New-York tribune., 1913-08-10
CHAPTER III. Continued

rrrfIo ,r,r.,- shout. q. .luins h.l,nly through
II the tunnel disturbed King anil be- paused ami
brushed the sweat from Dos forehead ana ra'u',A
. ,..,.r.. Far il, the drift the i.hcuuG 81 a. candle
,, visible. w.ycrlug to and fro Ike star lost from us
orbit, Behind another could Dee seen, ani iH,u an
o'hcr and hc wondered who hI' N-.'oia ,"N'' "''
Vo,..s began 90 ,.mc IN confusion, and then be- c."R-
rilcd that ot iIaripan. rambling along ln cNp'n1"n
llis heart gave leap af another and ,lc"ie, li'",
came 10 him IN the one voice that could startc Aiw Ac
imagined from the grave itself. lie hurried L" meet
rfo'c advancing. and found himself bashiully staring
into the eye, Of Eve, while Immediately behind her
stood Holloway. He sustained wave OF jealousy. but
held ont his hand.
81 wanted To- sec your workings the engineer SAID.
81 told YOU last night that cnyicl YOU men who work
UNDERGROUND He held his candle above his head and
nspc.,cI the roof and then looked back into the sad-
There isn't much to see but plain rock Jim an
swcrcd.
@But thought YOU said YOU were not an engineer.
Holloway rctorcd, and Miss Water n'cpcc'cd:
But he is,
81 showed him your drawings IIardpan remarked,
with grin "and he said that not only did they look
good 10 him. but that he thought ANYBODY but sue
enough engineer would have had devil OF time to do
lin looked annoyed and for the minute lost his self
possession in a wave Of embarrassment.
1--WE studied some nights when had time he apollo
pizcd "I'm a sort Of rulc-o thumb man, after all.
Holloway looked open admiration at him, and Jim,
in spite Of his jealousy. had to admit liking for his
rival He warmed up to his words when It came To cN
blaming their work. ana uunN llolONdN an lnItllHtul
listener. lIardpan insisted on taking turn IN the face
Of the tunnel and Jim accompanied their visitors back
out and up 10 the mouth OF the shaft.
WIITIOUT thought now that he was out in the
w open air and more at ease, some Of the cnthusi-
asm Of their enterprise back 10 him. Its poetry
had always obscsscd him, this bursting through OBJ
stacles to what had been left by the rough
drcamcrs Of the early days.
"Scc" he said pointing the sloping hillside scrricd
into little valleys and watcrcourscs "Ihcrc is where
they worked hundreds Of them away back there before
we were born They carried their dirt down here the
edge Of this same pond, to wash it, They came back To-
the camp al night 10 gamble II, to braWl II, 10
spend it the danccha women. The dancchall stood
there am sure; for still trace IN the rottcd
logs huge structure And now they are al gone They
worked the waters edge and that all They took
what they could get, roughly Joyousy and rcckcssy
spent most Of and rcckcssy scattered and their
way when the ground was worked out. Then came the
winds and winters the rains and SHOWS and the dis
mantlcd cabins began TO rot away and TO f and to be
absorbed into the ground, and the trees Crcpt back
closer and grew up the whole ruin and when we
adventures arrive We stand in a wilderness
more with scarcely anything to prove that other men
worked and hoped and gained here before us"
"Did rot tell you he poct;' said Miss Waters
turning TO Holloway; but he seemed affected by that
glance backward, and sobcrcd by the view Of the fi-
tlity Of the struggle. He turned toward Jim and gave
him long look
"I'm not sure" he said that | envy you 50 much as
did last night. You looked 50 big and free and capa-
bic; vet now YOU seem only one of the dcstroycrs You
are of those who rifle the ground and pass on There is
poetry and adventure and glamour in your mining;
vet YOU have given something TO think over for |
am one Of the builders. Where YOU walk. YOU DESTROY
Where poddcrs work, we build,-build things that
live long after we are gone which are presumably Of
benefit after we dead. But, pshaw whats the use
in standing here phosOphizng' You at least have
no bosses They all look for. Even now I've got
one coming that | have met and don't know
what he expects me to do or what he IS to pay me,