The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-19

9he had never prayed before. sought to
support the unconscious mans head.
The italian gathered mp the tools and
went ahead to open up the path. Rod
meg followed after.
Their progress was slow Of neces-
sity. They had to handle Meade with
great care. Winters and Rodney, after
the bFief inspection they had made,
could not 80 . chance ON earth for
him. Neither could Helen Illngworth.
They wen. along without conversation,
naturally. except for an outburst Of adj
miration from Winters.
II tell you" he said, cit was q mag
nincent thing for him to do. He risked
his life hundred times In that mad
rush with the dynamite In. his hands
and the detonators In his pocket. Yet
II he had only stayed back he would
have been safe."
TT was his anxiety for the dam and
the people that brought him down."
said Helen nlingworth. "He can't die"
she murmured. "God surely will not
let him die. I love him 30. And yet II
he does and I 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 q work Of great difficulty to
get the wounded engineer into the car.
but they finally managed 1t. BY the
womnn's direction they laid him on her
bed in her own private stateroom.
"Ons Of US must go for doctor Mt
once" said Rodney. "and that will be
my job"
sits twenty miles to the town..
said the conductor. who Ind helped to
receive them. "If one OF you could
telegraph we could tap WIRE"
None Of them could.
"It's all down-grnde and there's a
good rondbed and was some sprinter
in my college days." said Rodney.
"And there was never grcnter need
OF haste than now" said Winters. II
wish had horse here"
"Don't give mp, Miss nlingworth."
continued Rodney. as he started to-
wnrd the door. "1e's alive yet"
Just then. opportunity enough.
rounding the Inst curve before the arch
bridge. they saw the end of the other
chr rapidly approaching them. Had
they not been SO excited they could
hive heard the furious putting Of the
engine az 1t drove the car Mt great
speed up, the heavy grade.
"Wait," said the conductor, 1--WE cnn
send the engine down for the doctor.
Tho ho tho rO1ouo1sa IN
In few minutes the car stopped on
the siding. Out Of 1t came Colonel
Doctor Severance. Curtiss.
und some Of the officials of the Bridge
In town. They were oil great
ly excited. The colonel did not stop to
put on his hat. He ran to the other
cur and climbed aboard.
.'The dams going" he shouted. THE
bridge and the town will be flooded.
We got word an hour ago by messen-
ger galloping down. The telephone
wires are down. / ran the car up here
as the quickest wny 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
Va thc CaH WAS Illcu WIN AuChs
you need not worry about the DAM"
said Rodney.
"What do you mean7"
"A man blew up the hog-back, made
a splll-way, the water rushed out
through 1t Into the rayine, you can
see 1t below there, relieving the pres
sure on the dam at once. Since it has
held up till now 1t will hold for good"
THANK God r. cried the colonel, sink
ing down into 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 1t up?"
Ills name is Meade" said Rodney
quietly.
Mot"
"Yes."
There was a 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. 1t was fine thing" said the
colonel; ut 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, "it
was not his blunder."
"why, you said SO yourself" cried
the colonel.
II He'd" admitted the secretary.
Quick as q flash Rodney had his
notebook out. Here was the proof ut
last.
"Whyf"
ITO save the reputation Of the man
loved"
"And how do know you are not
lying for this man nowf' asked the
colonel harshly.
"These will prove It." said Shurtliff.
extending some papers he drew out of
his pocket, where he had plnced them
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