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Why. Wh*r« h«pp«»*<ir Jurt thrn. cpK.rtnnriy «onrh. teb all your old »«lical rklll. Thlg Is , , el ^ ^ Klckl^Hont. FortUMir-

-Tho m*roa6 I'.M wu alow In rolnc «*» , *‘®* «»"• >•»' «>* ■«* *> or Jot*. On* of yon Jump on the to- ^ fl^w to“^ii7'wtth^i« dauoff. aald Winters; “he went back to brtdye. they saw the end of the other doe and briny c physician np and—" yw to the Untn orthe rladurt below, .took at It. and rot knocked orer. It car BaplJly appeoeehlny them. Uad Ttn rnlnjc." Mid Rodney. “Whoa tv. hl , danehtir to a Booked pretty bad from the top of the they not been ao excited they could the best doctor In townr chair and then -urned to Wlntera.

bar* be«d furlon. pttfflhr of the “D«xn„r Fra^r. He’, a youn* man. -Ton were tb^T he be^ -Tei’ Rodney would not hare been human 1 «>*W>e oa Jt drove the car at great but very akIUful." answered one of the nie about It."'

U be had not felt a leap In his breast • •*»* ***' rr gn ' 3r - k * c * 1 hrldge men. Graphically the big cattle rancher at the possibility, but be was too loyal aald the conductor, -we can “Bring our own Boctor Bailey np told the story of hfesde* uad rush a friend and too genuinely fond of. Z*" 1 *** Awrn fur **“ doctor, here fruen oar horpUel with him. and over the rocks with his two com Meade for uiore than a passing emo- ^ ThaHI I* the cotooel's car." tell that engine driver to get down ions, of the dewperate assault oc Ooo. for which be waa more than a ,n * trw mlnntea the car stopped on to the town and back Jost as quickly hogback, of the success that had

the tod log. Unt *f It ouan Otosael aa be can go. Cheer up. Helen," said their efforts to open the Improvised Illingworth. Doctor Severeoce. Curtiss, the colooeL "I know that a man U spillway, and then the final disaster, asd aome or the ttolrtals of th^Baidcs act going to rehabilitate himself by , The redtnl lost nothing In his graphic

company In towa. They were all great- such an action and have the evidence relation.

P** c ^ aort dld 001 wop . to nf hl " innocence brought out at such “1, w«, fine. It was magnlflcrnt.' fmtBmtkda hat. Hs ran to the wther a moment fast to die." said tbs colonel, patting hi* daughter 1 * car wad rhaibsd aUmrd. "Will you give me those papers, colo- shoulder. -Where are tbs two who

“The dam agoing." be abouted. -The neir aald Rodney. “TouH want this i went with bltur

bridge asd the toam will be flooded, written up and—P “They're outside there," aald Win-

We got ward aa bow ago by a measen- *Takr them." aald the colonel. term.

ger- gaHeping down. Ttv tetepbooe "Will you come along with me. Mr. The old colonel went to the door of wirs# are down. I ran the car up bere Shunllff? After I see the doctors I’ll the car and called the two men Into the

-as-the quickest way to get over to tbs Want your affldavlt." car.

reservoir asd the dam. Some of you "Tea. air, anything." aald ShurtUff. "In the bank down In Coronado who know the way come with ma." “It waa One of yon." aald Winters, there's a thousand dollara of mine Tor By tbla time The observation room “to try to shield your employer and each of yon." he aald promptly. '“ the car waa filled with men. the man yon loved, hot thank God. yon "We didn't do It for money, “Ton need not worry about the dam.” spoke out before It waa too late. Cm said the big Irishman, “although ‘twill aald Rodney. aorry I palled that gun on you; you're be welcome enough, but bow la Mr.

“What do you mean r a man. all right, even If yon don't look Roberta?"

