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i • a W*5 SOUTH CAROLINA fX ;£*•«* c *9 ■Tty PAOK THRU 3p!5 >. j >v. ,/'• f V I .<r‘i‘ir u. In / • J’ - i r -A Author and Clergyman Civil Engineer- BRADY, Jr- Is a Thrilling ..Story qf American-Life as'Stronu, Courageous M?n Live It Copyright by Flfmine H. Revell Co, i- %■ ■ Now; After a week’s confinement to bis eabinjic fek strong enough to vety ture out a galh und to »ftac^ltfe ‘prob* personal jaroblerns i**nis. - They were pei-onnl nowXWPHcii more intimate than before, for to- waXbuilding not only ttie bridge \yet) pf;st/^l his own get _PERIENCE JUST HOW MUGH.HELEM iiLWG- WORTH MEANS TO HIM - The Martlet Coijstruction Company is Molding a groaT Interna- tionhl bridge plannnUiy Bertram,Meade, Sr., a famous ,eti^n**#X ills 'son, Bertram ^leade, Jc,, resident engineer at the brbjg**, i-s in love with Helen Illingworth, daugliter'of (’oltfiiel * Illingworth. president of tilt* eompjihy. Young. Meade questioned hi s* faThiT’sjju.dgMVnt on the strength «»f‘certain important steel beams in the gigantic structure but was laughed- to scorn. Ho still has private doubts, though ouj- " si’imllT agreeing, wltli bis elder. ! ’ /■■ '***“”' ’ . ... . ••• • • •’ CHAPTER gelful of ills qautlpn. before lie could ’' 'l And of her own jtjotion-she kissed complete his .'Sjejpor /nvh her of the .hiin In the moonlight. ;_X_—-v Hanger. Jt -How Wnt’ forum rd. It tlited ■‘‘And lit you were not. d^ng ‘tliis.”. stcpg distinctly. In spite of herself. Ilelen .said lie, milking■ tjto (proper*, return, "1 “Her* Colonel Il\lwg\yorth.opened the gate” liXhsl -the- platfonn, and descended rite tmr waving ftvJts fu,turf' lia;i'pini-.Ws n . ; 1 ’hijy '1e-. luftk La.“Ul able to v>iit ■ <\f Tt.- ’T-.-!L:Ti. jSEflSSnST his grilvan* 1 ize'l 1 r• • 11 *Ji:!'••(< uhfreNbe had the bridge itr fiiil view-; and thcHay before lie ha<j even, .v^jlio'd. unsteadily rkc.vn tO 'the rtver bank, "u'liVr.e le* h;i*'f b^en 'eqftniry sijrprt l. an4 *lelighte,d_-.at-_ mft. ’ progress .that Had .been TCjid*'. .Abbott-'- s was n drivers«:fj< r bis owp heart. 4te»l\ Jv tilings Seemed tu have’ gone on jikst - its well without .hint, as if he had been Illingworth was carried still farther forward as she sought to regain her balance.. The piece of steel begun to slip downward, grating'on tile pile-Af ipertrift as it- uHived; another second •q rul'd t-would he off and on its wav ir- * revoeahly. Meade threw 'himself at the'girl. He | lunged out. aocLcauglit her just jisXho ,Was's^fpplnipdownwar<) with tltrvplate now almost perpendi* lUlnr,*^*Tp eat* ttiight not have had.the com age to telj ’ he said ns. he stepped X./ '. "X/ •r took him by tie* arm' '■ k : ' : , -4, . Yon haven't told "a anything—l^i nod they Walked down the plntfyrm s*j Avords,” she HhkwtTvd. fain.- to- hei^r as to h*> <u|t o/Xny• possible hearing ear. -Continued. "Have.you a cleat;- head?" asked the inan. “I mean does it affect you 'to • In spite; id iu rs.i If tiiji* woman hioked ! he.,.joji high elevations? • Do you get at l.o a.* ,. ” . \ dizzy?"'' • X . . " “ik i now?" she whispered ,as he lies- “I hal^bjibd then she turned her head “b.ut half tearftTT of his .answer. • “T think- I’ll hold you,” was the reply. "I :-ii» aliuoH afraid io sav it,” he Tf«* grasped het .flrmiy .by the arm. sairi -hiv.eiiiig his Voice to iiialcli heivl-The loose wrap she was weuring over own. ' I*. in r .sboulder.s did juit ■eov-f'r her arms, never have,", was the answer, her he had to step to the very edge of, the planking beyond which the rails' I am by the two. s dab ght haven't told ye >rds,” she. HiikwcrciK faia to-heiir frpm -lils lips,whn? shy wi ll knew front from th< tiie beatlpgoqf his heart. _ . ‘‘It^Tvotmh*Klate tjen jo Hdl^Yii.U imved'her.