The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-03
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Once more the little automobile TOOK
on the dignity of regular train and
sped out Of the network of tracks be-
hind Colon. As it gained speed Mrs.
Cortlandt. to divert her guests mind
from his recent ordeal. began to eX-
plain the points of interest as they
passed. She showed him the OLD
French workings where a nations
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
Will they really finish the canal:"
he asked. Wont something happen:'
1t is already dug. The rest is mere
IL a matter of excavation aud 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 livabie at
last Over at Ancon hospital there is
a 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."
lit must be nice to do something
worth while Anthony unused vaguely.
ITO do anything" bis companion OBJ
served. with Il 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 Injuries of bath. clean
clothes and meal on white linen and
china. he reflected contentedly that.
after all. things have a way of coming
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
befallen 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 tie contrary. he 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 Cortlandt was woman very
sure of herself in most things. A sit
uation that might have proved embar-
RAISING to one less tactful 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
longer brilliant and chilly. but gay.
smiling and unaffected
Once in Il while CortIandt went with
them. but he was usually uncommuni-
cative, and they scarcely felt his pres,
ence. When he did talk he talked cas-
ilF 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
had summoned courage to ask his
friends for loan he received letter
forwarded from Colon Ivy the Ameri-
can consul. a perusal of which not only
dumfounded him. but entirely altered
his plans.
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