~-w*<uY v ooibnY TTMtg. fax errr, w. %

tigtth at m mile Ions »t tbelxHton and [ of th* Picket Wire »nd In tbe pUto I ^0^,^ to aocrnlanns with t*i» I vipdcveot^rM not nntoown In enttraaied tbe rcc«<Un« hill on one stile beneath carefully tabulated reports of | pr^pigg w^ch experience has shown llnsertn* circles. In esroiworlc he sod the *iur of Spanish mess on the the ralnfsll for years bad been eonsld- j to ^ Dpcraaer7> an a each one Is espe-1 "■** by way of being an authority, other at the top—a huge mound of I ered by the cnglneera. They had ch<>- rt .n y to particular Instro- 1 His experience had been Tarled and earth with a day core extending from I een the right season for the bulldlcn ment t0 ^ contained therein. The extensive. Meade's reserve and retl-

| of the dam, but when Its crest began t(ox j g a complicated thing and the cence rather hurt the older engineer,

to rise shove the designed level of the ^ nnn , ^ taken out or replaced 1 He hsd Invited confidence and had

| spillway the delay In opening the chan- ^ one way- with a knowledge e^en given his affection. He Intlmat-

! nel gave cause for some alarm. It la of the ^pmaUon. so to speak. It U ed deUcately that If the not the probable or certain that la conipar a 0vely ample to take a trandt under a cloud Vandeventer might be feared. An old version that, of “omne from the without tl>«t knowledge, in a position to help him.

Ignotum pro magnlflco”—It U only the wh , ch none bnf an oxpert trangitman, It waa fortunate for Meade a pur-

unknown of which men are afraid, or or the packer h | mgol f have. It U pose of concealment, for his InCOgmlo. only the unknown to be feared I SHU rath( , r diQra i t wjthout running a rid! 'hat most of his engineering work had there was nothing Vandeventer could 0( , he instrument 1,wn donp ubroad and that ha had do but obey orders and go ahead. The Thlg ^nimand W as another of Van- been out of touch with American endanger, after all, was trifling. Another d pnter . B terts therefore. Meade Rlneerlng for practically the whole of consequence of the waiting was that kQ( . w ^ aa w( ,]| , 8 his superior. In hit career. VanJc renter waa a HarIn his inability to work on the spill- of h i IMdf> hP would have to be-1 vard man. too. and that made It eapeway. he had more hands to devote to tray ^la familiarity. Well, he had dally hard for Meade to keep from the dam and It rose the quicker. brought MmOf to the conclusion that I betraying himself. As a matter of The shape of the country behind it be not continue his work with- 1 tbe younger man actually longed was such that when the Picket Wire out V( . rj . ^ disclosing the fact that to make a dean, breast of It. but he flowed with sufficient volume to fill it, bp ha(t becn an engineer. And In case could not quite bring himself to do It a long lake going back through the val- gj t bc inevitable, the sooner the bet- yd- That might come later, ley, or canyon, and twisting among the ter ^ |0QX .b he had to betray him- Thro* «oatha ought to see the combi Us for some mile* would result. In he would have all the advantages pletion of the dam and the long canal,

other words, the dam would make a a8 well ns the disadvantages. He un- vbleh was to carry the Stored water

beautiful artificial sheet of water bor- looV ,. d the do or of the box, slid the to the Irrigation ditches below. Vandered on one aide by e high range of instrument out quickly, accurately, deventer waa already making plans hills, on the other by the dam, und on without a moment's hesitation, and lor another big Job. and he had de-

the third by the hills and the low hog- m^diy unscrewed the head from the elded, in his own mind, that among the

back above Spanish mesa, which sepa- K i| de .i; nar d. and screwed It carefully subordinates whom he would take rated the Picket Wire valley from the ^ the trfpod _ Vandeventer's eyes with him the newcomer should have

I Kicking Horae gorge up which the rail- gj^rkied. tb* flr*t chance. Vandeventer felt

