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,L ■ty JrT-~X t . IL ’ 'Jk y i ~ pm BARjtWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH’CAROLIN A ■■——BPi IF? 7 i ^ 11,7-11 - PAGE ■MrilMi rHfici ■MM r 7- •/-. 7/ /"‘as By / CYRUS^TOWNSENB i" Author and Clergyman Civil Engineer Copyright by Heming H-.- R«*«U Cft. holiday to go out und tli«« ; '“Good ; tin hjfk :<n<T 7 ir^*'¥.tMill'. PvaTl.q/i;’ vv/i"t hf T1 , relation to the (bun. of course t.he^ti- <♦ <«p Tyn>rf very /shortly "gfrieef's who phityn'l fIn* trr» af:i tuufWorks had <lnin' that, buMie wr&'iT friinv'n >>* yVntri <r~-r w n_^r n:h a/id a huff yet. Vtt to do it for hipo-lf. ,At *>hr I»l:>»-«v yVU rl>:r'**» where the' distune** hot worn -might ho ca Mechlin edge v.T 11 ]j t!i«» hentpof tfiv riyytne. \v•!y>7l(lrr<>■\V- ) j^^t7ih < ieed. he-estiinsitetljdftor p'iieiiig, HVeTitJ aft or.’ when, littvinjKfurther demons trOte"*.!, hi* •jajrtfy in. titlnr r yfa.v-’ Mojido \viw._£'iv of the diimr' fl'lioj. : - —|. (Jon’t Time. to hrj*D--J o n. ,j»Ioto4h** d.'ui and the .spillway.. IblifT 'eTV-'^pvrir.. hoWoVor,. thofe hud liegn some, A: - ■ ry rains during •the'fait‘tod Ijrrrxvaff now 98 , y ’foi't do* i>. which ijiijrdo^t ov fept below «oijd Vitn^ Jho. ro'Wto vyhirh- tlio (tain, hud risen ' . «<h»» i a rid 20 Feet holoiv i over it that it measured Hot Tdof across— he *11s< •«»y* -ft -d that:.tie- rou'nded. ear t h kVa's*s^inFtrtldnrf than the tut ended jevel of .-Hu* ttqi of 'fifre d:uU L - VVhfUV^e yiduryuMl to t'he of1J< ; o. ho* 1 e,......i ...» tluv .(•AHst.ruftion • v Mi* *,• ;sy^f**s r - 7 OF ENGINEERING. MEADE F£ILS AND PROMOTION — ■ — - •. 1 v-' . —•—'— >. " v. # . •" .• ... ^ . ••**■'' .. v •_ . , , Following the collapse of a great’bridge which his father, a noted •'engineer, had. planned. and the old .liimi’s sudden, dealli f rom ...disgrace a»d-shcM lie Ida rue for the disaster which cosh I many liyos and disappears from liis home in New York. lie gin^to , .the Southwest, ‘gets' ti'Jbli Under the name, of. Roberts on an rrrig itjtr'in dam project aiisl fi’ntjkes good. Meanwhilndleloti Illingworth, Meade’s . sweetheart, and Rodney. an' Tiff! friend, are quietly “working, to, dear the youngman’s mime and t<> > learn Ids f vyheia.ijlunits. .They are pnr- „• tienlurly anxious to get .iHissosshni of lytler ’ wntten hy the.elder Meade to assiiiiie respoiisihility for theTieeident. This paper is secret ly held hy Shurtliff.'who had been the old Ilian’s devoted private see- r^mri- tdr many years. j ■ heeii, only partially : to t hose, ignorant? earth dam lmiy.mem a tiiifipoiary ex r;irt* who die is; d<Aenter fr to his eldef subordinate, “he | , jvirows •\rt^ir'''^ie.s about. |iml. if you mas much wall'll llilti Volt ’ll see. i 1 ‘-'s l7en on I bli'i dfiritni.ft Wonti.l' titi Tr^ haiidlmg.men. ict befotv the .spillway; This' more water limn anyone voir .fit flmt tHne, and was perhapg, more than shouliLJmvjp. been allowed! SMU there was a safety margin of r --’ f/et, which Vandeventef was store doesn’t mingle with ilie 'fVowd, hut i.wsiuM l/b ample.. The financial promo- 'file other, sei tiori fore men, >tvill lie hard put to keep up with hltlli He keeps watch OTI hlinseifi ile.j; gtit smne secret*he”\yiui^- hetra.v. He*! -found on exktmtiiwg the.. ; tdH ; slruction -every-pnee in a w file’sotn.iJ.hing slips the (irojeet were very anxious >J " r . m..’> , draw.iMgs - that jpk^ea,rtb -dike ^ was, opt,, \Yhnt he doesn’t know g'hnk| .-«>«•.' -iv -lj[:ivji*. The- '-reservoir •full Jirhetp lajlyiexortvoted; N<»w,V piitmmd- G)..»rp aUmgT^diofelgidr t-gtiie«*riti K h«b«dy needs to know,'fir o;pi.*neil, and the en- < - i intf of vngiiirviruigk- an * 11 h » the. top hw«I ijhpi)lmtH' higher w;tt;er. i '\ • . ' . 