The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-21

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W. were eahil+d on the open prairie.
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IL, -. ~" ,''i> 'o 'he east WAS
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mai III, - ,ra ~ ,u' ''''"'' ino AM
i''''''' H''' ossoili' ar''n~'i
'"h "'Np FROM THE WEST
wv III puiiN, but With front like a wall,
'i'' "'H' came OUT ~ I'll" west, Increasing In
s'',nSu every hI"iiirlt' An hour after mld.
"'1h' '''e sentinel enuIi no longer stand
"Sa'n'. IT, AMI the sttl"r' hri been aroused
% U'd Vie tent IN plac" hy main strength \
i"'",'' VI al, houf iater II was picked up as
,ne human breath blows u feather away.
h'N shouted ahi screamed ut each other, but
'u' "'hi t""k the words from their hlS
am Whlfhi them away unh"arl Blown
along likc ~ many puppets the band fell into
the raNli'r Ion shelter, followed two minutes
''er oN all 'i' horses The alarmed animals
crowded up rl'N" t. their human friends, AMI
ti'y all l'N down for further security The
wagons were heart rushing away 10 tumLia
ii'to t'"' fa'lhe further down, and now AMI
tlni saddle or blanket or co"king ut'lNii tirw
over 'i' ftNlIlt or TELL among the fugitivc>
aiif up IN" mighty mountains "a vial u
wrath hal l"rn uncorked Through, the
ei'"iilN CANYONS down the awful pr'cipirrs
70 HIIll
cane III search of victims. II leaped down
ii'hl mountain I" foot hills with the roar Of
iii angry sea ami II ieit tho foot hills for the
hNeI lfaiff' bent on terrible destruction
A'l"'> III" seventy miles Of level 1t dashed at
Us WIN 1t, ihfN. AMI at 9o'rlr'k no lNlng
'i'hH '"uhi nave ia'ri u. At j the storm
s"'l' pralte h''pt up u'olltlhlioll> trembling,
"> u N"a'io was nt"ut 10 break forth near
US M v "teh daSIisht broke, tn" mir was
'hohed WIN grass torn up by the roots, AMI
''' roar was aplallhg' Men clins to each
"tl'r anu 10 .he grass AMI now ami then, as
the roaring dled out Tor few seconds, the
frightened lolNs il'ished their terror When
tiie "ii'' bio"s siNty miles an hour 1t ls IA
hurricane IL was blowing harder than that
I" h'r up tlie strong prairie grass cut of tbo
SON "h''i the wiiii blows seventy mile, an
muir great trees are uProoted ana barns are |
th'"h do"hL ~ was blowing harder than
'hat 10 s"""p up AMI carry OH our heavy |
l'hhs anu axes More thah seventy more !
tha'i eighty more than ninety aye, that
lhieh'y "rath was daNhlhg over the prairie
al t'le fate of II" miles an hour
DESPERATE siRrGGLE.
we ltit Suifocated Tor tle want OF AR We
were dca'eh"i 10y tue continuous roaring
We were exhausted 10y the desperate struggle
10 prevent beng sco"lEl up bodily ami car
h'l ""' "l Tue r''i'' IL IL was - WIN US
Sheltered from the iury as We were, how must
u nave heli WITH those exposed IT, It's full
Iorcei a great "olf, rom whom NE was
beaten "nt, f7Iled down among Us lhehodlcS
lt dozens pt coyotes ana rabbits, IN which
very bone SEEMED broken, dropped INTO the
'hNile' The wagons "orcrhnght up at day
ISllt, WIN Htl III lit ulI llI u IHilllhill anu I