The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-05-21

fear to be checked. No one else was astir, and he tore open a side door, leaped to the entrance of the cave crept through the narrow opening and sank down. his face buried in his fold cd arms.
 He was safe at last. and a great Joy of salvation welled In bis heart For a time he slept, waking with mind cleared and body refreshed. He Ills tened intently, but no sound reached him. He crawled from his refuge but the thought of returning to the room where he had suffered such mental tor lures wns hateful to him. He crossed the yard, climbed the fence and started toward the outskirts of the town. The air was of a hue strange to him, sullen- ly luminous, and he had gone not more than a quarter of a mile when he saw to the oouth, directly opposite from where the storm had come, a menac- ing bank of restless clouds. They were nblaze with ragged fire. The boom of thunder rose afresh. Yesi there could be no further question. A second tempest was approaching. Already the sickness of terror was upon him, the nausea of cOwardlce, and he again fac ed toward his refuge, the cayel But something in the sky held him fas- clnated. something shaped like a ti- tanlc top, hung from the heavens and spun by demon hands Then 1t stop ped moving, growing larger and larger.
 What had the landlord said that aft ernoon2 When 1t stops "bounein," its closet
 He turned and fled for his life, but even as he ran a new thought came to him. It was not yet morning. None In the sleeping town knew of the doom racing toward their homes. He had pitlful vision of shattered houses, It. tered with mutllated bodies, women and children caught from their slum- bers in the crunchlng nav of the cy- clone.
 He forgot himself and - fear. He had passed the cyclone cellar and was rushing through the hall of the hotel
 "Cyclonel Cyclonel To the cave for yoar liyesr
 The house sprang into Instant life, but before the first startled guest reached the main floor Andrews was again in the street He carried the dinner gong, which he had seized in an inspiration born of anxiety. Between each shout of warning he drummed mad, qulvering alarms on tho eloquent brass.
 He made the round of three sides of the square when of a sudden a mighty roaring was an about him. He paused, bewildered, and a crashing thunder bolt seemed to strike his temple, a burning splendor blinded his eyes. Then an Invisible power struck full against him, seized him and wrapped him in It's crushing embrace, bore him aloft tossed him here and there and finally into a blackness that swallow cd him completely.
 Three days later he woke to see an angel bending over him. No; it was flesh and blood, after an. It was she. He blnked at her uncertainty.
 "You are a herow She spoke softly, with shining eyes.
 Then he remembered.
 "Were many savedT
 "An," she answered proudly. "Those you saved reused the others. and only a few, who sought refuge in cellars Instead of caves, were hurt by falling tlmbers. But you suffered most Oh it was noblew
 Andrews spoke with sudden vigor.
 'No; am a coward. The storms frightened me shamefully. You can not understand how l Quivered and trembled like a child. am not worthy of you. I had already hidden in the cave that night. came out only when I thought all danger was over. The rest was-an accident"
 He stopped. exhausted, and she bent close Co him.
 Don't talk that way, dearest You are not coward, but a conqueror of fear, and you will be my hero always" "
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