The Arvada enterprise., 1917-07-05
CHAPTER xIx-continusd.

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II don't sec him. He's not there,
she said at last, handing the glass back
to its owner.
"If he were there, you'd see him all
right" said Winters enthusiastically.
''because he'd be In the thick Of the
fight"
II doubt II you can recognize any
one, even through the glass, at such a
distance" said Rodney. after he had
focused 1t and taken look himself.
"Yet II he were there, he certainly
would be in the thick of 1t. He's that
kind. You look. Dick"
II can't see him." said Winters in
turn. "But what fight they are max
ing to save that DAM"
"Will 1t holdT asked the woman.
Impossible" said Rodney.
II give 1t one hour" said Winters,
handing over the glass.
mot more than that" assented the
other. after another look. "See for
yourself. Miss nllngworth."
From where they stood. high up on
the roof Of the world, they were spec
tatOrs Of a great battle, witnesses Of
q terrible contest, in which herculean
effort desperate courage. human will.
all exerted to the limit. finally de-
generated Into blind. mechanical! habit
Of continuous and frenzied endeavor.
The spirit of reckless continuance had
got into them and moved them to the
impossible. As men In battle charge
20 on even with wounds enough to kill
them in ordinary circumstances, as SOL
diers at Winchester. though shot in the
heart, actually struggled after Sheri-
dan until they fell. or even as a COM
mon horse may so be imbued with
blind intensity Of determination that
he gallops on until he drops dead,
% these men gave their all in unmatch-
able persistence.
They'd better get of that DAM" said
Rodney. "When 1t once falls it'll 70
with a rush and then It'll be too late"
Look at them. They're not going
70 get off," said Winters. They're
going down with It. Fools. God bless
'eml" he shouted. throwing up his
' =" eA.',a.'o" over ihanhooo ana
s0 snA anu determination.
W. ".ps you naa oetter 10 oack'
- us~or'h' s"'u i'oahey' think-
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s,y.,
NV '"e Ou'y peopie IN tn's
- > ''"u'' ef'eu WIZ
po"'eu uo"n through the cease
lSss run .o"tFu inc lower edge OF the
~ saeFe. Ia. osio" MIN, wsre
Ihree sonoeh nSures. Inc water In the
!sHe pad nooded inc slope OF the hill,
ana on that side 1t was tapping the
Dase Of tho ciin. Inc trail had, OF
codfse, been covered, and there was no
way OF progress except by taking ad-
vantage Of the broken rock at the foot
OF the clih. which here and there still
stood above the water. 1t was place
where men could only pass by carefully
choosing their way and calculating the
distance Of the next point toward
which to leap. These three were NOV
Ing like madmen. splashing through
the water. hurting themselves from
rock to rock, falling against tho wall.
clutching q tree or shrub, slippinR into
the lake, saving themselves from
drowning apparently only by the ca.
orico of complacent fortune. which
thew were irving 70 the utmost limit
One man carried a miner. n,ct +.
sn.ds mn, n survevor,. r,nys nal. Tho
other another spnde and two long
stakes which looked ike the senorote
legs of a tripod. The barebendcd mnn
.ho Ind thrown hi. rphhcr coat down
In the reddish. yellow water carried n
rood. sized oIlskIn h,p He WINS tho
most burr,cd n, ,be tbrcc uo nm
rome distance in front ~ IN, other.
They no,,ccd how corc,uI,v bo SOUGHT
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