Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-01-21
~hen sound. an awful sound ,mo.s upon
spsrit... yelled Jnha

" 1@1 y oSAN6s @A @e AAf NkOOk8 upon
their ears.
"'Tis de ebil sperits.' yelled Juha
The sound came nearer The trees began
TO wave and bend, then to crash. as they
were uprooted and hurled 10 the earth.
"A cyclone = cyclone screamed SilAs.
and leaped into the pit, followed by The
Others
Mr.. Rodgers and his family were still
saantering down the road. and Aunt Bina
was still declaring that she would never
run from the Lord, when thht sound smoIe
upon their ears and an awful sight ap.
peared to their eyes. for away across the
great cotton deld could te seen strange
looking sight-a gigantic inverted cone,
whether Of aggregated dust or descending
slnuds the hehohiers had NO time 10 decide
ii approached with fearful velocity and
with an awful >ound thar terrified the
bolteSt ~ IL passed everything fell prnns
Ia earth. trrss, fruce~. houses disappeared
IL seemed death tnearnate. the fell destroy
er visible
My tod, it's n esrinne,'' cried Rodgers.
appalled, Run for els. gold ,iiggrrs' pit,
Run. Laura Don't tainti' M his wife
staggered Run, Bina. run
But Aunt Bina needed ns urging Throw.
ing the fat baby ta her shoulder she dart.si
ahead Of Rogers aud his wife. and fiew Iik.
the wind
Not fer myself. i.aud, : she screamed a.
she ran, mo, fer myself; ent arunnin
frum YOU. but It's di~h-r chile. Mar sam :
baby, I'se 'spnnsible fer
Indifferent 10 the crowd In the pit. Rod.
gers hurled himself aud his wife In. Aunt
Blna VIA already therv, she had liz on the
back ~ Slas The next second. with its
rFg Al b
clone swept by The three sweetgums
were uprnoted and fell across the pit, shut
ting them securely in
In five minutes the strange storm had
swept by, aud all was calm and still save
for a shower II rain
But in the improvist~l cyclone pit hub
bub reigne,i: groans, cries. prayers rent the
air till Mr.. Rodgers commanded silencs
They were packed like sartines in box.
50 that they could not move II seemed
strange that they could make 80 much
noise
After some consultation Israel, who was
tall and slim, mounted the back of silas
who WAS very broad, and after many strug-
giles and failures managed 10 scramble out
between the branches OF the trees. Find
ing an AK hard By be chopped = hole among
the limi~, through which they all finally
succeedesi In escaping after rude ladder
had been imprnvised for them TO ascend on
While These preparai ions were going on
the imprisoned crowd indulged in some
lively passages. Silas could not refrain
from twitting Aunt Bina by asking how
she came there la the pit
Il cum yer, said she boldly, "kase |
hee2ter fetch Marse Sans baby, You
think | gwinter low Mar~e sam : baby tub
be knocked tub piect>'
II thought yoa wuk one dat wouldn't
run frum Gati,, an yer you rsim plud-,ie-
junk ia disher hole Please Giand, ef
hadn't scruuged tuh one side you'd hab
knocked my head on .
You t'ink gwinter tex lie spousihility
oh dishcr chile AN 'la~ inyt ing tuh hap
pen tub III M. eried she hngging np
the fat baby. nanny loves her boyi''
"liit's nil berry well bout de chile" pur-
sued Silas, but how | wanirr know, you
gwinier answer tuh lie l.aud fer runnin'
frnm him. lie rnt a gwinter tex no sleher
'sclse a. dat. He'll SAY Yon triiiin' run.
away nigger
'.ssil4.s, hold your tongue" said Mfr.
Rodgers, coming to the old woman's res
cne. Il thank fiod Aunt Bna could run
like deerhound, or my child would have
Oten hllfed
And the Lord will say, We'll done,
good and faithful servant" cried Mrs.
Rodgers. weeping.
Dey. now what You got tub say tub
datG" cried Aunt Blna triamphantIy.
Il shu, Miss Laura, said silas, Il berry
glad Aunt Bina sabe de chile: Gaud knows
I'd had rr.ked my life fer II myself Aunt
Bina bein' In a position oh 'sponsibility an
truss, does right tub run. tain't rs n nuss
fse discussin' her duty. but AS n sinner
wedder she should run from Gaut"
BY this time between faith aud duty
Aunt Bina WAS IN quite u maze, but Mr..
Rodgers cut the matter short.
Nobody can run from God, for he h
everywhere. 10 IL waste Of time 10 try and
hunt place where he isn't, but it's per.
fectly right TO run from a cyclone like
fury"
When the prisoners were released they
saw that clean road 100 feet wide had
been cut through the cotton tield and the
woods AZ far rs the eye could reach by the
cyclone in its awful march.
My friends" said Mr. Rodgers, as he
looked around, perhaps 1t was lucky
thing that you ding this pit else we all
might have been swept into eternity. And
our lives ara the treasures that we found in
that hole"
That night julia disappeared By times
Monday morning the hands were In the
field gathering in the remainder OF the cot
ton crop.-paul Grant in Atlanta Constitu-
tion