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IV PAGE TWO BARNWELL SENJfflEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA ✓ r the vice president looked iffi presently. fti-v* CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY and CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, Jr. I - r * r ' - * / •I'‘ r w • ' ' '•/■ Author and Clergyman f . ‘ / Civil Engineer ; 4- Copyrifht by’ Fleming H. R«v*ll Co. • . 1 "" ■ ;j. ’ - ,t:: :_1—. < i.^ t “My daughter is > (*n£ag‘‘ , l Jfii he married to him’'-*rupU he was rewarded by the thrill ,and quiver That shot through his. -duughtVr’s being which he felt as he AireSSs/d-her to his^side—^**we_£flD‘t let ^rhitYi :l1Ia /•■ t - i -■ 'j hands.*’ answered “lie’s been terribly^ ..“.A fi*d whD-a|o you. .nay I ask r .sakL Vandeventer, (crossing tfrfi track and swinging himself upon th*n?Iaf?orm of the car. S ./ •; .. r '' / “I am ‘(MHuiel .Illingworth, president of the Martlet. Bridge conipuny.” “Hiit Roberts?” - • \ tiito to i ’him die how.” | “He’s in God's 1 ■Severenee gravely. “His ,,-naiue' Is not Roberts^ It’s Meade.” ^ “What? The- International jman?’* “Yes.” C , tZ ' .. . . t:k : i Well, I' kne/TVeTwas- ah engineer. he’s made i/p for his failure thei*©” 4 . . X* r CHAPTER XXU , ' —13— The Testimony of the Dead. r ^Just as Helen Illingworth and Win ters! reached the lower level at.the foot of the mesa, they were Joined by Rod ney. —. / “What has happened?" cried the en- gineer. Winters answered as the three hur ried along without stopping 1 : .. “Memle blew up the hogback." V "Was that he?” ‘Yes.” 1 (fought there jdiR something fa miliarnbouj him. but I did not dnre-^” “t’ recognt^ed* iiim Instantly,” - said Helen Illingworth "That atones for tluNUitermrthmnl,” cgntinued Rodney. “What does?" asked hls.frhli “Tin* , dam is sufe; the water ha? Stopped rising. I believe ItVbeginning to fall a little. I saw .someone Jump upon the palisade aod wa ve JiLs hand, and then I saw them nil gather around, evidently cheering." “I should think the water would lie lowered,” said Winters; “It's pouring out of a hole in the hogback as big as u church.” -• —; - “It was a fine thing in Meade. Let’s hurry and tell him so,” answered Rod ney. “I’m afraid It’s too late," said Wln- ters. “Oh; don't-say -that,” cried the girl. “Why, what.’s hap|M*ned?" '“The second-blast was slow In going off," said Winters; "he went back fro look at\lt, nhd got knocked over. It looked pretty bulkfrejm the top of the -end. Helen Illingworth, praying^ as she had never prayed before, sought to shaking and his body- quivering ;\vet he wa's glad after all, more happy thrin he. support the,■unconscious loan’s .head, had fh'ought he.could he, in n/akltigj The Italian gathered .up,the tools and rcVelattop, R» vindicating the fimoreiit. pi winded every w here.-/. His breastbone is shattered, some of his ribs are hfofe- , en. I don’t know." “That awful cut on his forehead?" “Thais' nothing.” , * ■ ?- "And the other bruises?” “They count hut little, but the blow wjrppWbTnd up th6 path, ney followed after. » Rod- f mesa Rodney would not have been human If he had not'l/efKa leap In his breast at the possibility, MR he \eus tot* loyal a friend and too gmvulnejy fond of Meade for nuuut-thmi a^passlngxonm- tlon, for 'which he was little ashamed. “Let us. press on," he urged. Their progress was slow of n<*c<4e slty. They had to ha mile Mjeiule with great care. "Winter's and. Rodney, after the brief Inspection .they laid irnfde. could m*t J see a .chance on c/irth for him. Neither could Helen’Illingworth. Tliey werit'aloug wilhout ..convcrsaUon, naturally, except for an outburst of ud- miratidri from Winters. • , “1 tell you,” lie said, “it was a mag nificent thing for him to do. . He risked his life a hundred limes in that mad rush with the dynamite in his hands find the detonators''-In his