The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-14
heap of bones aud nesh. SIZE was Wiz
Louie now

Louie now
on the other side Of Jordan.
In the sweet fields Of Eden
Where the tree Of life Is blooming.
The men rushed out to the defense
and in that next hour Waterside DIS
trlct witnessed as heroic struggle as
any age Of chiyalry ever boastcd II
was not an occasion for the Cepari
mcnt TO dictate any rules Oh methods
Of procedure The people made rul,s
They tore down buildings, dung then
scl;cs urea Game. a-s-.l-,
stamped under foot aud literally beat
back the fury Of tile cncrc'lng fro
And Hope House was saved When ii
was ull over, the building stood Black
encd, deiaced, ecorched, but intact
Rnd into It's archWay cat, strcaming
dark procession of forms hearing
dreadful burdens which were laid r.
stroight rows through Tie hl a0 O.
the library Moor Before thr lrly
dawn broke through the ran @" eHcht,
urlp.'Hgs VIZ :. ,.,san1- W., ..-,'. pen
rhG,ed even the warmly dressed c0rly
rlsers on the boulc.arus. uute Ec,s
forty-seven forms lying side y slc oD
The floor Of Hope House, and uHtsr o.
ghastly mowl how many NOR, u.
man Jared 10 guess.
John Gordon found Miss ABdrtWg
still at work out by the ruins
you mUst stop and eat somcthin~'
he said gently. but firmly. And as he
spoke he laid his hapd on her arm
She was bcirins on her face and pei
son the MARKS cf her desperate energy
But she had never ceased TO be Grace
Andrews, calm. self poised patient In
domitablc, hut never hysterical or
nervous.
A faint color appeared in her face.
and she let Gordon bring her some.
thing to eat She tasted Il sitting on "a
beam near tie ruins. The llremep, who
knew her, never thought OF refusing
her place. with the workers. Through
thc dawn up into the increasing light
Of the awful day that revealed new
horrors she worked on, aud Gordon
and Barton silently worked beside her
The great excitement had kept Bar
ton nerved up 10 the occasion. As the
dawn broke however, the strain was
too severe for the frail tenement. He
felt something snap somewhere, and
his eyes blinded as he staggered over
the ruins. He brushed back the hair
that hung matted and dripping over
his forehead and tried 10 steady him
self There was a child's arm prouud-
ing from a mass of plaster and bricks
at which he had been Working as in a
nightmare, sobbng and coughing, ana
alternately cursing and praying Cor
don was several feet away, lifting a
beam with Miss Andrews.
He Strengthened UP and saw it all in
a mist that darkened swiftly. Again
he brushed his hand over his forehead
and tried by all the exercise of his Will
to keep from falling, but the next mo-
ment he reeled, stumbled against n
projecting timber and fell face down
ward The fingers of the child, which
had been moving slightly, touched his
warm check. When John Gordon came
oeer TO lift Barton up, the child's arm
encircled Barton's neck.
Gordon gently unclasped the arm
and, uftlng up his friend, carried him
into Hone House. AS he laid him down
Barton opened his eyes and whls-
pcred, "Neyer mind me, save the 9th
ers."
Gordon kneeled and kissed Barton's
forehead and leaving him I'm charge
OF one OF the residents, he went out 10
the work. When he and Miss Andrews
bad dug out the child. Il had breathed
its last Miss Andrews kissed the dis
figured face. and the first tear thar
Gordon had ever seen her shed fell on
the body.
"One OF our children In the kinder
garten. oh, my God! For this slaugh-
ter Of the innocents who shall be
counted gulity?"
She Carried the child into the house,
aud when she came back there was an
added divinity OF righteous Indignation
IN her blue eyes, added sadness In the
Dues of her patient face.
Day broke on Waterside district
Ward Is. over scene that had never
before been witnessed In any part OF
the city There had been very many
fires before this horror OF tenement
house fire. Ward Is, But no disaster
had ever before been marked by such
slckening slaughter OF children. In No
0l. Mr.. Marsh's double decker, twenty
nine children were burned or crushed
to death. In the other blocks twenty
three more were Victims OF the falling
wall or the nights exposure. Seventy
1--WE families were instantly beggared,
saving only the clothes they wore, and
left without a roof to shelter or a cent
10 pay Tor bread. Great piles OF value
less furniture and bedding hlled the
streets and alleys, soaked by the rain
which continued all day. Hope House
stood solitary and alone, ehoked with
the dead and the living. among whom
Miss Andrews moved with an angels
pity and commanders firmness. She
was perfectly self possessed and knew
Just what to do next. Under her lead
ership order grew ont Of awful confu'
sion, and Hope House, transferred into
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