scent upon Elk Lodge, and no ono but I Itedfleld knew tbo killing rldo ho had I taken la order to bo In at the begin-I begin-I nlug of tbo dlnucr. Tbo girl's face I ' and voice, especially her voice, bad been with htm night and day ns ho went nbout his solitary duties. Her life problem had como to fill his mind to 11 disturbing degree, and ho wuh eager to know more of her and of her strugglo against tlto vlco nnd vulgarity vul-garity of the Forks. "How Is your mother?" bo asked 11 few minutes later. . "Not at ull tvpII. Mr. Itedfleld Is to take the doctor back with us tomorrow." tomor-row." Tbo ecstasy died out of her face, nnd tho flexible lips drooped with troubled musing- "I nm nfrald sho - suffers more than sbo will admit." "Sho needs n rest and change. Sho should get nway from her seat at that I 'cash register nnd return to tho open I nlr. A touch of m ip life would help her. Sho sticks to 1 close to her work." "I know she C h, but sho won't let mo relievo her. even for nn hour. It Isn't becnusp sho doesn't trust mo;, sho says It's bc-uuso sbo doesn't .wnut' mo sitting there so publicly. Sbo doesn't oppn.10 my housekeeping any more" "You crrlsilnly have made tbo old hotel Into 11 place of miraculous neatness." neat-ness." Sho llUMbcd with pleasure. "I huvo dono something, but not ns I'd like to .do. I really think If mother wishes to sell sho could do ho now to much 1 better advantage." "I've no doubt of It. Itenlly, I'm not being funny, Miss Wctherford. when I say you'vo dono something heroic. It's no easy thing to go Into n place llko tli'nt nnd uinko It I111I1 Itnblc. It shows Immense courugo nnd self reliance on your part. It's pre- clsely tho kind of work this whole j country needs." ' Ills praise, sincere nnd generous, re- J paid her for nil sho hnil gone tbrougli. It was n great plensiifo to hear her small self praised for cotirngo and self reliance) by ono whoso dally work was heroic. ,VI1 firings ronsptred to mnko n conquest of her heart, for tbo rnngcr boro himself with grace mid dealt with bis silver deftly. Ills face, seen from tbo Hide, was older nnd sterner than sbo hud thought It. but It wns very nt-tractive nt-tractive In lino. . Itedfleld appealed to tho ranger. "Ross, you'ro nil sorts of a renctlonnry. What do you say to this? Senator Bridges l,s opposed to all federal inter-forenco inter-forenco with stnte forests nnd stnle game." Tho forester's eyes lit up. "But uro they Btato forests and stnto game? .What; makes, llienv so? They nre lands wTiTeli the whole people purclWed nnd which tho whole people defended." "Heah, heah!" cheered Enderby. Bridge bristled with nnger nnd went off Into n long haranguo on stato rights nnd tho dangers of centralization, to which Enderby replied: "Boshl Tho whole trouble with your bally government gov-ernment Is its lack of cohesion. If I had my wny I'd wipe out tho senate. You'ro such blooming asses over hero. You don't know enough to keep a really real-ly big man lu your presidential clinlr. This fussing nbout every four years Is plain rot. Here's Roosevelt gets lu tho midst of a lot of tbo finest kind of reforms, you know, nnd directly you go and turn him out. Then if you get a bad man yuu'vo to wait four years tlli you can fetch him a whack. Wh.v not urrnngo It so you cati pitch your president out tho mlnuto ho goes wrong? 1 say your old rag of n constitution con-stitution is 11 ball nnd chain on your national leg. . England Is Immeasurably Immeasura-bly better off so far as that goes." Ross turned to Virginia, leaving tho political discussion to go on over his head. "I was back in tho old Island a couple of years ago, and you'to no Idea how small It seemed to me. It suiely Is a 'right little, tight Uttlo Island.' I couldn't help wondering whether tho men lu parliament were as Important us they seemed to think they vero and whether England Is not really an empty shell of empire, n memory of what It once was. I couldn't settle down tbero soino way. I was homesick for thu mouiitnlus lu a month. But what, scared mc most was tbo paupcr'populatlon of tbo old place ono lu every tblrty-sovcn must be helped. I enmo back to tho States gladly. 