THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
ii>us than a’ :i - i :itit i}• itc-1
• i'*i 1: rn lu ! y<*ne to bed at the
’• .v.t limit any special) exeite
-n 1 wen- iip>oun liter the ris
»t in. It seemed
us ! • .!: es and eat by
• >’> uuae n ■ outside work
' '“l .i me that morning ex »*pt
' i i:i4 t<*r the stork am] poultry.
* u ■ .. - \vr;e ‘ola* t* lit1
ia- >i ■ y 111 < •. o t ii ».t v.. : k -Mir * <»lll l
: ' .r r\ en . .• w rt, so intense
A .is the dui k ness
\ i t 1 e ’*eff . v noon the wind
M , '.v. u in.; the >k v ,
v ’ : li.it i :e i glow ti-i'k 'he place of
the darkness. rhen uc ion.ml that
the tailing ashc - we11 salmon o.;.tr
• •' ::'i It Me a ; , . ■ • • as t . To ill
■’ l!t:iics we ha. simpis li.nl a
• storm, whieh *. -\ercd the
^o un i elunjjj to the trees. Jtv 2
in the afternoon darkness had
sett rd (low n, ami wv did not have
daylight .-v;-iiu until the r.cxt aftei
A.; da: in ; this ! : kin - then
v... '<!idi an itiitn-v ■ n'in< . broken
■•n ; v 1 > t lu- 1 idling tit ndei • >: the
thumj-in^ on t h- w in ! w* <>f s uik
poor little 1 nd th.' het'i been .*?
tuiteil by t hi l.t.np 11 ;h\ and \\a
Irytn.; to : 1:.•: : ’ a>• iron: the
stoi iii. even the
a :. le in* noise
! h«-i - • ■ .« li u in i . 11li«(u:tkt*s
'i ■ i• i _■ ii .il. Uut m i l . vve are
hi.: 111. I • i i .. :iy h.t; m. As
.-1» m ululated •».: the roots it
v. i.ii i (toil to the ground, or on
*• • c . '• f wit}; <i s;. ktiing *hud
.h .t made us feel that vve were being
I; . i ■ 11. It w i: 1 in j ■< >*■ sible t.. h«ve
. window I'pni t-veii ’ tie least bit, as
th,- .n* lit sift*.' i in even with
them * • -u that vve suffered not
onl y f. •:; • i; : > fr"tn the
. n ■ also fimn the rlo.seness
11' he rooms whieli rouhl not I ** ver -
tilated.
When morning came we found
some ot the flatter roofs about to
• ore in from the ijieat weight of ash
es on top of them They had to hr
well propped up. and this was not an
r ‘-vtisiv' for about a :the suitable
timbers were buried > eneath the ash
t - We could not ^01 i’*>i It without
having our faces coveted to piotc* t
them . (>u r eyes rspe« ial'v stifle; el
as even a little of the ashes getting
into them wasverv panful Now ‘
dija out timbers under stu b eon in
or1- and in the dark lies** \va- not p •
ant work, hut it had to be done an
a • s done . heerflillv. - was also the
'.! l eat ta>k of sho vel i1 v ** off the < . . -
We needed i lie* . f of «
native helper, Wa-ilie. Twuoftla
1 ■ - Willie .«nd l.v *»n<i, ,t \ < due
tee.* ' 1 to </o ;.r:d hriup: him The\
t‘*ok i i intern, and though they . ,
peifeclly f.iti11’i.ir with the path *.
hi In : ;e. yet they u*>t lost a mini1
time-. ' ?!":•. he\ dually found, h
h«u:-w. Soon after they started * \
heie was a blinding Hash of li^h
(' ilow<-d immediate!v 1 v a l<
> '.an of thunder. We did not re ,;i
the si^mfie. nee of it till nearly
hour later when the two la ys w .
W *silic, p." ir.L; the Wi» eles^ St .i i«
•list, reeled it to he in flames. Tl
u:v:i < »l (Me Nation n,, < 1 gone
K dink the (1 ,y 1 i*if»ri- during
r ic I i ight spe 11, ala i had been u’
toietuin. The fire had gained
b.C • i \\ \ } etnj i* it \s as disco \ •. ; •
• h it nothing could 1 e done to s.
the building oi its contents. I■
till- men been there. « me if not
1 ! them, would have been injured 1
th - holt »•' iightuiug which lire ;
building It w..s a y;rcul siimk
th. at when they came 1 at k, as
H re >s is light enough, to •