The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-26


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 firepw he shouted, and
mall boy who ran tearing up the street
billed 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 mp 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 Baby!''
"Oh. he's all right" exclaimed Nc
Givern, i was inst runnin back to tell
you about it. Tide. fought you might
be scared.
ID got there just in time, though
When we ran out of the teayter + seen
where the fire was. so / left the other
fellows to get the engine out and l ran
onsby shorter cut. When | got there,
there was Mrs. Quinn and Miss Cadogan
u astandin in the yard a screamin and
wringin their hands, and there was
Baby, wild the flames a creepin up all
round him. standin in the hay loft. "sYf
Tilda turned away her head in horror
and calculated:
'sOh, for Gawd's sakeI'
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
his eyes and grits his teeth together and
then he Jumps right into me arms. For
heavens sake''- s -
Before he could say another word the
White Squaw had thrown her arms
about him. =
F.Oh. Barney. !" she cried, Il 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 a
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.
'sWhy. / seen Aunt Della <sewin on
that sling yesterday morning. She told
me then it was a bit of fancy work. y {
By this time they had reached the
forward. seized Baby up in; her arms
and hugged hing. T
"Arrah, now it's Barney you may be
thankin that he's alive at ALL" cried
Mrs Quinn, as she mopped her eyes.
1.-The poor darlint would have been a
cinder now If it hadn't been for him.
How the juice am ever goin to meet
your poor ma and tell her as her beauti-
away
a.Oh, the barn don't matser, auntie, ,
exclaimed the White ,SQuaw Let's go
and look at Barney's arm.
BE labers. 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
SELF. -
Two minutes later Mrs. Quinn re-
turned with a very solemn cast ofsSoun-
tenance
Its broke she said. ,'ItH take
about ten weeks to set it right. We
won't need to call in doctor. for it's as
had better stay, here. though, SO we can
have hun under our eye 3
The Wyncoop genealogical tree was
lying on the piano The White SQuaw
rolled II carefully up, and then hafjding
it to Baby. she said:
Baby. dear. take tilt down to Nr.
Wyucoop first thing Tomorrow moguiNE
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.
The whole thing worked like clock
work, whispered Mrs Quinn. There
wasn't wan of US that missed = cue
Julia's tckled 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 f
Yes. but how phe diviI did yeu
keep the fire dowp till got heses When
Baby jumped it had just about begun to
burn
"Oh.' and sure that was easy enoughy''
replied Mrs. Quinn Twas Mary that
rang the alarm, you moind, and F1fhave