'I guess I'm on American,' I. said to my sisters." To Leo Virginia tho talk of "the curso of democracy" and "the decay of empire" was unexciting, but when Cavanagh told of tbo sheepmen's nd-vanco nd-vanco across tho dead line on Deer creek nnd of the threats of the cat-tlo cat-tlo owners she was better able to follow fol-low the discussion. Bridges was heartily on the side of law and order, for ho wished to boom tho, state (being a heavy owner In u town site), but he objected to Rcdfleld's Ideas of "bottling "bot-tling up tho resources of tho stnte." "But wo'ro not' retorted Redfleld; "we're merely defending them against those who would monopolize them, no uoiiuvu 111 mcir tiniest use, mil wo see no reason for giving nway tbo resources re-sources when the country needs tho revenue." Mrs. Redfleld rose ns soon ns tho coffee cof-fee enmo on. "You gentlemen seem bent upon discussing matters of no Interest In-terest to us," sho Bald, "so wo'll leave you to fight It out alone. I'm sure you'll nil agreo with Hugh lu tho end. Llko General tlrmit, he's a very ob-Htlnntc ob-Htlnntc man." No sooner wero they seated In tbo big living room than Mrs. Enderby began be-gan to relate comical stories of her household. Her cats had fits nnd ran up tho wall. Her dogs wero forovcr getting quilled by reason of foolish attacks upon porcupines, or clso they enmo homo so reminiscent of skunks that they all but smothered tho cook. "Invariably they return from encounters encoun-ters of this kind Just ns wo nro sitting nt dinner," sho explained. "Furthermore, "Further-more, Enderby's ditches are habitually getting clogged nnd overflowing the lawn nnd filling tho ccllnr, and ho stands In terror of his cowboys. When I think of, nil these Irruptions nnd distractions dis-tractions England's order nnd routine seem heavenly. But Charley finds nil this amusing, more's tho pity, nnd leaves me to set things lu order. Most ludicrous of nil to mo Is his habitual claim that tho ranch Is paying. I tell him there's an error In his bookkeeping bookkeep-ing somewhere, but ho ussurcs mo that his receipts oxcecded his expenditures last year, which Is quite too incredible. You'vo no Idea how high wnges aro and bow Uttlo wo raise." "Oh, yes, I have," luughed Mrs. Redfleld. Red-fleld. "And my cnt had n flt-too. Hugh says It's tho high altitude. I tell him It's melancholia." Cavnnngh showed himself. "I bear so much laughter I'm coining In, Wo'ro nil so Insufferably political out bore, nnd, besides, I enmo to seo tbo Indies, nnd I can stay only 11 fow minutes longer." "You'ro not going back tonight?" exclaimed ex-claimed his hostess. "I must be on my own precinct by daylight," he replied. "The supervisor has an eye on me." Mn. Redfleld explained to Leo Virginia. Vir-ginia. "Ho rodo fifty miles over tho mountains" "Thirty," corrected Ross. "But what does that mutter when I'm lu tho company com-pany of such charming ladles?" he added gallantly. "And now he's going to rldo ull the way back tonight." "Think of that!" gasped Mrs. Enderby. Ender-by. "And no moon!" "How can you find your way?" asked Mrs. Bridges, to whom this was 11 mortally mor-tally dangerous Journey. "Oh, It's qulto slinplo! If you don't hump against n tree or fall Into the creek you mny bo qulto sure you'ro on tho trull," laughed Ross Mrs. Redfleld know tbo truo reason for his coming nnd wuh not nt ull pleased, "for with nil Iau'hj personal charm," sho said to her husband, '"she Is socially beneath Ross Cnvnnngh even lu 11 stnto where social barriers are few." "Come out 011 tho veranda," suggested suggest-ed