The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-08-24

duct and the completed arch. She
gladly awaited herself Of the permits
sion. There was always a possibility.
albeit a most remote one, that she
might hear of Meade. That it might be
| well to invite representative of The
Engineering News, to wit, Rodney, to
splendid work the Martlet company
WAS doing might be made widely
known. The party consisted of the
father and daughter, Curtiss, the chief
engineer, Doctor Severance, the vice
president and financial man, and Rod
| ney.
Now Helen Hlingworth had not the
least reason in the world to suspect
that Bertram Meade was in any way
connected with this engineering prof.
ect, but Rodney had pointed out and
had imbued her with his own belief
that sooner or later, when Meade was
found, he would be found engaged in
engineering in some capacity.
Its in his blood" said Rodney. "He
can no more keep away from it than
he can stop breathing. He can't do
anything else. Somewhere he's at the
old job. 1t might be in America, and
it might be out there at Coronado, or
1t might be in South America, Europe,
Asia, Or"
II wonder If we can't find out all the
engineering work that is being done in
the world and send representatives to
seek him." said Helen nlingworth.
Rodney laughed.
ITO hunt that way would be like
hunting needle in haystaek. I can
not bid you hope that he is there; in
fact, think it is most unlikely that
he would be any place near where the
Martlet people are operating, but
there's a chance, even if only the faint
est one"
Well, women's hearts can build a
great deal on a faint chance. They are
calculated for the forlorn hope. And
so Helen nlingworth stood on the steps
Of the private car as it rolled across
the mile-long temporary bridge at Coro-
nado, and scanned the workmen
grouped on one side Of the track, their
| work suspended for q moment that the
train might pass on the wooden tres
Ting, in hope that she could see in
one of them the man she loved and
sought. And Rodney stood by her side,
equally interested, searching the crowd
with his glance, also.
There was nothing in the town to at
tract Helen out Of the car. She had
visited West and Southwest many
times. Colonel Illingworth, with Rod
ney and Severance, there left the train.
Miss Illingworth decided to go into the
hills and get away from the arid and
heated plains. A siding had been built
near the steel arch under the slope of
the hill from which the huge mesa
arose, within two miles Of the dam,
and the car was to be placed there.
The men left behind would use the pri-
vate car of the division Superintendent
| Of the railroad when they had ended
their several tasks.
It had been raining dismally during
the afternoon, and when the car was
detached and switched to the siding
and left up in the hills some twenty
miles from the town, it was too wet
and uncomfortable to leave it. Dis
regarding the downpour, however, Cur
tiss, who had come up with it, made
very careful investigation of the
completed bridge, which more than
surpassed his expectations in it's APP
pearance Of sturdy grace, as well as
in the evidences of careful workman
ship in its erection.
That evening the special engine
pushed the other private car up from
the valley, bringing the people who
had inspected the bridge. A few more
weeks would complete the great via
duct. Everything was proceeding in
the most satisfactory way and Colonel
Illingworth was very much elated over
the situation.
"Who would have thought" he said
as they sat down to dinner in the
brightly lighted observation room,
''that it would rain in this country at
this season of the year?"
ut will probably be over by tomor-
row morning." observed Rodney.
IF it continued long enough and
rained hard enough, that dam would