Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, August 02, 1917, Image 6
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i vMtfngly and Id Set forty heir progress j Thut ,,; iM Jfc- hnd ( ' () he
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YR,US TOWNSEND BRADY
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(*a< h In afniost less tiitn* - j| e s ^.|,pod quickly toward it, arid as
tli.iu it t.o tell it. they had com, ^ 'm?tnr^vln^vps up toward
pleteiUhe;>les. and so ^formed-, the , Iw , rrn „ niin . ttllec , heaven in one last
CHAPTER X) X—Continued.
^ * : r;
**1'don't see him. lb* s. pot lli.et*V
beurdi-d.. Fr«>m tin* nugUF a.t which i'tjh'ud dilheuRy in kih*ping tlodr fool- .Words Its tlii^y rap,' they ii'.-nl both, of
.Micv
:t\v him it xviih imposHlIjl'e to rtr^
nr/.c him. nor was In* in his frantic
progress assuming tin* iis.uiij::attiftide
gress rtssuiuiii)
I Wearing 'of a
Fin* said lit la'st v litiiuJiog Hie ghisS back
to its H.wncr. ' - and Hearing'<>f a mail under ‘ortHtrary
“It In* w.rc tloT«* you’d sou him all conditions yvhlch sometimes. betraV'
right,” said. Winters: cnriiU-iastuiuTly. Mim Jo those who kimw him wail. Nor
“lieeaw*e fe d Im in tin* thick of tin* <*uubT 1 ielen- Illingworth vVith her
light.” trembling hands focus the glus.xi which.
*‘I dotild if. a <*u- 'erTjrr:Tt-cognize any* ^she took’from Kodneyriiefore the .struR"
orn* e\ efi tlna.jigii- the glass; at sueii a. gjiiig adventurer's had passed ; ,and ye.t
♦list a nee." • mi - Rodney, after he had -there was^i^n’iet fiihg in tin* ligun* tax.
foeuved i-t a:.-! taken- a look' hiiiisfTf: low -Vlittt 'iHtnnMier-"- liea'rt laail . fast«*r\
mg oh the firdkeri, .r^kx.. hbTTpm.
\Vli«*n tin y reached . tlid other side,
Meade shouted above tin* storjn ,’ *
.. “Murphy, bring your piek and. shov
el; take that iron range,pole,- too.
Here, Hanaro, you take your shovel
and ttivSe.” - ^ *. ; ' | f
- .Vs' hy-spidfe ho ran Tfito the ntu.ee :
-liaek and wreeked a. transit tripo<L . foti
tlo tn lenmed-what he'would l»t> a-t.
They jiptjii.Vitalized that they xvore-the
forloyn 1 hope, that If they eoujd not;
save the* 1 duni • nobody arid ifiothitur
could. And t fleet * whs *a trace of tin*
engineer' Irnnnpm..
Meade, as hi'amT. mid, reserved to
! himself the info re datfyiToUS, if less ar
duous : task, Ctovj^ritig ' tiiltfsolf with
big Mnrphjfs-disrnrtied■ slfoker, svhfch
fell over him like "ti shelter tent as he.
knult dowp, lie opened the box . of
detonators, selected one. and’attached
the fuse in. ; pof.it!im < , nfefuliy. •-..- J i*h£n.
lie unfolded the paper"nftout onp of the
cartridges and placed the detonator,
wrapping the paper around it thoro-
?efr'er.; lie prepared two- cartridges
this way w lth the greatest earn—
■a
slits in the covering >j<>f the cartridge,
and lowered four cartridges down each
the gray, rain-tilled heaven in one la&t
appeal. 4 -T g - 1 ! . ,
I lid - h e hea r .-the b 1 i n/Froar,’d 1 d he
see the upUursting masses of sodden
earth, was he cougeiptls of the fact
that the; whole side of the hillock had
-been blinvn awayi that the last explo
sion had completed the shattering work
of the first—-that tlTeJ- had succeeded? mX
Did he mark'tlu* whirling w:Uer,-driVT— '-
t
j}
en backward at ftriU hy the violence of
,th^'explo^on. returning and rolling in
Vast mass through tile great opening,
did.he see it plunging down the slope,
through the trees, and hushes, and
pour thunderously Into the bed of the
rifriuo? Did in* see the- tremendous
The men rapidly but Turefunjf.' cut
tgc-long-'rivalry h.ctwccn the ('pit and
Mo* RonWn. The scion o.f tip* legioiiiiry
ind the son of the r«iiTi7iTfffn"ttlrrrtTrrri | lod/*, forcing them--gentIv into place , . , . , .... , .
. . together in>tlie dawn of lnstory i with the mittn'nds't»f-the tripod stakes •
rutlib ssly separating the legs from otic vied wjili each other then. Againjtwid :;nd c?nrtprosstng“Thern so that -tjo*.'’
