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‘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
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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**.
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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*
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■ 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” ->
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*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 ' •
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■\.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
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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
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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
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- <“* 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