'irlifeeFs Judgment hud. been inflmdiced ^than thVt ou tlie dam. 'I’lits dike wmtjd j do vou" account for his being , *'37 Ujeir eagerm*#$ to get it wilrkipe* F ' ;./| pedieht. arthm.gh ’most of the.grcat ir- f H . ^rily a htiTrdr, <1 and tift^.feet l<uig ;:^ Ulj , r ,r - */ . -'^.Tlie broad sheet of water-ran hack W\\ ,.i.T». . v.• / . _ 4***. .... ' ”• 1 . ** J rigaiion.Yhuihs, of the world are of that characteF; ami* every liud.ypk'ndws that, .If the water ( should risv high enough to overflow :in earth dam it wouldnot hist ; longer ,thud it takes to descrlfie. its ' utter giving way. A Hood Would sweep ■’ it out of the way at wrfe. ’ ^ | Tht* deviiv whereby possible floods ■ lire controlled and ^uVh dangers avert ed,-consists of a brfiitd cfiahnel at one : side of the darn, "and at such :i di_s- c$i I led M«'nde before him. ‘ “Koherts,” he said. -‘-'thiTe’S a va taheo below its crest 'that if. thnmgh caddy for a trarikit dian. You’ve done' -any -niisehiun*e -dW~naiurn-i iruppeuiTig, and k few feet high, and ^mhT"he built I the, old storyT. I suppdso; £»*•• vh I ley, for many mites. In in a few’days time. \\ erk on the inain: *he’s come' tt . crppjief’ sotmoyherm - fact, tin* dunf iipd trunsforqaed the dam bring more. important, nothing jdown and, out ami. wanis to begin '’otuitry into a beautiful lake.' Some- _ jutd as yet been done on the dike. j again, and can't do anything.hut this, times it. rafnyd - III t-l|e mountains when Meade hud been ptohloted toward It’s md our business, SjiifTord ; he ihtos it-jTid not rain- down in the valley, the end...£»f the fall mid .In a rather ..good,.work- for-us and we’re satisfied.’’ x j ,n '^ there was a' constant, if very i ' ’ - --. sinulh-rise in Ulie terel.Vftmii^eqteP—- ’ CHAPTER XIV. -~ persmi^]]yL carefully gauged the water . — < ;■ '•w-ery.gday.* Naturally he hud noted unusual way. One.of thejranslr turn, it young engineer, got a better Job and left his instrument. Y.u rule vent or CHAPTER XII—Continued. ! such as the failure of the sluice gates, rxc'eSsfVe ftifils, clomlhursts, llo/)(Ts, the height of the yviiter is increased jmtil it prlmiises to overflow the dam. I this opening will’carry off tin* surplus 1 harmlcjssly. An i-arth dani without a spillway would presage almost Certain .Meade, so suddenly reduced to the —8— —f~ ; • o, ranks, would have cliafeir against the “I believe volt"are righC’.mid ljoil-.. po-;it’ngi of. suhoi^inatipu -and would destruction To all who li\od in ttne-vnl^ noy, leaning ; bark-in his chair amr-TiirvmreSoTHtdsfh^^htnnble duties wlih icy hvloWit. -grttring »T her Oir/’dgh ‘ ’ : s ’ l " f “ L '■ _ 1 ■’ ^ ~ —if" W*tTTch"iTT we can duly' maj;i‘.,liini, speak—' Hut TV; i-t" '('h ;TTg'e7r .9 inch good work su far and shown such familiarity =^E= \v It h^ field work, that I’d give It to you if 1 had auy hlea that you knew anything about handling in- .strumehts.” ■ ' ^‘1 think I may be trusted with one, sir,” aTiswcrcd Mc$ide/iiis eyes hrigiit- cning. < The Former and the Latter Rain. Ttn^work on the dam was progress- ing -splettdidlyg Yami event er- ‘driving .Id’s'bten luini, shared in all their furi»-|i?‘ u ‘‘. rr ms efforta TTiat it rose gradually,.but as the dam rose proportionately more rapidly, he Jiy-4ww-Tath^tttifyr be<ap- he was watchful and largely he .unfinished spttlway b> ’Yes, perhaps; .but • I have 'watched 'WorkinLr for my fatfier. •Nvhiit But ,i(h in tin* case or tm* Ticket Wire (lam, .irpund here 'arc constahtlv practicing t was happy to be following, even in tins the spillwaydpid to heyut and, in partgl with tf.,- irMiisits l’v,. „. vV ' -eA^aoiiedy—motit sf " rt > • profession IdasTudi.otTt of the mountain.side—that pm a hand to .one'. limv about- it?”