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No words can describe, no pencil paint, the look of terror when the settler beholds advancing towards him the devouring element. When it is first seen, all hands turn out, and a desperate attempt is made to overcome the common foe. Sometimes a counter fire is started, which, proceeding from the settler's log house in the face of the wind, towards the grander coming volume, takes away its force, and leaves it nothing to feed upon. Then it dies away in that direction. NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE NO PENCIL PAINT THE LOOK OF TERROR WHEN THE SETTLER BEHOLDS ADVANCING TOWARDS HIM THE DEVOURING ELEMENT WHEN IT IS FIRST SEEN ALL HANDS TURN OUT AND A DESPERATE ATTEMPT IS MADE TO OVERCOME THE COMMON FOE SOMETIMES A COUNTERFIRE IS STARTED WHICH PROCEEDING FROM THE SETTLER'S LOG HOUSE IN THE FACE OF THE WIND TOWARDS THE GRANDER COMING VOLUME TAKES AWAY ITS FORCE AND LEAVES IT NOTHING TO FEED UPON THEN IT DIES AWAY IN THAT DIRECTION
diers 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. 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. RAL 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 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
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