Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-26


your preservation. Give me that German |
book that is on the end of the MANTLE |
piece, and candle but don't light it
give me match; | will light it in here.
That book has some directions in it,"
| got the book.--at cost of a vase and
some other brittle things; and the madam
shut herself up with her candle. l had
moments peace then she called out
mortimer, what wac that 7"
"NoIhlug but the cal
"lhr ca! On, l-stfuotiou Catch
her, AID shut Ia up IN the wash stand.
Do be quick, love- cats are tuR OF cleo
irieiIy. | Just know my hair will turn
white with iii, uiy hts awful perils"
hear tn muifled sobbmgs again. But
for that, should not have moved hand or
foot IN such Wild enterprise in the dark
However, l went to my ask,-over
chairs, and against all sorts of obstruc-
tons, all Of them hard ones, too, and most
OF them with sharp edges, and at last |
got kitty cooptd up in the commode, at
an expense Of over four hundred dollars
in broken furniture and shins. Then
these mufllsd words came from the
closet -
at says the safest thing is to stand on
a chair IN the middle Of the room,
Mortimer, aud the legs OF the chair must
be insulated wrh nou-coDductors. That
is, you must set the legs of the chair in
glass tumbers. Fzt boom !-6da9!
smash Oh, heac that DO hurry,
Mortimer, before you are struck.
managed to find aud secure the
tumblers. | got the last four,
all the rest. | insulated the chair legs,
and called for further instructions.
Mortimer, it says, Wahrend zines
Hewtters eutferne nHu Metallic, vie 2.
b, Ringe, Uhreu, Sehlus4el. &c, Won sich
und helte sich auch ncht An solchen
Stellen auf, wo viele Metallic bel einander
iiegen, oder nit andern Korpern verbun.
dan sind, vie su Herden, Osfen, Essen
gittern u. dgl.' What does that mean,
Mortimer? Does ii mean that you must
keep metals abOut you, or keep them aDdY
from you?'
We'll | hardly kuow. H. appears to
be little mixed. All Glrmau advice is
more or less mixed. However, think
that that sentence is mostly in the d4tive
case, with little geniuve and sccusatlve
sitted in, mere and there for NICK so
recon you must keep some metals db0Wt
| you"
"Yes, that must he it. IL stands to
reason that j: is. They are i'll the nature
Of lightning.ro you know Put on
you hremaus helmet, Mortimer; that is
mostly metal,'
I got it and put it on very heavy
aud clumsy and uuc lufortable thing on
hot night in a close room. Even my
night dress seemed 10 be more clothing
! than strictly needed.
".nortimer, | thins your middle ought
to La protected Won't you buckle on
yolr mintt., s4bre please ?"
lcamplied.
an w, Mortimer, you ought to have
some way to protect your feet. Do please
put Oh your spurs.
did tin silence, aid kept my
temper as well as | could.
Mortimer, il says, 'DaS Gewitter
lluten list sehr gefahrich, we'll die Goako
seibst, sowie der durch ias Lanten veran.
lass!e Luftzug und d" Hohe DIES Thurmes
den BitZ anziehen konnter.' Mortimer,
does that mean that 1t il dangerous not to
ring the church bells during thunder
storm 2"
Yes, it seems 10 mean that, If that is
the past participle OF the noninative case
singular, and | reckon it is. Yes, think
it means that on acc0ut Of the hight OF the
church tower aud the absence of LuftzUg
it would he very dangerous (sehr getdhr.
Ach) not TO ring tho bells in time of a
storm; and moreover don't you see, the
very wording
Never mind that, Mortimer don't
waste the precious time in talk. Get the
large duner bell it is right there in the
hall Quick, Mortimer, dear; We are
almost safe Oh, dear, do believe we
are going to be saved, at last ~
Our little summer establishment stands
on the top of high range Of hills, over.
looking valley. Several farm houses are
in our reighborhood, the nearest some
three or four hundred yards away
When l. mounted on the chair, had
been changing that dreadful bell mnttei
of seven or eight minutes, our shutter,
were suddenly torn open from without
and brilliant bulrs.eye lantern was thrus
in ut the window, followed by a horst
inquiry:-
T" What in the nation is the mstte
here ?"
The window Was full of mons heads
and the heads were full of eyes that startl
wildly at my night-dress and my warlk
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
! dropped the bell, skipped down from
. the chair in confusion. aud said -
. There is nothing the matter, friend
7 only little discomfort ON account o
= the thunderstorm. | was trying to Beel
i of the lightning,
-, Thunder storn; Lightning? Why. Mr.
- McNilliams, have you lost your mind
j, is & beautiful starlight night; there ha
I been NJ stnrm
. looked out. aud { wa, 50 ae.unshed
: could hardy speak for a wLiia. Then
- said
= II donot understand This We distinct
u saw the glow of the flashes through til
n curtains end shutters, and heard III
= thunder
Dne after another Of those people la
down on the ground to laugh, and two ,
them died. One Of the survivor
!. remarked
= pity yon didn't think to open 20,
y blinds nnd look over the top of the hig
" hill yonder What you heard was cannon
10 what you saw was the flash. You see, Il
telegraph brought ono news, lust ut mi
night; Gartield'S nominated, and that
what's the matter ~
=, Yes Mr.. Twain, as / was saying in Il
~ beginning Csad 5Tr McWilliams). Il
~ rules for preserving people ngaiL
lightning are excellent GnG 70 immune
+, able that the most incomprehensible thin
W. in tho world to me is how auy body ev
Of manages to get struck.
90, So saying he gathered az his salcl
90 and uullrcill, and departed for the ira
w had reached his town.