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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER i, looy. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. V'i .A a 1 if.- HELP WANTED. iUANim " A. GEXTLEMAX, IN ; private family, modern furnished jwom. Address V. S- care Horning 'Artwiau. . lM-3t. 'fcnr to ix) IiaiiTwdRK in the saatryi good home; wages accord f tig wodc don. Apply "IS. P., care UUtorian office. SisTiiDiou.Na man kot ux- i 18 year of age to learn candy ukiog in all its details. Hoeflera. 1018-tf. UNDERTAKERS. J. A. UILUAUU1I & CO., Undertakers and Eiubalmcrs. ; Experienced Lady Assistant When Desired. ! ' FOR SALE ROALiiHAXoTxjR SALE. AP- ly 235 Seventh street. 10 28 4t, JOE SALE A FRESH JERSEY COW lor sale Apply Tongue Point Lura to Co. 10 28 fit FOR SALE THE FURNITURE OF A tag lodging home; rooms always 1.11; low rent. Western Realty Co, 475 Conmerdal street. Calls Promptly Attended Day or Night. Pattern Bdjr. 12th and Dunne Sta ASTORIA, OUE.OON Phone Main 21 11 WJR SALE 18 HORSEPOWER EN (Jos and 20 bone-power boiler; small Motor. Hoeflera. 1018-tf. FOR SAXEAL ESTATE. OS SALE TWO LOTS IN ASTORIA aad oe in Warren ton; will sell cheap. Address "J," Aatorian offloe. OB SALE STORE 22i40, AND LOT 25x125. Warrenton. Price. 1600. (Western Realty CMOS Commercial St IARM FOR SALE, (2250-160 ACRES; six acres cleared, cood house and tars. Western Realty Co. FOR RENT. FOR RENT TWO BEDROOMS FURN fched; quiet neighborhood. Apply 235 fitmtlt street. 10-29-it BEWEfG MACHINES FOR RENT AND repaired by Singer Sewing Machine Co. 172 Tenth street 10-27-tf. FOR RENT FURNISHED HOUSE keepins rooms. 371 ISth St 10-27-7t MISCELLANEOUS. KOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will not be responsible for any latU or debts contracted in my name, by nyperion, other than myself. NATE JONES. October 25th, 1907. 10-26tft FIHNISSMA tares rheumatism, chronic, bowel and irtr disorders. Hot vspor baths will be nn if the patient's conditions demands sat treatment I will positively cure fee most obstnate cose of rheumatism. V. A AIROLA, W-19-tf. 152 Washington St LAUNDRIES. THOSE PLEATED BOSOM SHIRTS The kind known by diewy'men in the maaier, are difficult articles to launder aieely. Unless you know just bow to i it, the front pleats won't iron down smooth, and the shirt front will look snassy. Our New Press Ironer irons them without rolling or stretching. Try it Trey Laundry, Tenth and Duane. Phone Main 199L MISCELLANEOUS. PROTECT YOURSELF FOR $1 PER month against accident, sickness and afeeth; furnishes doctors, dentistry, med femes and hospital service. Call or write, Rational Hospital As'n., room 3. Page Hock. 9-8-tf. WINES, LIQURS AND CIGARS. Eagle Concert Hall (320 Astor St) Room for rent by tie day, week, or month. Beat rates in town. P. A PETERSON, Prop. JAPANESE GOODS. INEXPENSIVE JAPANESE FIXINGS, MADE OF BAM BOO, LIGHT, STRONG, HAND. MADE, TABLES, STANDS, CHAIRS, WHAT7N0TS, BOOKCASES, SHELV ING, ETC Yokohama Bazaar 625 Commercial St, Astoria. AMUSEMENTS. PLEASANT HOUR -OF ENTERTAINMENT VAUDEVILLE AT THE LOUVRE And Vaudeville that really Amuses and Interests you. Weekly Changes of Pro gram and Each Change an Improvement SPECIALTIES THIS WEEK 1.1 ii is ansa rjusco Song and Dsnoe Artist THELMA BECKS Ballad! ALMA FIERCE Swedish Nightingale PRINCESS OMEANA The World's Wonder Dont Fall to See Her ADMISSION FREE , VIC UNDBECK, Prop. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. RESTAURANTS. TOKIO RESTAURANT. 531 Bond Street ( Opposite Ross. Higglm 4 Co, Coffee with Pie or Cake to Cts. . ' FIRST-CLASS MEALS.- 1 Regular Neals ij Cts. and Up. U. S. RESTAURANT. 434 Bond Street. Coffee witk Pie or Cake io Cts. First Class Meals 15 Cents. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. ASTORIA RESTAURANT MAfiG KING, Prop. Phone 16SI Main. S30 Bond St The Finest ajc Meal Served in Astoria. Game ia Season. Your Patronage Solicited. Courteous Treatment to All. