The Press., 1895-09-12

der had been scared wTCn not Iron, and torrent of water came rushing through the great hole in the roof that the fire bolt had torn open.
 Terror struck and injured US she was, Fanny's presence of mind did not for sake her. Ere the other members of the family could reach them she had light ed candle and to some extent discov- cred what had happened. Across the bed on which her cousin lay, having evi- dently struck the sleeping girls head as it fell, was heavy wooden beam, that required more than Fanny's Strength to move away. Through the rent in the ceiling above through which the rain continued to pour the sky was black and inky save at the moments when its gloom was dispersed by the still recurring flashes; a smell of burn ing pervaded the room, and the woolen wrap with which Lucy was covered had received share of the blast with which Fanny's shoulder was scorched.
 "She's deadl' My child is killed T" cried Miss Haslett and the agonized father, as Fanny tried to lift the mo- tiOnless form of her cousin. "A doctor 1! Where are those hulking idiots of serv- ants? Send one of them off for Dr. Will son. Exert yourself, Jane see what mischief has been done about the house, and find out where this poor child can be taken out of the wet. ''
 Ere half these rapid utterances had fallen from her uncle's lips Fanny, scarcely conscious of anything beyond a vague sort of faith in the presence of a doctor, had rushed out into the midst of the tempest. Fleet as wild roe and fa- miliar with every step of the way, she neither stumbled nor slipped down in the darkness, and was presently in the main street leading to the turning down which the doctor lived.
 As might be supposed, not another soul was stirring out of doors and the lamplights in the club were the only indications reminding her that other human beings were awake and possibly in terror and peril of their lives In her soaked and clinging muslin dress, the skirt of which she had instinctively drawn up over her head, although it was no protection whatever, Fanny must have presented very strange and wraithlike appearance, and it is not to be wondered at that the man whose thoughts were then occupied with anx- iety lest she should be frightened dur ing this fearful storm was struck with a vague terror when she came ill sight
 Fane had reached the club before the full fury of the storm and was watch ing it's progress to take advantage of the earliest lull to put off from shore. He alone remarked the ghastly little figure as he stood at the window, and smothering an ejaculation of horror and surprise he sprang across the window sill and rushed down the gallery stairs.
 For brief space superstitious feel ing prompted the belief that Fanny was killed and that this was her spirit come to tell him of it, but the next moment his arms were round her, and from he1 lovely parted lips, which did not avoid the kiss he pressed upon them, came broken murmurs of: "Oh, Captain Fame The doctor-my cousin-the light ming !'
 "What on earth's s come to the skip. per?" cried the youngest lieutenant, rousing himself from the rocker where he had been half asleep. All the occu. pants of the room crowded out upon the gallery in time to witness a part of the little idyl that was being enacted, and, to the credit of their sex be it recorded, one and all of them discreetly withdrew again into the room.
 The rain was lessening now and day began to dawn. Dr. Wilson, as may be supposed, was up and stirring, and after having her supplied with cloak and umbrella, which Fane held over her, the three hurried off to MT. Haslett's tenn nest riven hOuSe