Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-10

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sI've done evefylhlag can ses him.
said Sevsyagee. coming out sf the
s,atsruogFs. followed by the porter. ns
sGndesesater SHOOK hands with the girl.
Hes still unconscious, bat seems To
breathe Asrie easier"
Into the sltsie rcom the woman and
the four men crowded. Handkerchief,
accompanied by Murphy and E'unarc,
| followed the rolaael. Neither of the
workmen would be left out. There lay
| the engineer. hts face rs white ms the
linen OF the pillow or the hansage
which had been tsefffy tied around his
| head. One hand. ssiii grimy and mud
I stained, lay on the sheet. Helen IL.
| ltngwortb kneis down and kissed Ii and
/ laid her head ON the bed.
| He Ia to be my husband IL he lives, n
she said simply.
/ "a man and an engineer he Is" whis.
pered vandevenier.
| Il inisjudged sou. Meade" said the
colonel softly, speaking as if the un-
conscious man could hear. az con-
demned you. wish to heaven you
I could hear me make amends now
'Begob,'' whispered Murphy, s.youtl
ought TO seen hifn run wild the fluna-
/ mite"
The voice OF the Italian murnured
! words which they knew were prayers
and though they came from humble
i lips they brought relief TO NIL. They
! entered deeply into Helen Illingworth's
heart aad mingled with her own petit
ticns, frantic, fervent, imperative. al
though she offered them to Almighty
God as from a woman broken. Pres
i emily they all filed out OF the room.
leaving Helen Illfngworth alone with
what was left of life in the crushed
body of the man she had never loved
go much before.
In the observation room yandeventer
told them of tho fight for the dam and
how they had reached their maximum
power of resistance and more. and that
the relief came 10 the very nick of
/ time Meanwhile the engine driver
Ind burned up the track going and com
Ing and in less than an hour he W.
l back with two surgeons and trained
nurse. Was 1t their skill and care and
watrhfnfuess that finally brought
4 Meaie Back to- consciousness, or was 1t
the sfssfenate, consuming intensity of
viii and purpose of the woman who
loves hint wh, could scarcely be driy-
en- frs,m his slider Well. whatever the
reasou, after many days he passed
from deatls into life and came back
again.
He was conscious of Helens pres
ence and lay quietly .snveloped in hei
love before he couid talk coherently or
question. Indeed with Rodney and
; Winters, and old ShurtIfff, who swore
to himself that he woaHd never forgive
himself if Meade did not recover, and
the colonel, and Handkerchief, and all
the men of the force. who used to stroll
over after hours and just sit on the
side of the track and stare. at the cur
where the man who had saved them
was fighting for his life as desperately
: as they lad fought to save the dam
Meaae YES surrounded by such an at
. /, ifiosphere of admiration and devotion
. as might have stayed the hand of tleati
itself. There came Il day when the
!, physician said he could talk little.
Il saw you." Helen whispered. g,
was standing ON the high hill watch
ling. looking down apon you just be
. fore
But I shall look up to you all th,
!, rest of my lifes" said the man, as th,
woman knelt as was her wont, BIZ TIL,
/ side of the bed. She kissed his hand
. thin, wasted. bat white and clean now
4 mo. to Fou,. she murmured, a
she pressed her lips to his fingers.
!. Look up little higher, sthen,n WINS
S percd Meade with some OF the old hu
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You meany'
/ The vesceless movement OF his lip
h told her the story. She raised herseI
Ie and kissed them lightly.
@ i haven't dared TO ask that before,
Is said the man, closing his eyes. 9
n wasnf strong enough to stand that,r
sBut you're going to get strong yo