Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-16

another cause than strangula-
a Ion. The steam pouring in .
through the fractured window panes
was sitting. tie took off his coat, first /
removing from an inner pocket the !
bundle If le,t2r5 found under Mrs. Az .
sons pillow, and carefully stuffed the .
won g-raclt into tie largest cavities.
BY lhis means he succeeded somewhat
in shutting y-t the vapor as well us the
Iurld lig2; that still nared red in the
back yard.
The Lightning had ceased totally, and
/ the improvised blind plunged the room
4 into impeneuable darkness. He felt
/ his way to the stairs and found the
/ ca 10. which he relightcd. The rain
| beating on the roofs and on the outer
y 'raments combined with the weird
sounds in the inclosed yard to make
terrifying racket, but it was not likely
that youth who attributed his escape
from q loathsome death, self inflicted,
to the direct interposition of Provi-
denca in his behalf would yield to any
sentimental fears on that account. In
deed, although quite weak from hun
ger, lie fc,S en- unaccountable elation of
spirits. a new born desire to live and
Justify his mo,ler's confidence in him,
a sense of power to achieve that which
hitherto seemed impossible.
He even broke into a desultory whis-
Ting as he bent over the hearth and
resumed the laying of the fire aban-
doned five minutes earlier with such
sudden soul WEAKNESS. The candle,
too, burned with CHEEKY glimmer, rs if
pleased with the disappearance of its
formidable competitor. Fortunately he
had some coal in the houSe-his chief
supply was stored in a small bin at the
other side of the yard, beyond the
buria! place of the raging, steaming
meteor and consequently quite unap-
proachable.
Soon the fire burned merrily, and
the coffee stall keepers recipe for
using coffee grounds was put into prac-
tice. Philip had neither sugar nor milk.
but the hot liquid smelled well, and
he was now so cold and stiff and he
had such an empty sensation where he
might have worn belt that some
crusts of bread, softened by INNER
sion in the dark compound, earned
keener appreciation than was ever
given in later days to the most costly
dishes of famous restaurants vet I'M
built
After he he'd eaten he dried his
damp garments and changed his soak
ed boots for a rair so worn that they
= scarcely held together, but their dry
ness was comforting. An odd feeling
of contcntment, largely induced by the
grateful heat of the fire, rendered his
actions leisurely. Quite half an hour
elapsed before he thought of peepirg
! through the back window to ascer. ain
the progress of external events. The
rain was not now pelting down with
abnormal fury. 1t was still falling, but
with the quiet persistence that marks
in London parlance-@a genuine wet
day" The steam had almost vanished
When he removed his coat from the
broken panes he saw with surprise
that the fiagstones In the yard were
dry within a circle of two feet around
the hole made by the meteor. Such
drops as fell within that area were in
stantly obliterated, and tiny Jets OF
vapor from the hole itself betrayed the
presence OF the fiery object beneath
His boylsh curiosity being thoroughly
aroused, he drew an old sack over bis
head and shoulders, unlocked dool
| which led into the yard from a tiny
: scullery and cautiously approached the
= place where the meteor had plowed its
= way into the ground. The stones were
/ Uttered with debris. but the velocity Of
4 the heavy mass had been so great that
4 a comparatively clean cut was made
X through the pavement.
The air was warm with the hot
4 breath Of an oven, and It was as mucl
u as Philip could bear when he stood OF
\ the brink of the hole and peeped in
B At a good depth, nearly half his OWL
4 height he estimated, he saw a roun(
4 ball firmly imbedded In the earth I
Y was duly red, with its surface al
= cracks and assures as the result Of tht
water poured onto it. Much large
, than a football, 1t seemed to him a
= first sight to be the angry eye Of sons