He Had a Natural Instinct for Topofl- road ran. "Come outside." he said, leading the proud and satisfied when he ■ or ^®d

raphy. Buried in his own thoughts, com- way to the side of the hill, “and set ir the work that had be«» accomplished . mulling with himself, considering cease- up there over the tack In that stake In the six months of labor. To be sure

ride to ride at tbe narrowest part of lf— , y ^ po^oa. dreaming of the and level It" *be delay In the completion of the hb^fiihlTSEl ‘fob'SM: 1116 TBlle >- "b^ PoniP>«<ad It would he punning a new ca- BegUmen have been known to take apiUway disquieted him a little. Now Tor*. be 128 feet high above tbe old river Meade yet explored every foot of ten minutes to gei n transit set up. Tbe bad reached the spillway V-At the great engineer-, bed - wllh 8 ™dway » feet broad on ^ and ravlne He cllm bed to leveled and centered. It Is good work level a fortnight before and had.now rod eon try to pm-rr- i'.t- top of It. Below tbe dam and on the gpauiah mesa, and from Its if it Is done Inside of a minute; thirty passed It. Indeed, on the fifth - Me«<U orirreaohre Col- , ow ground between the mesa and country dear op the seconds Is very fa«. In forty-five sec- u«*7 the dum builders were within ^ST^hTrl^ Baldwin's knob the camp, with Its g»- Z *e m\in range was vislbU- ends Meade reported, “all ready. Mr.", Ave feet of the top; that Is, the crest >ott goes ob with ih. riiops. bunkhouaes, didug | ^ ^ n . ^14 look down Into tbe He could have done It In less, but he of t , h *,‘‘f™ '*!“ 1 ^. feet . * bC T* i-snSSu. but while balls, kitchens and officers quarters, deep ravine of the Kicking Horse, and was a little out of practice, he said level of the valley. They had planned £d h^g^tota^SE badbeeuerectrd. the marvelous besut, and airiness , 0 himself. ‘o run the ^tllwwy around th. «ut-

of the arch bridge for all It so solidly “Look here." said Vandeventer, “you ern <“ nd of •b e dam- The rockjtolUa carried the heavy freight trains of the cant pull any more bluff on me. Rob- «nd dynamite which hsdb^nordered railway. erts: you're an engineer, all right” bad finally arrived In December, and He could see far up and around the “I know something about tbe- practi-, by putting as many aa poaalble to ,. , . ... pi cket Wire The cal side of It, air." answered Meade,, work on the spillway \andeventer had but oUierwIre b^re turning a little pale and wondering succeeded In opening It for Its entire St ran Sra bow far Vandeventer would press his width to an average depth cf about -he .inner end of the stone Island of Questions and what he would learn. seven feet below the Intended top of £e ™ rouSy risible to him' But the engineer was a man. the dam; that Is. It was now about As It was the tide of the new res "Practical, re* und theoretical too. il^u^^flieT^t ervolr, he descended to It and studied HI Ik- !>ound. hut I don't seek to pry * tje dam. but Hmm lacked five fret It carefully. On another occasion, bar- Into your antecedents. Its enough far ° r designed deptn. log said nothing to anyone about hi, me If you do goon work for me here." The rainy season, an IreqtecUon of

excursion, he took advantage of u half- “I'll do my best, sir."

of Sted

-ngn

Bertram Mead* la con-

representing his father, who la the drelgnar oi - ridge, th* greatest canreceive* Colone^Illof the Martlet Bridge

—Meeds and Helen go out -* In the moonlight and escadas a fall to the river tsUanla love and they go

Vandeventer. however, could noi aleeu. The ruin kept up steadily all night. The resident engineer finally got up and dressed himself, sad protected by high rubber boots and r

cowboy ,

hi* quarters 1

the dam. course, foi

possible, the rain dropping from th« black sky made It more dUBfalt tcTMa. He was surprised whefTbgigurti'thlj dam to see on the other atM tnaWMm lantern, dosing the slide of Ms own lantern to prevent obu rradoa. and *»ot lug on familiar ground, he. weat straight toward the ether side. The noise of the rain snbdued any eeund that he made, and he-was able to-come quite close to the olher light wtfhout being nodeed. *" Tbe lantern was standing on the roadway on top of the dam. A maxi was kneeling beyond It, Ms figure seen

Meeds there la a deflection

eyes end h* 0 f the ground w aa anch that, although

it waa unusual to put them there, con-

» Meed* has venlence had rendered It desirable In

.j hi* rather the poaalbls this case.

