The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-14
Copyrights By Fleming H. Revell Co.


the people that brought him down, "
said Helen nlingworth. HE can't die"
she murmured. "GOd surely will not
let him die. 1 love him so. And yet If
he does and have lost him, innocent
or guilty, he has redeemed his fame
"He saved Others" quoted Rodney
under his breath, himself he could
not save"
1t was work of great difficulty to
get the wounded engineer into the car,
but they finally managed it. BY the
woman's direction they laid him on her
bed In her own private stateroom.
"One of us must go for a doctor at
once" said Rodney, "and that will be
my job"
'It's twenty miles to the town."
said the conductor. who had helped to
receive them. "If one of you could
telegraph we could tap WIRE"
| None of them could.
| "It's all down-grade and there's
good rOadbed and was some Splinter
in my college days." said Rodney.
"And there was never greater need
of haste than now" said Winters 81
wish had horse here"
Don't give up, Miss Illingworth."
continued Rodney, as he started to-
ward the door. "He's alive yet"
Just then. OPPORTUNITY enough.
rounding the last curve before the arch
bridge, they saw the end of the other
car rapidly approaching them. Had
they not been so excited they could
have heard the furious putting of the
engine as 1t drove the car at great
speed up the heavy grade.
"Wait," said the conductor, 1--WE can
send the engine down for the doctor.
That'll be the colOnel's car"
In q few minutes the car stopped on
the siding. Out of it came Colonel
Illingworth, Doctor Severance, Curtiss,
and some of the officials of the Bridge
company in town. They were all great
ly excited. The colonel did not stop to
put on his hat. He ran to the other
car and climbed aboard.
"The dams going" he shouted. "The
bridge and the town will be flooded.
We got word an hour ago by a messen-
ger gallOping down. The telephone
wires are down. ran the car up here
as the quickest way to get over to the
reservoir and the dam. Some of you
who know the way come with me-"
BY this time the observation room
Of the car was filled with men.
"You need not worry about the DAM"
said Rodney.
"What do you meanY'
"a man blew up the hog-back. made
spill-way, the water rushed out
through it into the ravine, you can
see it below there, relieving the pres
sure on the dam at once. Since 1t has
held up till now it will hold for good"
THANK God" cried the colonel, sink
ing down into a chair and wiping the
sweat off his brow. "The bridge will
be safe then. By George" he gasped,
''the Martlet company could hardly
have stood another loss like that.
Who's the man who blew it up?"
His name is Meade" said Rodney
quietly.
'Not-w
EYES,"
There was long pause. Every
man there knew Of the failure Of the
International and in what estimation
the old colonel held the name Of Meade
because of that.
swell, it was a fine thing" said the
colonel; sit makes up for his blunder-
ing work ON the bridge"
BEG pardon, sir" said Shurtliff. who
had stood wide-eyed and white and suf-
fering in silence ever since the engi-
neer had been brought to the car, lit
was not his blunder."
"Why, you said so yourself" cried
the colonel.
81 lied" admitted the secretary.
Quick as a flash Rodney had his
notebook out. Here was the proof at
last.
"Why?
'To save the reputation of the man
1 loved" II
"And how do know you are not
lying for this man now?' asked the
colonel harshly.
''These will prove it," said Shurtliff,
extending some papers he drew out of
his pocket, where he had placed them
that morning half intending to tell
Helen Illingworth the truth at last.
"What are these" the colonel asked,
staring at Shurtliff, who stood erect be-
fore them, sustained more by his will
than anything else, for his knees were
shaking and his body Quivering; yet he
was glad after all, more happy than he
had thought he could be, in making the
revelation, in indicating the innocent,
in giving that satisfaction to Helen
Ilingworth, tardy, even too late, though
it might be.
Letters, sir. You will find there a
blueprint Of the design Of the compress
sion members" answered Shurtliff
monotonously as if he had forced his
mind to a certain action and it was
working automatically. "With it is a
letter from Bertram Meade to his ia
Their suggesting that the lacings were
too light and calling attention to the
empiric formula of Schmidt-C hemnitz
in proof of his argument. On the
back of that letter Mr.. Bertram Meade,
ST., made an indorsement-you know
his handwriting and can identify it
Hold until bridge is finished and then
| give back to the boy. Well show him
that even Schmidt Chemnitz doesn't
know everything.
Colonel Illingworth turned tie paper
over. There was the Endorsement.
swell, by heaven!" he began.
"Theres another paper in an envel-