WRUS Tf^OTfD BRM

0*AsHMtrniatan^. PW^mlt-l* •d for thla boor and she wma *1*<! His M They tad fa«fd de*th too aMuiy for *ajr bcsKotloa dot. She knew be loved her. «od knew that he tad saved her at the Imminent risk of his own life. There tad been swift yet p^J eternal moment* when tt seemed that both of them. trvmhUnc on the brink. vv - would follow the downward rush of , 0 1 the fu*aet plate. Mow aa be strained her to mm. she llfud her face to him. glad that she was tall enough for him to kiss her with so sUght a bend of {

the head.

There, under the great 1

In hand they walked to the ’ the ear. when- the observation i was still brightly lighted. AU I gout- and the other three m< a

night. Meade. Ton wUl be coming In

presently. Helen T"

He turned and walked away as they

answered him. They watched him go alowly with bended head. They watched him climb, rather heavily, np the steps to the car—that he was an

seemed rather suddenly borne

u.. u uid man aeenMd rather suddenly borne their feet. TlH-y wer.- , n upon He «ood for a moment -*•> for the night, although It ....

In the light, smiling', remembering, and then turned and marched within the

evidences of the-power of the might.

•YNOMlt.

TAirnot * TO OIAUCC <£««*«; Tw ouoto or wdoowTiQirnc,

_ AND

TOWMLND BRADY ovu. fTtenaot ccrvncxT tr nxmiKRsrvnAfonautT

"Exactly. Bat can’t t stand on Itr

"Walt," be answered. — He climbed to the center of It, lifted , told the story that waa old before the |„, "fj | hlmseif up and down on his feet to test arm smelter tad ever turned the first He “ I it, and found it solid apparently. ore Into the first bit of Iron, before ( . j -x think so. but 1 shall have to put Tubal Cain ever smote the anvil; the 1“ you up." be said at last as be lifted story of love ttal began with creation. ^ “— her up and set her down on her feet In that will oatl-ist all the Iron In all Jhe

CHAPTER I—Bertram Mew

CHART III III.

Fan a _

"Ifs rather confuted In here." aald is men, “but we will soon get out nrard the end and then the view Is isgnlficesC Ton can aee op and down »e river for mllea and the night boat 111 be along In a few mlnutea." “Isn’t that Itr asked the woman, dinting up the river to where a dnasr of lights ronpded a huge bend not tr away, and swung out In mldstremi. “Yes," said the man. “If tfe listen X (link we can hear her." They both stopped and, sore enough, alndy across the water came the dse of clanking paddles of the big Iver steamer With that sound also singled the song of the night wind, or a wonder comparatively gentle, asking strange, weird harmonies as U lifted through the taut and rigid Lars g Mad. She • listened enchanted with

the middle of the plate of steel. “Oh. there comes the steamer," she cried. “I can see It beautifully from

we."

“Be careful. Ton most not move. Stand perfectly steady. I nm not so sure of that plate.” He reached over from where he stood on the trade bolow her and by her side and. gathered the material of her dress In ah Iran

“I do not think that Is

she sold. “Thla plate seems as solid as the rest of the bridge and—oh, there's the steamer! She's right nnder us." The big river craft waa filled with light and laughter. The wind fortunately blew the smoke away from the

hills of the earth—that Is aa eternal aa it la divine! After that wild embrace, that first to yon,'

raptu.-ous meeting of Upa. he rdesse<l colonel Illingworth opened the gate, her slightly, though he still held tar | ufted the platform, and descended the

dc-ely end she was Quite content ateps.

•Tm quite calm now," he began, -Here I am." he sold as be stopped

“that Is, I am as composed as any man | by the two.

could be who Is bolding yon In hit | jji* daughter took him by the am

tld l.!» daughter out oil car _ He swltched the light out as be

; passed down the corridor.

there.” answered the ! « WaKlH he gpiendldr said Helen, “I wondered when you were j when J|he time to brestbe and free-

I was Just U link lug of .

etch you. I* Mr. Meade—r aom 10

gentlemen." said the the others turned away, alone on the platform the edge and leaned over

_ ling.

two going to make a night

ted Jocosely.

