The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-06-29

For hours we worked at the iirs s..
fore il was out ana then great heap
of lumber was piled over the bodies Of
the thirteen men who must be Inside
dead we supposed and I heard some
one cay Miss Reaford was going from
one swooa into ano.heT as the Will
lialmses, and ti.at itsisad come ont that
she el' was a to have elapel with Mr.. Janes
the nigat belors.
It was a tine 70 ,oae ..ever forg,..
Judge what it was to sse.. ~ Ia.
At last sH were out bit Dir. ,Japes,
and somebody cried that they could &c,
him under some beams 1t vas a dan
gerouy place to gel al; o.tsI would not
stop ior that. / h.sel myselfinto that
narrow aperture, apd set to work. I
called, bas there 9yas. no answer. At
last ! came to him, lying with a great
team across his chest. His beautiful
golden hair and beard we're singcd and
sco'ched, and one Of his hauds was bills.
tered. l touched him, and zscresmed
IN his; ears, but they were deaf to- me.
l ges the log off somehow, aud dragged
him to the light, and then 1 had help
enough. They took Linn between them
aud laid him on the era s, and the dos-
TOR unfastcned bis rest. =. ........
II, he dead q I asked, and 1 meant,
IS | livc, if the answer was Eyes" to
tell the eerosd before me that I had
doae, knowing well that if did no lag
could save enc me; 3. 9aa.7a. =. .s::-,..-
hare was 40 answer fer a moment:
aud spoke again, "Is he dead 2" And
God bless the desr, Exhite-hsaded old
man who. answered so kindly: ,zsa:@
f: mo, my man, he isn't dead. I think
he's coming to- - 7l5:c 20 sea:i
! Oh, the mercy Of the good Lord
thinkzofit? OF the whole, not one was
killed. There we're burns and broken
limbs and black eyes, but there w:s no
death !; and soon saw Richard James
pale and faint, bat ont Of Danger
standing befsre nee. I couldn't believe
God had been SO good to ne. = Is"
Then tina. ola wLite-haired Doc;o.
mounted On a pie Of burned logs ard
lifted b shat, and there wee three such
cheers as were never heard before, and
a dozen boys sped into Baldwin to ring
the bells; and women came crying to
thank me for helping to save their dear
ones-so that fer shame I went and hid
myself in Baldwin's woods, and cried,
with mysllssa hidd,n in my arms, en-
the old log where the yiolets lay.
Then somebody cane softly up the
path and sat beside ne, and bent over
me, and took me, singed and emokea
stained as I was, IN two white arms
and only one Of all the world could do
:,hat-and: vit'loa: locking I kaew Il
was Annie. 49,: ---.-
>''My noble, brase tIarlipg," she said :;
tiny own dear that I am 50 proud Of !"
and sobbcd aud kissed rae.
"They are SO l:5tpy, TOO" she said /;
fand Mr.. James Is on'y scorched ana
burned very little, and old Mr.. Red
ford is recoaciled to GA Mr.. Williams,
and they will be married after al.
They are SC fond OF each: other, Seth
as fond as. yoa and T.
And then l stood up and put her
gentl5 from me, and made atonement
for my sin by an awful sacrifice. I
told her the truth what I vas, ard
what | had done, and why, and waited
to hear her renounce me. She did not
do it. She was shocked and grieved,
but she pi;ied me, and I dare not tnks
her in my AIMS and call har mine agais.
l believe that all my life there had been
an evil spirit in my breast, aud that he
left forever at that momsut.
It was some time before the factory
was rebuilt, and some had becn Injured,
and many were out Of work. l knew
my duty: To those in need came little
gifts Of money every week, with no clue
to its doncr, until my savings we're oil
GONE 'fai5 - >~SfiE@a3s-'. l'-@
+: So we did not buy: the stbrse.roomed>
cottage, and perhaps rever SHALL; but
pennilcss as 1 was, she married me, and
we arc happy. ~.r.@s.-,
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 a. pang
or terror, even yet from what Coils
mercy saved ne. ..s~...- :, ss-.