Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-02-04


hopes lay buried, the mechanical ruins
that had cost a kings ransom, the
Mount Hope cemetery. whittier daily
trains had borne the sacrifice before
science had robbed the fever of its ter
rors.
Twill they really finish the canal?"
he asked. Wont something happen?''
1T is already dug The rest is mere
ly matter of excavation and concrete.
The engineering difficulties have all
been solved. and the big human ma
chine has been built up. What is more
important. the country is livable at
last Over at Ancon hospital there is
quiet. hard working medical man
who has made this thing possible
When the two oceans are joined to-
gether, and the job is finished. his will
be the name most highly honored.'
ut must be nice to do something
worth WHILE" Anthony unused vaguely
ITO do anything" his companion OBJ
served, with shade Of meaning: then.
1T Is amusing to look back on the old
Spanish statement that it would be
impious to unite two oceans which the
Creator of the world had separated"
AS Kirk dropped asleep that night
after the luxuries of bath. clean
clothes and a meal on white linen and
china. he reflected contentedly that.
after all. things have way of coming
right in this world for those who ac
cept them cheerfully as they come
On the following morning Kirk dis
patched long letter to his father. ex-
planning. as we'll as he could. how he
came to be in Panama and giving a
detailed account Of the events that had
befaIlen him since his arrival AL
though he took this means of relieving
his fathers anxiety. he was far from
resigning himself to a further delay
Of his return. On the contrary, be at
once began an inquiry as to sailing
dates. discovering. to his intense dis
gust. that no ship was scheduled to
leave for New York within several
days He planned to borrow the pas
age money from his friends when the
time came, and accompany his letter
northward. Meanwhile he devoted his
time to sight seeing with his hostess
Edith Cortandt was a woman very
sure of herself in most things. A sit
uation that might have proved embar-
RAISING to one less tactfu she accepted
quite as matter of course. rather en-
jOying the exercise of her influence
and never doubling her power to keep
the friendship on any footing she chose.
Kinks frank. boyish gratitude for the
favors he had received made it easy
for her to encourage the growth of an
intimacy that she acknowledged
charming, while she sincerely believed
that he would be helped by it. Find
ing him responsive. she deliberately set
herself to please him. She was no
smiling and unaffected.
Once. in a while COrtlandt went with
them. but he was usually uncommuni-
cative. and they scarcely felt his pres
ence. When he did talk be talked cas-
lily and well.
Several days passed thus. during
which Anthony fully recovered from
his experience at Colon. Then a ship
arrived from New York, but before he
bad summoned courage to ask his
friends for loan he received a letter
forwarded from Colon by the Ameri-
can consul. perusal of which not only
dumfounded him, but entirely altered
his plans.
1t was typewriter on plain station
cry; there was neither heading nor sig
nature, yet he knew quite we'll from
whom it came. 1t read as follows:
Don't cable again or the stupidity of the
police may fail to protect you The others
got away safely, and you would be mad
to return alone l can't and won't help
you now. This time you went too far
You have made your bed. now lie in it.
don't believe in miracles, but If you can
straighten up and make a man of your
self I'll help you face this trouble, other
wise don't call on me for anything. I'm
through.
Kirk reread this amazing epistle sew
eral times before it's full significance
struck him: then. when be realized
what it meant. he felt himself break
into a sweat of apprehension. That
plain clothes man had died! The po-
lice were looking for him. There could
be no other explanation, else why had
Higgins and the rest fed the country
Perhaps he was already indicted. Kirk
saw himself accused of manslaughter,
arrested and tried. What could he do
If his father refused to help? Evident
ly the governor believed him guilty. In
that case the young man knew that ex-
| plantations would be futile. Even the
letter he had sent would do no good.
| When Darwin K. Anthony said he was
through he was through
Finding secluded corner of the We
randa, be sat down to think this mat
ter out, but the more he reflected on it
the more serious it appeared. or one
thing he became quickly convinced:
New York at present was no place for
him. He rose quickly and entered the
hotel, where he bought all the latest
| Now VOrIy nonoro ond found on on.