Illingworth." began Meade said his dangbter at the “we bhve something

was Interested In the bridge, before.” said the woman, “but think how I stall watch it now. You must write me every day and tell me every Inch

at you have gained."

“Trust me. FU measure It In mllll-

“And now, sweet love, good night.' she whispered. And she laughed aa she looked back at him through the

door.

CHAPTER

™' v - it In the

The big floor beams

me aide- to the 'other of the bridge, letween the trusses at Intervals of Ifty feet. Alright angles to Ihem and dx feet apart, the stringers ran lengvheays parallel to the truaeee. Here and here pieces of timber falsework tad tieen thrown across the stringers for he convenience of the workmen, but is these two slowly moved toward mid-

itream at last tb*

h> be seen but the heavy floor beeiar

and the lighter stringers.

After they passed the top of the pier and got beyoud the small, space of river bank on which the pier waa set, there waa nothing between them and the Water, now moonlit and quivering, ercept these cross-girder* of steel on either hand beyond the plsnking in the tracks. 1 “Have you a dear head’" asked man. “I mean does It affect yon to be ou high elevations? Do yon get

<tayr

“I never have," was the aaswm, “I think I’ll hold you," was the reply. He grasped her firmly by the arm. The loose wrap she was wearing over hm shoulders did not cover tar armc. and It was a bare arm that ha took In

Ua h*Twi

r pardon," ha aald quick-

anna. But If it had not been for me, I t j, p y walked down the platform

you would never have been In danger. It waa my fault I should have made i aure. I shall never forgive myself." “But If I had not been In danger 1 1 might not now be here la your anna. And if I were not here." she went on t swiftly, too happy in her love to bo'

i _ mindful of anything else, “I certainly!

bridge so that they tad a dear and would not be doing—thla"

perfect view of her. There waa a band ' And of her own motion she kissed

playing aboard her. They heard the him In the moonlight

.music above the beat of the whirling | “And If you were not doing this.” ’paddle*, the tong of the rising wind. ^jj be. making the proper return. “I . The passengers were congregated (night not have tad the courage to tell

about the rails on the upper decks . yoo.-

staring upward. The bridge was aa • “you haven't told roe anything—In fascinating to ♦hem as it was to, the j words.” she answered, fain to hear people ashore evidently. , from his lips what she well knew friau “How Interesting." said the delight the beating of his heart, ed girl. “Why don't you come up here “it's not too late then to tell yon yourself, you can aee so much better’" i that I love yon, that 1 am your*. To The man tad dropped her gown, lift- I give myself to you s<-01118 to he the ed his right foot to the pile on the - highest possibility to life. If you will

stringer* to follow her suggestion. . only take me."

Thoughtlessly the stepped toward the “And do you love me more than the

outer end to give him room, quite for- bridge?"

getful of his caution. Before he could j “M or * than all the bridge* to the complete his step or warn her of the world, pest, presen* end to come; more danger. It now bent forward. It tilted tba|1 an -thing or anybody. I tell you distinctly. In spite of herself. Helen j ne ver knew what love waa or what Illingworth waa carried still farther jj fe W as until I saw you sliding to your forward as she sought to regain her ^tb. if I had not succeeded I should

balance. The piece of steel began to have followed you,"

dip downward, grating on the pile of -j f e it that, too," she answered beams aa it moved; another second j

and It would be off and on its way ir- « We mM t go back, dearest." he said ! l0 "* a . IMt rvocably. ' at last. “I am #0 fearful for you even J 11 * ^ Meade threw himself el the girt. He BO w that I am almost unwilling to try ; ,<U} ““ ** had OD tl “* hr1d * e ' * n ' 5 ,or

' out and caught her Just es she . lt Every time 1 glance down through : , y j'

But Mer.de was out of toe boose. It ua summer end toe sun had rut. hut the long twilight of the high latitude still lingered. BeforeTffh rose the gigantic structure of the bridge. For all It looked as substantial aa the Bock of Gibraltar, and It looked even more substantial if possible, as the man, seixlag a lantern end foe- * getting his weakness, ran down beneath the overarching steel to the pierhead, climbed up to the shoe, and crawled out on the lower chord aa npJ

iflly as he could.