pocket. Y>j? If lie had .only stayed back he would fiaveTieeii siife.” was his anxiety for tin* datn and tin* people that- brought, him down," said HelenWttigwortli. “He can’t die," she murmured. " 4 Mlod surely will not let him die. I love ImtK^o. And yet if he does and I have lost hlm^lnnoeent or guilty, he has redeemed hisTorm “ “lb* sjived others,” quoted Kb dim under His breath, "himself hi: could not save." / 1 i A It w as a work of great difficulty to in giving that satisfaction. to Helen Illingworth, tardy,.even tqedate, though It might be. "Letters, slrr _You wJli find there a • , ’ t-’ : v . •inWprint of the.design of the compros- eiou members',*' answered SlmrtHlr iiKitHgonously as If he had forced his .mind to a certain action and it was “Hi* did uyt fail there ajay more than he failed here.” said the colonel, t “Where is he?"- : "It’s a long story.” “It eaij wull,” said -Vandeventer brusquely. "I want to thank Tdm for saving, the dam and the lives of the. iin.*n on it, and tin* town, and the .rail- failure?" ' i Unbeknown t^t the two the colonel had stood in tlie doorway, r 1 “Wo know the truth noW, my noy,”- sald the qlti.man, coining into Hie room; "It .was ’your father’s fault, not-yours." It was characteristic of Meade’s, tetn- 4>er and tYniperanient that his white lRTsdgsed in a straight. line at this. “WhertVs.-}Sliurt 1 iff ?” he asked,'arier~ a silent, communing wilh himself. The bld.jpan hud cmiie in’and out nf the roojpi like a ghost Muring hisfslow r. i : on the cjiest ’—he aiiook his gray heud -'riSud, ami the bridge.’* sadly, ominously. ''•» - _ “I don’t knowWhether you can “thRnk “Do you thinks anything 1ms pene- him or-not, ,r “sftid th'e colonel. trat«mT his lungs?*’ asked dlelen Illing- “You don’t mean--” worth, asl^slm pointed to her lover s ) “He was terribly hurt by the lust ex- lij.is; to a little bloody Xri^th thut came plosion ami they brought him here.” therefrom, • The old ymn hooded. ~ “Perhaps,” he said. can’t die; he~eart’t. he can't!’- ‘-‘Can I see him?" For answer Colonel Illingwwrth • pointed to the "door. This H my da lighter. Tout menu* Is Vandeventer. is it not? Helen, this is y. “Wilh It Is Wlh; lie letter from Rertram Meaiji* to his fa- wailed the woman, sinking down on her ther, syiggesting. that the lacings were i knees by the bed. , ' . the e^glTu'er who. Is building the dam. fron light and railing attention, "to the j “Not if any power on earth can keep ‘ - v. emjiirie formula of Sehmntf^Tieninitz f*hlin from it. my dear'child,” -said the In proof of his argument. On The ’colonel tenderly, bending over her. back of that letter Mr; Bertram Meiidf, Sr..- made an indorseinent—you know his handwriting and can IdentifyTt— ‘Hold until bridge is finished and then give back to the hoy. We’ll show him that even Srhmidt Cheinpltz rinegnW know everything.” , . ~~ — • Colonel Rliogworth turhed the paper over. There wits 11-H^fhfHir.semeut. “Well, by heaven !" he began. * “There’s* another paper in an envel- ope aijdgessed to the editor (f)f the New V^riPGazette. Will jam rbad it aloud) sir?”." \ ■„ Almost a^Tf he had been hypnotized “Send me the porter df the \ear,” said St verahee, “and take Miss Illing- .worth away. I ,want to get hiip ; un- ilressed ami—” “You will cull me back the minute - “Certainly, my dear girl,” said the vice president, who ‘'had known'-the young woman from childhood. CHAPTER lie hits come to ask. after h1s~mun.” “I’ve Mom* everyth)n'gj can for him-,” said- .SVveremv, ' etnriTng .out .of the stateroom, followed by flte- porter, as ' Vamlevt'oter shook luinds with the girl. “He’s still unconscious, but seems to bre.