The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-09


of the Martet Bridge company"
But Roberts?"
Ills name is not Roberts. It's
Meade
What: The international manE'
yes"
Il knew he was IN engineer Well,
he's made up for his failure there
lie did not fail there any more than
ne 1aIIed mere. NaIu the colonel.
| mere Is ne!
Its long story
1T can wait Saln NahueVenter
bfuSqueiE. want 10 thahk MN Tor
Saving me daih ana lhe liVes OF the
! men on II, ana III" town, ana me ran
fold' ana III" prluSe'
/ d"h know whether you can thank
him or not SAID the colonel.
on don m"aIl-
! "tie was terribly hurt by the last eX-
poison ana 'h'E drought MN mere.
! Cah l see il!n!
or nHN"'l '"I"ne' liIiAS"ofth
/ polil'eu 10 Tue u'oi'
MS - NY uau5"I'a' lour haIlie ~
t"hue' cii'er' - II lol' ll'leh, thiS IS
me engineer VINO IS ouiidlhS lile dalh'
lie mas come TO ASK aller MS MAN.
i've done everything can tor him"
sald SeVerehce' coming out OF the
stateroom, followed by the porter, as
| NandeVenter shook handS with the girl.
hes sun UNCONSCIOUS pul seems 10
breathe niue easier.
Into the little room the woman and
the four men crowded. Handkerchief,
accompanied by Murphy and Funaro,
followed the colonel. Neither of the
workmen would be left out. There lay
| the engineer, his face as white as the
linen of the pillow or the bandage
which had been deity tied around his
head. One hand, still grimy and mud
stained, lay on the sheet. Helen Il
lingWorth knelt down and kissed it and
laid her head on the bed.
HE Is to be my husband if he lives"
she said simply.
"A man and an engineer he is" whis-
pered Fandeventer.
81 miSjudged you, Meade" said the
colonel softly. sDeaking as If tho nm
conscious man could hear. 81 com
demned you. l wish to heaven Won
could hear me make amends now"
"Rerob" whjsnered Nurnhv ..rou,d
ought to seen him run wild the dinno-
mite"
The voice of tha italian murmurod
words which tbav Ln.,v ,,oro nroror,
and tbouob +bav cono FROM, h,,,,,,Io
line +boy hrorob+ roI,of - OH w.,
en+erod doon,v into uoIon J,,;nr,,.or.b,s,
boor+ ond minolod WITH bor o.,n 49,,
tions frantic farvent ;mnero+,vo o1-
tbougb sha offarad them to Alnioh+v
Cod nc from n woman hrolen proS-
on+1v +bor oil f,od o,+ 90 ~ VOW,
Iooripo uoIon I11,roor+h o1ono .;.h
what ,,,os ,of+ op I;fa IN tho or,,s,,od
hody of tho mo, che bod noror 1o,,oa |
ca muob hoforo
~ oheou,.o.;,. $500, y,,.
told tbo,, 90 ~, f,,t+ g., 49, 49,, 100
how, +bo,, IA -, .-:..
nor.or of rosie+o,,ll, ,,,a wow, I'D tba+
tho ro1,oe oo,,o - ~, -, ,,,a,- % |
time ,toon,,.hf,a 49, ,.t,o 1.i,,o
bod b,-nod nv, +h, +r,',1. ,roi,,,, -, oo,,,
inq ond IN 1ass +b.n nv boT,r bo ,,,os
hocl, with two s,,r,,aons, ond . tr,inod
n,,rso wos - +boir Gill, o,d GOV, ond
wotchfulnoss that finally bronoht
Meade hocl n consciousness or was II
the passionate. consuming intensity of
will and purpose of the woman who
loved him. who could scarcely be driv-
en- from his side? Well. whatever the
reason, after many days he passed
from death into life and came back
again.
He was conscious Of Helen's pres
ence and lay quietly enveloped in her
love before he could talk coherently or
question. Indeed, with Rodney and
Winters, and old Shurtllf, who swore
to himself that he would never forgive
hlmSelf II Meade dld not recover ana
the colonel. ana NandeVehter' ana al
the men of the force, VINO used TO stroll
over after hours ana just SIT on the
side of the track ana stare at the car
where the man who had saved them
was fighting for his HE as desperately