^.^_*. that I lo\V you. rhe| 1 am \/itirS, To ills heart was beating alm*^1-as rap- give inys«*lf f*» youN^t'enis fo tie'ttp*. Idly jis it bad on the- bridge, and for highest possibility in Iffe, tfcyou. wlit” evfctly the shim* r« ason—fear of los- ly .fnkd.Tag^Jw-;•; ing her. 11** tried to., speak: dn the-job., Hi* had not t>ei*n lonely In-* hlss iHness, for all of th**'rhJef men <*on- nectfd with tl«* construction tiaddone-.-' tbi-ir best fo tH'gflile the t»*dium of td* hours by visiting him whenever they (••nib I spare the time. ■e? “Now.” she- said to Meade, who fol- i o yotl lm' me niore'.than Tib*- 4 . . .* Mill n.»i*r» ■■ **&**•*?■!**+■'- i«»«,./lf O.. More than nItriges in the w orld, past, present and fTreome; more than anything or am body. I- felt you I never knew wliat luy.e-.-wns i>r wliat With-a tremendous effort he caught her. by tiie wajst, swung her up and in, and-stmHl fast oh tin* brink quivering, heavliig liTTiTseTT (lesperntely backward j lf# , wns^untilT^aW y mi sliding to voiir as In* sought to maintain his balance ,ieath. If I had not. -meeeih**l I should and take the backward step that meant j fav ^ followed .you.”»••*« * safyt\. ^ ^ ' , *:f f.eit that., too ” she answer***! ing her. “Well. young • man; said Jiiing- _1 • ‘ “d. felt that:, wild sivout rose from ^he. SLeainer ( i r ,. ain il'y.i njf’rtie huge p?:t*e--drnoprd. like. tlK 1 V i ni "*^Iie¥%f'*-yfre1i^ r '!^>e said, "and n-o* ■A, a and it was a Imre arm that he took iu his-hand,- * * -jt. ail that was tin* second *d beg your pardon,” he said quick- - ’ !i’»* .third pla<V." ^ .. dv, “but—” --—:—■ : r — ^Vneyour^hdn'r^aiiies?” “It ibiesn’t matter.-'M understand. *|ii 1 i.n»t give .lii.ni lime tu an- ' You wanbl inMter Jn>l*l me, I- might 1 hbob* of. a might V gu i raight ibnVrv Ylit'ring!f file”alr. If it lind struck di-afest,”. he said - : x »i J l > IM ^ ^ s ;, i f. "t'orne,” she said, us go o,ut siifT.” ■ There was something electric on tIn* bridge.-’ . and'compelling'iu the pressure of his. ' li's a mugh place for you. Those 'sp-ong hand upon thk fj^m tl**shm>f.her~ Ii11!«* slippers you -kth t he boat., it would..have Cm tlirougl.i like a knife,. Fortunat**lv it cleared 111** gangway by inches. Iii a_secon*l If -had disappeared,. Screams,' shouts, arose_ fjrom tin*. boaT* w Uieli^.-q»rouiptly sjicered* otT fiifo mtristream. Helen' Illingworth's back had tow ani MeadcAfisT he s**ized h**r.. Sir** „"W>* inthi -g«i lm*di at laeUs "I so‘‘fs»>M'ful -Cfi^v-o4ir“'ev**Ti-; nftw that I affi alihost ii'mvllllng. to'try It. Every tinie I gla'p' ■ doivn tbroug^i |lliese. intt v t;sy a (*(*s~'bwt,we(:u (he string ers my blood runs-jei|id.” * “Yoifasuppoited iu** before; I will -.. s.u(jp(»rt you auiiy .luUglo.fi'tbew*MnHn. ■ woman. been j “No." said the man. ‘‘‘\y»* w [If >m to- aml wbddng to g**t It' over, : “you said you bad'somet fiing to say to'me.”" "It's a verydmr*! filing.to?say. -sir." Me looked helplessly at the girl, but sTie.-\vTts^sp***Mddess. It Was ills task. If she wen* not worth asking for. dm Abbott) fuel been..especially kind in ins sonu'whnt rouglwind-reudy way. Tin*- Tdg ccinstructldn superintendent-' was fond of Meadrqg although he un dervalued" him. He regarded hiru m'o‘re".”