The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

an inmate of his household. He and his
 family, he said, were about to make a
 trip to Europe. Gertrude must be of the
 party. It was cold, unsympathetic let ter which he wrote Gertrude, but for Emily's sake she overlooked that and
 returned to the household.
 But Emily and Gertrude did not make that trip to tho European watering places which had been planned Mrs. Ora
 ham went alone. Mr. Graham was too i'll to go, and Emily and Gertrude, in- stead of crossing the ocean, made after
 MT. Graham was convalescent, trip to
 Saratoga. At Saratoga Gertrude met
 man who called himself MT. Phillips. He
 was a man much older than herself, but
 he paid her marked attention, and, for
 some reason she could not explain, Gerty
 found much comfort in his society. She often thought of that father whom she had never known, and wondered if he
 had been like MT. Phillips.
 And one day at Saratoga Gerty received a great surprise. In the street she saw
 her former lover, Willie Sullivan, walk ing with Isabel Clinton, the beautiful
 daughter of his employer. She had sup posed Willie still in the Indies. She was so close to them that she distinctly heard Willie beg and impore Isabel not to leave Saratoga as she seemed to be de- cided upon doing With a dreary and broken spirit Gertrude returned to her room at the hotel. The only thing she felt that she could be grateful for now was the fact that Emily and herself were to leave the springs the next day. How she had looked forward to the return of Willie Sullivan,-and he had passed her
 now in the streets of Saratoga and had given his faithless heart to Isabel Clinton.
 The next evening found Gertrude and
 Emily upon one of the Hudson river night boats bound for New York. Isabel Cln- ton was also on board. So, also, was MT. Phillips-though this Gertrude did not know. | It was toward morning when Emily
 awakening, said to Gertrude. What time | is 2" 'It is nearly half past three." re- piled Gertrude. "T think we must be near
 New York Stay, will go and see" | She had scarcely set her foot upon the steps of the saloon stairs when she heard the sound of hurrying feet and
 a man rushed past her shouting Fire! Fire" In an instant 8 wild scene of confusion ensued-a scene of terror and disnnay too terrible for descrip ton. Gertrude ran to save Emily. She had taken but one step when she, felt her self encircled by two powerful arms
 and amiliar voice said; Gertrude,
 my daughterl my childl I will save
 you" It was MT. Phillips. NO, no,'
 shouted Gerty. Emily! Emily" Be
 calm, my child, I will save you both,
 said the man and running to the state
 room where Emily, in wonder and ter
 TOT at the rushing and the outcries,
 was waiting. Phillips put one arm around Gertrude and one around Emily
 and tried to get them to the bow of
 the boat. But the leaping flames cut
 them off from this place of safety. Phil
 lips broke through a window and placed
 his charges outside of it upon the
 guards There were ropes hanging
 there-fender ropes-and by these he
 commanded them to hold on for a
 tune
 What was it in the sound of that
 voice which made Emily Graham thrill
 through every fibre of her being? Death
 stared in her blind face and the past
 came rushing upon her. "I can swim
 to the shore with one of you," said
 Phillips, then will come back and get
 the other. I will save you both" Let
 Gertrude go first" said Emily. NO! no! you. dear Emily" cried Gertrude. Phil lips did not waste time in arguments of this unselfish nature. He took Elm fly and swam ashore with her. Keep