.■mother jiv iiinio for, nml .pitcliiog -i^-tin Meailc hud to .order them tjni-ft-LfTmuT^the Jolt'S- completely. -- Then
rush of the water from the great Jake
arS
earth, and ever widen and'deepen the
opening as it crashed in a foaming, j^ey-
littie Italian’s
■certainly
I Ic’s that
“Ye/ if lie were there; Ip
Would he ill- fie* 111i<• 1-: of it,
kind. You ionic,-Dick." • \
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. “I can’t See hifn." sai*l Winters In
turn. “Itut what a.fight they are mak.-
Ing to sti've t lint tlajii.”
“Will if hnid£ a-ki.-d thf* woman.
dney. ■
said Winters,
‘Tinpi>s-.Tote, isnn
“I ghe it i tie Ifiitir,
timnling over' tin* -glass. ...
“Not inure than .t! at," assented
otlicr, after another look!; “See
y<n:r*--'ejf. MU< IMinghor-t-h.”
Ihilll w here fhev stood, high up -Otl
the roof of the world, they were spec
tators of. a great battle, witnesses of
a tert ihle aavo:.e~t to iiii-*|| hercult*nti
ctTort,' ilespeiyite courage, human will,
ill! exerted to the limit, finally all*-
geiierateil into blind, mechanical hnblt 1
of continuous and fren/jed endwtA'tir.
1 to* sjiirit of reachless emit|nininci'f htol
got Into them and iuoVed them to the
Impossible. . ,\s men in;i( -hiittle. eluirgi*
go .on even with wounds etn aigh^fo kill
th. *ni in ordinary eirejimsttitiees, tts sol-
diers «t Wlneliester,•though shot in the
heart, ilefually struggled .after Sheri
dan until they fell, or ever.! ns if ('inn-
liion horse may so he imhticd with
She pressed fr»^iiuid to tTn.*wu-*>ifeir
meiifs over-her liennNjrid,star.ejh Sul!-.:
<b;]j|y Ko.lpey raided uyis \oieV* au'd'
shouted at' the very pip of
joined in. rMiiI even Helen
fiyimd li'er.-elf sereTfTaing. The Kfree
llfeli hi’liiW w.ere lint Illole tliatl t.l-V
six 'hundred feet a way, Imt evidently
1 !ii;\ i .etiif not pitssihly iiettr in that
tumult ul'-.hatiwiv No Nonas vrofild
the carry thuaigh any sueii raiji amKv^HTh?
for 'J hey weiV* too intent on tln ir 'paths
v and on w lfar tin'V liifd to do to. look
U|»wt)rd, They rounded tin* -shoulder
oi' tin- mesa and disappeared' in tilt*
pities at' its feet. .
—'i he three tin tile Pip' tp<>ked at Ctli'tl
otherc*
‘'Tbe^diuu-.sjill holds," said Uodtjey.
ipnte misii-.jiceting wlhtt was in the
w-nman’s hei^rt.
4 I N en as he spoke,-Helen Illingworth
fiinn d :iw';Ty. She Tan lieaviTy in lief
sodden garments along the .hroken
mesa t.op.paM tin* hofi>si* to the- upper
edge,. There helow her-Wefe the tfiree
lin n Just emerging from tlu* fringe of
two of rffc-m into tlie
oiitstcefeliefl arms. - . I •
v .Uiihoijt ujiuestio.n, hotn men conf-
1 T \ 4 | with his (Jiri'et iotis. iti.a huge
•■■ twice, almost a 'Stittiil rim*; in the.
spur of tin* mesa Which oxefhtmg the
east end of tli^i* dam' the explosives'
'i'lie dynamite' was kept
e was keenly sensible of his danger. Meade placed his two prepared sti» v ks tihji. tul caturait thtough tin. outh t,
.km-w tU:it if he foil. If ll„- .lyiln- "wilt, tho ,l t tnn.,tAr» oh top uf the otlu-r '•Suns .:a.<Wn -great t.v,. S . Turing.
II
H
'mite . struck • the ground violently,. It
.might explode. lie know that the un-
'stable! fulminate of mercury" in tin*
'detonator's might go .'off at any time—
perhaps that' was the greater danger—
lift 1m never checked hisTiace or hesl-
‘ Tp or sought iur i’Wy way
tiUeihiiL y. Ie
for.a second. Ills scfti! xvtis rising mid
his heart was Jfeuting as * they had
ne|.i*r risen iirdiea-teii in his life. And
tin* 'hearts/of his men heat with his
were .-Hnreii.
i ort^kin hags, the, detonat iiur-caps jn
waterproof boxes. • ' There were six
teen Wj'* s-,,r cartridges in curb hag.