~ as a tfieoretical than a practical man and .tie- im-viutble Jintagdljism fo-tween -tb'— TheTirist and th** practical man. •w hen titoy ar-t* not coinbin***! in one pec?' C -<ooTrt+H : y; ; - en**' i-atertt-* tu »A I ii nU t’s 'ItFBrtT •"'■north side'of-the rivejr, It yousisted _ of Tom; parallel 1 composite- webs, each Imd seen as' ke liad everything that . .. .. ytiWuddirm. -She shrunic du&e^to lilm, (-^pponed. . .IteeiwTuTng'himself at last. Ii** ’"ol.ed down., ami as if in (tkediC again'imfkinkingly. by a natural iiu- e.fmt' to \^iis glanoe sin* <*u.tthrust h**r puisp. • A fiiot froih her gown. It, was not tbv '1’he nio*>n was now well clear of the SI JJ Uw.foot that ever upboije a wom- brow of tin* fdLdiest hill. Its yellow Which Ts~nnt iW.^O-4 T -t!T f say ing" it was c**v*-r**d lii- coinrary.. \\ inch is not was turning to silver anddn its cold too large, not” at all. . It. and beayitiful dllumin/ition tin* wh*de i jy i( . n ^-ind-blown I. wa- just right for hot height-and fig- river flowed bright beneath them. Ev- ur*‘. ami its shape ami sinie left n'«>th- **ry inch .of tin* bridgewvas nowClearly ir.g'TrrtiT*; <b-sTredr^~ACA ; r.evoftlctl in the wiitte, pnssTonle^d fight. "N*we.r liiitnl the slippers." she sai.d ; Fifty-ddet fftviiy it **n«b?d lu the air. i g*-tln*r." , j, .They tiirm?dCow arTfT!fe-slnir+v “Ue. ^ j toi,lie ln*r han'd nml s]jp'p*>(] -kis other slowly, almost drag-rm .about li**r juUkas' -dm^ily an*I .nat urally” a'*"if the\ had I apy Ipimlde lover and his l:ts\ In tin- .eountryskk I’.y and bv thek In* st-epped ging lu-r. uutiLUiey were ju^safe-dis- fro.m the *-*lg#. III.f fae** was tfkn-u-fw-w4rttT*--irnTtTF“- mm mllgtit'; Swmrrt “they are stronger than they jjwk. ; They were now almost directly be-. Tlley'U sr|'V. . “l’>ut tlie distance between her* .'the- bridge is imln-s dei-p in *iust.” '« "Dust s|n* -exclaimed itk dismay. “1 do'i'r miml r*uigli ' w alking. hut dust ” • >' ”1 never thought of that," aikintted th- 1 man. “Tin* fact is I have thought of nothing but you since I saw you, bur now w e'll Jiave to go back or—r" "‘l shall not go back,” slng-uuiswered firiii'ly. * * TTTT: heatli tIn''traveler, near- the end”u£ the . ww**”* . amid s,ls I'i‘ildc«I span._I.ts huge legs sprawled, out Tike'those of a gigarirlc animal juv tile * Xt reine edges of tin* bridge oil'ei ther side above their heads 1 ; Tin* wood en platfonfron tin* track ran "out half the .distance to the bridge end. Slgwly tin* two-.waTke'd..along It uiitiU^ut a few feet were left between .them jaml tin* baked tloor ln*ams an‘*l Hf** striilg- ers-carry Ing the ties to which the rails were boltciPam! iho'phinks tabl. -~-9' •rehead, lie was shaking if. "~ “The ,w hole w orld went black wlnux :f~KU-\V \ o y go.” In* said slowlv. • • . - ”,IJo you care that much?” askcjl the girl, tremlding h**rself. There wa«'n<«.u**c**ssify for. niablenly reticence now. I •t J*< Nightly, he brought to MejJde details of tin: progress of tlu* work. That eve- ping' hist before leaving,' In* remarked In ’in* most casual manner in the world, as if it were a matter of lit tig or no lm- ; * r ... port a nee: that tMd-H wm A-trifle out w as not. wofth luutng; she. might haVv*‘C ( ' l ';Of»h 1 T~ " ” - t , said. “\XVll, sir,;.’ he h*“gam'd**sperate- XuS.