of those descending feet on the iron steps below me made me shudder. It is a sound which suggests fire and catastrophe.
The fire escape was on the rear of the building. Late as it was, lights went up in the windows of the surrounding tenements, and bodies hung half out.
\"What's the matter?\" they cried back and forth to each other. \"There they go! Look at them!\"
Mr. Punch stood by my side, stamping with impatience, while
of those descending feet on the iron steps below me made me shudder. It is a sound which suggests fire and catastrophe.
The fire escape was on the rear of the building. Late as it was, lights went up in the windows of the surrounding tenements, and bodies hung half out.
\"What's the matter?\" they cried back and forth to each other. \"There they go! Look at them!\"
Mr. Punch stood by my side, stamping with impatience, while
