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

DQIQeQ U1O5t VI IL. LuCAhyS "no AVoAAne
over her shoulder all the time, Sd ! can
tell You what she dew. First, che drew
q young man on horseback; then she turl-
ed the PAPER over AMI drew another young
maa il knickerbockers snd q Norftl <
j cket, with gun on his shoulder. Then
takirg fresh pisce Of paper, she drew
third, in patrol jacket eni re equation
boots, with drawn sSo'd in his right
hand, while with h g left he seemed to be
franticaliy calling to some enc behind him
20 come Cd. Oh of course, we can see 1t
all now. They ara all meant for the same
re-soa, and that person is Harry Melville;
but he's not nearly S, tall or go we'll pro.
portiored as You have drawn him, Mis-
D Darlington; he's not, really.
Just now she is dieaming, dreaming
thst shs is looking at Millsi,'s famous pic
ture Yes" She wonders why she never
before appreciated it go much, and sits
down in front of it. Soon she wonders
what makes the place go terribly ho'.
Then she f4ncies that every oae who p zee
is 10 king ct her, and is even certain that
people at thu end of the room are pint
ing az her. Then she saw some one point
her cut to an stten liant, who forthwith
accosted her: beg pardon, Miss, but
you're sitting on tie s'Ove. It's made
Just like bench; bnt it's stove, and my
borders is positive that no one sis On the
stove
Nina thought that this was really too
bad, and fairly lost her temper. ITS
not right" she il, 40 make the stoves
50 like tho seats if you don't want PEOPLE
to sit Oh them; but knew what it waI
and clme here because was cod"
'Oar' "And Pm going to say here as
long as choose" And disdaiping further
Argument, she took out her c3tal ;gue and
and prstsr ID to bs engrossed II its per
usal.
Very sOon she could feel the heat under
her beyond a doubt. and most unpleas-
antiy. But so obstinate are yourg ladies
in D;eam'ard lin p'acticsl life they are
firm that she determined to stay where
she was for iu five minutes by the
clock. Three minutes; tie act al heat
was not so grsa', but the fire underneath
her was beginning to smoke. Then she
thought that all the bystauders, and amor g
them all the psople she di liked, we're cay
ing that she would re7er stay there an
other two minutes. Four minutes; it wa'
worse. Four minutes end half-tour
minutes fifty seconds; it was stitl;rg-at
last and she WOKE up with start.
Wnat q terrible smell CT smoke; her
dream had tesn founded on fact. The
house mast be on fire. LightiGg q c1ndlp,
she raa to the door aud Looked down the
winding stairs, when suddenly some one
threw oEea the door at the bottom CT 1t
AMI crest curliog cloud of teri bls blue
smoke, but shoWi Y flames behind. rushed
up through it, causing Nina to drop he:
candle and rua coughing and trembling
back to her room
Tie C)lCn9l's meers :hsum was big
p;ps, and he had forgotten 10 knock out
the ssies, 81 thai, though it ba1 been in
his pocket for ne4r.y five minutes, it was
still Just aliaht when he dropped it
When l. hit the stove 1t snaIp,d in two
The stem fell into the CRATE bat the bowl,
alter rolling along ths oil cloth, u tiuate-
ly fetched up behind the umbrella
stand. Here. am sorry to Y, NJ ,ry, tie
under hoDsemaid, was IN the hiti9 of keep
ing q little huld e OF wcO'ea aud chluoiS
cloths, greatly bssmeared with bse3wsx
aul turs ensine, toy ,ther wi d a lump o
the formsr and s bottle of the lstter-ma
telisls which she used for c!elnipg the
fOlt staiTcWe and the p; she'd wood work
in the hall. Some lighted ash fl! en- these
cloths and roIn b'gin a slow ard smo'd-
eribg fire. H)wsye", as tec.e was very
1T IL draIgbt in the hall, and the mr.
5realla stand stood on slab of polished
granite, all might yet have ben well; bit
it was a.ed other wise.
When the rSgI h,d b ca srol ieTicg
quietly for sb 'ut Ealf an hour, ard SEEM
Q I in q fair way to burn themselves out,
big rat, taking constitutional in the
vicinity, attract by the smell Of bura-
iug b.eswsx, came to see WIN! was the
matter Naturally burning his LOAD, be
whiskad away N gelt wrath, and 81 up,
set tie turpsntine bot'l', TO which there
was no co k. IN en- instant the Il or for
ward rourd was covered with burLilg
Sp; it. Thsre was nothing to sop the
lanes, which ought first the unbrsallas,
thea ths hall table aid tie woodwork Of
III 81 .irs, and then the wainslo ing, and
anything and everything that there was
to catch.
Harry Neville wcs the frat to give tbs
alarm. but too late for th3 s!i yhtest hcpa
CT extinguishing the haCles In fact.
when Cnce 8 large house, dry and airy and
largely fitted with woodwork, his fairly
caught fire dozen engines cannot pat it
out before it is thoroughly guttsd from
basement to attic. Tue front staircase
would con Re impossible, 50 that when
the guests were loused the only thirg 10
DO was to | se no time in saving tie wo-
men and themselves. When Harry saw
this his first thought WAS for Nina, and rs
tore up stns with the flames literally at
his heels. II was he who opened tie door
as the botscm of ths corkscrew stair, al
hitting the volumes CT hot su oSe as they
rolled hercsly upward. He saw her, can
die in hand, when she fell back, blinded
and coughing; the next moment he had
her in his arms. He thought that thee
wss still time to make dash for it down
the fiery stairs; it was the only chance to
save her life. 0n4 moment to wrap
blanket round his darling as protection
again the hungry flames, ard then for
the rush. Whether he lived or di I'd after
ward did not matter if he could only
struggle on TO the bottom. where other
ha7ds would be ready 10 take charge of
his p. lions bUrien. That moments de-
lay saved both their liver for Just as he
snatchei the blanket fro n The Bad, when,
il Trey had started st f st, they would
have baen half way down The first flight,
cIme bang crash as with a d:afenirg
I oise portion of the outer wall Of the
room and the whole of the cork crew s:sir-
case fell v lille the whole building shook.
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