TWELFTH INSTALLMENT
Rantoul, on learning of Josephine’s
sudden engagement, found urgent
business calling him abroad. He had
vast foreign interests so she gathered
from his letters, but he bore no ill
will; he was still her friend and never
failed to ask after John. Post cards
came to her from distant places,
Cairo, Bombay, Singapore. Apparent
ly he was going around the world. A
pathetic word or two, a mere allusion,
sometimes a picture of some lone pil
grim, gave her the feeling of a deep
er message. Then, after some months,
there was the long silence that might
mean his return via the Pacific. Jose
phine found herself wondering when
he would return. She did not show
these cards to John. He was bliss
fully unaware of these romantic
memories on the part of Josephine.
Meanwhile John’s ability to earn
the respect of his men by the use of
his fists had earned him promotion.
He had been placed in charge of Sec
tion One, the toughest job on the a
queduct.
Gerrit Rantoul returned from
hij world tour. He arrived at the
beginning of the season; all of fash
ionable New York, that is, the New
York capable of.paying attention to
fashion was back in the city. He was
finer, more considerate, more quietly
correct, more distingue than ever. If
Josephine had imagined him the least
bit difficult, the least brt aggrieved,
her fears were entirely removed on his
return. Even Gilbert Van Horn was
glad to see him. Rantoul was return
ing at an opportune time for Jose
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When John Breen had appeared with
his fists bandaged. Josephine shrud
dered a bit at the explanation. “I lift
ed a bum under the jaw.” Perhaps it
was anything but accurate or heroic.
Then too it was that Josephine found
it more difficult to pit her charms a
gainst the insistence of the tunnel.
John kept talking about an impossible
Mr. Wild, evidently an uncouth and
unreasonable person. Night after
night he never came up, never came
near his own rooms, and when Jose
phine did see his his eyes were heavy
with weariness, his lids brilliant with
the gloss of tunnel smoke.
For some months past a change had
come over Josephine. She resented
the growing place the tunnel was
taking in the mind of her betrothed.
Even gentle Marie Bashkirtseff would
not have tolerated such lapse of de
votion, and Josephine was a sensitive
high-strung girl.
Even with the money she some day
would have, on the death of Van
Flora, life with John Breen might be
more or less of a struggle. He would
insist on working would probably
want her to go to dreadful'places, the
Andes, or the Sahara Desert; just
what to do there she did not know,
but young engineers took their wives
to outlandish countries. Rantoul told
ber of such things, quite casually, of
course. She would have to give as well
u taka.
Josephine found more occasion to
find fault with John after his pro
motion. His heavy responsibilities as
section engineer held him firmer and
firmer in the grip of the tunnel. He
was on the job hour after hour, day
and night, and slept with a telephone
at his bedside. He was compelled1,
time and again, to break engagements
to hurry from her suddenly. He felt
restless and ill at ease when away
from the tunnel.
"How long will this tunnel job
keep going?” Van Horn asked one
evening. He and John were in the
library smoking for an hour that
John forced himself to spare from
the work, having liad to phone* Jose
phine that he could not accompany
her to the Win ter row lecture on
"Art, Life's Real Reward.” She had
already gone with Gerrit Rantoul.
"A year will see the main work
done, the tuninel holed through and
the lining poured.' We are in the
man-killing stage now!” John paused.
"I’ve been watching you—and
Josephine.” Van Horn continued slow
Jy* She's difficult John, you krljow
what I mean. Women demand a lot,
I know, John, I know.” The. older
man looked kindly at the young en
gineer. This work is making you.
but women don’t see such things,
not all of them, at least: Pug made
your body what it is, tjhe schools
have helped your mind, but this
work, with its damnable demands, is
forging character. God, boy, I envy
you the fight.” Van Horn was tense
But you have still another thing to
do, and that is to get and keep your
woman—your wife. It means a lot
to me, John, more than you knbw.
I wish a day could be set for your
marriage; say next June?
I m ready, Gil.” John laughed
and looked away.
Josephine can get her trousseau
in Paris, I’ve promsed her that. I’ll
speak to her, a run across will do no
harm, winter in the south of France,
and back here early in the spring.
How about that John
"Things may be easier for me by
that time, Gil.” John visioned a win
ter of uninterrupted work. He
would "get” the sftaft and tunnel
by that time; he would master the
work, and take his place with the
men who counted, the hard true men
who worked with him on the job.
Never in his life had he expected to
have such slavish veneration for hu
man beings as he had for the men of
great rock pressure tunnel crawling
beneath the uniknowing people of
the city.
iSy the way, John remarked as
he was 'about to go, “Josephine is
coming down to the job some night
next week. You’ve seen the thing.
I thought Rantoul might like to see
it, too. He got me the first ap
pointment, I’ll never forget that.”
"Good boy. It’s something that
will open her eyes. Show her the
whole works, John; good luck to
you.”
And |the night Josephine came
John was in the thick of a big tun
nel accident.
Rantoul’s gray cushioned limou
sine drew up silently at the entrance
to the shaft enclosure. Josephine
Lambert, on the arm of Rantoul,
walked gingerly toward the shaft
head. Women were crowding about
the head-house; weeping, wailing
women. Children were crying. She
knew the tunnel was a terrible place.