- ■“* unin, ‘ is. through Ui.*sptirof the inesa, which••i’ m 'not exactly' a youngster. Mr, ,...„. VYW .,.. 1 ..,. ¥ ,.. i , ' i( ^ wa'l^ va-ffa-vehter^ ‘returned "M.anh*. “anjl Jr4*<ideitt hot Mrth'IV to VaV. h(i( Tie wH.k; fig* towards flu .. . c — j that’lie loved. And lie'-did-hi do jotrmeanS ’ - jtaut work with zeal and care, it reaclidd—ilovv-n—-tfont its- tiigh ‘1 ine.au'. that 1 suspected .him’ f F*»t *.» • *' bof MiMcll to saV. I * • i f Tie wa'k,'fig* towards tiie. narpm'vsr TlK’re^jtHtlheen | f-really difin’t^rtnt; • it ticcestsary ^“•*•«■*’-• • th.'h* was an .opening ^ h " ,sf 'bicient of-tile junior engineering series of blunders and fonk> on tjn» dam. ; rn th el r leaderpnit their insplrn+iofL He liad Kf’•! ihe men to the very limit surrounded hpiiMelf with u iaoly of k ^ be weather'wise from the. town, able assistants? and his teamsters' arup ' v fc? ^unieUnn^rode up to Inspect thft workmen had been cuJIed uiitij; they - assured \ audeventer that it had .become a sinjill army, of picked oouTfRiio't, pos>ibfy rain before rMaTch, and'tin* There Taet~4hut’so much water stood v<*ry I ,lil ^ lall ‘ n rffidenil it. more irnprob- you far odd ln»urs. —The ymriig im*tt jdjlgh.^^ irrtTic fdtirknioinTi^ ln r Tiad'been ] a,,U ‘ uu * wurH w dhld. come down. witl,i Yjitldeve.nter-he h«.d sliown siud, I Hut u . t . tlm ‘ i * ° n ,ho utt.emoim of Jan- uspr itf-things, Knelt nn 'ability to ' 11,11 ^ ^ib.Jt buddefliy—La;gtui."to, rain men of w hicli to hi* proud. --Vrrmng ail these Meade hatidl7 I "fhf , tT,~~tn ‘one or 'TwirdnsTariT'ec- Fhard without wariilng juid with no engineer hud given ‘Thp-first, and as a pri vale* Confident in 1‘mau. w ho.mi fh-rsji>od j-rr^tu'-rit|g-.,;p vii' is:>* > niadg by ,1 hie, pcg^iy(»tion -*d lay- Vatfier'-.s-t'r-b" ■'"a-d die r he.;.k-f*pt-to tUfn’Soll yale siaa-'. tMf.v--1 . |j'r.‘;\ ailed - iTT“»il. film F r F V^-UU to the ! premonition oia the imrt 6t anybody, him t 11 ^ b"t one. of (hose -terrible d/nvn —~7-Ttn ' T^-.'nu L I" ' iMiSi* Mel!(If Wiullilii . , 1111 < l , ' r t*s\. i practice, hut if y<ui trust me with one J .u 11i-It ■in<;liK.h*4 llieexpiesion-of rt stiip» Vf -Ticiluye"T can aiiibugo it.’ -not af .T ineiTt ttf d> ua rn id* on the7»*;rfTr;*5tT, wTH?-- t Hif-ATmiji -VenTCT leiiTrcd hack in -Jits to ^H-e the 'p'isi jtlu r h. ion t.. .Slujrtliif. 't-‘ but h teif I'm , e"art(-rs h< , very disastrous cons,-iiuvrice'i t-o acvftmi- ^-buir in tTii• dflic.c, aiTd looked . ■P7F T _J^1y;JijHACf|drpn ,.p;i.nyine hick ■crir^kefikjiiid inix-crs! and | j,. ss | v . away froth-Meade to HW- l!-ed fo stale hinging I.V • at orln»r maphinerv Of. AT”:ml** Wor-hit’s eij'a-jtutcv and- lie; knows-liml -— SI nil'll d'tt - i he very, iie a-rtettiou of the -jiart'eular- ! :nd of ahili’v t4aV- he d**" sires,' s-i lie is *.vfrh m-y father .cori- , sTaht-ly-'smd-l. have him always- uteler my eye. W hen we go aw ay. in the ear. v- he gees along." “W’hfit '.are you going to do?" “\Vin his crmtiifemv. his alteetion if. tin*-men gmupikl around the hig.cj-.uifp- fii'es, for !lie nights worn grrwvinV Vfiill, x ” ! lt-\.,l N o'f't!TT*' dime yli«d«w-enl.er' was not re sponsible, of course. Tlti* dilef engi- :: l:7rnT7?!i'i"‘ ■ukuUiiig and -iaughifig. ewbangrtt- pe.iTeitces and telling stories. Nodving uoiiui have pleased iTim better !ban to n ,. ( . r had'fuT'ned anM'pcotested, hu'r had laiv.e Joined in. and he copal have.told fu .-n directta-I bv head«-|uauti*rs to go Rories and related experrenct^ that ahead with the id her work «uk| {aekle iff** spii.lvvjiy Jafer. Tlu-re .was, indeed, little reason to hold up the building pF that particular datn because of the iionconuiletion of the spillway. care- ajipear- hrfeipTTf" open|ng ( should hoj'uiLnnd si'eimni lo-fidn thoiigtik. been allOUt t VV t’l V* 1 * t*'ef, 1 TT 41-r w J h e : - ^, lt ], t y,,,, J,,, imimiung ll nil le coui]»!eJed. iSLahii mixers, undv f.