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VI. The Fair—The Journey—The Fire

           

           Gabrielagainmountedthegate,and,leapingdownontheothersideuponwhathefoundtobeploughedsoil,madeacrossthefieldintheexactdirectionofthefire.Theblaze,enlarginginadoubleratiobyhisapproachanditsownincrease,showedhimashedrewnearertheoutlinesofricksbesideit,lighteduptogreatdistinctness.Arick-yardwasthesourceofthefire.Hiswearyfacenowbegantobepaintedoverwitharichorangeglow,andthewholefrontofhissmock-frockandgaiterswascoveredwithadancingshadowpatternofthorn-twigsthelightreachinghimthroughaleaflessinterveninghedgeandthemetalliccurveofhissheep-crookshonesilver-brightinthesameaboundingrays.Hecameuptotheboundaryfence,andstoodtoregainbreath.Itseemedasifthespotwasunoccupiedbyalivingsoul.

           Thefirewasissuingfromalongstraw-stack,whichwassofargoneastoprecludeapossibilityofsavingit.Arickburnsdifferentlyfromahouse.Asthewindblowsthefireinwards,theportioninflamescompletelydisappearslikemeltingsugar,andtheoutlineislosttotheeye.However,ahayorawheat-rick,wellputtogether,willresistcombustionforalengthoftime,ifitbeginsontheoutside.

           ThisbeforeGabriel’seyeswasarickofstraw,looselyputtogether,andtheflamesdartedintoitwithlightningswiftness.Itglowedonthewindwardside,risingandfallinginintensity,likethecoalofacigar.Thenasuperincumbentbundlerolleddown,withawhiskingnoise;flameselongated,andbentthemselvesaboutwithaquietroar,butnocrackle.

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