Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-06


things, but recall that he would main
tain his fathers propositions tena-
ciOusly, determinedly, long after every
body, perhaps even the old man him
self, had been convinced of their fall
lacy. Engineering is in Meade's blood.
He is the fifth of his family to gradu-
ate at Harvard and three of his for
bears were engineers, his grandfather
noted and his father world-famous. He
fairly idOlized his father. The affec-
ton between them was delightful. The
king could do no wrong. Meade was
quick-tempered and not very receptive
to criticism, but he would take the Sc
verest structure from the old man with
out a murmur."
Here we have" said the woman,
who had listened with strained atten-
ton, ian early devotion to a person
and an unbounded respect for his at
tainments. Go on"
1.-The next point is, Meade was in
ordinately proud of his family reputa-
tion, especially in the engineering
| field. Of the two of the line who were
not engineers, one was a soldier and a
distinguished one, but his career had
little interest for Meade. 1 have heard
him say that there had been a steady,
upward movement in his family, that
had reached its elimination in his IA
ther. He hoped to be a good, useful
| engineer, but he never dreamed of 60
ing any higher or even approaching
| the altitude of the other man."
at was Il sort Of fetish with him.
then, wasn't it," asked the woman as
Rodney stopped again.
you have hit it exactly. His love
for the man, his admiration for the
engineer, which sometimes blinded
him, and his pride in his fathers career
as typifying his family, was un-
bounded"
"You have established a motive for
any sacrifice; love, respect, pridel"
That's the way it presents itself to
me, Miss Illingworth. 1 know thor
Oughly the quixotic, impulsive, self
sacrificing nature of the man. I know
that he would have done anything on
earth to save his father, even at the
sacrifice of his own career, and since
have seen you can realize how pow.
erful these motives must have BEEN"
Rodney said this quite simply, as if
it were q matter of course, rather than
a compliment, and bluntly as he might
have said it to friend and eomrade
and Helen nlingworth understood and
was grateful.
ut has been grief to me that
weighed so little in comparison" she
said simply.
II shouldn't put it that way exact.
ly," observed Rodney carefully "You
see even if it could be shown that il
was the old mans fault entirely the
young one would still have to share
some of the blame."
'You mean he should have foreseer
it and pointed it out?"
81 think he did, but if he did fore
see it and point it out, he should no
have allowed the older man to overawt
him or force him to accept what he be
lieved to be structurally unsound.
don't know whether he reasoned it out
don't think he had time to argue tn,
case, the shock was so swift and sud
den, but as soon as he did see the stu
alton he discovered that you were los
anyway, except of the charity Of you
affection, which he could not accept
and that he could save his father. Thi
may all be the widest speculation, bu
this is the way it presents itself t
me-"
"And to me-" said Helen, "but befor
, we go any further, let me say shoul
rather be his wife than enjoy any othe
, fortune"
''That is the kind of affection hi
, qualities merit and would evoke i
the mind of a discerning woman.'%
: "Thank you. VIII you go on, now? ?
"Of course you know that what W
have said is not evidence. 1t is all a:
sumption, perhaps presumption"
: "It's as true as gospel" said the gil
earnestly.
} ITO you and to me, yes. Well" b
| continued, 81 remember that Mead
? and were talking just before he wer
: to Burma three years ago about a ne,
: book by a German named Schmid
Chemnitz, in which certain methods {
, calculations were proposed for the d,
e sign of lacings. You know it was tn
: lacings of one of the compressio
t members Of the cantilever that CAV
: way"
"Well Meade and got into hot di
0 cussion over some of Schmidt Chen
t nitz's formulas. maintained that the
: were wrong. He took the opposit
e view. He was right. He was so il
t rested in the matter that after "