The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-16

- nHNn .".H '"N NNANAA WI ..' 1871
age OF the ore cable car ~
tle IIl. across the gulch from the
jr-s.'a
"Joll, said Gallon, 81 am getting
old. Years 8 there Were two part
nors OF VS. prospected this country,
and wc found free milling gold ! say
we John. but there was 80 little girl
] Kept the location Of that mine TO my
self. There was trouble. John. lie
suspected me- He turned his dim.
ming eyes on the stalwart Young man
Ia eutrcaty 81 guess you know why
I tried 80 keep those plan. to myself
who IS The muut" demanded tie en-
giucer, pattine the great iron ore car.
rier with his hand rs a man pacihcs
% restless animal
At that moment there anne q faint
cry from q miner ON the trsstle.
what does De want demanded
Gallon pccyishly.
John DORIS eyes saw the miners I'm
the camp, wives aud an. streaming out
and staring upward They had got
the meaning az that CRY He thought
to himself. Where Is RuthT' u came
over him that she was bringing lunch
con % her father and himself in the
mine lie stared M no that dark hole
in the hillside aud saw au eddy Of
smoke. Instantly bee knew that She
must bee somewhere within that dark
depth
With all the force of his lungs be
bawlcd down 20 the engineer, who was
STARING stupidity upward; swung him.
sole into the bucket. pulled his signal
whistle out Of his pocket aud blew q
%furiously.
The engineer seemed 20 listen FOR a
moment. then kicked on his brake and
blew his answering whistle. : second
later the bucket was swinging down
the lofty cable across the gulch
II was not clear IN Johns Eaind how
be could rescue Ruth The quickest
way 20 get 81 the trcstlc was by the
bucket. then he would have those long.
long stretches OF ties o. traverse. and
when hc reached that smoke titled tun
mel could he get %through2 He must
tie Steadied himself and thought, his
ewes fixed on the hole iu the hillside.
Tie bucket was stil surging q hun
fred feet AWAY from his goal when he
saw the ore car emerge and In 70 th'
slender form Of Ruth 80 n realize,
better than be that her strength was
not equal 10 setting those brakes and
TINT she had ESCAPED one death only {,
meet another.
Ills trained eye caught sight Of on,
chance lie yelled down TO the en-
ginccr. "Quick, quick. Tubbs!'
The engineers blauk face upturne,
toward him seemed that Of a maj
1azel boy imminent disaster. but JOIN
DORIS imperious VIII reached acros.
ind down That space. The enginee
pulled his throttle wide orcn. aud as h,
Rid 80 John DOrr swung himself owe.
ne edge " the bucket and. hanglni
2 down by bis knees right over the tres
tle, waited Tor the oucomlug car.
Ruth he cried. Truth. come &
me-
He saw her turu toward him. bal
p auce herself Ia the swaying ore ca
and lft up hcr arms. He stretched hi
own down and ns the mass OF stee
{ ard ore dashed under him. caught be
~ lie dtd not heur the crash tina
! followed All he saw was the upturne
D face OF the girl Le loved. swinging
? hundred feet above death Ia his stron
arms, safe.
.
About 5000 miles away a dark an
: splendid woman was looklng critical
90 her maid. "Eloise She was sayinl
, ~ don't like 10 be walked this early
= the morning. I have told you ofts
= enough about this What DO You mes
, rs disturbing me for a mere letterY'
4, "Nou told me. madame. always
= call You when there Was a letter IN o.
: handwriting
The woman under the r0seate cove
= lets held out her jowclei hand. III
= maid gave one swift glance nc D.
/, mysterious ayaricious eyes aud va
I" ished As she closed the door after b
\ the envelope. torn into sbreds, fell