-Hhe a little easier.” ; Into tlie little room .the woman and the Tmir men enjAyTted. ~ Vandeventer, aeeompanied l»y Murphy ajid Funuro, followed the colonvl. Neither of thg w.orlaueii_'vojuld he left out. There lay the engineer, his face as* white as'the linen of "the pillow or the .bandage At Last to the Start get tlayAvoumled engineer into the oar, i (,‘blond IllingwpHh, took from the en- l»ut^fney. finally managed it. Ry the ! velopethe brief hoteTMl^ read It: wemnn’s direction they laid 1dm on her bed-in- har.nwn private stateroom. “One of us ;nust go for a doctor £f once,” said Rodney, "and that will be my Job." • * t “It's twenty ndles; to the -tnwn,” said the conductor, who had helped ;fo receive them. v “If one of you could telegraph we could tup a wire." None of them could. _ : * ; “It's all dowh-grade and there’s a good roadbed and I was some sprinter In m.v college days,” said Rodtiey. In a few moments they stopped the three men-. Meade- was stIIP tw-' conscious. The big Irishman.sat on the grass .with the engineer’,s head On his knee. -The deft-fingered little Ital ian was trying to wash the blood away from the unconscious man’s forehead with a sodden, ragged piece of cloth. .Meade was unconscious, he was breath ing heavily. There was a catch In-his respiration. His breath came at irreg ular Intervals and wus labored as if painful. A huge rock hud struck him In the breast. The two men had t*»F« open his shirt and 'undershirt. The engi neer’s chest was bruised and bloody: Evidently hones had been broken, and probably serious internal Injuries had resulted. Every breath was an »ipp?ir- ent agony, and that the exquisite puln- did not arouse him’ to consciousness was evidence of the terrible nature.of "And there was never greater need of haste than now," said Winters. **I wish I had arhorse h«*fb.” “Don’t- gfv'e up. Miss RiingwoFib.” continued Ifbdney, as he started to- yanl the door: “II^’s nllv^e yet.” V1 “ st - -tlmn. (Opportunely 1 enough, rounding the last curve before tin* arch 1 bridge, they saw tlif end of tire other ear rapidly approaching them. Had they riot been - £o excited they could I alone am Responsible, for the ,error In frr« design of the International bridge, water. . tiuVv! .'a this terrible disas ter. I know that my son,'In an effort to. shield me/.wrlll assume-til* responsibility. As a 'matter of fact, Jie had previously piihited iiut what he.‘believed to be sirue- tural weakness, but T refused to heed his representations and overbore’ his objec-' tlons. The fault Is entirely chargeable to me. There is no possible expiation for m; AH the men except Curtiss and, Win ters had* discreetly withdrawn from the ear and had gone over to the ptesn to look ah the lake and the outlet. In deed the water was roaring down be neath the steel arch bridge, 1 filling for the first time in" generation's tin* chan nel of the Kicking Horse. . Fortunate- *-‘4 Saw You," Helen Whispered. recovery^ .Colonel- Illingworth turned uw’ay. and summoned the .secretary. head, ('tie hand, still grimy* and mud^ stained, lay on the sheet. Helen Il lingworth knelt down*uml kissed It and laid her head on the berk ' ' ' “H*» is to he my husband if be lives,” she said simply. —- - — - • * " w*hls- “A man and an engineer he is, pered Vandeventer. ly It could flow tlutt w;iy,without dan- “t misjudged you,. Meade,” said'the ger to th** tewp or t-he vTiiduet below, /rfthmel softly, speaking ns if the Un- f The colonel U.'-d his’ daughter to a conscious man could bean “1 eon- chair and theff rurn^Fjl to Winters "You were fTTere?” he. li«*gan. blunder. The leaat 1 * an do p to aa^ume alf me about It.” the responsibility. (Irffphfcally the fold the storv of The blarite is mine. BEUTHAM-JIfi-ADE. He laid It dowif with the other pa* over the . rocks w ith Iris two eompan- pers. demned you. I wish to heaven you -Tell could hear me make amends now.” i j “Begoti," whispered M-ufpfiy, “you'd big cattle raneher ought to seen him run wid the dinna- Meade’s mad rush f inite.” Metttle faintly but firmly,, “tell them I again' w ho is re sponsible for tTioTfriTure of the Inter national.” * ‘Forgive me, Mr. Meade," said Shurt- liff, “but it wus your bruv*? old father's fault JJ,’ i “You see,” 'Said the colonel. “We knew it all the time," suld Kod- ney.. ' ( “IUifr Mu. Shurtljff bravely gave us e final proof,” said Winters. havtylheard the furious putting of the engine as it drove the car at great speed Up the heavy grade. _ “Wait,”-said the conductor, Vwq. can send the engine down for the doctor. 