The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-01

De fauutorcd ont TO watch the crowds
Never once did ne wander far from
the hotel, which fact later ON. he was
Inclined 10 believe was a special dis.
pCnsatiun of Providence.
The magnet was there that held
him.
lie smoked and walked. and so
the time dragged by until the hour Of
fate arrived.
Charlie the better to see and be out
OF the anticipated Jam. had mounted
q convenient carriasc.stouc standing
In front Of dwelling house half q
block from the hotel
Great as was the excitement around
him. IL sonmol TO De douhly lntonsi.
aol further along the lire OF march,
csucglaIi. In front OF the hotel.
lie saw the procession break at this
nuirt-mclt away MS IL were
Men ran toward the hotel To- squads.
waving their arms wildly.
Was Il an opportunity TO Quench
the thirst that frequently burns Irish
threats on this glorious holiday?
Charlie knew OF yorc an about
the baltic OF the Boyrc, and how an
orange Tag arouscs the hatred OF a
| st. Pafrirks day parador oven as the
red Tag stlrs tho madloucd bull TO
frenzy
Had some bold and incautious soul
dared TO invite immolauon by thus
haunting In their faces the color they
despsed?
lie supposed this must be the case.
To HIS surprise, however, the oN.
element sproad-the crowd pressed
madly forward. mounted officers oamo
galloping back shouting out some.
thing that at first he could not catch.
Mover TO his dying day would Char
I lie Stuart forget the intense anxiety
" that moment when he seemed to
feel as though the fate Of empires was
at stakc-and then he heard distinctly
above the roar tho stcntorian voice OF
a loa,hcrul"ogcd officer.
"Tuu out The avenue is impass.
| able, The Windsor hotel Is on fret
Turn Quit"
Doubtless that stontorian shout
sent sluddcrlng chill to many n
heart whon those who heard II glanc.
cd mp at the massive pile and compro.
hondod the hundreds OF precious lives
that were endangered.
To none could II appeal with more
irresistible force than to Charlie
/ Stuart
All his hopes and ambitions on earth
/ were conferred thero-the girl he
loved with heart and soul was far up
in the doomed structure. perhaps
asleep, under the influence OF an
oplate, after a wakeful night with an
aching brow.
At FIRST his blood seemed CONCEAL
cd into ice.
Then It leaped through his veins
like boiling lava, fresh from the
| throat OF Vesuvlus.
charlie did not waste time in 70
Election.
Time was worth more than money
now, worth all the world to him.
He had leaped TO tho pavement
like n deerhound. and dashed toward
the hotel In great bounds.
Some men would have lost thelI
wits. but II seemed that tho greater
the emergency the keener became his
mind.
Even as he ran and elbowed his
way through the excited crowd with
Irresistible fes-A. he was mapping ouI
a plan OF cHmpdign
Really there seems no limit to the
human mind-its capacity Is astonish
ing-it rises TO meet the emergency
regardless OF what is needed.
Now, even when thus fighting his
way through the crowd, Charlie saw
the hopelesaness OF attempting e
reach the main entrance on the ave
nue..
Tho space for half a block wa
densely packed with a whooping mas
OF humanity. partly imbued with III,
eager curiosity that always dlstln
cuisines crowds the world over, and n
the same time a chiyalrous desire I,
be OF use somehow.
II he desired TO reach that doc
he must perforce walk over the head
OF the packed crowd.
A better plan suggested itself.
Ho remembered n side entrance
which would admit him much NOR
easily.
Now he was at the corner.
He took one look up and around
The picture was impressed upol
the tablets OF his memory forever
2 No longer were handkorchiefs an
green ribbons waving from IN
numerous windows OF the hotel In
stead. panlc.stricken girls threw on
their arms appealingly and shrieke
/ in terror.
. The wand OF an evll magician ha
touched the scene. and transformed
/. in a twinhing.
Smoke already oozed from severI
; openings. proving to Charlie that hi
hopes of the fire being trlillng wer
? groundless,
; It was most serious.
p The holocaust OF the Parlsia
5 Charlie Bazaar was about TO be repea
ed in New York; and that ST, Pa
J. riclk's day would be marked as th
/. most grewsome Gotham had eve
J. known.
I Charlie now had a better chance I
push ahead,
o Already he feared he had delaye
r too long.