“A man Mew up the bog-back, made It," be added to himself as ShurtUff "Too mean that man who blew

a spill-way, the water rushed out bowed and followed Rodney. the bog-back?"

through It Into the ravine, you cun Wlntera stood at tlu door of the pas- “SI. signore, a grata man be e»

aes It below there, ralieatog the pres- aageway leading to the stateroom while ■ a,d th* little Ilallnn.

sure on the dam at once. Sines It has HHt i. Illingworth and Scver-uce, who “i «1*h I could say he was all right, held up till now It wtU bold for good." bad bmi -docated aa a physician, and hut there's a doctor with him and we "Thank Cod 1" cried the coiuaeC took- the old colonel, who knew a great deal' have aciu for the best physician In Ing down <nto a. chair and wiping the about wounds and accidents from .his town. He's horribly hurt." Kwest-aff bis brow. The bridge arUl war experience, entered the stateroom. “Bot plalse God. be rosy pull through, be safe then. By George." he gasped. A new spirit had come Into the rein- »°r. The Holy Virgin an' the Saint*

praurre him," aald the Irishman, msk-

"Let ns press on." be urged.

In a few moments they stopped by the three men. Meade waa still cn conscious. The big Irishman aat on the grass with the engineer 1 * head on

s~nia f*uj*r hl * knee. The deft-flngered tittle i<a!

lan was trying to wash the Mood away

um evwr/baSto trom the unconscious man's forehead

* 1Ul “ •® ddeo - too** to«ce of cloth

Marital BriSgs Mr «de war unconscious, he was breath “J tooeclen- lug heavily. These waa a catch la hi> B oe loves. respiration. His breath came at Irreg the Pcu^hfa Ulsr Intervals and was labored as 11 1

Painful.

1 A buse rock bad struck him in thi

lata go out breast. The two men had tom ope:

,lhlrt * nd ondt-rshlrt. The engl

- - neer's chert was braised end bloody

Evidently hones tuid been broken, biw' probably serious Iniemal Injuries bat

back with two surgeons and a tratnei nurse. Wax It tbeir skill and care am wntchfulness that finally b rough Meade I tack to consciousness, or wax 1 the pamiouite. consuming Intensity o will and purpose of the woman wb loved him. who could scarcely be dri» en from hi* ride? Well, whatever ttn reason, after many days be psaset from death Into life and cams bud

again.

He waa conscious of Helen's pres cnee and lay qnletly enveloped Is bei love before he could talk coherently a question. Indeed, with Rodney SIM Winters, and old fUinrtllff. who §wo», to himself that he would never forglvi himself If Meade did not recover, am the colonel, and Vandeventer, and al the men of the force, who used to atrol over after boors and Jnst sit on tbi ride of the track and stare at the «ai where the man who had saved than was fighting for bis Ufs as d as they had fought to aave the <1 Meade was surrounded by such an at mosphere of admiration and devodot as might have stayed the hand of dealt Itself. There came a day when th< physician aald he could talk a little. "I saw you." Helen i

la ariaflaetton ■ *-- u **»■*j I'rw.a was an uppar •a Ugrtofiu agony, and that the exquisite pain "top to* did not arouse him to consdouaneor ,w * * was evidence of the terrible nature ot ^ ^ the Injury. A smaller, sharper rock eat flls- «ut Wui actoks the forehead anti

U.as onjrjwschg Col- cheek. Just missing hie right eye. anc * lasaTuin riesrivir. tW-r flfcnd nut afterward that he hat

wm seta er vrtih ih« bwn toTUA by several other plecn PB! • protasta. but whlU dislodged by toe explosion, and that 1 "the -Martlet company could hardly Uuus l-rtween father and daughter CJUt ths lr-' ^ - - - - - - ■ - ---* 1 - _

Mswras’s

salt sag » ths Os-g-ltoatK on hit an old oc .as* w at the door of finda bla fathsr unaKKsr:

s,?«s! I ths Mr- - umed i to ; aM*o^ ° ■SurtifS j

f hr the colon,! ahfl 1 now* the truth. a*is lead, galas the conr&sss^e

body was covered with bruises. 1 But there waa nothing, not even Iq the ctit on the forehead, to cause any