Meade needed but one (lance to mo the deflection from the right Ua* to the Important member. For all Mu yean of inexperience he was a better trained engineer than rough-and-ready, Abbott. What appeared to toe latter ea a Might deflection, Meade saw to Its true relation. There was a variation to the center of the member of an Inch -and a half at least, although unnotlceable to an untrained eye. It tad all come In the last week. They tad extended the suspended span far out beyond the edge of toe cantilever and, with the heavy 1 "

the downward [

•‘When the Bridge Is Finished." as i« be out of any possible bearing

from the car.

"Now." abe Raid to Meade, who fol-

t reason—fear of los-

— .— — - 11. tvery unit 1 ««•»** “**”-*." .... ... ,. ■ slipping downward with the plate interspace* between the string ,n ».' her - trted ,0 ‘T***tv, .. . * -Well, vouns roan? so

•Well, young roan?" said Illingworth, flicking the ashes from his cigar and wishing .t<> get It over, "you aald you had something to say to me." “It s a very bard thing to say. sir. Be looked helplessly at the girl,

The Deflection

Three days after the departure of the Illingworth party the young gineer fell 111 with follicular tonMUtU. which Is about the meanest small ' that can lay a strong man low. fretted over his enforced absence the work sad In the end tad to pey for that very frettlug. tor be got np too soon and went out too quickly, and was promptly forced to bed again aa a consequence of his Impatience. Now, after a week’s confinement to his cabin, he felt strong enough to venture out again and to attack bis problems They were personal problems now, much more intimate than before, for he was building not only the bridge but weaving in Its web of steel bis own

future happiness.

Of course be tad been able to get out on the rough porch of his galvanised Iron stack where he tad tta bridge In full view, and the day before he had even walked unsteadily down to the river bank, where he tad beep equally surpriaed and deUghted at the progress that tad been made. Abbott whs a driver after his own heart. Really things seemed to have gone on Just as well without him as if he tad been on the Job. He tad not been lonely In hi* Illness, for all of the chief men connected with the ctattraction tad done their best to beguile toe tedium of bit hour* by visiting him whenever they could spare the time. Abbott tati been'especially kind to his somewhat rough-and-ready way. The big construction superintendent waa fond of Meade, althoogh be undervalued him. He regarded him more es e theoretical than a practical man and toe inevitable antagonism between the theorist and the practical when they are not combined In ona per sonallty, was Intent in Abbott's heart. Nightly, he brought to Meade details of the progress at the work. That evening. Just before- leaving, he remarked In the roost raxunl mnuner In the world, bn If l( were a matter of Utile or no 1mportRiitc that C-IO-ll wa* * trifle out

•t Hu*.

Sow Cz-lo-K « n« tie- l-iggeNt member <r- •• r«j'l:* .-mil irtiwi on the - the tt<er. it consisted

__ _ terribly heavy bridge at beat. It tad to be to sustain so long a) span, the longest In toe world. And the load, continuous and Increasing, tad brought about tola, to the layman; trifling, to ehe engineer mighty, bend. It it bent that way nnder that much of a' load, what would It do when to# whole great span was completed and It had to carry Its transitory loads of traffic

• from the boat which promptly sheered off Into midstream.

Helen Illingworth's back tad been toward Meade as he seised her. She

1 as he had everything that

happened. Recovering himself at last.

“I ha* yt ty, "hut—"

It doesnt matter. Tan would better hold me, I might eMp." There waa something electric and compelling to the prssurs ef Ms strong band upon the firm flesh of her round arm. She shrank <!«*« « again unthinkingly, by q ar-tural Im-

pulse.

