Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-26

which come unexpectedly, and, taking us
unawares, half PROSTATE us with their
sudden he at. Clouds had been threat.
ening all the evening, great masses which
seemed to gather blackness as they rolled
westward, and at midnight low growls of
! thunder began to break the stiffness, and
the big drops Of rain to patter noiselessly
against the window pane.
Alice awoke, and lay watching the
vivid f1asheses which now and then light
ed up her room and left it In blacker
darkness than before, when suddenly
there came sharp. deafening crash, then
peal after peal of thunder, which seemed
to shake the old house to its very founda-
lions, and to SILVER and vibrate through
its every inch OF mortar and stone
Alice buried her head among the bed
clothes, and lay quaking with fear and
alf benumbed by the shock. When she
at last ventured to uncover her head and
look out from her retreat, the room was
all aglow, every object in it as plainly
seen as at monday. 1t could not be the
lightning, for it remained, steady and I'M
interrupted, each moment growing bright
er and brighter. Jumping from her bed,
she rushed to the window, and saw a
sight which chained her to the spot, for
getful Of every thing but what was before
her.
The barn was in flames!
The lightning had struck it and set fire
to its contents. Tons upon tons Of hay
were burning fercely. Their Dry mass
es, kindled into huge red mountain Of
roaring, leaping flames, shone luridly
upon the black sky, and glared over the
country for miles around.
In the weird, ftful beauty of the sce1e
Alice was for the time totally unmindfl-
that it was of any direct, personal into
est to her; but when it suddenly Occur
ed to her that it was, she flew to her
fathers room. half wild with exciteme,t
and delight.
Mr.. Deans room was on the opposite
side of the house, and be had seen 10
signs of the fire. Being sound SLEEPER
the thunder had only partially dis'urfsd
him, so that he was no more than hlf
awake, when Alice came bouncing to lis
bedside, exclaiming:
30, papa. papa the barn is burnig;
but didn't do it. You see was riht,
though; for Providence has taken he
affair into his own hands, and saved me
the trouble"
''Alice, are you crazy?" said Mr.. Dan
as by the dim light of the night-lamYhe
saw her whirling about the room, ,er-
forming rapturous pas seuz, and lok-
ing, in her long white gown, like a iery
risky goat. Size had no little trouble in
convincing her father that she wa in
her right mind, and inducing hin TO
follow her, as she hurried back td her
post by the window, to watch TIN re-
mainder OF the brilliant spectacle.
There was no more sleep that night for
the family in the stone house; and ghen
morning broke, cloudless and beautiful
after the storm, there lay the untarnShed
landscape spread out before them il all
its old familiar beauty, and Marslhll's
barn heap of ruins 1T their feet.
For one short week Mr.. Dean AM his
daughter rejoiced over their UNLOCKED for
deliverance. They blessed the sorm.
and congratulated themselves moning,
noon, and night, as they gazed upQ the
unbroken prospect which had never
seemed half so charming before Then
there began to be stir among th few
charred and blackened timbers rhich
fire had spared-fresh ones were de,osit-
ed beside them, load after load of hild-
ing materials arrived, and, to theirutter
dismay they learned that the barn ras to
be rebuilt. MIR. Dean remonstrateGto no
purpose, and friendly neighbors ainly
tried their persuasions on the Ultimate
old man. Young Marshall, who wasieep-
ly mortified and grieved at his tthers
course, exerted all the eloquence which
he possessed to prevent the carryig out
OF this malicious design; but the DIV re-
ply which he received was. "See heb, my
boy. you come and go as you chooa, and
interfere with none Of your plans, You
act your pleasure. and shall act line"
So the work wen. on with all pBsible
speed, and the raising day was athand
A crowd had gathered, as was usal on
such occasions in the country, The
huge frame was slowly being hoissd to
its place, with shouts and cheer and
heave Always, when some part { the
structure suddenly gave way, and fmber
after timber came tumbling to the gound.
Two or three men received ugly nocks
and hard bruises, but all escaped Ithout
serious injury, with one exception. John
Marshall lay upon the ground uder a
heavy timber, with broken arm, and
stream of blood flowing from a wand in
his head, cut by sharp stone upon
which he had struck in falling.
! He was taken up insensible, all laid
upon the grass; water was dashedin his
face to revive him, and his head bound
up in handkerchiefs to stop theblood.
A doctor was quickly brought to tie spot,
sewed up the wound and bandageais dis
abled arm.
"What is to be done with hn?' he
asked with grave face, as he corluded
| the operation. "To move him dy dis