Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-29


| things then and there takes possession
of him. Still, better to wait a littll
| while and then-the top entrance, ant
face to face in his Office. The draw.
ings are there Who can guess wha
card Holder will play when faced with
a climax? Best to come armed, any,
way. And if the pistol has to be used
| why, what feeble spark it will bt
amidst all this roar and fame ane
| changing stir. How terrified Jess woul(
be if All, he will soon be away
now.
The furnaces are empty and tn,
bucket, containing many tons o.
molten steel, is being carried over t.
the mold. Seton Holder stands upo1
an iron box about three feet from tn,
ground level, and is ready to give tn,
| final order to remove the bucket-plug
| Then suddenly he looks up at tn,
chains above and shouts with horror
One of the side pivOts is bending
breaking. There is wild shout from
| tie men as they rush for the door, and
that mighty cauldron of kissing. seeth
| ing steel turns over and runs like q
fiery lake on the floor. Swift as somt
| bursting dam it darts it's fiery way. fec
| deeper by the swinging bucket Seftor
| Holder, looking which way to escape
| pauses a moment too long. Like g
| flash the metal surrounds the mold hi
is on and he stands, as it were, on al
| iron island amid a lake of white-ho
running steel Above the noise ant
| hn
ing: Run for your lives"
Run? Yes, but how can he cross thi,
burning moat? The heat is terrific
He sees the steel forcing a channe
down to number five pit, which con
tains water If it reaches there-th,
| thought sets him shuddering. Have
they all escaped but him? The hea
is scorching, suffocating, and it will
take hours for this mass of steel tt
cool and set-hours; why, long bafoM
that he will be literally baked alive
Will none of them come to save him
| No, no; they will not risk the explosion
until it is too late. The growing feal
| of horrible death overwhelms him
and he screams with terror. TheI
some one dashes through the door
beats his way through the hands tha
try to stop him, runs nimbly up the
foot-ladder and along the wide baull1s
that hold the rails for the crane.
Look, he is clinging now to tn,
chain. Lower" he shouts, and lower
he comes; down, down, until he swings
as close to that terrible liquid bed az
the men he is trying to save. For.
ward!" he rOars, and there is the click
! of levers, the hiss of steam, and the
rattle of the ponderous crane. Hold
he screams, as he lurches forward
seiZes Holder, and clings to him with
wonderful strength. For moment il
seems as though both must slip anC
crash to their doom, and then, tightly
clasped together, rescuer and rescued
are swung clear of the burning lake
and on into safety. And the last thing
Seton Holder notes ere he sinks into
Inconsistencies is confused babel OF
voices, and above them all some on
loudly clamoring for cheers for brav,
Jack Simpson.
For week Jack Simpson lay de,
liriOus-a week of great anxiety anC
terrible tension to his wife. Over anG
over again had he gone through the in
cidentS Of that memorable night. II
his Wanderings she learnt of the darl
purpose he had brooded upon; how he
had seen the awful position Seftor
Holder had been placed in; how, a.
sight of fellow-creature in such hor.
rible danger, he had come to his nor.
NAL senses, flung the pistol from hin
and resolved to save the AN who haC
schemed to wreck his happiness.
Jess" he said, almost the first in
telligent words he spoke as he cluns
to her in recognition; Il didn't do it,
thank Heaven. l didn't do it"
Hush. DEAR" she said, "you never
could have done it; your nature would
not let you. No one knows but us anC
the doctor that you were so cruelty
tempted. And we are all to forge
that. Let us start now and never refer
to it again.
Daddy" cried Miss Beatrice Simp
son, running to his bedside, "why dom
you get better? There's such a lot O
nice fings waiting for YOU"
Yes said her mother, "and have
letter to read when you are strons
enough"
eff it is good news" he said, with
feeble smile, 1--we the strength of
giant now"
1T is long letter." she said, "anc
the doctors orders are strict But it
chief contents are that Fairlow's wisl
to buy your new process and the pric
they offer is e1,5O0 They also wish t,
know if you will undertake to put i
into operation and run it at thei
American works at salary Of
She paused.
Don't kill me with kindness" b.
said
big boats go to 'Merica," interrupt
ed Miss Beatrice, with the usual alert
ness of young eyes and young ears.