The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-03

a1s8 Ysep&resl e s1erEss sn<1ns 81 -
e4pe. s4Txraz nse<f3o<fn wsre prpF0sed
bef~e&n sh<ns, bit rose seemed fezsa
he. Their Grzt zsse& bad A4En 70 Err'
ase 4 saddles noise with their hzsa.
rnxrs on the reTe7keratzng kKszier. Ax1<'
f1Sxh4ka the brute ax4F< this she1
n<sen8uned ard determined upon ex.
c<sxfve ogzs<sress In the uxH1st ct ~
xsI<ure ss;ssa<sed . girls swtet voa<
= lick.
During the sers1fse ssconis Of ssrne
that followed. taD Hzxn With bl1nchei
faces roe with ozsx brzys Impulse and
rushed to the ~hoze-tUo zase.
Too Sx*e % 2fFss4 the rgzsh Of hurry
Ing sket zissz she f4taI plank, Too ssse
% wxrr tise x1Inan who bad heREn %
fx2ke tie hxTa working lie II Dick
Eagers q thing worth striving for.
AYE, worth dylng tot. ne cried
within himself. "A be clauh<.red 0at--
Isse he wosrid have exchanged with
no enc on earth since be hal grown
20 hog< Tor ysnnJs lore. With the
fatal kssowlsx.ge Of Ehas mast happen,
What they almost STRANGELY sFaisesl f0r.
the men had hastily ARMED them
selves. Rogers. with q eroiEbzr. Was
fret up. and then--a dab roar, one
wIsd. keart-Fea6iag err aTld after ltzEf
the deep silence again
With caisn elaboration bat un-
Hzunted cournxe Rogers Paused .
minute. while EItton Fixed the lantern
on the safety valve.
The ii0u wss standing over the bod
az the prussrate girl, where she bad
fallen. in the hollow formed where
the top OF the boilers met.
And then both men confronted the
animal.
asow1 Tom. cried Rogers, .se-
either. =
With their crowbars uplifsed they
spyang together, one st eal:h side OF
the hrufe's head What would have
happened with forest~bred lion may
be readily eoniectalred-this was bat
q caxe-reared beast prone 60 terror
and accustomed 70 quail before the
resolate sctlon OF man The sudden
savage onslaught. the light that dax-
zisd is vision, the fury and cries Of
the men as they encouraged each
other. and the rapidify Of the blows
Al served to beat the brute OF, and
though Il swerved and struck an in-
Cry paw at Fifton that tore the sleeve
Of bis jacket. nevertheless. il suddenly
turned. and with one bound regzfned
the corner where the carcass lay, over
which il crouched. half angry, half
terrified. bit apparently wholly pre-
pared 10 defend its spoil. Jennyss
eyes were open when Rogers lifted her
up
s'tsod love thee, lass, = cried the man.
with sob IN his voice. Keep thy
courage up yet awhile.
Into the boiler, quick, = said Fiston,
standing before them.
Bat il was 10 easy matter 20 get q
nearly helpless woman through the
small aperture. The lion stood
snariing and crushing itself against
the wall. Just as il was accustomed 10
do ia the cage during q performance.
Jenny was slowly climbing down the
man hole.
60 in next. Dick. said Fitton,
turning round
may, /" exclaimed Dick, stepping up
To him; sathee 20 first There was no
need nor time 20 dispute the matter,
50 Fitton descended and Rogers fol-
lowed. The lantern being still on the
valve. IL was az dark as pitch inside,
It'll one Of the men struck 4 light.
"Poor lass. she's wounded" ex-
claimed Fitton.
Jenny had indeed tainted, aud lay
there, her dark head soon pillowed
against Dicks shoulder. her sweet
face upturned 10 his, while he waited
in sad anxiety for the Iong-lashed eyes
To lift from her coiorless cheeks.
In spite of the peril just undergone
Tom Fftton, with an odd sense of
being in the way, was busy lighting
candles and tinkering at q bit OF tubing
between whites. An thou TT not
hurt Iassgn said Dick presently. III
dinna think ! am she answered
slowly, .but Use feeling stiif-like--teiI
me. Dick, what wer IL ~ at wer Just
q bad accident. lass--nought else. y
Aye, she nurmured dreamily, and
closed her eyes again. TO think, =
whispered Rogers 20 her companion,
"tha' little lass should ha' COON 10
meet me.
"Weel. responded Fitton grayely--
he had known OF the young man a
feelings this long time baek--s'didna
she COON onee afore, during overtime.
10 walk whoam wi thee ?n
NO." returned Rogers, that wer
on account OF her brother being sick
an lonesome, an fancying my COM
pany."
AYE. said the elder man. smiling
and shaking his head in the profundity
Of his wisdom. thee can have Ii so.
an thou wilt. " Fitton was looking up
through the man-hole as he spoke,
"theer," he exclaimed. lantern 8 gone
cut
A. farn, ~ ~. IL,
cate city-bred woman with con-
seriousness Of nerves and MI that they
involve. but just a simple. healthy
| girl full OF vitality and good spirits,
when she had recovered the two men
told her of the presence of the animal
over their heads. She shuddered and
| said hut II could not get in hereg''
IL shall not said Dick. and the
two men fell discussing u means oil
| escape. 1t was imperative. at least il
seemed to them 10 be so, that one oi
them should leave their place oi
safety; and as last their plan was
made.
AZ o'clock they found what they
had waited for. the eorged beast was
asleep.
I've neither wife nor childer, said
| Rogers, turning his head away, as Fit.
Ion offered 10 Try. Fan I'll do Ii.
A short silence, and then invoiun.
! tarily the two nen locked at the girl
Aye, Dick. II il mum be. il mum
be, and then, wonanI.ke, hurst into
tears and kissed him.
niyesting himself OF his Jacket and
shoes, Rogers silently climhed out
erept swiftly over the felt-coyered
boiler 90 the opposite end from whers
the lion lay, and hastily descended
the small iron ladder affixed 60 ahs
SIDE Of the boiler hEick-work. In 9
second he WAS behind the boiler
house and out Of sight; few mors
seconds he had crossed the wet yard
passed through the archway LEADING
In the entrance, and quickly clam
herssd over the iron gates. Many pso
| pie wuuid have gone for policeman
Il they could hsye found one, but witt
the hest OF foresight he ran lawn Hill
street. through Lord street, ans
/ reached the nlensverfe, where he 81
ostE~ hfese Sac aiissss IN Of thu
/ steering sagpa and aroused ShS IA
mates Giving precise directions. az
lsst them ard went straight back {,
aTS. kitsoa's house IN uangine-rsas
lame, where be assures! the frtghtenet
/ solaen that her husband was safe
With the eaTlY hahits Of factarv work
! ers he had foreSeea that Mrs. Ftstof
would be sossl up and might attempt
9 enter the Essill he next sent Fitfoa'.
little boy "a tho IRE station. where b.
Knew The nsen would he alert ana