l H t ii h ?»thrr* C TOw* p^cperwT*e , It waa Intended to complete the dam

^tb. a£ to* earl3 ' " I,rinE of next year '

(which was. If any time In the country

vra-Toung Meed* on his couM be so charscterlaed. the rainy - Rodne>7an qM ooUege wesson. Of course, just as soon as the

dam had begun to rise, the flow of the Picket Wire below It had been stopped, except when an occasional freshet had bed been allowed to pass the underslulce. It was known that the run-off of the river In the talny season of some years was so small ns scarcely to fill the res-

. offlen. He finds hie father rt failure He aasumee en:»ty for the catastrophe.

9 paper, the del > make public, c

IX—In her father-* p

A Myi Wat Kneeling Beyond-It.

the records had shown, waa not due

.1 and th* terh* ha* aaaumed to . une from dlahonor. He

deficient, the beginning of the

next summe- would find the reservoir

M«d. has eon. to .he fnl! “ fl the neW lrrl « ,tl0n ‘y ,tem ,, VeoiuSe friend, ahd could commence nperaUona sncceaa-

-* hlxneelf and theater- faily.

Vandeventer. like the lost Abbott of the International, was also a driver, who spared neither his men nor hlm-

ipltr o/'hlmaetf. ° Shortllh self. The work had prtAreeded with asSU S5 trn. »M _i confidence. partially accounted for by the fact that the spillway, which should have CHAPTER XIII. occupied their attention, had as yet — been only partially excavated. Now. Working Up. I to those Ignorant of engineering, an

utumu went by aa a dream, earth dam may seem a temporary exwarm and mild In that fat ]>edlmt. although moat of the great Ircllme, was at hand before rigatlon dams of the world are of that realized It An ordinary engl- character; and everybody knows that half v. ability of Bertram if the water should rise high enough to #0 suddenly reduced to tha overflow an earth dura It would not last would have chafed against thi longer than It takes to describe Its f subordination and would utter giving way. A flood would sweep

ted the humble duties with U out of the way at once, was charged. But Meade The device whereby possible floods

are controlled and such dangers averted. consists of a broad channel at one

side of tne dam. and at such tance below Us crest that

, any mischance or natural happening,

efficient of the Junior engineering sucb a s the failure of the sluice gates, on the dam. | exCv s*lve rams, cloudbursts, or fleoda. gas not because Meade was un- j the height of the water Is Increased that he kept to himself—not at until It promises to overflow the dam. From hi* own r*lrmnixed-: 1 tb'- -penlag will cany off the surplus be used to Ms re longingly at .ormiessly. An earth dam without a grouped around the big camp- apUlway would presage almost certain for the night* were growing Chill, destruction to all who lived In the val-

ng and laughing, exchanging ex- ley helow It.

In the rose of the Picket Wire dam.

y to be following, even In this r modest way. the profession he loved. And he did his unlmwork with seal and care. It

, but he was the

a and tolling stories. Nothing ! have pleased him better than to e Joined In. and he could have told ,

the spillway had to be cut and. In part, blasted out of tbe mountain aide—that

1. which

a series of blunders and mlehapa,

T. 1 , 7," ST bwn ,bom ilow .h. * T .Z ,■> , 'IT „ , l«>'‘ °> ■Su. Vundc.ut.T

wal of hlwselt down to vagaries of t>erament or causes they could not giue. and they grew rather to like

And

tbe spillway later. There was. Indeed. ! little reason to hold up the building of ! that particular dam because of the 1 non completion of the spillway.

month and a half yet. That

nouaay to go UUL auu «»WJU, me iu»u uun-ui *» _■„« VI back and ascertain Its elevation wltb Tluit was tbe first step and the next * /** mlllwav Thla relation to the dam. Of Conroe the en- rente very shortly after, when, ^ ^e Idu^r, «ho pUoMd tb. <nu M»«- tovl»« furlli.T d.ni..r.«lr.t«l hi. C.- aaS IhWMl ,nd

the water back of the dam waa now 06 feet deep, which made It 22 feet below the level to which the dam had risen and 20 feet below the spillway. This was much more water than anyone had dree- .ed would be In the voir at that time, and waa perhaps more than should have been allowed. Still there waa a safety margin

