Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-08

Odeskall1i caught her as she fell
and carried her to chair. He kissed
her unresisting mouth. Then he
brought cold water and began to
J battle her temples.
Meanwhile Openta had turned his
head so he could see the door leading
/ into the other room.
! HE ought not to have closed the
door," he said ENORMOUSLY. HE
ought to come back and tell me If
she is hurt"
In few moments anxiety for Olen-
! Ka began to torment him.
Maybe father really hurt her." he
said.
Then he began to call for odeskalki
/ loudly.
Suddenly the door opened and Odes-
| kalkl, looking like a man on fire with
anger, appeared in the frame.
/ Don't scream so,' he shouted an
grily. Mrs. openta has tainted I
am doing what can"
He disappeared, slamming the door.
/ Half an hour passed. Orloff Openta
began to cry. Another half hour
passed He got out of bed and crept
to the door. for he could not stand.
| He reached the knob, turned it and
pushed. The door did not open.
Strength came to him. He stood and
beat upon the door with his fists and
| hurled his light body against it again
and again In his frenzy 1t did not
occur to him that in order to open the
| door he should have pulled and not
pushed.
He desisted after while and leaned
YEARLY against the door 1t was
then that his father, sinking shame
| facedly back. found him.
I'VE must CO." said Openta quietly
''They are in there. They have been
in there for a long time We are not
wanted here. Help me put on my
clothes"
Bud YOU CANT walk
"Oh. yes. I can walk"
| Old man Openta helped his son
down one flight of stairs. Then he
said
Wait for be. hab forgotten
sumthig.''
He was gone a long time.
And when he returned he carried
the KEY of the outer door In his hand.
When they reached the street he wa
still carrying 1t. Coming to drain
opening he dropped the key into 1t.
Il hab locked theb i'd" he said, lad
| emptied the stobe. Look!'
The windows of the room which
they had quilted glowed in the night
like Goals Openta fell face down.
ward in the gutter.
''Her heart must have been weak
and the old mans blow practically
killed her" thought Odeskallf. after
he had labored vainly for nearly an
hour and half to bring Olenka to-
she is certainly dead. I must tell
Openta"
He pushed open the door and sprang
BACK from a storm of flames. The
door closed with a bang. Odeskallxi
ran to the window, threw 1t open and
looked out, right, left, down and up
There was nothing for it, II the worst
came to the worst, but to jump. I'M
less he could make rope out of bed
ding. He began to tear the bedding
into broad strips. He worked with
frantic haste but not so fast as the
IRE IN the next room. The interven-
ing door sprang inward from its
hinges as If 1t had been hit by a loco
motive. Flame and smoke poured
through the opening Cries began to
rise from the street below and the
reverberations of fire gongs. Odes-
kalki thrust himself half out of the
window and screamed for help In
that moment of agony and fear he
street the face of old man Openta con-
vulsed with CHASTITY merriment. And
the old mans shrill voice was borne
up to him, clarion and horrible:
II hat purned your bridges behind
you, OdeskallSi!"
Odeskalki sprang from the window.
The cries and the reverberations of
the fire bells seemed to combine in
one awful rushing shudder The crowd
fought cruelty to get back from the
place where OdeskaIld would land
Old man Openta did not move. He
did not seem to realize his danger.
He stood as If rooted, with upturned,
malevolently smiling face.
Tt seemed to those who saw the
catastrophe that the old man was
literally driven into the street.
1t happened that the train for
which Orloff Openta was waiting at
the New York Central's 125th street
station was carrying two young peo-
pie to Greenwich on the first stage Of
their honeymoon. It was curious that
the bridegroom was the very man
whose generosity had been the cause
of Openta's fall and of all of his sub
sequent disasters. If the bridegroom
had known this he might have been
moved to tears, for he was big and
gentle and kind. But he did not know
it, and Openta did not give 1t a
thought. He was waiting on the very
edge of the platform for the train.
He did not know where he had passed
the night or the morning no how he
had come to the edge of the platform.
He considered to have gotten there
as the only piece of good luck that
he had ever had. That was all.
"Heavens!" cried the bride. whats
happened?'
you wait here, dear, and I'll go
and find out:
The bridegroom hurried to the end
of the car and looked out. He saw
the corpse of man lying beside the
tracks. The sight made him feel sick,
but he turned and went back to the
bride. forcing a smile to his face.
WAS someone hurt?" said the
bride, her face full of concern.
mo dear-a man got knocked
down-that's all. They-he picked
himself up and walked away with a
silly smile and everybody Is 1-l-laugh-
ing at him."
(Tba lind }