The Washington times., 1901-10-27

her terror, beyond pain. After all. the
from second or third-foor window, 1t
would only mean death. A fire in such
place would give no time to wait for
fre-escapes, and the crowd outside had
| had no time to do anything to help.
Choked and blinded John Turner left
Kitty and struggled upward trampling
on some who had fallen like Kitty, and
following others who had turned as he
had done. He reached the 1oor of the
Chamber of Horrors where a dozen
! men and women were screaming at the
| window to the crowd below. He saw them
dimly. and wondered, as he rccied toward
them whether they would make way for
| him, If he assured them he was going to
jump and die. not merely trying to gain
! the first place on the rescue ladder.
Mabel, Mabeii'' he rnoaned, striving TO
| retain consciousness
| But out through the window that they
had thrown open a fierce drausht Of hot
air was rushing; from below came the
roar of a furnace: the blast was growing
hotter and the smoke denser, as John Tur-
ner went down like a log at the feet of
an efficy labeled THE Yarmouth Murder
er." which rocked and fell upon him and
which three minutes later fed with
streams of melting; wax the flames that
Tapped him round.
So John Turner and Kitty died feeling
no pain; at least at the inquest that took
place in due course evidence was given
that the combustion products generated
by the rapidly spreading fire must have
overcome all within the building before
the flames could reach them" The in
quest was held on two bodies only. the
one of a coal HEAVIER who was found in
the basement with q broken neck having
plunged down blindly past the open street
door, and the ether Of a woman. who
threw herself from the window which
John Turner had vainiy tried to reach
The evidence as to the probable absence
Of suffering in the rest of the victims con-
soled their relatives a2d friends to some
extent. and was Soothing to those who
read of the fire in the newspapers Sum
dry clinkers, said to represent human re-
mains. as distinct from the powdery ashes
of the house timbers. were buried
piously by various bereaved persons, aid
ed by public subscription, the rector OF
the parish officiating.
But the relatives and friends of John
Turner and Kitty held no service and
never have found, nor did they ever know
of John Turner's agony, for they never
dreamed of connecting the great wax
work fire. that killed so many poor peo-
pie, with the scandalous disappearance OF
John Turner and Kitty. Some of those
among them that grieved most deeply,
such as Kittys mother and Johns wife,
never even heard or read of the FIRE, and
those who grieved less than they were
more occupied with specializing as to how
long &7U0 would last John Turner. and
what colony he would choose for the de-
velopn1ent Of his capital and the amuse-
ment of Kitty, than with deYiSing means
lf accounting charitably for his depart
nre and hers None of these was sufti-
GENTLY acutely interested in the matter
10 try to trace the bank notes in search
IF a clue to Johns whereabouts: but
most of them were rather irritated at the
iemeanor of Mrs. John Turner and at
ler way of regarding the whole affair
liter she had got used to the first pain
If the blow.
For Mabel Turner said that she would
lot worry John with pursuit and entreaty,
{ she could.
She still sits waiting fer him to come
ack and be forgivcn.-Arche Armstrong
q The Candid Friend.