Seizing the infant he wrapped it in the blankets, pressed it close
to him, and rushed out and down stairs to the open air.
"Here you are!" he cried, and a nurse ran up to him, and took the
baby from his arms.
"Oh, thank you, thank you a thousand times!" she cried hysterically.
"I do not know what I would do if the baby was lost. I shall lose
my place."
"H'm! thinking more of herself than of the baby!" sputtered Percival,
who had run to support Jack. "Are you all right, old man?"
"Yes, but it was a close shave. Look! the place is all in flames now.
It was lucky I went up there when I did."
"You are very brave," said Margaret, running up to him and seizing
his hand. "I do not know how to thank you."
"Never mind trying, Miss Margaret," said Jack simply. "I am glad
that I was able to do something. How was the child overlooked?"
"Every one supposed that the nurse had attended to him. She is
always with him at night. I suppose she was frightened and left
him, and then at the last moment thought of him."
The girl nearly fainted again in her excitement, and fell against
Jack's shoulder, Percival raising her and saying:
"There, there, brace up. It is all right, and Jack Sheldon has
shown himself a hero as he has done many times before.
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