Show Brian to the Rescue By Dr ALICE DUA DUANI r. r I E IiI by br I S n 1 I U TT HAD 1111 born been an nn unusually uneventful uneven uneven- I 1 IT morning for fur Brian Rent Kent sitting 1 I dl k dek k In our one at nt his perfectly appointed of his uncles uncle's spacious larlou Brian Irlan was getting Into shape a 8 rev re- reI I port his hili uncle had a asked led him to have e ready that afternoon Once or ur twice that morning he had been n on the verge erge e of ot Interrupting this report business s finding an nn excuse to dictate a 0 Letter Inter so that oven even for n a short hort few minutes he could have ha hadn hada had n II reason to ha have hae e his uncles uncle's very charming t young joung oun secretary sitting nt ot atthe th the opposite side 1 11 of ot his desk Isk Hut But chance chalice that his there was all lI always s a u In unexpectedly uncle mt might ht come curne and the till report was 1111 urgent I The steady dull drone dron of machinery was lIUI becoming almost unendurable and then the low throaty growl foli fol fol- i lowed by hy the high deafening shriek of the thc fire tire alarm No o special need for alarm Brian I quickly assured himself After fter nil all the factory people had probably been I I given 11 specific c Instructions for orderly I exit from the building In such an nn emergency The factory side Itle of the building Brian knew was practically fire proof but hut this older section that housed the executive offices and the staffs was Willi of wooden woon construction There IhNe was 1115 n II sprinkler s system and numerous fire tire exits but hut even en then things I sometimes some happen happen- times a happen Irian q quickly 9 g gathered nil up lip the papers pa pers strewn on hU hll desk crammed I I I I i I I I I them Into Inlo his coat pockets anti and Into the large Jare here hare room where the typists ts and stenographers had their desks ks Most of the desks were Ire already al nl ready deserted Girls were hurrying across ro s the floor to an on exit hl beyond lieI IllI lie Ill called to some orne who ho lingered and told them to go o without delay I Where Is Miss Mason he called I to one of them I She ran Into th the accounting deI department de I the girl Irl toM told him hm Brian muttered an nn oath to himself and dash dashed Id I'd forward to the accounting account In log ing department Miss lIss Mason lolOn w wa was as kneeling beside n small mall safe In one of the smaller offices In a II fraction of or n a second he reached her tool took the papers from her hands hand threw them In the safe afe and without waiting to explain lifted her In his arms What are you ou doln doing she asked and then realizing that there thereas was as no alternative let her slender young body relax reins In his strong young arms There Is no terrible hurry she told him as he hurried down dawn the hall lint But Brian BrInn assured her hr that he was taking no chances He lie would have ha carried her down clown the fire escape If she hI had not so seriously objected Instead In Inv stead he went down clown the stairs ahead of her turning hack back at nt every I step to assure himself of her safe descent Alice Mason Iason breathed a n sigh of or relief re re- lief when she had hind reached the ground and refilled realized that none of the girls had been looking on They will all he be over O at the other side ride she told toM Brian who stood lookIng look look- Ing down n at her hr In a 0 friendly possesse pos pos- sess e vay I I I II I I i i I You had me worried for a min min- ute mite he said ald And nd dont don't you ever take time to put letters rs In the safe a again But that's orders from your uncle un un- cle ch Alice 1111 said Theres always nys the c chance that tint a n letter might be able able sn so Just as os a matter of drill we weI ll ah always S 'S do It Matter of drill Brian repeated blankly Always I Uw ays do It I t What do you OIl mean n Just that every pry time we have ha a 0 fire drill we WI are supposed to do precisely I f what hat we would If Ir there was a real I fire fire fire- 1 Brian looked amazed and then The Jokes Joke's s on me ml he III told her But how did I 1 know It w was ns only n a drill No Nn o one told inc me Ilow ow lid 1111 you Oll happen to run across me ale Alice o asked ackel you Oll goIns go go- o oIn In Ins ing I to leave 1 the she he was wall trying not to 10 laugh nt at him I Nut ut I until Id I'd found you he ile said You Yo 11 see that's the first thing I thought of when I 1 heard henr l that shrieking siren 1 I suppose I thought 1 I n was sav av I In ins your Our life or nr something an ana anyway a I Im I'm glad clad for your jour sake sike the till other girls didn't see 1 the I rp re rescue eue- eue lIe He looked a n little crestfallen and antI foolish I I l wouldn't ha have hat t minded If tf you rOil Hadn't Alice told tolt him I T started started to I II cry ry out nt tit first because 1 I 1 was so stir sur I t But i 1 I didn't mIni mind I. I Id I'd teen been I hoping all nil morning you'd send for me mp meto meto I to take some dictation dictation- And nd Id I'd been wishing I 1 had hall a II I chance chance- A lung gong ln rung rang Alice lIel said sahL It was the signal to return to the hu building I 1111 1 She RIll wasn't t now Im Ir ery grate Brute ful rill to tn you Oll i I Oh pshaw Brian told her I 1 I really made a mistake mistake and II imd loci j i dentally let you know ns liS you yon Oll must mulish know now that Im I'm I seriously Inter I ested I ul l I t we talk about shout that some Fame other time thus Alice suggested That Thill I Is lot ive I e got to tn get hack halk In line lint to tn go in 1 I with the other girls she w was II as walk Ing lg aw away IY iy fro from him now now hut but Im I'm in Iii too ton Lets INS talk about It tonight at din l tier he hI called softly Ill til cull yo you In for dictation and we cnn enn plant Plans So o 1 lung Alice So Ion long Brian Thanks for rescue And next time there theres to b be a 11 drill Ill I'll let ht you OU know knew |