Show j 11 i 1 ff LOWLY LOWI Y tho heavy herny train panted up tho thoI I grade and and as tim tho red caboose camo caine I oven oen with tho the tiny I cottage cou ge eslo 1 the I I truck track a ii lithe Uthe form swung Itself oft off and tind dropped light lightly rw ly h to tho the right of way a aI I Ada sprang g forward to greet greot the man I expect to toce I cried see ce you until evening she This came special delivery to ex explained explained c I tho the flow nev arrival handing over I tho oblong obon package that clearly clearl in indicated indicated its origin In n a candy shop Chocolates she aho cried Georgo j youre a I i know It jt was vas tho the modest ud iI mIssIon as the clear cear gray eyes oyes eB smiled f down into tho the softer eyes leB of brown brownI I I know It now it because you ou have told tol nth nio I BO so often far more often orton thai U It I dc de deserve i serve and therefore foO It muot t be bo so boI I 11 I r had hn any nn chocolates in inz z I 0 O oi roars nn and d years reminded Ada AdaI I unwrapping tile the box and extracting j z I J ji 31 1 bon bou hon bon Its so BO good gool Just lo to see sec I I them g I Until years before James Adas father had hud been bee n train 1 I dispatcher of the L IJ V S Then TIen his wife had died riled after afler a n prolonged ill iii illness illness ness and aud he was waa broken down lown Tho Tim had hll prescribed an open apon all air life I free from the tho con of tho the office and the road I had found o nd a place for or him hini as ns track true It walker on the mountain moun lain division where the essentials of altitude and anti J exorcise wore accompanied by br n a wage small but sufficient to tho tim needs of father and daughter I James Jame v with ns rapidly recovering ering cring his health h alth but for three years Ada had bad seen se n nothing of the woi world Id I I beyond cond the limits of or I i Pass Every penny penn of her het fathers J r savings had been een 1 spent In I ho Uw effort I to save saye her mothers life and there therl was no money for toi r traveling even een evenI I Ti with sith fieo free transportation from rom the thc i road 1 Once a week the freight slopped stopped t J 1 nod put oft off such things the two r ri needed In tho way of oC food and cloth clothing I i ing ani twice a n month the pay lay pa train f halted long Jong enough for to toI I climb aboard and sign the receipt I Look book I Apart from that visitors had hod been L few until the tunnel gang gaag had hall conic ri six months before I j I Originally the thi L Ij V ir S had built hullt J F t along the lines ines of ot o least Now tho the earnings of oC the road rond were I I being put Into improvements Just lust above Wounded Boal Beai Pass was wasa a tunnel tho the mountain but buton buton buton on the eastern side of the tho road 1081 skIrt skirl skirled cd ed the faco face of lie tho cliff picking Its tortuous way war around the th peaks of or tho upper range A second un l l h hLad hatt been planned to cut off of this detour and George had conic como to take tako charge of the construction gung gang They The were working but bul a single shift and aud Adams had fallen Into tho the habit of oC jumping the westbound I freight to the cottage and spending the evening there and aUl making malting his hla way war upgrade through tho the tunnel to the tho construction camp unless tho freight happen cd 01 to be late U It had hC not hot been heen long hong before he had Won Well a l confession of or love loe from Ala Ada und and they had hind planned to marry when whon the tho work should hould be completed George eorge figured that by h that time he should have saved enough for a n homo home alid tIle construction of oC tho the tunnel Would probably mean a n 1 better belter Illon with Ith the road rondo Ho He had gone gono down to division headquarters lo to consult with the tho I chief engineer and nUll had purchased a a box hox of or candy for Ot Ada little think thinking thinking I ing how greatly she would appreciate elate the tho gift I It was wan nearly dark whon when he ho at last i reached cached the construction camp just below belos belo tho the gaping mouth of or the now rew tunnel his foreman met mel him hini with ith a u doleful face Those grousers tire Ill ut at It again he lie reported no Adams J came up UI The liThe They hud another one ano of saints days and ami I told tod cm em to keep on dIn work workIng workIng working Ing and It would the saint more than getlIn One ot of em I tried to knife me ne and thc ro all ull in ill I executive session now each cacti other what heretic devils wo we fire die Sure Suie Im as good a It churchman as nh I Ithem them jabbering and oli a it saints