| Show 7 1 C 2 1 1 1 ir the fowlers L I 1 bym D 11 II coutu continued ed tn n serica km Serl irim ca need not restrict their honeymooning to AL distance of 20 30 D or rulles 11 over there a LAW brad journey aly mean or miles and entail some day days and highs aboard a train lervis tern tem pitton pit ton and his bl newly made wife were quit quite content evia tent with the prospect ot of the lon long journey as they sat la in the palace car handin hand in band gazing out upon the strange unchanging lan landajo dapo to tha the nw nom wife life allt waa was arm and hect sweet while for beryle who had taken ur hia his cross manfully before he crowed ased Gladd gladdys ya vision there waa was the flyIng sense of having given up his ill all for oters oth ts which in itself ie Is a cerula reward items it s tins like year years since we left old I 1 frisco docen docan t it bervis Oer vis the bride brok broke abe silence to say blithely alto if a bit queer to leave the old life behind like thie thim the he wen on half halt dreamily 1 I utter rf that I 1 waa wax married I 1 think until ue e stepped into this car at vancouver and now here w are you u 1 I flying along through plains ard ara ua through now snow and ice on our way ay iy tu old axe age together if one obo were superstitious the lookout look out la Is glandy waved her white hand at the landscape whirling hirling paal past rock rocks aad hill hillsides sides gray riven rivers and shimmering still uli lakee lakes and in the distance the great frowning hockles look on thia this picture not on that berria with his bl band hand gently turned tamed the fal round face and Gli daddys addys afes fell on the cheerful warm lux art aries of the car he lie waa careful not to omit the lover erlikh attention attentions a bride would ciatu naturally goolt for and nad it waa was oily only those who arav him better than gladdy did who auld uld miss alj the spontaneous clement that waa was absent neter never mind the wintry outlook I 1 went on oil the young husband I 1 dof don believe you ve to aa as much aa as glanced at our fellow traveler travelers yet they seem rather a decent lot do they alandy turned her brown bead bond to give a comprehensive look round the palace car they re TO not bad lad ehe she added indifferently then the she broke os off and there waa was a dead silence the round blue eyes of the bride bad encountered another pair black and inscrutable that were fixed with a strange aage tense gaze on her some thing she the knew not abat last antly arrested her attention and a faint shiver raa ran ra a over her whole being the ow owner ner of the magnetic ayea was a man ot of persape 40 perhaps older ills ilia crisply curling hair matched icat ched hie his intensely inte niely black tyee tyes and the olire olive tint of his bare shaven face hect admirably vieb the darkness dark nesa of eee and hair bair that be he waa of a studios vispoel alon wu was couched for by the loop stoop of his narrow shoulders he ile wa was carefully ren even punctiliously dressed and as he tie leaned back in a 1 birge arge red plush easy chair there was a certain distinction about bli his appearance he ile seemed to know none of bis his fel el low and while they their chatted and laughed he sat with loosely clasped fingers silent md lod watchful the thing was that nobody seemed to be aware of bis his presence prea ence in the car people talked acro across him colored waiters passed and refused him but nobody disturbed uio llie think ins ingmar mat the jolted on its way to the great mountains the everlasting eTerIa aUng hills it aped sped in ibid d out of the abow sheds mans ingenuity haj has con eon strutted to protect ibe the railway line from in which thousands of tons of 0 snow suddenly loosened came down with irresistible force to daYa devastate state the low lying country tte startling Urt ling whiteness of the outside wo world rl 11 waa was growing blurred the day wa was waning the dusk gathering slowly and a few feather feathery flakes began to show up against the deepening flee pining gray MY behind them ve s are ting gang to hae bole a tremendous snowfall tonight judging from the emall anil and dryness ot of the flakes obi nervO gervis presently bat be got I 1 no answer the young man pulled out some home letter letters to rad read in a few moments be he wa was back again in fit the old home loyal aad true aa be b als u to the young wife at bis his sidd sida gwla gervis could not keep bis his memory froni from straying to the fair summer gladee of 0 temple dene through which wandered a ye nouh ith and a maiden malden whose hearts vere united though their lips tailed to speak of love a brief moment he wondered how bow leila lella bad taken the news of hia bin which by this time must have reacted temple dene now with his Is face to