The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

Il am so sorry, father" she said
gently. tShe had not called him
papa" since the morning after her
bald Il hope it isn't to be a great
spouse. and, after waiting for some
time. she spoke again. rather tremu-
lousy, mot timidly: Father"
He rose and upon his brow were
marked the blacklist lines of anger she
had ever seen, so that she leaned back
from him, startled; but he threw down
! the open paper before her on the table,
and struck it with his clenched fist.
Read this!" he said. And he stood
over her while she read.
There were some grandiloquent
headlines: Miss Elizabeth Carewe
an Angel of Mercy! Charming Belle
| Saves the Lives of Five Prominent
/ Citizens Her Presence of Mind Pre-
vents Confagration from Wiping Out
the City," 1t may be noted that Will
! Cummings, editor and proprietor of the
Journal, had written these tributes, as
! well as the whole account of the even
ing's transactions, and Miss Betty
doomed as large in Wits narrative as
/ in his good and lovelorn heart. There
was very little concerning the fire in
the Journal; it was nearly all about
Betty. That is one of the misfortunes
which pursue a lady who allows an
editor to fall in love with her.
However, there was a scant mention
of the arrival of the Volunteers upon
the scene" Though none at all at the
cause of their delay and an eloquent
paragraph was devoted to their hand
! some appearance, Mr.. Cummings hav-
ing been one of those who insisted
that the new uniforms should be worn.
Soon" said the Journal, through the
daring of the chief of the department,
and the captain of the hook and-lad
| 8 4
mounted the graphing ladder, over
which he was Immediately followed by
the other carrying the hose, a stream
was sent to play upon the devouring
element a fear of dearing-do person.
ally witnessed by a majority of our
readers. Mr.. Vanrevel and Mr.. Gray
were Joined by Eugene Madrillon, Tap
bingham Marsh and the editor of this
paper, after which occurred the unfor-
tunate accident to the long ladder,
leaving the five named gentlemen in
their terrible predicament, face to face
with death in it's most awful form. At
this frightful moment"-and all the
rest was about Miss Carewe.
AS Will himself admitted, he had
laid himself out on that description"
One paragraph was composed of short
sentences. each beginning with the
word "alone." alone she entered the
shattered door! Alone she set foot
upon the first flight of stairs! Alone
she assembled the second! Alone she
mounted the third. Alone she lifted
her hand to the trap! Alone she open
ed it," She was declared to have
made her appearance to the unfortu-
nate prisoners of the roof, even as
the palm-laden dove to the despair
ing Noah" and Will also asserted re-
peatedly that she was the Heroine of
the Hour"
Miss Betty blushed to see her name
so blazoned forth in print: but she
lacked one kind of vanity, and failed to
find good reason for more than a
er's purpose was so manifestly kind in
spite of the bizzare result.
"Oh, wish Mr.. Cummings hadn't"
she exclaimed. "It would have been
better not to speak of me at all, of
course; but l can't see that there is
anything to resent-it is so FUNNY"
Funny" Mr.. Carewe repeated the
word in a cracked falsetto, with the
evident intention of hooking her, and
at the same time hideously contorted
| his face into a grotesque idiocy of
expression, pursuing his lips so
extremely and setting his brows so
awry, that his other features were car
ried out of all familiar likeness, effect
hold, in man of his severe cast of
countenance, as was his faIsetto MINI
icry to hear. She rose in a kind of
| terror, perceiving that this contortion
was produced in burlesque of her own
expression, and. as he pressed nearer
her, stepped back, overturning her
chair. She had little recollection of her
| father during her childhood; and as
long as she could remember, no one
had spoken to her angrily, or even
roughly.
AS she retreated from him, he
leaned forward, thrusting the hideous
mask closer to her white and horror
stricken face.
'You can't see anything to resent in
that" he gibbered. Its so funny, is
it? Funny! Funny Funny! I'll
show you whether it's funny or not
| I'll show you!" His voice rose almost
to a shrek. You hang around fires,
do you, on the public streets at night ?
You're a nice one for me to leave in
| charge of my house while I'm away,
| you trollop! What did you mean by
going up on that roof? You knew that
id Vanrevel was there! You did,
1 say, you knew it,"
She ran toward the door with a
! frightened cry; but he got between it
and her, menacing her with his up
raised open hands, shaking them over
her.
You're a lovely daughter, aren't
you!" he shouted hoarsely. You knew
| perfectly we'll who was on that roof.
fhd you went; Didn't you go? Answer
me that! If I'd had arms about me
when I got there. I'd have shot that
man dead! He was on my property,
giving orders, the black hound! And
when 1 ordered him out, he told me if
1 interfered with his work before it
was finished he'd have me thrown
outline that owned the whole place;
and there wasn't a man that would
lend me a pistol Rescued You'd
better rescue him from me, you palm
| laden dove, for I'll shoot him, / will!
I'll kill that dog; and he knows it. He
can buster in a crowd, but he'll hide
| nowl He's a coward, and"
He came home with me; he brought
me home last night" Her voice rang
out in the room like that of some
other person, and she hardly knew that
| it was herself who spoke.
you lie!' he screamed, and fell
back from her, his face working as
though under the dominance of some
physical disorder. the flesh of it plas-
| tic beyond conception, so that she
cried out and covered her face with
her arm You lie. I saw you at the
| hedge with Crailey Gray, though you
thought l didn't What do you want
to lie like that for? Vanrevel didn't
even speak to you. l asked Madrillon.
You lie!"
He choked upon the words; a hack
ing cough shook him from head to
foot; he staggered back and dropped
upon her overturned chair, his arms