'ITrant be the colonel’s ear." ; In a few mlinutes the car-stopped ou tlie sldtng. Out of It came Colonel. "The denionstrutlon Is complete and itlts-oiute," he began spontaneously, amid a breathless silepee. “The proofs are adequate. They would establish young- Meade’s lirhocence innny coirrt in the land. Where Is he? I have done luin. a-n injustice. I am ready to nfake am'onds,” continued fffe colonel. “And while you are talking” said Helen Illingworth, who had been stand log in the doorway too absorbed hv the dramatic recital to interrupt It, “he’s dying.” f “Dying! Where?” “He was battered to pieces by-tht* Last dynamite explosion. We brought him here.” "Were you there?” / Illingworth, Doctor Severence, Curtiss, “We saw It from the top of the mesa, and some of the ottieluls of the Bridge oh. don’t talk anv longer.”, eonipany In town. They were all great- j “Severefice,” said Illingworth, with ly excited. The cojpngl did-not stop to j prompt decision, “yoii haven^t forgot- .ten all your old .medley! skill the Injury. A smaller, sharper rock had cut him across the forehead and oheel?, just missing his right eye, and they found out afterward that he had put on his hut. He run to the other car and climbed aboard. “The dam’s going,’’ he shouted. “Tlie bridge and the town will he Hooded. Wcrgot word an hour ago by a messen ger galloping down. The telephone w ires are down. I ran the ear up here as the quickest way to get over to the been struck by several other • pieces * reservoir and the-dam. Some of you dislodged by the explosion, and that who know the way come with pie.” . his body wus covered with bruises. By this time tne observation room it But tjiere was nothing, not even in of The ear was tilled with. men. the cut on the forehead, to cause any “You need hot wor>y uhout the dam,” greftt alarm -hnrptt tint been for said Rodney. "What-do you quean ?" A man blew, up the hog-hack, .made iter a spill-way, are-’ v through it lptb tht! see it below there, sure on the dam at once.' ruslo-d out you -Cun e‘ pres it has This its your Jed). One of you jump on the en gine and bring ii physician up add— “I’m going.” said Rodney.. “WtRi’s the best doctor in town?" . “Doctor Fraser. He’s a young man. but very skillful," answered one of the loea. bridge men. ' . “Bring our own Doctor Bailey up. here from our hospital with hljnf ami tell that engine driver to get down to the\ town and back just as quickly The. voice words which of “Those pni>crs?” said Meade. Shurtli’T nodded. * ‘•And your fathtV.s own letter that he wrote the papers before bis heart broke.” .said' Rodney; ‘ITT reed it to the Italian murmured you presently.” they knew, were prayers/ "Why did y.»u do It. ShurtlitT?’: though they came they brought relief from humble 1 “To right a great wrong, to all. They i that we were sir. I mlsthken to try to spare entered deeply Into,Helen Illingworth's tm* dead at the expense of the ii\lii i heart and-mingled with lo-riown peti tions. frantic, fervent, imperative'.' al though she offered them to .Alniignty Co*d as from a wbnian broken.' I’res- ently they all filed out of the room, leaving Helen Illingworth alone with w-hnt* was left of life in the crushed t body-, (rf the man she had never loted so much before. In the observation room Vandeventer told tlieip of the fight for the <jam and jiow fltey had reached their maximum 'r of resistance and more, nmFthat came' in the very nick of to wreck your life and the future, and the happiness of Miss Illingworth. (Jod Mess her for heL kindness'tb'a .onely old man. And so when yon "were brougTit here dead' I told them th© ing and ?y l«*ss t back wifhS^vo si ’a Tie-can go. t In* ’ cohme -Cheer up, Helen,” said ‘I know tluxt a man is rehahilltate himself by not going to such mi action arid have the evidence Tils held up till now it will jiold for good.” “Thank God!” cried.