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW JOHN C. McCUE, Attorney-At-Law. Deputy District Attorney. Page Building, Suite 4. HOWARD M. B40WNILL, Attorney-At-Law. Office with Mr. J. A Eakin, at No. 40 Commercial St., Astoria. ; 144 II f t e H ft U; ij A CKange of! Profession. T By HARVEY J. O'HICGINS. t Co)rl,-UlbyKa.MClurCo. G Gorman 'Titnttoa UoWTao' pipe that was thrashing about the nx.it and staggered buck to tho parapet with It. The beat of heat was unendurable, and ho could see nothing, for the smoke that blinded him with rViun. Ito did nt know that the gnle was carrying a solid tongue of fire into the hlililini nir shaft ami thnt every win dow on thnt shaft was already slit ting flames. Ho could Just see thnt tho woodwork of tho window Mow hint was allro, 11 ml ho cnltod Hnnrahnu to train the pipe on It with him. They doused It Mark at once and scat tered tho smoke to soe another blase Mow. Then suddenly tho stream from their hose weakened and fell short. It was plulu that tho crews wore using the water on the lower floor. "We're wanted down below," I guess." llanrnhun mild. "We're no good up hew r.ow." Gorman nodded. They shut off the nossle and turned to drag tho line to OKM.VN and Ilnnrnhan. the two probationers newly as signed to Engine Company No. were the first of their crow to roach the rwt of the sixteen story mansard building. They hud the uoiale of 11 line of hoso thnt was being laid from tho stnndiilpo of the top floor to wet down tho north wall of tho skyscraper, and they camo out lu to the night, dragging their length of tho Hue, to face a gale of wind that j the door of the htalw. took the breath from between their ' They were too Into. Gorman saw teeth. They struggled against It l.the blaze lu the utr almft and cried out through tho darkness, toward the light mi oath. That shaft, he knew, lit of lire over tho parapet, and thy the stairway from the ground up nml loekinl down there through the smoke j out them off from the elevator shaft at the flame lu tho roof of an adjoin- j in the center of tho building. They Uig clothing house twelve stories 1h- i dropped the line and ran to tho door, low them. J smoke was pouring from it. and flame Captain Ikll had followed theui. was Milml the smoke. Gorman rait "Turn on your water!" he bellowed ! back for the htte. turned the nook above the storm to the men behind j guard of the helmet over his face and, them, and In a moment a feeble ! with the water to open the way for stream swelled tho line of hose and gushed from the "p!ie." He swore at It "It can't spit past Its chin," he said. It straightened slowly as they watched It "Keep wettln' her down!" he shouted In Gorman's ear. "Get up j another line!" he cried to the rest of the crew. j The rushing of the wind drowned their answer, but they hurried below ! to.obey him. Ho remained with Gor- i him, fought down three steps Into a hlnto that could not t faced. Ilanrnhan pitched forward on bis shoulders. Gorman braced himself against the weight, turned to catch liliu under the armpits and carried htm up, himself half suffocated, to lay him en the roof. They were greeted by the fierce purring of the Ihuncs. iluurahan groaned. "V all right V Gorman asked him. He rolled his eyes. "Let's get down DENTISTS. Ur, vaughan, DENTIST Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon. DRUGGIST. Columbia Drug Co. Dr. Charles C C Rosenberg (Successors to Dr. Linton's Drag Co.) NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL WAR rants. Notice is hercbr given, that School District No. 1, of Clatsop county, Oregon, will receive sealfd bids from the itona fide residents of said school dis trict, at the offi'-e of the clerk of said district, in the City Hall, at Astoria, Oregon, until 12 o'clock (noon) of Tues day, November 12, 1907, for the pur chase of eight thousand one hundred dollars, par value, of interest bearing warrants of said district, bearing inter est at the rate of five (5) per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, which warrants will be dated November 1st, 1007, and will be payable as follows: 12000.00 in two years, $2100.00 in three years, and $4000.00 in five years. Said bids may be for warrants in amounts from fifty ($50.00) dollars to eight thou sand one hundred ($8100.00) dollars, and ast state the terms on which the war rants will be taken, whether at a premium, at par, or at a discount. Each person will be entitled to but one bid, and all bids must be addressed to "A. L. Clark, Clerk of School District No. 1," Astoria, Oregon, and must be endorsed "proposal for school district warrants." AH bids will be opened at the office of Mid clerk, on said 12th day of Novem ber, at 2 o'clock p. m. Dated, at As toria, Oregon, October 31, 1907. A. L CLARK, . Clerk of School District No. 1, Clat sop County, Oregon. ll-l-10t. Drugs, Medicines AND Toilet Articles. