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I realize that his salary is too small; but there are other places for him. Perhaps when he knows that I have a special note to him from the chief he will reconsider. He's quite capable of the Supervisor's position, and Mr. Redfield is willing to resign in his favor. I'm telling you all this because Mr. Redfield has told me of your interest in Mr. Cavanagh or rather his interest in you."
After all, this Colorado outing, even though it should last two years, would only be a vacation his real life was in the cities of the East. Charming as Berea was, potent as she seemed, she was after all a fixed part of the mountain land, and not to be taken from it. At the moment marriage with her appeared absurd. A knock at his door and the Supervisor's voice gave him a keen shock.
Here he turned through the picket gate, and thundered on the door. It was almost immediately opened by a meek-looking woman of thirty. "Plant in?" demanded Welton. The meek woman had no opportunity to reply. "Sure! Sure! Come in!" roared the Supervisor's great voice.
The little nipa houses were flat on the ground or drunkenly sprawling at every slant and angle. Even the best houses had suffered. The constabulary cuartel was absolutely wrecked. The Supervisor's kitchen was gone, and his wife mourned for her dishes, which were scattered up and down the length of the street. The home of the scout officer was jruined.
"When I get so weary of cuss-words and poaching and graft that I can't live without killing some one, I go down to Elk Lodge and smoke and read the Supervisor's London and Paris weeklies and recover my tone." Redfield smiled.
He was at once keenly interested in his visitor, for he perceived in him the gentleman and, of course, the alien. Wayland, with something of the feeling of a civilian reporting to an officer, explained his presence in the neighborhood. "I've heard of you," responded the ranger, "and I've been hoping you'd look in on me. The Supervisor's daughter has just written me to look after you.
"Down in the Supervisor's office. They're very accommodating; they'll let you use it, if you tell them who you want to reach." It was impossible to miss the forestry building for the reason that a handsome flag fluttered above it.
Inspector passes it on to Mr. Supervisor for explanation; and Mr. Supervisor's strong holt is explanations. There you are! But it only needs one inspector who inspects to knock over the whole apple-cart. Once get by your clerk to your chief, and you got it."
We'll take a ride up there, if you have time before you go. Well, as I was telling you about that Cook cattle case the old fellow says " At the end of the Supervisor's long and interested dissertation on the Cook case, Thorne laughed gently. "Looks as if you had him," said he, "and I think the Chief will sustain you. You like this work, don't you?"
McFarlane, and I'm ready to marry her at once if you think best. She's a noble girl, and I cannot bear to be the cause of her calumniation." There was mist in the Supervisor's eyes as he turned them on the young man. "I'm right glad to hear you say that, my boy." He reached out his hand, and Wayland took it. "I knew you'd say the word when the time came.
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