Cuvanugh "unci I'll show you the bills I must climb." Leo nccepted Innocently, but as the young people left tho room Mrs. Enderby En-derby looked nt her hostess with slg ulflcant glance. "There's the lady Ross rodo down to meet. Who Is sho?" "Her mother Is that dreadful old crenturcthnt keeps tho Wctherford hotel ho-tel In Roaring Fork." "N(t!""excimnica mm. Kiiaeruy. "Yes; Lee Virginia Is Llze Wether-ford's Wether-ford's daughter." "But the girl Is charming." "I cannot understand It. Hugh came homo n week or so ngo full of her praise" And nt tbls point her voice dropped low.er, nud the other drew closer. ' CHAPTER VIII. THE CASE orj.KE VMOIMA AHD KOSK. 1EI1 and Ross stood In silence 011 tlu Redfleld veranda. Thero was no moon, and tbo mountains rosc - darkly, it sheer wall at the end of tho garden, their tops cutting Into tho slurry sky with n dull edge, over which a dim white cone peered. "That snow peak Is Wolftooth nud thirty uillos from here and ut tbo bend of my 'beat,'" said tbo ranger nftcr a pause ns they leaned against the railing and looked uwny to tho south. "I go up that rldgo which you see faintly at tho left of tho main canyon can-yon and through that deep notch which Is above timber line." The girl's eyes widened with awo of tho big, silent, dark world be Indicated. Indicat-ed. "Aren't you nfrald to stnrt out 011 such a trip alone I menu, don't you dread It?" "I'll bo sorry to start back, yes, but not because of tho dark. I'vo enjoyed my visit here 'so much It will be hard to say good night." "It seems strange to me that you should prefer this wild country to England." Eng-land." "Do you like tho east better than the west?" "In sonic wnys; but, then, you see, I wns born out here." "So was I I mean to say I wns re-, generated out here. Tho truth Is I wns n good deal of a scapegrace when t left England. I was nlwuys for hunting nnd horses, nnd naturally I eamo directly to tbo wild west country, coun-try, and hero I've been ever since. I've bad my turn nt each phase of it cowpuueber, soldier, rough rider nnd finally forest ranger. I reckon I'vo found my Job at last." "Do you llko it so much?" "At tho preseut time I am perfectly contented. I'm associated now with a country that will never yield to tho plow. Yes, I llko my work. I lovo the forests nnd the streams. I wish I might show them to you. You don't knnu linu.- linniiHfnl flint- nm Tin. most beautiful pnrks In tho world nro commonplace to what I enn show you. My only sorrow Is to think of them given over to tho sawmill. Perhaps you and your mother will como up some Umo and let me show you my hikes and streams. There nro wnters so lovely they mako the heart nche. Hugh Is planning to como up soon; perhaps you and Mrs. Redfleld will come with hlin." "I'd llko It abovo overythlug," she responded fervently. Then her volco changed. "But all depends on my mother's health." It hurt him to hear hcrcall Eliza Wctherford mother. Ho wanted to forget her origin for tho moment. Ho was not In love with her for from itl But sho was so alluring, and the proprietress pro-prietress of tho Wctherford nouso wns not nice, and thnt made ouo doubt tho daughter. Sbo broke tho silence, "It seems dreadfully dark, and mysterious up there." Sho Indicated his path. "It isn't as bnd ns It looks. Tbero Is n good trail, and my pony knows It ns well us I do. I enjoy riding by night." ''But thero nro'bears and other wild 1 things, uro thero not?" "Not ns much ns I wish thero were." "Why do you say that?" "I hato to seo all tho wild lifo killed off. Soino day all theso forests will havo gamo refuges llko the Yellowstone Yellow-stone National park. They nro coming com-ing ouch year to bnvo grenter nnd j greater valuo to tho. peoplo of tho plains, They aro pfaygrouuds, like tbo Alps. If I should over settle down to a homo It would bo in a canyon llko this, with n grent peak nt