Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-03-30

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I for sympathy and listeners as for him.
/ Little Kate, who knew her father ;
hauntS. had guided him home and was
striving 10 get him TO his little sleeping
corner before her mother return when
/ i'm his drunken helpleSSneSS he fell
against the table, overturnlng the ker-
oSene lamp. and the curtains were all
atlame i'm am instant. 1t was Just after
/ five tapS-or 10 o'clOck-whcn Kate :
ShriekS raised the inmates of SudSyllle
and started the cry of "Fire. The
finSv structure of pine boards burned
/ like SO much finder, and the child and
/ her Stupefcd father had been dragged
/ forth only I'm time 10 save their lives.
/ The little one. after giving the alarm,
/ had rushed again into the house and was
Juggling at his senSeleSS form when res
/ cue came for both-none too soon.
/ As for Mrs. Clancy, at the first note OF
/ danger she had rushed screaming TO the
spot. but only i'm time 20 see the whole
interior ablaze and TO howl frantilly
/ for some man 90 save her mOney-it was
all I'm the green box under the bed. For
+ husband and child she had for the
moment mo- thought They We're safely
ont of the fire by the time she got there,
I and she screamed and fought like fury
against the men who held her back
when she would have plunged into the
midst of IT, 10 took but minute for
one or two men 10 burst through the
AimSy wall with axes. To- rescue the
burning box and knocked of the lid. 10
was a sight To see when the contents
were handed 90 her. She llnelt. wept,
prayed. counted over bill after bin of
smoking. Stcaming greenbac6S. until
suddenly recalled 90 her senses by the
eager curiosity and the remarks of some
of her fellow women. That she kept
money. and good deal of il. i'm her quar-
tiers had long been suspected and as
iercely denied; but no one had dreamed
of such % sum as was revealed.
I'm her frenzy she had Shrieked that
the savings of her lifetime were burning
that there was over three thousand
dollars I'm the box; but she hid her treas
ure and gaSped and Stammcred and
>wore she was talking wild like "
They We're nothing but twoS and
vans. she vowed: vet there were wo-
men there who declared that they saw
tens and twcntie> as she hurled them
through her trembling fingers, and
Sud>villc goSSipcd and talked for two
hours after She was led away. still
moaning and Shiveriug, To the bedside
of poor Clancy. who was the miserable
cause of 90 ALL The colonel listened 20
the stories with such patience rs could
Doe accorded 90 witnesses who desired 10
give prominence 90 their personal eN-
pioitS u subduiug the flames and reScu-
ing life and property. IL was not until
hc and the group of officers with him
had been engaged some moments i'm talk
ing testimony that something was elicit
cd which caused new sensation.
10 was not by the united efforts of
SudSyile that Clancy and Kate had
been dragged from the flames, but by
the individual dash and determination
of q single man; there was no diScrcp-
aucy here. for the ten or "a dozen who
were wildly rushing about the house
made mo- etfert 10 burst into 10 until a
young soldier leaped through their
midst into the blazing doorway. was
seen 90 throw blanket upon some OBJ
icct within. and the next minute he APP
pcarcd again, dragging a body through
the flames Then they had sprung 10
his aid. and between them Kate and
..the Guild man" were lifted into the
open air. a moment later he had hand
ed Mrs. Clancy her packet of money.
and-thcy hadn't seen him since. He
was am officer. said they-a new one.
They thought 10 must Doe the first
Hcutcucut OF Company b: ami the co.
lionel looked quickly around and said a
few words Co his adjutaut. who started
up the hin forthwith. \ group of la
dies and officers were standing AZ the
brow of the plateau east of the guard
house. gazing down upon the scene be-
low. and other ladies, with their escorts.
had gathered ON little knoll close by
the road that led tO Prairie avenue.
10 was past these that the adjutant walk
cd rapidly away. swinging his hurricane
lamp iu his hand.
(Which way. now, BillingS?' called
one of the cavalry officers in the group.
~Ovcr Co Mr.. Haynes quarters" he
shouted back. never stopping at all.
A silence fell upon the group at the
mention of the name. They We're the
ladies from Capt. Bayncr'S and a few of
their immediate friends. All ewes fol-
lowed the twiu6ling light as it danced
away eastward towards the gloomy coal
sheds. Then there was sudden and in-
tense interest The lamp had come toa
stand still. was deposited on the ground.
and by it's dim ray the adiutant could
Dee seen bending over dark object that
wa, half sitting. half reclining at the
platform of the shed. Then came "a
shout Come here. some of You. and
most of the men ran 90 the spot.
For moment not one word was Spo6-
cu in the watching group; then Mrs
Travcr'S voice was heard:
"What can it be-? Why do they stop
thcrc?"
..Shc felt "a sudden hand upon her
wrist. and her sisters lips az her ear:
Come away, Nellie. want To 90
home. Come.
But Kate, must see what il
means"
No: come. lists only some 9TH
or drunken man probably. Come. And
she >trove to lead her
But the other ladies We're curious too.
and all. inScuSbly. were cdging over 10
the east as though eager TO get i'm sigh,
of the group. The rccumbent object
had been raised. and was seen 10 bc the
dark figure of man whom the others
began slowly To- move away. One OF tine
group came running back TO them; it
was Mr. Foster.
~Come. ladies; 1 will escort You home,
aS.t the others are busy.
..What is the matter. Mr.. Foster
was asked by % half dozen voices.
-It was Mr.. Hayne-badly burned. l
fear. He was trying 20 get home after
having saved poor Clancy.
you don't say so, oh. isn't there
something we cam do? Can't We go that
way and Dee of some hclp?' was the
L.. a. q ltts Ten