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riilU' linn .~r -l H - , X PAGE THREE ’"'V ■A Copyright by Fleming ,H. Revell Co t-i 1... s:, ‘t. havf hV-ard so much about It,** j said the girl, standing by the door. “I; want, to see it 1 when the workmen X- ***'- >. , C ONFIDENCE and good-na ture are easy for folks who —are already prosperous and successful.^ The true strength of a man's chacactej- is cevcaied, however,-in adversity. Tear the j foundation from beneath one who has always enjoyed advan tage.of w<feltfh and position, and , SCOr if he hasl the -fracfrlaonc to conquer evil days-—to rke/aboV© cirturoctahces and win. ff* "Web -Sicei'A-we. h«ve -th*..*topy- ob-a. man whose foundation is de stroyed. -Itis 'jhj to rebuild it t’ ikes the nov*.!. it i.: not mere ly entertaini»,t| fiction; it is a pffc:.e of inspir.r.g iiterature. Wp !- sute all of our re&dets will •■y tnis Cyrus Towsehd Brady i .t' ■ . "T* the land' for Half-as l get so tired of t;lTiofc-atid white.” she care, • wsinstantly- reporting -tht* pwsg.- . H»i». •worfd. ^It's - the!, many years. And with thouglvts tturn- .went on quickly‘^b prevent }djn from ress to his father*every'"step taken ftjngest cantilever,—the gr*-ntest_,spj&h, ing. passionate, and Words enfljffljfjTss- taking ady ant-agCdf her Iii'Httjh'Us.ad- under the snporimend.'-tiee of Ahhott, ; the*heaviest trusses,, 1." ingly torrential'at hand to giye them ; mission. ' . *'y. . * ? ' inTlan. of g.rbat praetiejil ability «rS^un VJ’ve heard all about ft,” interrupted ftrp alt off. and it is all quiet, ihfhe Utterance,, they only^qiok'e common- “Hung tlie„*vclotlij.*s,”> said tin* man, " erector.”4mt of much' less enpuelty as the girl', waving biro tqto/nlehee, “ever moonlight.” .-■**■ “Very well. You had better change/, “fe'lOee you will nlTow it, I wUl eo,me Mehtle hau waien- o ns. iiuiiy growth It’s heinfririHg 7a-e^sessrme, too'.* 1 ' your drfss, Helen, before yrtu'go^ said with what i /Gin take tip. RiTr*you’fl with the closest attention. Like. eVery “You don’t look Ilka it.” "whispered•; the colonel, turning to 'Abbott' and en- • have to Te$ipe which fork. t*> use: I ■ Other mail in similar case, the work have alm<$t forgot ten. opt hero u/the /bad got intojti^ blood. It bud beeotne ^Iderness.” t i a part of his life.^Mletp\cdi jlu* bridge ; It isn’t six mofcths since you were >’«* mure h(i bived fb4< !i Illingworth, at our hoitse.” .*X., ' CHAPTER II. places! ; “How is tlio bridge getting along?” .asked the gH’l, repeating her father’s words W a few minutes- before, ‘ as these two fell hehiri'd the others march- jng.oiown tin* longIplatfortiv, while the maid standing by tiie private car with ..the porter looked curiously after the moving ..group and. wondered if that JlnfhYi?teen. tongdegged young man was ti reason for the New York gown! went on-“end Tffi going'to fake ypif Out oil the bridge after dinner.' It’s , .. Tntv~trffifv I p's' "fhe iiToS'tt'miffi**** ** lw * pT* *«■*''*» fit- ev,tdeh.«;es of the sHddeji gravity^ “hut all of tjs her**. ... . The Witness for (he Defense. Meade, under cover of the general laugh.tlipt greeted tier rebuffk. v ' he whis-s pored back qufekiy, in return.-- . f-ButrM carle h.ad..iv*-^fffr>T r tuhity to tell her. “It is nut exactly a'subject, for dln- "ri , eri*nnvTt , sirrhm^yirhl the colonel with.' swer. muroyen with his heart full of j nifiernt sight op eam'oevWllmv~BnTrriches , is. i;t the -luxury . red t.. Hw. tr...;;Co,oe .I w Of a privute^ar. Although Colonel ,i,heh th* ■V e.