-.'f^in Q, was the hi geest menibel; lf.f T love your daughter, D-rif tin- great right hand .truss on the want to marry her.” . ” . - ^ “ l 'nttdr,’ 1 sa id th e - Cttlnnel , “I ' sup : posed as much, lfow- long have'you and Helen kjiiown each other?” "Over-ft year, sir. but I loved jhej- from the very .monrent 1 saw her. I <li*l > not dare, hope, I tlldn’t .dream, I never imagined, and strange as it may seem. sir. she—seems ,t** love me.” "(if course 1 do." sai*l. Ik b-n, realiz ing -that it was tnyw high link* for heir _to .com*’. to tin* rescue of her lover, "and so would titiv **!-her yyonjat!-’?. "Yo.u know, pf cours*', that wliwe I am riot rjoJi, T itm not poor.’and I can gr\ *:*imfort.gir,. -v_ tinueiid of the uCged^t lie? muni, givatly reliev^Tl lty tin* ' * y t bridge. For. down the platform they woman's prompt avowglj '(Atv?” ‘I'fii all said the man. now.” w Cure?’ right "''You are limn* fortunate than I. I stood to lose You, you, stood to lose only life,- D* n't you, see? y'au't you understand? 1 ’ • ' ." , Suibhuily he swept her iiis breast its this time she fmavl hi ml Sin* wAis very near liitli ami she’<li*l not make -t ln> *»U<u4it**s»'-resist a net*. She had w.ait- cotibl see the lights of the car. - 1 “Sin' ll need "Liston, ’ .slm said as t hoy walk***l I’m tbinkine.” slowiy along. “You must imt tell fa- “Yos. of ooiirsi, sir. I’ll gmC that she they anyfldfig about this little a*'<j-* gots tinau. ThiV TifbTge is going t<> £_J—us all,- I’atiioiis. ami TThall have a f»*w lu.^tiri**s“besl<les-, ittrsi. si ThiV T» ” ” l1 T rtbejkiuJ>^ityTf<.*f5~’ .,.v. , c ~ . “It wuulil oiily .Worry him,/and It was iny fault." "/ . "No, mine." t “I will not 'rear you say It.”'- “Itut I., must .speak to your father a I •( *Ut—-’’ " .^V. : ■ ■ l my fatlft.'f's intluenee ami—” “Wln'ii^*b.,*" bridge is linlshq,<l>’ said tin* colom l decisively, “eome td me. and y*»ij slmll'bave my daughtt-r." "(Hi, fatliur. Uumbriilge won’t be’ fln- ished for. ; "Piiiid. i'-. " VcYmn tin* gu l. hrsl+iml. sir." tins wen rv*I the en- “Aiid the sooner the tietter-; h** is in’j ginet-i*. too happy at. her fafjmr’s <*oii- ood humor with you ainlJlu* bridge sent to maim apy dltflcultres yver*any He ^ iVh'pT'ir’iTTAvn otr {he pint form, and I'efv'i'e die knew wliat he wnuhh.be at. In.g. lifted lyr straight up ill arm.-. He did not carry ln*r ljke ;i ba .v. lm licHd her erect’, eruslied against .his |»r*'ast, and before sin* had titin* 1 • i ruttf-ti prptesf. ('*r even to.say ' ord. >UiiUt^l -TliI'ongk fhe chistv By tli.e (UI 'f.^L'ptl^ 'koTt^ fiTid skY -wri^-fxImT: sid** of the track on the top !■ , , . , . . . , a ... lliey had* fa*'**d death too nearly for of tin* stringers Imd been placed a pile I oi i i . . , .. • , , ,. , , any hesitation now. Mn* knew he his- of material surmount***! by^a large Hat ( _^ (>r now;. I bnyp li«*:i-r*l him speak wv.U of yoli. I. believe he will b*> glad to give me to you." -‘"ArhFTf . ‘dhshonhl hate to grieve ray father,* but—" ' ' ' x r IT ;. I w ti l'd IIiv ■bridgeJrepd, foaifw ay It whs ii strange p>'sitj,iuu -Ske_kuew fiA't-akove lkie >ii • or; 'h't tt*» }»rote' v k 'b'ut the words uo’ijd iwt conn*; -Whilst she \yjts try ing to tliriik them up. lliey had crossed ’ tl:.e IItfTc desert khat, intervened be- tw■-»n fpe {torial of tin* bridge and the «*’.'! "? tb-- platform. Then he set her if jgt'ilfly. _ ”’.i li mk.you." she sai* w as \ cry nice of -you. det fa strong." - . — , - • Tin* i moti, by tIiis time, had piissed the '.loer level and th**. ^'ross-bracing cast a network of sinnlow s over them, upon track and floor beams and string-, eix 1 In- silence- of tln^ half-light, tin* iiiy,steiy of- it-all oppressed tlietn a little. It Avas with b*'iiting IieRrts tliat* timy i re.syed on. - I simply, "that; You are won- plate of s’teel, which lay level upon it it was triangular in shape, the HI imt point inward. The base which was alioTiC six feet wld<> paralleled The 1 <oui'v,» <dSstlu- river. _ The plate on tin* j the Pile Avas rtiisetl about three ] ei of the track. They i. stoppell abreast <K it. ‘ ... ‘‘(iiir’t_yTve go anAv further?” asked the girl itr low; toiics, skUl close to the young' man. who still ligiftly clasped her it nn. “I’m afraid it wouldn’t h?»