Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-05

the curtain down and go and comfort
the White Squaw. But when he reached
the dressing room the squaw had van
ished as completely as any of her war
riors. and looking out of the window
Wyncoop caught sight of her rushing
madly up the street. An instant later
the fire engines, armed by nineteen
dusky Indians, dashed by in the direc-
ton OF the Brannigan house.
where's the fire?" he shouted, and
Hnall boy who ran tearing up the street
called back at him;
Its the Brannigan barn."
There was red glare in the sky in
that direction, and as the poor White
Squaw. out of breath and half dead
with fright, rushed toward it it seemed
to her as though she would never reach
there alive. If there was one thing
above all else in this world which the
White Squaw loved it was her brother
Baby. Then suddenly she remembered
what Mrs Quinn had said about Baby
going up into the hayloft to play.
The glow was getting brighter every
minute, and she was still three blocks
away She had to stop moment to
catch her breath, and as she did so she
saw an Indian rushing from the direction
of the fire toward her who looked mar
velously like Barney.
Barney" she cried, .for Gawd's sake
tell me where's Babyl"
"Oh. he's all right" exclaimed Nc
Givern. 81 was just runnin back to tell
you about it, Tide. fought you might
be scared.
II got there just in time, though.
When we ran out of the teayter seen
where the fire was, so l left the other
fellows to get the engine out and l ran
on by shorter cut. When l got there,
there was Mrs. Quinn and Miss Cadogan
standin in the yard screamin and
wringin their hands. and there was
Baby, wild the flames creepin up all
round him, standin in the hay loft"
Tilda turned away her head in horror
and CALCULATED:
.Oh, for Gawd's sakel"
81 run up to the barn and called out
to him, Jump sez, I'll catch you
shure.' So the little beggar he just shuts
Ills tJ CO anu SilIo LIS lSCoh ooSOcACA GNU
then he jumps right into me arms. For
heavens sake"-
Before he could say another word the
White Squaw had thrown her arms
about him.
'Oh, Barney" she cried, 81 have been
pretty mean to you, but after this you're
the man for me-"
Then, for the first time, she noticed
he was wearing his right arm in a
sling.
"Oh, that's nothing" he explained.
when Baby jumped he hurt me arm
bit, and Mrs. Quinn says she thinks it's
broke. She happened to have this sling
lying around, so she told me to slip me
arm into it and run off to tell you, and
we could examine it when we got back. /"
"Now, amt that lucky" said the
White Squaw, who, now that the dan
ger was over. was fast regaining her
composure.
why, seen Aunt Della sewin on
that sling yesterday morning She told
me then it was bit of fancy work"
By this time they had reached the
house, and the White Squaw rushed
forward. seized Baby up in her arms
and hugged him.
''Arrah. now it's Barney you may be
thankin that has alive at ALL" cried
Mrs. Quinn, as she mopped her eyes.
1.-The poor darlint would have been
cinder now if it hadn't been for him.
A,w the juice am ever goin to meet
your poor ma and tell her as her beauti-
full barns been burned while she was
away?'
'Oh, the barn don't matter, auntie,"
exclaimed the White Squaw Lets go
and look at Barney's arm"
''Be jabers, was forgettin all about
it. Mary, you stay here wild Baby and
watch for Julia. Come along wild me,
Barney dear, and we'll see if you're hurt
bad. Tilda, you'd better stay here too
lean make the inspection better by me-
SELF"
Two minutes later Mrs. Quinn re-
turned with very solemn cast Of coun-
tenance.
"Its broke" she said. "Itll take
about ten weeks to set it right. We
won't need to call in doctor, for it's as
easy as winkin to set an arm. Barney
had better stay here, though. so we can
have him under our eye"
The Wyncoop genealogical tree was
lying on the piano The White Squaw
rolled it carefully up, and then handing
it to Baby, she said:
Baby, dear, take. that down to Mr..
Wyncoop first thing tomorrow morning.
Tell him that it's very nice, but I've got
no further use for it, and he'll have to
get an understudy for his part in the
play"
1.-The whole thing worked like clock
work." whispered Mrs. Quinn. "There
wasn't wan of us that missed cue.
Julia's tickled to death that she's lost
her barn. can go back to town wild a
free heart now, for I've fulfilled me vow
and obligations"
eyes; but how the divil did you
keep the fire down till got here? When
Baby jumped it had just about begun to
burn"
''Oh, and sure that was easy enough" I"
replied Mrs. Quinn. "'Twas Mary that
rang the alarm, you moind, and I'll have
all can do nursing Barney. Don't you
forget to tell him that"
Late that night after everybody else
was in bed Mrs. Quinn, Miss Cadogan,
Barney and the Baby held special ses-
sion on the back piazza. Barney had