*i r c / THE EDITOR. X . '* W'crran. , CHAPTER I. '* j ' • y~ Lcve^o ■ X ,r . i-tggs^ only dired up to their * - UriJhXXijdPns, Life wouhl he a Lima's si »*i' I _>C'.-i'.i 1 ii*g el 1 iitaxes', ^11 had been ~ - -s<>i'if t•.to*:..f h'C sjnr** Meade lpnl' seep Helen liliitgAVJinh. Ib* had <Jy<ame»f •of Uie/ : Jujg-fu r every .day. aiuj iiad tfe-; * ;*tired da.-meeting differently irnd tubre Bapfctiri.rxiy after ev«*rKletter. As a matter <>f. iaet tlve wliuie tiling was '■ '‘casual :r.: i ordirjarv to 'the litiU. decree It ':\K -/ ' m rr ''•Here. • -y-VT-reih e. a retired' physi- \\as vie* - pi esitUmt and l liTnl ("iir;.is> the chief Tiy-denr, nuisf realize htrw ■f^—flie girl by hJSx^lde whom he longed j M he moonlight—there It is now,” he‘ ‘ >f n " l’ ri ' ut ‘*' < : ur - Ah hough . (’olonel I(1(1 eh t^R.bridge lea.ns to us. I won’.t to clasp- ArTiis arul?khut did not even "'pointed us flhyMi-tle gr"iip walkt*d past- jydngwor c thf~w.t}s fiersenaHy a man of go >o far as to stiy ttiat its, failure jer garment, the station which had hid the view : s * ni Pb* tastes us 1.. ■ « u old cant- wijjiL«|.ruiti ws, hut it would be hard fiir -some'Utrle enttnmiasm camexluto his nmnhe LM-eiif structiiru^iubbThlv was ■ paignef. ,there was >p^>intm<*nt us to survive,” • . • 1 voice. “It is the greatest brijigi*^a.t'. , ' r ^ Vt . a i tH j 'to.them.' • * that wir could :de\ i-a- or that -otiouey “Have yoaeverknoAvn-imything that was ever eiH*<ged v ". he said. \ .ryj,,, f our had «tnnne<V <H> . u Jd hjry e hii hj;\jjs,.bi'J 1 make Jnv father designed to fail‘-’ asked j ..“How you love.-ib,/ said the , 4 .ntdx.Mende love-thr hridge? Ah~^We-iifspUlng" and uvhiemions about- lr » "^ tbipcry. glass, • \, v ,,nd fhat is why we took his l-hete could he uo doubt us to that. ' thp greab^ddfi* iy outfaauTifn'* far- c ^ ltiU ^ n d q? i 1 \ < • r. t h e d i i hi qg' t a 1 >le ue«M- piuns in..spjte _ofc-. .He had studied its growfh hour by ,' r .’.^.XPxrm... not t<v apthogize: to any other anyr "in spite of wlutt.' sir? :iir. Ars tin -■ The four men alrwd had stopped ' ^ 7 "‘‘ y- lnv Iari1, ‘ r ‘les.gneu to * « irl - sil('ut. : •n,.T- w:is s„m,Jl lux h,s ' :lr ^"*f U, T’ rer? Ah ; , ” or.tnore luxurious in nxnapery; glass, • tm ,i t’hat is whv ’ n ", awe-inspiring and tremendous about ' .. £ , ■ . . . , s’"" 1 ,,UI1 " ,,v he uo doubt us to that. ' thp grenhMitoeiv ' outfeaeTifn^ •' ftir-'' ch ^ 1 ‘' u “ 1 llI ‘0'lJ-tablem.md- p| ;m s in >-pi.te pH lied its growfh hour by /extending ann^df stbel.-The first sight. ap<rtogu.M.o any other nnyr^ "i„ sjdtc of vyl \ great steel web rose, hie *, ul v Vft v4g tlV e Jhe behold,*r b little " '" rr - '■ 1 folohe •• v.a^ most I'une-^ ^ spite of C ,.i.i , , tih-ous in dressing ins jiart at»d Meade tubers” -> t ..... *d. roughened, stained and assume iny full share from that. Ylelide was e'er- jfb r the matter. You gHging him in conversation on Tfshni- cai matters. •■.;*T11 "alt for you at the front door of thy car;” said the engineer, his heart beating like, a- pip*umatie riveter anc^ sounding almost - as bnuK in his ear*. _ ,“T won’t^Nx long,” she whispfre^ as' sne left httttrSf- -A v , . r * c;an, ^ u i.,» l'mtn<a;:l man. <'hgin- • -r .< ,f* f *.. > jhg.rd upon M.isv bridge"e.iiiijiany,' were Hiifrgvvorth’s. hcgUe'Ou •*.