Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-15

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shout went around: "Hopoloy
Grange ID on are =" For. undstectsi
BY dog or man, the three plottsrs had
entered the grounds, gained the sta
BILE, carefully removed . shutter. and
silently poured the oil they carried
over the straw that was packed
within right up to the very windows
Then the man who carried thu
matches struck . whole handful or
the box and hurled them upon the
saturated straw. Instantly q blaze
sprang to the roof. and by the time
the three had gained the road out
side the grounds the stable was
alight from end to end.
Promptly as the engine had turned
out. and eagerly as the driver had
urged his horses along the country
road. the Grange was half consumed
when the firemen first arrived.
Mounted on wheels and on foot,
the people were arriving In hundreds
gazing awestricken at the blazing
pile, or forming long lines to hand uI
buckets Of water.
Col. Traite, in bed and asleep when
the fire reached the house, had been
almost suffocated before he was dis
covered, and being carried out in an
unconscious condition, was just now
reviving.
The fire escapes, slower than the
engine, had arrived, when turning to
the crowd of frightened, half clothed
servants, the chief Of the gremen
asked:
Are you all here? Is any one left
in the building?"
Col. Traite, returning to his senses,
heard the words
my daughter" he gasped. lis
she out?"
At that moment window, high
above the flames, was thrown violent
ly open, and with a scream for help
white robed figure leaned far out,
it's arms extended toward the crowd
below.
"Amyl" screamed the father as he
saw her, running toward the building
as II to catch her il she fell.
Don't jump!" shouted the fire.
man above the roaring Of the flames.
do you see the escape coming YETI"
he asked,
Far down the road at the bottom
Of the hill, that was illuminated by
the light of the fire. the tall red
ladder was to be observed approach
ing slowly. The fireman glanced up
at the window where stood the figure
of the girl. behind which a dull,
murky light had now began to glow.
1T will be too late," said he /.
"And by the staircase it is impossi-
BILE to reach her"
Then Col. Traite turned in his
despair to the crowd behind him, and
in q loud voice he cried:
"a hundred pounds to the-W
He stopped suddenly. Some one
had seized his arm,
Look 7" they cried.
And tremendous shout burst
from the excited crowd as, at that
topmost window, the figure Of man
appeared. and blanket was thrown
around the form of the girl whose
doom seemed sealed.
A moment this man looked down
as il meditating what to do and then,
catching the girl in his arms, he dis
appeared.
"It's Jimmy Hawelp exclaimed
some one.
Into the hall Of the burning build
ing the firemen crowded, mounting
the stairs as far as the conflagration
would allow.
There was q crash, burst Of fame
and smoke, and a whole flight above
collapsed, hurting Jim Hawel and
his burden onto the bottom landing.
Her hair singed, the blanket that
embodied her already smoldering,
Amy Traite scram bled readily to her
feet, but her rescuer did not rise.
Quickly they carried him out to
the fresh air and tore of his burning
clothing. Into wagonette that
was handy he was trundled, Colonel
Traite seized the reins. and, with
Amy, wrapped in many coats, sitting
behind him. raced back to the town.
Into bedroom in the best hotel
Jim was carried and medical aid inn
mediately summoned. Sister Bess
was also fetched to tend her hero
brother.
Next morning the patient was so
far recovered as to be able, while ly-
ing in bed, to hold an informal re-
ception, and wheeled to the window
to bow his head in response to the
cheering of the people assembled out
side.
And when all the others had gone
and only Bess remained, gray haired
man entered the room and threw him
self on his knees by the bedside.
And as he pressed to his lips the hand
of the injured man, he gasped in his
emotion.
Jim Hawel, you have kept your
word. You are even with me nowp
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