-the eoluuel, sink-^ ing ddvvn into a chair iind-wiping tlie o’f'lTTs itinoetuiee. brought-out at such it; nionient jtntt TiTHie.” - . ‘\vill you give me those-papers, colo-. ii(*l?"_ said Rodnej!'. “You’ll , want this written up and—” *:• “Take them,” said the colonel. ou come along with me, Mr. sweat off" Ids* brow.'- “The bridge*wm~rShurtIiff? After I see the -doctors III he safe then. By. George,”, he gasped, “tlie Mantlet company ’could hardly have s.tood -another fioss like that. Who’s the man who blew it up?” "ITis name is Meade,” said Rodney quietly. v. “Not—?”. - / v ’ “Ve s.”i There was .a Tong pn r yse. " Every man there knew of the failure of the International and in whut cst'imaPkui the old colonel held the name of Mead** because of that. .. / “Well, It" was a fine thing," saicfthtW .colonel; “it ririikes up for his blunder ing w;ork on the bridge.” want your atlidavit.” ——■= Tr— •”Ves, sir, aqytliiiig,” sabl Shnrtliff. “It was-fine *,*f you,” said Winters, ■ •'“to try to shield your emphiyer and Y ’ “Certainly,* My Dear Girl,” Said the Vlte President ; p,V ioiis, of the desperate '-assault on the hpg-lmek, of the success that hud met their ‘efforts to open the improvised ■ijiWlway, and then' the final* disa'ster. The Recital lost ?iotliing in his graphic. 1. fine, it \ya"s magnificent,” pTTW til**, .relief •time. Meanwhile the engine driver had burned up tin* track going and eotn- tban an hour he was urgeons' and a trained nurse. Was It their skill.and care and watetifuln**ss that finaHy brought M'-.-ide back to cqirsclousness, or was it . the pHSsioimteTi-suis’iHiiri+g intensity -oi_j will and purpose of the woman who loved him, who could scarcMy be driv en From his side? Well, whatever the reason, ^fter many days lie passed from death into life and came back again. ” ... - He was conscious of • Helen’s pres ence and lay quietly enveloped in her love before..he7%uld talk eoherently orj| question. Indeed, with Rodtiey and f truth and gave them th** papers." .“Gentlemen,'” said Meade, making a last try, “it i's useless to'’deny it now*, but ^for tie* sakt* of my father’s fmna you won’t let anyone know?” “phi man.” sapDRndney'i “it was oa the ••wire’s an hour .afterward and. the whole United States knows' it now. Your father made the mistake; Ills letter admitted it bravely. -The- world honors him.'It honors you.” -*» “Rodney.” said Meade, “I wish you* hadn't done.iL” . “It w as for Miss'Illingworth's huppl- nesa BTid yours tdiat I did it." said Rod-., ney. “Ajul^how much that e(*st me, ’ Tie lidded. thle~rr>nfesslon being wrung from, him, “iio'.onc, can ewer-,know.” He turned and left the room. Winters followed him full of* sympathy uud ■ (xmiprehensioir. I ’Let • me gn Out alo.ne, old, .tian,” said Rodney. “I’ll be back presently, j This Is tin* last fightTve got to make.” Winters watched him from the steps f the ear us*he disappeared in tjie Winters, and old Shurlliff, who swage to himself That he would-never-forgive- r elation, i O’Jt was Vaid the dolonel, patting his daughter’s shoulder. “Where are the two who Went" with him?" - ~ “They’re out'side frliere,” silid Win-".. -ters. " . . The old colonel went to the door of '""V" a,ul O le# #?;"«» " le acade «aa wwSded by each/aYM- ’ . • , , ‘ . - i-mosiilie-ce. .ot--a4«firatii.ut quid _dev<rtjoii. In the bank down In Coronado pint* trees en route to the mesa to tight it out-mAdcr-Llii* open .