Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

Bryce Wharton. with strong, earnest
love. On the other. trustful, sympar
thetic MuIy Dover. What she thought,
what sweet words Of announcement
she might have had IN mind to speak
to the ingenious, lmpetuoas young
man whose handsome face would APP
peal to any girlish imagination IN q
vivid way. she was not allowed TO ex-
press.
Il have told you just what my heart
dictated" Bryce had spoken. 4 must
not ask you to tell me what you think
Of il. for 1t would be unfair to your
self ana to your family. only ask
! YOU 10 allow ME to hope you viii once
IN awhile remember that ! am going
| to work AZ an ideal, to come back ana
| tell you Of 1t when ! have reached the
goal
,.You will be regretted now, and
surely welcome them murmured Mil
| IL. anu with a brief handshake he was
gone.
Hcadstrong and resolute, set upon
nm idea and determined to carry It out,
Bryce strobe Down the lonely country
| road in the direction Of home. It had
| been new home to him for the past
month. 1t had been as we'll new
home to his cousin, Evan Gray. BON
we're orphans. Both had been sum-
moned home from different colleges
| for IN interview with wealthy John
Gray, their uncle.
He was generous-hearted, indul-
gent old fellow. He had been a build
er of note in his day and the stately
mansion was sample of his own
architecture. He was going on long
trip to Europe. His nephews had
graduated. They were welcome to
remain young masters Of the house,
until his return.
The cousins found comfort, luxury
and ease indeed in their new life.
They had cultured social surroundings
and the Doyers were their nearest
neighbors. The first time the young
men met the fair daughter Of the
house, Milly, the peerless, they mutu-
i ally decided they had found the fair
Il est thing on earth.
4 Bryce found Evan lying in a ham
mock, doing, when he reached the
Elms. Evan was languid. settled
down into the Incidence of being as
4 though 1t was going to last forever.
4 Il say he observed, drowisly,
awhat's this hear Of your leaving in
4 the morning9"
4 "a simple fact, that Is ALL" replied
Bryce seriously.
D "a Journey somewhereg"
no; am going 70 the city to look
, for work \ H.,
II II cannot afford 70 waste a year fol
nothing was Bryce's response.
II sorry yawned Evan. @Going Z
leave the field TO me, eh--the fair NIL
!, " included?'
II "She is worth amy man's winning
replied Bryce, softly, and went into
+ the house to finish his packing.
b The latent aspiration in Evans
i mind, If il might be designated a,
such, was TO become an artist HI
j was a fair daughtsman, and might II
time become an architect.
e Bryce wasted no time in minor cler
: ical capacities. He went to larg'
firm Of contractors erecting a. CLAN
a skyscraper In the heart of the grea
!, city, wore overalls, helped lay tn
: foundation, helped setting the mann
. moth stone pillars, and found that h
had learned something.
I One day he was given charge Of
portable forge
? His work was to stand above tn
S set steel beams beside the portabl
/ forge and heat red hot the bolts use
to clamp these and the girders togetf
\ er.
]. 1t was nearly noon one eventful da
q when Bryce held one Of the -heate
: bolts ready to swing II to the riyete
In the street below a sudden con
y motion attracted his attention. A ma
= on horseback was urging up his stee,
lie had leather bag on the saddl
le before hina revolver menaeing
le shrinking crowd in pursuit.
A sudden impulse inspired Bryc
lie gave the pinSsrs swing. Whis
I; the flaming bolt tleaved the mir an
landed on the saddle directly ia froI
la of the hOfseman.
u There was a 1ash as the sadd
2, cloth burst Into fame, a shrek Of a
q. ony from the steed. Then horse an
at rider rolled to the ground, and son
q officers rushed up ana the episode WI
d ever.
2. When Bryce was summoned belle
: BIZ the building superintendent, It w
2 to learn that his pronsptness had hal
% cd thief whs had snatclled q b
- from bank messenger containing
small fortune. His recognition by Il
y, bank led to a princely reward, bs
IN more valued than that to an infiuen
IN exerted in his behalf thaf gave him
If position as manager for one Of The
I'D clients who was the most promine
builder In the city.
ut The day fhat Mr. Gray return
i'd home. ana Evan startad a3if f1olefuI