, 1879-02-13

dashiuarti. 'Iruyot faslr / should eay ho
could. WHY, once started from Virginia Cisy
n,oat dreadful rnin-storms NC over lind On ing
Pacific Coast. Wind mt, ran1 Wny, The wind
bIcw eighty miles an hour, nlid tho rain fell In
sheets. drove right hcforo that storm Tor
t',ree honrs-;tnst on thc sdEo Of tlat hurftcano
aud rain for forty miles,"
"nrenchcd1 No, str! What did keep that
fast horse for' W!iv, 1telI you, .orovo right
warl antl feel ruin md catch hailstones. Wien
.1lc hurricane Stacked tlp tho horso alackea np.
too, at.tl whcn Il blcW faster Just said 'G-lkt'
VIC went. Now iDn't want to lie about my
horse, str. 1'esk1na, anil don't ask ron u be.
llcvc what say; but tell yoa truthta!ly that
when sos to Meadow, Creek my linen dusser
wagon.Ecnt r!t her, while The wAgun.bOx WIS
lrvc full Of l1aflsoncs md water, or I'm -,
"l.ook here. gentlemen" Interrupted NJ.
Nhshy; "srenktng U! tho truth. did you ever
llear nboltt my striking ltlat nlan in Tolcdoi"
W: said wo had not.
"wcll. s'f. = was this VIZ: There VA aman
wl,u questioned % nv veraetty' one . day. Me sai,i
lie lrul doubts nl,ottt tllc truthfuness Of one OF
my cross-roals incidents. liz Didn't soy It pub.
ely, hut privately. Tin aUrrv for the sake VI
his .wtc aud family now tint l!e snld It at all
pyeparcd TO 20. i, hc'a been q Christian Il
ws',ld have !'cun different, tsny didn't want
to strike this tnan, because It's bad habit to
&c, nto-this making human cl'aos nut Of
Ecllow-,nait. Bllt ho questioned MY veraeity,
mud the earthquake came. str,1ck him ONCE
Just once. remember le was putting down 4
Garnet at tlic tt!nr. and bud ITS mouth full OF
rarnct- -tacks., But man can't stop to discount
| snrptt .acks In mans 1nuuth, when he 1ues-
tio''s YOUR yerac.ty. sau hof nevcr do. stm-
add It lllrt the man mltcll7' asked.
~ don't .tl1,ulk T. lid. It was too sudden.
| The bystandcrs said II was going to Atrlke
second blow they wanted to move ont Of tlu
state. Nov, don't wnnt you to believe INC,
honest truth, Nr. Perkins, sq,,asncd tl'at mau
right slown fntD dooT-tnnt, and his own wfe
WIN was tacktpg down ono edge Of the carpet at
tho time, came right along nt.d took him for
In front vi The door. Poor woman. she never
| knew sto WIS tncklng down her own tuabA,,tli |
What btran,e Of tl,e tacks III Ills tnnuthf YOU
ask. We'll, the next Day tue boys pulled them
"tcnt1cmcnI'' INTERRUPTED, ait docs me
| coud to llear such truths. believe every word
you say, unl / feel tlmt ought to exchange
truths with you. Nov. utl you ever hear how
| wrnt to prnyer-lnccting ut New London, Conn.,,
III n ralnHiortn"
! 1'l,ey sud they had not.
| "WelI, gentlcmen," said, "ono day I start
came up fearful storm. Tho wtld blow a hur-
rlcanc, the rain fell tu torrents, the lightning
glcanltd through the SHY, and went md
rrauclied down lehud 4 large barn. hut pretty
soon tile lightning struck tue barn, knocked it
into d thousand spI!ntcrs, a1,d sout my horse
whirltnE over into 'IcIghborlng carn-patch.n
ibid 1t kill yolt, Mr. Pcrkinsl" nsked Mr..
Twain, the tsars rolling down l!ts checks.
mo, It didn't kill ms" said, "bus Was a
| good deal discouraged"
swell, wt.a. did you do, Mr. Pc1ktnal"
"Whut did ! dol We'll, gentlemen, to tell
the honest Connecticut truth, went right out
into tue paaturc, tuots OIL my coat, bumped uE
my barc back. und tuok eleven clips Of lightning
right III my bare backbone, drew tho electricity
| all out of The sky, u1d then got TN tu my lorsc
aud Fode into New 1.unduu in time to 1cad at
the evening pruyer-meeting."
Arise aud siugl ELI PERKINS.