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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-07-02
De MIUJESER2 Rs

81, 10 Sc que estoy loca: que u
amor es en- mi enfermedad de muerre;
no me abrumes con tuS razones cue
me dan certidumbre de clio. Con tn
sensatez Y cordura me dominas, pones
orden Y sosiego IN instante en- el tu-
multo de imaginacioneS que me enlo-
queen; pero con e. dominic de IA "a
z6n, frio. mortal, penetra y OBSCURE
dentro de MI. Examine va en- calma
mi ~conciencia V considero con espan-
TO como mi amor immense no sabe
manifestar sino con apariencias de
odio. Tu mayor enemigo, ensanando-
Sc en- Il cruelmente, no tie atornen-
taria como 70 tie atormento. Dices III
que me gozo en- atormentarte.. Pues
sabe Ia verdad: nj en- mi conciencia
hay para Il secretos; gozo, 81. Lo
que por nj sufreS me da idea Y me-
dida de III carino. 81 no me quisie-
raS mucho, no me sufririas tanto. To-
do tiene su Unite, me dices. Mi ca
rino, no. Como quiSiera que no 10
tuviera el tuyo, con atormentarte m
finitamente pruebo Su infinidad. Que
algun dia me- Giras; hasta aqui lego?
Va 10 Sc. ESe dia, como sere 70 sola
q padecer Y a quererte, tendre 81 60
&c supreme de Saber que es mi carino
mayor que el tuyo Y q persiste STEM
pre-. :Que son locura mis- ce os? Lo-
cura es mi amor TODD; ipues crees tn
que sin locura pudiera Quererte como
te quiero? Son mis- celos imaginarios
como es imaginario ~ carino. No es
. Il q quien 70 quiero; ii por II mis-
mo no mereces mi carino. Els a una
quimera que naci6 en- mi Y cue yo ami
mo con mi alma. Exuberante del es-
piritu, eSencia Suya, algo afable luz
e. alma eXha,a en- anhelo de amor, V
eS religion, es arte, o eS amor SIM
plemente, segun que 81 alma 10 ele-
va a DioS. 10 fila en- forma artistica,
o 10 q en- humane ser. TIL eres
Ia efigie, representation de Ia idea d.
vina que Sc adora. Eres Ell papel, el
lienzo, Ia piedra; material del poema,
del cuadro o de Il estatua; eres el HON
bre donde ANNA mi amor. Lo u
yo quiero en- Il, es algo mio......
SPues que ~pensaSte? Sin 10 JUG yo
puse en- ii de mi alma, ; que v~aldrias?
Madre de mi alma, tambien 70 soy
madrei ICON cuanto orgullo escribo
esta palabra que me iguala a ii, san
ia y adorada madre mia, Soy muy
felz; solo me apena comunicarte Dor
escrito mi algeria, cuando quisiera,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-07-02

MUSA SELECTA
ORIENTAL

Eras "a sultana del haren de IN moro,
' por Il muriendome estaba de amor.
Eranse los tiempos de Ia Alhambra de orc,
y 70 descendia del Cid Campeador.
Llegueme a GranaGa por romper mi lanza
en- palenque alberto. contra 81 musu nan ...
Fue una tarde lirica, color de espeCanZa....
10 montaba un potro color alaZ4n.
Era mi coraza de acero y de GRO;
al cinto llevaba tizana triunfal....;
horde por divisa: ''muero porque ado-o;'
Y erase mi aspecto serene y marcial.
Entrando a Ia arena, mi vo% desdeIosa
reto a los caudillos de Ia hueste infiel,
Y anhale por premio, de tu boca rosa,
IN besc de orc. de luz V de miel.
Al punto el heraldo sono 81 trompeta;
me Alliance en- IA sill a ' parti ve!oz:
chocaron las lanZas; y una voz secreta
ne decia en- e. alma: guerrero Y pcata,
Isl triunfas soy tuya..." Fac taya la vGz....!
Ronpi veinte lanzas = diez cabaleros
rodaron heridos, cayendo 4 mis- pies.
Nj triunfo dijeron clarineS Guerresos,
= 'hosannas' vibraron q, ARE. iDespues.. -,
La luna, en- la noche, me VIC Ell Ia llanura,
llevanGo { IA grupa de pctro ala2an,
Gel haren del moro la rosa mas pura,
-obada al alc&zar del noble su tan.
ADJ, COEJIO
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La GALANTERIA EN- Ell
SIGL0 XVIII

