The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-06-30
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shadow. The people were still squat
ting in great rings round the hut. Just
outside the taboo line and beating
gongs AMI sticks and human bones. TO
keep time to the Tilt of their lugu-
briOus litany.
The air felt unusually heavy and OPP
pressivc. Felix raised his eyes 10 the
sky, and saw wisps of light cloud drift
ing in rapid flight over the Scudding
moon. Below, an Ominous fog bank
gathered steadily westward. Then
one clap of thunder rent the sky. AZ
ter it came deadly silence. The
moon was Yelled All was dark as
pitch The natives themselves fell on
their faces and prayed with mute lips.
Three minutes later the cyclone had
burst upon them in all its frenzy.
Such a hurricane Felix had never
before experienced.
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palmtrcc7 the W nd played a frantic
and capriCious devils dance. 1t
pirouetted about the aUoll in the mad
glee Of Inconsistencies. Here and
there it cleared lanes, hundreds of
yards in length. among the forest trees
and the GO oanut plantations. The
noise of swapping and falling trunks
rang thick on the air At times the
cyclone would swOpp down from above
upon the swaying stem of some tall and
stately palm that bent like grass be
fore the wind, break II oil with roar
at the bottom, and lay it low at once
upon the ground, with crash like
thunder. In other places. little play
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