The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-18

1t HAD notnIng out strength ana Size
but in that consciousness of Mary's
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 forv' "Gurney 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 risking the passage,
darting and halting and lodging par
lously. 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 noticeably slen-
der And Mary caught her breath, for
they were Bibbs and his father. They
did not see her, and she caught a
phrase OF Bibbs' mellow voice, which
had taken n crisper ring: "Sixty-eight
thousand dollars? Not sixty eight thou
sand buttons!' 1t startled her, er,queerly,
and as there was a glimpse of his pro-
file she saw for the first time resem-
blance to his father.
She watched them. In the middle of
the street Bibbs had to step ahead OF
his father, and the two We're separated
But the reckless passing of a truck,
beyond the second line of rails. fright
ened a group of country women who
were in course of passage: they were
just in front of Bibbs, and showed
backward upon him violently. To ex-
tricate himself from them he stepped
back, directly in front of moving
trolley car-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 and yells; Bibbs looked
the wrong way-and then 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 oppo-
nent, and to Mary 1t seemed that they
both went down together. But that
was all she could see-automobiles
trucks and wagons closed in between
She made out that the trolley car
stopped jerkily. and she saw police
man breaking his way through the in
stantly condensing crowd, while the
traffic came to a standstill, and people
stood up in automobiles or climbed
upon the hubs and tires of wheels, not
to miss chance of seeing anything
horrible
Mary tried to get through; 1t was
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 came. But one of the po-
llcemen was detained by the clinging
and beseeching of gloved hand.
what IL the matter, lady?'
"Where are they?" Mary cried.
"Who2 Ole Man Sheridan? l reck-
on he wasn't much hurt"
His son"
WAS that who the other one was?
l seen him knock him-oh, he's not bad
OF. l guess, lady. The ole man got
him out. OF the way all right. The
fender showed the ole man around
some, but reckon he only got shook
up. They both went on in the Sheri-
dan building without any help. Ex-
cuse me. lady"
Sheridan and Bibbs. in fact, were
at that moment In the elevator, ascend
ing. "Whisk-broom up In the office"
Sheridan was saying. You got to look
out ON these cnrners nnMndaYs I tell