“ ,st< ;'1'"d 'ih'ovji 1 soni II jilirftVirfii."' were, surrounded i -w i TtTfrr'T-'hr' - i T-1--r—rf ■ -er ■ nir to the le’sau tier, as if 1 rrrsait in-u. - The t-tre''snTin * ■ wi termio hand/bake as. per father 1 lw.id»a^-^*l^ was not tUldXb * e lifld (h>i ofTie A h!’><i.f!vt llo ^liMd 11e'en bebtted by .-asudden demand of work, came’ 1 -■•d a.ng dtiun the platform to engage . lie- atteiitidncof.the niiUj<-that the anx ious .Mead**bud a niopieul with the girl lx ’ f l '' *x ' • ■ . • r .* ■ • C. • \ ■ • A ■ -a ■\.i'VdT;dT]i ITIm?IVortli lTa*f also been' (hat she hail been a* shook-. It wn> so huge, so massive, so graildlv tnajestie, tihd wfilial so airy, ? .- seen agi«iis't the Inqiressive liackgrouud 7. R au .of deep gorge and palisaded wail auid far-off niountains. s«> ether-homo- wm?I it in its perfeot proportion that i*v*>n • . , .. -lull it,111 Mul.icl Of t’uulv im.sf pre»o,«nl, bott. In spit** of his' indifference to these, \v**re that-—felt ..its overpowering + presejie**. Mea*l*‘ and th^* girl stoppl'd too. After One glance at the ..bridge, she -looked-pt him. And that was typ- Urtiss here an.d'sotm (h'iissing his part iiitd'Mende others. mid Abbott' were .both s.-rniihed to "Mr. t’urtiss," Maid Meitde, tUrping inch of their lives, bjif, to the chief engineer. “If It will add' .eMinliiiig about tiie hridg**. their hands^ anything to your peace of mind. I will were seriitelied, roughened, staim*d and assume my full slnin* of respoftsIhiUtw torn. Aside fro'm that, ftehde was eer- for the' inatteV. " Y«iu kuovv the hooks tint old Ah- by SehmiUt-Chemuitz. the gr«*at (4er-. •man hridge engineer ?” / - • Jleieh did not y^ont-fo waste time tiny more than Mearfe did. So, instead of taking Iter fatlnn^s‘^rtslre. mM she did was to <-over her iomufiful shoul- ders with n light wrap anoHufsten to the mr . door tniTiie shortest pqssllile TTbx*. Kvery jiioment they were nj sine*- tin* sum-t</tHl in wtiiehihey t-i he together was so small, \vas a mo? fciltot lost. . - , . • V * ' “Ntjw.” sin* said, ebmrng out of tha t hi or. of the -car a (pi' descending tiie steps towanj hiiit. eagerly erjtcetant, ’’J want a prize for my swiftnea#?' “A prizereturned t^ie nnm t .Atwhy, ■ yTitTve licen gone, ;years, and -yqu haven’t evyii change^ yoftr gowri. You . I , ’nr.the.lirsi-tlmt*:&*..wri-s nntrul: the mjgwpht-aware of, <*r- Umm'iliately 'responsive to. her glance. And that, > too, was typical. Sin* noted-this with .( » bang of ioirionsv. ‘AL Sttlh matters,.'looked the able tiud pqw- crful .inan he was. . '. The c**uv«*rs«tiim at dinner was at Ux^L light and frivnloits. “I'm A h**t,“'"fjega,i 4bf» t’urtiss podded. -. —• “At first I : t|uiNs, we—thought that there might- possibly lie Weakness in thowo--- * i-Hwj t P*‘S‘'ion /|r mi hut- aitt. “<iv**rpow- efed wTth all tliis silver niid glass*.and china.” . “Yes,” laughed- .Mead**, “we should have brought" si long ttur -granit** ware i :ind tineups, then we tVould lie free He LihBr.rftd Ahhut. lxart expand eft with it.’ in It oven more wii push the suspended “VotT' loVe .'the' bridge,” slie said softly. vf'", v Hi- straightened up- nh<l threw his h**ad Imek and looked tit her.l* “1 thought so," lie said, simply—**un- /tfl toilay, but now"—he stopped- agSiin. “Hut how'T^hii asked, . "' “I Imxsyjffst learned wlmt love really is tiniLHii-Ti-sm>11 has not been taught ; it. Mr. Mctifle?” asked-'Helen. quickly. m**d^y a bridge!' lie answered directly, f .XT,don’t think anything built i-.v map ’«*t Ib : rtrani Mbud*', the younger, did j-wiH Vtirvive quite