my front door." I "It Is beautiful;" tbo girl said lu the ! tono of sadness with which wo confront con-front tho perfect night, tho perfect 1 flower, tbo flnwless landscape. "It Is both grand nud peaceful." This tone of sadness pleased him. It showed her depth of perception, and ho reflected thnt sho bad not uttered ut-tered a vni'tiuus or silly phruso since their first meeting. "Sho Is cnpablo of gre.it development," ho thought. Aloud ho Fnld: "You nro n strange mingling 1 f east nnd west. Do you realize It';" "In what-way?" sho naked, feeling something ardent In his touo, "You typify to mo nt this moment this wliolo state. You fill 1110 with enthusiasm en-thusiasm for Its future. Hero you nre, derived from tho lawless west, yet taking on tho culture nud restraint of tbo cust so readily that you seem not In tho least related to".- Ho checked himself at this point, nnd sho said, "My mother Is not ns rough ns sho seems, Mr. Cavanagh." "Sbo must bo moro of tho woman than appears or sho could not havo borno such a daughter. But do you feel your relationship to her? Tell me lwnestly, for you Interest me." "I didn't nt flikt, but I do now. I begin to understand her, and, besides, I feel lu myself certnin tilings thnt aro In her, though I think I 11m moro llko tfio Wetherfords. My fntbor's family homo wns lu Murylnnd." Ross cculd bnvo talked on nil night, so alluring whs tbo girl's dimly seen yet wnrmly felt figure at his side hut a sense of dunger and n knowledge thnt ho should bo riding led him nt Inst to say; "It Is getting chill. Wo must go In, but beforo wo do so let mo I oay how much I'vo enjoyed seeing you aimlu,. 1 hope tho doctor will make fn- BBBBBBBBBBBBBflflBflflBflfl vornble report on your niotherVcnsc. You'll write me tbo result of tho ox-nmlnntlou, ox-nmlnntlou, won't you?" "If you wish me to." "I shall be most anxious to know." They were standing very nenr to each other nt the moment, nnd the rnngcr, made very sensitive to woman's wo-man's charm by his lonely life, shook with newly created lovo of her. A suspicion, a hope, that beneath her cultivated cul-tivated manner lay the passionate nature na-ture of her mother gave an added force to Ills) desire. Ho wns sorely tempted to touch her, to test her, but her sweet voice, n little sad nnd perfectly unconscious un-conscious of evil, calmed bint. Shu Kiild; "I hope to persundo my mother to lenvo tbo Forks. All tho best people thero nre against us. Some of them huvo been very cruel to her nnd to me, nnd, besides, I despise nnd four the men who come to our tiible." "You must not exchange words with them," be ull but commanded. "Beware "Be-ware of Gregg; he Is 11 vile lot. Do not trust him for an Instant. Do not permit per-mit any of those loafers to talk with you, for If you do they will go uwny lo defame you. I know them. They nro unspeakably vile. It makes mo angry to think that Gregg and bis llko have tbo right to speak to you every duy, while I can see you only nt long Inter vols. I wish my station wero not so fur awoy. But I'll rldo down us often us my duties will permit, nud you must let mc know how things go. And If any of those fellows persecute you you'll tell me, won't you? I wish you'd look upon me as your big brother. Will you do that?" Ills volco cutrent-cd, cutrent-cd, and us she remained silent he continued: con-tinued: "Roaring Fork is ono of tho worst towns in tho state, and n girl like you needs some ono ns a protector. I don't know Just how to put it so that you will not misunderstand mc, but, you see, I protect tho forest, tbo streams and the game, I help tbo settler set-tler In time of trouble, I am a kind of 11 round big brother to everybody who needs help In tbo forest. In fact, I'm paid for protecting things that can't protect themselves, nnd so" hero ho tried to lend his volco tbo ncccnt of humor "why shouldn't I bo tho protector