But this? It was horror! Something
had gone wrong. Rantoul held her
arm, and led her toward the office
of the section engineer, Josephine
trembled. “You stay here,” he said,
seating her before the desk in the de
serted office, brilliant with its clus
ters of lights above the drafting
tables. "Something wrong below. I’ll
see.” He was superbly calm
“John! I hope he’s not hurt.” She
clung to Rantoul’s hand. “Yes! yes!
go! Tell me soon. Go—” she cried
Don’t go!” She was shuddering—
white. But he had slipped through
the door.
Her frightened eyes took in the fit
tings of the little office. The place
reeked of labor, and the untidiness of
working men. A garlic smell froc
the locker room conveyed a sense of
comrrion uncouth feeding, as she
sniffed the gas of damp carbide spi'l
ed while hastily filling tunnel lamps.
And without, just beyond her sight,
she heard the efiho of an Homeric
struggle rising from the shaft. The
screams of women came to her, for
the mangled bodies of men were be
ing hoisted out. Why did Ranitoul
-stay so long? Was John killed? Why
had she come? Questions crowded
upon fier. She was dizzy, nauseated.
The vile garlic odor was overpower
ing. She shuddered, sinking breath
less in John’s chair.
Presently Rantoul returned1. "John
is all right,” he announced curtly.
His eyes reflected a hint of things,
below. “I saw him at the shaft
head; he went down again. Some poor
fellows were killed—an explosion—
God! what a hold” Rantoul lit a
cork-tiped cigarette, snapped the
gold case wiith 3 click. Suddenly he
realized that Josephine was ill. He
helped her to her feet; supported her
to the open air. "We had better go,”
he said quietly, and they walked down
the little plankway outside of the
enclosure to the waiting car.
John Breen, coming up from the
tunnel with the last of the rescue
party, ran to the office. A vague
scent lingered over his desk, ming' -1
with the aroma of an Egyptian cig
arette. He stepped to the outside
door and peered into the dark. Down
by the curb was the limousine, and
he saw Josephine entering /the c/ar
with Rantoul. She was distant, ex
quisite, her hair glowing beneath the
light in the car. She held Rantoul’s
hand a wan smile, was on her lips.
They rolled silently away.
John wad utterly itired as he wash
ed the dirt and grease from his hands,
using a gray paste smelling of anph
tha and filled with an abrasive grit,
a sort of mechanic’s scouring pomade
warranted to remove the most stub
born dirt. He was loosely jocular,
his nerves were under scant control.
He suddenly associated his cleansing
with Josephine and burst out laugh
ing. John again saw the picture of
Rantoul, not the engineer, but the
financer (he would always think of
him so), handing Josephine into the
car John felt a bitter pang.
The engineers had come up, his
assistants were cleaned and gone
home, he had noted the events of the
night in his official records and had
again inspected the shaft. The watch
was below in the tunnel, the din with
out had subsided for a while, the
shaft was shut down—until mid
night. John did not go home, he
was too tired, too many matters of
moment centered& about- the ^shaft,
he felt a vague dread! of the streets,
he wanted to stay where he was sure
of his foundations, his surroundings,
his thoughts. In a dozen homes wo
men and children were sobbing, sob
bing.
* * *
A chastened Josephine was leav
ing for Paris and the south of France.
A winter on the Riviera would do
her good. John had had a long talk
with Van Horn. "I’m beating the
tunnel, Gil,” John said simply. He
looked so capable, so well. John was
confident, happy. He was entirely
too happy to be safe, especially with
a womjin like Josephine, whoi de
manded suffering from others.
But Van Horn looked sad, out of
condition, yellow. Pug Malone would
have shuddered at the sight of him.
The fact that Gerrit Rantoul had
taken passage on the same steamer,
again on urgent business, may have
had somethings to do with the depres
sion of Van Horn. Still, when John
and Rantoul stood together on the
deck—John was seeing them off—
Van Horn compared them and smil
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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
ROCKWELL NEWS
(Too late for last issue)
The Rockwell school opened Mon
day morning, September the 5 th,
with one of the largest enrollments
in the history of the school. The
faculty of the Rockwell school for
the year is Prof. G. Ray Brown,
principal, Miss Evelyn Rives, French,
Miss Ruth Yerton, English, Miss
Catherine Fraley, Science, Mr. J. R.
Lewis, History, Mr. J. M. Conry,
Agriculture, Miss Ruth Lyerly,
Home Economics, Miss Ruth Beaver,
7th grade, Wilson Hill 6th, Miss
Whitner 5 th, Miss Inez Kesler 4th,
Miss Linnie Kendrick, 3rd, Miss Vir
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ginia Barger 2n|d, Miss Glema An
thony 1st grade, and Miss Cornelia
Cromp beginners.
The Rev-. Frank Cauble was pre
sent for the opening and gave us a
very interesting talk on "Servtce.”
This was followed by words of wel
come by J. Yorke Peeler, mayor of
Rockwell.
Miss Iioreria Wade hlasi returned
as piano instructor for the Rockwell
school. Many will be glad to note
her return.
Mass Florence Mesimer, of near
Rockwell, who was operated on for
appendicitis, is improving.
We are glad to learn that Mr.
Ray Lyerly has taken up his work
as superintendent of Nazareth Or
phan Home.
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PRANK ENDS IN DEATH
A boyish prank cost Walter Hight
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