Then . . . suddenly ... we knew 
the truth! 
It was a forest fire—a terrible con¬ 
flagration, as sinister as death itself, 
running along the crest of a mountain 
range for many miles! 
Trees—a lifetime in the growing— 
swept to destruction momentarily! 
^ Back to mind came the faded clipping 
we had found in the garret of the old 
farmhouse. What had it said?: 
“The air was livid with red heat . . . 
great rolling waves of smoke, in sullen 
billows . . . the crackle and the crash¬ 
ing of falling tree trunks. . . . Birds 
in alarmed flight doing their best to 
wing ahead of the danger, small game 
—squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, ground¬ 
hogs stumbling blindly a few feet 
ahead of the liquid rain of fire ... an 
ever increasing activity and excitement 
among the bugs, insect life thrust into 
a seething inferno . . . swarms of Cam¬ 
berwell beauties, banded purples, swal¬ 
low tails and dog-faced sulphurs in an 
utterly helpless combat against the 
inevitable, tortoise shells . . . angel- 
wings beating at the bars of their own 
little eternity . . . deer headed for 
open water!” 
And then the Warden, frowning as 
he spoke, finger uplifted, an image of 
Retribution: 
“The main fire front was over two 
miles long. It would take an ocean of 
water to conquer it. And now it had 
come upon a helpless green alder 
swamp. There was the hissing of a 
million serpents' tongues, and then a 
frying, sizzling sound as of the broiling 
of countless earth demons, and the 
alder swamp became blackish ashes on 
the ground. On came the fire! It con¬ 
sumed every particle of the covering 
of the ground, leaving it as bare, except 
for ashes, as when it left the bosom 
of the glacier that bore it. Only ONE 
thing can prevent forest fires: Edu¬ 
cation of the people!” 
Sonnyboy sat very close to me on the 
wagon seat, his gaze turned afar, to 
the smoke and the malignant jaws of 
that hideous mountain tragedy. His 
eyes were a little damp from parting 
with Rusty, the dog. They had become 
inseparable friends. 
And Sonnyboy had himself ordered 
Rusty back—a peremptory reprimand, 
else the mongrel would have followed 
his chum to the uttermost ends of the 
world. And the last we saw of Rusty 
was a huddled, disconsolate figure on 
the brow of the hill—broken hearted! 
Now Sonnyboy’s eyes were glistening 
with the stern sorrow of the sight he 
was called upon to witness. In that 
great forest fire there must be old trees, 
tired trees, majestic, proud trees—just 
like our own Old White Pine! And 
trees—trees were human, and suffered! 
He was thinking of it all in THAT way. 
(To Be Continued) 
SPRATT’S 
OVALS 
The Pocket Dog Biscuit 
A wholesome and healthful “Meat Fibrine” 
biscuit for every size and breed. 
Write for sample and send 
2c stamp for new catalog. 
SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED 
NEWARK 
NEW JERSEY 
English Setters, Pointers 
and 
Wire Haired Fox Terriers 
Puppies and grown dogs 
of the best of breeding 
FOR SALE 
Good dogs at stud 
GEO. W. LOVELL 
M1DDLEBORO, MASS. 
Tel. 29-M 
U 
Strong Heart” Police Dogs 
“Character plus Appearance.” You can 
pay more but you can’t get a better dog 
S UN BEAM FARM 
TRONG HEART KENNELS 
New Brunswick, East Turnpike. N. J. 
D O G D O M 
America’s Greatest Dog Magazine 
Devoted to all breeds 
Monthly articles by Freeman Lloyd, A. F. 
Hochwalt, Lillian C. Raymond-Mallock, W. 
R. Van Dyck, Bert Franklin, D.V.M., and 
other well known writers. Profusely illus¬ 
trated. Twenty cents a copy. Send tor 
free sample. 
$2.00 a year; Canadian, $2.25; Foreign, $2.50 
DOGDOM Book Department can supply 
any book about dogs published. Write to¬ 
day for book-list. 
DOGDOM 
F. E. Bcchmann, Publisher 
509 City Nat’l Bank Bldg., Battle Creek. Michigan 
.<==cj>Tsi 
TT 6 — 
DISTEMPERING _ 
kfcSI 
ree Dog Book! 
by noted specialist. Tells how to 
FEED AND TRAIN 
your dog 
KEEP HIM HEALTHY 
and 
CURE DOG DISEASES. 
How to put dog in condition, kill 
(leas, cure scratching, mange, dis¬ 
temper. Gives twenty-five famous 
Q-W Dog Remedies 
and ISO illustrations of dog leads, training collars, 
harness,stripping combs, dog houses, etc. Mailed free. 
1 Q -W LABORATORIES 
DcpL 6 Bound Brook, New Jersey | 
GORDON SETTERS 
INGLEHURST KENNELS 
QUALITY PUPPIES FOR SALE 
AT STUD 
Imported Champion Inglehurst Joker. 
Imported Champion Inglehurst Gieb. 
Champion Inglehurst Dickerson. 
Mail address: C. T. Inglee, 155 Montague St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
The Blue Grass Farm Kennels 
Box K, Berry, Ky. 
offer for sale Setters and Pointers, Fox and 
Cat Hounds, Wolf and Deer Hounds, Coon 
and Opossum Hounds, Varmint and Rabbit 
Hounds, Bear and Lion Hounds, also Aire- 
dale Terriers. Shipped for trial. Catalogue 
ten cents. 
Wonderfully bred English Springer 
Spaniel puppies, sire English Cham¬ 
pion Horsford Harbour, field and 
bench winner; dam Imported Hunston 
Wave, a high-class bench and field 
worker. A combination of the famous 
Denne, Horsford, Avondale and Riv- 
ington strain. 
R W TAlJSfCFY Ruan Kennels, 
VV * 1 FVAJDINE. I , Wyckoff, New Jersey 
RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND 
PUPPIES 
bred from the very 
best imported 
strains. Puppies 
ready for shipment. 
Prices reasonable. 
Arkansas Valley Kennels 
D. C. Davis, Prop. 
Cimarron, Kan. 
Bargains 
in Blue Ribbon 
WhiteCollies 
Write for special lists of famous 
Shomont White Collies. We are 
world’s largest breeders. Our 
White Collies will bring beauty, 
watchfulness and devotion into 
your home--joy to your children, 
safety to vour herds. Gentle, In¬ 
telligent. Write for low offers. 
SHOMONT KENNELS 
_ Monticelio, Iowa 
Paso 513 
A few drops of Dent’s Distemper- 
ine five or six times a day will cure 
distemper and save your dog. 
Do not attempt to raise a puppy 
without it. Price 50 cents. 
DENT MEDICINE CO. 
Newburgh, N. Y. 
In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. It will identify you. 