■IvTieli stihk was an fiu h and :e Tialf in
diameter athh eight im lns li,uig. One
bagful shtiuhlWa* ample. Indeed, if lowij. x ' .' '
that did yo’t do thv work, the attempt j De knew, of vourso, if the dam went
would fail.. ' ' j-ouT the railroad; tire hrhlge.‘this town,
'flu* men waited w-hiIe<Meade select- 1 !■■■• eiti/ens, the .woinen aiid children,
ciLu hug r, ut dyoiaiHite, a hojtsiif detona- - and everything. and ev**ryhndy -ivouh.1
tors,-and a.pugk.uge of fuses.Wt>was a
jetirdinal rule that dynamite eartHdm's
and detonatiug cixps- should never
yafried by tin* sawn* jjefsoii, because
the combination" so greatly, increased
the risk _of premature explosion,
.The fulminate of mefeurv in ’ Hn*
r Mind Intensity of determination that • through tin* pines on t-h
lie gallops mi uuMI .be..drops doui.
*tf» these men gave their all in untnatch-
X|l*11* persistence'. - ""
^"They'd Jmttcr get off that ilmn ’’ ^ii.i
Rodney. “When it ♦mde fails it’ll go
with a rush and tTieu it'll, he too late.”
“hook at them. They’re .not going
to get eHT’ said Winters, “They’re
fr«lng -4b«vvft- wd t h lh T’+e+hs; Tdvd- htess-
Vm !’’ him. shouted, throwing up Ills
irnis in exultation. ov**r manhood and
.Courage and determination.
“I'erhaps you Imd better go hack;
MisV Mlingxyonth.” said Rodney, think
ing of the horror she might witness al
_^Bny moment.
“I wolildii’t lie «*lsi*wher(> -fot* the
Xvorlif." said the hrtiTe glrlj white hut
Wit It firm li| IS S In* was iiijide of the
*mun* stuff as ♦In*, fighting liietr, 4 it'
B«*enn*d- “even if In* were there, fight
ing that great battle, I should wait to
pee Hie end." . ■ ,
“We’re not the only pimple In this
wilderness, hook yonder!” cried Win
ters.
lie. pointed down tlmmiHi the ceasc-
less rain toward fin* Inweiuedge of the-
tru'sa. There, frrr' hetmv .Irtfn. were
tlvju*t* sodden figures. Tin* water in the
lnkeNliad flooded tin- slope of tin* hill,
and oii that' side if was lapping tin*
base df the cliff. The trail lmd. of
coursi
iletdqniors >vas very volatile, highly'ex-
phpixe and- immensely destimetive,•eon-
sidering its'.;siV.i*. Tine such eajw.'ould
trees. . Rounding the end of the'uiv.su, TrhoyMiff a mart's hand, or even his
they had at last’s truck tinner ground, lead, and in its explosion might deto-
II.Ion Illingworth could sis* them mite the ''dynamite. Hence tin* sepa-
e4ihl trail. - ’J'ln* - ration when being carried.
goilig-U.u.s h;uj emuiglg iMU-it was imth- —Meai4t- +h*etderht'Ti11kV lhlfFrisk. Tie
mg coiiipfired to what they h|id passed knew how perilous was the undert-ak-
was in hh. hurry to
over and presently tiny buiba out-of
tin* woods and rail a-lmig tlie greasy,
well-rounded hoghaek that: divided tin
\alley from the ravine..
» V
The woman had no idea what was
.tow.ard,- what was their purpose.', •{♦he
ing, how Ilahh|.|i'
fall against tin*
mil
rocks..
slippery -and
go. If lie could save them',, his act
might bg >.*t off (liainsj tlu* ioss of 1 lie
International. But whether.that wer.e
.true .or not, whatever tin*' eonse-
(} mu tees -to him. ht*,w\as hound to save'
theiiix The "weigbf of every Ulan, tin*
..weight tvf every 'kuman. the weight of
overv-^ehimOn tfw* valley, the '\yeight
rdf •’all the biiVhics'v. entiTPrises .q -iln*
.town, tin; weiglu\uf tin* grei^t Vhrduht
of steel, till* WelgliKiif T} 1 */ Iltlgi* (hill)
Itself, was on,his .slioffkhTs as'ip* ; rail.
He carriedithe burden lightly, as Atlas
might .have upborne tin* wVf' 1
TirngTifer. For, despite fils''ilef
tion tindTiaste, In* had in his liearmtli
great ‘joy that .comes wjjer^ men a
•tempt -lyjmultv • and daf** .greatly for
four. lie cut the fiRe to the prop,*r lH f ,n * wil,1I - v to -* the bottom of thp r
length in each case, and; keeping Jt- K° r h , c fiy’ below ? ( , ' .,
N'ti, lie saw nothing.. I’r.okmi, beaten ,
<1 own by La lUigedioxylder that had been
thrown upward by the explosion ami
.■o li-ad. struck Hint on the breast, ami
lying battered under a rain i)fsnmJU>r
sthiies and earth, he was as one detKl.
