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

nejshbor; and nobody listened even TO
himself. The nrcmen were In as great a
1 turmoil as was the crowd while women
! covered their eyes. Young Frank Cheno-
weth was sobbing curses upon the bruised
/ and shaking Trumble ana jefferson st3n-
i reaud, who could only stand remorseful,
/ impotently grooming and made no an
\ swcf.
The walls of the southernmost ware
| house followed the roof crashing Inward
one after the other, sacrlical pNre with
| its purpose contaminated; and in the
seeth and flame of its passing, Tom Van
revel again shaded his Dyes with his hand.
/ and looked down across The upturned
| faces. The pedestal with the grotesque
carvings was still there: but the browning
| figure had disappeured-tlic young goa
\ dess was gone. For she. of all that throng.
1 had an idea In her head and after
! screaming IT to every man within reach,
| onlyto discover the impossblity of maxi.
| Ing herself understood in that Babel sho
| was struggling to make her way toward
4 the second warehouse. through the sway.
Ing jam of people, 1t was difficult task,
| az the farther IN she managed to co.. tho
denser became tbs press and the more
| tightly she found the people wedged.
! until she. received involuntary aid from
| tho nrcmen. In turning their second
stream to play Intellectually upon the
| lower strata of fame. they accidentally
! detected 1t toward the crowd who sep
/ arated wildly. leaving big gap. of which
| Miss Betty took instant advantage She
| darted across. and the next moment I'm
noticed. had entered the building through
the door which Crailey Gray had opened.
The FIVE young men on the roof wero
! well aware that there was little to do
| but TO walt. and soon they would geo
| which was to win. they or the FIRE: go
| they shifted their line of hose ia tho
| eastern front of the bullding-out OF
harms way. for little time, ct least
| ana held the mu2zle steady. Watching.
It's work. And in truthful was not long
! before they understood which would con-
! quer. The southern and western portions
| OF the building had flung out great flames
mat huttered and fared on the breeze
IKE Titanic flags; and steadily. slowly, at
! nrst, then faster as the second few tho
| i've were driven backward. np the low
slope OF the roof toward the able ridge.
rom VanreTel held the first joint OF tho
| nozzle, and he retreated witha sulky face
llftlng his foot grudgingly at each step.
/ lRey were al silent now. and no one
spoke until VIII Cummings faltered.
Surely they'll get rope IN TO ia
/ someway?''
., WI knew as we'll as did the Others that
ne mere , vas no way but his speech strucl;
m me sa'e He heart fnroeS Of The chief with
a sound. half sob half aHa r lp nsre Came
f he a pstsa om Of OF nuT S sS Msd
quietly gu as then left the group and vent 10
out upon the crowd. Cummings dronrcd
the tn line and sat down. burying his hot hot
1nee IN MS FARMS arms fer they all thai
question Of a few minutes. and they
would retreat. across the gable and either
'usH j1pce or tb 60 ,S doWn With The root.
trlous pt,iIos @orp Dhegan Idle and indus
upon i. the thoughts of men about to die.
i nes y ~ Garnet pc too Ingenious to be-
their chartceers. aud conditions OF life
tr ar Mev ef pursuant with the
it is eonceivabe that yol nna romangiea
4 men, called upon to face DESPERATE situa
tons, might. at the crucial moment rush
the vision each OF his hearts deairs.
| and to meet, each his doom with he,
name upon his lips
pr A atstraqsdlnary thing occurred
fragmentary remarks let fall at the tine.
ana an afterWard recalled-such as Tapping.
be on her fathers roofs!' and from 9th.
er things later overhead, an inevitabe
DEDUCTION has been reached that four Of
herein described were occupied Win he
W Vi1s ho o. ne same person, towit: Miss
e azaSet Come cat re- ,own !ho ast-the ei
Craiey Gray. alone. spoke not at all:
put but Why VI did he strain and strain his eyes
epotseaue ha ear smPy PDea a "a with
chon here. or was Miss Carewe thu last
sweet appartion in the fancles of al: ali ii, i've
1.-The coincidence n he
seemed the more miraculous when. wan van
70 the ss6sraass
clear T. oo ~ voice behind them: I
no, Hpa"dG I, :. you ..h better all come down
n nov o, ln sa ~, stairway will be on
Only one thing could have been more
1a hgrs shosPg Re to the FIVE than
the roof, and this was that the Sixth pe ~.
son should be Miss Betty car car We psi-
nhhes turineu, ,a aghast asape. choPfalen
lous ~ ''''N NV GU
She stood Just behind the gaberidge,
f In n af ma, most homogeneous lit
wreaths partly obscurlng her and arc cur Ifn,
hetwnen The 3oa FIVE and her white dress
Was it but q kindly phantasm Of the
braing Was It the Incarnation of the
last vision of the lost Volunteers? Was
ness e perch upon this eyrie waiting ITO to
bear their heroic souls to Valhalla. or
was it Miss Betty Carewe?
10 the chiefs she spoke--all of them agreed
to that afterward-but it was Craiev
who answered, while Tom could only
stare, and stand wagging his head at the
4 shelf.
MY mother In heaven,' gasped Grail
i ley. How did you come up here?'
There's trap in the roof on the other
side OF the ridge she said. and she be-
gan to fan herself with the pink fan.
"A stairway runs all the way down
old Nelson showed me through these
buildings yesterday-and that side isn't
on fire yet. I'm so sorry ] didn't think
of 1t until a moment ago, because you
could have brought the water up that
way, But don't you think you'd better
come down now?"
II CHAPTER VII.
THE COMEDIAN.
Not savage Hun, nor "barbarous VAN
Il dyke,'' nor demon Apache, could wish 10