Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-12

IN look. gesture and DISPOSE ion, the exact CO.
ME. ,f each other. And as they were ak III
birth and MUD, and outward semblance, so they
WEIR alike in their lives. and in their deaths no!
d;v;ded was their constant companion, ana
,omr,,m,s our sister, who had now grown 10
,,.t,r;,v. would leave her srdate occupa'ions
and Join our sports
AT length came day Of more perfect calm
and still ihan we bad experienced, even IN tha'
season Of Gains. The leaves on The trees were
an motionIess, thai you might almost have IAN
oied them wrought Of metal, TO mock the
Growth Of the vegetable world | remember
feeling uneasy at the depth and continuance OF
tina, silence, broken only by the gnrgie OF the
brook al the bottom OF our garden, where
slender ,hr cad Of he ated water still ere pit a'ong
The sound Of which fell on my ear WIN pam
full disiinctness. There was no CLOUD, poV
speck, nothing but that thick whi'ish haze, |"
be sren in all the sky. My father w-M o''en
during the day and s,ond anxiously looking al
the atmosphere. while silently crfp' near MN
wi, nv TWO li,ile brothers. There was SOM
thing in his manner that made US airaid, tbo"8h
Of " ha, we knew not. My mother, 100. APP
peared sadd.I 'han usual. Once, when my Ia
Their returned into The house., he Told her 'na'
this was Jus, such weather as had preeeoea Tue
wa,erspout that overwhelmed 'hr hshing> o"a
off the coss, OF Cape Cod, thirty years before
and drowned all on board.
~ fear greatly" said he, "that some mis-.
chief brewing Tor Us or our heighborS; out
hope. a, least, that it will steer clear OF all our
houses "
1.-THE nigh, a, length arrived. and no evil bad
as vet come nigh us or our dwellings,. My
mother sawus all in our beds, and made US
saw our PRAYERS, and babe US good night, IN
,ha, mild, affro tionate voice, which shall new
er forget; but, for nv pnt, could no; Sleep
api,ated as was with the vagne and awful
ap,rehrnsions with which my fathers looks
and words and the strange appearance oi ma
ture, had flied my mind, aud which were
struggling 10 clo,he themselves with images
Sle-p at length fell upon me, deep sleep, ana
with il brought the visions OF he night. l
INA aimed thai the profound silence was sud-
denly broken with strange and terrible frssh-
ings. and masses OF earth and por,iors OF sK'
were mingiing ard whirli"g aud rolling over
each o,her, awokr with my lmbs oa'hed
in sweat, and i, was long brfor. 10y fear would
suffer M to move them When The usual cur
rent my sensaions was res ored, was COM
for,ed TO find myself still IN my own fam iiar
couch, though il the mida Of utter darkn' IS,
and tina, awful lifrlcss nee, dec that /
eould hear The clicking OF my ia hers watch IN
he mex room
"The sun rose as usual ,henex d y, and the
same calm and silence ton,i urd' NV own
apprehensions had passed aw"y with 'he night
though observed nv father watching the
cIoudles, haz, skies wi h he same all of anx-
iety About twelve o'clock l was IN the or.
chard back Of our cottsge amusing pysel'
with gathering he lsrges, f the unr'pe apples
which the drnu had caused I" drop III great
numbers from the trees, intending TO carry
them o nv Two li'tle brothers, 10 play with
My father had lief his occupations in the n 'd
or arcoun' OF III, hat, and was then r. the
house. Suddenl, heard cracking sound 10
The south wesr, as Of mighty fame ru'nlng
among brush wood and blown no Jury by
strong wind. Looking towards the 4"ar'sr,
heheld small dark cloud, charging, ba' X
ening, and advancing every instan', md under
i, The wood agitated with vol,n' motion the
Iee,tops waving and tossing, thu trunks sway
ing To and fI", bending low and then erecting
,hems' Ives suddenly, rs il wrestling with fun
Gus gus. Birds were flying in all dire ti"ns
from the scene Of the commo'ion, and cattle
running aft lighted frrm the wood In which
they had sought shelter from ire no"n-day
heat. ihrn saw br ken branches and green
|, aves from The tree iops, and withercd ones
from the ground, and dus' from he dry earth,
lifted ,oge, her into the air in vast column. aud
whirled rapidly round, and heard the crash Of
falling trees. and e swapping of The S ivrred
trunks, a it the Prince of the P"wer of the AR,
having Received permission, had taller in great
wrath upon the forest to destroy It. Before
tina, Advancing whirlwind the 'rees bowed TO
the ground, and the NIX, momrn. were raised
again by 'he power Of the gale, AMI drawn into
the vortex, and twisted off by he roofs, and
mhirled with all heir branches in the air, and
tossed to the one side and the OTHER, upon the
SUBMITS of the surrounding wood was but
70, moment, b'i ef moment of asl n,shmrnt
and terror, ,ha, stood gazing on THIS .pecta
Gle. I turned and made for the house with my
utmost speed, and, as ran, heard the roar of
The whirlwind behind me, and was sensible Of
a sudden shade passing over the nravens.-
When I arrived a, the house, and opened the
door, saw my father, who had been engaged
in reading, just rising from his seat, and go
ing towards he window, with the bo'k in his
hand, TO learn The caus- Of the tumul, without