-ssfy away froifrAIeuf! i-luT-vpi-ltwpy:. lu~*-l iled ”^Tirices ■ Its •_ . *. . ' i KlUIffr* 111 (PJ41V . I >e scrap "f y.-rs.- at.oiij been unique even in that wi.mld Ins gay cro\yd -of young'adventurers. 'But lie did not dare, lie feared to betray himself. What lie wanted above lev- -f!v -.1.-.,.'-'kfTVmTTTA^-r-ln Ii■ ■, ,*r -’f™"-pe-l-* e'-'-M ‘‘ trls ll '--''-i'I tl '. - Tlmt was ii omnitry, so t y..ir.5u, ,i., It. You cn-t ,lri«.- Utat PpCKpiml.. f.H.,1 l» lit. . tniUiumts •1 ,- .H- ysp K.novv it." said the woman. haven't t<>bf him that von thoi:i.dit>*it>wgis his faultV “No.” “I cmildn’t do anyThing with a man like' Shurt liIT. You canF^Ypu can win liis lievbtion, you caii let him>+M.‘ how 7 u^tTCli the reinstatenlent of-Bert Mea.de in lienor again means tj* you. You can -♦teafci.” the most de- freely qilmitfet) jp • working up to 0 jmy thing \vorth while c hil li it was always safe to lad that if They found out who he was: . _ * . it ‘ would md rain, nft matter how • And In* had a-trcmej)dou> pride to tdireatening might he the apiieurance* siisiain him. They-respected him now. , ,f the sky; for-iri nitudy-n.ine time-out of a hundred the negative would win the bet. &u!d inhahitnffts did not sny . the *humlredjh time might compensate .for all the other failures. The weather :Yriotlier college which t’anihridge men. sing with zest :. » ' ,r . J’m a,physical wreck. From fhe gran-d' ojd Tech’, ymt a h—*- of an engineer! Hi* stopped abruptly, whirled iibotit in his svv'ingi'lmir. and shot a quf( r k glance at Meade. •os--be- ; sfirititg- It was a trap. And As a matter of-fact.'-they pup his with- driivval ;of.himself dovvTi to 'vagaries of temperament or causes they could, not imagine, and they , grew rather twlike hinf even as they left hitn-alomq- And a few of the metr of the liumhle^sort ■3 t to xvfiom he had been kind on occasion, \ v I i u n 1 “Ab*amvhile you will lr»4p nie, won’t j,j [n * and helpful, were stoutly devoted t'o t : * •- ■ -- -r you v- . “IfT any way, in,j*v'ery way. Do you know where he has gonyV” "I haven’t t|ie l slightest idea. He might he in Africa, or South ATijerjca, or put We?f. or up North. !>« you si*** those llovvors?"—she.pointeil.to a'gfeat liltneh of American Beaufv foses. . The Idleness of an aimless life did not appeal to him even in his off-duty periods. Doing nothing had no attra<*- tion. lie eouhl noFget relief that tvayr Fven rambling alone about the. hill’s woul’d not serve. So quick and ( acttve a tutHi, so yigorous niLd huo.vunt a spirit, so strong af body and mi fid were rvyhich_lnn1 been forced for her appnr- | npt calculated for aimless wandering! j*ntly, and vvhTctv^she foul- rtyclveil o$ij Mead** Was u v**ry accourjdished en- -that very day “Danis, you know, the glmMT*"dn(Iee4^_!Cliere^Cas no branch ^liidi-Siii 1.11 y* nui'-lWasjr-S4*nds un* a -lmx of tin* art about w hich he did tibf know of iiiiigti!iK:eunIl>kLSsum.s--rosi‘s, vio- M-lttttr.-nithongh hydraullt'S a'ml slruc- ev**ry j tu'rjtl steel were the things that most via is" Tike the Tittle girl with the pro verhial curl—when-it did jain there Was no.doubt iu anybody’s mind as to 4-h**,fach Sometimes tjbi.e! fountains .of - the great deep, which, in Holy Scrip- tun* at least, extmnled overhead, would be broken open and the violence of the failjind -the quantity of it. and sudden- ness of-it, woefuld be such thiit fhe West- tin* gliost’of a smile,-repressed qul<;kly but..there,, on Meade’s lips. The chief engineer was su-tisfled. .Bef<>re this, little) things had betfnyeil a fpllovy alumnus, or at least fi fellow student- of the ohl Iyawrence Sclentifif;' school. Vandeventer wius pleased at his adroit ness. lie did not, however, refer t* It ‘‘-Tin*reW a new transit in on the floor, there/’ het said, n^suming his indifferent manner. ‘Tye bad the case <qu*ned, but I haven Get it,'and vve'U what you can do wi Noyv a translt.