The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-23

instant, however, for again the crowd
1urched forward and in a moment was
pressed back. This time a shri1l
scream rent the air from the lips Of a
fat woman near US.
"Oh! oh!. she walled, don't push
SO. You're crushing my ribs in"
EFT would take more weight than
this crowd to crush that wcman's ribs
in," Dicky commented cynically. "She's
too well upholstered to be crushed"
had no heart to retort In the
sickening surge back against me when
the crowd pushed back I had feared
that my own ribs would be crushed,
but I had choked back the cry that had
rose to my lips. had resolved grimly
that no matter what happened would
not scream or complain.
We were making such discouraging
progress, too. All around us people
were counting the pillars Of the colon
made. Every rush brought us forward
only the fraction Of the space between
two pillars.
"At this raAe It will be 10 o'clock be-
fore we get in" Dicky declared, land
they said they would not hold the re-
served sets spaces after o'clock
What do you say? Want to try to
get out 2"
How I longed to take him at his
word and wriggle out Of the crowd If
it were possible thing to do. But /
remembered his thinly yelled scorn
when / had asked him if the crowd
were not dangerous. waited for a
moment to steady my voice, and then
answered him calmly.
Dicky to the Rescue.
81 do not think it would be possible
to get OUT said quietly, and, be-
sides. to my mind it would be extreme
ly silly to go after having gotten this
far. It can't be much longer now
Dicky looked at me curiously. well,
you're certainly gamer than gave you
credit for" he said. II was sure you
were ready to quit long ago."
81 am no gamer than the rest of
the women in this crowd" returned
with one or two exceptions they are
all taking it very quietly"
As if to contradict my words, tall
like woman on the other side
Of me began to sob Historically.
20, please let me OUT she cried, |
a wild animal. II am going to faint
Nobody can let you out, lady," a
husky voice advised her. Were all
packed in here-like sardines in can. !
We can't even move |
''But I am going to faint, I tell
you'll" the woman shrieked again.
''oh, no you're not going to faint" !
4 quiet feminine voice observed with a !
tinge or scorn in it's clear tones. Your
lips and face have not lost color,
there is no reason of your fainting.
Try control yourself as the other
around you are doing"
"Oh, please, won't somebody let me
put the woman walled again.
Some men near her began to push
IA concerted fashion to make a lane
FOR the woman to slip through the
crowd at the left. The little section
where they were pushing included the
.wo girls from Virginia about whose
welfare Dicky had been so solicitious.
They had been very calm, although
could see that they were in deadly
terror. But the pushing of the men
o let the woman out threw one OF
hem from her feet. I saw her sink
beneath the heads of the crowd. heard
he others despairing cry of 'Dfcky.
heyre killing Edith" Witnessed
Dicky's arms fail a desperate way
through the crowd in an endeavor to
ret to the girls side.
The next instant ceame an unusuai-
Y long surge Of the crowd forward
md a shorter one backward. When
We were all standing still again Dicky
,y,d t,fo friaudS wera nowhere to be
,een. / was alone in that awful