The Delta independent., 1898-08-12

Other ArS sufferers combined. Gr:-
Gtaauard and Aiss Aaynsfd. aroused
hy her shrieks and Maynafd's dash
down stairs, bad instantly doomed their
Wrappers and slippers and made their
way 10 the open air. where. fosgetful
Of everything else. they had devoted
themselves to their next door nefghbors.
Mra Stannard's servants. sleepins In
the annex beyond the point where the
nanes started In the BaErys' qusfters.
Aad escaped without troubls. saving
most Of their belonsinss. Mary, bet
for her utter collapse. might hsvs dons
~ we'll, for tho nnoke and 6amo blew
through the house and away from the
rear Of the annex. bot. ~ is was. every
stitch shs ovped other than what she
bad On went mp In smoke. and. what
was prssamably Of much greater eonss.
quenes. BEidsss's 1Dssy was rsdeeed to
aahes. and, - . sympathising ststes
cook remarked. "shs Was not even there
20 So"
AID tLea whss ths Ars was al over
and had fairly burned itsslf oct and the
pale dav. came ereepins into the sast.
esp sky Waltsrs, Warner and the doctor
wsss sill pokius about the ruins. won
dering bow on sarth the thing could
have started. There was nos Q suRges-
tioa Of clsv. All was safe and ssus
all was dark and quiet. but for the
wind. Whss the corporal made bis
rosnds: all was dark and quiss. said
old Frits when hs drove BY the back
eat. toward midnight. No. Miss
O'Nsara-which was ssrrison for Brids.
st-had BOT returned with him. Nm.
Athertonis ladiss. " however, had done
%, and % he'd two YromiDeut instru.
mentalists-tbe bass drummer and pic
colo of the hand, who hsd escorted thess
domestics 10 show n town, and this
quartet backed HFits in his statements.
Thsss waA't . dgn of FIRE. nor were
any q his paasssgess smoking - they
passed along back Of tbs row.
But Warner kept up his invcstisa.
sioas aftss his comnandss had gone and
The day hsd some. and despite the fact
tbss many soldisss' fest had tramplsd
ths ssound tbsss, N the dsss Il Tie
cid roadway beyosd the resr fence.
be fou.d evsslying the well known
Trail oe FSits's tenn and wagon the IN.
Distakahle prints Of hosss's boots and
. bsgU'e Whsela Even before arous-
Ing his weary captain with this impos-
sans infosmssioa ho bed dispatched .
Dessssa nsassaosx 70 towA With sess
- Coek.
"lfa3oss sta.sasd ssA Hassy's guar.
ssss Destroyed b ars sboat :soa. -. !"
- Wroes. "lnmstss nSs-everytbiag
slss eosssnsd. .Bssdott'O.M. -~ens 10
town q p m. ed 10 stil1 sbsenk bot
. single buggy stopped at Barry's rear
gAes and thase turned and drove back.
u must have bsea bstWeso - and I:So.
Better come oat quick - possible.
And within the hoaT Cook was On his
way.
Meanwhile tie gale had worn itself
ous, - hsd the hre. and comparative
calm settled down on the post. The liz.
tie doctor looked we'll nigh used up
when b overhauled his few patients at
ths hospital at sick call. but ho bod
still much 10 do and could not give up
Tel~gF,ms had bsen ssot % Laramie
notifying the two ms 3ofs Of the dessruo-
tion Of their quarters apd tho safety Of
the occupants, and in . mnrelously
short time their answer was received.
The two hattaliou comnapders were
coming By the 6rst stage. whilo Athsr-
Ion sod the regiment fetusned By the
sseal sasy marchea Ths majors shoald
reach RusssiI with shs norrow's Sun.
1o Barry ths loss was far heavier -
books and 1sic-a-bfac aDa furniture than
- kis beoehsR campaiGDag. Sta1oafd
and biz devoted wife bad long made -
sbsis practice 70 live IN the simplest
way. ssd yeass In AFisona bsd taught
sAso how coof@sshls thy eoslA -
with veg little - the liss a hossehoIA
gooda What they bed loss-Mss. Stan.
nard's gowns snd laecs being The only
very valuable items-Wss fully covered
by issusascs. asA Barry had taken
similar psscaustuoA Bat be was . I0vsR
a bocks and pictures asd little objects
a art gathersd n their foreign travel.
and - mooey coah repay hin the loss
oi sch trsssssse. All tbis Wss fruit fos
shs hseskfsss table chat sboss the poss.
cd 4 CREATES cueseqsescs sppsFently
thaa ths shock to Mrs.. Barry, the al
Dose dsspsssssly bsfois ssseos a 4isl
1aisA asA ths BOW paisful plight a
bes sssrsss. xssssA y his sissss -
- ssissAass fso@ tbs hospital. Nay.
pasd lay vedes walsers' souf, bandaged.
blieded asa ssaerias tosmess from tho
barns % BIZ hands and head, yet think-
tag lsss Of this shan q he fact that bis
enfasced cosnasDsoe came ~ . tina
Whsa every fasalsy - pussessed shoald