The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12

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SYNOPSIS. ~.
BY a single chain of circum stances .Tn,,
Betty Carewe has come TO com uSS -
vanrevel and Crailey Grey nad,g
Rouen, Ind, in the days Just .o, &c a
the Mexican war. Tom VanieNt sa,t,ar,s
young lawyer of Rouen, and ne. , arreled
mortal foe. The two men have lup' ,,,,t.
over politics and also on a persona l,'a ~
terg ana old t>arewe has threatened 10
shoot Tom should he ever ma nm W
Carewe's property. Tom has lalieii ass.
perately in love WHY Miss BettH q. 10,
sight. Crailey Gray, lazy genera p 80
lar, talented, good for-nothins' ai.u ..a p !,
is Toms law partner, and IS ,essa,,,,,,s,
Miss Fanchon Bareand but IL is '.1.e.
evident that he, as well as IN, nas
fallen under the spell of MISS
beauty. Shortly after two OIL on "a 80
great warehouses catch Ire. IN -.
revel is chief of the Rouen ilre uepa.
ment, and Crailey Gray Is ms ileu ~, az,
Tom has Just started to CLIMB 70 ,ne ~ ~
of one of the burning buildings. Miss Bet
ty is watching the proceedings lroi' 'ne
outskirts of the crowd.
CHAPTER Ev-(CONTlNuE D.)
The chief, three fourths of the way
to the top, shouted down stiileo sol,.-
mand. and short grappihg-l auuei,
fitted at one end with palr .. sp In,
Iron hooks. was passed to MN. hel'
he toiled upward until his feet restcd on
the third rllng from the top he,e ne
turned. setting his back to the wall, MT
ed the grappling-ladder high over his
head so that 1t rested against the caves
aoove him, and brought It down Sharply
fastening tho spiked hooks III the TOOL.
AS the caves projected fully three leet,
this left the graphing ladder hanging that
distance out from tho wall. its lowest
rung little above the level of the
chiefs shoulders.
Miss Betty drew in her breath with a
little choked outcrv There was a smai1
ta,r,ced Hi ~ ni,ad-un hacking boxes
near ba, nossession NJ which had been
taken 30 cnrn,anv ~ ragramuffinish
ha,s ~, s,,o fn,,,,a rorso,f standing on
~ ii. ri,sst ~, a,,d sharinc the summit
s..e :" SIS ~ az ,lmost
VIZ -. mounting
, mtti.oot ~ oantra.
thltner, SO STRAINED vas .ite ee,ssi,,ir,,
tlon OF her attention upon 'ile l.sute ausi
up IN the Ioseslo" against ny
mouse wall. Inc man. surely 10y, We
not going to trust himself TO that olt OF
wooden Wee hanging from 'he roo1:
Where was Miss Bareaud that she per
mitted 1t? All, If Betty had been ran
chon, and madwoman enough to have
accepted this mailman, che would nave
compelled him to come down at once, and
thereafter lock him up in the house when.
ever the bells rang!
But the roof was to be mounted or
Robert Carewc's property lost. AL
ready little flames were dancing up
from the shinples, where firebrands
had fallen, their number increasing
with each second. So vanrevel raised
his arms, took hard grip upon the
lowest r,lng of the grappling-l
and tried It with his weight: the iron
hooks bit deeper into the roof: they
heII re swI,np hjnself ont into the
air With nothing beneath him. caught
The rnnr under his knee. and for a
moment : hung there while the crowd
withheld from breathing: then a
clo;,d If smoke. swirling that way
made him the most ghostly nucleus OF
itself blotted him out altogether. and.
II rose slowly inward. showed the
40 -. fraa and on,nt,, co that at first
49, r,,,r ., instant when thew
thnneht tbat he had fallen. But IS
~ $500 c,a,red there was the tall
fieura an the roof,
~ was an agile and a daring thing
!, do ,nd the man who did 1t was
,,,ight;,v ann,o,idcd' The cheering both
arad Rim hnweyer for he was trying
a 4. i @a,, ali ha
to make them gunaersrlllo, uet Nv ,"n ,',,.
would happen 20 tne &c, I ,,nf cent thronch
-. ~ ea 49,, stt a,ract,,,. ana what he said
t 1ha lhG ,e done - the engineers included
- 49, would nave blanched the
cheek Of the most Inventive Spanish
I.'s,,,it;+o,. +l,at a,,ar lived
t'l NIss Pettv made a gesture as if to
nerson within whispering distance.
your coat is on fire" she said, in an
ordinary conversational tone. without
knowing she had spoken aloud, and
Mr.. vanrevel, more than one hunarea
feet away, seemed particularly co,sc'4 Tvs
of the pertnence OF ner reiii sa,. ~ ~
removed the garment VIII a. 80 ha,, ~
to use it as a fail upon the tlreoranos
and little flames about nm wv d dl,ne =
desperate best OF man ~ f fat,ed him
what he could "neIi U ' 49,. 10