begin an am everyday practical eltten ext esis ten teme bereft forever of the old 1 love gervia gervis suddenly felt faint qualms hod he be bad had they sought to achieve more than human strength waa was capable of leila lella to 1 reverenced too deeply to doubt her iler pure saintly womans no to ture would be a certain shield and that ewett sweet purity of hers would act likewise AS his own safeguard little wonder that the rarity in the brider rooms eye a deepened aa as he eat sat idly turning over the loose sheets of lady jane ones a pointed writing bo absorbed as be he that be he did not ob As rye a sudden hush bush that crept over tie tle gaily WIY chatting occupants oi ot the w 0 X then mn men sprang to their feet nur hur riedle there wen falat faint screams from the he women a colored waiter ran in the white whites ot of bis hl eyre eyes fumed up in wild fear ind and with a frightened shout about fled ded c ct t ot of the tb car alonz the corridor al this time gervis was fully aroused to the commo una gladdy ut ast perfectly motionless mollon lese her eye eyes were fixed flied on the now empty abair in which valc h had been boated seated the owner ot of the black inscrutable yes eyes she did turn tum eren even when the excitement in the car beaded in n a stampede atam pede accod by briw chries sh ries the train with lib its is engine and slid car vo hue hug and 1 so handsome to unaccustomed to american Amerl cia travel kiwit lau it t be on an dreo chii r ran III gladdys CHad Glad dyt dyl my dear gladdy route rouse up dimiat hat Is to it lit are you aalbu the fricht has paralyzed her gervis templeton stooped and cath red up tip his hi wife form in his hi enn arms like uke moet most american girl girls the wa was mall and slight an caay rbt tor for ny man arm arms but omedo gladdy was an almost burden she was till still and motionless and it was like carrying a lay jay figure ilace your arma around ay my neck dear anil and I 1 an cs u carry you the faste l 11 in be burrl burri odly aa dut but ther there waa was no rio res pons ii e obed obedience lenc ilia bride a arm arms hune huns loosely down it waa was not mot that she had fainted tainted ger via vl knew for her eye eyes were wide open and nd staring and there waa was no time to puzzle over her strange inertness Inert cees nearly every one wa was out of the furnished fumi shed car the train which bad been slowing was now at a standstill it wu quite dark when gecels gei vis stood on the artna with bid burden tut but to hi his wonder be he now saw what he had ben been unaware 0 before le ore the train wai was in one of the enow snow sheds hd ln in fact fim t in on of th tho lonz at of these structures and ong a mile in length under its root which waa woo shaped aj an a continuation of the lope slope 0 of the mountain fide side the train wa WAS drawn up and gertta gervis gasped tor for ho he now discovered the cause of the frenzied excitement the train itself WAS aa not on tire it waa was the now snow shed why what can it mean meau how on earth could a enow snow bed shed take fire in this wintry weather he exclaimed easily enough eald said a quiet voice at hia his ear car and a pair of back black eyes met those ot of gervis A sno snow shed can catch fire aa as the forests do from the tb engine engines e parks thia this must have beta burning some time I 1 hould should say ats ai a rule men ou trolley trolleys patac the he sheds after every train to inspect it but this baa has broken out after they have passed the speaker pointed a long ion thin finger to the wall of flame ahead of the tb engine which loomed black and weird against affa laet the bright glare even tn in the alarming alarm tax situation altu atlon fertit could not but I 1 t truck struck at the calm tone of the stra tigers voice and bli his lerene serene demeanor demea noi below the two men as they stood on the steps of the car the terror stricken were wera rushing to and fro in wild alarm there seemed to be nobody to appeal to the driver and toker stoker gazed helplessly from their engine into the barrier of fire the fuard guard had quietly leaped out and sped bak back in search of the hose always found in every enow snow abd ch al in to case of fire I 1 the flames were roaring and shooting up through the root into th the black night bach fach moment the danger was I 1 becoming more and more imminent 1 I thia this toes on we shall be roast ed alive gervis shouted as he es 1 sayed to step down dowil stop let me lift her out ot at your anui the stranger who had ad dimsey gervis as already on the ground his ann arms stretched out to receive the burden gervis held gathering Cu bering the slight form to him he held the motionless girl an 00 the ground and as gervis sprang down the step steps the stranger a hand made it few quick passes before the