The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-05-01

of my child and laid her at full length
beneath the nearest seat; and there
she lay too terrified to move, while
people leaped from seat to seat, over
and over her, and / all the time clung
desperately to that pillar where |
stood all the evening. More than
once was nearly dragged away, but
it acted as break to the violence of
the onslaughts, and whichever way the
crowd came, L sheltered myself be-
hind it.
felt that it was madness to try and
get out though had been alone, |
should have tried to reach the pit by
climbing from tier to tier but with
child it was impossible. My best
plan seemed to be to follow the exam.
of gray-haired old man who was
holding on by the ratings in front of
the gallery, and calmly, to all appear
ance, watching the progress of the
fire; though | shuddered as / saw
the progress it was making the
curtain was dropping in fiery flakes
upon the stage; scenery and wood
work were falling, crashing down;
while from over the chanderlier in the
centre of the ceiling a red glowing
smoke n f. from p' ths M 'ot" sta"e tIoated in in
Wreaths.
Crash crash crasht winos and
flies kent falling mon the STAGE now
from back TO front one blaze. from
which the sparks, like golden whirl-
wind, rushed up amid the smoke,
while the roar became 1iercer and
towards tho hodv Of tho flan,e and
famed II info fresh furv The GLOW
now fell unon nv focn and 7 tnrned
to fv for tboro seemed Irontar dancer
in stavino thon in aftomntino to
escanse for tba ualin,y was now
nearly empty. though tbe cries shouts
and croans ron, fho etoircoSn yere
still swf,1I % '1 '''' ''''''''''' y" Wv
T nod a1roody loonod o,,or +,,,o an
three benches wban T ro,nan,hnred
thn cbiId ond doobnd haoi- 10 drnCr an
the Iittla trnmhiin~ thinn. Iirn " ai" "i" amI @
half stifjed with the crowIii,o en,oEn
which snread thro,Ioh % tbo irI9 nI59ca 9' Tho
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and hnrried 70 tbo rimht vi hnmd m,I Jnor,
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nnon and e ~ ro,aIr uoH9I 10 NV % bnr.
ried inquiries, L learnt that they met
a man carrying a child, and the next
moment was down Ill the entrance,
catching the llttle one out OF the arms
OF the man VINO had turned bacK 10
bring her down:
Ana now, as l STOOD There falnt ana
exhausted, L saw nrst one ana then
another brought down crushed ana |