.. . „„ 22 feet, which Vandeventer was sure

* d * m - „ w f" 1 •“•««> ‘“■‘■"t n * won * betr *y- “ e would be ample. The financial promoWhen he returned to the office, he doesn't mingle with the crowd, but .nvtnn, found on examining the construction every once In a while something slips . .** fn ii _. hpn u-e

« C b to, w„ ,vh„h,do,.,ob.,w.b«,,o-

that the top level should be higher wager." . ,, tob tot of to dam. Tbl, dike would -h„ w do you bcconnt for hla belnt . * . / be only a bbbdwd aod «fiy fort loon brt,r , Tbe .. t,r ”' 1 „*‘" t 01 rtid a few fart b lf b. aod coald b, taUl „„ old atoy. I mppo^f ““ to

lb. few day.'to,. Worb <m lb-laalo ^uewbrtrtdam brtay mor, Importob ortbfn. d „„ , nd on , .„ d „ b«la JSS7,2LS

W m 110 ” “ “""b " ,,ll ou'l do abjiblot bo. tbla ^ ^ ^ lD ^ Mrtid, had brtm promottd lowaid If, n .„ m ,r bualDcw. Siafford : he dto Hnd — oouatanl. If

the end of the fall and In a rather work for us and we’re aatlsfled.1

unusual way. One of the transit men,

CHAPTER XIV.

holiday to go out and inspect the hog “Good; the Instrument Is yours.’ wlUi^Ha^n 1 **^* breaks kki ervo ir, and It had been decided to store

all the flow of the autumn and winter

,, . .. , ■ _ Fioeers WUO llicuueu me aavmk uaawu- UIIWUK lUimei ueMJayaknaaaaakto *,*• a—

cnder^renMi^ctlon M^Cl wJ^dSnt ^he banning of the t!: ' n work8 h »d done that, but he want parity In other ways, Meade was glv-

• >.. a «&m» un<Mr fcfSU Ervolr to do It for himself At one place en charge of the work on the cart end

where the distance between what of the dam.

might be called the edge of tbe valley “I don't cure who he Is." said Vannnd the head of the ravine waa narrow (h-vt-nter to his chief subordinate, “ho est—Indeed, be estimated after paring knows what he's about, and if you. it that it measured not over twenty nnii-h him youll see. He's keen on feet neros*—h* discovered that the bundling men. The other section forerounded earth crest was slightly lower mP „ will be bard put to keep up with than the Intended level of the top ol him. Hr keeps watch on himself. Htfs the dam. got some secret ne won't betray.

dimly In the faint H^ht of the He was staring Intently down th«i front of the dam at tt^wat*. The lantern warMtear the edr .and It faintly Illuminated tire blac)^ reln-laahed surface below. VandeveVher realised with a shock of horror howi nuch more rapid the rise hud been. A ^jck estimate conrinced him that th^. eyel of tbe water was now within sigh jr nine feet of the dam—and It waa stil rainlag! The face of tbe kneeling man waa hidden by a sou'wester and bo had om n heavy black rubber raincoat. Vandeventer reached over and touchajl 1dm on the shoulder. j| "What are you doing hereV ha asked. The kneeling man sprung up with an exclamation. It wus Meade. The relief hi Vandeventer's mind was groat tt the recognition. I “I Ju« cume out to look at the war. I couldn’t sleep with all that pouudlng on the Iron roof of the quarters. so I dressed and came out." Vandeventer opened the alldo of hla own lantern and threw the light on tha reservoir. (To be continued)

a young engineer, got a better Job and left his Instrument Vandeventer

called Meade before him.