\yfe to go any farther,” lie said. ■ - steamer leHsnfijrtlte cojiditioiis lie might inip«'»se. “Yes,Helen, ft's all right; your father Is-right, Tliis^ job's got to he.dim* fore I— 4 . ■ "< >h. doii’t say before you tackle tin- oilier." protested' the girl, half disap pointed, and yet seeing th** rensonnl.de- tX*> iinminetit risk of his hmouJigb!.Alii'r glorious golden head, n, >s <( f both men, while the -colonel laughed grimly. . ~ ' iftid beautiful,.pi tin*celestial illumi- ‘‘Whenr the Bridge Is Finished." \ imd kUiCAVT" t h:it V lie laid. She turned and looked at him in tin shved lmr at own life. Tlierer huM been swTft-Aet» liui;.m*elp lier shoulders, her arnfs liar* etefnjil moments when it seeun’d 'that both of them, tremlding mi the brink", nation. He seized her'lmiid. and lift**<l would follow .the ihAvmwartf'nisli of. It’.Uj his lips as ti devotee, and sin* tin- tlie. gusset plate. Now as/1p* strained-ders^ood tlm reason for tin* little touch TnuHo Tilfik slfe TiffedliyrTace' T t<) hihi, of <>T*1 world I’m inalltT -mid - reserve, glad tliat'sln* was JalkCimugli lor him when mjuglit but. Iris will prt*vi»iit***l to kiss her with so 7 slight a betid "f hitn from takijig her to his lieiirt and X"Tha fs' old man.' limtA the size of it," said tti»* ‘no matter^ lmw you put it. b**-’ f«*rnn*d of several plates of stesl rlv* I eted.together. These*.w«*hs w**re cop*, nected across their upper an*l lower edgi*s by <lliigonal latticing mad*? pf st****! angle l.utrsyC’-lO-lt an*l Its parallel com pan ion member, C-fd-L, ifr rlTPTt^t- han*l truss, <*arried tlu* ent|.cg^i^ght of th»* cantilever span to the shoe rest ing <ui the pier. These members' were sixty feet long and five feet wide. The wi ; tin*. hOild. / i There, under the .great, trusses of steel, amid-the huge, gaunt, massive evidt-rrt’os */f the power of-,the might; -'of tlie-waster-yVof imyr, twx> hearts .sp«*ke tb each otberpnib*' silence, and ■ “I want to s**e the steamer. Jt pass dimply under the .bridge.” _ ... . j w (1 Hh . ^ thaPwas old hvfore the “They have no business to.pass hn- ' fn-^snuptWr -ipnFeA-or turned the f'rrsr '- T-Tbe btidge.y said 51eadt*,. J lkA- ’’j‘ (jre itlku 4lm 4lrst 1*iT - t*f iron? before Tubal ( ttin ever smote'the .anvil ; t storyvof lovXjbat began with ci CHART El Fall and Rtvelatiorv “It's-rather confused in hem,” said the i*t!-wrr “but wo will "siton get\<ut -tow;,rd-i’Ju' **n*l aml Ttreh tin* view -liUJg ';i li-'etit,- .You call See up uud'dowti tiiP~ii\ei‘ for miles and tliejiight boat ,W i’M'-'^aiohg iuafrw lniimtcs." ’"'Isn't that it ?" -'asked the Jvoman-. prHiuh.g up lit?* river to wln-re*a ••iu.s- t-r ef fights rouniied a huge bend'.not far aw.« k y.. and swimg out Jit" inLlMro^iu. ‘if we*'Ust*Mi I ,k.cr yr,,“ k : dd th(. in.an. think \ye eat.Lhear, her.” • ^ ' Xj; y- both stopped-nfTfl? Mir** enough,. '~~ 1 f?i:pi-iy acrosLs iiii* wat**r" rmim*' tin* la-i-o of elaiiking pa*!»lles of- tin* big ri i*f steamer, . With Unit sound also nilu'Jed lire song of tin* night wind, for jt wonder comparatively genii**, ’.linking.strange, weird iarnipuTtf’S"us it of it eel. Sin* listened onchanUal~»ltU. been w arned hundreds of times amt or ders have been issued.