hing more
of mine or Miss Picolet's. If we lose them, we lose them; that's all."
"But I might get some things of my own--and some belonging to the other
girls."
"Don't _dare_ go into the building again," commanded Miss Scrimp. "If you
do, Ruthie Fielding, I'll report you to Mrs. Tellingham."
"Shure, she won't go in and risk her swate life," said Mrs. Foyle. "Come
back, now, darlin'. 'Tis a happy chance that none o' the young leddies bes
up there in thim burnin' rooms, so ut is."
"Oh, dear me! oh, dear me!" gasped Miss Picolet. "I presume it is
_posi-tive_ that there is nobody up there? Were all the mesdemoiselles at
supper this evening?"
"Yes, yes," said Mrs. Tellingham's own voice. "Miss Brokaw has called the
roll and there is none missing but our Ruthie. And now _you_ would better
run back, my dear," she added to Ruth. "You have no wrap or hat. I fear
you will take cold."
"I never noticed it," confessed Ruth. "I guess the excitement kept me
warm. But oh! how awful It is to see the old dormitory burn--and all our
things in it."
"We cannot help it," sighed the principal. "Go up to the hall with the
other girls, my dear. Here come the firemen. You may be hurt here."
The galloping of horses, blowing of horns, and shouting of excited men,
now became audible. The glare of the fire could probably be seen by this
time clear to Lumberton, and half the population of the suburbs on this
side of the town would soon be on the scene.
Not until the firemen actually arrived did the girls in the big hall know
what had happened. There had been singing and music and a funny recitation
by one girl, to while away the time until Mrs. Tellingham appeared. Just
as Ruth came in, her chum had her violin under her chin and was drawing
sweet sounds from the strings, holding the other girls breathless.
But the violin music broke off suddenly and several girls uttered startled
cries as the first of the fire trucks thundered past the windows.
"Oh!" shrieked somebody, "there is a fire!"
Notka biograficzna
zdjęcia ślubne Igor Talwinski Leonard Winterowski Panek Krzyzanowski
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain.
John Middleton Murry (August 6, 1889 March 12, 1957) was an English writer. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married, as her second husband, in 1918. Following her death, he edited her work. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, along with the writer Joyce Cary, a lifelong friend.