that long." lie"art- T-nily love Jjn* bridi^e vvhJteh lie -had | swered'as unieii to her father and the seeK.gro\v fpun- the jdaeMig-<4f-tb«* first j others as to her. “but this glves'every sliot*—-hJh* "gr**iit slt'eTTmse^^oii top of |pn>iirrse7>T lasting its turn-7*' e*i I’l'iir* t he \vw»le wtrnc-nn lefripy.i'*■*»it)etyv'eiTT’niTiss- ' ,, fb**fF ehe«-ked ‘tli*-m wlt lV tbe niethods he ad- f vocates and th»*n^siilm)itt**d the % bgun*s t o (uy fat her, aJi<ittiT*n in* w cut through - tlfo ;\vhole ealeulhlioillidid applied .cp- «*tli< ietits h** felt to- be .saTe?’ « f ' | Tm willing to tak** your falher'u from thi* dreadful fear that >e up* eo-i judgment in tii«* matternjither than anybo •to drop something or l»ri*:ik some- Sehrnult <’lieninitz’.'or iiimioilj’s,’’ said * •thing.' —"You enn bretik :u\yT!ilffg yblij-hjltV,'” satd Ilh* colonel with heavy jih-aktin- try."“»«» long as the bridge. XtifTHls'.’X “Atid that is going to la* forever, iyu't in-took pHdo tur**- to tlx* <mni_pleti*m of tlx* soaring was some question in myTiiind about they began tp cantilever, real-hlng^out to meet its . th«4e l»ig <-onTJ>r<-s.si*iri members. Wlieh -span across tin* emupiuiion on tin* otiu*r side— tin* great I tirst stuilied vottr father's drawings A ilis:i.pj*oiutod ps hi*. The_unly.real sat- lsfm iujri t hat either of thrnreohld take In 'ho situation lay Ju.the fuel.that tin* other Wjis tlx-n*. It was tiiidsimimer river on the offH^r end «*f the-cbm pit-ted International, which was tube..the tie I wpndored if .He had .made tin.*-lacing iryl tie* gTrl was dr esse* 1 'in souitT tight, qnntiJever, Toward its fellow rising on. that houqd, with well ‘of sfeei, two strong enojigli to hold The wcbs.’t - i i! • p V' t ;• r I - r !• c - Wh i * - h well ■ b>-<‘ame her ra- the oth>*f sid**. He linger*,*d about it great countries which lay breast to —’‘ThnljnliQXtt-rAyiis very thoroughly- diant' beauty. Meade, could look at -a .'vib^thc r«*st- of the workaday world breast;, already iti touch save.for 1 lx* gone, intti ’ s »ii«l Metide- qufekiy.. “It vynieh was eoneerned with it had with mighty river-that lid wed bet vveiHV them.- was tlx* Very jioint w li'ich 1 myself had drawn to rest.' 1- requently late in r^x* ^ Ry no means would Meade,- t.hc| questioned, but father is absolutely night he had arisen- ami had left the younger, have been charged wpii the coniident that vvV provided In.ttieing .sbeet-iron shack he occupied near the g r4 . a j; responsiiiflities of the bridge iiad bnougir to take up all the.stresses, I work (for the toppgntphy of tiie land j, IU> j. fdr liis exhaustive prepara- bmked into- that—JUiittcr «tys»4f;”' he ami the course lif the xLver, had deter- anf j w ide expr^l fuiee: T* i;i tlx>r-~*'wenrrm wit it much emphasis. s - J’urtiss, “so sne<;«‘svful n,'is'iieen his ca reer. “Now thajt I have .sben the tnetnhcrs in pl|M-e I li'ive no doubt that they will stand/" said the coJouVl. ^ , • -•“Sure it.h.ey w ill," added Abbott with stipretueMiiid contagiouscoulidenee, ari a.-stminee vviiich helped even Meath.* t" ^believe. • f . . Ar?r‘ *‘< )f~course we ail know,” said jpoe- tori Scveremvj. who had been Ifmg bit •« f strtb-t ural. steel work and tell yoh ijil about it. All tllaj lx* efful hi.'.