The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-03-28

he made his way to the stairway a
quickly as possible, but with no littl
uinlculty, with the building sppar
/ way.
.flnaly by holding onto the railin,
along the stairway for three flights O
! stairs, he managed with many Others
TO reach the ground floor and out in
20 The street, just as the buildinl
gave one great crash and fell K
pieces, almost as if it were made Of
broom straws lie was very thankfu
that all had escaped from the build
ing before it collapsed.
Upon entering the street and be
holding the awful scene with thous
ands or people running every way fol-
safety he thought of Dorothy and
locking over toward heI fathers man.
sion and seeing the great fires start.
ing mp in every direction, he made
ms way as rapidly as possible through
the surging crowds to that place
Which had partly been destroyed by
the ear hquake, and WAS now on fire.
Upon entering the house he found
that Dorothy was imprisoned in her
rooms from the wrecksge or part of
tPelr home, and was unable to make
hei escape. but after some hard work
he was able to free her and take her
from the burning building
She was not hurt in any way more
than few scratches and very bad
scare, which she soon overcame in the
great excitement
'WheTe is father, John?" she said.
'is he hurt?" 81 have not seen
him., replied john"
"Oh | am afraid that he is very
badly hurt, " snid Dorothy. 81
thought heard him calling for help
Iuite a while ago. and then | could
not hear him any more" Then she
added, ooh this is terrible"
eve will search for your father, "
said John, as they made their way
over broken timbers and wrecked
until they came to his
loom, where they we're compelled to
break open the doors, and found him
ina dying condition.
They knew that he had only a few
more minutes to live and as they bent
over his pT0strate for n he seemed to
rally little. Looking up and recog,
nizing them he muttered, dorothy,
John. "
AS Dorothy placed her trembling
hard in his he united it with John s,
and toebly holding the two for few
seconds, he muttered, again "For-
give, Oh, forgive me-"
As the sad words passed through
his lips, "Too late, too lat -" he
passed over the dark chasm into that
Great Eternity.
BY this time John and Dorothy
were compelled to flee tor their lives
from the burning building, as the
red-hot flames were completely cover
lug the building
Upon entering the street amidst the
great and excited mass of humanity,
Dorothy's grief knew no bounds,
while Johns sympathy was as great
as human soul could express.
Lingering neaI until the destroying
elements had completed its awful
work, they we're rushed on by the
'nrgirg crowds amid the flames and
'nuht, uuIll GIleY we're Dey0nd the
aging conflPgration and at last
cached the haven of safety in Golden
iate park, where thousands of half
lad people had already gathered,
many Of whom were grieving over
heir lost loved ones, while other
thousands over the loss of their prop
,rty.
People of all nations and tongues,
he Iich and poor, the old and young,
Ill intermingIed in one great field OF
excitement
without food or shelter, not know
ing ms they stood, or walked around,
IN the trembling earth but that tie
lext shock would call them all to
'ternity'5 h0me.
After two days and nights withc ut
better aud very little,food John and |
Dorothy we're married on the grassy
ranks Of ore Of the beautiful lakes.
"Oh j hn, this great catastrophe |
s what you spoke about the other
light, isn't it," said Dorothy.
eyes, but | did not know what it |
vas. neither could | tell where it |
'ould happen, but somehow Or other