Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-23
HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT.

flrrtln. u fc. mod mellow 10 imply
81 every accent that h. was q greene
horn hly and app o. 30 nothing but
Ertt.y his .'vn curiosity.
Whh "a shake VI HIS head he turaed
All prCsfed cils,r O. she burning
building. why be- d1 n h. never
knew. but wthHut 1ucc skipping be /
rushed Into thc BASEMENT AMI came OF .
W % bread well. or orr fhaf., between .
The houses After ho had dose lt 70.
seemed ridiculous. and boz iurl a 90 81
again, already half stInod by the heat
rom the brick wallis AMI she rmUko
that puffcd OUT it Tiny clouds irsn
every crack aui UrHVic1. Bui sudden.
~ h. heard s.lLi away up ihlre
through the sm i'to. and o. stopped aui
listened. Yes. there could bee 10 mis-
takDa-Eumcole was rHllIuB-u chiliH
v.4cc, mufiied and chlkDl With ffiEhi
ara smoke. and wiki al The strength
% will aud lungs h. answered o.
He thought he could almost catch
sob ~ juy and Their 10 came lriIn-
Hu1uEcr nud clearer Tor ih0 D Ipn lu DO.
"Hcrc-un she third ilu1r io inc rshi
I'm locked in'-oh please please
camc."
with an answering yell Dc turned and
dashed uu ihr stairs. thfcc nt tmc.
on the third floor landing % fireman
passed h.m.
better hurry nut " this. young foi.
iur." be- ahuckcd through The r1nr uf
the IRE and the yolla from the crowd.
"thnFu 81 Rcftin SOC hot Tor safety
here an that's nu empty nnt-fOlkH
moved nut week nrn." and h. paHacd
onto tho smoke. lic had given his
warning e. an able bodied man. lf
said man chose 90 disregard lt--why.
that Was none ~ hls business. He dli
not oven hear the blows which echoed
OFT ~ thr dusk behind him.
Harrington was almost In despair
He had nothing 90 work with hut MS
lists and they were already bruised ana
bleeding. and aiiil the locked door held.
lie almost gave up and his HANDS
dropped down the panels. when sud-
denly they cauFht-gauEht on a KEY
Fool Why had he not thought tn look
for u key befnre9 Hut then ~ course.
he had thought u was inside, In q
second the door was upun and he was
cropping h.a way lu. crying out at every
step. listening bronthl,Haiy iJr an an
nWcr. and then whom II at last came
faint but certain. Ruinr toward "
swiftly. thankful Tor the knowledge
that the room was quito empty anu
.horc was nothing Tor him 90 stumble
over. The cries came from an inner
. r1oin ana IT, door. too. was locked,
but now his hand dropped rtf'ight TO
the lock. turned the key that was there
ana he was Inside the room beside a
rifl uf-woll he could not toll her age
IL might hcnnythlng. Tor her poor little
body was frghtfully misahnpen, aud
though her voice was young her face
I wna drawn and old. can you walk
hc asked. ana she nodded yes"
without another word he thrcw his
I arm nrsund her. and side by side they
turned into the hall. There was no
time or breath for talk. The smoke
was Misunderstanding. Harrington
felt In his own pocket ms he muttcrcd
handkerchief In the girls ear. and
she Understood him. ON they fought
rudy glare breaking through the
F dark behind them. The stairs were
o hot To their fe"t-they could not bear
their hands uTsun the walls or hlnniH-
iefh. but were forced 90 go hlindly
down. cropping with their feet alone Tor
the landings ana turns " the stairway.
tn" Elrl'H knowledge NJ the place stood
them IN good stead now. She had naii
nothing To him. but Harrington had
half unronsciouHly felt the guidance OK
her body ANA the pressure Of her hand
won hlH arm and trusted himself "
her.
The way seemed endlcaH-ench mo-
fnent grew into An hour. aud then, az
last, 40 strength and breath we're al.
most gone, he felt a breath of swccter
air strike on his forehead. aud mo.
mrnt later they stumbled, half faint
INK, down into the street.-The last ones
out of the burning house.
Harrington hardly heard the cheers OF
M crowd, pr feli the hands that hrips,i
him pp The next he know he aas lying
lack To- an ambulance, with Gho glfl
beside him. the dyctof'a lace clos,
above them both. and Maryin'a head
pokci through the back az he talked
t5eiieily, asking praislng. wondering.
aa 10 one breath.
In moment more. Marvin had
dropped down. aud sac ambulance had
/ started on rs way. A. Harrington
realized he sprang up, b,H the doc
cor held him back, mo, now. my
1 10Y" he said you 10, some one else
part" and though inwardy funlng.
4 Harrington let his head fall back again
against the cushion, and his eyes mo,
the girls.
She began to thank him. but he
stopped her. "p1n't." h. said h0arse-
~. "Arybody would have done IL
4 how did you come 70 De thrref'
! TIE giri's eyes wldened into horror
, "iic "a H." thc murmursd II saw
him liEh the fre, and rushed 10 tell.
ord then h. saw me, and caught me
AMI carried me liHo that empty Hat ana
lacked the doors" and hvr van face
grew drawn ard hasgard with the re-
mcmbfauct.
Harrington had forgotten his bruises
his aeh.ng head md smartlng eyes
10 lo0k-i ~ the doctor, but that
worthy WIS spraWled across his little
seat at the hack waschlng the people
ON the street aud NhlrknF ~ IiOi
Time In she Old Town" as the moo,
[ appropriate tune nor nre, lie would
raG hear ana Harrington. every news.
paper insAnot In him roussd 10 the Ut.
most. leaned eagerly forward, and By
shu1v. trrFe sentences drew the storg
from the frightened Elri.
: Her hshrr. tie tanitlr. hud been
1 discharged the day before FOR drunken
na.is. and Il had aroused every evil IN
Hino, In the nun, lie Vas drunk when
/ che na.ice came, and through the day
he grew drunken. tlll by night he vas
Insane with drink and anger.
She had watched him 40 much rs
she dared. fearful THAI h. would at
tempt some mischief and had az last
| followed him 20 the bassmrnt-had
sven him nght T.lc Of shavlnFs there.
ana then on 20 their living rooms where
/ he had fired the eurtains--the bedding
! everything that would otutch readily,
and then ar she tried 90 slip pasr him,
had seen her. and, turning with an
oath. clasprd her In his arms. Why
he had carried her 90 that empty Nat
she al not know-he might have LETT