Todo el mundo hab'a de la galante-
ria que imperaba en- ell siglo XVIII,
pero segun H. de Caller no era orc
TODD 10 que relucia en- aquella epoca
en- que Sc iba a la guerra con enca-
jes y Sc daban cargas con espadas
%adornadas con flores. La duquesa de
| Orleans cuenta en- sus Memorials que
Sc juegan sumas espantosas y los jul
| gadcres Sc ponen como locos: uno au-
LA; otro golpea "a mesa con eli puno
hacienda estremecer la sala; el terce-
70 b!asfema, poniendonos los pelos de
punta, y todos parecen fuera de 81"
! Esto ocurria en- la corte misma, en-
Ell palacio real. Ell conde de Coigny
pierde una buena partida contra ell
principe de Donibes, y ie insulta d.
ciendole cue "hay que ser bastardo
para tener tanta suerte." Las tran
| pas son cosa corriente, y Il trafullaI-
10 TODD, pecado venial en- la misma
mesa del rey robaron 1000 Luises al
Senior Soubise y una GAIA al de Havie.
I FL juego es el gran recurso de aque-
liza sociedad desocupada.
Las ~j6veres aprenden q jugar al sa-
liz de! colegio, y Ia baceta hace flu.
(D,.. L. p,r =. Co1 60
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para hacera mayor, tenerte a mi Ia
DO Y confundir tus besos con los del
hijo de mi vida. tie debo tantos,
madre mia! Per todas las ingr2titu-
des, por TODD ell despego con que ma
bre pagado III carino, por todas las
~lagrinas que te hice verter, de rodi-
las te pido perd6n, ahora que me es-
tremezco al pensar en- una ingratitud
de este pedazo de mi vida, que es to-
do MIC Y solo por mi vive. Isl fuers
s;empre asi! Isl no necesitara para
vivir mas espacio que Ell de mis- bra
EOS, nj mas calor que Ell de mi pecho,
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ODORE d. FEMINA
Adam

A IA luz temblo. osa de as e~strellas
vue.vo 4 mirar Ia alcoba donde dormlas,
Y surgeon las memorials de aquelos dias.
tus suspiros amantes y tT querellaa.
ALI donde el pasado dej5 Gus huellas
despiertan o!viGadas melancolias...
TIE arrallaban mis- cantos Y te dormias
miranda los fulgores de las estrellas.
va TODD de los amos ces6 al u~ltraje,
hecho esta va jirones el c~ortinaje
= cubiertas de polvo las celos!as;
Y en- IA alcoba fcrrada de banca seda,
II adorable perfume vagando queda
= evocando pasadas melancolias!.....
Enrique GONZALEZ MARITIME
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AVISO A NUESTROS
~SUSCRIPTORES

= Los suscriptores de LA PREM =
+ SA no deben olvidar, cuando =
: cambien de residential, darnos +
: mos anotar 81 cambio IN MUGS 4
, Ia direction que han tenido y la+
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(Pa, a ia Pag. Ia. Col. 6s.)
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Que solo Sc encuertra en- el Amor
Ia verdadera libertaG.

