Christian herald and signs of our times . intent on some specialeffort, and no one took any notice of him. Atlast a man answered his cry. Bless you, sir, he said, there aint a lad-der on the place as would reach them are lost, sir, whoever they are. Think, my man; is there no way of gettingat them ? I would give you a thousand dollarsif you could save those ladies. No use, sir; dollars aint o no use to a deadman, and thats what it would come to. Theresonly one way, and thats at the back, and theresfire and smoke all the way. Why, bless me, if itaint Col. Seymour! You dont mean as
Christian herald and signs of our times . intent on some specialeffort, and no one took any notice of him. Atlast a man answered his cry. Bless you, sir, he said, there aint a lad-der on the place as would reach them are lost, sir, whoever they are. Think, my man; is there no way of gettingat them ? I would give you a thousand dollarsif you could save those ladies. No use, sir; dollars aint o no use to a deadman, and thats what it would come to. Theresonly one way, and thats at the back, and theresfire and smoke all the way. Why, bless me, if itaint Col. Seymour! You dont mean as is up there? I do, Gardiner, and Mrs. Seymour, too. Illgive you But Gardiner was gotie before he heard anymore. Making his way through the stifling corridors,almost suffocated with smoke and scorched bythe flames curling up the staircases, Gardinerfound the room. Half leading, half carrying, thetwo ladies, he hurried back over the perilousroad through those interminable corridors untilat last he had them safe in the open Col. Seymour is Afraid of Fever Germs. It was a narrow escape, and the Colonel shedtears of joy as he thanked him. The youngman would take none of his money. No, sir,he said, simply, it warnt done for money. Youcouldnt ha got me to run that risk for no sumyou could name. But Id a died for Mrs. Pel-ham, wots been my friend, and good to the oldfolks at home. THE WAY OUT. A NEW SERIAL STORY. By Rev. Leander S. Keyser.* (Contln itcd from page 639.) Leroy was no trivial errand on which Leroy wasbound. As he sat looking from the car windowat the country through which he was rapidlywhirled, he realized that the color of all hisfuture life would be fixed indelibly in the nextfew hours. Would Carrie accept the offer hewas about to make? If she did his arm wouldbe nerved for the struggle. His months ofdrudgery would pass as those years passed withJacob when he served for Rachel. But if she refused ? He could not entertainthe thought. Why shou
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