Holbrook argus., 1901-11-30

The hands of the clock showed the
time to be just midnight, and it now
lacked but thirty-five minutes until the
train Harry had orders to hold would
be due; but she knew it not All she
knew was that Jamison was acting
suspiciously, and she would follow
him.
Silently she opened the door and
passed out into the darkness and storm.
A strange impulse seemed to lead her
in the direction of the section house.
She paused irresolutely when she had
reached the section house, and seemed
at Il loss which way to proceed.
Suddenly bright flash of lightning
revealed to her startled gaze the form
of Jamison hurrying swiftly along in
the direction Harry had taken.
The same flash shows the face of
Mary Strand, the lady Harry had SO
nobly defended
She sped on after the villain, being
careful to keep at a safe distance, lest
he should turn and a flash of lightning
reveal her presence to him. And then!
she shuddered to think of the result.
She has reached a turn In The road.
What is it that causes her to start sud-
denly and then spring away in the di-
rection she has been pursuing?
One glance toward the east and we
see the faint glimmer of light and hear
the shreak of the engine as it ap-
! the junction.!
The bridge is yet half mile away
and the signal board at E. gives no
| warning to the fast-approaching trainI
VIII God, in His infinite mercy, per-
NIT the plot of this arch demon in hui
J man shape to succeed?
1t seems that no power can arrest
them in their onward rush to destruc-
| ton.
| But what of Harry?
| After passing the section house he
j hurried swiftly forward in the direction
! of the bridge. At last he has reached it
| and starts acrossi The center of the
bridge is reached at lastI He listens a
moment and then hurries forward. He
has no time to lose. Full 500 feet of
trellis work must be examined before
he has completed his mission, and 1t
will be but few moments before the
special should appear.
| At last he has completed his mission
] and sits down to rest moment before
starting to return.
| Once he starts to return, but some un-
seen power seems to hold him to the
spot. Suddenly he starts up and his
\ 60 IL
And well it may, for the alarm he re-
ceives is the roar of rushing water and
sounds like the stormy pillows upon a
| rock-bound coast.
MY Godi the dam at Kennedy Falls
has given way, and little chance is
there now to save the bridge. Can
warn the special in timer" he cries.
The roar grows louder and more sui
len. He can now see the dark bank of
water as it rushes ON in the direction
of the bridge
Another moment and the bridge will
be swept away.
He turns and looks up the track. The
special is coming down grade not a
quarter of mile away.
He darted forward, lantern in hand
to give the warning signal. AS he does
so he hears the crack of timbers and
knows the bridge has parted.
Great beads of perspiration cover his
brow as he realizes the danger men
acing the special. He stops, swings the
lantern to and fro, once, twice, three
times, and then reels, falls, and sees the
revengeful eyes of Jamison upon hin
and hears him hiss: MY time of re
venge is at hand, and you die with the
rest. Let the special go over the bridge
to her doom" and then, flash of light
ming, deafening roar, and he know:
no more until the engineer is bending
over him, holding a flask to his lips.
Number meets you at E. Tit
bridge is gone" he murmurs, and the
engineer waits to hear no more.
He can hear Number SIS whistle a.
she passes out of the yard and knows
she has not been notified. His wife &nC
only child are on the train, going t.
visit friends in a neighboring town.
He finds the first and second spans o
the bridge all right, but at the third h
pauses and can proceed no fuEther. /
dark gap. offering no means of sup
!. port, looms up before him.
MY God! My wife and little Edit
are on Number and can do nothing
to save Them" he cried, sobbing like
child.
But other hands are at work eve
while he sits helplessly on the bridge.
/ We left Mary Strand hurrying aroun
/ the curve in pursit of Jamison. Sh
sees him start across the bridge, an
, starts to follow, but turns back whe
, she hears the roar of the flood. As sh
reaches the bank the bridge parts wit
crash and she sinks to the GROUND
: ! stunned by blow from piece Of tin
= her, But the blow was but glancin
! lick. and the falling rain soon revive
her.
/ Springing to her feet she starts tt
: ward E. to notify the trainmen c
t the washout; but ere she has gone
hundred feet she hears the roar Of tn
< | approaching train and sees the hea(
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