pro-tector of a girl like you, nlono worse than nlone lu tbls little cow town?" Sbo remained dumb nt one or two points where ho clearly hoped for a tvuiu, aim sue vus Minium iu iiiuiiK him when ho bnd finished. In this silence si-lence a curious constriction enmo Into his tliront. It was nlmost ns If be had put bis passion Into definite words, nnd ns tho light fell upon her bo per- ceircd that her bosom wns heaving with deep emotion. "I am lonely," sho faltered out at last "horribly lonely. And I know now how peoplo feel toward my mother, moth-er, and It hurts 1110 It all hurts me. But I'm going to stny nnd help her" Sbo pnused to recover her voice. "And you do seem different. I t trust you I" "I'm glnd you understand me, nnd you will let mo know If I enn help you, won't you?" "Yes," she ntiBwered simply. "Good night," ho snld, extending his band. Sho placed her palm to bis qulto frankly, but tbo touch of It mado further fur-ther speech at tho moment Impossible. They went In with such tclltnlo faces thnt oven Redfleld wondered what hud passed between them. Excusing himself almost ut once, Cavanagh left tho room, and when ho looked lu 11 few moments Inter bo was clothed In tho ranger's dusty green uniform, booted nnd spurred for his loug, hnrd ride. Mrs. Redfleld follow- ' cd him Into tho hall nnd out on tho ' doorstono to sny: "Ross, you must bo I coreful. This girl Is very ollurlng In herself, but her mother, you know, Is j Impossible," "You're needlessly alarmed, ns tisunl," ho smilingly replied. "Sho lu-1 forests mo, that's patent. But beyond ' thnt, why, nonsense! Good night." i Nevertheless, despite his protcstn- tlons, ho went away up tbo trail with his mind so tilled with Leo Virginia's . appealing fuco nnd form that ho would certainly havo ridden over a preclplco bad It not been for his experienced I pony, which had fortunately but ono t nlm, nnd thnt wns to cross tbo rnngo wifely and to reneh tho homo piiHture nt the earliest moment, I Left alone, Leo Virginia thought over her past. Sho was not entirely I without experleuco ns regnrds respect-I respect-I fill courtship. Her life in tho east had , brought her to know a number of nt-trnctlvo nt-trnctlvo lads nnd n few men, but none , of these bad becomo moro than a good companion or friend, and, though sho wrofo to onu or two of these youths letters of tho utmost friendliness, friendli-ness, tbero was no passion' In them, I and sho felt as yet tho sting of nothing I moro tntoiiso lu her liking for Cava-I Cava-I ungh. But ho meant moro to her now ' thut she was lonely and beleaguered. 1 That ho bad ridden oil that long, ' rough way merely to seo her sbo was ' not vnlu enough to believe, but sho had nevertheless something of every woman's secret belief-In her Individual charm. Cavanagh had shown n flat-terim; flat-terim; lutereat in her, nud bis wish to bo her protector filled her with Joy nnd confidence, Sho heard a good deal moro about tbls particular forest ranger next morning nt brenkfast. "Ho Is throwing throw-ing himself nway," Mrs. Redfleld pns-slouutoly pns-slouutoly declared. "Think of u man of Ross' refinement living In 11 mountain moun-tain shack miles from anybody, wutch-lug wutch-lug poachers, marking trees and cooking cook-ing his own food! It's n shameful wnsto of genius." "That's ns you look nt It, my dear," responded Redfleld. "Ross Is tho guardian of an liumcnso treasure chest which belongs to the nation. Furthermore, Further-more, be Is qulto certnin, ns I nm, TIIK TOUCH Ol' IT XIAlli; FIIIITIIKII HI'I.KCII ntrosHini.it. thnt this forest servleo is the policy of tho future and that It otters Hue chances fur promotion, nud then, final ly, ho likes it." "Thut Is ull well enough for 11 young man, but Ross Is at least thlrly-llvo nud should bo thinking of settling down. I can't understand his point of view." "My dear, you huvo never