fixed tto ite face of the prostrate gladdy thank you kindly said gerals hastily it Is to good of you she la in my wife and somehow the thock shock seeing to have bave frozen her shi she Is unable to speak even I 1 fear it hu at af fectea her deeply oll gervis take me away somewhere A long sobbing cry came from her lips gladdy had bad come back bac kehe obe as a herself again and gervia gervis wished the frozen stupor bad continued my poor little ciril lie ile bent down over her kneeling on the ground to dran her little head to bis his sho shoulder uller at any cost he must hide the hideous wall of flame from her frightened eyes tym As A be he strove to comfort her be did not see io the sneer on the dark 0 olve ive skinned face that looked down upon the youthful husband and wife I 1 must save her gervis presently to eay say in a hoarse oer and encountered countered rn the bitile is gaze of his sew new friend you must help me gerals struggled to his bla feet I 1 tell you my wife must be saved it via was I 1 who brought her into this plight and I 1 an am ready to give my mr life tor for beasl her help me suppose I 1 rush the hole bole do you think I 1 could get her through the flames to the other side aide ot of then them and to the open beyond 9 are ou mad was the icy rejoinder better revere the engines and back tue we train to the end we came in at but see here comes the guard backi back gain again well it its anything bit b it well I 1 guw gu growled the guard glancing gl ancin unel I 1 ay iy ly at th tb women folk lowering his nice tt ice be went on to the male passenger the plain truth Is were ere la a death trap god help us all then he hesitated beil fated mn man speak out what Is it TV ive bin way back a goodlin bit and found a worse thing behind jail AI most than this lie ile pointed to the wall of flame lame gentlemen there ther esbin s bin a bert ble snow 1 lid I ido o 0 ti cacs 0 t beels it 0 has smashed through into the shed and blocked the line from floor to roof root kover saw such a big allow tilde in thy not even ten in the springtime a year twan the warmish pell spell we had lately haa has loosened the snow on the mountain elde side and now it s come coine down all in a bead bes tons of it bechem frozen cargoes of snow there a hall bull trees torn up by the roots aad boulders boul dere all blocking mocking up the shed abed were choked in behind and you can tor for yourself what a abom us 1 ere e re bound to die like ruts in a hole bole AS were added break d cirii raw 1 bf ing la lz an erf from f SO aa whit hit HIM U the arm erow ero w of terri flad ded 6 ai aboa boated teil la in nhuon tor for gailar up their arting eye eyes that 0 the th an wu was ng in fit the root toward tm t m we W aunt be b tory nr the of ads labov sao W shad welt ly ejaculated tie the stranger who bid si alsted 0 ger vs hoarsely hoare elj streamed uie the pa seagers neri I 1 flom ebow they thoy tuned la to this ma man ae an burns a boings will to any true leader in that case it would be worth while W bile to nub rush it ard ite relied rained gladly gladdy from the ground u aza bolding holding her cl 1 e to hint car caza fully biding her eye eyes with his ion band liand na ell then let us rush it together in the train and god in ilia mercy help ui us through came a the suggestion iron a csenger SS enger and nd st appose we ar ore burnt up like chip chips gloomily aid said another and truly the loci long fierce t on gues of fire sere ere gaining along the roof root strong men shuddered ah while all the women were now co verina 1 their eyes and some were pr alfi wildly here and there m child with frightened iob mobs hid bid its little face in lt its mother skirts it wai was in truth a terrible death trap the human being beings herding together were pere paralyzed those ot of them for Y horn hom their fitter in heaven hven waa wax an ever reality cried out from their heart hearts for ilia merciful kelp others were mute god la Is our refuge ind and strength trenK th very present belp help in trouble therefore 0 we hall shall not riot fear I the clear voice of 01 a woman that began bravely ead 1 abruptly in a mothered smothered ob mob 1 ibe I he fifth flesh wae was weaker than the spirit and a pair of dark eyes with a sneer in their blick black depth depths the speaker AS she be cowered down on her knees it be as well not waite waste the tb minutes in talk ald said the owner of th the eyes it i a time for action now it if we are to save our lives I 1 mth nith i it swift glance at gladdys shrinking figure lying in her berbus husband band a arm ams he itro i forward to the front gathered round the engine wan was a group of excited passengers pas sengen arguing ordering and pleading with the bewildered token stokers who stubbornly to rik risk all and ruth rush the fire to be continued |