day can cnn I remember that lint comes today We re will hae have to do the tho best wo we can for lor a few weeks said ald Adams pleadingly Its poor material at nt best hest Jut but If IC we get thorn them sulky we wc never noer shall have the tIte tunnel done domie Adams hurried on to his own tent teat past the lines hues of old freight 1 IhL Cats cars used used as homes for the who formed the greater part of the con construction construction gang I There Thore ho he was presently walled up upon upon upon on by b a n deputation who garrulously demanded the tho Immediate dismissal of the Senor Cassidy who hio hud had grossly insulted their thol l religion and aud their saint Adama was V worn out by b his 1115 trip tripon I on the freights and aud won worrIed over O 1 his lila I Interview with tho the chief engineer lie He expressed cx resse l ut that their thelt saint had hilti boon hut but t d them th that It il would bo ho 0 bettor If they tile gave gae less lem heel heed to their numerous saints and ant more molo to tho the of ot the tunnel There hall hail been oen saints days in and It was on account of or these delays that Adams Adam hal had boon called to consultation Ho He had been It 11 was as a strike and Adams know from that there was use lo to argue Labor Lab r Wa wao scarce s and It II would bo be to t secure eume s tho the thoc c of or the other gang for I throe three eel at fit the leant le ul He lie decided to walk down to lo the Storn lag cottage Staining was wan an export operator o and Ada also aloo mew know the Morse An internment had been cut cu in Jn on time tho train tr ln wire and over that ho he could reach teach the maui main office amid ask asic advice alvice I Th I I I I I I I S T A I 1 lI t S 1 I J z t tT T I promised another gang In a few rew weeks nih It Il I I was knowledge that thal I presently he lie would not flOt need them that led him to speak more severely than was Ids nis wont To tho the dismissal wl of or CassIdy he flat nal flatly ly 13 1 refu refused ed erl to listen and amid whon they thoy persisted he lie drove d them from his h hii I tent ten t The fhe next lIe t morning not a man stir stirred stirred stirred red when the tho whistle of the time drill 10 lo locomotive comollo called culled to labor ot and aud Adams was wa sullenly Informed that time the th men would not fiot ot labor under the Senor Cas Ho had gone half a mile when whon i t shout froin the tho c U caused him to return A band of Mexicans wore dancing about the track and the he rod reel car which had hind I StoOl stood apart from tho time others was slowly moving onto tho the maui main line Inc All night long the thc Mexican strikers ers era had been drinking and this was their way wa to avenge tho the Insult Insull put lint upon Ulon their saint Thoro was nH more than a ton Ion of or dynamite in the car together with fuse fUGe use nominating ing caps The Tho road load down grade for some s mo nix miles I The eastbound passenger had hall probably loft ft Goron Garon the nearest n arest telegraph sU U rind was ivan aB laboring up tip the tho with the th c car rushing to too town wn id it Tho car ear wits wan moving slowly siow now no but wan gaining with every revolution tion of the tho wheels As it came camo to toward toward ward him Adams made UI up his mind and Jumped for tor the ladder It might be possible to lo lOt eel et tho the brakes md nil bring the cur car to u a slop or reduce time the th I I I THE TIIE CAR WAS GAINING SPEED W WITH ITH EVERY REVOLUTION OF OP THE WHEELS I I to a 11 point where It Il could bo be I t b ll to t permit 16 18 I i iun lUI it ahead and the time dumping In mig I switch be ond the time cot col II tugo LUga Tho Iho dumping WIL used to I get rid Ild of the Lite rock taken from rom roam to LO now new tunnel It sharply to lo tao 1110 north and run ran BOX oral hundred feet to a Gulch guch down heWn mic the cars were dumped It would probably be he Impossible to entirely check cheek the cars momentum Luni but If It could coul be bc slowed down he lie could run ahead and and throw tho the switch witch In time to defect t the car Lii lI from Wo tile line It If he hO h the tho tHI IdUe was wac The rho err cir C l had not hot moved moed I rc tile the construction I work Wont Was wag n r 1 I the hid brake stiffly of r rust lt much could COli III be uc done the black mouth of the old tunnel gaped before orole him and Adams was forced to climb lUmb down tho thu ladder adilor to avoid be being ing crushed by Uy the roof of ot the tho tan tun tunnel nel ne As LJ the thu lower mouth grew from rom a II point lo to a patch of oC light that thaL every oer Instant I gained In size alzo Adams looked hooked anxiously ahead If Only ti I Ada serO