Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-10-25
4 HERO's CUE
BY SYLVIA TURNER.

excitable reaction. mental Of course,
wherein the hero feels irre1stibiy i'm
PEELED 10 art in accordance with the
osigencies % the moment
There was silence al The tables
where Mrs. iinrdwelis paying guests
took ff,elf evening meal. But Frances
glanced up with little laughing
glance at Roland. aud Miss Brockway
gave vent 70 an audible sigh. Opposite
Frances sat Williams. absorbed as u.s.
mi IN his own thoughts and eating too
fast.
DO you agres with this. Mr.. VII
sinnsf' asked Miss Broekway. tact
iessly.
Yes" said Williams. without par
ley. mo man Is hero who sets the
stage aud acts a part. IL IL purely In
voluntary"
After dlaner. as usual. he avoided
the congregation Of kindred souls out
on the frcns stcps and 10 the double
fafi0rs. Roland always Joined them.
bpi Williams vent on up TO the back
soom they shared In common and went
after his engineering books with a GER
tain savage avldity. II was late when
be finished. about II 30. Roland came
~. lie spoke Of the new moon and OF
Frances dancing.
~Sofne girls ARE merely spectacular,
bot SHE has soul aud intellect" said
Roland "she Is not exactly whit you'd
call beautiful. Tom, but she's tnutaliz-
Ing and Interesting. Did you know she
was from Kentucky. tooT
Williams eodded his head lmperson-
ally.
II WAS far into the night when he
Weakened sin The muscles Of his throat
taut aud singing When no opened his
Eyes b. faced a gun.msEai colored mist.
Making for the window In quick dive.
hs opened Il wide. drew 10 the keen
air deeply aad turned around 10 rouse
Roland Williams wasted no time. but
sl,.ashed water Ia his face and told him /
10 ga out Ia the halls aad rouse the
people, while ne found the source OF
the Are.
= Ring IL an aisrm" he called. as he
slapped Turkish towel out OF cold
water and held II around hts face and /
nostrils IN the downrush through the
halls. And from then ON until he was
fished out. unconscious from the SUBJ
cellar by the hremen, Williams dropped
cut Of mortal ken. but Roland dis
covered involuntary herolsm. He was
In his pajsmss With raIncoat thrown
hastily over them. going from door to
6cor fo1sing the slumbering boarders,
10 the Are siarm, rather dazedly. And
when he came back he met the fun
contingent OF Mrs. Bsrdwell's house
bold coming downstairs with their most
precious belongings eissped In their
arms. Frances stood gu, on the front
steps.
Have you seem Mr.. williams any
wheref" she asked The trenen are
coming. aren't they r
~Oh. yes. Roland assured her, hap
PLY. u have Just turned 10 the alarm.
] don't think rs dangerous yet. though.
Only. Of course. the smoke. We might
hii have beca suffocated."
That's shat they are saying" an.
severed Frances 1T was good you
sakened IN time"
Now right there was RoIand's
.hanee. and he missed Il because the
loeter spied him and hailed him us
hero. SO did Miss f}rockwey. almost
'ainsiag on hia shoulder, So DID each (
nd every enc OF the survivors. indl-
sidnally and seyerally. He had reused
hem and saved their lives. Roland
almost believed IL himself.
Then came the engines outside and
ne nremen. Aud Clarence u q coiored
saltsr, emerged from the basement en-
rance gasplug and the bearer Of It'd
nKs.
''it's q boiler Of clothes done got left
"a DC laundry stove he explained.
and Mister Williams he's down dcre
a De smoke right by d. furnace. lie
'ut de fire out all by hlsself"
Two stalwart frvmen bore Williams Z
ID out q the laundry IN the subcellar.
I vas bad antie,lmax. He was UNI
onseious and blaekened. and his hands
Fere burned and his eyebrows aud hair
gerc slnEed. And while everyone wor~
led and tended 70 him Frances turned ,
Isl once 20 Roland ard asked;
And You forgot hlmT'
'Frnnccs. JUST tals minute got back
~Qrn ssud.az 10 ihe a.prm-"
~rhis uinnief FnBces' eyebrows
aised. ~Whnt an instantaneous re- I
renae the department Eaye you. You
aient haFe toid semeonc THAT he Was :
auu ihere. you snow-shere was tine
.hlir they wsre prsislrg ite here.
And shen winsAHls oaeaed DIS eyes
- said quite anxionsiy md impui-
tyeiy before everyone
frarces ~
-Tm herr Torar She went over 10 1
80 biz enafa akcre ~ lag aDl gave ,
i'm her kan3s. sfrn w.s5 Miss Brock
sags eyes agra fi.eu-
-zgerytosiy safer
zfrTeze. eiss aesarFd him.
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