•Teat alarm bad It not been for tot

us mu Into an almost ;o urvvrat ths flood waf away the dam. ttsysgkcraairga: 1—Hslen galas BhartMTa owwo^tSa^STm K? I-A vtsdact and bridsw colonel s ccunpany. are **?£££?***

■ ShurtUff -la u

Rodney and nua above the 4am. They see » hoshark that

, toe dam's saved." be r to the men who stood » palisade storing at him a blown np to* -hogback i falling, bee for your

• palisade

p. laughed nod then aoctuum r. and tboae mud-covered.

have stood another loaa like that both were glad. There was no quea- toe sign of Who's toe man wbc Mew It up7" tom now about the future. There And W his own language little Fun“HIs name It Meade." aald Rodney ritimld be no opporitlon from Colonel aro lirathed a similar prayer and with quietly. Illingworth. Within an hour the pa- his grimy, toll-stained hand he made "Not—y Per* would have the story of how cue *ame gesture. "Vra." mao bad saved a great dam. toe via- “Murphy." shouted a voice from the There waa a long pease. Every duct, toe town, and Us people, and P ,D « «» the aide of the hill between man there knew of the failure Of tbs (hey would have at the same time tor the car and ths l IiRcrnaUooal and In what estimation story of who was responsible for the "That'll be Mr. Vanderenter, the the old colonel held the name of Mc*<de fall »f the International bridge. They reriient engineer," aald Murphy, becanac of that. would hate toe story of the attempted Colonel Illingworth turned to toe

"•Well, it was a fin* thing." aald toe ■cil-aarrifire of toe son to save toe door again,

colonel; “It makes up for his blunder- father. They would have the story of “Where's Roberto?" cried Vanderen-

ing work on the bridge." the old man's splendid and magnanU;.“Degpardon, air," aald ShurtUff. who ou, l,low * 1 ®f raponulhlllty before b. had stood wide-eyed and whUr and suf- d1 '" 1 - Th * United States, the world, fering In shears sen store ths ungl- wou - d ru> e with.toe dramatic tale neer had been brought to tos cur, “It .. l ' **• “ “O' 1 * “> «'» that etory in

Ms .

“Why. you sold so

thv coloue,

“1 lied." admitted the Barretary. Quick as ■ flash- Rodney bad his notebook oat. Here nil ths proof at

"Why?"

“To aava the reputation ot the man

I loved."

“And how io I. know yon are not lying for tola .man now?" naked toe

colonel harshly

revs It." aald ShurtUff. papers he drew out of

pocket, where be had placed them

cried *‘ ld th'* 1 R*xlney had gone for the doctor. And so the father held the daughter clasped to Ma aide w hile both bent owr toe still uneoaackous man. whom Doctor Severance quickly and carefully and with wonderful skill, considering his long withdrawal from practice,

exaiulord.

"What la Itr asked the colonel as the vi v president looked up nrvsently. "My daughter la engaged to be married to him"—and he »a* rewarded by toe thrill sod quiver Umt shot through Ms daughters being which he felt as he

preaw-d her to Ma aide—"we can't let “What? The International man?"

ter. stumbling down the MU. Hs was Intggnrd and worn and weary to the point of dhaortloo. but ar soon aa he bad been assured of toe safety of toe dam—end before he left the water waa visibly receding—be had alerted out to seek the engineer whom be had. In Ma xdnd In the excitement of toe moment, accused of desertion. "He's here In my car, air" arid Colo-

nel Illingworth.

"And who are yon. may I ask?" aald Vandev enter, crossing the track and swinging himself upon the platform of

tbs car.

“1 am Colonel Illingworth, president of the Martlet Bridge company."

"But Roberto r*

“His name la not Roberto.

“lie's In God's hands." answered “I knew be was an engineer. WeU. Sererrnce gravely. “He's been terribly be'a made np for Ms failure there.i

‘Where is be?"

“It's a long atory."

