Des Arc citizen., 1866-09-22
Ais A1issTERITAS IO.MNLP'OTENS,
DlS ARC ARKANSAS, sTaIaTFNr3IETs s2, 1s66.
nnrrow,landIatlenat fell aslccn.


 | morrow, andiat length fell aslccp.li tI bI awokc agnins it was still daiisg ;tnt Fl Iwas Immediately sensible of a decid
 ed smell of fire. Fl wnse thorouglil, !, alarmed l; several fires had lately taken ! place in that neighborhood whichWer, .ji suppos6dtoJbeit the ovol:k of a man o jjloM character and habits, who hadrcn 9 idcrcd himself offensive to many. of th, 1 Surrounding families; and fthis man
 the garrulous old stcwardhad informed
 me on the preceding dan,ahad beer threatened by Sir Edgar with a prose 1 cution for poaching. and he had beer I heard to avow that he would be revcn Icged on him. I instantly aroused Sil
 Edgar: VIC gave the alarm to tho ser,
 wants, and finding that the fire had on, Fly reached a part of the building and that wo liadiplenty of time for our op. l erations,fI dismissed some of them tc 4 the iieighbOring farm houses forassist. lance, and employed others to rescue whatever was most valuable and i'm fportant from the flames. a'@ aTE5d
 First of all, however, spoke to Iiatly ' I Falkland's own maid, telling her tc r awaken her gently and quietly, to ex- Eplain to her that the flames were yet fal 4 from the part1of the house where she f slept; and having assisted her to dress 1 to conduct her to ailarge covered sum- l merlhouse at the bottom of the garden, l where desired all the females of the 1 family to assemble for the present. l Sir Edgar and I were actively enl-
 ployed for some time in directing the ilabors of the servants who removed
 many articles from the house at length
 the flames spread with such rapidity,
 that we were compelled to ldesist, and 1 I walked down to the surnmer-hOuse
 to console and reassurc Lady Falkland.
 Imagine my surprise in discovering
 that she was not there; her maid in-
 formed me that on entering her room
 she found it vacant, her bed had not
 been slept on, nor were any of her
 clothes to be discovered it was evi- 1 dent that she had been awake and was sitting up at the time of the alarm, and ] had provided for her own, safety by 1 flight.
 f must say that I felt more angry
 with Lady Falkland than terrified about
 her, for 1 Supposed that, unwilling to ] identify herself with the interests ot | her household, or run tho risk ofany
 communication with the husband she
 was about to leave, she had sought ref
 ugc in one of the tarm-houses in the
 vicinity. I thought it right, however
 to inform Sir Edgar of her absence, and
 was returning to the front of the house | with that purpose, when I was startled | by q piercing shrick from .Ladv Falk- I lands maid, who followed me. I 1 looked up iii the direction to which !, she pointed, and at the window of a 1 little apartment above the drawing hroom, what was my horror to behold
 Lady Falkland making despairing signs l for assistance. This little room had ! been q great favorite with Sir Edgar
 and herself during the early months of 1 their marriage on account of the cXtcn- sivc prospect it commalided: shc had 1 fitted itlip with lbook-shelves, a guitar, and painting materials, and thus passed
 much of their time there. 1t after 1 wards appeared that, unable to sleep, I the idea had struck Lady Falkland, that 1 she " ould take last farewell of this kroonl, endeared by so many early and tender rcmem branacs ishc sat down on a low ottoman there, her own peculiar seat, rested her head on tho. chair usu- Eally occupied by. Sir Edgar. and gave vent to her grief in repeated and pas
 sionatc sobs, till at length she fell into that dull and heavy sleep so often the result ofcontinucd weeping. 5atua She aWoSc to a scene of aw fula dan ger; she attempted to open the door, but the flames and smoke that assailed her, immediately drove her to tho win lldow; it was two stories from the | ground---ticatil would be the result of an endeavof 10 leap from if. i One of the servants immediately ran to a neighboring farm, where he said, was a ladder of sufficient length to reach I the window; but how poor appeared | this prospect ofrelicf, when thc danger twas,so immediate and imminent! -1he staircase was iis flames, who could ven ture to ascend it? l offered large pc-
 culiary rewards to the person who should save her life. One of tho un- E3dcr-gardcncrs, tempted by my munifi-
 cencc, advanced few steps into the
 house, and then returned. sss 5a&
 ''I shall be suif'ocated in the attempt" !" he said and what will become of my widow and fatherless children?"
 At that moment Sir Edgar, who had been giving directions in different
 part of the premises, made his appear
 ance, and, more by gestures than by
 words, we pointed out to him tho situ- ation of his wife. l shall never forget
 his agonizcd cry of distress; but he did not waste a moment in dcliberation
 he sna1chcd from memy military cloak,
 and rushed into the house. The old steward, who had been in the family at
 tho time of his birth, endeavorcd to hold him back. t3at t4AssA .e v
 You are rushing to certain death.
 dear Sir Edgar" he cried; .pray re- EtlrnFyIi s9d .1tlE
 But Sir Edgar shook him of. g. I T will save her lifc,y he exclaimed, ."'oi. lose my own in the attempts" and f in another moment he disappeared up
 the blazing staircase. had scarcely
 time to hope, before Lady Falkland gave me fresh cause for alarm. The
 flames were approaching rapidly to the place where she stood; she evidently
 Contemplated the desperate measure of
 leap from the window; and I was shuddering at the idea of. speedily be- holding her mangled form, when Isaw
 her drawn back by a, strong hand. Sir
 Edgar wrapped the cloak around her,
 and carried her from the window
 Once more | ventured to breathe; as l Sir Edgar had ascended the staircase f ,,,oxa,.; n I tructad that