** told you about tho.dress six* yvttire. was Timt if was exquisitely approprl- -tt *. Imt it never tmeurred to him that .. .. #- 5 s ■ • .. v. itit a Irfeat price to a- great »artist Ib-it-n. Illingworth iiad olMiiluptl tkftf tju* loentiott <*l the iiritlke far ougii technical training tit Harvard, in f - «* look of d**iightful sd-mplioity I'lx* gown wafi'not wasted on Meade, ji^ she caught bis raphir-, \*xfs gboje**'. Six- had never looktal love lier. **:i"~w*is not a fra'gile, ethereal wotim.ii ; q;i.it*• t he reverse: That was , cm** . ; ten thousand.things Meade liked > -rpo*it Ix-j. She i’oiiitd do all those nfh- • b f ti.- am! j tru'd lea I things that nioderd •young women can doTftfd six* eontd-jl*) ■: -m w’,*n. ' • v • 'V : * Motxle was’ intensely pfactienl and i-ili'Ieiit. Ib* could do a 1.1 of those things himself and many more and he from any town), and in the moonlight R,;. f,.-, he ha*l gazed bewitch***! by the great web of steel, nil its mighty tracery deli cately silvered, faintly outlined, lace like, lofty, lift**<1 high into tlx* heavens; .Hejfeil into' a. little reverie for a brief lyoment from which sbe^reculled him. AX'?!!?" she asked. .iiw renee. S<*it*ntili<- school, - had been added a substantial record of aehievtqnent. A line bridge which lx* had erected in faraway Hunim, trium phantly ai’hieving tiie design despite till sorts of’difficulties, had attracted tiie attention of add ('olonel Itling- boldly. He hail long since persuaded himself that lx* had been all wrong anil his father nil right, so that he entered upon hts defense and the defens** of the bridge with enthusiasm. He was. “I guess ifs nil right." said Curtiss ready to break a huieo vv’lth anybody lightly. ‘ “I.eitiniTucd"tlx* webs and lae- its behalf;” TTiwiigh ifi-tmirh nvmt^ frlglrlflfflhg~rrr ^ letiru much about It,, “that there is al-‘ ways more .or less of experimenting In i lx- design of uTievv thing jjke this.” "Yes,” said, the colonel, “hut vve They Saw Her Round, Redj- Full Face. don’t want our **xp**rlmcnt Jo fail In ,• . . , ” this irtsiimce ” ,ean t go out on a bridge. In that gown 7 ,7 V ,77 rundtthose. slippei Sr tramping <cver dirty - “They \ron t. ’. said the^woung man . t , , lu S * i trucks, piles of, steel, roUgh wooden planks, paint and—” _ . “Can’t I?” she’said; “you just see.” ings etirefullv this -att«-ni*i*»n. Tlx*y seem to I**- jjis right ns possible.” “Those truss*"*." said Abbott emphat ically. "will statxl forever.. You n*>?*l net worry about tiitir.” • - “Well,” began the cqlonci. “we hnve every eoulideu*-** in your fsither and in .fotr. I don't mind telling you* Meade, it need m»t go any further, that when this Tiridge is completed we shall be yery ixlvnntageous .oiler for future re lations vvltli the Mnrtlvt e**mpauy If saying in a conventional tone of voi.ee, “it means a great d**al to mi\ My father—” ■' '" ' j "Oh. your father." she began indif ferently, although she knew and liked . . “Are you going to finish tiiilTTrffcru* > worth, tlx* president of the Martlet jp,,**?” asked' Sev.-nmee, the vie.*' pt»-si- Hridge company. 7. jflenf. "You know tlx* linaheijil7«*nd of young man utxjer tj is mine, and much 'dependsTipdtrtile! vnr *' aeeept it^ . On the strength Itis eye for a long t nx*. - When he com- Jate'of-completiohv” * ' i of ypur-probaM** nc*‘**piunee wea-gg ul- ,;©tssiqned‘ his lather, Bertram Meade, 7 depenifs' upon you'iu*opr<r at" i»n'►wH*•’■»'«■iU'qtiF’TnTO^rtoln j Sr,, to Pupate Up* plans for the.great L th( v sh ,^; doctT^TTf ymt get the stuff for, ' iwi n ’ Ms " hUh w “ h » ve hitherto prejiafctr* to make yous'personuliy—a -H ie platforiu, as tlr**y turned About the t ;i . -d»t*i <h» them, un*l that i>fone r.ea- M.y h.Xhad been attracted to her; the «n*at engineer >!' for that nlwne df.l lx* love hen. “ Il is hls frowning work ahd iraiVr >M ■: V* - * - <“* 11. that soft hnipbiVr afternoon she l<*.M,4 hs st7ii^ dglieufo as ev*»ry man jy/vjld ai <njo time or. anoth<*rdiave the v.ei.inn In* loves tippeaX and tis far re- im ived-from|things strenuous as if in i!x*r wnrljj ! He was Vejtri/ng the : ntgh clothes, llarmel shirf. knuki trou- s.