“By heavens !" cried Winters in great
excitement on tin'*' crest of the h'LH.
"lie's done it. - lie's-saved the dam;
Wju.t’s n Ttinn ; .”
* “'Don’t* you* know him?" serguined
Helen Illingworth Jn his car.'
"No." ; , : . , ' .. T
‘'Mead.*!" 'V •
Winters (‘alight htxr by the arm.
v - "He’s dead." She cried high an<l
shrill, “hut lie saved the dam. and tho-
hrijTge and .the town, lie's made-atone-
me«it." • '
"Yes, vest don’t- faint,” .cried Iwin*
ters. - I .
“Fa-iirt ! I'm. going -ttr him.”
- -“H4.W?J--. ; • • •••
“Tin* nearest why," screamed the
woman, letting Ijerself down over tin*
broken rocks, by’which
i
■I
l;
cliff wall to the
only tin* hardy
Xlevel. * • »*
could reach the- lower
centMm+X st a t*<»- a iith -sfat'e rtf- tin— rl\ p--
idly moving far-off tiguire indoiiiitahly
ill tin* lead, utl^ the others following
after. -There \\ imters- joino+l her; -r
‘Rodney sent nn*iJo look after you ;
-iihmet-ged in. that pouring ram.
He knew wlmt the *consv*quences of
such a fall would In*. Ili-'wiuild eent'-ii
all ’risks lit himself. 'Ttu-thrust tln-'hox— ' Amt then*'WeTe thotigH'ts ftf*r
; of -de-toiiiitor's J-H—his piiel^T, -Hte-tne-4r-—well as gcncrlil. If hv* d!.*d. wnotni• r
age W- fuses- insidw his thtlinel shirt, successful.or -not.-tne-li won! 1. V*i! about
thelT ft*lTbw-mi*n. If he- cou-’.d ofily l.y
ami l»y s*i* Iris hopes jusfffb-d by suc
cess. his hapfiiness wmild In*. co;rijl|i*ti*.
sohtrras.
He Was as One Dead.
, ■ . ■ ' ■' iV •
-: ullv q-c or.--! uch iln* raincoat. tre
-rr:TTrr
and
h.tml
it* 11
he feels that he nfist, stay buck and
"watch tlie dam for his'paper,'’
’’Look,” said Helen, pointing far
down. .The men halted at tin* very
narrowest part, of the hogback. .They
were clustered together. The bag lay
on tin* ground behind them. One man
.In-nt over it;., ".evidently opening it.'
Another man swung the shovel vicious
ly, tin; third, gjaihhed the pick. Win
ters had hei-ij too far removed from en
gineering even yet ToTTgiire iiui what
w ns ■ toward. —They ftmhl- truly watch
-nnd woudwr. - , . • , ;v ;.
tin*, dynamite lui-g in his his endeavor.
mhT irnrnt hts fr.ee huntl to-{ came
protreff himself. - SO till tin* tools wen
carrie)} by tie* other ,nien.
rurrivii t
it while the otheis- lilU-d in tin*
holes hjhI tin* exi-avatioiis and .care
fully t.-nnp
n-niiiiimil wu>
Mien? wsmild tin* d\immite . go
With fiisi-s.iKwas (uno-rtjiiti in its
S* ; . • ‘ *
Wftat of tin-
■ ley? K ?
“i i< «1«1—if?—uu*n-.-
• lam below.
in tin*
i
val-
Il'«H—fctM—foc'-H-rwHs
• low n'Ylic’i-art.h.. All that
• V «*f‘ - * * * • jt- 1
;lii ing ol’~tlie, t use.
sake, hold itx-shbut'ed -Vfindeveijter,
rising from hiX crouching position
the pitllsihsp* ty resume It
-he—Iw4 s}»)Vken.—-“Keoli—IT
ag.'.uuH ■
i asl'juuiv
• *, d«\wn with
Wedl holfi it.
