ry to
get 'em out." They clamoured about him then, afraid for him, afraid of
what they should see. Then they talked wildly each to each. "Why, it's
sure death!" "He would never get out!" "Why, it's suicide for a man to
go in there!" Old Fleming stared absent-mindedly at the open doors. "The
poor little things!" he said. He rushed into the barn.

When the roof fell in, a great funnel of smoke swarmed toward the sky,
as if the old man's mighty spirit, released from its body--a little
bottle--had swelled like the genie of fable. The smoke was tinted
rose-hue from the flames, and perhaps the unutterable midnights of the
universe will have no power to daunt the colour of this soul.

THE END.

Other Books by Stephen Crane.

The Red Badge of Courage.

An Episode of the American Civil War.

"Never before have we had the seamy side of glorious war so well
depicted."--_Chicago Evening Post._

"Of such interest that no one having begun it will lay it aside
until the end is reached."--_Philadelphia Ledger._

"We have had many stories of the war; this stands absolutely
alone."--_Boston Transcript._

"Has no parallel, unless it be Tolstoy's 'Sebastopol.'"--_San
Francisco Chronicle._

"A strong book, and it is a true book; true to life."--_The
Critic._

"Has been surpassed by few writers dealing with war."--_New York
Mail and Express._

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.

"By writing 'Maggie' Mr. Crane has made for himself a permanent
place in literature."--_New York Mail and Express._

"Full of clever descriptions.... Written in short, terse sentences,
which compel the imagination rather than stimulate it."--_Boston
Herald._

"A powerful portrayal."--_New York Times._

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