The Panola weekly star., 1885-10-24


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Gracs i1ibsd In The rush over me
heated flrlh. water pouring if1m her
clothes NJ first. hut soon dried IN the
beat around her Home and papAs
pactHge wss her ,nll thought nov. but
where WIS home' A. soon ne she ffsrh.
Fd NE phvrmrnls he saw that she WAS
hopeiru''y lust Where was Dearborn
street, Where CLARK slrret'
All wa. alike unrcrognlkablc Every
house was burned lnmp.posis. street
signs, all lsyrlcd with the ground she
looked upon smoking and tcam.ng
wilderness, and A. she turned her face
towards where her home should be. aud
saw the vast wallo lire marching stead.
ily on, she knew she had no home In the
world. And where then were father
and mothcr' 'fheawiul dcsolalinn that
swept over the poor little soul in that
terrible moment i something too horri-
ble for YOU to imagine Iie thankful
that Il H. Shs would have sunk under
the weight II her despair but for the
thought oi the precious package. For
that she moved on must save it''
her constant thought, Papa will be
dishonored without t"--and the poor
tired feet hurried on she knew not
where
From that part oi the city the only
way Of eaching the Wes, Side where
was 10 fire, was over certain bridge
Gradually the stream nt people. of
whom Grace was one. drew near that
bridge, In whose narrow passage horrors
wss taking plsce all ihs time. The
broad street had hardly room for nyjng
people 10 wagons aud cauisges " every
sort, when then the way grew narrow
there WAS terrible struggle for place.
Heavy wagons piled high with furniture
crushed ruthlessly into carriages Of peo.
pie furniture fell and blocked the way,
vehicles were disabled and abandoned.
frightened horses let loose 10 ,rample at
their pleasure people with loads thrown
down feeble women pressed 10 the wall.
All the worst of,human passions were let
loo,e, and men became hcuds In the
mad struggle for safety and life.
As 0race reached this place. almost
crushed by the crowd, q strong man be-
hind her spoke kindly.
"My poor lad, " he said. you'll be
killed In that lam; hold on 10 me" aud
With great difficulty he raised her above
this crowd and stood her on the narrow
rail next The water.
Now, hold on TO me. he said, and
went on, fighting his own WAY, while
Grace, nearly dead with terror. and ex-
pecting every moment to fall into the
water, held wildly to his neck. Once or
twic. she slipped, but his strong arm
caught her, and nj last, after hours. as
Il seemed to her, they reached the other
side, and he lifted her down.
My boy" he said kindly. 'you look
delicate to be alone In this mad crowd /;
won't You come with me'"
oh, how Grace longcd TO do so. but
fear restrained her. lie thought she
was boy. and she could not explain,
because II might endanger the precious
package.
"0h, nor she said hastily. II must
lind pspa. but ! thank You more than |
can say for helping me over the bridge. "
shuddering IS she spoke.
YES. little man. said her friend.
you'd hardly have come over alive il |
hadn' 'tseen YOU"
''Papa'll thank you, too" began
Grace, aud then. fearful that he or some
one would suspect she had valuablcs.
she turned hastily and ran down side
street
| But where should she goP 1ha, WI,
the West Side. and free from lire. but
she had never been there. knew no one.
aud the streets were full Of dying pco.
pie. She could only go with them. for
they all seemed going one way.
40 they were. and after n long walk,
IN which she many times nearly fell with
fatigue, she reached the end Of her Jour.
ney, the place where half city was col
lected In misery and despair. lt was
wide, bare prairie. with hundreds yes
thousands II people. some with house
ful ot furniture and goods. some will
nothing In the world but theit night
clothes, camped down to wait for-the,
knew no, what.
That scene can not be described
Grace sank exhausted on the ground
and very likely would never have arisen
for she was wet aud cold, tired and hun
gry. Hut although everything IN lif
seemed gone. Kind hearts were M
burned up, and near her happened 10 b,
a motherly German woman. who ha,
} saved all the furniture Of her little huus
by means of her husbands express
wagon. aud was now guarding II and he
! three children, while her husband wa
J making Que hundred dollar. load will
the same wagon, drawing rich men
, treasures 10 . place oi safety. Tn
good Frau had already made q fire Il
her little stove and heated some water
preparatory TO cooking supper, aud see
Ing Grace apr aren,ly dying. hurric,
about and made her cup Of goo,
strong coffee. She could not speak
} word Of Eaglish, but she doubtless save,
/ Grace's life.
. After drinking the cupful. which CAV
her new strength, the poor child bure,
+ her face In her hands aud burst into on
2 comfortable tears. with sOhs and moan
, that touched the wafm.hearted woman
. She tried 10 question her; she made he
, come to her lire; she al Last forced her b
I lie down, wrapped In, one ot her owl
coarse blankets.
= There, on that desolAte praine. wit
e rain falling. groans and cries u pain an