The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-07

THE chlldreni The chldren!', he heard.
as he hurried 70 meet her. We've search
ed the whole place. Come back to the Tay-
Tor woodan'
Adams turned his horse aud lifted his
wifesinto the warren
How long agos he asked between his
teeth
u don't know how longs thought Mani
my lane had them ana she thought They
! were with me- When we missed them we
called the men and we all searched high
and lisW through the orchards, everywhere.
The only places NANNY ever takes them
are to StsariN and the Taylor woods.
sent the men q oss-iots To the Woona ana
inAmmyss gone to Stuart'g. / Thought pef~
haps they might have COME this way To
meet YOU,
The wind was upon them In The open
space that lay between fheir gate and
the Tayinr woods lie urhreizen stfsnRth
Of the gallo almost lifted them from the
wagon. Standing up for a moment 10 lonlx
around him. Adams saw his gang OF work.
men reach the edge Of the woods, pause
moment, listening 10 the great roar
through the trees. and then. to q man.
turn and run back through the open TO-
ward the farm. He shouted Hereby to
them but the wind took the words ON of
his mouth
A inlment more and Ad6ns vas ii the
Flee 81 the woods hlnlEsit He relaed
m ms iitirt't = n me &ifNtEcttt ihli lnnde ~
the shalter i MAS possible to think hi
spite II the turmoil among the branches.
Iinsbaiia and wife locked into e9rh othatH
eyes desitairsngly. Only miracle could
guide them 10 iiisif children through The
wild storm IN ish they cogd hardly
catch the sound Of their own voices. Aet
they must search. ~
They Jumped 10 the ground, hut before
they could enter the woods strange
rambling. grinding sound rose above thni
roar Of the thrashing branches aid orenk
ing tree trunks The ne# sound grew
louder INA more dreadful.uutil Adams ann
his wife chung clgse TO each o1hcr IN fear,
while the frightened horse wheeled sud
denly. leaped free from fafnnsS -. 49,
on. and plunged back over the,fpad tow
ard home. Then NOT 100 feet from where
the man and woman stood the solid ranixa
of the forest broke hrart-gave Way before
q Hhirling b.ast OF dust, broken branches
and uprnoted trees Tsiar watched IL
mach across the fields, drppring part Of
iis burden ns Il wegt only TO gather up
new victims n its gerrlfe arms
with blanchAd fixes and numb hearta
the two watchers haatened toward the
zap IN The forest to look down the track
OF the cyclone. ~ was ne " aoulo giganllc
scythe had mown path through the
woods 10 the open fields beyond, The
space was little wider than city street,
but, in II. scarcely the HernpIpiice OF a
tree WAS left erert some had been twist
ed on IN the middle. some wdrc uproofed.
lying their full length on the ground
taDgnng The limbs that had not beeul
shofn from Them wdth the broken branches
Of other trees.
Down this wild road The father and
mother started. peering under ioGs, clam
boring through tree-tops. exiting md iie.
tcning with strained cara fpr me storm
had lost ~ heart and thss could hope 70
hear.
Amen Ainen' Amene the words
reached them family. 'Get back devil.
Gel back devil Ameuf Amen'T-nntil the
cid governor ieaped cut frnm The hoods
into The highrpild OF lne storm There MI
screaming of siriil child poincr aiid
5eiping 81 Distracted dogs, hut. above n
ri. above oven fbp Eovernor's shouts,
there came 1trce How'd, o. anotnef Aef
uff burst thropgh he pnderhiusf eip4e y
he enyerpors track
sMiss Halles ohssdrxn, Aiiss HalliA'n
cllildreni Got 'em safe Nisa Hgliiei G1t
ffm safe. Miss Hnihet Anleil Oh Lord,
aineals the cd mao Hhoite.. AZ 10 fssbpd
along The maui conrse befafe him deiIiy
shining under and pa8t Inc chr irnetlp.s
branches a'!a qpdeips f'fu' tes stesp =
through me jungle q roots apa lilap9'
lIs esfrnepia shredded from 1iii aua '''s
81 s,.sy came Tie mad mao plnaye'
within raafh 81 thu governor RsH%ye
elu1ed hy hin,-craNlln8 un3er ppiiftad
roots fanitInF over ffef iftls,ks. TEARING
aside The lowered cQratna of vines,
dogs wtllned plteously pfhind some naf-
fier they could not scale
Got 'em safe, Miss Hailie Got en-
safe, Miss Halle" the governor kept
shouting, but where he had them the
parents did not know until the old man