Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-09-20

THESE ndIusHlpSs just because OF Joe.
She blushed family and lowered her
eyes. at was you who let me come.
WILL" she said.
but you wanted 10 come because
Joe would have liked IL. Kitty. It's
like you to hide your real feeling"
She laughed and made a little face
at him. But after supper she grew
serious as he spoke Of the work and
his success. about which he had writ
/ ten her.
Wilton asked her II she would walk
over 10 the portage TO see Molly.
"Tonight?" she asked doubtfuTy.
"NOt II you're tired. Kitty"
Il thought you might be content to
sit here and chat"
Il should be, Kitty. But l told her
I was coming. And / said had sur
prise for her. Can't you imagine how
| pleased she'll be 10 see your"
why, of course I'll come with you,
WILL" she answered.
And they str0lled down side by side
and made their way 10 the trading
store. They went in and, at the sound
OF their entrance. Molly came running
downstairs, stopped short at the bot
tom and stared at Kitty as n she had
seen a ghost. Size put her hand to her
heart with a sudden gesture Of fear.
molly, this is the surprise ! prom
ised you" said Wilton. whats the
matter. dear7 Did we startle your"
Molly shook her head and came
quickly forward. swallowing as IL
something was choking her. The wOm-
en- kissed each other. Then Wilton was
aware that both were watching him.
All through the lively chat that fol-
lowed he was conscious Of that He
put the idea out Of his mind with an
effort, for he did not like subtleties OF
feeling that he could not understand
Yet there was a chillineSs under the
girls chatter and laughter.
/ Presently Kitty said she was tired
and must get back. MoliS promised to
come To see her as soon as possible.
Wilton and Kitty hardly spoke on
the way home. When he left her at
her door she turned TO him and asked
! abruptly:
"Will, you are still as deeply In
love with Molly as ever. aren't your
"Of course l am, Kitty" he an
swered.
Then am glad, for your sake and
hers" answered Kitty, and went
quickly into the house.
Wilton walked back TO his shack, a
little puzzled. He had arranged to
show Kitty the progress OF the work on
the following morning; but when he
called for her he found her in the midst
OF her unpacking, and she put II of
until the afternoon. Wilton laughed,
chided her and went to his work.
She kept MIN waiting till three
o'clock, when they started. He felt the
pride OF the artist as he led Kitty from
one place 10 another. Locomotives were
snOrting, and lines OF ballast trucks Oc-
cupied the narrow-gage that had been
laid down to the waters edge.
In the ballast, pit, from which the
/ screech OF steam was heard from morn
/ till night, the great, unwieldy steam
shovel scraped its huge steel teeth into
Of an Ogre's feast, and, turning, dis
gorged its plumber into the empty
trucks alongside.
/ Kitty shuddered and pressed VIII
/ toms arm. IT'S like-its like some
living monster, Will," she said. Lets
go on"
He led her toward the muskeg. But
on the way he stopped suddenly beside
/ the summit of the ridge.
Kitty" he said, In a low voice. y
| don't know IL l ought TO tell yOu-per-
haps you'd like to know. This IL
/ where joe"
Her grasp upon his arm frightened
convulsively. "No, no. WIFI" she said
hurriedly. Il don't want to see it.
! can't bear to think Of IT,"
They followed the line OF ballast
trucks along the narrow-gage down to
the swamp's edge. Construction upon
the foundations was well under way.
Tons Of debris had been poured into
| the muskeg. and had simply spread
| themselves over the bottom. finding
their level like water Soundings
/ taken had showed the bedrock hardly
raised from its level twenty feet be-
meath the surface.
Wilton and Lee Chambers had there
fore begun the construction Of trestle-
work. Teams hauled bundles OF logs,
bound with a chain, TO the scene Of
operations. The uprights for the lower
tier were driven into the ground. and
| the horizontal members and diagonals
were nailed up, completing a crazy.
shaking structure just strong enough
to take a pair Of metals at the top.
AS they reached the edge Of this
structure the whistle blew. The work
men knocked OF and came slowly past
/ them toward the camp. Wilton and
Kitty stood alone at the edge OF the
embankment, where the fimsy struc-
/ ture OF the trestle began.