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Dr. Rosenburg will give consultations and examination free. 185 Eleventh Street Telephone Main 1171, Astoria, Ore. PROPOSALS. OFFICE CONSTRUCTING QUARTER naeter, Fort Stevens, Or., Oct 10, 1907. Sealed proposals in triplicate, will be received at this office until 2 dock p. m., Nov. 8, 1007, and then pub Eely opened, for the construction, plumb ing, heating and electric wiring and fetares of one artillery barrack build ing for 100 men, at Fort Stevens, Or. Xians can be seen, specifications obtained md full information furnished at this 1 effiee. The U. S. reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any pest thereof. Envelopes containing pro posals should be marked "Proposals for Constructing' and addressed to the Constructing Quartermaster, Fort Stev- HOTELS NORTHERN HOTEL MRS. J. COLLINS, Prop. Steam Heat, Baths, New and Modern, Running water in every room. Rooms 75c, $1.00, $1.50. Suites by the week, $5 TRANSIENT SOLICITED. Eleventh and Duane Streets. ASTORIA, ORE. Phone Main 3911 DR. VT. C. LOGAN DENTIST Commercial St Shanahan Building man and Hanmhau, watching the tiro i out of this!" he BrfSpod. spread and brighten In the roof of tho j Gorman straightened up and looked clothing house. Gorman was still j around him. Tho doorway wns tho grluulug ut his "Can't spit past It i only oulruucu to tho roof, lie walked chin." j back to kick the useless hose down They were 200 feet above the street j the staircase nml shut the tin sheuth level, and, the storm, hurling Itself j cd door on the blase below. He went across the huddled roofs below them, ' to the stone railing that surrounded drew up a ilreft of heat and smoke to ' the cornice oh the frout of the build them us If they were looking down a lc The coping overhung the lower chimney. They could guess what tho windows lu a sheer drop to the street, heat must bo lu the street, for across j Ho hurried to ttw south wall. The win the road the woodwork of the win- ' dows there were twelve feet down, ! dows of a Ave story buiUliug bad ; '"d there was no pipe no foothold. OSTEOPATHS. DR. RHODA C. RICES , OSTEOPATH Office ManaeU Bid. Pbone Black Ittl I7S Commercial St. Astoria, Or. MEDICAL. caught fire without tho touch of any name, and a pygmy crew were drench ing It with a stream which they shot up straight from the sidewalk. Officers the size of manikins ran up and dowu in the ruddy glow, waving their little arms. The fire flowed over the roof as if it were a burning oil, and the smoke came up to them thicker and the heat more stifling with every breath. Their weak stream dribbled dowu the wall to dry out on the hot bricks before It touched the polut of danger, and Gorman leaned over 'the parapet to see that the paint was beglnnlug to oeel off In tnvat scales far below. H.in- THE GREAT ; rnhan anil hp triwl homlitslir tn rom-h CHINESE DOCTOR these bv swiurfnir the nln from si,l., Who is known i t0 s'de. They might ns well have throughout the United ; Meii to Irrigate a desert with It. Their f .' eves were drv and beeinulni; to snmrt. ' . J ,J X:- X , 1 ! Tho rfMlf rt Mi tl n,nw m m n ,tn n...)l,i ma wonuenui Tra. Unprecedented Successes of DR. C- GEE i He went to the back of the roof ami found another roping. He turned to s.v Hnnrahan running from parapet to parapet, now hidden In a cloud of whirling pmoke, now black lu the red glow of wind blown flames. He saw him lean over the marble raiting that surmounted the cornice on the front of the building and put his hands lu a trumpet to his mouth. The voice wns lost In tho ronr of the wind. He saw him take off his helmet and try to throw It down Into the street, and the gale snatched It from his hand, tossed It aloft and blew It away to the south with the smoke and the flylug embers. He came running back to Gorman. "For the Lord's sake, Hull." he cried.' "dou't let us bum alive ud ben.1!" 