-r r**keiivy shoes sind T**gglngs\'whLeh. Wv'iT- his habitual ns«f at. vv*>rk M . t Con- ' “Your beginning.” - •‘It 1H not In tile, or in any engit^er, to begin Where my father left off." he Interriatioilul, the most-sought-for an*l famous of bridges, lx; had lirded with salisfaetion that the ohier man. who . stood first "among bridge engineers on tlxveontitx-ru^had asso*-iat**d with him- seif'J[iis -sotfi Mi-tide, .Ir:„ had r*-<-**i»tfy [ r**tunx-d Trom South America, where said. Bii( x thl»s wHl count -a great ] u . hgd again, sliovvu his mettle. Tlx* dtyil, been use through fatjilTl-i.IUnduc^.:^ ^ HFke4 top ^ r | n , he preparation I ha<! sonx* hand ^ /.:' of tlx* designs for whiit wabHo ho the I l>eK|*-ve• you xjjfd-4t41II,’ pitiffrupt- t ‘cm»wii and triumph of tiie «>ld**r man’s ed the ghix'Wg life, tlx* most stup**udou^ Of. till- the Tie bt-dke info sudden laughter, -tiijd , cantilever bri*UreJ5. in the wvH;44e_--: r;VW<l with her flliny and <lelfcately • bn l WluiLJioylsh ring/ 7T'^ prw . ;tt /ngineerTiajl high idea <1- fabric. hts well-worn oliy?- fdie ltket). He s*-*'t;x*(r to think that | qf h'is.only./ion’s ability.' lTe\\vas w*ni-. coin* 1;-■!> liabilitaents stood forth liideously. Thu: Is he thought so. aod. the con- T t.-ist son'x-how seemed typical of the (i* ifxri'fi*'** betwebn'them as^he consld- * r d ix-c. itei **. was thii_eoreless insouemqee o! eqiiseioUs power in the Tie ailing of thcWugrneer which differeutbited r him fr*>tn most of thckinpn with vyhom she qui been thrown In contact during her HfchsTl heHutcrnational Bridge was the Id^gti^Klh-irig of the kind the Martlet coiitpanyTvc any otheF-/Araerican struc- he like*). - 1 was' a sufiicient siti.oycr to .thfft.state rnent, -for heWout’*TlT'«Uiokly. * “How longViOdl yotystay?" And in sj»it«j\«if ^fTmself ix* -could not 'keep his anxiety out'of hie voice. - “1 tfiltik father’s going on to the|eUy Sbpxdittx* t * *nff * r i‘o u—- j 1 r iibubly in the morning/ 1 y.tio Wiar Tlieade’s -face fel *So”sbbn was ing to proWahTr it, fo 'msiiutain it, and defend/ft against fill eoijx*rs **x* : *q7fi ,himself.- \Vh**n the two wiiis .clashed, lx* .(•*-*■ ogni/.v-*I hut one. "way,-■ liis "own'. Tix* •■relations la-twee'n.'the t\VOwere loyelv hut notlideal. .There was lea*l- V . . - mi ■ ’ . , ership not partnership, directxjn rather, . iliah eo iipejution. -The-knowledgegiiul experien* f* pf tb** h**y--for go he- loved to vail him—w fleile' **f course Tx/hing I wiJi trj to persuade him to,.affly^conrpar*>d to those of his fpther. When, longer. .I ve seen lots- of bridges built • iVMiscu.sSriig ni*H»t .points, tlx* v*.iufTger but never one like the Tni»mn«(nnnt v‘ International, j n I ati N 4iatl been unconvinced by tlx-cul tural plant Ihql ever undertaken.: It aP( ^ 1 ftbotild enjoy stotidlng by and . cul-utibiis of th<*' «*lder, lx* had b you work." do th**_ work, Abbott does had been a consfbtrt toj^c of convert a tion .wherever her Tqther was. She had; heard all about ltNmd although, strlctjy s|K*nklug,\ the bridfee^was the work <>f Meado. "Sr., yet' -she identified 11 vylth Meade, Jr. Ther^" a'feeling In her mind that It was l^r llriflfclXftluMItftlr L *■*'— - V#* i r “» v» ■ uiaixl^tfT^ Ll7Z7 7 . "Watching y „ ; “I/don’t >*-*-ii that, ail’d the TTien. pf edurse.” laughed to scorn Inf a gpod-n^tiired "••iy. IJis <arefully - set birth ob.i**c- ; tions, e\7‘rTltr*serious_matters, had ii«*«*n t ri iirrj-’ not f*-lt It to-fjUF-interest to enter.” 