The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-09
CHAPTER W

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weak kind OF wonder rs TO where WAS
and what had happened.
What was this that was sitting and choly.
ing me rs ga,ped for breath? What was
that burning heat that urid glare AS [
opened my eyes? I'D ......0
What was that h'dcouS crackliuy noise,
those shouts aud cries outside, | saw and
heard as tuII consciousness returned to me?
1t WAS ire! h.
jump ngout of bed hurried on my clothes
as best ! could, forgetting weakness and
everything else in the instinct of sef.pre-
selVtJlon, to escape rom this blindng STIFF
ing Shohni put Wien opened my door,
my Mart dind WItAIn me- for between me
ana Inc Stars Nhsr, the landing should
have been, stretched Il cracking, glarlng
abyss Of smoke amt fame.
NO escape that way.
smut the d"Of Hulfioi'y to keep out the
flames. ana then low moan fell on my ear,
ana r,IHG'n- TO me VITA anguished eve, and
OancNed lace OF terror was Flora EOs>rl.
save nle-sayc me-" she moaned. "Ol.
'oTEi'e me- ana save me:
Come 10 me WINDOW ! sad throwing il
"peh As si'e 81 C'lhS WIldly areuAl me
'H'H, reNNrH ny tHe hl9nehtaiy breath Of
a'I' i'"'." o"' 'o""THS lhecroWd beneath.
n"'l' "lr III II 81" me- ana a inuImur Of
| Hoyl"' "l"''' ...,...
0,N' w. THNt u.s. sHI'ehed, lhen bend'
i''- ","I l" "l" N"o' mao With terror
CIV. ,''," 90" ''l'""." ~ il'I 4eet' ehut@}-
I'M ,i t', ~ w. 'I'liIt t.c "'''""N
'"',r 4U',I,', sou We "ie go
,NS ~ o' S"''o' 2'anu up ana DC ready A
'"'.'vI - coIl''I+' looA
u '"uuci WIFI utmost ulLlaulIy was r",'d
"sI'ns' u'e p'i'iouS wall, man 81 aui.y
| anu "'Hea't"'IIl-!! mounted II sWllE sep
| ny SEP, ana ile crowd below held their
! ort"tn ID Wa'chl'ig' ana only Inc cracking
NOISE OF me burning hinder as the ilam's
leaped IN their demon JOY about it, was
heard ....
The man came close to our window, and
even III mat supreme moment my heart
tIroobed faster when saw him TO be Her
mon HoSSel .. .... ..t.
Come outside the window. Trust your
self wholly to me, my darling. Twill save
you.' he said in his usual quiet voice, but
an imprisoned ring in it thrilled my pulses
even then, and even then thought of what
itwould have been to me if that ring had
been meant for me.
But of course he meant her-his darling,
he had come to save She was crouchmg
too terrified TO move, at my feet, and us
dense and terrible volume of smoke rushed
out, enyelopng us all in its darkness, ul-
most lifted her before me to the window.
lwondrr now where got my strength
from. | think it WAS given me- for that
night. ..
AS Hrrmon took her IN his strong arms.
and with his precious burden descended the
| ladder felt clad that before | died had
done something for the man loved.
| had given lis dorlin, hoc, ., hin, and
Watched them gain the Ground in safety
ere the ladder frll with n sickprIng cash.
then "a with tho lost b,,tin., 90 s,Ic-,rasor'
yatinn I Leaned farther fro,n th,' ,,;ndory
frosh hIogn i,r"ntnod % ,h,, "'"u ,,",
o,,ain rron cha ,ro,"5 o,,d n', Gus H'Ja J
n on, hana"t oroJ va" "''.T '''v,' g, ''o" CIV,
innnoI Iowm 'o,,., w ,, '"''p' "''o
a,,at' VIVA INV ''''''o"'N'''
io'hs pioNv NY ."'1" III Ily IAN say
my peGause icaf'NS IRON tnat hellllt, even
.IuusH zen upon tIe carpet held Tor me
| DeioW' IL "ouIu nave been an easy matter
10 nave broken Two or three Of my limbs, or
| my neck,