_ Tlu
la* uotVd tip's)* pxeparath'ins. Tie Imp-
p'-rmd to he one of tin* explosive 'force,
fus)^,w>*re snpinis)-d toHa* pn-pareil
as to he in)lep)*nih-tit of xvAjiIIdt coti-
ditiiins, more often than vjpt 'rain
T
to him. afterward, when . In*
! learned how she had looked dow,;pupon
; jXliin as In* ran. that In* had sotffehow
littlg Italian sliuuk his head as j^olt Irei* pre-me
p.elling him to 1
driving hVn on. lie lyst felt, It*‘ LuCe-i— .Mo:ui>*. 4fr«*w out from the p*» hot
-pat and" threw', it aside his tlannel shirt a hex. id'’matches. He'
on v itlu liisj»rei-i)ius ha-g { 1,-ad to liglit th>* fartle-r )-:irtriilg)' fuse,
-II• * dijl tot dare to look ; thcii run -H'ft•*>*n .f'-et aid liglit tie*
■CHAPTER XX.H—
- The Victors. * ' ■ ,
Mmole* knew that they- were fighting
a hosing Uuttli*. Kvi-r.y ))io* of tie*
higher gT'Hih* men kiie\v : it also. Tie*
1* J spiUw^iy was eutir**Jt>' ihadojuate, hut
,f 1 it sinhh-iily Hashed into his mind, wirii
been .covered,- ami there was m>
way )>f prdgr)*s.<\(_*xcept by taking ad
vantage of tie* broken rock at tie* foi
♦if tin’ < Iifl. Which hen* ami then* still ' that coiisi-h-Htsitess of the ti’opele<sui*sS
^tivod ahoxa* tie* water. It pvas a place ,,f do* strugglt*,- thiiUperliaps then* w as
xvle*re men i-oud oiily pass h\\nirefull> anothor Wity to '•nsHim-gi* tie* JI0..1I.
♦-1100sing tledr hax^jand (-ali-uliiHpg tie- Th,> same idea might havi* (Xuie* to.
dlstunce of lie- next • point iinrqVii ji.n.v otIt»*r of tlie tiion* 'int4*lllg**i.it "file*
vdd -ti to leap, riiese tlin-e Were .inmV *rT-n Y-imleventer if if Th
those whose duty it Was to do tie;
blasting. In his practical way lie knew
a-great de:Fl aho-id tin* properties jind
possibilities of usefulmjss. itlSlhe )l>uu-
nri,t*\ M.eade's purpose was obvious,
even to. Murphy, who was lUilyNa .la
borer, though where In* ’profTosed
m*t a presence im- Ts{hrTiMMifTFtsfT' 'inITiTTTast TTHh** 1. it
up, hut a presf-ti*'** ; was ;good-by datji— g*»"i-hy evi*rytningy*!| ^
Utllv-MJ-lif Icit, In* ! l> r.e.J.-.AT-mh*.aR-ew out r'n-*m -the po. k*-t of—p-nl f,,T
up. If it goes down, l.-t
•it. Iking on—ha^g
1 We aifcn't heat yet/'
Itiyken words, oaths; protestations,,
curses, cheers.. i-xpli-'tixi-s "in strangp
hmguiiges from'tin* |«»!yg|oi mob of
hurst forth. -Kwh cowards had
J - - 1.
iljd Jiot St• *p for any--! ueiuvj’.. pue. and tin-iu.make.las cs.-ape.
I-
to
work iH-it-hrr.iimn lmd any idea at -all.
.. ‘‘.DVmunilil till. W.urk.in /is xyeatlier,"
said .I'niianninipre-ssiv-t'iyv.-- - — ;
T’fohaiily not,” answered Meade,
ofT his mag
as In* phthgi-
TnliTs ha id.
at Ids wat<-h. Ii
tiling. Iiiit it. s>*i*ippid tl’mt In* must lmv**
spent hours in that . ukuI ,si-ramh!t> ov-r
tin-* \v.a4,i*r-i-ov. fi-il 'nii-ks. H>* heav»*d' a
ib«**p h’reatii-of mtinf when lie'rounded
Hie nii‘sa and’ struck' tin' frail, lhn] as
was. the goiU!£- i't_vcn.s nothing tu xvhat
fuse Ttrlittli*
simuVaneous
iiAi-d
gal-
tliey had pJtskerttOveD
Iniurviag.lus^ineparntion.s. "hotnl'n nur , - Rresenilv 11«- lu-oke- liiyFint'> the.0jj.
only chanet*.”"''
“Give'me ze eaps," .urgi*d\the Ital
ian gallantly, .
. “No! 1MI take- hoHi.”
‘-’It )*i's danger."-. -
•'“vYi^t but come on.”
• - -V ", • • ^ *
Mead)*, • wasting no more words
sprang :it wliat was b-ft of the trail.
iiniT tin* two men gallantly followvd
him. The lioghack at which In* Was
*•»
jiiniing'Wits fri-rh:1|)s a littli* mure -than
r wv-r tn i f, •% - rtWrr : TT~-' ) ttnir- -Dtt rite • nnfr
}
nary—fra^l :Ai<,L.pi'-p;ir»-d • for tin 1 t;uti.
slope and tln-re before him
rounded-curve'.of tin* .ln.gbai
! w liii.h In* lmd riske'l sit.' mtii-li. \\b-i
I they In time? Yes. tin* wati*r in -tl
was not flowing, it wris .only ri
j lake
' ing. Evidently the d;im still held'. 1
Ii<* }rrrif madi* the nearer
shorter-so-ns to s.-euri* a
•‘Xplosioti if possihle.'
