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being done or huN gr~at Urr peril NAs
Hsr IA. more run,r. u,7i tnuu' UrT ptTu,ul
and head drc>, than ,hr appeared 'n hc
about her own pvr~una. ,atrty. Jane,
seemed endowed With superior strength,
and he seized his burden Vitr . sort ol
dea,h.grip from which, despite her .trug.
gIr', size could not escape. She after.
wards became calmer.and while she made
NJ attempt to get uii hi, back, he had her
tu dealt weight To carry. The three
topped into the street aud walked into
The furnace. The heat was Intense, aud
holding dawn their heads they hurried
along. They ran over blazing Goals, and
hands and feet burned to the very bone
They had not proceeded twenty five yards
from the house which was, situated near
the corner OF Main and Sydney streets,
when they came upon boat, thirty feet
long, which was lying directly across their
path on its side. They could not pass by
the inside and had to 90 around by the
bow. They were Fastening along TO
Charlotte street,and intended going down
the street to the Ballast Wharf, and when
the worst came, the intention was 10 leap
into the sea.
But the lady grew violent just as the
boat was passed few feet, and refused
to 60 any further. She Strengthened her.
self up, and slipping from James shoul.
der, fell prone upon the ground. In vain
she was reasoned with, in vain she was
asked to make an eff rt, in vain she was
appealed to; she won not move, but lay
on her back helplessly, saying:
80 leave me alone, leave me here, I'm
very comfortable"
The great fire, like whirlwind,
brushed against the exposed flesh of the
three human beings, and wore it to the
bone. |: was like some invisible tiend.
Before them they saw no flames, but a
dead white heat that was all the more
terrible because it could not be seen.
Every time the covering WAS removed
from their heads, as they sought to look
out and see where they were going, this
intense, imperceptible heat burned their
very eyeballs. The trees alongside were
grasped by this unseen power, and their
trunks were twisted and turned in its
cobra-like embrace. Everything in the
road seemed charged with an element
that appeared to draw the flames on.
Though Main street is one hundred and
five feet wide, and the fire was for the
most part confined to the houses on the
side of the road, Cat could not run the
gauntlet that night and live. No one can
realize the awful power of the heat, which
the Messrs. Turnbull, and the lady they
were striving to save experienced CT that
thrilling march through the melting val
ley, without having passed through q
similar experience. 1t WAS a trial that
can never be blUtted from their memo
ries.
SO much time was lost in trying to in
duce their charge to continue on with
them, that their chance Of escape by
Charlotte street was cut off, and the only
hope that remained now, was to return
hy tine terrible route they had come.
The battle had to he fought over again.
The race back had to be run once more.
The boat must be crossed again, they
must 90 nearly two blocks forward or
die in their tracks. The street was full
of smoke now, and flying embers alignt-
ed ON their shoulders and b lrned their
clothes, and the wild heat and the scorch-
ing fl ines were madty tearing through
TO their faces.
Their charge remained rs helpless as
before, and there was something piriabIc
in her be,ccching cDies, that almost
tempted them to aCCede to her request
and leave her there in the street. But
not moment must now be lost; the fire
King WAS tramping down all before him.
The two men seized her. She struggled
ami would not N we They dragged her
To the boat, and she fell from their now
pOwcrlcss arms.
Weakened by the fire, and sick at heart
at irill.success, they could do NJ more,
and could scarcely resist themselves the
desire to stay there by the upturued boat,
and yield their lives back to Him who
gave them. The old lady fell back, and
died with smile upon her lips The
men, to weak tD carry her further,
placed her close hy the boat. and shouted
loudly Tor help. But the -tgcet, were
bare ut people. and nl sound could be
heard but their own voice. rising above
tine cmaN.ing OF tuc flames. They ran
over ta' Hyi.likc street, Stopping every
uUw aud tUen iu catch breath Go. on
they .pui, the youthful .pirI, ut tbn one
being ruu,ei. WREN 10 Jagged, by thr in-
,p'uug words ui tbe Wiry and vigorous
rIlrr II wa. terrible journey, iuught
10y dIru'uI danger, uu every sIJr. EaCH
luut of the a,y Vl, gained hy stru-