^/nT all It is W*d in rough fieldwairbf is one of the _ most expensive arur delicate of instruments. , .. ,, „ . , It is capable of the most accurate ad- erm*rs- woifld graphically cal 1^ it a . . . .. . - •„ -epaatet," Which. In(l«j<r, if' seemed ( !"■ Sky".-trtawmnt Of ;tJU 0(1- ,, *’* ,, * . „ ■ JusKocrits-hiust not be Iiiipiilrcipn ntlT Outsldc-lhe rainy season clo,i,thursts ^ (msldll ,,| r ,. ( * lws were niujcnril of. and even In that Tbp b „ 5p , whk . h „, P | nstru . , k"„' :x 's; n ;"7 ,v; ro ' : ,r . t „.«h« »«*1.11^1'^ L Jkfe'- 1U "•*' «” <1 . the plain | p „ ns , In , vl ,h. the aken it out, j-Ha Had Accompanied the Younger tie and see f-pnnrs -;knnivTf-ii«- .clouMburs-ts; 'buF.’ lt was jin 4'X-ci-ssiv*‘ly bard; stea/ly ruin. - Tim lieave'lts '“over the range wera .black uith ( bm<ls. an(T so far as any one at the dam eoiilft see, 'itMvjis'rain ing troni the crest of .the mountains cU+WtIT Tlteryp-wofe s*TiHo-af|x-ioiis dis- - eiisjsjons in tlio diniiijf room of the pes- •-rrient engineer umT liis American as- ■ [ ssistants. — / s At four o'clock it. was decidedAtO" ’ open Him urniirsluice. gute about 'half-_ vyay, hut when fids was done the vol ume of water it w »j* capable of dis charging was top small to help very—r • much, ami 011 openingJf.to its fullest ext«*tit tin* velocity of tiie water rush- ~ -i 11g1 hn 1 ugh Was"sir gn-iIFdhut : the * Hyer bedWvas rapidly scoured out. F’or fear of undermining- the toe of-, the' dlup it . wus’ iTeCiH».sary ivurtiaily ) to close the sluicc once more; The water was rising, first at tho rate of three" or four inelies an hour, • then half a foot, and tinully nearly a' foot. By six o'clock - that night It hud risen (vyo -feet. ft wms still rain ing hard at that hour, although nojT' quite so furiously us it had been. If it did rain until morning fit the preo^ ent rate, t^ere would stiH be a 7^ LL. Man on One of His R- nbles. *.'ork, C special charge VandeVer’ unconsciously looked to him In a y en rgency. lie actually found hgoself consulting -- Meude on oecnsion.f * ‘ HO had. accompanied the younger man on one of those rumbles whicli he had hitherto taken alone. He hud not broken down Meade’s reserve, but hi? had won liiAt trdtuiration and regafd ... <.\ They had cho- n-Mwaled to him. .He got reliyf iii the sen the ri$it seakoii fiM^tJu- hnll.b-nir milgn 1 licent .blossom^ l*>fs, iprehidw, ' always ditferetit-^ week, Tb**v spt*ak to me of him Have y-im ever tr-i. -1 to trace themy* ; 'duality, of Ink affections iktY tb.'se^f ttu . hut' wlnjf Its crest began •"No. I i.now whence they cotim and 1-rat.mhes of liis-;pn»fessU»ii'. NeitlWr hue to ris<* above the'S^igm^l level of "the Hint K^ll! M<_wiIL-rWr-froni him of 1 heiu ever palhkton him hc aiW he spilhvay the-dela/ln opening theT*han- , _ jmmhilvv, jji*l,tK4-vyork monm.rnously'nt-eirh\*r of fiel gave.'eau^/feir.