The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01

| gasped awhile, then forced my way out
| My wife called out
Mortimer, something must be done
for your preservation. Give me thai
German book that is on the end of the
mantle. piece, and candle; but don't
light it; give me a match; 1 will light
it in here. That book has some direc.
| tons in it''
got the boek-at the cost Of a vase
| and some other little things; and the
madam shut herself up with her candle
l had moments peace; and then she
called out
Mortimer, what was that's"
Nothing but the cat''
1.-THE cat Oh, destruction! Catch
her, and shut her up in the wash stand.
DO be quick, love; cats are full of cleo
tricity. l just know my hair VIII turn
white with this nights awful perils."
heard the mufffed sobs again. But
for that should not have moved hand
or foot in such wild enterprise in the
dark.
chairs, and against all sorts of obstruc
tions, all of them hard ones, too; and
most of them with sharp edges,-and at
last got kitty coOped up up in the COM
mode, at an expense of over four hun
dred dollars in broken furniture and
shins. Then these muffied words came
from the closet
ut says the safest thing is to stand on
chair in the middle of the room, Nor
timer; and the legs of the chair must be
insulated with non-conductors. That is,
you must set the legs in glass tumblers.
lbst!-6oOna-ddRg-smGshD Oh, hear
that! Do hurry, Mortimer, before you
are struck"
1 managed to find and secure the tum-
biers. | got the last four--broke all the
rest. insulated the chair legs, and
called for further instructions.
Mortimer, it says, 'Wahrend zines
Gewitters entferne man Metallic, vie
B., Ringe, Uhren, Schlussel, etc, Won
SIGH and hattie SIGH auch NIGHT an solchen
Stellen auf, wo viele Metallic bel einand-
er liegen, odermit andern Korpern yer
bundin sind, wet an Herdou, Defer,
Eisengittern u. dgl.' What does that
mean, Mortimer: Does it mean that
you must keep metals about you, or
keep them atoay from yous"
well, hardly know. 1t appears to
be little mixed. All German advice is
more or less mixed. However, | think
that that sentence is mostly In the dative
case with little genitive and accusative
sifted in, here and there, for luck; so l
reckon 1t means that you must keep some
metals about you"
Eyes, that must be it. 1t stands TO
reason that it is. They are in the nature
of lightning rods, you know Put on
your fireman's helmet, Mortimer; that
Is mostly metal"
got it and put it on-a very heavy
and clumsy and uncomfortable thing on
a hot night in close room. Even my
nightdress seemed to be more clothing
than strictly needed.
Mortimer, think your middle ought |
to be protected. Won't you buckle on |
your militia sabre, please?''
complied.
NOW, Mortimer. you ought to have |
some way to protect your feet DO |
please put on your spurs.''
did tin silence,-and kept my |
temper as well as could.
Mortimer, it says, 'Das Gewitter lau- |
ten list shr gefahrlich, we'll die Glocke |
selbst, sowie der durch das lauten veran- |
lasste Luftz und die Hone des Thurmes |
den Blltz anZiehen konnten.' Mortimer, |
does that mean it is dangerous not to |
ring the church bells during thunder
storm 81
"Yes, it seems to mean that,-if that is |
the past principle of the nominative case
singular, and I reckon it is. Yes, / |
think it means that on account of the |
height of the church tower and the alb |
sence of Latt=ug it would be very dan
gerous (Sepr gefahrlicI) not to ring
The bells in time of storm; and |
moreover, don't you see, the very word |
ing
waste the precious time in talk. Get |
The large dinner bell it is right there in
the hall. Quick, Mortimer, dear; We |
are almost safe. Oh, dear, do believe /
we are are going to be saved at lastrr
Our little summer establishment stands |
on the top of high range of hills, over |
looking q valley. Several farm houses |
arc In our neighborhood--the nearest /
one some three or four hundred yards
away.
When /, mounted on the chair, had
been changing that dreadful bell a matter
Of seven or eight minutes, our shutters
were suddenly torn open from without,
and brilliant hull's.eye lantern was
thrust in at the window, followed by
noarse inquiry
what in the nation is the matter
here's"
The window was full of mems heads.
and the heads were full of eyes that
stared wildly at my nightdress and my
Warlike accouterments.
l dropped the bell, skipped down from
he chair in confusion, and said
There Is nothing the matter, friends
only little discomfort on account of
he thunderstorm. was trying tokeep
OFF the lightning"
THUNDERSTORM? Lightninss Why,
Mr.. McWilliams, have you lost your
nind2 It is a beautiful starlight night;
here has been no storm.
looked out and was so astonished
could hardly speak for awhile. Then I
said
81 do not understand this. We dis
tinctly saw the glow of the flashes
heard the thunder"
One after another those people lay on
The ground to laugh-and two of them
lied. One of the survivors remarked:
PITY you didn't think to open your
blinds and look over TO the top of the
high hill yonder. What you heard was
what you saw was the fash.
You see, the telegraph brought some
news just at midnight; Garfield's nomi-
that's what's the matter"
Yes, Mr.. Twain, as was saying in
he beginning, (said Mr.. McWilliams,)
he rules for preserving people against
lightning are so excellent and SO innum-
srahle that the most incomprehensible
hing in the world to me is how any,
Oody every manages to get struck.
So saying, he gathered up his satchel
and umbrella and departed; for the train
mad reached his town.