The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-11-03

1t had nothing mt strength and size
but IL that consciousness of Mary'A
the great structure may have partaken
Of beauty. Sheridan had made some
OF the things he said emphatic enough
to remain with her. She went over
and over them-and they began to
seem true: 'Only one girl he could
feel that sorry for" Quincy says
he's got you on his brain so bad"
The mans clumsy talk began to sing
in her heart. The song was begun
there when she saw the accident.
She was directly opposite the Sheri-
dan building then, waiting for the traf-
fc to thin before she crossed, though
other people were risklng the passage,
darting and halttng and lodging par
lousy. Two men came from the crowd
behind her. talking earnestly, and
started across. Both wore black: one
was tall and broad and thick. and the
other was taller. but n%oticeably slen-
der. And Mary caught her breath, for
they were Blbbs and his father. They
did not see her. and she caught z
phrase OF Bibbs' mellow voice. which
had taken a crisper ring: "SIxty-eight
thousand dollars? Not sixty-eight thou
sand buttons" 1t startled her queerly,
and az there was A glimpse Of his pro-
file she saw for the first time a resenl-
blancc to his father.
She watched them. In the middle Of
thn cfrnnf I2Ihho hal e. c%oy, nk,,l O
his father, md the two were separated.
But the reckless passing Of a truck,
beyond the second line Of rails. fright
ened a group OF country wome who
we're In course Of passage: they we're
just In front Of Bibbs. and showed
backward upon him violently. To ex-
trtcate himself from them he stepped
back. directly In front Of a moving
trolley cer-no place for absent-mind-
edness, but Bibbs was still absorbed
in thoughts concerned with what he
had been saying to his father. There
were shrieks aud yells: Bibbs looked
the wrong way-and her Mary saw
the heavy figure Of Sheridan plunge
straight forward In front OF the car.
With absolute disregard Of his own
life. he hurled himself at Bibbs like a
football player shunting Off an onpo-
nent, and to Mary it seemed that they
both went down together. But that
was all she could see-automobileA
trucks and wagons closed in between.
She made out that the trolley ca.
stopped jcrkily. and she saw 4 police
man breaking his way through the In
stantl.y condensing crowd. while the
traffic came to = standstill. and people
stood up in automobiles or climbed
upon the hubs and tires OF wheels. not
to miss a chance OF seeing anything
horrible.
Mary tried to get through: It va.
impossible. Other policemen came to
help the first. and In a minute or two
traffic was in motion again. The
crowd became plant. dispersing-there
was no figure upon the ground. and no
ambulance anne But one Of the po-
licemen was detained by the clinsing
and besceching OF 4 gloved hand.
What is the matter, lady?"
Where are they?' Mary cried.
who? Ole Man Sheridan? l reck-
on he wasn't much hurt"
Ellis SON"
"Was that who the other one was?
l seen him knock him-oh, he's not bad
on. | guess. lady. The ole man got
him out OF the way all right. The
fender showed the ole man around
some, but l reckon he only got shook
up. They both went on In the SheF1-
dan building without any help. Ex-
cuse me. lady"
Sheridan and Bibbs. In fact were
at that moment IN the elevator. ascend
ing. "Whiak- broom up In the Office
Sheridan was saying. You got to look
ont IN ithaca Ho-erc NawaAavn foil