In a short time I heard Uncle Stephen's voice, and thankful indeed was I to see Lily and Aunt Hannah safe.  They had found time to load their waggon with the most valuable part of their property and a store of provisions.  The Claxtons directly afterwards arrived, and reported that there were still several persons remaining in the village, who believed that the conflagration would not reach it, and that they would be perfectly safe.  We were, however, too busily engaged in clearing the ground to think of anything else.