Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-01

p.is nrocusse have come before hsr,
Wild birds her welcome sing;
T On thousand longing hearts adore hsr,
lie pay worlds darling, Spring
CASTE.
Charlie Danielson waa foreman IN tos
ofics Of Arundsl's great pap
He vas tail and finely formed; hs
had waving brown hair and great shin
inc expeessive eyes Of the same color;
6rra. Handsome lips and beautiful teeth:
In manner he vas gentle, easy ana
isnouid. though he got through with
an incredible amount Of work In oDe
day. Al.
rounds Of the building With acquaint-
ancgs. was In the habit OF exchanging
a few words with young Danielson,
and found him more manly ana intef-
reatino than many OF the men whom
she met in the parl0rs OF s0ciefy.
There was no false pride about hA-
THE. She was her fathers own daugh-
tsr-Arundel was self-made man:
Father and daughter, with their radical
notions. were crosses which Mrs. Arun-
del refused 70 bea4 IN pattexoe. enc
never ceased 70 remember thst she hsd
desceuded o step or two on the social
ladder in maYryiag George Arundel, ana
her heart was rot on marrying kathie
TO p man who had not only money but
LlOod.
Katbis was bright, bewitching and
vomanly; erect and graceful in figure,
with a charming face, illuminated oy
smiling, clear gray Dyes, and plenty OF
soft. iins dark hair, which she could
arrange in almost any style. She had
Z generous allowance Of pocket money
and dressed with exquisite taste.
Was II strange that the young fore
man learned To look upon the days OF
her visits a. the brightest ONES OF his
existence? Yet no ono would have
dreamed II.
Never wss o0urtier In o queens palace
more gracefully and easily polite than
Charlie Danielson 70 his employers
daughter; perfectly courteous, yet with
a certain COOL self possession that At
tracted Kathie more than anything else,
sccugtomed ~ she was to the fawninR
Difference of society f0ps.
must confess thas kathis vas Just
the least little bit Of a oOQuetss, and
while the young mans ooDp0sure At
tracted IL also piqued her into leveling
at him roguish sIniics and sauoy, rally
ing speeches.
Bat Danielson knew his place and kept
il. whiie tender and passi0nxte love f0l
the Qirl grew daily In his heart. Al f0s
Kathie, shs didn't realize the nature ii
her feelings for him until that dreadful
night at the theater.
The house vas crowded from floor "a
dome. Kathie, with her own select party
in private box, brighter and more than
usually charming, was listening IN merry
scorn 70 q gallant speech from her O..
cort. while It's orchestra crashed through
u brilliant interlude, and an impatient
audience stared longinRly At tbs maani
hcent draw curtain.
" Fire! fire! firev'
Three Wild, Mortified cries which threw
the mass Of humanity into uncoatrolla
blesxcitement. Oh, what fearful soena
that was.
Kathis, white a. death. With dilatins
eyes and lips which seemed turned Il
marble, stood up. graspinR the back O
hands, and stared like ono fascinA ted o
t1o snneiy eutksls<' ssSuee,esAs.8 O'o~1. -
the body OF tho h9uss, which vas nliin'
with smoke.
6he turncd 70 iook Is nor eccoss; tn
crowd bad disappeared; nef friends haA
deserted her: She Vas alone.
CLEAN OF contemps aprang into IN
girls eyes 40 sue turned toward ses door
4 THE was not ono 10 die tameiy whiI'
there remained possibility OF escape
bus the marrow, dark passage iato who'll
the door opened. hlled with smoke Ans
echoinR with shrieks OF mortal anauisl
ana terror, sent stckenlnR cntil 70 MOI
heart.
hhe shrank back within tho box.
a man from tho audience swung him
self upon the stage, and, running acroe
bsfoee the eureain, clAmbered up 70 he
and upoko q She cool. ovoa tunes shI
know % yell:
Miss Arundel, II you VII! trust me
will do my best TO save you.'
kathie sttetched hsr hands coward hin
With 2 little sobbing cry, and, takin,
them, he led her out into the passage.