Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-18

"Allah hoo! 1llah hoo! Allah hoo!
1llah hoO!'
1t was the gasping chant of a body
Of old-fashioned bumpers (tooloomhad-
jisl, and they beat time with their feet
as they trotted toward me, bearing Il
hand engine on their shoulders.
On they came. like a troop Of charg-
ing gladiators. preceded by their Refs
Chief who proudly carried the glitter
ing nozzle in his arms, and followed by
three athletes. with the hose wound
round their necks and shoulders, and
whose rhythmic pace impaired to 1t the
sinuous motion of a constructing py-
thon.
"Allah hoo! Illah hoo! Allah hoo!
Illah hoo"
Thirty years slipped from my men,
| DRY and l dreamed that l was a frOlic-
some lad again. l broke away and
joined the hOse-bearers.
"Allah hoo! Illah hoo!'
l laughed aloud and joined the cho-
rus The stamp of my heavy boots arose
loud above the thud of their bare feet.
| MY comrades exchanged looks of un-
easy surprise.
lone of those golden Englishmen,"
whispered my neighbor.
"Allah's afflicted" muttered another,
as he tapped his forehead.
Threw away my hat, collar and era
vat, and a shower of moisture trickled
into my beard and ran down my body
in little rills.
"Allah hoo! Illah hoo" I yelled. II
am a vagabond! I'm a tooloombaji! I
shall become Refs or perish"
l knew that l was dreaming, and l
marveled ut the realism of my vision.
do things age in dreams!" / unused.
"Behold. the graves in the cypress
groves are hidden by the underground,
and the trees are taller and thicker.
* Hurrah! The Green House
at last. How pretty it looks
with it's foreground of massed roses
and Jasmine. Nina's favorite
arbor is hidden by yonder clump of
lilac"
woke with a start as a kindly Turk
threw something over my head and
whispered that the sun would injure
me.
gazed ut the red W. and lilac-like
gilded lattice work which was thrown
into bold relief by the gray-brown
background of smoke.
All the available ground was Uttered
with engines and manuals, n every
body shouted for water.
Buckets, and jars, and goatskins, and
courds were passed from hand to hand
and emptied into the gaping cavities,
but the supply did not suffice to initiate
the thirst-compressed hose.
The pumpers-both ancient and mod
ern-admitted that fate was against
them, and consoled themselves with
cigarettes.
us the Green House occupied?"
asked.
mo, Effendi. 1t has been empty for
many years." replied a courteous mar
Of brass.
1.-THE flowers are attended to-" re
marked another. -
Eyes" continued our informant, y,
belongs to an Italian family, and n OF
the ladies' is very fond Of the garden
and visits it from time to time with hel
servants. I heard that she called this
morning."
fell to dreaming again, and my gaze
wandered from window to window,
and rested on the central window OF
the second fioOr-Nlna's rocm-then
laughed aloud, for 1t was thrown open
and the phantom of my Nina waved
it's arms.
I heard the hatchets splintering the
lower doors, and the cries of pain whici
followed, az the 6remen were driven
back nv the heat and gaseous vapor.
Aladder was thrown against b WIN
dow. and Nina-my own and Twins
Nlna-gaxed into my eyes with . looR
Of spell-bound love.
she fell back as I bounded over heads
and ANIMALS and shrubs. A cloud Of
acid smoke enveloped me as mounted
the ladder.
The multitude roared and the fire
hummed like the sound OF breaking
surf on q distant shore.
I reached the window and CROPPED
about blindly. l reached over and
grasped her. l dragged her over the
window ledge.
Then we entered the valley OF the