The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-06-13

$sry1Ise % ella county,
4& Michigan, two
4 families, named:
respectively, Wilson and Moreau.
The aforementioned consisted OF
..ather, mother and their fve-year- old
win bovs, Samuel and Peter; while
Sarcisse and Mrs. Moreau had but one
,hild, girl of fifteen, called Marie
.Iarie Moreau--a name almost as
,retty- as was It's American French.
descended owner.
In addition to remarkable beauty,
Marie possessed the still more precious
lift of q sweet, uDselfsh disposition.
nd was, moreover, the foremost
smong all the scholars attending the
,omewhat distant country school.
But, for girl brought up in the
woods, she was neither very large nor
strong for her age, and the perform
,nce of a specially daring deed was
The last thing Of which any one could
lave supposed her capable.
The two Lighthouses of these fam
lies stood 800 yards apart, in the
midst of cleared felds-and consider
ably more than that distance from any
standing timber, the nearest piece OF
woods being tract of primeval forest
lying over a quarter-nile southwest of
and facing both, so that it seemed
hardly possible for either to be en-
dangered.
Up to the 10th ofthe month, though
the surrounding atmosphere was then
somewhat darkened by smoke waited
from the great confagration at Chi
cago, no fires had broken out in the
Wilson-Moreau neighborhood. On
that day, in accordance with
previously made appointment, the
heads f-ho4b ~isEsriiiitseee:s-asoxe- i tee: away to
Farwel village, sixteen miles distant,
to make the final payments on and re-
ceive deeds of their respective farms,
Mrs. Wilson leaving the twins in
charge of Marie, not another person
living within two miles of her house.
The party set out in Moreau's farm
wagon at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
promising to return not later than
nine that same night.
Marie, we'll pleased at the prospect
of having curly-hee ded Sammy" and
'Pete" all to herself for whole day,
spent q delightful forenoon playing
with and amusing the little fellows,
and in due time prepared in their
honor a regular holiday feast, while
discussing which Sammy ingenuously
semarked:
''Me likes mudder tc go way in
big wagon"
L $50 does me-" chimed in Pete,
"'cause us gets lots of pies an cakes
3en."
'Tm rather afraid" merrily said
Marie, ''that I'm giving you little
rogues too many sweet things; but
YOU can run outdoors now and scamper
round while wash up the dishes"
Gus couldn't have too much honey
and jam, could us, Pete?" sagely OBJ.
served Master Sammy.
"Dess not; they's awful good" re-
Joined Pete, and the pair rushed glee-
fully out.
But the next moment, though fol-
lowed by cloud of dust and smoke,
they rushed still more gleefully in
again, shouting: sEOh, auntie"-as
The youngsters always called sasie-
"there's b'u'ful big fire out in the
woods. Mebbc we'll have 'nudder
Fourth July!'
Much to the twins surprise, Marie
received their joyful tidings with an
alarmed CRY, and, hurryiag to the
door, she saw that, just beginning to
show through the trees, great fire
was raging in the heart of the forest
and, driven by the southeast gale, was
rapidly approaching the clearings.
On the instant the clear-headed girl
realized the danger: for, parched by
3 six weeks drought, not only the
grass and stubble but also the upper
Soil itself was as dry as gunpowder,
and, helped on by numerous rail
fences, the flames would be sure to
sweep across the fields and destroy
both houses, as we'll as every living
thing lying in their path. "Bnt, she
reasoned, "the very violence of the
wind will keep the fire to a northeast
course, and, though wide enough Oh
leaving the woods to face the whole Of
our clearings, it will probably not ex-
tend to any great distance either due
east or due north.
Tie children, quick to catch the in
facs;on Of fear, had become gravcly
silent, and Marie, lifting the trap-dooI
OF the cellar, cheerfully said:
s'Now, little men, You must be brave
ana DO just as auntie says. The smoke
IS SC bad that You'll almost smother
up here. Come down to the cellar,
anil stay there TIL get back. I'll be
gone only i.ttlc while"
With t'ie implicit confidence be
gotten OF love Sammy replied:
:sIeS, aHnty; ns'l! be veal good, an
not cwy any more Wien us gets way
from ~" nss;f smoIe. L hurts ou'
ayes aw-u! -
In n incIa$a,l fell hack Of the
lo1,se ,5efa Wilson's: two farm horses,
tore her will? iosr cows and SIX young
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