nt lit thick door he mat ncr Her un unc c stand bland n d dHe He breathed a H prayer of thanksgiving ing lag ai mu time the lh car ar shot eliot out Jut of the tIme tunnel and he lie caught sight of the girl girt stand standing stan 11 ing lu iu tho the doorway of the time cottage Ada A a had hiatt just stopped stepped to tlC time hoot door clo l wn to 10 look out for or the Iho rumble fr Cr n ii iiI 1110 I ho tunnel her hor attention fda r ont pent note noto by IJ b thia lh who took her hem replies oh tub trip und and sho she thought that i Q i It tile It limit but h l a tt 1 glance to tell lIet hie What the thic trouble was the Ilynn had run aWay she could not It t l v aa us enough that It was tearing ddn t Ute the grade to id td the thus train Edn at nt the distance she Could ioV I Iu u frantically Working lit itt time the brake e and ah caught lug of his h is Ii For r sIte she II I silo cite let the car at got Adt past 1112 would i u hi see sec the futility of or t further and ml nd Jumi It II Wits too loo l III h to Ie If It the turned the thc cur car unto the tho hiding lib ho be bo In IIi ih lie lIte I Iv t 1 n that lint t she KIO knew l he must tim th tl But u l It was s CUI for a second that she sl e debated Thou Thop ehe elte ran down clon doWntime the time track to I thi hi and ind with the teara carr fion froim hOI bar eyes ec sho she threw It Adams had cuccI cd ed in cutting culling I down the speed of the car cam to lo an a mm c tent sU t tr It from ell hi J JIng Ing over OCI time the rails limit hut to do r o so he ho hud had had hac to stick to time the car cam and as 13 asIt It its swept onto onlo the siding there thero was time lime emily nl for fOI to a glance as ho waved goodby good gool by y yAda Ada sank lo to her bur knees kneel and covered her eyes ees as a Iho cur car sped onward to tho the dump dum Thon thieve there camo tho the lull dull detonation and tho rash crash h of oC jocks It wasa asali in 11 00 Her father came up aim low Lie track at the sound of time the explosion Then Hg Ada t ho lie made his way war to the tIme end COd or of Ith the l tt I ISome I Some 00 GO feet fcc below there was vas a al alga 4 ga hole in iii It the tile of the tho cliff ell 4 hut but of or our Ilsc r lh re was no It d tl been blown Into tito a pow I dec tIei peered over the edge and presently he was scrambling madly down lown tho time looks It was waa a nasty drop and Aria Ada shivered as mis she followed About 40 10 root COt betow was a Il shelf of lock 10 1 b 1 the tIme Y und on omi this were vere standing hot her father and her hel sweetheart For Fot the Iho mor nt she could not be bo c that It other dither than thon a fan fantasy tasy tu but Adams looked up Ui and ani waved his hand hund and began to lo serum beram 1 tile ble lc UI up I La I face of bI the cliff His clothes were torn and amid an covered with I blood from innumerable l scratches nod and hia hin face was as c b c line of r dirt c but Ada da 0 led him lit Id I T r arms i and a nil ra i Tied Kisses upon his lila lips I ti c cr f r I bought i was vas sending you to tol i your delith she sobbed bobbed soU bcd It Is all nil I 1 Iso so BO wonderful s You have not heard the lie beat part parthe parthe he e il t l the th car ClI tho time 1 siding sid rt 11 tight L I dlo ped off otT on tho the gravel gravol batik butH Beyond a few cuts I IWas was not net hurt When WI the Lime It the earth and amid I wont Vont sliding shii US mig down doit hill lo to bring up upon upon upon on the ledge hedge It ft almost a II j said Atilt Adit Walt Valt for time the miracle ho interrupted Woon I Art giL down there I found that hint th t tl tho 0 hud dug u a abole 1 halo bole In III tho thu cliff and ms liS s j JI flub a H of or oro aro au nu 19 jou Olt would w want ant 1 1 j lo tu nob I N Im down on un the tho pas 10 I Ihla hla t to file n a mineral 1 claim Ill the tile tunnel anti and A 1 timba lh h Ill ith start In to tu work the tho claim dalen anti anil your rOlI father l unit give up his ex cx q e along the time track and valk Jalk wherever ho lie pleases Ive got pot enoch 1 Ur work and amid by i iHie time till lime hue mc idie commences to lo how I a proUt well Ima ha a it that i will wi I I take to ke us ni fco so far fa I I ast that I well wen rome romo imad on un the time Dynamite Mine S from tho westward J 3 I l imo that tIhit theio thero was gold goldin in i this I Ii is range said sal Ada Acla du wondering d I J Jem You em ria I toll tel I reminded v I p know that thai you were 4 horo whon I took Look the tunnel Job its Il 1 not nol often that thal a man rna finds Duds wealth and flaIl T ha on cm tho ho I mime location 3 Usually he ho lJ and goes r rIn In of Ive made a ai f double on Iho ho tJ mo spot |