“It cun wait." aald Vandeventer

"I want to thank Mm for

A Huge Rock Had Struck Him In th. ' that morMng ^ InraiTto TeU

Br * ast pHelen Illingworth toe truth at last.

cretoed chert. Winters and Rodney . «*■»> «*«». pueml.d everywhe.-e. HU breastbone “He did n« falltoe^'t^re'torn, were both men of artlon. accustomed Shnrtllff. who stood ract be- ,, .io. tiered, some of Ma riba are brok-' he failed here." aald too «4oneL

to quick thinking and prompt dsciskm fnn ‘ them, sustained more by Ms will j doe - t - in emergencies; while Helen Wing- than anytMng etoe, for Ms kxses were , wfoI on bu forrhe , dr - worth ecu 1*1 only stand with dsnebed "hhMng and Ma body quiveringyvt be “That'# uothlng." hands staring In mrnM ongulsh that | "^’A*** 5 ■ f,rf * 11 . "“re happy than he - Aud ^ other bruises?" Urtr.too ,b.„h ..mu, b„ “I duo't know whn'li.r job .on iti.uk J7 *, tratrd Ma longs?" naked Helen BUng ; him or not," said the colonel.

Murphy wore In his twit a short L *“*f*’‘‘J'- *«> *Ui And there • -worth, aa she potole-i to her lover's -Ton don't mean-" woodman', ax. With It they cut down blueprint ofthe design of th* rompra- ,t,m. to s little bloody froth that came “He waa terribly hurt by the last l*o young saplings, trimmed them and «*>*. smmrered hhurtnff .herefrom.

thrusting them through'the sleeves of monotonously If he bad forced hi* The old their raincoats they made a fairly prac- 1 *» • sirtsln ocuou sod It waa Ucable Utter. Using the utmost rare, working aatqmutlrelly. “With It Is s they laid the unconscious man upon It letter from Bertram Msadr to bis fatnd Winters and Murphy, the two Mg- jller W«*>- -ug tH-* the iscl^ga v eie rat men. Mok toe bundle* at sUher Rffhl hl-4 UW Attsntloti to the

Helen Illingworth, praying as empiric formula ot Bchuldt-tibsmnit*

toe had never preyed t>efore. sought to ln ‘>f Ms. sxguiu.-i:: -On the rapport the - unooBSclnua nan s brad, i Mu-k that IsttfW-Mr. Bertram Meade. Ths Italian gathered up the tools and ' *' r -- made an 'txdoresment—you know went ahead to open up the path. Rod- j bl« handwriting and can Identify It— Qry followed after. | 'IWd until Urtdgs la floWsrd and tM-n Xhelr progress waa alow of n«v» Mwe back to the boy. We'll show him tiiy. They h«d to hatalla M«ule with ““ t rW4 " Bctomklt-Chrmnlt* toe-sn'l

great care. Winter, and Rvduey. after kaLW everything ' "

tare.". i,-" 1

tan ncoded.

Ullngworth

CHAPTIR XXI.

: Ih# brief Inspection they had made. Colooel lUlagworth turned the paper , could not see s chanev vu earth for OT#r - T1> * rt ' ’*»■ «be iudureraaot. t men. who had been him. Neither cou.d Helen Illingworth. “Well, by heaven!" he began,

anluted lu heroic acclaim They wont al<*tg without euwvernatlon. "Tltare's another paper In an eurelid led them to vtetur) and catnrally. except f,w nn outhnest of ad- 0 *'* addresre-d .a ihssdltor of th* New ■atlon Mm whs bad made that min tlon froia Wlntvrs. i Vurk Oaartta. WtU you read It Mood.

“I tell you.” be said, "lb was a mag-

Mflrent thing for Mm to do. i H# risked Almost aa If b» had brss hypnotised Ma Ufs a hundred times In that mad Uohmel UUngwurth look from ths rnruah with to* dynamite In M* hands "vlqps the hrivX cots. Hs read It:

y of tH# Dead. and toe detonators In Ms pocket. Vet I ak>M aat rmporelbla for th* error Ungwurt h and Win- If he bad only Mayr-t bach he would in the fl*sla* of the iDterwattonui toldae. d toe lower levrt at tbs foot have been oafs." ■***• haa maultoS to iMa aarriUe dieasi. ~r.Wn»l W *m. -„ „, b „ a . m „ d ; Slto iTtoftJt."!?: ‘iXSS.V,”

tbs people that brought Mm down," 1 *» * maitor of le. t. he had rrovkmtiy

** cried ths en- M id Helen IlUugworth. "He can't die." i ■“» * ha* he banemd to be si roc-

, vuval — — ■ * ••— “ *■■, t .* . . . .