“Roberta." be aald, “there’s a vacancy for a transit man. Tou’ve don* lns splendidly. Vandeventer driving such good work ao far and shown such his men hard, shared In all'their furlfamiliarity with fieldwork, that I'd pus efforts. He wus not only their glvs It to yon If I had any idea that |,. a der. but their Inspiration. He had you knew anything about handling In- surrounded himself with a body of stromenta.” uMe assistants, ami his teamsters and “I think I may be trusted with one, workmen had been culled until they air," answered Meade, hla eye* bright- had become a small army of picked enlng. nien of which to be proud. “Yea, perhaps; but I Lave watched Among all these Meade stood very you In odd hours. The young men high. In the four months he bad been -round here are constantly practicing with Yandevei.ter he had shown such with the transits. I’ve never seen you „ era up of things, such an ability to put a hand to one. How about ItT" handle men. In one or two Instances Tm not exactly a youngster, Mr- when, with intention to try him, the Vandeventer." returned Meade, “and r ,^ijcnt engineer had given him I really <lldn't think It necessary to charge of some special work, that practice, but If you trust me with on* Vandeventer unconsciously looked to 1 believe I can manage It." Old Vandeventer leaned back In his chair to the office and looked carelessly nway from Meade to all api*euruuce*. He clasped his hands back of his head and seemed lost in thought Suddenly he began humming a little srrap of verse about another college which Cam bridge men slug with zest:

I'm a physical wreck. From th* grand old Tech - . But a h of an anglneerl

He stopped abruptly, whirled about In his swfugchalr, and shot a quick glance at Meade. It was a trap. And as be sprang It Vandgventer surprised the ghost of a smile, repressed quickly

l responsible, of course. The chief engiueer had fumed aod protested, but had

.. , , , , . , been directed by headquarters to go to, trtt M» alojj. AM ; >hn< , a« ^,„ r „U » ckle

'•“v of the men of the humbler sort tom he had been kind on occasion, and helpful, were stoutly devoted to

him.

Tbe Idleness of an aimless life did

art Mtort la U» am* U, M, .aMaU i THal-to. damor. ao to mart to

periods. IMt). nothing had no at tree- vot *d Inhabitants freeiy admitted. In i but mere, on aieaae s ups. i ne cmei tloo. He could not get reUef that way. wlach lt ' Kar N1 ' fe 1 ‘* k « t ,hnt ' engineer was satisfied. Before this. Kveu rembllm- alone about the hills ! 11 * ould not rsln - no nu * u *‘ r b,,w little things had betrayed a fellow mid not serve. 8-> quick and active threatening might 1m- the appearance tUotnnus. or at least a fellow student

of tbe sky; for tu ninety-nine times out i of tbe old Lawreoco Scientific school, of a hundred the negative would win Vandeventer waa pleated at his adroltthe bet. Said Inhabitants did not say ness. He did not. however, refer to

tbe hundredth time might compensate It.

glueer Indeed. There was no branch * or 8,1 lhe odier failure*. The weather i ’-There'* a new transit In that box of the art about which be did not know ' *•* uk " tke Uule C lrl v,uh th « l ,r “‘ on the flts*r tbero." be said, resuming . Htrt» ulrhougb bvdrenUca • -d struo I ’rerblal cut—when It did rain there his Indlffrivot manner. “I've had the

•he things that most ! w,a 00 doubt lu anybody's uilnd as | o*,*. opened, but 1 haven’t taken It out.

aopew eo to mm. He got relief in tbe *•»* f»ri. Sometimes the fountain* of j Get It. and we'U go outside and see duality of hla affections for these d^P- » hlcfa - !B H,,lv what you can do with it." branches of hi* nrofeaUon. N-lther one ,u,, * 81 exten.I.-d overhead, would Now a tranell. for all it ls need In of them ever palb-d on him because he ^ brok ' n ‘ , P*' U " ud ^ uf t b «* ! rough fieldwork la one of the most did not work wouotoooual* at either of f *" l “' J ^ 1 nuull, - r ,,f “ " u,, ’ uda, ' ,i expensive and deUcalo of Instrument* toM STtad . Mto., toOto <rt , — „ „ OPto.-to M-■ .toto. MwpegruphJ. and Instead of purpose- *‘’ uM ‘•’ n ‘‘** lk ^ Uy l f U “ ‘ ’ and If It U to tw of any MMy suwains.-hopt the country, h. “rioudbnret." which, indeed. It aremed real uae. the refinement of th«w ad made a careful IxtagMStlon of the valley ( bs. Justmcnt. muat not be Unpaired in an, which was to be cunvariwl into a huge ! Outside live rainy seasMi cloudburst, ( degree by unskll.ed and ret klc*- |M»ckrerervotr by the d«a. I were unheard of. and even In that «•- j ing. The hoses In which the loan

