The Ely miner., 1939-05-25

| side him; ana these TWO tOld what
| there was to tell.
"I'd taken June to see a picture"
Clint explained. ''But the picture
didn't seem to mean much to US,
so we left early, drove back to
her house. And-parked outside for
little while.
''We sat there talking awhile, and
| then she saw that the house was on
fire."
Tope nodded; and June explained:
''I must have left the front door
open when I came out, or else I
didn't latch it and it blew open; be-
cause we saw the flames in the front
hail." And Clint continued:
$50 we started to run toward the
house. A car passed, and I shouted
| to the driver to ring In an alarm.
BY that time June was on the front
steps. caught her just In time.
She was going in. The smoke was
pouring out of the door, and there
were flames inside; but she told
me Mr.. and Mrs. Hurder were In
there"
He held June closer, and she
watched him with wide eyes.
SIT was raining" he explained. ''I
wet my handkerchief in the rain,
and wrapped it over my mouth and
started to crawl in the hall. But
the smoke drove me back, and then
June said they slept in the wing,
on the ground floor; so we ran
around the house to the windows Of
their ROOM
He hesitated, then went on: '"The
windows were shut, and the curtains
were drawn, but some of the cur
tains were on fire. The windows
were all shut tight. I managed to
climb up and break the glass, with
my pocket-knife for a hammer. !
reached in and sprung the catch
and pushed the window open.
guess that's when I burned this
hand; because when I opened the
window a gush of fame came out In
my face, and let go all holds and
fell"
He looked at June.
ST fell on her." he said. ''She
was right under me. I fell on top
of her"
''It didn't hurt" June insisted.
$50 we tried to get in through the
bathroom" Clint explained. There
wasn't any fire in there, so I got
that window up and climbed in; but
when I opened the door into their
room, it was all on fire inside. Fire
was spouting out of the wall right
beside the bathroom door,"
''The laundry-chute is there"
June interrupted.
"And it was roaring in the cell
lar" Clint confessed. 'tI could feel
it hot under my feet. The smoke
was pretty bad. Then a piece of
the floor in front of me burned
through; and then the flames licked
up at me, and had to back out and
shut the bathroom door,"
"But you said you got them out, /"
Tope reminded him. ''Mr. and Mrs.
Hurder."
"Tm coming to that" Clint ex-
planned. "We tried another win
dow, right beside their beds.
smashed it open, and smoke poured
out, but no flames. So I straddled
the sill and my foot hit their bed in
side" He spoke rapidly, his eyes
fixed straight ahead. ''I felt some
one, and I dragged Mrs. Hurder up
and lowered her out of the window
to June, and then him. The bed
was all afre. little flames"
And he said, looking at the girl
beside him: ''They weren't burned
much, I don't think. We were just
in time. The fire spread awfully
fast"
Inspector Tope suggested: Fire
department must have been there
by then!"
| Clint shook his head. mo, they
weren'tI They didn't get there till
after Mrs. Taine did. Not till after
Asa did, as a matter Of fact. June
and I had been pretty busy, but ii
must have been quite while"
Miss Moss echoed: ''Mrs. Taine?"
"You see," Clint explained, MRS.
Taine and Asa were staying with
Mrs. Bowdon last night. Mrs. Taine
said they didn't hear anything till
their lights went out, and she went
to look at the fuses, and saw the
fire through the pantry window.
She came running over, just about
the time we got the old people out
and then Asa came. He and car
ried them into the Bowdon house,
out of the rain. And Mrs. Taine and
June started taking care Of them.
But June came out again when
did"
Were they dressed?" Tope asked.
Mrs. Taine and Asa?"
"Oh, yes," Clint said casually; and
he went on: "By the time the fire
engines came, one wing was al
afire, and the other was well start
ed; and they couldn't get the plug
off the hydrant right away. There's
only one hydrant and that was
three or four hundred yards down
the hill. The whole thing went, be.
fore they got it checked at all"
Burn to the ground?"
ssThe floors fell in," Clint assent
ed. "And part of the roof. I DOM
know; maybe the walls wouldn't
| CO."
June's eyes were closed, and Miss
Moss tried to sign to Inspector Tope
to be still; but he asked insistently
'sWhat about the others? Mr.. Taine
and Rab? Where were they?"
/ It was June who answered: "Rat
had gone to Providence right afte,
supper" she said. 'tHe had a case
In court there tomorrow morning
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