The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-21


She pht on her borihet and shawl and
went ont into the cool 0etober air.
How peaceful the,blue hills looked far
OFF. FShe wished 5 he we've enc of theni.
Then Ilothing would fret her; her resE
lessness would be cone.
tOh, which to yehodse which to
The words made little verse of
themselves, and her brain set them IN
sthemonoton oustuhe 81 turning sbiOfI les'
and darting shuttles.
gFShswentFtowaF Sl1omesir1 -n-vElow.
round abottts way ..-sshe 81 an men and
women and little children. Some OF
.b5em brySsd or,spokeIt9 gherI Shn0did
not recognize one face among them all.
Her thoughts were not with the thinps
abeut hera She seemed athousantipf lesl
.@Ayfl onseerth and everybpdw III
Y SualehlK Che grea& facto1s belf-Alsdi
hsaif viii 3 witt clangof ttat hgtl
Ter aching head asff cruef hands n 'td
smote it.
Something has happened" she
erisll tlfsink 9ei look SACHS Buttkd
houses hid the factory from her sight.
The bell. rang out its hoarse alarm
She iran3 fups the street When She
reached the end of. the block she saw1a
great black cloud of smoke breaking
above the roofs of the building between
her and the factory. Then She. Knew
the truth. The factory was On fire, 2 ~
Oh DICK, Dickte She tfou@ht. ana
hurried toward, the, burning Building,
Perhaps there was, Something her tired
handscould do to help thepoor wretches
who were trying to escape death. What
would become of them, of her il the
factory burnedp 'odDo1 q Qupiiud U;.
She knew. before, she reached it, that
the factory could, not be saved. The
windows were lodp-holes OF fire. The
caves werei wreathed with flames that
coiledi and uncoiled themselves, like
writing serpents. eh'
Suddenly lgreatcry rang out from
1.-THE, crowd, and she saw hands, pointing
to the window of room over the main
'entrahce.. Looking up she Saw lever
sou standing there. Hisaface wasvery
white, He must have been asleep, men
isaid, and the fire had reused him from
what might have been pleasant slum-
Der, TO put him face to face with an
awful danger ali t. .1r.f.Fl ,,,,7 d q,
-" 1t is death for him." thought Lois,
with stitled breath There no pos
sible way of escape" iva ono s1,V
,."I IA try to save him." cried q voice
| she knew-Dick's voice, and there was
something grand in the sound fit
D, Then she saw him fighting his way
through the flames, and the last Glimpse
of his face showed her how brave it was
Finthe wild tempest of fire aud smoke
She held her breath. and waited, pale
and trembling, Willie her heart kent
saving over and over, in IA prayerful
kind OF way; d, "a
p4TDear Dick! Oh, CID Save himr'
She knew then. in the face OF the
awful danger, that the lover who was
rlskng his life SO molly was more TO her
than the lover he was Fishing his life for
could ever be-. She had made hen choice
at last.
Suddenly, through the fame and
smoke, she caught 81 ht of Dicks face
at the, window of Leverson' room. He
had Leverson in his arms. .u
Throw up a lrope,p shouted Dick.
"Be quick, for.Ged's sake.n
Some strong hand flung the line he
asked for. He fastened one end of it
beneath the arms Of the Unconscious
Ieyerson, and loweredhim to the ground
Just rs the flames burst out OF the win
dow below him, Wrapping the whole
front of the millin aseething sheet Of fire.
A groan went through the crowd
There was no hope for Dick re had
saved a life at the loss of his own.
| Dur Dick, Dicll.' rang out q woman's
voice, sharp and shrill, and full of terri
bic entreaty Try to save yourself for
my Stthe H'EU NuG .Up,flll LOO
He heard, and leaned far. out OF the
window in a wild desire to save his life
for the sake of the woman he loved. He
saw the wire OF one of the lightningrods
not foot away from the window. Nav
be it was Strong enough to hold his
weight But could he 90 through the
he'll of fire. beneath himP 1t seemed
death to venture. 1t was certainly death
to stay where he was Lois had called
him. He would make q wild effort 10
save himself
He leaned over and grasped the rod
and swung himself over the window
SILL, and Slipped down, downyldown!r
The rod .bliitered his hands, but he
chung to it. The flames beloved up all
about him. but he held his breath and
? Slid down, down, down! The last, he
remembered was that he was in the
midst of whirlpool of fire, with the
thought in his brain that he was always
going down, down, down!
The first thing he remembered after
that was woman's face bending over
him and a wothan'g tears dropping on
his face. and then % lwoman's kiss was
on his lips, land q WON an's voice said
brokenlyi 3d goo b4lgi- Irr "'.'
.i'Oh, Dick! poor, noble, brave, dear
niplyDi And ha CaNV nj ahnxfo hin.