The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-08

-couls ws not burn down this
fooY-s. he cried.
-Noshins oossla be easisr.- said /
sSape = NtAe.ss - 1-.N..-.ss-
r9ruer. sfT 0rfy oH5sutfuu 80 rnHf ~.
should ourselves be nicely toasted.
Ike two little orsssr pstss-
Car you not susEsst ssnsthiaf
~ cried, IN despair. -Ah. what Il
that"
Tnere had been = iow sound a;
our litthe window. and a shadow
rnnna between the stars and our
selves. A small. white hand was
strrtehsd Into tbs ianzplisht. Some
thtns Nsfttsr~s befspen the fingers
~oass.; asi1s'" sssss sss -eHsss' :
xssies.
We yer. On ,ss barrel In an IN
slant
sTley hax. sent far tho co~saeks.
Your lives are AZ stalks. An. am
in~sf I attn lost
mere was the squad Of rushing
ssesza . hca ges oath. a btow, and tbs
stars we're once more twinshnE
through the window. We sfopd help
lee. ut.un the barrel with our bsoof
cold vita horror Half n mfnute
aftmrw ards we beard a smothsrei
scream. ending in = rhuke A great
annr slammed sornswhsro IN the ai-
lent night.
ssThnss ruffgan~ have s~ir~d her.
They viii ksil her I cried
purpc nprang dawn with the mar
ffcttiafr shout 81 orr Nhoss reason
has left him. lie struck the eear
- frantt~aiiY with HIS NAMED hants
Thai he left A htetrh OF blood with
svery hiow.
~Ifsre l. the key 7 shouted.
pirklnx ono from the floor. 'fshs
must have thrown u In al tho IN
slant that she WAS torn away.
Nv euuapanlon snatehed w. from
me uith q shrek 81 iey. A moment
LATER ha dashed u down upon ths
baaraa. n was 90 auaan that II was
iasf in the enarmaun took. purpc
aanh upan one % the boxes with bis
head isetwe~p his hands. re sohted
in his deapair. could have sobbed,
too. when I thought Of tbs ~oHass
ard how belpisHs We we're 70 save
her.
nut am not easily haffied. After
AT. tisis hey must have been sent 70
rs for n purpose. The lady could not
bring IA that of the door, because
this mnrdcrous stsp~father OF hers
postla most certainly have Il In his
rocket, Yst this other must have a
meaning. or why should she risk
her llfe 70 place Il in ear handsf II
would say attic fer our Wits n We
could not find out what that mean
Ing might be.
i set 10 work moving all the cases
out from the wall and puroc. gain
ing new hope from my courage.
hsiped me With all his strength. II
waa 10 iists task. fss many % them
were large ard heavy. ON We went.
wpraiaE like f1ss5sssS singing bar
refs rhcenes and boxes pall-uaeu IN
10 the middle 81 the room. At last
there only remained one huge har-
rel Of vodki which stood In the cor
uer. with our united strength We
rolled ~ cut, and there was n little
low wooden door IN the wainscot
behind n. The key fitted. and with
cry % delight We saw u swing
open before US with the lamp In
my hand. I sauerxea my way In.
followed by my companion.
We were In the powder magazine
~ the caatie-a rough. walled cellar.
With barrels alt round Il, and one
with the top STAYED In in the center.
The powder from II ny w - hthaN
heap upon the floor. Beyond there
was another door. but ~ was locked.
We are no better on than before,
cried puroc. I'VE have no key"
we have a do3eni" ] cried.
'sWheref"
I pointed to the line Of powder
barrels.
You would blow this door open7''
Precisely"
nut you would explode the mag
axinen
II was true. but ! was not az the
end Of my resources,
I'VE VIII blow open the sioreroeui
door" / cried.
I ran back and seized a tin box
which had been filled with candles.
II was about the siEo Of any bushy--
large enough TO hold several pounds
OF powder. Duroa filled u while l
cut off the end OF a candle When
We had finished. IL would have pug
zlod n colonel OF engineers 90 make
better petard. I put three cheeses
on the top OF each other and placed
Il above them. 10 IS 60 lean against
the lock. Then we lit our candle
eea and ran for shelter. shutting the
door OF the magazine behind us.
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