The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-10-30

raced Oh in the wild way they have,
which is not like the manner of
horses in the East. IN spite Of he
tear which now possessed us all
there WAS Il certain glorious feeling
in this ride. Aittr we had turned
we looked of at our right at the
cloud, which was rushing on with
terrible quickness. and which WAS
| fancied pursuing us, and Us alone.
Suddelly y there was thander-
Gus sound toward the west, aud.
looking that way, ! saw a vast herd
OF cattle sweeping on, a dark, surg
ing Ei;:ss, with tossing horns glanc-
ing white in The sunshine, for the
sun was shining brilliantly at this
time. 1t was stampede. ! never
knew whether they were frightened
by the cloud or had been urged on
by the unexplained impulse that
sometimes comes to them to flee
madly over the plains. At another
time this sight would have been of
stirring interest now | did not
care to watch the flight Of the cattle
| was too intent on our own race
against TIE cloud. The lightning
was playing through the black va
por inccssantly. More clouds, like
common ':thunder hcaAs,' rose and
dispersed themselves over the sky,
and at last obscured the sunlight.
Within a few rods Of the opening
of the gulch [ heard d roar, as of
oncomlnS wind. Nan cried cut
again to her horse, the animal lur-
ched forward yet faster, and in
moment we were all entering the
rayine. 1t was extremely uneven
ground, ana covered by broken,
sharp stones. Ny sister and were
watching Nan; she slipped off the
saddle, and hurridly motioned to
us to do the same; The instant We
were dismounted the horses scram-
bled rapidly forward farther into
the gulch, and we did the same,
Nan now in the rear and driving us
along. That night | found my shoes
cut, and a cash in my foot, but
did not feel the wound when | re-
ceived it. While we were thus hur.
rying to get to the deepest shelter
of the gully, the roar above us was
awful, and was increasing every
moment, It reverberated strangely
through the ravine. We could not
have heard a word had we spoken.
We all stopped simultaneously and
looked at each other. They were
two very white faces that I saw.
with strained, frightened eyes
Nan made movement with her
head that we were not to go or; and
we crouchea down against the
rocky sides of the earth. The next !
Emma leaned heavily upon
me, and silently pointed upward
toward the chasm's opening, where
we had entered. The black cloud
was just going past our point of
vision f.; it had dilated to twice it's
former size, but still retained it's
cylinder shape. Ifi. could be pos
sible, it was more dense than ever,
and boiling in its blackncss. Balls
of fire sped back and forth in the
air, or my sight was under an hallu-
cination to that effect. All the phe-
seemed to have their center
ln that cone Of black cloud. The
strangest, the most awful thing of
all thai fearful experience was what
[ saw now. Behind that black
,lond, whether following it or driv-
Dg it | know not, came a tall cloud
If intensest, most dazzling white
"a pillar OF glory, growing every
Instant more like a pillar of fire, ,
Ind soon appearing to control'the
nky shape. The raving noise was
low at its height. In a moment
he two mysterious shapes had
passed from our contracted vision: 8
hey marched on, destroying as Z
hey went. The crash of timber