7 . ’“That 1(5 most*'kind of .you. Colonel -.-Illingworth/' said the young niangrate- 1! fullyy “and it appeals fo me very strongly. I have -been associated., with father latterly. , He . wants to- retire With the completion*.of tills bridge, nnd JQf.ore-I.upen any «*filre'of my own f uld like tlx* advantage- of further perieix';**. Such a connection as you iropose s<-*-iils to me to be ideal, from ty point of view: No.man could.luive any better burking than the Martlet Briil: couipnuy. “Well, we shall l*>ok to you to be His gtafiTv Vaglfely i‘/rmpnTHWdtv1 hi ditugtn«-r Colonel as lx* spok**. Illingyvortb was a y^-ry ri* b man. I The Ak^tlet Bridg.* company was dearest his heart, hut lx* had many other. In terests. jjis **tiiy <iatighter wawild7*vent- ual\y la* the mistress of a great- fqr- rfmx*. M * -aMe. Ai-irp 11 of poo 1:* ft f con r-***._- his means w**r** +imite*l eonipanal to Colonel,Illingworth's great fortune, but wfiat h^ bad earned’, sav***t and invest-*' 1 *•*!' wns: Vutfi<;i«-iit- y*-s, even for two. Ami he would IriberTbuiUc-b more. Old **;ti the -gr It Had Been a Part cf His Life."x » v v-. v . I.x-uo l>, UtlU IRTU r . r r—— ^ i/-.^n.? r W °i rk . ly n! h | > .i W ?i rk . mm! ? ov ^ r,, brnf-^eilepaHy' and by triutri-' here to .me I’ll get iMn pbv in short tfwsslble mid profitably tlx* labor of the phant -vuifeUIutloiis his own tlx* -fa- | onlurv’Aa-nsAvered AI>botr otherR.” she nnswered.—STflu nlan. von *1 »....» ...A »...„ . ,.*...7... . . — be was supremely as- . '' ' • «ur« d and entltely -conftdeni young \- indy, yet with the man bj; her side she _-__A rri'-T-leTlied a parsing setfot* of uneasi- n**ss, such'As one might conceive the arowered^mrrtap, you ih „ leaa, tn? rest.,only JLnlloa:^ ..By ^he .clusiiuisg.,4tud Xhe more strongly be- way, father told me to ask you olnd t-uu-s*? of tbo ojipqsitiou. Mr. Abbott to dine .with us tonight A the car. .7 I _ - ’’ ^qinomalous. lie had n*> directTmper- ^.Meade’s mood cha *"* ' " e’s position was-rather gloom. “I 6an’t.’ he said dejectedly with you ah*! 3Icaije on the' job, Ab bott/’ said tin* colonel genially. “Tcs. you sij^; father.” saurthe girl. T _^_. ----- ’TCvit since the,Int*‘ni.‘LiI*3n:rl has been ' Aftejr ditifirr tlixfiTH sat out tm the 7.^° -X.-—vjaioh; of tlm...Constructlotq - He—wa>» --turti*d yWu' have seare*-lv\b* : en nblr* tqv olis**r*ia>l*^ pHtform with 1 their cigars - tiuTe as r?Hi*lefit cugim*er_repr**se5itingJ irive a-4jt**hght eveu*W fiM^ -I-Tii Ttfred and' coffee.' For . tfios** 'tha'T s jfked ; It j ■■^greatest engi- 3Ieade had* iiof l« liwr of hbirgetierafiotiTurAiothing. Ill- depeixletif and ^elf-j^speetirrg. young ’* *ade r *)ui(i iiofis^H* considered a for-’ hunter by' a-nyl^ody.. He/was the v ‘jokri-: Hs-jvfcwtH -a-ileCent father, likes' .toSBitliist liis daughter. ; old ('*dotx*l Iliingworth/found himself gaz- irig wcmilerhr^ly afTfie tv'07. , • 7 “I hate to see you kpoll your dress/* he said