The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-06-29
Fer hours VIC worked at the fire

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Fer hours VIC worked at tho IRE be.
fore it was out ana then a great heap
OF luslber vas piled over tie bodies of
the thirteen men who must be inside
dead We supposed-aad I heard some
one gay MISS BEDFORD was going from
one swooa into an Ter as the Will
l'amses, and that i "a CINE out that
she vas to have ll..pel with Nr. Jancs
the night before.
1t was tine 10 GU: e-er fo,e L.
.Jua sc what it was to o..
At last all were out I,~t Mr. .Japcs,
and somebody cried tha: they could &c,
him under some beams It Vas a dan
gerous place to gel al; ont I would not
stop for that. l f:tol snyselfinto that
narrow aperture, ard set to work. I
called, but there was, no answer. At
las, l came to him, lying with a great
team across his chest. His beautiful
& 'ldea hair and beard we're singcd and
sco' o'chtd, anl one Of his hauds was bis
tered. | touched him, and screamed
in his cars, bat they were deaf TO- me.
l go:. the Iog eff somehow, AID dragged
him to the light; and thea 1 had help
enough. They took Linn between them
and laid him on the gra 6, ard the ao:-
ter rnfastcacd his gest.
Is he dead ~ I asked, and l meant,
IS live, if the answer was "ycz," to
tell tic cTo.d before ne ghat I h.d
done, knowing we'll tha. if l did no lag
could save me.
1h?re was no answer for a moment,
aud spike again, SIS he dead?" And
God bless the dear, .whitc-hsaded old
maa who answered so kindly: -
''No, my man, be isn't dead. I think
he's coming to.
Oh, the mercy Of the good Lord
think Of it? OF the whole, not one w.s
killed. There we're burns aud broken
limbs and black eyes, but there IVES 20
| death and soon I saw Richard James -
pale and faint, but out Of danger.
standing bef;re ne. I couldn't believe
God had been SO socd to nc.
Then tha. ola vlite- haired Dvc:5.
mounted en- Pile Of buried loe< :ri
Lifted b hat, aad there wee three such
cheers as were never heard before, and
dozcn boJs sped into Baldwin tc ring
the bells; and women came crying to
thank me for helping to save their dear
oncs-so that for shame went and hid
myself in Baldvin's aoods, and cried,
with my head iiidd,n 10 my arms, en-
the old log where the viole's lay.
Then somebody Gaze softly up the
path and sat beside ne, and bent over
me, and took me, singed and smoked
stained as I WAS, IN two white arms
and only one Of al the world could do
that-and vit;oa: locking knew ie
was Aunie.
"My nobla, brave ,lorlipg," the said =;
''ny own dear that AM 50 proud Of"
and sobbcd aud Li:se,i re.
"They are 50 i:sip:, too" she said;
'and Mr.. James : :Es.7 scorcaed and
burned very lit;c, a. i old Mr.. Red
;orl is recoaciled to o,,l Mr.. Williams,
and they will be Derried after all.
They arc SC fond Of c:~:: ether, Seth
as fond as yoa and !.
And then l stood up and put her
gentlJ from me, and made atonement
for my sin By an awful sacrifice. I
told her the truth what was, and
what had done, and why, and waited
to hear her renounce me- She did not
do it. She VAS shocked and grieved,
but she ri;ied me, and I dare not tax.
her in my ans and call her mine agais.
l believe that all my life there had been
an evil spirit in MY breast, and that he
left forever at tha: mom,ut.
1t was some time befre the factory
vas rebuilt, and some had been injured,
and many were out Of work. l knew
nv duty. To those in need came little
gifts Of money every week with no clue
to its doucr, until my savioss vcre oil
gone.
So we did not buy the thrse.roomcd
cottage, ard perhaps ro-:r shall; bai
pcnnilcss as [ was, she married ne, and
we arc happy.
Mr.. James aad Miss Redford are mar
ried, too; and when we sit in church
she smiles across the pews to that little
wife OF mine, aud I think, with pang