The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-03-28

was held shut byea heavy iron bar.
[ Then I looked out OF the window. It
faced the court between the Wigs Of
the building. yithsa Sheer, drop. OF.
fQearly 40 feet ~ ~ So. !.
Y : sbttsfky impossibie. said az, ri.
Thsn ]. noticed for thesdrst timss NJ
certain waSiness in the te&tureSof TIE
skin 6,er'his forehead. and asssihkeh
!. depth to',his'eyes.sE = e-'i'ss' sh'' s.
,Ik,saiss the drsam ,re-appeared?" ]
asked. IT. .t 81 s7h-s tasF
Frequently. ~; ssrs@;'os
"The tropble. with yea, Dswsiey,'' I
'linniss ;f ALOUD sis that1yq9sps, e are too.
r.. ~ I have jaes friends" he said, in a,
calm dispassinnate tone, such as one
! might use; IN speaking of some trivial
matter Of business. es= g y
you should make Them said,
with emphasis.
81 am over the Divide, "he answered.
my course of life will not change
very readily, 1 fear"
Then he deliberately and pointedly
changed the topic, and / did not recur
to il again at any time. AS l say, he
was 20 years my senior, and we had
little in common. l had many friends
and many interests, and Dawley and
his oddities formed an unimportant
episode.
But 1t was only week after this
conversation that the terrible event
took place, which every newspaper
reader in the city will remember.
is was at two in the morning that
awoke suddenly from a profound
slumber, with the consciousness that
some one had run past my door,
screaming.
/ sprang out of bed, and as / did so
heard the crash of breaking glass in
the court below, and saw a brilliant
red CLEAN through the blinds at the
and dining-room in the rear of the
hotel had already burst into flame,
and great volume of smoke poured
out of the lower windows of the east
wing.
My own room was on the second
floor, in the center of the building,
and | saw that there was plenty of
time for me to escape, and TO help
others in that vicinity. / jumped
into n bath-robe and slippers, and,
rolling my clothes into bundle un-
der my arm, ran out into the hall.
1 hammered at each door that
passed and yelled in n frenzy OF ex-
element and horror. The place was
rapidly filling with smoke and the
light grew brighter. Presently / no
ticed that my clothes were gone.
had dropped them while helping
woman who seemed to be unable TO
walk through pure terror. The man
who had first reused me had gone up
to the fourth floor, and the people
were pouring down the stairways, in
their night-robes, or wrapped in
blankets, some carrying children-of
which, thank Heaven, there were few
in the house others bird cages and
some dragging trunks, bang, bang,
over the steps.
j had several good friends in the
hotel, and now that the alarm seemed
to be generally given, l ran to their
assistance; but / did not think OF
Dawley, nor did / at any time at
tempt TO get over into the east wing
of the building. 1t was on that side
that the flames were fercest, and
the elevator shaft and stairway be-
tween that wing and the main build
ing were roaring like a furnace.
Suddenly the halls began to fill with
firemen in long coats and helmets,
some with axes and others dragging
up hose.
There seemed to be nothing more
for me to do, so / ran down the main
stairway and out into the street,
where a great crowd was assembled.
noticed that their faces were turned
toward the east wing, and as / in
stinctiyely glanced in that direction
remembered Dawley and the man
of his fearsome dream.
The man was on his wny-a huge
bulk of fireman, running up the
long ladder that he'd been hoisted
from the wagon and now rested
against the wall, just below the win
dow of Dawley's room.
But was il possible that he still
slept, through all this uproar and the |
glare Of the flame, and the odor of !
burning wood? Surely, he must be
asleep, else he would have appeared
at the window. Then, IL suddenly
me- Cd into my mind what was the
en- eyes -ha white skin and sunk |
he was still slee1-t' without doubt
The fireman made M
the heat 10 the top Of $50, .,..,.
and swung into the open ~sii.o2"s"
Streams OF water played upon the
flames beneath him, TO protect his
retreat. Two other men ran up the
ladder. and had just reached the top,
when he returned TO the window car
rying human figure wrapped in
blanket. The others assisted him, and
they made their way slowly down
the ladder again.
"Overcome by the smoke said a
man etandinp near me. But L no.