DeSataste IA endrina cabel!era.
vivo raudal de aromas Y de hechizos,
y enred6seme e. alma, prisionera.
n la rebelde espuma de tpS Rios.
Brill6 en- tus ojos repentina lunlbra.
y, an senal de mi nueva servidumbre,
t~ejiste en- duras trenzas tus cabellos
Y me ataste con clos.
Cautivo entire los lazos
de tus hermosas trenzas Y tus brazos,
perdi mi libertad, Ion dueno MIC.
Robaste mi albed-io;
mas, vivienGo en- prisi6n como Ia perla,
tengo mas libertad, tengo mas brio:
servidumbre de amor IS senorio
' es, conseguj- IA libertad, perderla.
Ricardo LEON.
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TODD 10 contrario, por azone igual-
mente opuestas.
Las personals de temperamento
sanguineo soportan mejor que las
n~ervicsas Y d~elicadas, los climas ex-
tremos Y los bruscos cambios de tenn
peratura; por consiguiente, estas de-
ben tener mas cuidado en- %prevenir-
Sc contra peligrosa sorpresa. Deben
recomendarse, aun a las personals
mas robustas. de evitar el peligro de
zanzibar sus vestidos a los primeros
indicios de un Gambia de &Staci6n
principalmente en- esta epoca.
Muchas considerations Sc impo-
nen en- Ia election de los tejidos, CO.
mo son Ia clase, la naturaleza Y Ell
color. Los tejidos de lana Y de soda
son llamados abrigadores. porque
son malos conductors, del calor y
retienen e. que produce la vida en-
actividad e impiden que sea absorbi-
do por ell aire ambiente; al mismo
tempo, sirven de poderosa protec-
ci6n contra el frio Y la humedad ex-
terror; los tejidos de origen animal,
Sc oponen tambien a la penetration
de los rayos solares.
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ana me letter Aad not been discovered
anyway. He did not even regret ths
bold falsehood he had uttered or tie
practical suboruation Of perjury a
which he had been guilty In drawing
out and accepting and emphasizing
Shurtlifr-s testimony.
There had been no inquest over his
fathers death. The autopsy had
showed clearly heart failure. He had
not been compelled to go on the witness
stand and under oath as to that Al
though, II that had been demanded, he
must needs have gone through with It
Indeed 30 prompt and pubiic had been
his avowals Of responsibility that he
had not been seriously questioned
thereon. He had left nothing uncef>
tain. There was nothing concealed
He had inherited a competence from
his father. 1t was indeed much more
than he or anyone had expected. He
had realized enough ready money from
the sale Of certain securities for his
present needs. The remainder he
placed In Shurtlifrs care and n few
days after the funeral. having settled
everything possible, he took a train for
the West.
The whole world was b.lOre him,
and he was measurably familiar with
many portions Of 1t. He could have
buried himself in out-of-the-way cor.
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CHAPTER X.
The New Rodman.

There are no more beautiful valleys
anywhere than those cut by the waters
Of primevnl floods through the foothills
of the grent snow-covered Rocky noun
tains. The erosions and washihgs of
untold centuries have flung out In front
Of the granite ramparts of succession
Of lower elevations like the bastions of
fortress. At first scarcely to be dis
tinguished from the main range In
height and ruggedness these ravelins
and escarpments gradually decrease In
altitude and size until they turn into
series of more or less disconnected,
softly rounded hills, like outflung
earthworks, finally merging themselves
by gradual slopes into the distant
plains overlooked by the great peaks
Of the mountains.
The mOnotony Of these plne-clad,
wfnd-swept slopes is broken even in
the low hills by out-thrustings of stone,
sometimes the hard igneous rock, the
granite Of the mountains, more fire.
Quently the softer red sandstone Of a
period later, yet ineffably old. These
cliffs, buttes, hills and mesas have
been weathered into strange and fan
tastfc shapes which diversity the land
scape and add charm to the country.
The narrow canons In which the
snow-bed streams take their rise grad
ually widen as the water follows its
tortuous course down the mountains
through the subsiding ranges and out
among the foothills to the sandy, arid,
| windy plains beyond. At the entrance
Of one Of the loveliest Of these broad
and verdant valleys, a short distance
above its confluence with a narrower,
more rugged ravine through the hills,
lay the thriving little town Of Coro-
nado.
| Some twenty miles back from the
town at place where the valley was
narrowed to q quarter of mile, and
separating 1t from the paralleling ra-
vine. rose huge sandstone rock called
Spanish Mesa. Its top, some hundreds
of feet higher than the tree-clad base
Of the hills, was mainly level. From
its high elevation the country could be
seen for many miles, mountains on one
hand, plains on the other. It stood
like an island in sea Of verdllre. Lit
Tie spurs ana ridges ran from 1t. To-
ward the range it descended and con-
tracted into narrow saddle, vulgarly
known as a "hog-back," where the
granite Of the mountains was hidden
under deep covering Of grass-grown
earth, which formed the only division
| between the valley and the gorge or
ravine. before the .nnd, widening rose
into the next hill.
The people came from mileS away
to see that interesting and cSrious
mesa. much more striking In it's ap-
pearance than Baldwin's knob, the last
/ foothill below It. Transcontinental
travellers even broke journey to visit
It. The town prospered accordingly
especially a. It was admirably situated
- plscA Of departure for hunters. *
The Dolores star., 1917-08-31
CHAPTER XI.
Tho Valley Of Decision.