uncertainly us she stopped. Iteally What gown on earth . was worth half an hour of. her society? At least that is the way he felt about It. and evidently she felt the sanie way. “It is settled, then,” six* saill, slip ping her, arm ihrdfi$th^bi->' as they wulked down tlx* long wooden plat form near tlx* siding. -Ab-lhe end of temporary station ami storehouse, be* fore them rose; thfh inidge.. The mooa •was rising over the high hills that sprangjjp from the steep clifflike bunk of the other side of „ the vast * river. ... The^ saw her round, red,’ full face through an interlacing traeery v of steel. • The loWer part of-the bridge .was still in deep shadow. Indeed, the moon had just cleared the hills of the opposite bank of the great gorge cut by the broad river flowing swiftly in its dark ness far below,’. At the farther end of k *j.tho suspended arm extending far over the water the top of the traveler glis tened. The cantilever on the opposite — shore, incomplete and sunk under a ^ high rise'oT sand, was still In shadow and not yet discernible. Unwittingly the woman drew a little near the’ man. He became more con scious t hah liefore of the light touch of her hand upon his arm. It was very still where ilx*y stood. The shucks of the workmen had been erected be low tlx.* bridge about' a quarter of a mile to. the right along-the banks-of th** little 'affluent of£lhe nmip 'stream; They could hear faint but Tndistfn- nianlty corning from that direction. The fires in thff ijHiehine house and in the' engines were tanked.- -Lazy- curls-^ of .smoke rosero be blow n aw^ay in tha liniltless-areaa of live upper air.' In th«- darkness all the unsightly eVbleuggjs u>nsti-.inqi*m~ work were hidden. ~ “oh.” -said'the, woman, drawing a lotig breath.,-“I don’t wonder that yoH luve It. ilsif't Jt h«-aivtlful. flung up In air that way? one %y<> the ould think It ‘Time was,” said the tyan. “when I loved a tiding lik? that above every thing except my father, but now—” ■ »y* ‘F his-ft^thery , Il«*- hiid wolconx'*! thepo.si- <»f it. I Ixuie-fh**' old thin? wfii Wtion ThYn/wa^-soiiiiMltiiig ln.tff!l g|ass*m fif it gave hiiii Tit) omMirtu-=-'-l»e ■♦tpfe!f<*d > s^that/yV** c.-in till go back wiii*h b J *; TiaiT*-»T - when- tlb* - ”glasses behind rtiTy^ ■'■t&iu The-Wcry. ljegitming tli^yt7» tx>niial IlFfr VbynIii7* -.v.-r** j.gitat.-iJ.Jqi't .Meade jli clined all iTbrpieas 'vi,ie*:u*iiii^jf wli afwas f*i T>V* th7 great- vi h*.jte so. t<>T7Sii7s**nt.vTsiff; e.*Ioni*l, t'-tec. ' 7 1 - - / V/' - o'; 1' IK ’ U m-’ ' • Voting Meade comes out of J glnssat Jn-lH frt, efream with a ttr^tWo bom|r hammer. —? - * -^ • -r - hott., We left our dre*s suits awjcward .and con- u^-jvhea we eam^ _ , ___ , t ^ ^ -7: : ,J ■' on cauti.reH-r bridge the Mfi o7 ’tie ShV.^tli^fan r .ptmjm riot been all over the worm / V‘Oli.” she Toughed. “What Ojfferonce world had Mvr. trod upon, tne wheels (he bridge /ftrgh^bwssitm • rj> r n> ” n ^ Jobs fPT * ^^dq f qnd^the -Moefl that make? Come jast aByoq are. WOlfE*^4~ ifever W!ed mcoaaiLi - >t It.lS’tfte tn^gc<t Y** 1 * ffx- Marti* t Ton ptSur-lad not qgeened It aniong wlUbeareUef. IUke yota that waj. r .le had followed with the 'toostjfi^^ver hundle4.Indeed.ItU thelu'4^* With v>ur jirfJirfssirut.-sirT-lie kd4^ nm g»»Ing T fo take Miss Illingworth rrun It ” :p Miss HUnggrortlL The moon Is rising j r Rtir 1 n«il ktt ne^t 7tn*brh r rv?ut fHondo read 7* the beat serial of ■tlid TeU your eh of Steel," year, ,-v