The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-05

Gladly awaited herself Of the p'r'h-N- .
SION There was always n possibility. .
albeit most remote one uli'' she .
might hear of Meade. That II lniIal De .
we'll 10 invite representative "' Inc .
Engineering News. 10 VII. l'""H'H' y"
ACCOMPANY them. So that the really
srrrnIfd work the MurJlrt company
was doing might be- made widely
known. The party consisted "i III"
father and daughter, CurtiSH' ule ciiei
engineer. Doctor Sevrrence' III" VIC"
president and financial man. ana h"d-
ney.
Now Helen ulingworth had not the
least reason in the world to SuNp"ct
that Brrtram Meade was in any way
connected with this engineering PROV
ect. but Rodney had pointed OUT ana
had imhurd her with his own heA"t
that sooner or later. when Meade was
found he would be- found engaged in
engineering in some capacity.
"Tt's in his blood" said Rodney. He
ram no more keep away from II than
he can stop breathing. He can 90
ANYTHING else. Somewhere he's at the
old lob. 1t might be in America ana
Il ,ui-hr be out there AT Coronado. or
II rfahr be in South America, Europe
Asia. Or
- wonder if we can't find out all the
engineering work that is being done IN
rba world and send representatives to
sock him" said Helen lllingworth.
Rodney laughed.
"To hunt that way would be like
hunting a needle in Il haystack. l can
NOT hid YOU hope that he is there; In
fact | think it is most unlikely thai
no would be any place near where The
Martlet people are operating, but
there's chance. even if only the faint
est one"
VOL women'S hearts can build {
crreat deal on faint chance. They arr
calculated for the forlorn hope. Ant
50 Helen Ulingworth stood on the step
Of the private car as it rolled acroS
the mile-long temporary bridge M C"ro
nado. and scanned the workmel
n
! work suspended for a moment that IN
train might pass on the wooden tres
r, fling. i'm hope that she could see /
, one of them the man she loved an
sought. And Rodney stood by her Sid'
4 equally interested. searching the crow
h with his glance. also.
7 There was nothing in the town to
tract Helen out of the car. She ma
q visited West and Southwest man
/ times. Colonel IllingwOrth, with Ro'
> ney and Severance. there left the trai
IS Miss Illingworth decided to go into II
l. hills and get away from the arid an
2, heated plains. A siding had been bul
l. near the steel arch under the slope
lie the hill from which the huge me:
s. arose. within two miles of the dal
ID and the car was to be placed Their
s The men left behind would use the pl
re yate car of the division superintende
m of the railroad when they had end
Y. their several tasks.
: 1t had been raining dismally duril
IT, the afternoon. and when the car W
detached and switched 10 the sidi
az and left up in the hills some TWEEN
miles from the town, Ii was too
: and uncomfortable to leave II. ID
y regarding the dOwnpour. however, q
/" tisS, who had come up with 1t, ma
a very careful investigation OF
~, completed bridge, which more tn
:. surpassed his expectations in its
pearunce of sturdy grace, as well
in the evidences of careful workm;
ship in its erection.
~ That evening the special eng
m pushed the other private car up tr
No the valley, bringing the people v
,st had inspected the bridge. A few m
weeks would complete the great '
Use duct. Everything was proceeding
the most satisfactory way and Colo
led IlingwOrth was very much elated o
nd the situation.
pc. "Who would have thought" he S
lde as they sat down 10 dinner in
)ve brightly lighted observation 70
al that il would rain in this country
did this season of the yearT
ut will probably be over by ton
she row morning" observed Rodney.
lad IF ii continued long enough
hey rained hard enough. that dam We