The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-04-22

great oonvulslon Of naiere, and i i an
ticirate8 that many Islands which wsr,
once pnder water will be sgsln submeFg
ca
700 doat say sol said Obadish. whS
admired Tom's way Of telling story
though he conldn't understand hAlf th'
wofds Be used
Which way it Il eomingl be inquired
'Tsin't rlgh, not to warn them that liv,
on an islsnd to get their goods and chat
tells together, an give EN- a chance TO gel
cd wllh dry skin.
rhSts 50, said Tom. IL there q mar
hsBdyl
shoulda't wonder Mandy, Aain't We
got sueh thing In the housef
As whstg.
a msp. We used ter hev one, l'm sar
tin surs.
Il Ain't no good, said Mandy, not will
ing that Tom should know that the rain
had washed Il 50 thoroughly II would b,
impossible 10 tell where The Gulf OF Mex
leo began or ended, or whether lbs Miss.
issippi River bad not changed places with
the Atlantic Ocean.
IN ron over sud ge. oue, said Tom. Il
WON'T take me minute; and be was oa
ike lasb, and back again before be wa.
thougl to have accomplished half the
distance. He pleefully brsndIshed au old
snd wel'-lhumbed copy Of a school atlas.
There he began, before be had bali
recovered bis breath, you see lis coming
due west, and will strike fall tilt againsl
that end o. Long Island, aud very likely
knock ii into smithertens.
Good Lordy exclaimed Mandy, just be.
ginning TO realize the probable situation
OF sffairs. aud the insecurity otrealestste.
Amt there nothn' to stop itY Why do
not the folks 90 to work and bnild break
water, SOS TO keep the water from crowd.
ing whore it's no business to?
Oh, bless your said Tom, break water
wouldn't do a mite Of good. Why, when
this tidal wave comes, It will just sweep
every thing before il wor,e than any
spring fresbet YOU ever saw.
An It's coming due west? said Diah
with his foretinger prested tightly on the
east end OF Long Island, as II he would
thus arrest the incoming OF the great
wave that threatened such work OF dew
aststion.
So they say, answered Tom, pleased
with the interrst taken 10 bis bit Of news
OF course there bn't any certainty
about II, but it's just as well to be prepar.
ed for the worst.
Wen, but s'posiu' il sweeps right over
this island2 said Mandy as Tom took up
bis hat to go. What'll become ofus2
Wen have TO take 10 boats, reckon,
was The laughing reply, which met with
no response from the friends TO whom he
bsde goodnight.
TO Obadiah especially the tidal wave
loomed up ia the near future as awful
and imposing as The Day OF Judgment: In
fact, more awful and imposing, as II
seemed more certain. The time was set !;
the people were talking about II, and
speculating over II, and many, doubtless
were making as active preparations as did
the Millerites ia the days when the Mill
ennium was supposed 10 be close at hand.
Mandy Beales was reminded Of scene
witnessed when she was child, aud lived
on the south side OF the island. A band
of Millerites collected on the shore, dress.
cd in their ascension robep, aud inspired
with the firm belief that then and there
they should hear the final trump, and be
received into the company OF angels.
They prayed and shouted and gesticulsted
go wildly that they appeared to the look.
ers on like a parcel Of lunatcs. There
had been long drought that summer,
the woods bad been frequently on fire.
aud The grass was as crisp and combusti.
bic as sttaw. While the excited group
were IN the midst Of their devollonal--or
cmotiopal-exercises, suddenly, either
through accident or by the malicious
design OF one outside the ranks, the grass
hszsd up Etoand them, and they were
iuei0sed in Gordon Of fire.
We'ro all in hell togelbefl shouted the
leader aud The scene was calculated TO
impress one with that idea. Mandy
would have bad but a faint recollection
OF il herself, as she was quite young at
the time, but her mother had so frequent.
ly lold the story and described the actors
in il that It remained a iutid picture In
her memory, which The present emergen-
cy retoucbed with more vivid colorug.
Obadiah BeaIes went sbout his work,
bat was even more tacituru than usual
50 that his wife was heartily glad when
Hetty M0riah came home for the summer
vacation. Whatever happened, they
would be together, aud II did brighten up
the old house TO have young girl In Il
who wore white dresses aud blue ribbons
aud bad world OF romance 10 her heart
Father, WHIST 10 the world sre you go.
lug tn 10 now asked Helly, one morning
In JAY, when Obadiah and his hired man
were seen removing good sized row
boat from the farm wagon, aud working
Il slowly toward the bouse.
Never you mind said 0badiah. know
what I'm Abont.
Bot, dear mel continued Hetty, The
house iooks disrepalable enough noe;
aud With that boat 10 The foreground, the
neigbbors will certainly tbink we bsve
taken leave Of our senses.
Well. let 'em said her father. What do