-somi* s-flfiruL It is x ’ -^ss=- —•' ’••• ,f - had. a-nnliiral. iti>tiilet\fjnr T — Vandeventer. was-- not unknmye in ea : •^“TfiTrtTfworTr'Ti e / vor)T utnor gl’to of safety of perhaps fourteen or - fifteen feet>a‘t dawn. Althofigh ’ the situation required watchfulness and was soinewhat alarmitjg; it was not desperate. The men^Avere-advised to put. in all the tinye in their banks so as to be g^ *d add ready for the hard battle whic -might ednie In the morn- Trig, andydM they were all tired oat with their day’s work the little groap soon broke up and eg on man-went to his quarters. .Vandeventer, however, could flot sleep. The rain kept up steadily alT night. *Thq resident engineer finally TTi iKMtu cpwttny fnbnlntett 1 yp*uts of ! prj nTfipjes whi(’h‘‘expcrl*»rice , Tiak"NTim\‘n gingering■ elrctes: ie rainfall for years^luul bech (amsml-,, to h ;, riol ,,, ssa ' r y, and each on7is espe- 'Vas by way of being an airtfior-ity. . eivd hv the **ngiueers.\ Ijxy had elm- to the particular Instru- His experience had. boon, viifled-and up an*l dressed himself, and proL Tienf tn he enofttfopd Tfieroin- Tiie extensive^ Meade’s roSeKe and .retl- : te cted “by high rubber boots and a - box'is a complicated thing and the .oence rather hurt the older engineer.' ^ w,)0y s,it ‘ kt ‘ r «nd a sou’we.ster, left transit cnnmTI he tuk**n out or replaced -He' hud rnvited coufldence and had' ,ll » quarters and wen* out to Inspect 7. *^V 'ijii’nk—-He. uau a Jiinu.riH. m>tniet\tjnr——fTu t •p<>gr7ipliyr ; Tuul Instead of purpose; feared. Ii ssly fsfrolUng about the country, tu» i*mo(i Uta<h* a careful inspection of the vallfiy unknown of vv except in one wav. - With n’knowledge ‘‘Von glveii.hLs affection.. He iiithnuL- :- thp (,UIn ; Uk ‘ nirrk 'd a lantern. ~of „ , , of 11,0 eomhimilion. so lo sia*nk: irbT^ delicately ihat if the other -was- pitch dark andr 11 I^bahler or . certain that . « ;-comparatively shnpb* to fake a tratf^t i.under ji cloud Vandeventer might be ,K, ~ *“*” , ,n ° 1 .t )«» .*) uuMb f ro „, tin* Imx ; vvithoiiLJjUat, knowTfiilgc, -M* Sl . P* >^1 tioh to ludpltiin. 1 pro nugni 1*0 s * !' n . rwhtcli non-** lnJt an o-inert t ransitnurn, — It was- forttltfiftl* fop; Meade’H pur- possible, the raft dropping from the black sky made It more, difficult to see. liicfi men ar* t t < i < 1 * < .r tu n * t n * ****•/- , t \ » «.*', /-I * > *•('■*, « »«'*” . 7 • ixrv 1"t ^thejlmm. _ \7thefe .vwis. noUiing Ymndeventer coufii dam .itscU vv as. perhaps, Phy-jth huCol^forti'ers iind-gojihead.- The >f a mill* long at the hottonFfind \ danger, afterwll, was trilling.- Another hi!l on ohi* side ^consequence of Hln*' waiting was that the sjniKpf Spanish timka on .the | n nis inability uK\TTifk on the spjtP" n tnig7 mound °f ' way, 1 he had rnore hamls to devote to W v ,u .-' voh* yxtefiiliiig from flu. <ficm audit rostfthe- rrdwest jmrt ■ v f*f. • the valh'y. Wlien Completed -it’ would • '• rwhtcli -non-** lu>t an otpert transitmirn. OF ’tTi*»'r>',i*'k.'r hin^idf can hav’e. it is P«se of concealment, for his inco^Tto riTr^u ! " rUIll 1- ^ ——* 2 —^ : ^ ~ = ,)■ .H" tdfclit tomTietlThp r**cediu jin* ^other-mf the tfi- ;arth ■with a clay cT rather diflic'ult vv ithnut ruuning a risk, that Timst of his engineering work had of riiinhrgjjb* 1 instrument. 4 'been *lpnc abroad and that lie had , ~Tills 'command was another pf Vjut. h ‘“ 4 ' n out of.tojuh with Americanj en- ilevcnter’s , tests, 1 -•» thercfdre. Mend** H< jvlUX spite of himself, he Avon Id have To be-L above the cold river' The shape of the countryNhehlnd it vVas such that when tin* I’ickck Wire .-be l-o fetet lied, with "top of It. /Below The dam and on.tlnY ^ + * , ■Iwr KiyOi.l Mw,vn tte ifeu. ami | 7! la 1 iiiifer-the caTffp, vv1tkit,s Islwuy 2fr^et l,r.