The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-09-01
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touching his bell every few minutes
and demanding a fresh h cigar from ON
Nishima. After luncheon he marched
Iris on with him to the engineers car,
looking fretfully at. the great IN !;
bridged chasm as he went and wincing
at the sight of a large gang of idle
! workmen. 4.>. 49, :
| She heard her, father say in tones
which she knew were forcedly calm
T :":Well, it's four o'clock, Mr.. Smell.
and don't see no signs O. your bridge
! There amt a : timber in place. You
know 1t was: to be all done by to-
night. That would be-say, four
hours"
con, we're working right along" she
heard Smell say. stake a seat, sir.
Here is the design, Mr.. Butler. OF
course it's only a makeshift structure,
not a piece of professional bridge ar
| chitecture, by any means"
| Two minutes of ominous, eloquent
| silence, and then the cloudburst.
s'Look here, Mr. Snell," her father
roared out at last, "you haven't caught
| for bridge, and you give me a blue
print. You're good enough at figgers,
but it amt t1ggers that want I
want to see the trains runnin' over
that canyon before dark tonight"
"Now look here, everybody. I want
| to know if there's a man in this car
that can Jump up, grab his hat, and go
right out and build that there bridge
by tomorrow morning. There's 200
men a-settin' over there on them fiat
cars a-doin' nothin', an therell be
1000 more here Sfrom the front in an
hour an a half Now, who's the
MANI"
| For moment no one stirred. Then
from the farther end Of the car Arch
Jennings thin, bronzed face and keen
eyes bent forward. A pencil of sun
light strealzed across his square, mas
terful chin and his prominent nose as
he rose and said determinedly:
mr.. Butler, can do it. Let me have
a chance at the job"
You're the first one to speak," said
Butler, glancing toward the young fell
low, $50 guess you're the man. Let's
see, what's your name?'
Archibald jennings
! The two passed out, passing Iris on
the platform. Iris bowed little stiff
ly to Archie as he turned by her. For
she resented the fall of her hero,
though she would have owned readily
enough that he had presented himself
| in rather 4 poor light.
you understand she heard her
father say as he turned away from the
young man. "the whole line is at your
| disposal. I'm lookin' to you for every
| thing"
Iris was up at five the next morning.
It was just daylight. The donkey en-
gines had ceased their braying and the
canyon was still. Archie, Jennings
came whirling toward the Iolanthe on
a pulsing motor car. His face looked
little drawn, but there was a tri-
umphant CLEAN in his gray eyes. He
saw Iris standing on the platform.
Good morning. was her glad greet
ing. :'How is the work getting on?"
"Come and see," he said.
She seated herself and they whizzed
down the track. to the edge of the
chasm, and all in moment they shot
out above the canyon, the wheels fly
ing over the new-laid rails. Iris caught
her breath
"Oh," she said, with Just a shade of
terror in her tone. Isn't it magnifi-
cent! And it's all finished-clear
across-all in night. You're a won
der, Archie-a wonder! Won't papa be
pleased?"
They crossed over, and when they re-
turned to the other side there stood
the Iolanthe, with the engine behind
her, not far from the. edge of the
bridge, with: Butler and Smell out on
the front platform, Butler full of the
triumph of it all, Smell cool and criti-
CAL
There's going to be dangerous
sag in the central span," said Smell.
=. LET her sag! Get aboard here. you
folks,' called Butler to Archie and
Iris. LET them lift your car off, Jen-
nings. We're goin' to run across
But the strains weren't calculated"
jerked out Smell. The whole affair is
mpirical-dangerous. The test is too
great. Excuse me, if I get off," He
sprang from the last step.
The Iolanthe ground over the new
rails, the engine putting slowly The
timbers creaked little as they settled
to the strain Of the tremendous weight
of the great car and engine. Trump!
thump! resounded the wheels. -
"A high joint said Butler. "Here
we are on the middle span. >IIooray!
She's steady as a rock. Where's your
sag, Mr.. ]. Hampton Snell?' He gave
the signal EASTER" and the car flew
across the bridge: '>''Git onto that sid
ing right away!"' he: yelled to the en-
gineer when they T were over They
trundled upon the siding, and Archie
started to leave the car. !: !. RI 81
''Hold on, Mr.; Jennings. said .B,ll-