The sun., 1897-06-13

now these finally faded and went out one by
ono. An hour later tho whole building had sunk
TO rest 1t was said that It WAS ony Sy1,pn IN nnt cnt
out the light IN dark, upper corriaSSr' ri ,S i wns
amazed by duh glow from the top @ 9f the wal, en;
smokeiess and fameless. was creeping along the
cornice He ran to the Office and gavc the ALARM
but on returning with assistance was stopped IN
the corridor by an impenetrablc wall of smoke
vcincd with. mnrly flames The ainrm was
given in all tho ST Ss sSs ha na ressSS ss To-
the courtyard, only to sec, ~ they atterward
sverrcd ave the flames burst like cannon discharges
cracking root. SO sudden and complete was tho
catastrophe, although slowly prepared & by s LEAK
that even the excitement Of fear and cxertion
was spared the survivors. There was bewilder-
ment and stupor, but neither nproar nor con T.,
the woods, half awake and half dressed, from
the balconies they had descended and thS Sns WIN,
on tho nppor floor neither awoke nor moved
from their beds, but were suffocated without q
cry From the frat an nshctCs SS %.
PSSS'o% %sts feeling % to cs thss 5 building ,, Vas
iisi delicate women walked speechlessly, but
securely Slons Lodges and roofs roo @ from h Th'Gn N
reSs Sd Of dsy There no Srowdns
impeding haste In their dumb exodus. It was
only when Mrs. Barker awoke dsAoyelicd I'm IN t9 tnG
panic. For Mrs. Horncaste, who was standing
long vigil, quickly followed her. The haif-fran-
tic woman was making directly for her own
apartments again whose windows inosg nbns IN inc
smoke. Suddenly Mrs Horncastlc stopped with
bitter cry and claspod her % forohesG ,ad ~ tnd nhd
Kcr only fcw hours before that "Sta had been
removed with tho nurse to the upper floor; i 1t
manS. sEsi Mrs rf,%"s for RSf d
% not nc ep Tns ys TSfaY
for a moment only, and then, drawing u long
breath dashed up the stairs On the first land,
figure OF the nurse nut this saved her. for she
found that near the floor she could breathe more
She cropt along toward it on her hands and
knees. The frightened cry of a child. awakened
from its sleep in the dark, gave her nerve to
BY the flashing light she could sec q little figure
rising from a bed, II was sta" There was
was beginning to draw the, smoke from the pas
sage. Luckily. the boy, by some childish In
her hands free. a.' Whispering him to hold tight,
she clambercd out of the window. narrow ledge
OF cornicc scarcely wide enough for her teet ran
along the house to u distant balcony. With per
back to the house, she zigzagged her feet along
the cornicc to get away from the smoke, which
she grew dizzy the weight Of the child on her
bosom, seemed to be ,oPpling her forward
franticaliy grasping the child with crossed arms
OH her breast she stood on the ledge, until as
seen from below through the twisting smoke.
and child niched in the wall. Then a voice from
above called to her. Courage :" and she felt
the flap of a twisted sheet lowered from an
upper window against her face. She grasped 1t
eagerly; it held firnily. Then she heard cry
from below, saw them carrying a ladder, and at
last was lifted with her burden from the ledge
by powerful hands. Then only did she raise her
eyes to the upper window. whence had come
her help. Smoke and flame were pouring from
it, The unknown hero who had sacrificed his
only chance Of escape TO her remained forever
unknown.
Only four miles away that night group of
men were waiting for the dawn in the shadow
of pine near Heavy Tree bar. AS the sky
glowed rcdly over the crest between them and
Hvmettus, Hamlin said:
Another one of those forest fires. It's this
side of Black Spur. and big ono. ] reckon.
do you know, said Barker thoughtfully. Il
was thinking OF the time the old cabin burned up
on Heavy Tree. II looks about in the same place
'Hush" said Stacy sharply.