*4kv alone. The all himself If Meade did not recover, and left llie n ' um JdsoV'lust of the eofonel, and Vandeventer, ’and all -''hurtlin’. the men of (he force, who used to stroll -"You forgive me, Meaije. I’ve been over after hours and ju<t'~sit on ,the » side of the/frailV-amL stun*, at, the car through hell itself," 'said the old .nun, ‘ill these last six months.” w here—4he man who had saved Th**m ^ “1; n-My, was fighting for his life as desperately And ShurtlifT as they bud^'lUgbt. to save the dam, said Meade*. -went lighter' heart than he many* a long day. T away with hud borne for” Tlie two lovers were alone again. when the the man you loved, but thank t»od, >ou ; said the big Irishman’, “although ’twill . , , - .... ! as might have stdyvd the hand of dhufh 1hc.ro.'-a tl,,,us; 1 ml ,1,11,,rs of ,Mini- f.,r Rij , f T1 „. r( , ^ (| f ““seJ’Wiy. „ 1 physioi^n * tmi... . \\ e di.Iu t .1., 1. for money, S «r. | v .. whlspVr ,. )t ,. r spoke nut beforef.it was too lute. I’m sorry I-jriilltaj tilat gun on you; you’re ........ „,a man, all right, eVeri if you don’t look- it,” he. addl'd t<*J[Hiris*‘if us ShnrtlijT bowed and followed Kojjnoy.- Wiliters^tooci at the door of the pas- sagew ay leading to the stateroom while Helen Illingworth and Severence, wfio had tieen educated as u physician, nml be, welcome enough, but how is Mr. Roberts?” up the old colon el, who knew a great deal aborit wounds and accidents from his l ‘Beg pardon, sir,” said Shurtliff, who ' war experience, entered the stateroom: had stood w ide-eyed and w hite and suf- ' A new spirit had come lntp jhe rela- | p rpyirrve hitq,” said the Irishiiian, fhak- “You ijiean that than who blew tlie hog-back?” - ‘ . “Si. signore, a greata man he ees,”’ said the little Italian. “I w ish I could say he-was all-right,- but there’s, a fioctor with him and we have sent for the r bi*st physician in town. He’s horribly hurt.” ’ , ‘ “But plaiseGod, he muy pull throifgli, sor. The Holy Virgin a-u’ the Nnlnts i was standing on the high hill wntch- i ing, looking dow n upon you just .be- ! fore—” J “You see,” said Helen, “there's noth ing, can* keep ris apart now'-.” .'“Nothing, thank’God," whispered the ilian. ‘ * “But I, ana sorry that it all. came out * j this way. - I’m sorry not only because i of your suffering, hut for other reasons —Rodney for one. IR*—It’s too bad 1 , It w as not -necessary' for you to get woniiin knelt, ns wns.her went, be kllle,i to niii me. I sMe- of tin- 1..-.1-. SbeJtlsse.1 bts hnn<lr(“'Y"; ,w ^"' re ' w ' wh,wtw thin, wasted, Rqf white UTid’Hean now. -r; j“But I'shall look up to you all the rest of my life}”, said the man, las the i A Huge Rock Had Struck Him in the Breast. \ £ crushed chest. Winters and Rodney w’ere both men of action, accustomed to quick thinking and prompt dedsloq In emergencies; while Helen Illing worth coiuld only stand with clenched hands staring in mental anguish that paralleled, the physical Suffering of the man she loved, the engine©? and the rancher immediately made prep arations to get the wounded man to the MurpTiy wore In his belt a short woodman’s ax.. With. It they enMtown f»>ring In sllr*nce ever since the engi- timis between father und daughter and n(H*r hud been brought to the car, “It both' were glad.’ There was ud ques- \yas not his blunder,” tion now al¥)ut thd. future. •* There “No, F to you.” she niurniured, as •she pressed her lips to liis lingers. “Look up a little higher,, then,” Whis pered Meade with some of the old.hu mor. A “You Inean?” •- fptrnd you I \yus resolved to marry you, wMly-nilly.?! ^ f ■ - -—— “And is it true tfiat poor old Rod cried The voiceless movemerit of his lips told her the story. $be' raised herself Why, you said so yourself, ’olonel.