Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-06

gas exploded with a loud bang, knock
ing Jack backward and shattering some
! panes Of glass. The spectators rushed
| to Tie dee: and got into the yard VIII
j cot beiht hurt. and Jack. throw ing
| open the window. made his escaHe
that Way. half CHECKED with a CON-
pound Of viilaiiiols smells.
Meanwhile TIE taltlccloth had caught
! fire. which extended to the curtains.
| tie maLttipiCcl and the woodwork of
| The Wi.uStH, "i.d n an Incredibly short
! space the s.ldy W;ts on fire. The wind
| Was '.ow:!.s strongly at the tiEc, and
| Gcnsc Clouds Of >n4 lie arose. mingled
| with :pAgits # file
At tIe s>ond q: the explosion Mr.
Mo!e IaSEsu o!.t g! the sehoolroo!n
md let Harvey. tl;;.t,lcss with cX
.tCNtnt AID trisntc!ed cut Of his
v.ts
WHAT'S the m"tter?" asked the sen.
O! haste.
"i1"ik; ways biown us up, sir
;.oel:.n lt;. .su Harvey. pointing to the
,n.uhe ard flames issuing from tie
>.ICy.
I:ssi..i.g 10 tie kcllrore. MI. Mole
iulleti II violently. shouting Fire, fire,
~ as II l,c wee mad.
ne s&EuuIy.. was soon full of
atH, Mei..rn ;izd boys, the women
>cr; ;.li!ii4. ans! iiIe boyS shouting Mr..
ruWtc;l ":d as assistant masters
It ti.e. :,"sts and did not know
~; e 45o.
'h5.n fe1 ihe engines" said Nj. Craw-
N1' o5y sill.l
t'.Hl.9,1 g. :" >E9.a@stcd Nf. Mole.
,;:,.A i,.. t..:. Il! ~ into tree to
,!..@H ti.e = ii f,:.4e..,.:t i.,.eFs-'ip,ion.
s;"GAs.iy ..r>-4f f;5N.cu,.r made her
aIp,:ll.J.se i. IL e.ov,N .;.sd walked to
wl"it sac .,.Ns.<is Were standing panic
stIl1As.u
y &c yen net DO sonethlng" she
excI"iNed Get buckets and form a
chain, So ..Ht yGi: car throw the water
on the burning building. DO YOU not
see that if the ces!tla@ration is not
schooi and the whole building will be
enNelcped III names!
'ExeeIlent, my dear. Mole, Pumple
ton, Stonor, my dear, good fellows, run
to the stable for buckets said Mr..
Crawcour, with tears in his eyes. Il
will place the boys in two chains to
pass the buckets backward and for
ward, and do the pumping myself. For
heavens sake, hestir yourself! Save
ne. Save my schQolv'
Euckets were procured, a double chain
was formed and the principal pumped
away with will, while Mr.. Mole was
made chief fireman and, standing on a
pair of steps, soon began TO make an
impression on the fire.
Jack walked into the crowd and
found out Harvey, who was :ls black as
a sweep through helping Mr.. Mole and
had fnlten out of service for q time
owing to fatigue.
II say. Dick" exclaimed Jack "here's
II beastly sell. l thought we should
have a good fare up
Pm glad the fires going out" re-
piled Harvey. Look at the damage
Nv hat does that matter? wcour's
insured. and any damage above the in-
surance my guy would have made UP.
| took the trouble to get nearly blown
out OF the window and have my curly
locks singed, and then they 60 and put
it out ! never was so sold
in less than nm hour the fire was got
under. and nothing of it remained but
the smoking ruins of Jacks study and
the one adjoining.
A strict invest igation was made into
the cause of the fire, but as it was
purely an accident Mr.. Cra wcour sharp
ly reprmandcd Jack and put Il stop to
any further fireworks Still he was
very much annoyed and drove over to
Willow Copse Hall the next day to see
Alr. RetliE2ton, whom he intended to
ask for a check for the damage. as the
insurance did not cover the studies
which had been built since he effected
it.
Mr Crawcour soon told what ha,l
happened.
"Certainiy you shall be paid for any
loss my son has put you to-" said Mr.
Rc,lin.rton. II will send competent
yourself to estimate the extent Of the
damage"
~ fear" remarked Mrs. Redington,
that John is iyrepressiDle. He is al
ways Going something"
always, ma am replied Mr.. Craw-
cour "and yet can't help liking the
lad"
"I'll tell you what it is. Crawcour."
said Mr. BedinYton. II shall Lave to
send him to sea just to knock some of
the nonsense cut Of him. know what
the sea is. The life is hard, and boy
gets more kicks than halfpence."
Jack will grow out of his bad hab-
it's" said Mrs. Redington.
ut doesn't look like it,"
1.-THE sea- observed Mr.. CrawcOur,
''is all very well in its way. should
be sorry to part with Jack, but when
ii comes to setting the school on fire.
why, you know, one must draw line
somewhere, and much as | like the lad
and esteem you. sir, think l should
be better off if he did go to sea-
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