the murmured. “W1 surely will not

t faUr ’ !rt llJrl dlc ' 1 ,0Te IUw And I*' 1 u t Cone_jrhe fault Is,

e Mew up the hogback.'

ploalon and they brought Mm here.'

"Can I see Mm?"

T.-rbaps," be said. Foe answer Colonel "tih. be can't die. he can't, be can't 1" , pointed to the door.

wall<*l toe woman, sinking down on hei “This Is my daughter. Tour name la knees by the bed. Vandrvruler, la It not f Helen, tola Is “Nut If any power on earth can keep the engineer wbo la building ths dam.

He has-worn* to ask after his man." "I'vw don* #v cry to log I cun for Mm.' said gevrrence. coming out of the siuterooTu. followed by the porter, a* Vnnd -venter shook hands with the girt "Ha's still unconscious, bnt seems to

I breathe a little easier."

Into toe little room the woman and toe four men crowded. Vandeventer aw-oiupaiiled by Murphy and Fun aro, followed the colonel. Neither of th* workmen would be left out. There lay tbe engineer. Ms face aa wMte aa lbs linen of toe pillow or toe bandagt wMch had been deftly tied around hit heed. One hand, still grimy and mud stained, lay on toe sheet. Helen D Ungw orth knelt do vn and kissed It and

laid her head on the bed.

"He la to be ray husband If he Uvea,'

she aald simply.

it there waa something tout Min. hot 1 did wot dare—" Mm InsiantK" said

: worth.

, i j. i J Ms objee-

be does and I have lost him. Innocent l “*- ‘fherela no iaraxsnS'j; „ fulUj. b- U. r-tomvl to t.to- SySC—Vto 1 “fKT.'SE"" -H. oti.-- qnto lUto., w- .to- - —-

under Mb breeth, “himself be cvuid

> heaven yot

It was a work of yreat difficulty >

He laid It down with (he other pe-

ers.

The demonstration Is complete and

u from It, my dear child."

get toe wounded engineer Into toe car. absolute." be begsu apoutan, ouaiy, rvl-ui l tenderly. tM-iutlng over her.

"I misjudged you. Meade." said to* colonel softly, speaking as If the un conscious man could hear. “I con

detuned you. I wish could bear me make a

"Begob." whispered Murjihy. “you'd ought to Been him run wld the dlnna-

mite.'

ITte Wee of the Italian murmured

1 th* words which they knew were prayers

latlonal.'

s f«w the 1 Rodney.

Usepr snksd Ml ftt« ud. dam is safe; the water has

d riatog. 1 heileve IF* begtunlug I llt'le. I saw n the paUsade and wave Ms Mind

_ but they finally managed it. By the amid a breathless silence. "The proof*

*T »l“*iU think the water would re "h" said Wtaure; “« a.poqrtng ( a hot* lu toe. hogback aa Ug f "H was a fin* thing In Muade. Lei’t

and though they cnuie from

, , ,. . . . ^.™.. ...wd me tlie |H>rt>-r of the Air." up# they brought reUcf to all. The* ttlsrtluu they laid Mm on her are adreiuat, They would eelatUal: aald Severance, "and take Miss |UU»g entered deeply Into Helen BUngworth'* r own private stateroom. young Meade's IbUoccar* la any ,«urt w.-rth away. 1 want to get Mm un heart and mingled with her own pell “th*# of u* must go for a doct r at In the Uad. Where la he? 1 have dune dr. —d sad—" non*, frantic, fervent. Imperative al

Mm au injustice I am ready to make "You will call me back too tuiuut. though she offered them to Almighty amroda," continued the colonel I can comet" Uod ,, fn.m a woman broken Frew * r » talking" aald rt'oltatoly. my dewy g»rl" aald the, vuUy tae) al'. filed out of the room.

leaving Helen UUugworth alone with wbiit was (eft of life la toe crushed body of ths man she had never loved

v." said Rodney, “him! that will be

my Job."