The mo- v- «*ow weU dees of the t bra > of u<e highest MU. Itt yellow was turning to silver end to Itt colfi and beautiful Illumination tta whole river flowed bright beneath them. Every Inch of the bridge was now clearly revealed to tta white, peaaloulaaa Ugh*. Fifty feet away It ended to the air. , They were now almost directly beneath the traveler, near the and of the ; suepended span. Its huge legs drawled j out like those of a gigantic animal on the extreme edges of the bridge on either side above their heeds. Tta woodeo platform on the track ran out half * the distance to the bridge end. Slowly the two walked along U until but a few feet were left between them and , •.be naked floor beam# and the string- - era twrrylng the ties to which the rails j were bolted and the planks laid. By the side of tta track on toe top. of tb« stringers tad been pl*c*d • pa« | of material sunuouut-d by a large flat piste of Steel, which lay level upon It. It was triangular la shape, the blunt point toward. The base which was about eta feet wide paralleled the cuurar of the river. Tta pttte on to*, top of the pile was raised about three feet above the level of the track. They

■toptwd abreast of It

“Cant wo go any further?" asked —- -

the alrt la low tonnt. still cloae to the 1 tance from tta edge. Htt ftice

»»• •>» •>"> I rrs

(I w.oMu’1 W Ml. to Ilk. • Wtad-Wowo iMt

,0 .or b, M!<t 1 -Tk, -kol- w ' -Ti.ot to M. tk. .tMloM. It WtU I MW JOO «»- •“ •—

MM JlMOtl, ookw to. krUM-O-koo oM.tkMo.oMr mOM tk,

-i-kM k.vo tk. kM.0-0 to OMO OW Oft U.O.WO. '—‘k

OM tk. brtOM • MW MmO., -n-y-M 1 “

taen warned huadreds of time* aud *r.der* have teen issued. Throe U always danger ttal eoroetbiu* might

feel under toe sodden and unexpected physical shock. He was weak atfil from the tonallltls. He leaned against the diagonal at the end of C-IO-R,

of four parallel composite webs, each' dinging to It tightly - "

formed of several plates of steel rlv-

now almost perpendicular. To catch ^ wy run, cold." tar he tad to step to the very edge of “y OB mpported me before; I will the planking beyond which the raUa ^pj^rt you now." laughed the woman,

ran naked on the ties. woman.

With a tretnendoos effort he caught So," said the man, ’“we will go tu-

ber by the waist, swung her up and In. ^er'."

and stood fast on the brink quivering. tnniix j u>\--ard the shore. H* >die was speechl.-.* It was bis task, hearing himself desperately tackwa.d took i, cr |, uud an <l slipped bis other K “be were ii“i worth asking for ahe as be sought to maintain his balance aj . 1 . 1 a bo U i her Just as simply and nat- was not worth haring, she might have and take toe backward step that meant nn J„ y a „ lf t bey had b<-ee any humble suld- “Well, si^." he began desperate•afety. | (r rer aud hi* Ins* In the countryside, ly. “» btve your daughter. Helen. 1 A wild about rose from the steamer B . aud hy they got to the end of the want to marry her."

“Utaph." aald the colonel, “1 au;-

aa the huge plate dropped, like the bridge. Frr down tot platform they

blade of a mighty gulllctioe. straight cou i,i ,i u . llghi* ot to>- car. posed ua much. How long have you down through tta air. If It tad atrud. “UattO," *!.»• rrjfi ns they walked and Helen kn.wn each oitierr' the boat. It would have cut through a iung. “You roust not tell fa- -Over a year, sir. but I loved her like a knife. Fortunately It cleared (her anything about tills Ultlc ned- from the very moment 1 saw her. 1 toe gangway by Inches. la a second deoL M di<1 not dur , ho;*-, 1 didn't dream. I It tad disappeared. Screams, shout* ..j olH , y but u h} notT never Itnaglro-d. and strange as It may

“It would only worry him, and It teem. Mr. she —■seems to love me.” as my fault.'' “Of oour-w 1 do." said Helen, renlls"No. mine." |ui; that It was now high time for bet “I will not hear you aay to" t« come to the rescue of her lover “But 1 must speak to your father would any other woman." about—" "You know, of course, that whll* 1 "And toe sooner the better; ho Is to , t(rt rjeh. 1 um not i*>or. and I can good humor with you and the bridge au ,, riort lu , wife In every comfort, air."