— i itblL?? admitted ^he secretary. Quick as a^flash. Rodney had his man had saved a great dam, the via- notebook out. D^re wus the proof at duct, the town, and its people, -and ing IluTsign of,the cross. And in his own language little Fun- aro breathed a similar prayer and with should be no opposition from-Golonel his'grimy/ toil-stnined hand, he made Ji.fitT kissed them lightly. Illingworth. Within an hour tbe-pri? sunle K0S t U re. - ' . ' j “I haven’t dared to ask that before,” pers would have the st'orj of how one ; “Murphy,” shouted a voice from the said the man. dosing, his eyes. “I pines on the* side of the. hill between wasn't strong^ppugh to stand that.” tlm'ear and the mesa. ~ -.“But you're going to get strong; yout had grown to care?” he asked, putting by the academic discussion. " The woman nodded. - . “I’m very sorry.' I can’t help it. - W* were, always tbgether, talking about yori,” she said. ' “And he couldn’t help it, either,” said Meade. “Somehow I l^Hevt* he was lasL^ “Why?* f “ __ “¥o save the reputation of the man *IaLl of the International bridge. r CJ two young saplings, trimmed them and - thrusting t\em through the sleeves of their raincoats they made a fairly prac ticable litter. " Using the utmost care-, they laid-the unconscious man upon it staring at Shurtlllf, who stpod erect be- and Winters and Murphy, the two blg- I loved.” “And how do I know you are not lyl,pg for this man now?” asked the colonel harshly. they would have, ut the sarin* thue. the } “ThatTL . be MrT“ Vandeyeater, the must. I’d like to kiss youTorever;’ story of who-wa^responsible :for the resident engipeer,” said Murphy, ’ "'said the woman with pitying tender- They ; Colonel Illingworth turned t* the ness and great joy. Haw tvrff'Ttftm> it,- ihtb sattwirr extending some papers he drew out of died, his pocket, where he%ad placed them that morning half Intending to tell Helon nifngworth the truth at last. - What are theser the colonel asked. would have the stoi^y of the attempted self-sacrifice of the-son to save the • ( father. They would have the story of the old man’s splendid und magnanim- yrqyrurqwat o* rriBfwwslbimy-befotg' fore them, sustained more bj his win took the handle* l than anything else, for his kneea were The United States, the M-prld, would ring "With the dramatic tale. It was as'much to tell that story in his own way as to summon medical aid that Rodney had gdhe for the doc tor. And so the father held the daugh ter, clasped to his side while, both bent otttr the still unconscious man, whom' G - rr- - door again. ^ • % / . - T -‘.‘It’s heavenly now, but I shall haye to “Where’s Roberts?” cried Vaodeven- go away again when'll am able and—” ter-,-stumbUpg down thie hill. He Was “We are never going to be pa again.’” haggard and worn and wepry to the ^ IT imt Ik koou *as v fie f r POtHT 'OrWfHSITbtion, „ , had\>een assured of v the safety ofthe dam—and before he left the water was visibly-receding—he bad started out to seek the engineer whonri he had, in his mind in the excitement of.the moment; accused of desertion. ‘He’s here in my car, sir,” said Colo nel Illingworth* 1WI 'jHltfmnT a dl■credited* man. a failure.” 7“ . , “Don’t tou know,” said the woman, rising, “that the‘whole United States rings with your eiplplt, that the splen did saving of the dam has caught the fancy of the people as It deserves and you are a hero everywhere and to ev erybody F the better man for you to have taken.” But he looked at her wistfully and anxiously as be spoke. "I won’t argue *w1tb.you,” said \h0 girl, bending close to him.* “I’ll only suy that I know I have the best mai in all the world, but If he were; the worst, I would rejoice to have him just the same^ (THE ENfb iTll——■—i X S' Attainments. “How’s your boy Josh getting on at school?” “I dunno,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “But If he is really as smart as his conversation sounds, he’s mhkin’ some o’ those perfessors hustle to keep with him.’