Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-10-19

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the shaft, but the others were still
safe, except for the smoke.
He could see the gas burning In
some OF them. A figure, head swathed
in a wet towel, suddenly staggered
toward him with q choking cry.
Get me-get me-ou OF this!" 1t
gasped, half articulately. IL"
Williams seized the man quickly, and
half carried him to the stairs. When
he got to safety more men were stag
gering up with hose. Murphy, the bat
talon chief, came up with a man
whom Williams had never seen be-
fore.
"Penfeld," he was saying, you help
Williams here. Get your men with q
stream on that wall. Some dead, you
say, ~captain?"
The latter hardly heard him. In
stead, he was looking at Penfield. The
eyes Of the two men met for a moment
in a sudden flash of mutual dislike
then Williams answered:
there's at least six Of them up
there! No telling 10Y many there
may be higher up!"
, Down below all was wild commotion
now. Cries of women and hoarse shouts
of men in a sudden panic came up in
, q medley of sound to where the fire.
fighters stood. The guests, alive now
I to their danger, crowded Railways and
! stairways, while the elevator shot up
and down until its top blazed into sud
: den flame, when it went down and
t stayed there. Police and firemen in
:, the corridors sought to ave h panic
stricken ones from themselves. Pen
: field %hurrying away with his men, took
one side of the shaft, Williams the
b other.
9 Williams, by a roundabout way,
worked up to the next fool toward
g the street. Rooms were open, but no
sign Of life came from them. He was
coming back. when he stumbled n
some one who was feeling his way
rather blindly. 1t vas Penfeld, and
he carried an ak in n hand. As he
saw Williams his face went into a
scowl.
You're the captain of Thirteen,
aren't your" he demanded.
What of it?" tartly replied the cap
tain.
Don't talk to me, that's ALL" sput-
tered the other, in causeless wrath.
That's easy!" said Williams, 'life's
too short!"
| "Oh, be id to you'll" cried PEN
l field savagely, stumbling past MIN
| toward the glare.
4 At that moment something went
\ wrong with the other bose. The men
\ below yelled, n one of them start
ed dow to investigate. Penfield was
\ nowhere in sight. In the few moments
Of inaction that followed, the flames
on that side tool a new lease Of life
and with hiss and crackle leaped anew
to their task of destruction. 1t wal
Their Penfield suddenly appeared at {
window in dangerous proximity to the
flames. He leaned out into the shaft
and swore when he saw the predica
he ment of his men.
There was a sudden tear and crack
lie Williams looked up, saw that tn
ng heavy elevator tackle had burne'
1t from its fastenings, and was cominl
nj down with all the impetus Of its l
nis stories drop! ennel unneedlne
choked with anger, leaned out far
he Their.
LOOK out, men!" cried Williams
,m The men with n impulse drew bac
az as the thing came down like a whir
wind, and fell, a tangled mass of cabl
Il" and chain, far below. Penield ha
his disappeared! For a second every on
his gazed at the window in dismay.
did it take him down with 1t?
en- asked Hickey, voicing the fears of th
lis rest.
no. mol" cried Williams, in sudde
comprehension, but it's knocked hill
on the head into kingdom come! He
ese lying in that room, I'll bet! And tn
ar? fire will be at him in a minute!" I'll
t a others stood appalled,. There wa
no way to get across that yawnin
he space. To seek a way through IL
rooms would take too much time.
Keep your stream over near tn
/ a window" commanded the capital
the suddenly. Here, give me n
those laddersi" Then they fathomt
,se! his purpose as he sought to lay
res from window to window. It just mea
UP ured the distance.
ave Another moment, and he was on
crawling on hands and knees to Il
In rescue of the man who a revil'
,nty him but a few moments before. I
got to the window n stepped /
lose side. His foot touched somethil
res soft. 1t was Penfield! The floor W
ONE hot beneath him.
,oon Williams saw that he would have
st a carry him, and promptly set about
stle. BY herculean effort, of which he W
oinf little conscious in the excitement
rs! the moment, he got the wounded n
alter on his back with his arms about
neck. Then slowly he clambered
re- to the ladder.
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