of suoh woman and of fragrant memories of others like them 

 who have pone elsewhere. 



Alas for the Sierra, there have been a few ef the other 

 kind. There was the one that refused to go to "bed if her 

 husband wua away ever night, and so was a nervous, hysterical 

 wrook when her ranger got bt.ak, dog tired, from his fire. 

 There was the ene who could not resist repeating bits of of- 

 ficial information that she knew were not supposed to be re- 

 peated, just to show that she knew things. There was the one 

 who tagged her husband, a drag on his efficiency, because she 

 was s lonesome at home. There was the ne who was too self- 

 appreciative to associate with other Forest women. There was 

 the one who was so "pison neat" that the Forest users planned 

 to do their forest business with the ranger as the chance 

 care, along the trails, rather than risk the slight frown 

 that a muddy footprint brought, or the shaking rug that fol- 

 lowed a visit before the visitor was out of sight. There 

 was the woman who thought her husband wasn't appreciated or 

 given a chance or a rise in salary that he deserve?, and so 

 kept him discontented. lUtioe the past tense. They have all 

 in tine brought about the resignation of their husbands free 

 "the finest thing In the world" sometimes the loss t* the 

 Service of a most effective man. 



Ftr those of us who are left, there remains the high 

 faith in the Service and its value. In the rangers and their 

 work. The old pem that was dinned Into our ears when we 

 were small holds good as applied to this Forest work. You 

 remember the lines: 



tt Who sweeps a room as to Thy law 

 Hakes that and the action fine.* 



Just as truly, who lays a pipe line, r mends a trail, 

 or stretches wire as to the great law of social service as 

 carried out In the Forests, has done something worth while. 



the wife who rests him when he is tired, helps hin whem 

 Is busy, sympathizes with his ideals and his ambitions 

 fcr his district, is f inestimable value - his "friend and 

 fellow-worker". . 



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