The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-09-15

~lsat zee ~xnted BE- cesas because
Joe SeaAd have lIk~d n. Kitty. lt's
tlks yo0 % hEce year real fssssinn-
She laughed and aa2ds Q little {sses
M Aina. Bas xfser szgees sAe sFsw
srrssas ~ De sGAsAs az the wews and
BIS saecess. ato9i whAeA be had wrst.
tea her.
wiltaa asked her II SIC vca'a wak
sssr ~ the passagw 70 see Nelly.
~TueigAg~ she asked esGhsfaliy.
-Sot n ycars tirea. KITTY"
Il thoslshs yva ai<at BE- eoaisat 10
| III k<f~ and esiAf-
7 sAossid e~, Kitty. Bat told her
was eoGnlng. And said had a sur.
prize for her Can't ySu iRagsns Aew
pleased she'll be TO see youf"
why. ef ccurse IN GONE with yo0.
VITA she answered
And they serOsiea down side By side
and m3as their way 20 tae taa,ag.
stOre. They went In and, q, the SQUAD
q their eatraact, Molly came rsnHlaE
downstairs. ssopp~d shess a, the bot.
totH and starved al Kitty as Il she had
s<Sn . ghost She pot her hand 10 her
heart with q sudden gesture IL fear.
Molly, this Is iAe sarprsse | prom.
lsrt yoI." said N,lion. what's the
matter, deart nd ws stArtis yoay-
Molly sAaok her head aud cane
quickly forward. swallowsng az IL
something was choking her. Tho wors.
en- kissed eaek ether Thrn wilten vas
awarv that both were watching hlnl
All through the lively chat that scl.
lowed hs ~as coaSciops Of that. lie
put The idea out Of bis mind sith sa
eTcrt. tef he did bot IKE sub;lsties u
feeling that he could no, understand
Yet there was q caiil!ness under The
girls chatter ard laughter.
frcssgtlt klity. ~ VI 4shs vas ,stnsa
and must get back. Molly pyutus ed "a
cotne 10 see her a. soon az possible
Wilton and Kitty hardly spoke on
the way home when he left her at
her dcor she turned to him and ASKED
abruptly
will. you s~ Sill as deeply 10
love with Molly as ever. sear your
'-of csaFss i'-'sRa. KSft" tie sn
Swcrei
Thea ! am glad, for your sake ana
hers" answered Kitty, and YEA,
quickly into the house
Wilton walked back 10 bis shack. q
little pursl~d lie had Arranged to
show Kitty the prugress Of the wors on
the following morning.; bur When no
called for her be found her 10 the miis,
Of her anpscking, and she put /, OF
until the sftrrueoa witoa laughed,
ehidet her and went 10 his work.
She sep, him waiting uiI three
O'clock, when they started lie felt The
pride Of the artist ~ be led Kitty from
one place 10 another. Locomotives were
snoring; and lines Of bffsas trucks oc.
copied the narrow gage that had been
laid down 20 the water: es,g~.
In the ballast pit. from which the
screech VI steam was heard from morn
TIL night. the great. unwleldy steam
shovel scraped lis huge steel teeth Into
the face ~ the cut sith the serunrh
OF att ogre. feast. and. turning. dis.
sorsed lts plumber into the empty
trucks slongside.
Kitty shaddered and pressed WI.
tons arm. ms llke-~l,'s Ike sorus
living monster. WI" she said. "lets
go On"
He led her toward the nuskeg Hut
on the way be stopy4sl suddenly beside
the summit 81 the ridge
Kitty" be sald. Ia q low voice, Il
don't know II ought TO tell you--yer.
haps you'd IKE to know. This 10
where Joe"
Her grasp upon his arm tIghtened
convuls!sely. No, ne, Will" size said
harriedly Il don't want TO see Il. I
! can't bear 10 think Of IT,"
They ...fellewed The AHe al hAliss,
trucks slong the narrow gage down TO
tho swRmps edge Construction upoa
the foundations Vas well unafr way.
Tons II debris had been poured into
the musssg. and had simply spread
themselves over the bottom. finding
their level like water Souudlngs
taken had showed the bedrock hardly
! m ,yssi fruyn tsy visvsf .tW~Hry fsSf BE-
meath the surface
Wilton and Lee cha nh~rs had there
fore teguB The construction of tr~~tla
work Teams hauled bundles Of logs.
, bound with chain, n The scene II
operations The upytshts Tor tho lower
Her acre driven into the ground and
! the horizontal members ard d,ngouss
we're nailed NJ, completing crazy,
| ~4aA!As sisursase last .r~as enough
10 take a ga!r ~ metals vi III. top
As they reached the ssige " THE
structure ihe atlstle hlsa The work.
mes Knocked oT std came SOS y past
laeiA ,oNayj The camp, Wilton and
Nifty sttAa alone at the eage " ,hs
ciahank Went. where the fifasy stfac-
| Egrs * Tie ,ysstle began
ktay srt AZ wilton hresthlessiy,
Its wonderful Wuitr she sad II
makes gae feel So oai ~ pace and as~
.rss
Whites sooSet Of her in sgrprtse
why hex caG you f~si that way Nit
| ty 10 Nsged rrVrcachful. n 90
have btvn loyai 10 the core to Joe
~lAint Nsv That - shs erssd rsrf~sv