The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-26

happen, and then ! discovered the /
tr5nble. / pushed the knob vigorous !
III TO one side. aud the whole manteI
swung loose from the wall almost q |
foot. revealing eavernous space he |
yond
took a long breath, closed the |
door from the trlnkroom into the hall
thank heaven. ! did not lock it-and
pulling the manteldoor wide open, !
stepped INTO he chimney room ! had
time to get a hazy view OF small
portable safe, q common wooden table
ma chair hen The maniel door
SWING to. and clicked behind me.
stood quite still Tor moment, In the
iarkness. unable 10 comprehend what
iad happened. 4 zen turned and heat
iuriously at the door with my fists.
It was colsed and locked again, and
ny fingers in the darkness sli dover q
my fingers In the darkness slid over a
ii a knob.
| was fnriously angry--at myself. At
he manteldoor, at everything ! d,d
not fear suffocation before the
nought had come TO me | had already
| seen CLEAN Of light from the two
small yentlating pipes in the roof
| hey supplied mir, but nothing else.
Fhe room itself was shrouled IN
llacSness,
must have doaed Off ! am sure
did not faint was never more
Composed in my life remember
| llaming II ! We've not discovered
Who would have my things knew
.iddy would want my heliotrope pop
in, and she's a fright in lavender
lnce Or twice ! heard mice in the par
itions, and SO sat on the table with
ny feet on the chair. | imagined !
ould hear the search gong on
| hnugh the house, and once some
ne came into the trunkroom, ! could
| distinctly hear footsteps
In the chimney In The chimney
| called with all my might, and was
ewarded by piercing shrek from
Addy and the slam OF the trnnkroonN
| loor
/ | felt easier after that, although the
oom was oppressively hot and
neryating had no doubt the scare.
or me would now come IN the right
lirection and after d little, dropped
mo do1e, How long slept dc
! | not know
II must have been several hours
or had been tired from busy day
? | md walked stiff from my aWkwar,
position, could not remembe
where ! was for a few minutes. an,
my head felt heavy and congosted
Iradnally reused TO my surround
lgs. and TO the fact that in spite d
I entilators, the air was bad and grow
ng worse, was breathing lang
( aspng respratlons, and my face wa
I lamp and clammy | must have bee
here a long time, and the gearchnr
! we're probably hunting outside III
! lonse. dredging the creek, or beatn
: be woodland knew that anotke
! ionr or two would find me nncol
i icious, and with my Inability to or
4 MT would 20 my only chance OF re
Ie ne, ! was the combination Of bad a
I md heat, probably. for some ilad
G luate ventilation was coming thrOnp
,d he pipt tried TO retain my 90
iclonsnesS By walking the length
W he room and back. over and over bl
4 had not the strength to keep Il II
u 70 ! sat down on the table again, II
o Iaek against the wall
N The house was very still. Once n
ht tralnlng ears geetnQd 10 catch n TO,
i all beneath me, possibly In my os
'oi 'oom CROPPED for the chair fra
kc he table, and pounded with II frant
III | lily on the floor. But nothing M
Ms | )ened, ! realized bitterly that If l.
he 'onnd was heard at all, no doubt
~ vas classed with the other rappin
hat had so alarmed US recently.
a1 And then--l heard sounds from
)ut ow me, In the house. There was
he | peculiar throbbng, vibrating no
,as hat | felt rather than heard. mt
Ike the pulsing beat Of fire engines
OF he city For one awful moment
,sy bought the house was on fire. a
lall very drop Of blood in my body "a
the red around my heart then knew
,er. vas the engine OF the automobile.
ted lalsey had come back Hope spri
diff. ~ afresh. Halsey's clear head
silk iertrnde's intuition might do W
nal .iddy's hysterIa and three detect
lei lad failed IN.
ete | After A time 1 thouphf | had Il
feet light There was certainly sometl
,ins going on down below, doors "
bel 'lamming, people were hurr,
Q a hrough the halls. and cebaln
the totes OF excited voices penetrate,
fin. ne shrilly. hoped they we're con
by loser, but after time the sol
my He'd away below, and | was left To
silence and heat, TO the weight Of
id ! larkness, TO the oppression of v
I Il. hat seemed to close IN on me
no tifle me.
win. The lifat warning | had wa
ipes 'teathy fumbling at the lock of
per. nanteidoor With my mouth
fee. 0 scream, stopped Perhaps th,
from lation had rendered me acute,
pas. laps 1t was instructive. Whatey
bbl, vas. ! sat without moving, and
own. me outside, In absolute Stiffness,
thu his fingers over the carving OF
ONE. nantel and--found the panel
,unl Now the sounds below redou
teil rom the clatter and iarrIng
hat several people were runnIu