Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-04

tie tre ID door, bluSRioo Win VIC
to cpsn,t It was stended On tie inside
with tolt, which from long disuse had
bscoms com oletely Iustei into its socket.
Twice he put folti all TIE strength De
couli get 20 bear on the little knob, only
to lacerate his hands without being able
20 stir tt fastening As he gathered him
self tc ge her for third try, Nina thrust
a garden hammer into his baud. 1t was
small bat fairly belvy one which she
used for mailing up the creepers. A few
blows with this, anothe, phil, thu b>lt
yielded. and Harry threw b,ck the trap
Sitting in the opening, he pulled Nina up
to his own level, and they were both on
the roof.
Except for li:tls gable in the middle,
the tof was fat. o. one side and under
the turret was the blazing house; but on
the othtr, s,m9 twenty feet lower was the
roof OF tn, laundry, which, being to wind
GARD, had 50 far en- ire'y escaped the c)n-
flagration. 4 waterpipe, standing out
about two inches from the wall, took the
DRAWINGS from the gutter round the turret
to small rain water stern Tx against
the wall Just above the laundry. l. was
down tbs that they must GO.
To Climb down twenty feet by small
wsterpipe with Only one hand Snd your
legs to hol on by, and to support lady
with the other hand, IS 20 easy feat even
tor a stroog man aud an athlete, and Harry
was reither. But love and desperation
gave him both strength and skill to per-
form the descent safely. 0nly when, about
halfway 60 In, first his lfg' aud then his
hsnds C lme into 60 ltaCt with an iron sup
port to the pipe, did be f9el momentarg
pain. An no wcnler; for passing through
the wall and beirg c'iuched on the inside,
it was nearly red not. A great tongue OF
fl1me shoe ing cut from ore Ct the tide
windows e-ab!.d those below 10 see what
was happening. ladder was placed
against tie laundry wSl, and amid lusty
cheers they wee quickly half helped, half
carried in safely to the grcu1d.
Thanks to the blanket, Nina had escaped
nearly &C t. free, but Harry Melville was
bldiy, though perhaps not dangerously,
hart His lefG hand in particular vas ter
rioly burned. The doctor was among the
lookers-on and ordered him to bad at the
E gle ct once, while he himte'f hurried of
for The lotion and other necessaries to dress
his wounds.
The ladies were accommodated with bids
or "shakedowns'' at ths vicarsge: the gen
tmea ta1 plenty to Go in helping their
hist and his servants. Of course, n5xt to
no hing could b saved from the house; it
was enough to bs thankful fOc that no
lives had been lost The hsoses We're blind
f lded and lei away; the carriages and
harness was also saved. Then it was de-
cd ID to destroy great straw stscS lest the
wind should shift and the fire b. communi-
Gated to that Sni thercs to the lodge. BY
this me all the llage was afoot, SO that
there was no lack of hands. AgrcOm had
BEEN dispatched for the fire engine at the
frs alarm, and meanwhile couple Of
gsrien hose were playing Gu tie fire, nut
without any Gppteciatls result. About
dawn he epgi1e arrived, and commenced
operations on the slow J-sub siding c0nt1a-
grafton. Thoug1 it was kept only four
miles cr M Allingsfo,d, the man who IN
d4nt ,od il" slept reArly six further on,
whereby, az the ohstructionist town coun-
C llr observed at the next meeting "cJn-
siderable time was lost 1t wes bread
day eie Sir John, biz BROTHER, and guests,
kaviag 6o-e ali that mea could dc, and
thanked the V llsgers for their willing help
both verbally and pratt:caliy-this last by
having a Cask OF able Y preached in the
yard-d!Oye CT to LO;d Grandw1rth's
who had place his house a. their disposal.
So it came about that the Barore. speut
his Christmas morning in bed. IL The at
tsrnoon he rCd4 over to see Harry, calling
It the vcarags en- his way. Her, clad
mostly in dres leg gowns, the ladies f.om
All;ng RI HOUSE c9ived him in re-
machab!y high spirits, Notwithstanding
that they hcd lcst all their possession
Oaly Nina, n oce Of the VIC, re daughters
dressss, acc mp.ritd him ID the ruins
which 8tr. sill smoking ,sulkilJ. l. was
20. / iaspriog sight and they so)l turn
el their STEPS in the direction of the viii
lage. Dr. Brown met item 1t the door of
the inn with grave ;acs, aud sid, in re-
ply Sr Joiu's inquiry after his pa lsrt:
Not so well as l could wish, by shy
means; the barns were bad enough, and
now fsver has come 20 cOpp'icste mat
ters He seems to have splendid con-
sti,utioo, lough, AMI that's half the bat
tie. shall telegraph 10 London fer
nurse, and we ought 10 pull him through
ia fortnight.
bat what shall you do till the nurse
com:s?" q ,kod Mira.
That" he replied, sis just what was
coming to. Can you spsre me Mrs. Hics-
leyf" Mrs. II cslsy was the hcuSekeepfr }
She can be depended upon, and will be
able to carry out my int 3ntiOn better than
the pope at the inn"
Take her and one Ct the lis, too
doctor, if you like" s,iiSir John, Nina
you go ard see shout it.
'S1an't we. teld message, upcle?"
said Nina. ''Toeu you snd l will wait in
thu Eagle ill they coma; and if anything
is wsn Ell, can doit."
"Perha{s that would be the best" said
the Go ,tor. Il au going to the the v:cir.
ga, and will be the ne jseDger mystlE
But c?me up and see him.
TT ey entered the inn and went up stairs
to tie sick-room, the doctor leading the
way. As he opened the door be held his
fugsr II his lips as s 90 fer them to te
silent. Captain Melville was sleeping
so 1ndly.
"Splendidr!' said tae doctor IS soon as
they were outside again. A god constt-
tuition, that's what's done it, If he OILY
.lseps on for q couple of hours now he
is as god as cured. NV l must be Of.
There il some soup being made fer him
down stair. II, ought to have il the mo-
ment he wakes In fact, Misc Darlington,
think III the best plan would be to keep
il in tie room on the hob"
"Uncle," ssid N,na, as soon as he had
go1e and tbs landlady had been dispatched