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

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70 distract bis attention. trtcmus
was not 600 sIrht the daily paper had
boon exhausted. and us q last resort
Dc sauutcroi 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.
pcrsatiun OF Providence
The magnet was there that held
him.
He 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
a convenient rarriasc-stouc standing
in front of dwelling house half a
block from the hotel
Great n9 was the excitement around
him. 1t sonmcd 90 be douhly intcnsi-
dcd further along the line OF march,
especial. in front OF the hotel.
he saw the procession break at this
ruint-molt away as IL were
Men ran toward the hotel 10 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 yoro an about
the battle OF the noync. and how an
orange nar arousos the hatred OF a
ST. Pafrirks day parador oven as the
red flag stirs the madgcucd bull TO
frenzy
Had some bold and lncautious soul
dared TO invite immolaton by thus
Haunting in their faces the color they
despised?
lie supposed this must be the case.
To his surprise. however. the oN.
element sprcad-the crowd pressed
madly forward, mounted officers camo
galloplng back, shouting out some
thing that at first he could not catch.
Never to his dying day would Char
lie Stuart forget the intense anxiety
OF that moment when he seemed to
feel as though the fate Of empires was
at s.akc--and then he heard distinctly
above the roar tho stcntorlan voice Of
q loathcru!"ngod officer:
"Turu OUT The avenue Is impass.
able! The windsor hotel Is on FIRE!
Turn Quit"
Doubtless that stontorian shout
sent a siuddorlug chill TO many a
heart when those who heard II glanc.
cd mp at the massive pile and compre.
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 centerod there-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 1t leaped through bis veins
like boiling lava. fresh from the
throat OF vesuvius.
Charlie did not waste time in re-
Election.
Time was worth more than money
now, worth all tho world 10 him.
He had leaped to the pavement
like deerhound, and dashed toward
the hotel in great bounds.
Some men would have lost their
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 oul
n plan OF Campaign.
Really there seems no limit TO the
human mind-its capacity is astonlsh
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 hopelessness OF attempting e
reach the main entrance on the ave
nue.,
The space for half a block wai
densely packed with a whooping masi
OF humanity, partly lmbued with III,
eager curiosity that always dlstln
gulshes crowds the world over. and n
the same time a chiyalrous desire L
be OF use somehow.
II he desired to reach that dool
he must perforce walk over the head
of the packed crowd.
A better plan suggested itself
Ho remembered n side entranc,
which would admit him much NOR,
easily.
Now he was at the corner.
He took one look up and around.
The picture was impressed upoi
the tablets OF his memory forever.
No longer were handkorchiefs an,
green ribbons waving from IN,
numerous windows OF tho hotel In
stead panic.stricken girls threw on
their arms appealingly and shrieke,
in terror.
The wand OF an evil magician hal
touched the scene. and transformed 1
in a twinltllng.
Smoke already oozed from seyera
openings. proving to Charlie that hi
hopes of the FIRE being trining wer
groundless.
II was most serious.
The holocaust Of the Partisan
Charlie Bazaar was about to be repeat
ed in New York; and that St. PA
ricks day would be marked as IN
most grewsome Gotham had eve