Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-08

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Abbott waa right above the g,tar hasaa
COW sit ieaked down III 1t through
Ftis struts and tioar bealas aad braces.
ffafstllf3g his gaze rn the questioned
msuibsr, There II stood satisfactorily.
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" ssse extreme ftfga of the srusH ana
toak fiGtRa at IL pfiee more. leaning far
out 80 see II better. lie could set
better view og 1t with nothing between
Y and hltu. II stlit stood brasely, 1t
wac nil right, ipF course, He wished
Tint fse had nevee sRitl word about II
70 anyone He did not see why he could
not regard Il with the Indifference that
II mertted. rs ha stared down at 1t
assr the edge of fhe truss tta whistle
taF uMlttsaE Blew.
Every sound of work ceased nfter
the bssefesf az intervals, except here
aiid there few rsveters driving home
final flset kept at II for few Sec
nnd, but only for few seconds, Then.
Tor q moment II silence like death H.
self interviewed. IL seemed as IL the
ever blowing wind Ind been fnoFnan.
tnrily stlltea. That shrIli whistle and
the consequent cessation OF the work
always affected everybody the same
way, There was inevitably and ill-
vnriahly 81 pause. The contrast be-
tween the noise and its sudden stop
page was $40 great that the men In.
stsnettyeiy waited few seconds and
drew II breath before they began 10
light their pipes, close their toul boxes.
pick an their COATS and dinner paiis,
nna resume their conversation as they
strofled along the roadway to the
shore.
1t seemed TO Abbott tlint 1t had never
been 40 silent on the bridge before.
There was almost always a breeze.
sometimes u gale, blowing down or up
the gorge through which the river
flowed, but that afternoon not II breath
was stirring.
Abbott found himself waiting In
strained aud unwonted suspense for
the next second or two. his eyes fixed
on the member. The long warm rays
of the afternoon sun illuminated ii
clearly. In thar second Immediately
below him. fur down toward the pier
head he saw sudden flash as Of break
Ing steel. Low. but clear enough in the
intense silence. he heard a popping
sound like the snap of a great finger.
Then the bright CLEAN of freshly
broken metal caught his excited glance.
The iacing was giving way Meade was
right. The member would go with it,
The FIRST pop or two was succeeded by
y little rattle as of revolver shots
heard from a distance. as the lacings
gave way in quick succession. Abbott
WAS q man with a powerful yoire and
he raised 1t to its limit.
The idle worklnen, just beginning to
laugh and jest, heard great cry:
"OG the bridge. for Gods saket.
Two or three. among them WITCH
'ings, who happened to be within d few
feet OF the lan1ward end. without un-
derstaniing why. but impelled hy the
agony, the appeal, the horror In the
great. shout Of the master builder.
leaped for the shore. On the bridge
Itself some stepped forward. some
stood still staring. Others peerai down.
ward. The great sixty-foot webs Of
steel wavered like ribbons in the wind
The bridge shook MS If In an earth
quake. There was a heavy, shuddering.
swayirig movement and then the GOO
foot cantileser arm plunged. down
ward, as a great ship falls into the
trough Of q mighty sea. Sharp-keyed
sounds cracked out overhead as the
truss parted at the apex, the outward
half inciining to the water, the inward
half sinking straight down.
Shouts, oaths. screams ros,e. heard
family above the mighty bell-like r.
guiem Of great girders, struts and ties