* .'There is al ways <lu"figer that ^something might fall.” * . •' 1 : “Why can’t I stand up there "On that gusset plat**?"; "X “Is that‘"what rf v*m .call It?” XU,' s. it bears the same relation to structural steel t-liap^r gusset does to a woman’s dri'ks.” w “Exactly. But can'h■ T- stand on - it?" * - • ■- ■ * ' y'- , “Wait." 1>Xanswered. - . Il*> climbed to the center of it. lifted bn.self up and-down on bis feet to test lt/Y)ml found (l solid apparently. ‘""’I thiid*. so, but I shall have to put y'ou' upv’^hX-sald at last as lie lifted' her up and seKber -mwh on ln*r feet in t In*.middle of I'heXj-.te of kp*«'*1. “(»li, there'conn srhi> steamer," sb** cried. “1 can sec it InuHitifiilly'’ from. L_, Vt V '“Be carefuj—Auu j.ni]sr iuuXnm^. Stand perfectly .steady. 1 am TndNso’ Sufi* ofj that' plate." He reiichiul m ir" from Wf"her*‘' he stood on the track be low' lief find by ln r side -and gathered tb-- material *'f her dress In an iro.n grasj that will outbiNt all the iron in all tin' hills, of the eaftn^tliat is as eternal as it js divine ! 6 •.After' that wild cnmrjice, that first Ojie thing at a 4iin*v AJtI**ade,' I don’t knojsrihybody on eartTi I would rhthef yvebs were over four feet d**ep"&nd in June for my son in-lauw-<dMi-o a clean, size and responsibility the great strut lamesf. able AmcricaniTuuTlT'a record., were the most Important of the. whole] like yours.- A man who can look nn* struct lift?. imikhig her lips, her *'.v*“s, her face, Iiis own. • , “Now may Hod deal with;you,” he ever fail at least <Vr.l witli hie* as said fs*r\**ntly, "if to try with ail tnv in tin- eye and grasp me .by the.hand, 4 like jhis." . . • I - lie. put out his lmfnlvlis hi* spoke. I * Meade's tiw n jsilm met-it and tin* two iii4*M..shook hands -unemotionally but up to ymir .sweetnessJind light.’ “My t'fayer’' for ' myself, too?’ prayer whispered. Vo.u iieed it not’?’ ’ . “You ’'jhiist' .‘waif here," steeply ' touched.' a,s they . said, now readied, tin*/steps of the .car, “until I have changed my 'dross; father w'oiild' hnrrt'e — nnybodv nvould—that tear. j .* heart ainl soul aii*rstr**nglh t** nit‘aiiu-Fe-+TjHaly ; , utter tin* manner of th* trained, p bo • t i*.m! A mer 1 ci111 she Ail ways' fearful’ of ih.*;-s5**if- , i w Ini is i scene and does-siot^^Abridge. To tin* e:iKh could he rapturous meeting of lipsyhe released 1 .When I have finish***! E-w/UI woiin*_ back ' , AX - t" you and tiien w e w ill seek Jbm and tell'him." . . Aeeordingl v ■ t)|** sound. , ■'■/■■■■ .. Tlu^liig- lloor'tieams extcu*led..from r . ” one side to the other of the bridge, i n , trusses’ nt- intervals of '"XX..!?"* “. • /Titty feet. At right angles to them and i“X;y upart, the stringers ran length- j 'irbige ' X^lilo the trusses. Here lii M*'» T “ ; tli. ri-.l-ieres of tlraher falsework hag plaHtirwhoard Jh«. They heard the b,V]n fhrdwn across the stringers' for j niu . sl f a ‘’", ve waiting-outside ;the cartlii tin* Meade stood ^obediently lmdow nist. Then* was - no; one about. The’ senmats- hail gone to Jn-tl. Tiie porter of theNair was melding in.Ins injarters, wai'tiijg rm' tin* time to turn out the lights. TbK '"a-ineef had tin* long platform all tXliimseif. After' u tim* In* t hese to wfdkNmh'tlyjip and diX always' feu wear his heart upon his sleeve. Tin* ^colonel threw away his cigar, slipped hiyarm'Trrmnnl bis dauglit* r‘S waist, kisseddn r softly on tin* forehead. “I hate .tb- lose yon, .Helen. I.’1ufr« v T*T give y-ott tip to anyoue. AY<* ha Vo been very happy tiigetlier sine** your motlief died, lea ving .voU a” little girl t«» jin* ^ b+f-t it h:wl to'come, I stippos**, and p*-r- liaps *1 siiail. be glad in tin* end.