Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-01

was aAAiOSt ShOAlbS hOW AlOiil
 another cause than strangula-
 A tion. The steam pouring in
 through the fractured window panes < was stifling.. He took of his coat, first
 removing from an inner pocket the
 bundle of letters found under Mrs. An sons pillow, and carefully stuffed the
 worn garment into tie largest cavities. By this means he succeeded somewhat ir shutting out the vapor as well as the lurid light that still fiared red in the back yard.
 The lightning had ceased totally, and the improvised blind plunged the room into impenetrable darkness. He felt his way to the stairs and found the candle. which he relighted. The rain beating on the roofs and on the outer pavements combined with the weird sounds in the inclosed yard to make a terrifying racket. but 1t was not likely that youth who attributed his escape from loathsome death. self inflicted. to the direct interposition of Proyi. dence in his behalf would yield to any sentimental fears on that account. h. deed, although quite weak from hun ger, he felt an unaccountable elation of spirits. a new born. desire to live and justify his mothers 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 wearlness. The candle. too, burned with cheery glimmer, as 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 burial place of the raging. steaming meteor and consequently quite unap- proachnble.
 Boon the fro burned merrily. and the coffee stall keepers recipe for using coffee grounds was put into prac- tice Philip had neither sugar nor milk, but ths hot llarid slnqlied well, and hs wRs now so cold and stif and he bad such an empty sensation where he might have worn a belt that some a-asts Of sread. softenei by immer-
 on in the dark compound. earned keener appreciation than was ever given in later days to the most costly dishes of fnno1s restaurants yet un- built
 After he had eaten he dried his damp garments and changed his soak cd boots for a pair So worn that they scarcely held together. but their dry ness was comforting. An odd feeling ! of contentment. largely induced by the grateful heat of the fire. rendered his ] actions lelsureIy. Quite half an hour l elapsed before he thought of peeping through the back window to ascertain l the progress of external events. The ] rain was not now pelting down with l abnormal fury. It was stil falling. but 1, with the quiet persistence that marks -in LondOn pariance--a genuine vet I day" The steam had almost vanished. ! When he remoTed his eat from the broken panes he saw with surprise I that the haeSto1es In the yari were dry within circle of two feet around 1 the hole made by the meteor. such I drups as feI within that area were h. | stanfiy ooEte-ated. and tiny jets of l vzpor fr5n the hole Itself befrayei the prsse1ce of the 6ery obiect bens1th Hls buyf1h curiosity being thorouzhlT Eruosef. he dre- ca oid ssck over hEs head and khoakdsrss z1locked a cor xzlzA led jzt2 tse Lsrt fryn ty