The evening world., 1915-01-18


Yom love Iitc and craze srcccss Ar
aud tuo chicjs of construction. IT uiH
Now, what would you make Of Il
on to Gardiner.
The assistant in geology adjusted h
lines. and returned the square Of yellow
81 mako nothing Of 1t, because my
field Is too prosaic. There are no
assassinations In geology. What does
II mean7"
The young engineer shook his head.
II have no more idea than the man
In the moon. didn't suppose Lassley
had ever heard of Arcadia before
named II to him this morning In wire
telling him Of my changed plans"
Il thought the Lassleys were In
Europe" said Gardiner.
They sail to-day in the Carania
from New York. My wire was 10
wish them a safe voyage. and l gave
them my prospective address. That
is now Lassley happens to know
where l am going"
But II does not explain the warn
ing. Is 1t true that the Colorado irri-
cation scheme has Killed three OF It's
promotersT
"Oh, a novelist might put 1t that
way, l suppose" said Ballard impa-
tiently. "Braithwaite, of the Geo
detic Survey, was the man who con-
ceived the idea Of making storage
reservoir at the head OF the Boiiihs
Water and turning the park into a
farming district. He interested Mr..
Pelham and a few other Denver cap
,talists, and went out as chief en-
gineer to stand the scheme on lts
feet, Shortly after he had laid the
foundations for the big dam. he fell
into the Boiling Water and was
drowned"
unfortunate Braithwaite off on his
fingers. =.
.'rhen Billy Sanderson took 1t
YOU remember Billy. in my year!
He made the preliminary survey for
= railroad over the mountains and
into the park. and put few more
stones on Braithwaites dam. AZ
they say out yonder on the edge OF
things he died with his boots on; got
into trouble about a camp foiiowihs
woman. and was shot"
"Two," checked the assistant In
geology. "Who was the thirdT
"a dour faced. grizzly headed old
Scotchman named Macpherson. lie
took up the work where Billy Sander
son dropped it.: built the railroad
over the range and through the PARK
10 the headquarters camp at the dain'
and lived to see the dam itself some
thing more than half completed.
"And what happened to Mr.. Mac
pherson?" Queried Gardiner.
s'He was killed few weeks ago by
having a derrick fall on him. 1t raised
quite q discussion In the technical pc
riodicals. A wire guy cable rotted OFT
trusted off, the newspaper report
J. l.said-and there wa howl from the
wire-rope makers. who protested that
a cable made Of galvanized wire
couldn't rust off,
"None the less, Mr.. Macpherson was
Ariiled," observed the professor dryiy.
SsThat would seem to be the persisting
fact In the discussion. DO none OF
these things move you?"
Certainly not" scoffed the young.
ar man. II shall neither fall into the
liver nor stand under derrick whose
kuy lines are unsafe"
Gardiner's smile was mere eye
wrinkle Of good natured cynicism:
sYou carefully omit poor Sander
non's fate. One swims out OF tor
Sent-if he can-and one might pos
1ibiy be able to dodge a railing GER
rick. But who can escape the toiis OF
the woman whose mands are "'
.Bosh!" said the Kentuckian: and
Then he laughed aloud. "There Is one
woman in the world. my dear Herr
Professor, for whose sake mignt
,stand up to be shot at; and she isn't
in Colorado by good many hundred
miles" - ,u.o,o,r,a1.
INV son, there lies your best chance
~ making the fourth in the list or
nacrifices. You are q kentuckian'
an ardent and chivalric Southerner
II the fates really wish to interpose
in opposition to the Arcadian scheme
they will once more bait tho trap
with a woman-always presupposlng'
Of course, that there are any fates'
and that they have ordinary inteii'-
gence."
Ballard grlnned.
"I'm in no danger on that score,
RromIey-he was Sanderson's assist
: ant. and atterward Macpherson's-
wrote me that the Scotchman's frst
edict was one OF banishment Tor
every woman in the construction
camps"
.Jf he had only banished the der.
ricks Mt the Same time commented
Gardner. 1'nen ne duu'u' ~" hi"s
bo sure the fates will find you
woman. Breckenridge; the oracles
have spoken. What would Arcadia
be without it's shepherdess? But we
pre testing when Lassey appears 70
he very much in earnest. Could
there be anything more than coin
cidence In these fatalites?"
show could there boz" demanded
Ballard. 1.-TWO sheer accidents. and
one commonplace tragedy, which last
was the fault-or the misfortune-of
poor Billy's temperament. I take II,
though he was a sober enough fellow
when he was here learning his trade,
I'll live, and III finish building the
Arcadian dam. But meyer mind Lass
ley and his cryptogram: what ! was
trying to impress on your mind when
he butted in, was that you were not
10 forget your promise to come out
and loaf with me in August. You
shall have the best constructions
\ camp affords, ana You can gcologize
t>to your hearts content in virgin
soil"
"That sounds very entlcing," said
the potential guest. And, besides, I
An lntereated In lama-and In wire