-. Good night, Mf'ade.- You will be-Qonting In II -In* sai I. "This plate seems as solid as tin* ivst of th* v 'bridge andter-oh, the "jin* steamer!. ‘.She’s right under inX t"' The* big river craft w as filled with The wlifd fortu- nntely blew- tin* smoke nwTfj’ Trom-th^- that they hjan a clear and t hillkitig. .to hint. “Bert," Ollt..**f tin * “‘.(A t -1' Ifet far dX-ssed "for sueb an foibVW etl- ! •. -1 I he ! iittnNt b'uketi very fa i r i swot voice Cqiin* t<* liit.n :; ft;! i < ss, "I j t, t u me* 1' t * r 11, g »■ .* tatn.lingjti. tin.- itoorX't 1b* as sin* siinubl 1 hT*-ve e\<'tirsi*in had sin* at' !n - l'iither's- v. is'e snggt stion. -rJjlis heart thrill Tniliar name.—,‘ -i to yiwA •I tv* lirtjplbi** Vi"f-'.j,ln' fa-. : Bel t,; Em icornitiff-Mow il l Hand in •pid lliey.- watk rear of tin-f;iivv;jie'r** the He Lunge? Out and Caught Her. n;ei to tjie •r\ at ion platform was still bc^ghtiy ligl '/.d. Af»- liott haVl gorn* and tlie other t.hree nieh were.dn t beir-feet.. They ,w -re About to r .separate for tln*. nijglit', ’aithough it ..meters.? was. still rather eajdy. ‘‘And now, sweet “J'utlter," said l|ls- daughter out *<»f ? slie -w bisp«*r<-*l. And .. To say that <MO-It was out of line meant that it had buckle*!-, or lient, or was springing, and had departed from that rigid reetangtilarity and parallel ism which was absolutely necessary tQ maintain, the stabiilky and- Immobility of. tiie truss junl tin* strength of the theorist nothing on more terribly por tentous than such a statement, if it Ayere true. To the. prac- jiciil Jlian. who*, to do him justice. >had v never d**a It'wish-such vast structures— land lie 1 was notXIngufar in that - be- Uavuse tin* bridge wAjs unique on ac* i c"rtiit of. its size—tho/dgflection noted mennt lit tie or notTiing. “Good God !” exclaimeX /MtutdQ, •aflame on the instynt with anxmus ap» pie/e.ntly, Ilmen.' . • _ pr»*lrensi«*n. Tlie night was wurmXind He ri*ni* 'Kand waike.d away as they | )(i an-.wej-f ii him. .They? watched hliii^ j^ slowly w i'{ ii bombd Lftid. They wateb«**l him eliuib. rather heavily,.Up the-.steps j'n fh;* car—^thatOv**' was an • •bl man seemed rather smblenly borne ,r-r~— T. *'.". • iu upon them. He stood for a moment in" Oj e;ir.- H< • s.w;Itcln*d tie* light out.as lie piTsvyJ lif'WH- UusStorndor. ’. YU"’.:-n't "h** si>ie#did.?'k's iiid. H*'Tt4T7 \rh..-i sTie had dhne to breathe and freO- •'fmTt t o' >pe,;.*k. ' ' tgae of tin* finest old m«;n <5T1“,enfth. and' fatlnT would *fh«ke-a great. p'aUt. A ' v -*'“1 was iiitdrcstcrl.in-:lm.TroigiavJm.- fn.re,” sab! the woman,'“but tbin.k !b»w I'/sjialI v-'ateh it now. Y<V,| must write im-every-day and tell me every inch .A ie light..Milling. r«*meijibering,' and you te ; ’*!i .i.'.’.'! ..antt marched within the was dri’ssed in_ his- pajamas.ami hat he**n lying on xhe b.***l. As if lie ’had liven shocked into net-bat he sat up, for getful of his weakness.- “D**tle*‘ti<>n I” ; in* .fairly sho.uted at AiibottJ who re garded him jyith half-amused astonish**— rnt'nt, “a-, camlii-r in O-lO-tt? By tliis timeOdeade huyl got his feet ;<• Int^Jiis slippers uml was standing A'. 1 ' 1 ''I- ■„ ’ . ti-: e ’: "It isn't".enough 'to make nnjvditTer- *ste*.