.tjf* twenty miles to toe town.'

dThei; I "saw"them "all - Ud ^ ,o , Hr! - S ”'rli“ X«* ttnnd.ing

trlegrapb we could tap « wire." ' dramatic recltaj to interrupt It. “he's

None of them could , dy U»g "

"B'a all down grade and there'# a "Dying! WhereT goo-1 roadbed and I wr» aom* sprintw "He waa buttered to pieces by thv in my eoiteg* day*." said Rodney. last dynamite (xpondun. VTw brought

“And thsrs waa aavsr greater need him harw."

Illlfigmpaflb phi, ha^haaustand- vi.-r president, who bad known t th* d.nrwwy too ahuorbed by to* young woman from cMIUhood.

CHAPTER XXIL

In thvshon tatlon room taudevrnler A* Last to th* Stars told them of thv fight for On- dam and AU thv men vxrwpt Curt me and Win-, how ib. bad rewobed '.heir utakim, m tare had OlxcrceUy. withdrawn frwnj power of rwMstance and more, and that - —- i

"I Saw You," Hslen Whispered, waa standing on toe Mgh hill watchlooking down upon you Just be-

fore—"

ut I shall look up to you all tbu rat of my Ufe." aald the man. aa the oman knelt, as was her eroot, by tbq side of toe bed. She kissed hla hand. tMn. wasted, but wMte and clean now. o, I to yon." al she pressed her Ups t> "Dtok up a little higher, then," vhlre pered Meade with some of th* old hn-

“Tou mean?"

The voiceless movement of hla Upa told her the story. Sue raised herself and kissed them lightly. “I haven't dared to ask that before,"i aald the man. closing 1 wasn't strong enough to stand that" ut you're going to get strong; yon most. I'd like to kiss you forever." said toe woman with pitying taudern and great Joy. 'IF* heavenly now, bnt I shall have to go away again when I urn able and—" ’We are never going to be parted

again."

"I cannot let you marry a discredited man. a failure." “Dun t you know “ said the woman, rising, “that thv whole United States rings with your exploit, that toe splendid rating of the dam has caught th* fancy' of the people is It deserve* and you nn- a hero everywhere and to everybody?” “But tbe International bridge and Its

failure?"

Uubckuow-n to the two ths colonel had stood In the doorway. “We know the truth now. my boy." aald the old man. coming Into the room. “It was your father's fault, not youra." It was characteristic of Meade's temper and temperament that Ma wMt* lips ciuaed lu a straight line at this. "Where's Khnrtllff?" he asked, after a silent communing with Mmaclf. (To be Continued) “Magic" Cloth*. Many hooavwivea slsdly |«y Scants for eo called "magic" cloths, as they are very useful t..r silver and other metaU. Being dry. they do not soli the bunds or Wutoiug and do their work until tbe doth Itaelf veer* out To mul.i- such u clotu take otic quart of gSMilliH-. one half i-ound ot whltlag and unev-tglito ounce of oleic acid, mix big all together and aha king weU Soak plo-v. of w.hJcu cloth lu the mixture and hang them In the open air In a shady plate to dry. Wbeu the cloths are dry tbe "magic" qualities have bre-n given to iheiu. and tbaee they will never low Ttir toaterial must re wool N<-» York Globe

His Word f •* It. There was au old k-cturiug dtsnlnle wbo was strong lu astrouomkal almlU tudee and calcutattoua. "Arcturtu." be would dec ■are. la TtC.MlUC:. wile* distant from t Ive aim " "But. di>inlul«<." Boutr BurpriMol auditor would luti-rrvigatr. "bow In tbs World do you arrive at tbeae aprvillc flgurvw?" Tbe answer would otoe wltli crushing dignity and the tone of intellectual superiority: I «-~-ri «. ah DUtwore U If y ou can. 1