1 Gorman shook his head. "I can't get The rest of the crew camo up again, down," he said. r1awWtitw a c-,-w.n.l llnA 1 f fHilll.l 0 tfllir tlti'tflt XX'f '. tint 111 HIT o poisons or drugs used. He guru-1 Captalu Ila turiloa (0 ,lie eutl,n. I on the brick roof to bum. The heat teea to cure catarrh, asthma, lung and ( aut ,.No use briI1Bln. raore Kati ,, j and not the fbitues would 1k their dan hroat trouble, rheumatism, nervousness, here;- he shouted.' "Windows '11 bo : per. The fire was nt Its worst In the stomach, liver and kidney, female 10m-f breakln. There ain't a shutter oa the ! "ht well, and nt the point farthest plaints and aH chronic diseases. whole hlnmcl hnihlin'. niwiror' ! from It there was an enormous water SUCCESSFUL HOME TREATMENT. She's matchwood! Back down to the i tank protected with a covering of tip If you cannot call write for symptom twelfth floor! Get lines stretrhed to ; 'd supiortel across the angle of the blank and circular, inclosing 4 cents in stamps. THE C GEE WO MEDICINE CO, 102 First St, Corner Morrison, PORTLAND, OREGON. Please mention the A'torian. TRANSPORTATION. PA88ENGERS. The K" Line HOTEL PORTLAND Finest Hotel in the Northwest PORTLAND, ORE. STENOGRAPHERS. LENORA E. BENOIT, Public Stenographer. Telephons 3631. 495 Commercial St. Dictation called for IRVING HOTEL Corner Eleventh and Franklin 60 ROOMS :-: Steam Heat, Bath and :-: Modem Conveniences. :-s CATER TO LOCAL TRADE Accommodations for Commercial Travelers Dining Room run in Connection UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT ALLA F. GILES, Manager A Good Liniment. When you need a good reliable lini ment try Chamberlain's Pain Ealm. It has no superior for sprains and swell ings. A piece of flannel slightly damp ened with Pain Balm is superior to a plaster for lame back or pains in the side or chest. It also relieves rheuma tic pains and makes sleep and rest pos sible." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Night Boat for Portland and Way Landing's. Leaves Astoria daily except Sunday at 7p.m. Leaves Portland Daily except Sunday at 7 a. m. the air shaft there The men went back with their hose. "Do the best yon can up here," he advised Gorman. "Chief's orders to wet her down. Look out for the air shaft." Gorman caught the first of these In structions, but the wind carried away that last warning of danger, and the FREIGHT. ; captain turned and left the two men j unconscious or the catastrophe which j was preparing for them. ! The air abaft, In fact, wns acting us 1 a sheltered fine for the flames. It cut ! a deep groove Into the wall of the I mansard building nt Gorman's left, PrFKiTnidw, ' and tho wind, rushing into It. rose fiTm45!mf'SS! ! straight aloft, blowing up sparks lik .... , j tue draft of a blast furnace. Gorman. r 1 II' j watching only the wall and the win- TPrimPP a I lirlinp ! dows below hlin, pitied the crews at tkVUIIIVI L.UI III IV j wk Ja the 8trect He was wishing for a quid of chewing tobacco, and lie remembered with exasperation that Ilanrahan would have none. That was one of Uanrahan'a social limitations be did not chew. He bad been nick named "Delicate Tcte" by his fellow probationers at fire headquarters, and Gorman, who was known as Bull Gor man, being the big man of bis class, bad despised him from the day that the instructor, having pitted them against each other In a race with scal ing ladders, had then publicly com pared Gorman to a baby hippopotamus in point of nlmblcness because Ilan rahan bad run away from blm. These two were being "broken" W gether with all the hard work of tha company, but there was no friendship between them. They rarely spoke to each other, for Gorman had found Hanrahan's conversation all "hot air an free silver" and bad quarreled with him about this wearisome enthusiasm for politics. They continued stolidly at their work now In the silence of mu tual indifference. The growing strength of the stream threatened to tear the nozzle from tbelr bands, and they raised the hose to their shoulders to bend it In a swan's neck arch that sent the water hissing down the bricks. They were busied so when they saw a bluish green flame flash In the red of the fire in the roof below, and a belch of smoke rolled up to tbem on the burst and echo of an explosion. Before It reached tbem they beard an other roar beneath it. The cloud of smoke was split with flame, and they leaped back from the parapet as if Quick Service Excellent Meals Goo! Berths. Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf. Landing Portland Foot Taylor Sb G. B. BLESSING, Agent Phone Main 3761. Steamer TELEGRAPH e only Steamboat making a ronnd trip DAILY except tburular between Portland and Astoria id war point. NO WAY POINTS ON SUNDAY Portland Landing-. Alder gtreot Dock . Aatorla Landing, Callender Dock . . Leare Portkud 7:00 a,m.; arrive Astoria,l:10 p. m, Leave Astoria z:au p. m.; arnre Portland 9:80 p. m. ,; . j. ,. SUNDAY EXCURSIONS Leave Portland S a. m.; arrive Astoria 1 o.m. Leave Astorut s o. m.. arrive roruana v d. m. REAL ESTATE WANTED. WANTED TO BUY HOUSE AND LOT la Astoria. Address "H. I.," care As torian office. Give full particular. Kidney and mm wmmu Bladder Troubles URINARY DISCHARGES BELIEVED IN 24 Hours V.rh for. ule bear MM the nameCS Zs Hacart nftwnierldu ALL WiCGfllSTS, from the crater of a voicuno and threw themselves on their faces as the burn ing gases, freed by the collapse of the roof, flaring 200 fact in the air and licking up tho Kkle of tho mansard building, to break'every window glass in Its upper ten stories and ignite ev cry window curtain, window sash and "trim" In its north 'wall, rolled over them in a heat that pipped their ears like a frostbite andwas gone. , walls on steel beams, so that, even If the roof should fall, the tank would not go with It. Here was the greatest safety. They would have water to prevent the heat from baking them alive, and they would bnve the tank to shelter them from tho drift of smoke. Gorman went over to It nud crouch ed to peer beneath the beams. Ilanrn han stumbled against him. "Hull," be whimpered, "I cau't I can't get down." Gorman thrust him aside, "Well, who said you could?" be snarled. "You're up bore to stay. You better make up yer mind to that an' shut yer yap." Ilanrahan threw up his nrms and screamed at the sky In a high, dry voice, clutching with bis fingers and snapping like a dog with bis teeth. Then he pitched forward Into the smoke on a run for the street parapet again. Gorman climbed slowly up the iron ladder to the top of the tank. He came on a scuttle there and raised It. to And that the tank wns almost full. He took ol his rubber coat and dipped It down, and It came up dripping. Ho 1 rubbed It over his face and licked at tho moisture on the smooth tarpaulin, j and the touch of water sent a burning I fever flush of thirst through blm. He reached down with his helmet drew It up half full and emptied it over bis head and down his back again and again. Then be drank it In great gulps, sighing with satisfaction The relief brought back bis energies. The tank ladder took bis eye, and it occurred to him that If he could get It loose he might be able to reach a lower window with it. He took hold of it in bis h:ige bands, drew a long breath and strained to wrench it from Its iron sockets, tightening on it slow ly until the blood drummed In bis cars. He bent the upright of It but the sock et held it still. When be paused for breath be remembered Hanraan and shouted to him for aid. He got no answer, and be descended the roof to find blm lying on his face in the worst of the heat that blew from the air shaft He dragged him back from It and emptied a helmet full of water on his face. Ilanrahan rolled bis head from side to side, muttering to himself. "Better gt up to the tank an' take a dip., I want you to help me get that ladder loose. , Here, tako a drink," said Gorman. , Ilanrahan caught at his collar, thrust ing aside the water. "Get me down," he said. "You get me down, Bull. I'll make it good. I'm rlit in with the gang. Dorgan said" Gorman threw him from him. with a curse. "I can't get you down!" be yelled nt him. "What's tho matter with you?" . Ilanrahan full back heavily and by Iwatluug'luRn A puff of smoke blew down and choked him with a soli, Gorman drugged him across tho roof to tho tank and snt dowu bosldo blm, uncertain what to do, with his back to the parapet and bis face to the