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Full in the distance is seen the long line of bright flame stretching for miles, with its broad band of dark smoke clouds above. Often it rages unchecked for miles and miles, where the cabins of the settlers have just been set up. FULL IN THE DISTANCE IS SEEN THE LONG LINE OF BRIGHT FLAME STRETCHING FOR MILES WITH ITS BROAD BAND OF DARK SMOKE CLOUDS ABOVE IT OFTEN RAGES UNCHECKED FOR MILES AND MILES WHERE THE CABINS OF THE SETTLERS HAVE JUST BEEN SET UP
a. CHAPTER III. A FIRE IN THE FOREST. The Effects of Prairie Fires--How Abram Garfield saved his Crops--The sudden Illness and Death of Abram Garfield--The Grave to the corner of the Wheatfield. One of General Sherman's veteran soldiers was once describing a prairie fire. When he had finished his story, he raised himself to his full six feet height, and with flashing eyes said, "If I should ever catch a man firing a prairie or a forest, as God helps me, I would shoot him down in his deed." No wonder that the old soldier was fired with indignation when he thought of the terrible consequences which often resulted from such thoughtless or wanton proceedings. The loss to settlers is often appalling. The prairies, which in the day-time seem dry, dull, and uninteresting, give place at night to the lurid play of the fire fiend, and the heavens and horizon seem like a furnace. It is a grand, yet awful sight. Cheeks blanch as the wind sweeps its volume towards the observer, or across his track.  CHAPTER THREE A FIRE IN THE FOREST THE EFFECTS OF PRAIRIE FIRES HOW ABRAM GARFIELD SAVED HIS CROPS THE SUDDEN ILLNESS AND DEATH OF ABRAM GARFIELD THE GRAVE TO THE CORNER OF THE WHEAT FIELD ONE OF GENERAL SHERMAN'S VETERAN SOLDIERS WAS ONCE DESCRIBING A PRAIRIE FIRE WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HIS STORY HE RAISED HIMSELF TO HIS FULL SIX FEET HEIGHT AND WITH FLASHING EYES SAID IF I SHOULD EVER CATCH A MAN FIRING A PRAIRIE OR A FOREST AS GOD HELPS ME I WOULD SHOOT HIM DOWN IN HIS DEED NO WONDER THAT THE OLD SOLDIER WAS FIRED WITH INDIGNATION WHEN HE THOUGHT OF THE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES WHICH OFTEN RESULTED FROM SUCH THOUGHTLESS OR WANTON PROCEEDINGS THE LOSS TO SETTLERS IS OFTEN APPALLING THE PRAIRIES WHICH IN THE DAYTIME SEEM DRY DULL AND UNINTERESTING GIVE PLACE AT NIGHT TO THE LURID PLAY OF THE FIRE FIEND AND THE HEAVENS AND HORIZONS SEEM LIKE A FURNACE IT IS A GRAND YET AWFUL SIGHT CHEEKS BLANCH AS THE WIND SWEEPS ITS VOLUME TOWARDS THE OBSERVER OR ACROSS HIS TRACK
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