Tony Fuimro now
lifirt ly,- —— "-4-
“(’ora ninnhi tight.” hi* demanded’,"rx-
tending his Imtd. '
»» “«Vw.ai»- -whl-->i‘,’— shoD-ttMl -thi'. big- ’;
was th;* i li-i^h’Miatweage&ly.;■ “h-timn* do it, sor."
k r to gain 1 , “Stand buck, "lwith .of you." cried
Mcndi*, suoee-eding after some frouhh*
in striking :i m*ti-h. __
Hi* had cut o’ff .a shorter length -of
tunn-il into h~*roes hei-mis<* • ttiey
ht by fin* .sidi* of nn*n. Here
aiid there a -man not weaker phys-
ieully, jierluips, liiit less resolute.. less
.spiritually cons.-rruteil. less lU.vin.idy,
.-ol.scjsjH. iffd'pp. ! '..tit of the'raTik’ that
pitted lit self in turious. futile, hut sub-,
linn* fury-.against tin- wavering wall.
Some of them fell*’hackw ard and lay
still. . Some had fainted a.rnl totne of
them were half dead. A few' ln*re aud-
tln-r-e sank dipv-n orr tin* tratiipl.ed! tnud-
- dy embankment ami h'ur<ed -MiHr lnmds
iff Their fiii nds, s'ojT|T|ng
But 111 pst still Mind,
hyeti-ri etlllv.
T T “
mad. stihllme,
held on. *\nd the pjdi-rade.dTd not fall.
It did Tint bend hack
Tin* throb thal told of the
fuse for :i torch, tlu* befer to e.-ury the
ran along it_ ti.i] lie reaelied the nur- (jpe f-^pin one blast to uinoth.er. As it
rowesr part of it, twa-nty f»*»*t wid**- 'sput(er»*d Into fiainm In* touchi?^t tin*
between water-covered valley mid fn-st fuse, then tin* second, and tlirmnl
sharply descending ravine.-’ Tin* sl^rt-.i mid ran for his life'after Murphy and
est separation hctweeti
etrid 'It— Ixodcng- IfW-! •
I’i.-ket Wire
Tfr’-rrateT in
could have managed
it iti'fflfteen
I v
wu.-
"i t'lilfc.'
t-hree f>*et of tin
1 rmi.-ifii, ‘.They h:nl jiist. g.‘.t"u safe dis-^
* j .j fee away 'wKeif w; i tli Timn pilled roar
the two blasts wi-rft off neurly-together.
flu*
w
ram was e.mdng - down- 1 \jfheii they ran lun-k,- -.tln-y saw that
uld ri^gf^Ci* .fe.'the wa- two-thirds of the hillock on that .side
wln-i'e he •stoodgtljatl it inu'st'Tof tin* ravitn* 1 lin’d gone. A wiill of'
»--irtT» through which.v\ a'*-;v was n’lf'eady
tiiiu-; ti-iirldttig rose Itetwe. ii tlie -great gap
’i!i i’; - they had blown out and’.the-laka'p fhe
11 ^Ujjier level' of w hi 1 dir tfqs tutieli higln-r
n the, h 1
Tfii-y lmd op
"Hurrah,'” yelled Meade, tiff* oflwrs
again th
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'a!"iv.* fr-.-
Jit most; 1.1«■ 8\
time. l'ln* thoughts emije In'hit
-—Tttm ^-Ail' 1 lie 'sa w t a.* p!ai-.
-hr* mTntw'Iiis instant' pijin. r
. Tie-|a hi The dyna-tuite down just jis
*ItS*' mid' I'uniii'-i r**a. In; Miiiu ate.!.
Theft* Tfca\ y Tmeathing
ItiglTng |\ it!i the rain in
a<*t -.’ evidencing, tln ir ex-
iv, w lid- had hern,
two tripod
it nri i'fn.-h
nirp- nlekil
inti*
[•Vfttnni of
pi ned.* -
tlie gfeat crater
joining in his 1 riTumliaiit >boiit.T“N'riw..
ay netluff bole right then*,” lie' poinp*«l'to
hn ij-
■Iion. From Murptiy, \x li
tin*
faM er.. Mi ide
took tjie
legs,
si 1 el 1 1 iji'ii st
Jixi'S Jlltilj.
’ and;
■a Im;f vfi.iiek
. xr.ith. tb
- pivmrs. ITe'TTW!
led tlie-Ji
tlie
gi'nuti* 1 uVnit
ti\ e feet
edgi
*'of tie* Kii'kul
'tg 1 l-tt's..* 1
tin* foot of the hank,, “
.--latifjn’g'fi'Tiir.jf wi!l do tin*
“Will the -da"ta he tifter
I ‘rive ’ it in
job.” !
holdia- vit.
<< •>!* !
•pick;
“I
jisin-i
li' kp1*'
iMiio* Murphy, seizing his
so,\'but, for ‘God’s sfiki".
li o wa i r
i from tin
hurry.”