Much water had run under the
bridges Of the world and incidentally
over the wreck Of the International.
since that bitter farewell between
Bertram Meade and Helen Illingworth
over the grave of the old engineer. Life
had seemed to hold absolutely moth
ing for Meade as he knelt by that low
mound and watched the woman walk
slowly away with many q backward
glance, with many a pause, obviously
reluctant. He realized that the lifting
of hand would have called her back.
How hard 1t was for him to remain
quiet; and. finally, before she dlsap-
peared and before she took her last
look at him, to turn his back resolutely
as If to mark the termination of the
situation.
Father, fame, reputation. love, taken
away at one and the same moment A
weaker man might have sent life to fol-
low. In the troubled days after the
fall Of the bridge, his fathers death,
the tnquests, his testimony and evi-
dence freely given, and that parting,
something like despair had filled the
young engineers heart. Life held moth
Ing. He debated with himself whether
1t would not be better to end it than
to live it. He envied his father his
broken heart. Singularly enough, the
thing that made life at least value
was the thing that kept him from
throwing it away-the woman.
Striving to analyze the complex
emotions that centered about his losses
he was forced to admit, although it
seemed sign of weakness, that love
OF woman was greater than love of
fame, that in the balance one girl out
weighed bridge and father. That the
romance was ended was what made
life insupportable. Yet the faint, vague
possibility that 1t might be resumed If
he could find some way to show his
worthiness was what made him cling
to it.
OF course he coulc have showed
without much difficulty and beyond
Peradventure at the inquest over Alb
bott and the Investigation into the
cause Of the failure Of the bridge-un.
fortunate but too obvious-that the
fnghtful and fatal error In the design
was not his and that he had protested
against the accepted plan, IL only he
had found the letter addressed to his
father. But thar he would never do
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"Oh. my God" said Meade, ''thls II
more than I can bear"
II don't want to force you to do any
thing you don't want to do and you
nre not in any mood to discuss these
things" she said In quick compassion.
''Some dny you will come back to me"
He stretched out his hands toward
her over the grave.
II don't know" he cried. II dare
not hope"
"With love like ours" she answered,
-nll things are possible" ...
II can't bind you. You must be free" )"
he said slowly, turning his head.
"You are breaking my heart. but
shall live and fight ON for love and
you"
"God bless you"
"You are going awSy7" she asked at
last.
II must break with everything.
must give you your chance Of free
DOM"
"very WELL" said the woman. ''Now
hear me. You can't go so far on this
earth or hide yourself away so cum
ningly but that I can find you and
maybe follow you. And will Now,
must go. I left my cur down the
road yonder. VIII you &C with me?"
The man shook his head and knelt
down befort her suddenly and caught
her skirt in his grasp. His arms swept
around her knees. She yielded one
hand to the pressure of his lips and
laid the other upon his head.
"Go now," he whispered. "for Gods
sake. II look ut you must follow"
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He Debated With Himself Whether 10
Would Not Be Better t. End II
Than to Live.
ners OF far countries, in strange CONT.
nents. These possibilities did not at.
tract him. He wanteh to get away
from, out Of touch with, the life he had
led, He wished to go to some place
where he could be practically alone,
where he could have time to recover
his poise, to think things out, to plan
his future. to try to devise a means for
rehabilitation, If 1t We're possible. He
could do that just as well. perhaps bet.
ter, in America than in any place else.
And there was another reason that
held him to his native land. He would
still tread the same soil, breathe the
same air. with the woman. He did not
desire to put seas between them.
He swore to himself that the free,
dom he had offered her. that he had in
deed forced upon her unwilling and re-
jecting it. should be no empty thing SO
far as he was concerned. He would
leave her absolutely untrammeled. He
would not write to her or communi.
cate with her in any way. He would
not even seek her to hear about her
and Of course as she would not know
whittier he had gone or where he was
she could not communicate with him.
The silence that had fallen between
them should not be broken even for
ever unless and until An, yes, he
could not see any way to complete that
unless and until at first, but perhaps
after while he might.
He knew exactly where he would 20,
Dick Winters, another classmate and
devoted friend ut Cambridge, had gone
out West shortly after graduation. he
had big cattle ranch miles from E
railroad in young southwestern state
Winters, like the other member of the
youthful triumvirate, Rodney. was
bachelor. He could be- absolutely de-
pended upon. He had often begged
Meade to visit him. The engineer
would do it now. He knew Winters
would respect his moods, that he would
let him severely alone, that he could
get on horse and ride into the hills
and do what he pleased, think out his
thoughts undisturbed.
To Winters, therefore. he had gone
he had IN idea that his future would
be outside Of engineering. Indeed hs
had put all thought of his chosen pro,
fession out Of his mind and heart, al
least SO he fancied. Yet, spending an
idle forenoon in Chicago waiting for
the departure of the western train, he
found himself irresistibly drawn to the
great steel-framed structures, the sky.
scrapers rising gaunt and rigid above
the other buildings Of the city.
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CHAPTER 'x-centInusd.

