St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-01-03

I'm tho meantime Hannah hai C;ec!
occasional -glances at the suspicion
northern sky. From q window sh,
chanced to look toward tho cast I,
alarm, astonishment terror, she dreppc,
. bonnet whose green trimming woul,
have set OF her fair face even as a:
apple trees emerald foliage sets OF it
ptnkish white blossoms
''Oh-Oh-Oh. / did not look tina
way at all, and hero It is right upon us
Tho wind must have shifted. she ex
claimed.
Over at the right was large, tower
ing cloud Of q dun brown color, will
ragged. filmy edges compact in tn,
ceneer and of a deeper hue there, as Il
its heart were a scowl and a menace
| signaling that its mission was ruin.
| ''Sir, sir-r-r.' sho stanmered as sh(
mot old John. Tho fire will soon Dt
upon us!- Young John is not here. Hell
mo harness Jim into tho ploww
'W-w-what?' he s,ammczcd in reply
90 dazed that he was like one palsy
! stricken. -s.a
Hannah flew out OF tho house and
quickly embarrassing Jim, attached hin
to tho piow. Fat Mrs. Tuthcrly was
better in an emergency than one would
have supposed. She now came uE
bravcly, like an old-fashioned Dutch
cruiser a: critical momont in tho bat
tic hour.
"You drive the horse, Mrs Tutherly,
and I'll hold the plow, and wcwill make
o furrow all about the buildings. oh, II
Mr.. Blasland would just help and burn
the grass ON the prairie side OF the fur
row.
Hannah was moro de:c.ential in her
style OF address than was tho house
keeper. The latter was plain and per-
cmptory. "nerc, here, old John. Como
and help" she screamed. in the samc
breath giving tho order: 'Git up
there lively. Jim! Up with you,
git-t-t" -se.E
She resumed hcr command to the
ranchman: Burn the grass all outside
the furrcr! Quick, sir, quick! We will
all be burnt to a cinder IL you don't fly
round! Git mp there. Jim! Faster, old
sboy!"
After this last equivocal order. tho
fat housckceper. rosy and putting. skill
fully steered Jim down the east side OF
the farmhouse. > Hannah guided the
plow, the muscles swelling In her ilrm,
shapely hands and along her barcd
brown wrists Her eyes glanced down
ward to sec that tho plowshace was run.
ming right, and then they were lifted to
the heavens. Those deep eyes of blue
were filled with prsyor's reverent sup
p!ication- --. --.-
"God help us, God help us.' she muir
INJURED. Behind thc plow tottcred the
old ranchman, kiudlinS the grass ont
side tho furr9w.. and leaving . rapidly
widening space of black. fire-ravaged
ground between the ranch buildings and
that awful condagrstion driving over
The prairie. ! s t-- X. rt-.
'.Now the north side!r said Hannah
''Thc east side, is. OF the most. .oonsc-
quepca Ready s,s. ~. =
: 'Iiit up-upun Jim! Come on. old
john" screamed Mrs. Tuthcrly. The
smoke was now all about them, but
Hannah would say: .Thc cast side Is
safe! Thank God!" and press stubborn.
" on. {, 4 -. = Gsr7 --
But ~herctwas young John? N'orc
than once.Hanaah had prayed Iod
keep him.' Had no been overtaken ,by
that awful Gre, scorehcl. sui.ocated,
burnt to death? Ho was somewhere
out on the prairie: His horse was swift
His pluck was great. lie knew the
prairie; but therc was, that terrible
engine Of Aan,o,. without wheels, vet
rolling on, tho horrible dragon Of Hrc.
without wings. yet steadily fyingI Who
could escape all this? s1F.
Tho north sido had been furroTed and
burnt over, when Hannah caught tho.
quick .bca. Of horsa's hoofs. and 81, came
brown betty. bringing her
young John! r.-'i sai 2 a
Thank Goi!' NO shontcd as he :
leapcd from Bcrty's s,eamine back,
kissed Hannah. -snd. then seiziny thel
ow-aanllcs, cried: Leave this west
side and so for tho south, side, Oaick!
Run, Hannah, fast, and BE firing rho
srass,up in thu sou ntheastcrn:cossset.'
There was a crOuching form tba ssocn
a torch in his wrinklcd hand.
Ills facc GaSiblackenctf by the SCOT Of
tho burnt pratric.t III dpn's 500 mol
Ile don't ne,ioe mc. M kissed Der. I,vc !
been sco-chcd AMI sin.cl They don't |
nosiee'mc. = nnn.ferc, ola John y
sThcy ditnotirc hia when tho work
u saving had been oonploscd, when out !
u wide. blacSened waste rose up tho !
ininjnrcd buildiuss. ssfc behind that
on2, spro,cctinx : iurrow. They found
Nm lyias lpsensible ct one exposed
orner, IN expired torch in his hand |
Ihc heat, .the' excstenA:nt IF the Tun.
.su.l effort 1T his :gesc had ,osercobc
IftnS They carried him TO his bed.
What did he p.prmur AZ le.?- go i
Nobody cafcs Ter nc here" nc I
poaYed, '"Scnd for my John!-.
'Your son?- asked young John. Tho
uf!crer bspekiS 1lcad in assent .sxc 81
Nobody cares for ux hero- lseE thcn
laffhuresl again. "Scnd for him.
eve wip ~. We eere fer yoA gssnd- !,
a,ssaid hannah. NE are your Joan's.
''tysw-whatE soletxl the sohi s,anse,ss
isded btox9,s1as .a1nains -viiqinas-
:yaa srsnaps.: satl yeusg. John.
IanpSt.and, I-Mc=.wc aV brother and
stas; axdHandL- L-Me thought II we
lmex,> sossctimc-lt II woala cor.c Sbout1 I
,as we ccsfa sellSesi. .sAa syoa-~c.,ie
car - easd Sou wQeIld b foeossised to
:ther and he rtNing - sse hitns arrf,-nf
Tho CID rssRherc bsokc Ia wisA cry p
at GANG ppAof.a,hrasto osce moro cen.k
= and 4SceEc;r Ehank. God:c .lness
,.sshlass tciS AMI send ior my IoAar
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