*,“' answered Abbott quickly, per haps a little flUilttinfully. “B 111rrki's' all tife difference on earth." orb**! Meade. *It means the ruin of the li P ”1T«' reaelfed' his Jacket, hanging, nt 1*1 ■• ■ foot of. the bed, and dragged it that you have gairf***!?’ . "Tript me, I'll measure it In milli on iTtni. “Don't * worry about It, yo.i -aid Abbott rather c*«lteniptupusly. al- ij' though he in(*nnt to he soothing. “I’m , • . _ , , „ ” goin'g to Jacket into lino, and*—here,” love, good night, ; , M> efled as- Meitde bolted out of the die ..laughed, as the darkness. ’ she b*oke(P.bnck nFhim thrqtigh' the "Oh-, you’re there"/ nnswere?~~the door.' • i- e beat of the whirling her slightly, though he still lield her colonel.. “I wondered w lien you. were—■ « onv**nience "fITr*the workmen," -h-Ut! P^^^ll'es, tl>X song of the rising wind. | closely and she wits quite content. iy.ojtaing;hack? . I -woig juA Thinking id ; CHAPTER IV. ^ mj aiim.li qmijtf HWBliq'liUtf ,rn ^" r m0r * ; ‘Tm . Jluite- calm now." he began, .gotfcg to fetchyou. jyj'Mr. ^ead*s-?“ 1 * ‘ “ ” ““ “ ' upper decks “ttynt D. J nm as conqJised.BH* MJiv imi« ’ cduld be who. Is holding yotLjQ-^ls armsT Buf*lf it had not -Recn for tne, *loor,. “you’d better not erclfe yourself . that way. land—” C’otne back to^ bed,. man, f.W-sM.ait.. last th<-.»e^^tX.Ke£B»J^i l ?XJ-T--^X’X ll 4;TT? WFWBsiWW nothing -S-XF 1 ^ - ^ • eaaoiimtine -to them aHt w ; I to AH- seen .Hut the dieavy floor beams and the lighter stringers* X^ ^ **. -—AfP r Urey passed tlie lop of-the pier and gpt beyond the srtiajf 8|)a£e. of river bank mi which theVieriwaa set. Afhere.was riothing l/etween them and te was as was jv the fascinating -to them T5eof)le ashore evidently. “Herr ' ed girl. “Why don’t yott come up here yourself, you cgn st ; */Cood nlgltt, gentlemen," said the] ThrX* days” after, the departure, of, colonel as theA'pthers turned away. the. Illingworth party tlu* young ea- you Would never Jrave lie**n iu danger.ti leaving him alone on the plaffnem >glppyr fed,ill wlrtt ffimcnlar tonsHitls.^-* ” * Trult. 1‘snoutii hove’nikde , lie came rp the. edge and leaned over V£!jfh is about the meanest.small*thing sure. I shall qeve.r f*»rgive jnys**lf." r th** brass rafling. * that can lay a strong man low. ILe ; But tl J beef* in danger 1 ^"*^¥£^081 fw.. goingmake a hlgijit , frettetl ov* r his enforced^abseuce from . HoMC«-young Meade, faces a great crisis and what he does ih trying to avert serious trouble is .toid in a thrilling, cHapter'tn - the next installment. - (TU CQNTIXUEP) -The man' had dropped her gown, li'ff* fihfghf.not new be here-in your arms., of it?" he aske*l jocosely. L ‘ A ^ th^ work and in the eruj had to pay for went on “Colonel Illingworth,” begau M«rde. That very fretting, for he got uprtod: ‘Father.’’* said his daughter at th^ soon nud went but too quickly,-and was ^ Must *Ee Able to Overlook. " l - v Two persons wflT' not be friends ti e water now moonlit and quivering, f ed Ids right foot to the pile on.thr+'And if I were not here." slie * these cross girdersTtf steel on gtrtngers to folioir her/sB&esTlon. swiftly, t.*o happy ,twher lov _ _ etitiHT t.i.nd hpvon** the Dhiukiog In the i Thoughtlessly ahuwstepped^ toward the .mlcdful of anything **!<**, ‘T -certainly saibe tirye. “we have something to say promptly forced to fced again as a con- • *ng If they cannot. R$£Hre each 01 y j outer end to give him'roolh^5Blte for-iywbuld tjut be doing—this.” .tuyou.” . * j sequence of his impatience. •: t 4mi*tailiijg.s.—L« Bruyere. . ' > A"- r -■ •• 5 •• v .racks. A-