Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-06-01

own way, It appeared. though, to be
coming down on him, instead of them,
and he didn't want any mistake, made,
In.the confusion Of The next few mo-
ments, he Saw. the young Pixley's run
out from the shed into an open space
and look up at the image, az If they
were suddenly struck dumb. VI IL was
coming down faster and faster, and
he'shouted at the top of his lungs:
!. "There they arei There they are,
Gabriel, over by the shed!p go SsiT
Instantly there followed loud,
sharp report, and the old man leaped
into the air. several feet, and then
struck out for the shore. without hat
or boots, wildly intent on reaching
home in spite of ire or WATER - n &
} The three in the beat, a short dis
tance away from the island, saw him
rush pell-mell up and down the shore,
and the boy Sawyer declared in some
trepidation that he was the thing
itself with the brightness gomez but
the magician said impatiently, "Bosh!
Nonsense!" and standing up called
out: -' -.-----'-- -------- 1870
"Hell0 there!pe Who are you?"
"Hello!" the old man returned, as
soon as he could get breath. "I'm-I
guess I'm Ezekiel Tomkiils. Who are
youa' ~ Z s,ig y - = y
In "a moment or two the boat touch-
ed the shore, and the magician and the
scho0lmaster sprang out. - n. N
did you see anything bright come
down among the trees up yonder, q
few minutes agoa" the former said,
coolly. "a > ~ %
Yes, stree. L reckon L did" Mr..
Tomkins answered, putting. So
Come along, then, and show us
where it is" ss
oval, 1 guess not, stranger. Not
while Igot legs to run the other way.
It's my opinion the tarnation thing
is up there somewheres busted. You'd
better keep clear of it, ~.
The man of magic laughed con-
temptuously. and walked off to, the
grove. He believed he knew what it
was, he said, and he meant to see if he
hadn't put hole through it. 2,
What he found hanging among the
limbs of the pines perhaps the reader
can easily guess; but the old farmer
and most of the waiting crowd across
the river where somewhat taken aback
when they saw that the mysterious
thing was a huge kite, having the
representation of a man drawn on II
with damp phosphorus. that shed a
BRIGHT wierd light. 1t was made of
stout, coarse paper, cOlored black, SO
that no part could be visible except
the phosphorescent figure. This had a
common pasteboard mask stitched ON
for a face. and the arms, sword, > and
lantern were also ingeniously fashion
ed OF the same material. The magi-
clans bullet had broken part uof the
main frame of the kite, which made it
collapse. ~vs -r go.
3 While the store-keeper, Uncle Sim
con, and everybody else examined the
continuance over and over, and ex-
pressed themselves in more ways than
one about it, Seth Piper arrived from
somewhere or other, a little out of
breath, and looked on rather anxiously.
The thing was the pet invention of his
mature years and he could hardly re-
sist claiming it; but his bump of dis
erection kept him from doing so. AT
any rate, he believed he had succeeded
in giving those who stole his wool a
good scare. - -s; - 80,
And he had The next day Jake
and Dave Pixley were missing, and
their boat was found floating bottom
side-up in the river. "A week later
Uncle Simeon, who was the postmaster,
received crude letter scrawled. on
wrapping paper, which he posted up
where all could read it. II ran as
follows: S.
Uncle Sim, if the ANGEL Gabrili is
til hangin round you kan let him no
me and Dave has left and haint no
idear of cunning back write of. in
hast. JAKE PIxLEY."