„,r<m "V*".vl .with radlrtent volmavUn-ffll h, ^ - !,n ‘*ug.lakWgoing back through the vaK trfiy Ills -famlflfirlty. Well,.: y -hrougfjj hirnself fo The 7*ukTusImf TttaT he could not continue his work with out vert- soon, disclosing j been aif engineer, prfbe lnevitajde, th? soofier the bet-. other words, the datn. would make a dally,-hard .... . . ayt,rrg“li^nself. "Wr a 4fnattef of ^being noticed, fact, tlu* younger man actually ropgeij Tf i to make' a Clean breast t it, but could,-npr quite lirlng himself to do it yet. That might come luter. ‘ So. long as ho jepl t^ -‘h,.trqy hint- — ewould have all tho advantages as Wel7jl s the d! sifdvn ntuge.k. He' ton- quarterSys7-T"'l‘" ■■■■ ■■■- - - --- ' lodfiBCT the door of the box, slid .the -Jiad been erected. The configuration on one side by tJ n. high range <> instrument out quickly, accurately, of the ground was-Such tWt, although bi lsfon^e <itj)t*r by the d5tm„iinil on , without a moment’s hesitation,, find Jit wiik unusual to put them»there t con- thp th irdT>y the hills and t lie h>vv Jiog- ^ n Slejved - -the Itvad from- The ' vqni.mn* i.aii rendered it desirable in back aboTT^phfir^m-Ka, wKlCh sepn- & It»VUiS=Jntcm].ed to complete the datn rsi K! ed the Picket Wir*?>alley from the eking Hqrse gorge up w’hiHkthe rail-' lide-hoard, and screwed It; carefully on the tripod. Vandeventer/s eyes gineeringrfpr practically the wholC of ids caret’f. Vundevimter was a Ilar- vtird man, too, and that made it espe- dma to see on the other side another laiuern. t.'lositTg the slide of his owo- lantfirn to prevent observation, and be ing on TSSirniar ground. h« went - straight toward the other side. The noise of the rain subdued any son&d that he made, and he wus able to come *ju11e close to the other light without -M- . sparkled. before tin* early spring oT^ffPxt-ytmrj ! ( , . J * ' " >!> “Come outside^’ he said, lendifig the which was, jf ahy-tinie iit.jho-c«Q»fU-ey Buried, in Ms own 1 hought%I)I.'TKl7TtIlI,7^IIT j could he so-characterised, llie rainy 1 mulling with hi$Hsrtf, considering chase- there over the tibfic Itf that stake He Had a ral Instinct for Topog- sea>i»u,., Of course, just aksoiim. as the *fs.sly .ids-position, dreaming Of the and level iT,’’ N v raphyfi - . - ^. odain iiad hegun to.rise, the. flow of ^hej>y°ftan he loved, -jilafining a new di-—JJegiimcra have been. kniTwm fo take. . ; >7 . .‘ T Picket Ai’.iF'; lH‘hi\v it liad be**Tfi ; {jtdpped,oeeTit--^efi f br yet expiiinal (‘very* f*»ot of ton mintdes to , get a-.tramsiF^et up, Menrpirtiile we will work, w'ork, work!” - except.when an occasional.fres^et^SatEThejvaTley’ atid ravine. He climjjcd to Jevoletl and'.centered. It is gooiFwork pletton of the dam and tff& long canal, which was to carry the stored water p to the irrigation ditches below. 7 Van^ ileventer was" already making plans for another big Job, and he had de- •eWed. ir>,4tifi-ewQ mtrrd, that aipong the subordinates whom -he would take with him the newcomer should have the first chance. Vande veto ter 1 -feit proud and satisfied, when he surveyed Tticwrork-that bad beeri accompHsh,ed- How young Roberta, tht mys terious engineer, uses his talents find knowledge to. good advan tage^ told in the-next install ment—he gets the opportunity to v^fipe out aH fancied. disgrace, real or in the six months of labof. To i»’e sure tiie 7thday- iti tin* ’compIetllMi of the japfilway disquieted him a little. The dam had reached the'.spillway - - tTO' Hty-CONTlNUED.y- <- r — ii - - V Alexandria. There are few cities that can look back t9 a pfist like that of Alexandria* itnd fewer still with such a past that cah cbnlrive to keep uf) vvith jfBe Trmet - ml you vviifi allow inc to Tniy be- hoi*n'':fll*>vv**(] to pfisscAht^undersluice; ore- I go thatr since I .have had Thhkj It was. known, that 'the run-e# of .tip? ...... .