M M* «ttrem»ly rare. Fur the vgUy^ 1 are ahU^ed are very carefully

vigorous and buoyant a I

spirit, ao strong a body and mind were j not calculated for aimless Wandering. Mmde was a very accomplished en- i

turnl ate

the level. V&ndev

personally carefully gauged the water every day. Naturally he Lad noted that It rose gradually, but t.a the dam rose proportionately more repHly, he war not uneasy. Yet. as a good eo-

« was watchful and largely

because of the unfinished spillway be

urged the men to the very limit. The weatherwlse from the town,

who sometimes rode up to Inspect the work, assured Vandeventer that tt could not possibly rein before March, and the mere fact that so much water had fallen rendered It more Improbable that any more would coma down. But at three on the afternoon of January sixth It suddenly began to ruin Uaid without warning and with no premonition on the part at anybody. It was not one of those terrible down pour, known as cloudbursts, but It was an excessively bard, steady rein. The heavens over the range were black with clouds and so tar as anyone at the dam could see, U was reinlug from the crest of the mountains down. Tliere ware some anxious discussions In tbe dining room of the resident engineer and hie American a»-

At four o'clock it waa decided to open Umi uuderoluloa gate about halfway. hut when this was done the volume of water it waa capable of dlaebatgiug wax too small to help vt-r^ much, aod os Opetaug It to Its fullest extent the velocity of the wa'er rushing through was ao great that Hut river Ud waa rapidly acoured out. For fear of tradM-mlnlng th* lor of the partially to

mur*

The water was rising, first at the ! rate of three or four lu.-hra an hour. theu half a foot, and finally nearly a i foot, iiy Sts o'clock that night U had ri»*a two feri. ll was still ruining hard at that hour, although not : quit* wo turiouaiy aa It had bet-u. If i it UPi raw , «A4l tPorntUK at the pree- , cot rate, there would atlU hr a marof, aar«ll.j3Z pfriups fourteen or 1 tiftcaw fret at dawn. Although thr kituatlou required watchfuiaeu and waa MuuMhal alarming. It was not him in any emergency. He sctuaUy deep-rote. Tbe m.-u were advised to round himself cousuiUiig Meade ou !«« in all thr Urn- in Uirlr bunk* so iH-caslon. as to be good and ready for the ban! He had eccompauied the younger battle which might come lu the morn man on . tie of thus- rambles which be ing. and a* they were aU tired out had hitherto o.k.n alone. He had not with their day's work the UtUe group broken dowa Meade's reserve, but be won broke up and each man wen

SENSIBLE ftiijg OF ENSILAGE TO CATTLE'

Feeding ensilage to dairy cows requires more Jt)d.:::i*.it. I think, than feeding beef cort-e. -rites U. Fritz in the lows Honwstt -U. At d»i dairy cows are Stall fed. while lat-f rattle are mostly fed In a lot out of a feed bunk. You read many methods of feeding—so many p.ut.d-t of'ensilage, so man. - pounds of hay and corn stover. This Is all right, but who hna a herd of milk row, tluit will cat alike or one feed? Some cows like more alJage than others, while others leave the silage and w-ntt for clover hay and corn stov r or let the ullage Is- <!o|>ed with the grain ration before they start to eat. My experience Is not to get tbe Idea that each cow ibun; cat a certain number of pounds of , -ilan- and If ahe doesn't there Is sou i ug th- matter with her. The belter way Is to watch which cow pare readily and give her an extra th* Also ,t-h the cow .hat waits for tin- cram ruliou, for ahe lias Just ns good at: appetite aa the that rats readily, i-ur she baa beoq overfed and doesn't like tho taste. Feed her lightly until -ho Is back on foefl a gait: If she doesn't consume n large* amount don't f.-cd a.iy more than what

la ckuned v.j>. and li for more. She really , more, but h.is a era. gl.en more will J -' • and let it alone. ■ fed a little h-.vier k the ighcr ami will ros

pall If given.

Don't Xts-’ “

for It. and If u round lu It .■ needs to beration tbau, 1 to tbe milk*

-that

. let It I

ml a

M ,

» them

LI*

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