| Show fi vie ON I 1 QUESTION OF ANGLES B B W fil y i j by EnicK SHERRY ea cognev IL I 1 ain A TRIANGLE sure if 1 you think in geometrical figures but counting mary with the three men have a square you anyhow we were on the wild river bridge jab A nice change it was too with barret falls center only a m mile le away no construction camp in this picture you could get room and board in house or yo you u could t take oke a room only and eat out and the boys who h ad n t been too quick in grabbing a r room 0 am and board took their morning and evening meals at the elite lunch that la Is those who had got a peek at what was inside the three sided aided counter I 1 did myself and mary hill was very good for the e eyes fresh and sweet and cool looking she was in her white rig even on the hottest day and lovely to look nt at I 1 figured she was 28 or 29 that steel crew though was a new breed to mary hill A happy go lucky bunch as re ready ady for fora 1 a scrap as a frolic working hard and playing hard one night when I 1 was almost the last to leave mary said 1 I suppose the danger r you fellows are in all day makes you gay and 11 lighthearted light hearted when you get away from it men fall sometimes dont they not often I 1 said it looks worse than it is A man is careful you get used to height by this time the competition for mary was all but general I 1 was on the side lines you might say being field engineer I 1 was some older than most of the boys not so muc much but enough to make me conscious of the difference jack benz clem sask and dave johnson seemed to be favored benz a good looking wise cracking chap eventually monopolized marys time dave johnson was the quiet serious kind and an AI A I bridge jack but now that he seemed out of the running he quit coming altogether clem sask and benz were not talking working from both ends we were now almost ready to join steel jack and dave and clem were together on the down river truss put the head of a strut or a diagonal in place for the ri then go down to bolt the foot dave was on a hanging platform below when jack wen went t down leaving sask to tighten the bolts jack had no sooner stepped on the platform time to anchor his safety belt when clem sask dropped a spanner clem let out a yell but that seven pound spanner was on its way and bounced off jacks head and jack toppled to follow it down to the river all of him but his legs was off that six by six platform but that was as tar far as he went because dave had grabbed a suspension p bension line and had thrown himself Is elf a cross across jacks legs then he reached down th e other hand and took a fistful of jacks over alland whatever was underneath it and pulled jack back and it all happened while be striking a match an ambulance took jack to the nearest hospital a small one in small email town twenty miles away I 1 guess BUMS they felt at the hospital that this job on jack was too much for them because they delivered jack to a big city hospital we put it down as an accident but I 1 wished it happened between that particular pair the news got to the elite before we did and mary shared the general gloom later clem asked tor for his time which was just as well A few days later dave began to eat again in the elite and I 1 quit staying late to look at mary when she constantly on the move A few weeks afterwards we were practically finished with the bridge half the crew had left one night I 1 went to the picture house and saw mary and dave sitting a couple of rows in front I 1 figured that dave was making up for lost time after the show while on my way to where I 1 slept I 1 crossed the street just as a car popped out of a cross street I 1 got it jn in the right leg evidently a busted leg too much for that little hospital in the next town anyhow where I 1 landed dave was waiting when got my leg set and in a cast I 1 had been wondering about him and mary but he was no tall talker but 1 I was sure id find out something from mary if I 1 could see her and I 1 did see her the next after noon she walked into my room not a minute after visit time began but la is off hes getting crutches tor for you now I 1 have it au all figured out I 1 have a perfectly good house and oodles ot of room and nobody to in it but myself except when ann james Is there doing housework and where you go from here listen mary I 1 put in youve been an angel of 0 kindness but theres a limit I 1 know what these small places are mary and I 1 wont have you talked about on my account 1 I see what you mean she looked down at me and her eyes were dreamy of 01 course it would be nice vice I 1 said nothing and she sha wagged her head and looked at the ceiling my heaven sl st did a woman ever work harder for or a man that make sense what man I 1 said youl who else lor for good goodness nes sake listen mary I 1 said I 1 felt au all hollow inside dont kid me not about that im not kidding bidding anything but L L L 1 e CID 0 a and and jack toppled to follow it down to the river all of him but his S legs was oft iff that six by six platform the only news she let out was that dave had heard that jack was getting on all right but would be laid up tor for a long time for three weeks mary came every day then the crew was through with the bridge and dave making a last evening visit was as beati deadpan dead pan a as S ever that puzzled me and I 1 banked ban ked on mary being i less shut mouthed A AND ND thinking of her I 1 realized that once out of the hospital id see little of her I 1 had that load on my mind when she came next afternoon looking pleased as punch she to told id me how the gang had bid her goodbye good bye the day before then she said 1 I had quite a comp compliment ailment last night charlie dave asked me to marry himy him congratulations mary I 1 I 1 sam said dave is a grand guy and I 1 meant it yes he Is she nodded he hell 11 make a fine husband for some girl who wants to worry about him while hes climbing over bridges but I 1 had to turn him down ill marry nobody I 1 have to worry about at the start that now look I 1 just talked with the doctor ile he says you can leave here in two or three days but have to go easy on that leg even after the cast she reached out and grabbed my hand charlie you are dumb did you think I 1 was a district nurse nurse or something coming here every day 11 but P I 1 could hardly speak 1 I thought well with jack and dave 11 business dear she cut in 1 I own the elite lunch so why I 1 build up good will with the customers you never asked me ma out t 11 ou not 0 t because I 1 want to I 1 bal said d I 1 but all those fellows jack and dave 11 sho she gave a kind ot of snort sn ort you think a woman would be interested te in the only man around who ho seem interested in her no so I 1 had to find out all about yo you u from those others and you had to to go and get yourself hurt for me to get a good chance at you listen listen I 1 said A minute ago you said you marry anybody who climbs bridges 1 I know I 1 did the she admitted but your climbing days are over charlie so doe doc says that stopped me still I 1 could always have a good berth in the plant or some other plant my tongue tangue seemed tied but I 1 managed to make it work would you marry rne me mary she was off the chair me like a al flash and sitting on the edge ol of the bed holding my hands iles hes said it she laughed the dumb burin bunny has actually said ill would I 1 so after au all you might say that the affair turned out to be a pen tagon aagon |