Wiiti two n'n h working, the last hole
whom is suddenly
jtyof 'xvrest--
care Stilly oa^rtpd. Xatiiriilty -the watt* J- •: re* \na ory- i jet. >a f bx^womc splen-"'-
♦*fs eontn'etcd11lte*-i+n*n with t!»* platn | di.iiy daring"and unforeseen undertak
ing, A-iyJTU! was the man to selz»* sui-h
- o an h
Plefeil
was _ compp toil hefon
tv*} dy.* Fuiiare. indeed
a->jsta'nce in -preparing
M.eath» was
• auie' to his
tin* cartridge.
Hri'aei,tly all was eonipleted. Rejeet-
ing tile ph*as of .hoth men, Metule
jriiekv flu* ijiafch,.and this time, sjnee
Ihej'i*"ivrfs but ohe jrlast to be. tired, he
any further.
f the tremen
dous pressure of the waves, the ip'pver
that, experience could feeptlie prelude
to faflure, began to dh; awaiy. to.stop.’
What did it mean? 'l’ln* thunder gwexv
still, tin* rain diminished,jt ceased, the
clouds broke. Suifn* great', hand, as of
God, swiftly fore Hu* black ■' x atilF' iif'
the heavens apart. Faint liglit began
to glow over tin* sodden' land. Through
fin* rift they saw dimly one great peak
of injjfhty range; What had Iiappcm't}?,
“Here." said Vandeventer.
. t C -- o —
How white lit* looked.'bp'v haggard,,
streaks of.gray' in-, bis i * I j n • k_ hair that
hajfl not tie.-n there be font*., but hi;s eyes
were blazing, lie was still the indom
itable-chief of tin* Sparta nTfcwnd, TImi
nearest ifieii gave him a ImTlit. Tie
elainhered tip to his former vantage-
point nb top of tile highest jpg Of the
stoekede* and stared down. (The ilise
of the xvater had stoppevl! He could
not believe If. yet it was true. The
rain had ceased .again, but by bvery
natural law-the diadnago frorh the lilll
would. <tont*inue for some tirne in frtll
xolpme. Yes, by mil rights' tlngilnm
was .d-oonied. Tlie;xvater stilDmeklod
through- the palisades- i.n many small
streams. That had been a gallant ef
fort they had tnyd<\ even if a vain one.
l-’or ten minutes he stood silent,, ex
hausted. Then . lie saw; The t water
was not rising. No| it was falling;
ur.ly a- trifle, biitwnu|igh.. L’resently it
re-
V
i
Jhuihlers. ’I'iiey xy.-re 'dreswctl- as . tl
m«*n engag'-d in such kdior would !*.*
dressed, Tbe pickAihe spJtdes atid tin
iole and stakes hone out‘HiaTT^'ach]
slow. •
“VVhaFs in the hag?” iisktwp- f
woman.
“lit*, carries i.t, , t s though jt^might
to* gold or diamohJjS,” salrf^ M’inti’r.-
RodneV shook his llepd
o
-7
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’ V
he divined tlie reusoiiTjor the ’extreme
Care xvith which tlje" hag was Carried;
Tlu. meu ^^metliatelvibclow-tfe
- three w jitrhgrs' iTiuv. lie could make*
out pretty well xvlmt wjiA the size and
. Bha.pt of--Ht*- objects that-jbulged the
fwuterptoofThug.. ' ~
FJ kave it." he. shouted. "Dynaiuite!"
. -What for?” J ..
Rodney shook his jieml aguiu. The
man in front
was a tall tig
lie was tin
posyn iiity tfnd make themiost of it.
IX* had endeared hlmst*lf t tu some of
men .and tilthrespegt. | n which lie
was held by iViiiideventei*; was shared’'
by the ether*. When tie -ejiiU’d txvo
• •Kphe most Tea pa hi iv of the workmen,
wbig.Tuirij'Trishnmu aiul a stout lit %
Italian, ,to follow him, they did' it
Suddenly xvithotirn fmvrueut’s hesitation. ,
“The rest of you’ kqcp on here,” he
shouted us he left the gaai^. "Murphy
His,Soul Was Rising and His Heart
Was^Bcafi!ng—
minutes; n»Ht wte' they made {Tin
thirty. The i'xuvme possibility of the
Tfe uf the'-diim sernmal'. to* Mi*ade jnYt
uTu-.h greater. .. He xveh'Kjli tile lead,
and by JiiS. direction- the Lju-hers ki*pt
sinne di^THin-4* ■behind him.. "
"If l fqll and extilmle this dvinuuite.