,ow. I k,v, kMrt Wo- MMk -•» “« M,„l 1,». r.-U.vrf by Ike : J. ^ „r“.

you. 1 believe he will be glad to giro woman's prompt avowal.

: me to you." "Shell ro-cd a few luxuries beside*, * > „ "And If notr I'm thinking. I 70 tb ** C ^ vT!? 0nt ^ f “1 should hate to grieve my father. -y^ 0 i cunte, air. I'll see that the meant . lh,t u buckled, or bent, or but-" * gets them. Tld- bridge l. going to w had fiwtattdftom She turned and looked at Mm to toe Dulkp f „ ln on«. and I shall have tost rigid recttngularity and parallelmoontlght. her glorious golden head. ( U () t4 . rn aifluence and—" 1,wn which was absolutely necessary to her neck, her shoulders her arms tare -when the bridge Is flnisbed." said : mstotaln tta stability and Immobility

When two different views meet It Is natural that ago. experience, reputation and authority shall carry the day. Although Bertram Meads, Jr_ bad never been persuaded In all particulars of the soundness of his father's design, and could not be persuaded, that vast experience, that great reputation. that undoubted ability with its long record of brilliant achievement had at last silenced him. He tad accepted through loyalty that which ha. coaid not accept In argument. Once accepted, he acted accordingly, heartily seconding and carry tog out the wishes of the older and, es the world would eay. tta abler man. The thing that emote the engineer hardest was that this weakness was exactly what he had foreseen and point -d out. It was the possibility of the Inability of this great member to carry the stress that young Meade had deduced by using the formula of Schmldt-Chemnltt. U waa thla point, and this point particularly, that be tad dwelt upon with his father and which they had argued to a finish. Bo strongly tad he been Impreaaed with toe possible structural weakness of this member that be tad put himself on record to writing to Ms father. The old man had overborn* Mm nad bow the little curve, one and a half to one and tore«-qnart*r inches to sixty feet,' established tta accuracy of hie un-

Valnly now ha

affection ead the little touch at ewe with which he regarded Me father perilled • him ags'ntt his reason. He stopped, feeling suddenly til, m

vied together. These webs were connected across their upper and lowei edges by diagonal latticing made of steel angle bars. C-10-R and Its parallel companion membei. C-10-L. to the lefthand truss, carried Uie entire weight of tta cantilever span to the ahoe resting on the pier. These members were sixty feet long and five feet wide. The were over four feet deep and In

and taoutlful In tta celestial Ilium! nation. He seised her hand and lifted It to Ms lips as a devotee, and she u

'come to me and I ot the trass and the strength of the

bridge. To the theorist nothing on

■1 decisi'

•u shall have my daughter. , - . . „ _

__ . “Oh. father the bridge won't be Ito- I ™ uld ^ terribly porder.to.Ki the reason for the Utile touch Wlis1 f , >r _- „ u . tfrt. . ««>“>»» than such a statement, of old-world fortaaUty end reserve. ,.j uudMM |„,„| k| r ," 1,lowered the en- lf 11 were true. To toe pracWhea nought but his will prevented ,. M) llt h<T father's con- ' tical man. who, to do him Justice, tad him from taking her to his heart and |(( „ inkr ,)iR|cultle* over anv ' never dealt with such vast structurea— malting tar Upa. n.r syea. her face, his „ 1111 |, U „ I1 , h ,. might Impose «nd he was not singular In that be-

l.-u, if. nil right; your father the bridge was unique on ac-

ta done be- count of Us site—the deflection noted

! meant little or nothing.

"Oh. don't soy before you tackle an- "Good Godl'' exclaimed Meade, other." protested the girt, half dlsap "tame on the Instant with anxious appototed, and jet seeing the raaaopalde- prehension. The night waa warm and

Abbott, who tad followed more slowly, stopped by him. somewhat surprised. somewhat amused, more ImitF-

uaiU than both. (To be fon'.nned ^

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I* right.

