The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-08-03

if by working together there was not
some way by which we could prove
that Bertram Meade has assumed the
blame to save the honor and fame of
his father"
"You believe that, Miss ,nlingworth?'
81 am sure of it."
$50 am l." said Rodney quickly.
THANK God," cried the girl little
Historically, surprised and almost
swept off her feet by this prompt
avowal by one who, though young, was
already an authority in the literature
of engineering. "Why do you say that?
What evidence have you?"
Unfortunately" answered Rodney,
81 haven't any tangible evidence what
ever, but I know Bert Meade as few
people know him, Miss Illingworth,
perhaps not even you," he went on, in
spite of her unspoken, but vigorous
protest at that last statement, as she
shook her head and smiled at him.
sand there are several little circum-
stances that make me feel that he
could not have been to blame. Have
you any ground for your conviction?"
Probably even less than you have
and yet !, too, know him." Helen H.
lingworth looked into the plain, home
ly, but strong, reliable face of the
man and dismissed any thought of re-
serve from her mind.
LET US place." she began, "the little
circumstances upon which our intui-
tons are based, if intuitions are ever
based on anything tangible, together.
Perhaps the suE of them may yield
something"
"The suggestion is admirable" as
serted Rodney, "and as I knew him
first and longest will begin. Perhaps
1t would be well, too, to take notes so
that we may consider them at leisure
getting an eye view as we'll as an ear
view of them"
"Now, in the first place." he began.
writing and speaking at the same time.
point one is Meade's absolutely un-
bounded devotion to his father. The
old man was not always right. The
boy was as clear as bell on most
things, but recall that he would main
tain his fathers propositions tena-
ciously, determinedly, long after every
body, perhaps even the old man him
self, had been convinced of their fall
lacy. Engineering is in Meade's blood.
He Is the fifth of his family to gradu-
ate at Harvard and three of his for
bears were engineers, his grandfather
noted and his father world-famous. He
fairly idolized his father. The affec-
ton between them was delightful. The
king could do no wrong. Meade was
quick-tempered and not very receptive
to criticism, but he would take the Sc
verest structure from the old man with
out murmur."
"Here we have" said the woman,
who had listened with strained atten-
ton, IAN early devotion to a person
and an unbounded respect for his at
tainments. Go on"
'1The next point is, Meade was in
ordinately proud of his family reputa-
ton, especially in the engineering
field. Of the two of the line who were
not engineers, one was a soldier and a
distinguished one, but his career had
little interest for Meade. I have heard
him say that there had been a steady,
upward movement in his family, that
had reached its elimination in his IA
ther. He hoped to be good, useful
engineer, but he never dreamed Of 60
ing any higher or even approaching
the altitude Of the other man."
ut was sort of fetish with him,
then, wasn't it?" asked the woman as
Rodney stopped again.
"You have hit 1t exactly. His love
for the man, his admiration for the
engineer, which sometimes blinded
him. and his pride in his fathers career
as typifying his family. was I'M
bounded"
"You have established q motive for
any sacrifice; love, respect, pride!"
'That's the way it presents itself to
me, Miss nlingworth. I know thor
oughly the quixotic, impulsive, self
sacrificing nature Of the man. I know