Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-03
hoom-pang.-smasaD Oh. hear that. IA

soom-baDg.-smasnD Oh. hear that Do
hurry, Mortimer. before you are stracS.r
managed 10 find and secure the tumSlerS
SGT The last four-Droke all the rest. la
| Instructions.
Mortimer. Il says. ''wshrend zines Gewit-
tets ehiferne man Metallic. vie 2. =. hinge,
ChIeH, Sehlussel, etc, vonisch usd hate
sch auch NIGHT an solchen s,eilea euf
wo, vieIe Metallic bel einanaer Negen oder
mnit r korpern veroGnden sihd, vie an
herItn. oelen EiSCngittern Il. SSt' What
does this mean, MoIt.meis Does % mean thai
you must keep your metals aD5lf YOU. or keep
Ihem atrGg nom your"
We'll, i hardly know. u aprears IN oa A
little mixed. All German advice il moro NJ
less mixed. However. ] think thar thar san.
tenCe IS mostly In TIE dauve case with little
genitiFe and accusative siIJed in. here and
here. Tor luck: 50 reckon ii means that You
must keep some metal about YOU
Yes, that must be It. IL stands ID reason
that il is. They ere in tie nature OF lightning.
rods, you know. Put on your firepan'S helmet,
&otiiner: thar is mostly metal"
l got IL AID put Il on-a very heavy and
clumsy and uncomfortable thing on a hot night
Ii a close room. Even my night dress seemed
10 he more clothing than ! strictly needed.
Mortimer: think your middle ought "a be
protected. Won't you buckle on your militia
sabIe, pleaSe?''
complied
" Now. Mortimer, you ought to have some
way 70 protect your feet. Do please, put On your
l Ga ft-in silerce-and kept nv TEMPER As
wei US could.
Mortimer. 1t says 'Das Gegyitter lauteu Est
sebr gatahrch, well die Gloclle seIost. sowle
ser du'ch Gas LaGten veTaDasSte LurtzuC und
{ lie Hche des ThUrm9S den Blitz anzlehSn konu-
tea Mortimer does that mean that it IS ttn-
g roOs Lot 70 ring the church bells during a
TIL nGeT StOYm.''
'ies. II seems to mean tha+-if that f. the
past rarlciple OF The nom native case singular
8Ld reckon Ii Is. Yes; I think IL means that
~ account Oh Tie height OF the church tower
q = Of
dangerous [sti3 gtf0I.rI,CA not 10 ring the bells
Ii tlme OF storm; snd, moreover don't you
see. the very wording
Never mind that Mortimer: don't waste the
precious time III talk. Get The ian-e dinner hSIl.
!. Is ilsh' there in the hall Quick, Mortimer
GEAR; we are almost safe, OF. dear. I do believe
We are going to ba saved. at 1astl'
Our little summer establishment stands on
Top OF high range OF hills overlooking a val
icy. Several farm Lo1ses are in our ne.rhtrpr-
hoCa-the nearest some three or four hundred
When l. mounted On the char. hal baen
changing that dreadful bell a matter Of seven o.
sisht umes, our shutters were suddenly torn
open from without, and brilliant bui'S-eya
lantern was thrust IN at the wiBGoY. folIoyS6
by boarSe inquiry:
What IN the natiocl is the matter here?"
ne Wlndow vas full Of mems heads. ami the
heads were full Of syes that stared Wildly
ments.
l dropped the bell, skipped down from the
There IS nothing the matter. friendS--onIy
q little discomfort On account OF the thunder
STORM, was trying to keep of the lightning =
'.Tbunder-storm? lightning? Why, Mr.
McNiliiains. have you lost your mind? Ii is a
o antitu starlight night; there has been no
Storm"
looked out, and was so astonishei could
3aTbiy speak for While. Then said:
Il DO nct understand this. Wedis5tnctly saw
the glow OF the flashes through the Curtains
and shutters, and heard the thunder"
one after another these people lay down on
the ground 10 laugh ana two OF them died One
o. the survivors remarked.
PITY you didn't think to open your blinds
ara lock over TO the top Of the high hill yondeT
u nat you BEARD was cannon: aud what YOU
saw vas the flash. You see, Uae telegraph
Drought some news, just at midnight: GarfieId'S
northumberland that's what's the matter"
Yes, Mr.. Twain, as | was saying ia the hagln-
ming said Mr.. McWiliamsl. that the rules for
preserving people against lightning are so ex-
cellent ana 1nnumerdole the most Incompetent
s1ble thing In the world to me is how ANYBODY
ever manages TO get struck.
50 saying he gathered up his satehel and UNI
hrella and departed; for the train had reached
his town.-Ndrh T,catR ia SEPTEMBER AfGnttc