light well. Tho heat swam over them lu a suffocating current Hanraluin throw out his arms and lay 11s If stretched on a cross, wiling bis bead from side to side, agoiilacd and scochlcs. lie began to mite the confession of n Roman Catholic, Uniting his breast with a whhtpeivd "through my fault, tlmuiglt my fuult, thwugh my most grievous fault," Gorman scowled. The smoke Irritat ed blm; the heat pricked him. "Can't you shut yer yap for Imlf a mlmile?" he complained. Ilanrahan groaned and turued to him. "iKi you think there's tiny hell?" he asked lu a husky whisper. Gorman laughed. "Aw, cut It out." ho mild. "You're seared. That's nil that's wrong with you." There was u crash of breaking win dows In the air shaft. The flames wared up, flapping like a banner In thu wlud. "Help!" nanrahaii screeched. "Help! Ilel"- Gorman stood up In tho thlekenliig smoke and looked down on him. "Hay," be said, "If you got any breath to waste, you'd letter savo It for yer Gorman drilled Mm ucroa tw roo lo the tank. prayers. This roofs goln' to drop you In n hole so hot It won't lenvo enough of you fer tho devil to raise a blister on. Shut up, will you?" He turned away from blm and climbed tho ladder to the top of tho tank, so that he might sit down them in quiet. He could bear the engines lu the strevt whistling frautlctilly for con I from the fuel wagons, and they sound ed very far away. He reached dowu Into the scuttle nud drank from his helmet again. The air came up cool from the tauk. He lay with bis far lu the draft of It and shut bis dry eyelids on bis aching eyes. Altbouidi be had threatened Ilnnrn han with the coiliipsc of the roof, he had spoken lu anger to terrify him Into silence mul not because he believed that cither of them would lose his life. Ho was not a man of Imagination, and his breath wns too strong In bis body for him to realize tho possibility of death. If the crew below did not dud some means of reaching blm, ho hoped to live out the lire where he was. Chiefly be was angry and bewildered by his own anger because Ilanrahan had gone to pieces and inndo such a noise. Ho could not think. The bent was wearing on him. He lay there waiting. And, In fact, the men below were al ready planning to reach him. For a time Captain Ball had In-eu so busy fighting back the llames on the twelfth floor that be did not think of tho two men whom he had left on the roof. It was not until sparks and burning woodwork began to pour down tho ele vator shaft that the possibility of the situation occurred to him. Fortunate ly the building was "flreproofed," and the progress of the flames would be slow. ne called two of his crew to get scal ing ladders, and, leaving his lieutenant in charge of the pipes, he ran to the southwest end of the building to be farthest from the fire and, opening a window there, looked up. lie could see no signs of Are In any window above him. "Looks all right," he told the men. "But you'll have to be quick. Keep your eyes open for the windows behind you." They had a coll of life lino and two ladders. They used but one of the lat ter, going up togother for greater spied. At their first window they saw the wto- aom of Captain Ball's Instructions, The room within was stifling with smoke and beat, and as soon as they opeued a vent in it the fire showed In the darkness. At the fourteenth story a light of flames was already glimmering be hind the broken pane.' The' smoke poured out on them as tbey beat In the glass and hauled up the ladder. They went ahead, however, and while they were climbing up the wall from that window they beard the rush of a back draft below tbem and looked down to see the flames in the thir teenth story cutting tbem off. A cry of warning from Captain Ball was answered by a faint shout above them. They looked up to see Gorman peering down over the edge of the water tank. Captain Ball shouted to them, "Come down the rope I" Thoy looked down to seo him waving to tbem. They looked up to see that Gorman had disappeared. "Jim," the upper man said, "we can't reach 'em." They tied tho end of their rope hurriedly around the shaft of the ladder, and each took a twist of It In the hook of his belt nnd dropped. . They slid dowu through lire and smoke, blistered