In Barracks and Wigwam — page 78: what you’re looking at

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» \ tre ‘oe } 7 ‘ ’ 68 Linn Saves His New Friend. the only other guest on the fourth floor was the man who had rushed down the stairs a moment before, and it was doubtful if he had passed safely through the smoke. and flame. Linn’s strength stood him in good stead, and he finally reached the room with his helpless burden. Dropping the young officer across the bed, he threw up the window and looked out. The street was crowded with shouting people, and two fire-engines had already arrived. The _ conflagration was confined to the further end of the hotel, and most of the inmates seemed to have escaped. The front of the building was unprovided with the modern iron fire-escapes, and here and there a solitary figure was slipping down a rope to the ground. Directly beneath Linn the firemen had raised a ladder to the second floor, and a few persons were escaping by this means. The lad quickly took the coil of rope from the hook, saw that the noose was all right, and then turned to the bed. | Lieutenant Dimsdale had come to his senses, and was trying feebly to rise. ) “Where am |?” he muttered. ‘How did I get hurt? ~ Oh, I remember now—the hotel is on fire, and I fell against that trunk. Don't risk your life for ‘me—save yourself ‘ “I’m going to save you first,’ exclaimed Linn. “It’s all right—we’re not in any danger. Stand up till I get __ the rope around you, and then try to climb over the win- dow sill.” _ Dizzy and weak as he was, the young officer got to his _ feet, and with Ljinn’s assistance the rope was slipped under his shoulders, and he was lowered from the win- dow, holding fast to the rope with both hands. The _ crowd saw the incident from below, and cheered loudly and eagerly. ine Dee iain | ‘ aye - ie, : Ni ‘ oF i d : “3 Se Ss 4 * < eS He . (@), -