''tshurtlin." said the young engineer.
after the mound had been heaped up
and covered with sods and strewn with
flowers aud the workmen had gone. II
have left everything possess in your
charge. You have . power of attor-
ney to receive and pay out all moneys ;
u deposit, invest. and carry on my ia
Tiers estate. The once Is to be closed
and the house 10 to be sold. My will,
in which leave everything to Miss n
linGworth, is In your hands. You are
empowered to draw from the revenue
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in line of promotion has been given the
level. One Of the men went East last
night You can have the. job, which
is-
Il don't cnre anything about the de-
tails" !" said the man quickly and gladly.
Its the work want"
"Well. you'll get what the rest do,"
said Vandeventer. "Now, as you just
ly remarked, have found that it is
not polite out here to inquire too close
ly into Q mans antecedents and have
learned to respect local customs, but
we must have some name by which to
identify you, make out your pay check,
and"
'Do you pay In checksf'
"No. but You have to sign a check"
"Well, call me Smith,"
Vandeventer threw back his head
and laughed. The other man turned a
little red. The chief engineer observed
the CLINT In his new friends eye.
"rm not exactly laughing at you" he
explained, "but at the singular lack of
inventiveness Of the American. We
have at least thirty Smiths out of two
hundred men on our pay roll, and 1t IL
q bit confusing. Would you mind Sc
lecting some other nameY"
IF it's all the same to you" an
nounced the newcomer amusedly-the
chiefs laughter was infectious-'Tm
agreeable to Jones, or Brown, or"
1--WE have numbers Of all Of those,
too"
fReally," said the man hesitatingly,
II haven't given the subject any
thought"
'what about some Of your family
names?"
'That gives me an idea." said the
newcomer, who decided to use his
mothers name, "you can call me Rob-
erts."
"And I suppose John for the PREFIX"
John will do as we'll as any, l am
sure"
ave have about fifty Johns. Every
Smith appears to have been born
John"
"How did you arrange it?" asked the
other with daring freedom, for. a rod
man does not enter conversation on
terms Of equality with the chief en-
gineer.
II got a little pocket dictionary down
at the town with list of names and I
went through that list with the Smiths,
dealing them out in order. Well, that
will do for your name," he said, max
ing a memorandum in the little book
he pulled out of his flannel shirt pocket.
He turned to a man who had come up
to the level. "Smith," he said-'by the
way this is Mr.. Claude Smith, Mr.. Rob-
erts-here's your new rodman. You
know your job, Roberts. Get to work."
And that Is how Bertram Meade, a
few months after the failure Of the
great bridge, once again entered the
ranks of engineers, beginning, as was
necessary and inevitable, very low
down in the scale.
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of the estate your present salary 30
Inog ~ you live. II anything happens
b me you will have the will probated
and be governed accordingly"
~Mr. Meade" said the old man. and
b somehow found himself transferring
the affection which he had thought had
been buried beneath the sod on that
long mound before him. to the younger
man. He had loved and served a
Meade all his life and he began to see
that he could not stop now, nor could