. _ aTT th'tve 1 >f usTTiw
up; 1 think I know a way th help.” he ing blown up,” lie hatbsuid.-und it was
yeTIed - back tliPuiigh the rafn as Jje n<» reJh*ction un Thl*!r courage Unit they
scnuuhleiF-pff the 4am up,ihetaduJo complied with his direction. 7 ’TT'*
enough for live ear:rid
^>Tunarojno'iidefk He i;m.*p-
w bab to du. -Murphy ha.d bftjii
tin* explosive, gang at wo'rk. Fie .was . f
!t»ti‘*li/*<I it dif**e-Hw—tn -fhre-"fuse and hatl 7?lopt)t-d filtering- tlir**ugh the
tin* ltaliali’s acMms., 'lie* xvnfk was 1 waited a' s**eou\l to’ see that it had '*'tuo'nt. He looked hack. Not a drop
-bmpley. Seizing, their s|iades^ the two caught afulTuttiTis hefore: ^ i or * fNe other side of t)ie palisjide.
un-n j'titTnto tin* sndTusjug .tlie pick At a safe distbuye they drew hack YJamti'vonter knew that the water must
•to,dislodg»>VmaH boxyjjjcrsTijiiI break an<}'waited. N'othingTujpponed. A fexv ^ discharging somewhere. The Jnko
tip tlie earth, wnh* ^"il was light!Lrid.' seconds dragged on. '-The^stu*xv.-no sigti . mnst * ,av< * broken through somnwherc.
iporousvTind itTuTd h»*etf well sou|Th4J of 1 the* -in tin* fuse, no lighh^Tn spit(* -j) 1 * ,,f dy needed that hint to recall the
by the rain.'-,.After they lmd ii'u'iiie .*,|n pf ttie bare fTiey Timd t.-ik<*tt. i'r lnrtTgot ^ ll !l-^ > i l ' t ^b nnd Thep Meade.... Ho saw It
excavation .about two feet deep, : lii*y”\\ »*tj wouhl^not work. The preidofls. now. *
laid asifle jtheir shovels;, ami w ith the niojiJflts 'were flying. They , stared y^We’ve- v)on, the dam’s saved,"-'he
Iron range) pole as a starterTgnd tin* agonizingly .at ,the fuse through the crhbl^ great}y to the men who’stoml
iilgger tripod stalb*s to fuiiTm*-. they -rain. •>. hack MMIte palisade staring at him.
tmidi* two .dee}) bd. s in ^n> gnyuinl. J "I’ll have to take.a look at it,’ 2 sViDl ‘Itoherts h^Kbio^n;’tip the hogback.
. # fprej^ tlie p.-dc ;■ :.-t.7ii 1 *11.- The--wtater’s ftdilng. See* fer- ywafe
into the earth, “which tlio^continufng , I’unaro arpi Murphy oa.ught him by selves." '*
rainv'temled to soften more,and tuyjj-e jhe arLns. .They all krfevrthe ttemeip Every man sprang.upThe pnlispde
They made these holes uboti^ four feet tons risk Inga npargr lipprimoln. The Someone laughed, and .thed someonti
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tlte s|‘il!xvay v ^Jt..was not hWifauTM-lmt
tl could not tiri
ng through -the
Indeed a.stern ceoumHul was pei*i>s-
deep helotv the_exeavatlon. driving in, ruse?ri^lght Ife*Blight*still. Ahanv sec- raised-a cheer, and'those“mud-foveretf;,
and twisting tihd chufiyng the stakes -nhd the flame might fhpdt^to the jleto- sodden. worri-nut_-mcp. who had bee*
they cotiMTiot ht^r and could not tin- sjrr.v to keep the two men biix k. They ^.y iimib ’s'trehgtti, M ’ V, nator and then—^Tt*et .Meade lmd to jfliou't _t<r die. saluted in Jieroie aeclalmv
derstaitd
T^ie Water
had ('aught something of The gallahT
spirit' of tlu* engineer, . and the. big
o..* un iiirou ui,aiu. * 1IV . p inj- »oiri «a.-> tusuiu* iuivukii Tiie : spiTii oi im* engineer,, ami tne nig pliStjeU tips .save tor the .se
t* was in plutn view. IW spillway ubout knee bleep, ai^d thyUcishmau and the little'.ltalW. were' a^'hdKrintc^'Of tfie ratn ami *1
jure, his face was heavily lb tee men plunging fdrward though - 4 eager as he i^elped bj a few. tiisty energy they abpLled. They
'- x . >' ■ , y^*' —» •' r.' 4 —t — ’ -r~-—— v
Tliey could by n|o uieatigjiave.m'ootn- go. That <*harge hmjro he exidoded-if him who had led theip So victory and
plisljed tl^hs stive for the ,soft**niug aa.-4 hev det
-the furious’ Tlevppri»tely,.^»fnP In* had* hot ’Cimie^so j
They had betm^Thr and worked so hard to fail adW. Ii
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hii ml. hff t Ihutglrt W bnplicatlon Jiim w ho kail imple* that
* had* hot ’Cimu»Tid triUii.ph pos.sihKV \ ■ V-.
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