Ha Lunged Out and Caught Her. j»e stepped back alowly. atom gtug her. until they were a 1

“Now may God deal with me as 1 deal with you." be aald fervently. "If I ever faU at least to try with ell my heart and aoul and strength to me up to your sweetness and UghL" “My prayer for myself, too,'

whispered.

“You need It not."

“You must wait here," she aald. 0)d UIBa . u deeply touched, as they nad now one thing at a reached toe steps of the car. “until 1 nnjI-Kly have changed ray dress; father

of both

laughed grimly. That's about tti

while t

went black when

-Oarer

rettceuc* now.

“Caro?" said tta roan. "I'm all right now."

“You are more fortunate tbaa L I stood to lose JOU. you ^ only life. Duot jo* ,0 "

“Why cwn't 1 ala ml up ttarvT “tJn that guaaet pttter

“is that what you call Itr “Yes. It ta-t* the same relation to ! Suddenly he swept bar to Ms breast ■true,and atMl Urol a guaoet does to ( M thla time ata faced him. *“■’ . -MM,', <U—-- | .„MMkWM>4>k«4W»e*

reaaonable-

the ivfinii.-i he wa* dresaed In bis pajamas and tad

been lying on tta tad. As If ta tad

vi*e of It." said the (> «‘u shocked Into action he sat up, tori' how you pul It. ! getful of his weakness “Deflection!" e Meaile. 1 don't he fairly ahoutt*<t at Abbott, who rerih 1 would rather gHided him with talf-amuaed ast 'ottb-m-ln-law than a Clean, meut. "a carota-r lu C-iO-R? Why

,ni didn't you tell me?"

When 1 have finlatad 1 will come back llkp your*. A roan who ran look me By this time Meade had got his feet to y.u and ttau we will seek him and , l; , he ryr aDd me by the hauu. Into hla allppera and was -landtog

teU him." like this." ‘ r ** n

Accordugly Mead* stood otadieutly He put out hla hand aa he spoke “It Isn't enough to make any dlfferwailing autoido tta car In tta shadow Meade'* own palm met It and tta twv eura." anawerra Abbott quickly, peril cut There was no one about. Th* n,, 0 shook hand* aaeOMtionally but taps a Uttie dlodatofuily-

aervants had gk>ue to bed. Tta porter finnly. after |be number of tta 1 of tta car was nodding to his quarter*, r,-si rained pructirat American, w hi waiting for the time to turn out tta always frartu! of a scene aud dues

)l**t»- ll** engineer tad the lung wear hi* heart platform all to l.lmaelf After a time colonel threw 1 he chose to walk quietly up and down, hi* arm arouro thinking. Tta tuture looked very fair fci-sed her soft’ t« him. “I hate lo to* “Bert." a sweet voice came to him give you up to out of tta duikueea. He turned to dt»- very happy tog' cover tar standtug In tta dvyr of tta died, leaving > tu drseaed aa She Shtold have been but It tad to CC

tgt egch as •yvtk’Stya bad ape at Ural hap* J ahsli be glad to toe enfi. Good that wa* Oome back tv had. man.

make* all the tUffereove

earth." cried Meade. “It atvans t

ruin of the bridge."

1* sleeve. Tl><- He reached fur hla Jacket, hanging < cigar. *itp|K <1 ut the foot of the bed. aud dragged It I

, yoongslei-"

Have you lost any-

thing?

Don’t sit down and mourn with a‘‘111 never get it back” expression

on your face.

Cheer up! Pui out a dragnet for it. That means use a last and found ad. in

this paper.

Most people are honest, and few want re-

Uteri* wat»l. on him.

>n tta forehead “Don't worry about l,

„u. Helen. I hate to aald Abbott rather eootwuptuoualf. •>' warf ^q co tKe COSt tO .one, n'e have Ikk-ii though ta mcaut h. be soothing. “I'm j warus, 5U UIC V-Wl W

k- nlnce your mother going to Jack It lato line and—bare." . - a little girl to Vue; he Cried aa Meade bolted out of the j yOU IS Iftjllllg-

1 «ui pose, aud per- door, “you'd better not excite yourself j , |