he lavish what he had to give merely
On . remembrance. "Mr. Meade" he
said. where are you going and what
DO you intend to dot"
Il don't know where I shall 60, or
what shall undertake eventually" /"
said the man. "Tm going to leave
everything behind now and try to get q
little rest at first.~
"And you will keep me advised of
your whereaboutsT
"Perhaps-I don't know. One last
Injunction: you are not to tell anyone
the truth"
"God forbid" said Shurtliff, eve
aave lied to preserve the honor and
same Of him we loved who lies here"
sDon't -ander our perjuries Of nom
effect"
Il win not sir. haven't found that
paper. I Raess It was destroyed"
presnne 10. And now, good-by."
AREN'T you coming with met"
II want to atay here q little while by
hyself."
Shurtlin turned and walked away.
When he reached the road, down which
he must 60, he stopped and faced about
again Mead was standing where he
had heen. The old man took on his
hat In revere 1t farewell.
Meade was not left alone. Beyond
the hillside " here his father had beer
suFied rose clump Of trees. Bushes
grew at their feet. A woman-should
man be burie without woman's tears
had stood concealed there waiting
Hslen Hling~ orth had wept over the
dreariness, the mournfulness of it all
NE had hoped that Meade might stay
after the other went and now that he
was alone sh,. came to him. She Laid
hsr hand uTal his arm. He turned and
looked at hel
II knew IN. t you would be here" he
aaid.
Ibid You . NET"
II felt your presence"
~Listen.n sid the woman. sYou are
wrecking your life for your father'l
fhme. A maA has right perhaps to
- With his wn life whnt he will. but
when he loves woman and when he
has told her ~ and she has given him
- heart, ID It ever occur to you
fnat when be wrecks his life he wrecks
nDEa, and haa 10 right to wreck Aes
- ~ anye . el8eT
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est distance between two cardinal
points, and one Of the great transcon-
tinental railways bought 1t and began
improving 1t to replace its original
rather unsatisfactory line.
The long wooden trestle which
crossed the broad, sandy depression in
front Of the town, the bed Of the an
cient river. through which the Picket
Wire and further down its affluent. the
Kicking Horse, flowed humbly and
modestly. was being replaced by q
great visduct Of steel. Ear up the
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(TO BE CONTINUEDA
Sweet, Young Thlnu.

sweet, Young IhIn0.
In a local theater, one evening re-
Gently, powerful spotlight revealed Q
house fly crawling over the powderes
surface Of a pretty girls back. "Oh,
looke." whispered little girl. in tones
that could be heard all about hen
lookie at the flv'" ':Eush. dear" the
child's mother cautioned. There was .
moments silence. then the little sizl
again whispered hoarsely: Fl spec ths
fly thinks he 10 On q marshmansw.-
Anchan1A
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GOES FORTH INTO STRANGE COUNTRY TO MAKE
A NEW CAREER

Bertram s- plans
Construction His Beram Meade,
engineer the bridge Site and Helen nng daughter Of Colonel
young
collapses and $50
giving orders failure
orders carried
blame and releases Helen from her engagement
The Dolores star., 1917-08-31

A man Of Meade's ability will
soon find a place for himself In
any environment, and % Il 10
with the young engineer. His
new start In life 10 described
In the next lnstallment.