The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-05


down utterly exhausted by their work
and terror, having only strength
enough left to watch the fire as it rolled
away.
It was a sorry-lookin2 little group
that met the eyes of Farmer Somers,
who came hurrying up in his wagon
soon after. Their faces, hands and feet
were scorched and blistered Their
clothes were burnt by sparks and black
with cinders. Their eyes were red and
swollen with smoke, The teacher,
,Aleck and Jimmie, who had been in the
hottest Of the fight, had their eye
brows and lashes scorched. The bon
nets and jackets that had done such
good service were now an unrecogniz-
able heap of charred rags.
"All here. safe and sound, thank
Godl" exclaimed the farmer, springing
from his wagon and catching up his lit
tie girl who ran to him crying with Joy,
while Aleck limped after her. as fast as
his blistered feet would allow. 'sWhy,
Miss Benson, you're clear played outi''
for the relief Of the farmers presence
was too much for Nell's overtaxed
nerves, and the tears were rolling down
her cheeks. Here" he continued,
children, gather up your books and
dinner buckets and I'll take you all
home. No more school now till these
burned faces and hands and feet get
well. And you set back-fire! Well
now, that was cleverly done, but you
must have worked fast, for the fro
came like lightning. We didn't even
see 1t coming till too late to get to you.
and we just made sure the school-house
would go, and like as not lot Of you
would be badly burned I tell you,
mother and me done some praying
yes, and some crying, too. l Amt
ashamed TO tell OF It. But the Lcrd'e
been good 70 as al, spared every one
Of you. Jump in-jump ini Your
mothers no doubt are pretty nigh
frightened 10 death, and must get you
home a. soon % possible"
How thankful the mothers Of that
community were to receive their dar-
Nngs safe again, only mothers can tell
As they bsthed and bandaged TIE
burned faces and hands and fest they
thanked God that the little teacher had
stood 90 true TO her trust, had possessed
70 cool . head and had been 90 prompt
In action.
In writing Of n to her fsvorite friend
LII, Nell said: at was an awful en-.
perience, such as I hope never to have
again. Even while fighting the Are tho
thought came to me that this was q,
lesson not laid down in the Oxford our
- h~~k hal -
marked out by the Heavenly School
master, and as such must be faithfully
learned. What His object in sending Il
was, can not tell. This much I do
know: That little while Of work, Of
peril, Of fear has bound my heart to my
scholars and their hearts to me, so that
our school days now are filled with de-
Light. There are no more troublous
days, there are NO moro unruly scholars,
there Is no longer an easily-vexed
teacher. We have been cleansed 20 q
by fire. '"-Marie Nantz, In Farm and
Home.
Plenty to Interest.
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can endure . little place like Lawn
VILE. Nothing 10 see, nothing TO hear,
nothing 70 talk about
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