fceen tbo procession of the seasons from such 11 point of view ns thut which ho enjoys." en-joys." "No, nnd 1 do not enre to. It Is qulto lonely enough for 1110 right here." Redfleld looked nt Leo with comic blnnkuess. "Mrs. Rcdtlcld Is hopeless-ly hopeless-ly urban. As tho wlfo of n forest supervisor su-pervisor sho enres moro for pnvements nud trnnicnrs than for tho most splendid splen-did mountain park." "I most certainly do," bis wlfo vigorously vig-orously agreed, "nnd It I had my way wo should bo living In London." "Listen to thnt! She's ten times more English than Mrs. Enderby." "I'm not, but T long for tho civilized Instead of tho wild. 1 llko comfort and society." "So do I," returned he. "Yes; the comfort of nn ensy chnlr on tbo porch nnd tbo society of your forest rangers. This ranch llfo Is nil very well for a summer outing, but to bo tied down hero nil tho year round Is to bu denied one's birthright as a modern." .vii mis more or less cuccriui complaint com-plaint expressed tbo minds of many others who Uvo amid these superb scenes. When autumn comes, when tho sky Is gray and tho peaks aro hid lu mist, they long for tho music, tho lights, tho comfort of the city. But when tho April sun begins to go down lu a smother of crimson and tlnmo and tbo mountains loom with epic dignity, or when nt dawn tbo nlr Is llko souio dlvlno Hood descending from tho unstained un-stained mysterious heights, then the dweller In tho foothills cries out: "How fortunate wo nre! Here nro health nnd hnpplness! Here poverty is unknown!" Mrs. Redfleld wns becoming more nud moro Interested lu Virginia, who bad not merely tho malodorous rcpu-tntlou rcpu-tntlou of her mother to contend with, but the memory of a traitorous slro to 1 live down, nud when tho girl went to her room to puck her bag tbo wife turned to her husband and snld; I "Ross Is terribly smitten with her." Redfleld coughed uneasily. "I hope not. Of course he admires her, as any ninn must. She's physlciilly attractive, attrac-tive, very attractive, and, besides, Ross Is as susceptible as 11 cowpuueber. cowpuueb-er. IIu wns deeply Impressed tho first time ho saw her; I could seo thnt." , "I didn't like Ids going out on the ; vernndn with her last night," continued contin-ued Mrs. Redfleld, "nnd when they enmo In her eyes and color Indicated that he'd befn wiylng something exciting ex-citing to her. Hugh, Ross Cavanagh must not get Involved with that girl. It's your duty ns his superior to wnrn him." "He's fully grown, my deur, uud u bit dictatorial 011 his own part. I'm a trlllo timid nbout cutting In on bis prlvnto nfTalrs." "Then I'll do it. Marriage 'with a girl llko that Is out of tho question. Think wbnt his sisters would sny!" Redfleld smiled n bit sntlrlcnlly. "To tho outsider a forest rnuger nt $000 a year and find himself nnd horses Is not what you may cull n brllll.iut cntch." "Oh, well, tho outsider Is no Judge! Boss Cavanagh Is 11 gentleman, nud, besides, he's suro to bo promoted. I acknowledge tho girl's charms, nud I don't understand It. When I think of her objectively as Llaso Wothorford'H girl I wonder nt her being lu my house. When I see her I want her to stay with me. I. want to hug her." "Perbnps wo'vo been unjust to Llze all along," suggested Redfleld. "Sho has remained fnlthful to Ed Wether-ford's Wether-ford's memory nil theso years that Is conceded. Doesn't that argue soino unusual quality? How many women do wo know who are cnpablo of such loyalty? Come, now! Llze Is n rough piece of goods, I'll admit, nud her lunch counter was 11 public nuisance, but sbo bnd tho courage lo send her girl nwiiy to bo educated, denying herself her-self tho Joy of seeing her develop by her side. Wo mustn't permit our prejudices to run away with us." Tho girl's return put n stop to tho discussion, which could end In nothing but. confusion anyway. To Bo Contlnuod. |