hath set ye apart and given ye dominion over the green earth 

 and every living thing upon it. 



"Then shall come the white man and shall abuse me to 

 oppress the earth, and shall cumber it with strange shapes of 

 stone and iron. But it shall all lead to naught but greed and 

 tyranny, and in a little while the last of my stone food shall 

 be gone and the hordes of the white man shall dwindle and 

 he and his ways shall perish from the earth. For his ways 

 are not the way of life. 



"Then shall the green earth bloom again, the forests re- 

 turn, and the red man come unto his own; and certain white 

 men, whose hearts are red, shall stay, and ye shall be broth- 

 ers, and shall look on me and shall say, 'Behold the token of 

 the great spirit!' 



"Then shall ye dream and ponder over my flame; and out 

 of my heart shall ye see the truth and the way of life. And 

 through me shall ye see the great spirit, and shall know the 

 mystery of life, and in the end shall know that the great spirit 

 made the green earth to be very good and ample and bountiful 

 for all the children of men, so that none may lack. 



"And, in again a little while, the sun shall grow dim and 

 the forests shall shrivel, but I shall be with you and ye shall 

 not fear. And when the last stick is gone and the red gods 

 shall once more laugh you to scorn and shall take this earth 

 to themselves, lo! I shall wrap thy soul in my bosom and 

 shall carry thee to distant worlds, where thou shalt build 

 altars to suns afar. 



"For I am fire, the eternal force; and I shall never die until 

 the whole universe is returned to the cold, immutable dust 

 of death." 



Ranger Thornton, district No. 6, sent in the best daily re- 

 ports for the month of April. The best patrolman's report 

 was received from Patrolman Kangas, Nelson's patrolman in 

 district No. 5. Let's see who will be the leaders for the month 

 of May. 



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