‘fsiition with you ! do not. see river in the rainy .'season of some y.e$itts -Ttrrvv even hive for his father or his was s<i stiiall its scarcely’’to till the'refi- fn ^ I !”y natll ‘7 "' <,u * 1 * have h*d M»*ade-to erv(»ir. sitKl it4unl betm decided fio store •>< . ' all tin* flow of therautumn and winter said. Helen arch Trrlfigp- fo-r j th'etojl of Spanish niesa; and fnVm ft**— if-it Is (lone inside of a.minute; thirty j passed it! Iudeedron fhe fifth of Jan- hrtgiit Ti$e whole cjiuntry clear up-the seconds is yery fiist. In-forty-five see- Juiipy tiie dam builders were witlilnt vaiWv to the main range was visible'iinds Meade-report***!. “ ;i H ..ready, sif. to ■ him. ifO'j^Vuid.look down into the lit* coujd- have, dene it in less, -hut he <jf jh»* dutu was 120 feet above the deep |ravine ^f the Kicking Horse-,.gnd waa a little_x»ut of practice, he said level of the valley. They lat^ planned .to run the spillway around the east- level a fortnight before, and Jiad now ! they ure covered up byThe latest mod ern improvements. -A- few erudlto note nn* marvelous tirtufiy autl airiness td himself.. qind* with ahxlyty. shume, regret, next summer wouiiT find the reservoir railway ufinm nii'u g| mrnmggmr ^SSITsee far up and around the 1. the heavy freight truins of the can’t pull any mere bluff on me. Bob- i and "d ^7 snTdY.ind(wemet;“^u7ffhn.nd Ham. We^Toct-drlTrs Chapter xiii. T xr ii Wui kmq Up., —•—• The autumn went bjr as a dream. VViiiter. Warm and hdld in that Yar H“* p* Ilf tould see far up and around the "T know-something about the.praefb eotrld* cnmmenrr* operations, "^ succtfitJ Srboked course of the Picket-tVfre. The cal' slde i <)f _ lt, sir.”._3,Dsvver<*d _Meade! fully. . 1 big grms-covered, hut otherwise hare tufSThg- ft rhttle pah* and wondertOP Vandeventer, like the lost Abbott of'and ti eel ess hogback, that ran from how far Vandeventer would press his the kfternatiooul. was also V drtver,> the t»p^r^en4 of. the sjoSe island of /questions and vvhat he, vv«>uld learn. ■wh6 apufi(«d mfithor his rtnito nyi lilni- tho uifisp vtaa oqmtUy Suable to idm. , But the- engineer wfia~V.man. ^y*-putting aa many fis possible to work on the spiff way Vandeventer had- and look forward to The future. .The relics of'25 dead centuries of Alex andrian history have to be looked for ib the guide -books. In the' city itself Alexandrians fiiffjrargtie about the real fivfcsfeet of the top; that is, the-^re«t^Tiatrobaliiy of Cleopatra, but most of. them are talking about the price of cotton and the latest project foy dredg ing tHe harbor. . , -* '• “TT Wanted Joy Distributed. Christmas eve, -■ She, was overjoyed, but changed 4t from one fingdr_to A# : ' succeeded lin opening^Jt for its entire pthefi all eveningr" No one noticed It {.width to nn average depth of about "that evening, but" she kept It tip tl» seven.f»*et below’ the intended top pf jnett’ morning! ainatsBi T self. Thfe work had proceedeiTwHb hS- J As it was the low tide of tluvw'W res-; “Practical, yes, and w>—s>giiiiiim ■ theoretical Too, tonishing Tttpldity^jd^ilgh this \was , ervoirjie descended to: |t and studied I’ll be boynd # hut, 1 don’t s^ek to^pey^ of the dam, but it still lacked partially accounted for by the fact flf carefully. On finotKer occasion, hay- into your aptecedfints. It’s euuugh^for : 7 southern (dime,-was af jtnod; beforfif parti ,3ft*u>Je nadizedHt. An dnlinary enf^- [ that the spillway, which shoujtd have l ing said npthlng ^o anyone about his Tne if you do g*x>d work lor nie here.’’ half the ability of—Bertram - occupied^ their attention^ had W yet ^excursion, he took advantage of a half- j TU do my beat, sir.? - w 7 7_^ -i' • ” ^ . F| llBer mg the damr that iy.’ tt ^8 ’POW-gPdgf Marion wouTT lose tiie ring, said: “Why don’tyouputyour 'rtdg on oaoi finger aud- keep. it there, “Well, 1 don't like tq be 1 I keep It on one finger 1 two f**et deeper tlypi the actufiTrrest yef^et designed depth.’ 7' The rnlny_ season,- an inspection of the recor id shown, waa not due era.