Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-07-01

could nelp IL, but would lend MS ears
willingly to any one who would give
gratuitous information, and looked upon
Tom Kennedy as an encyclopedias pre-
pared Tor his especial benefit.
Tom happened in one evening with
his mind full ofa topic in which he knew
Obadiah would be interested, and which
furnished him with an excuse for hear
ing Hetty's weekly letter, which be took
out of the box on his way to Crowfield.
It's sure to come" said Tom, refer
ring to the tidal wave. The signal
service department has announced the
fact, and will be able to give the precise
day and hour when it will reach our
Shores" tY f8 LFt2E EHf s
Du tell" exclaimed Obadiah, his
under jaw dropping lower and lower as
his interest and amazement increased.
Yes" replied Tom, as anxious as
any story-te1ler to make deep impress
sion on his audience. There will
probably be a great convulsion of mar
ture, and it is anticipated that many
islands that were once under water will
be again submerged.n sr
"You don't say So! said Obadiah,
who admired Toms oftelling story,
though he couldn't understand half the
(which Ivav il II a-com;no o., ba in :
o,,;rod s.yTa;,,i+ ,.;rbt ,n+ 70 80, -,
then, aar that i've ON on an Sand TO to oct Their
Goods and chatteIs Is to@ether an, Give
am a chance to oct off with q drv shin ),
aTba ats 60 y y ssid Ton, - .sfs there ~ .
man bandvpn ~ - 1S7ll0 "
e SI'n,,idr,+ Ill. ,ndar M.rdr ba;n,t
1va ,ot s1,ch a +bino i, tho hn,1Sep,'
"Ss whatpn - - - - - -
"a map. We used ter hev one, I'm
sartin sure
g 1t amt no good" said Mandy, not
willing that Tom should know that the
rain had washed it so thoroughly il
would be impossible to tell where the
Gnlf Of Mexico beoan or ended or
whether tho M;SS;sS;I,n; ,;re,. nod not
changed n1aees With Tx tlantic Ocean
ssISII r1n move over and md M get one :" said sal Tom
s tt won't take me a minute:i' and he
was off like a flash and back again he
fore he was thought TO have accom-
plished more than half the distance He
TIcef,1llv brandisbed an old and ,yaII-
fhnmhed COW q school 90 etIas" & s '
"TbereIS he began before he had half
recovered his bre5fh .svon see 90 it;s ; con- on.
in@ dne west and wifi St.;La FIJI tiIt
aGainst M I that end y, Iong Island T d. and nd
VERY lifelv knock If into smithoreens
..Good n nrdvf,, aycia;r,ed Mandu
inst beg;nning to realize the nrohab}e
Situation of affairs and the Insecurity IF
re;,l estate {. inf there nothing to
stor itP WHY don't the folks @o
to work and build a breakwater. SOS fo
keen the water from, cToyvdino where it's
no business topn
"Oh. bless Won T, said Tom. "a break
water wouldn't do a mite of good Whv
when this tidal wave comes. it'll inst
sween everything before If worse than
any spring freshet YOU ever saw.n 5r~~-
AN it's coming due west?n said
Diah. with his forefinger pressed tight
" on the east end of Long Island. as if
he would thus arrest the Incoming of the
great wave that threatened such a work
Of devastation.
$50 they say" answered Tom. pleased
with the interest taken in his bit of
news. "Of course there isn't any cer-
tainty about it, but it's lust as well to
be prepared for the worst.'' sg,-
#.iWell, but s'posin' it sweeps right
over this island?" said Mandy, as Tom
took up his hat to go. What'll be-
come of usP"
''We'll have to take to boats, l
reckon" was the laughing reply. which
met with no response from the friends
to whom he babe goodnight. -
Obadiah Beales went about his work,
but was even more taciturn than usual.
so that bis wife was heartily clad when
Hetty Moriah came home for the sum
mer vacation. Whatever happened.
they would be together. and It did
brighten up the old house to have a
young girl in it who wore white dresses
and blue ribbons, and had world of
romance in her heart.
1 "Father, what in the. world are YOU
going to do now?" asked Hetty, one
morning in July, when Obadiah and
his hired man were seen removing a
good-sized row-boat from the farm
wagon and working it SLOWLY toward
the house.
q Never YOU mind" said Obadiah at
know what I'm about. - 10 s1rT7 a1s :
ssBut, dear mei'' continued Hettv
sthe house looks disreputable enough
now; and with that boat in the fore
ground the neighbors will certainly
think we have taken leave of our
senses.'' 1fga9 aga.I : aoiErls siigals..r - f
.sWell. let 'em." said her father
g What do Ieare for the neiphhors 30
Hetty wished that she cared 4 little
more for the looks of things. But as re-
monstrances were useless she went into
the house re- eomnlain to her M mother tl,e
that father was doino his hest 70 maLa
the old house Iook inst l;ta a ;unL-shnn