The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-06-30

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fountain 1 MAJ! seen thiGk BLACK clouds OF
smoke rolnhg from the open nrSl Hool
WINDOWS OF 'he annex lhey had caiitG
out 10 a stray student and ne mad yelied
ms Ioudest toward the students assem-
nied where the game was gong on, With
out attracting tleir attention IN the least
SendihS me chlloreh OH ior the students,
ne hlmseii ran at donole-qnlck pace 70
/ Town. a nlle away 10 rouse TIE volunteer
llfe department.
Long before he reached the engine
mouse, the children had succeeded IN ac-
| qualntlng the students III the heat OF the
| excitement over the game, that the
/ Medical SchooI was IN flames, and bac X
| they all rushed into more excitement. to
flnd the thing only too tine
Heavy smoke, thlck' tllat precedes Ill
tense f1ame poured from the openings on
the first floor as the annex filled the
| vestlbules OF the old building itself, and
J at times WellmgA md the annex Itself
completely from view.
Everything was intense with excite
ment. The students, at flIst shocked and
dazeti by the spectacle, now began to pour
INTO the mann part on the building, INTO
the museum ana lecture rooms, lauhng
out tables, caolnets and portraits, with
every thlnS lnoVaole. nan dozen men
had by turn oeen despatched Tor the fire
hfigade' "hlch mao not YET pht IA IFS APP
pealahce. Apparently the annex must go :
and possibly the Whole structure.
In the midst OF al the turore, when the
llle mao JuSt begun to burst from the
tllSt 1oor windows and things seemed
hopeless, there was SPECIAL movement
IN tine crowd, as Of someone OF lmpor-
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elo"Wed ms way to the front
''Ias any one seen Professor kimbdll?'
he asked hullledIy
NO, came the curt answer wv hat S
that To 90 with TINS 1lle? lake hold here
amt
Then Professor hlmball is IN his room
III the annex, tor lett hun there not 70
| minutes ago. HaYe any OF you seen him
come out?
And halt hundred voices cried, mo,
no.
Ana before anyone knew 1t, Dropsy mad
! peeled OF his coat like magic, darted into
the hallway OF the main building, disap-
pealed III the smoke, and IN an incredibly
| short time appeared through a window on
the mansald roof OF the third story, pass
ed quickly by the gutter around first one
corner then another, finally reaching
WINDOW OF the top f1oor OF the annex.
Then he disappeared through the thick
smoke, only to reappear after what seem
ed an hour, but was only few moments,
bearing the deaf and aged professor in
his strong arms, having, it seems, gone
down disused stairway to the professor S
room on the second floor, found him there
still at work, unconscious of the crack
ling in the room beneath and of the smoke
pouring past his closed windows, and
taken him bodily up to the roof.
midst the widest cheers, Dropsy
helped the aged professor through the
window, took him again in his strong
arms, and amidst the oppressive silence,
disturbed only by lhe cracking of the
glass and kissing of the water that the
newly arrived fire brigade was turning on
the fire, retraced his steps with great
care along the narrow cutters till he
finally reached and disappeared through
the front window on the main part.
1t was but moment more before he
was down the two flights and had issued
through the smoke at the main entrance,
and Dropsy had placed the beloved pro-
fessor in the midst of the enthusiastic
students, whose threats were we'll nigh
bursting with JOY and genuine admiration
of Dropsys daring deed