The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-03

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Tom locked u, her twice. nfrulce and
red curly hair were not such a bad
combination after ~. Trl.4 was
drowSy and iudnlrnr H. her way IN
les; reused to anger. bglr here was d
girl with Iii al Old Ireland in her
! m@k"-up like Il dash a. I,.rJ... TIL.
noEt day h" brought some ru-,.S rnr
! Tess. but sH. vas busy in II" uachira
r"on. and Il, gave them t. Tyl&a al
| the t&St moIutnt Then. Whrn the Gav<
grew warm. the social club arranged
Tor y, .iUuaay cutting ~ the Hudson.
1 Tess heard III" girl talking about il
an" pI4nnin@ II seemed a~ if shr
/ c"'l!d ir"I III" weight - TER own heart
! N h"r loneliness Il only thor" wa
! someone WI" wanted her most ~ all.
''..'' one " nom SIl'' vented, too. I"m
''i'''' - III rs SIZE Went up III" stairs
~ uI''a morning hlt size dld not no.
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> ''iiis III Wv p'"'e'
ven oe h't "u' al t"eife noon TO-
Jay the sirt al me checking desk
Sd1d BOSS 1ot SOFT h"art' isurSS'
va account "i me plch'. Nha' you
going IL wear Tess!
Tess Nc"wled. It was on the tip "f
her tongue I" say she wasn't going.
/ ne clock over her head said ten min
uteS Ia twelve. She caught up her
Inst load OF boxes and started for the
lhcloSed WOODEN stairs. And half way
down she saw Il little curling of
smoke. II was ever 50 slight. hardly
noticeable, only when YOU work In a
paper box factory you grow to see
such things very quickly. In ten min
utes or less il would eat its way
through and the wood partitions would
blaze up Ike matchwu0d. Tess
stared at ii. and then went deliberate
T. On to the second floor.
They would have their picnic with
out her. would they? They would
laugh at her red hair and call her
Irish, would they? She'd show them.
1t gave her the strangcst, most Won
derful thrill to know how she held the |
fate of the whole factory in her hands. |
CT course they would get out in time |
She Just wanted to give them good |
scare. All the time her last lot Of |
boxes were being packed for shipment, !
She stood looking at the clock count |
ing minutes. Five. six. seven Sud |
denly she turned and ran for the |
stairs. Levlnsky called after her that !
the door was locked, she'd have to |
use the freight elevator if she want
ed to go up. But that red hair was
not without its own significance. Tess
reached the little fire alarm box by the
door and before anyone could stop her
she had smashed the glass and turned
the key around.
Twelve noon found the girls making
for the stairway in panic of fear the
the stairs were filed with the peril of