The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-08-27
WHOLE NO. 2o4O.
soMERsET PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST p, 1890.

their dust, when Hasn sayagely called
him back.
let 'em 60. The horses are tired, he
ssid. f.ea
Perhaps knowing that the boys were
in a quarrelsome mood, he had remeni-
bered his promise to Marmy Queer as
it was, she had even more influence over
that great burly six-footer Of Hash than
over the younger boys.
swell, if you want to take that fellows
sneers," growled Leck, as he reined in
his horse eHe was maxim fun Of our
team. amt lamb"
No one seemed disposed to dispute this
assertion of Leek's, but Hash half started
from the wagon.
81 s'pose l ought to put a stop to this
sarse," be said, but he laid back in the
wagon after moment, drawing the bun
die of blue muslin out from under the
seat and using it as pillow.
Look here, boys" cried Leonidas.
'Gilead Corner has been beating Cum
berland out and out on fireworks"
"What does it mean ?" said Hash,
standing up in the wagon and shading
his eyes with his hand.
"It means that Dodds' have got some
thing to do besides sneering at folks
Their mills afre, exclaimed Leck.
"Here, give me the reins, Leonidas.
Make the mare go, Leck," cried Hash
.sMebbe you want to help Dodds,
sneered Leck.
But Hash only urged on the horses for
answer
The highway near the burning mill
was blocked with teams. People had
driven home post-haste seeing the fire.
Hash left the wagon and ran across the
field, followed by the boys He could
scarcely have told whether he meant TO
try 'heIp Dodds," or was only following
his natural impulse to run to a fire.
There was intense excitement in the
crowd gathered about the burning mill
Twas a foolhardy thing to DO"
''Hell never get out alive" Twon't
last a minute more" 1T was a cat and
kittens she was after, and she dropped
them down in basket "The stairs
must have gone down just as D'ri got up.
He's got the girl, though
There they are in the window" These
were among the confused cries that Hash
heard. In the binding glare lie saw a
little white face and a tow head in the
window.
SITS AIarmy," he cried, and rushed to-
ward the burning building. But strong
arms held him back, and just then =
great shout arose.
"D'ri has jumped into the water with
the girl. "He's swimming @There It
goes, ,"-the mill walls tumbled with
crash-"but he's clear of il" "But he'll
sink if he don't let go of the girl" "No
he won't; they're helping him out now"
swell, you wouldn't think that D'ri Dodd
would have risked his life for one of the
Dusenherrys Pr
Hash heard it all as if in dream, as
he pushed his way franticalIy through
the crowd, and took Marmy's dripping,
motionless little figure from D'ri Dodd's
arms.
81 don't feel as if I was fit, D'ri Dodd, y
he said huskily, "but I'd like to shake
hands with hero like you, and-and the
fellow that saved Marmy.r
The first thing that 1Iarny said was !.
''Tell Lecty they're safe-AEary Buttercup
and all the kittens. And, OH Lecty
walked She ran saw her"
They thought that her brain was turn
ed-as if Marmy's steady little brain was
likely to bel-but they found that what
she said was true. They said that i. often
happened in cases like Lectys that the
power of motion returned with sudden
excitement. She might have reIapses, she
might even become helpless again, but it
was probable that she would in time be
fully restored to health.
And in fact, in the last week of the
term Lecty answered present to her
name in the Corner school.
Hash says ne "never viii quarrel with
the fellow that saved Marmy's life"
Elder Doak says it's a wonder to see
how Marmy brings up her boys.