mid blinded, to Cap tain llall, who caught each ns ho enmo uml drew blm In the window. A fironimi sent by the nontenant camo up shouting. "Fire's nt the elevator shaft!" They turned and rnu, Gorman had gone down lo tha roof to got Ilaiirnhnn mid found blm lying 011 his face on tho bricks. "The men 're cumin' up the lad ders," he said, llaurnlinn sprang to bin root With this new hope of llfu nud followed him around lh tnuV; tC the parapet. They looked down, lo see' the empty ladder, twenty feet Mow them, bang, lug In the llames, with A biasing rope dangling from the ecutnr of It Into the smoke. "Hell!" Gonuau snld disgust edly. ltituriihait stared at tho abandoned apparatus, "I giions," ho said In a new voice, ' He turned back with Gorman lo the front of the lank again. There was a lull lit the wind; the smoke and the llames rose up straight on two sides of the roof, and the bricks were hot under their feet. There wns no es cape now. "We got one chance left," (ionium said. "We can get lu tho tauk," 1 Ilanrahan shook hl head. "No use, Hull," ho answered. "I got to cash In, I guess." Goriunii cursed hint. "Well, I nln't". he said. "Get a -hold of this ladder." He braced himself with a foot against tho tlu covering of the tank, tiout his back and tugged to loosen the ladder from Its fastenings, llanraiian helped him. They strained and strug gled with all the strength of crery muscle, nnd tho great screws In the sockets of the uprights cnine out slow, ly, ns If they had boon sunk In wat. Once having loosened Its bold, they levered the ladder, twisted It and wrenched It frc. Gorman crawled un der tho steel beams nud turned oft Uu. stopcock there. Then they both, climb ed aloft, lowered tho ladder luto tho tank ond slid down, one on each sldo of the nmifs. Into the water. They drank together, sunk to tho teeth. Gorman ducked. "You'd better tte yourself on," be spluttered. "We'll bo entlu' smoke hero before long." Tho scuttle was a rod square of light above tbem, nud they could see each other's fare ns pule blurs of no recog nisable feature lu the darkness. They stripped oft their upper clothing and bound theuiselvea under tho arms to the ladder. They could hear the crackle and roar of dames outside. There was a peck ing of scattered rain on the tlu above them. "1 wish I had somethlu' f eat" Qor mau said. . Ilnnrnhan sighed again. "I'd Ilk something to breathe better." He was choking with beat and smoko. Ho rested his chin on the rung of the ladder. ll wns tired nnd dluy. Ho seemed to U drifting ou clouds of Smoke, blown nlmut In storm and beat, a glowing spark ntwve the llames. His mind waitdcrcd In a delirium of suffo cation. Ho beard Gorman's voice, at a great distance, say, "Wind changed south." 1 my break found the "fireproof" mansard building a smoking and blackened shell alsive Its tenth story, with tho firemen putting out the last smolder In the gutted rooms. They fought their way up slowly from floor to floor until by noon Captain Hall and a squad of his company, looking for their dead, reached the stairs leading to tho roof. They found there the blackened nozr.le which Gorman bad abandoned to tho (Ire. They went up the stairs hopelessly and burst open tho door, to see Gorman himself, red eyed and dripping and stripped to the watst, sitting ou the edge of tho tank, beat lug with his heels on Its sides and singing crnry nothings In tho voice of insanity. Captain llall went over to blm and called up, "Where's Hannihanl" Ho winked and pointed down Into (be tnnk. "I'm the king of tho castle," he sang. "I'm the king of the castle. I'm the klng-wlmt's Hnnralmnt Pete, Pete, Delicate I'ele! Oh, he's a spell binder," bo snld with a grin. "He's a spellbinder, talklu' hot air. Comlu' up? Come 011 up, It nln't as hot up hero as It wns," And they found Hnnrahan, uncon scious, but alive, still tied to tho lad der ami floating with bis head be tween the rungs Two weeks Inier. when Gorman re ported for duly at tho engine bouse, his first question was for "DiJIcate Pete." "Him?" tho lleulonnnl said. "Oh. he's quit fie department Oe'i oln' to Join tho police." 7W ho.; School Shoes FOR BOYS The Billy Buster Steel Bot tom Shoes The Shoe with a Sole that Don't Wear Out S. A. G1MRE