The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-11-09

will come. / noticed the fields were
awfully dry and parched as we drove
along. Old Tod seems TO haye felt the
heat more to-day than any Time this
summer. He's gone a little lame, so
guess I'll stay here and let him rest un
Ill along toward the cool OF the even
ing. If you don't mind"
"Ch, do stay! Don't 90 out in this
heat"
We'll, | wont. I feel kind OF all het
up myself, and I'd rather sit out here
on your back porch that go trailing
round in the dust and heat. II you
have any carpet rags or any other plain
sewing, you fetch II out and let me
work on IT, I'll get the 1dgets IL I'm
idle"
Mrs. Doane sat on the porch with my
mother, sewing and visiting" until
nearly six o'clock Then she looked mp
suddenly and said:
MY, How il is clouding up out In
the west, must hitch up and jog
along home, or I'll get caught out in
the rain"
You'd better stay until after sup
per"
Mrs Doane "rcckoned" that she had
better not, but she finally concluded TO
do so. II was nearly dark VIXEN she
started for home.
Il shan't mind being out after dark,
| she said ITS only five miles, IL
take the short cut through Tobeyg
| woods. It's the lonesomest road In this
county, but III have jamie for com
pany. Looks as II we'd get "A wetting
fore we got home"
The western sky had grown blaoSer
and blaCker. and ii seemed even more
eultry than during the earlier part of
the day. We noticed that Old Tod
walked with a decided limp when he
came out Of the stable Mrs. Doane
had said. when jamie was not within
! hearing
II never saw n child 80 scared Of a
storm AZ shc is She'll screech out at
every clap OF thunder. ! guess she'll
be scared enough before we get home y
They drove up the road and in n few
minutes we saw them disappear in a
strip OF timber. Thirty minutes later
il was so dark that we had To light
lanterns to finish doing the chores
about the barn. The wind had begun
to rise. and there was an occasional
ominous roar OF thunder We expect
ed the storm 10 break at any moment,
and were surprised when 1t held off
for about two hours Then IL burst
4. la "a
gale. The roar OF the thunder was al
most continuous. The lightning was
binding, and the rain came down in
torrents We thought at one time that
n real cyclone was at hand, and were
about to seek refuge in the cellar when
the fury OF the storm abatcd n little.
II do hope Maudana Doane and that
child reached home before this awful
rain came upon them" said mother.
Whether they did or not has de-
pended upon Old Tods lameness,
father answered "He was limping bad
ly when we lost sight OF them. | pity
that child If they are out in this tor
nado."
The storm ragged with almost unabat-
ed fury until about ten o'clock. by
eleven o'clock the wind had died down
and there were only occasional roare
of thunder and flashes of lightning. The
rain still came down i'm torrents
We had all gone to bed, and only
mother lay awake. Thinking she heard
some one call in the darkness. she sat
up in bed and listened. A shrill tear
ful voice cried:
MIR Horner! 600. Mr.. Horner!"
DO get up, Henry" cried mother
There is a child calling out in the
rain, Listen," Father sat up in bed
and he. too, heard the cry. lie rar
to window and called out:
who Is it,"
It's jamie Mrs. Doane's hurt oh
I'm afraid she's killed away of ther,
in the woods! The wind blew the
I wagon over, and Mrs. Doane fell out OIL
stone wall. couldn't get her e
speak to me. and came away bacl
here for you! oh. do come!"
, SHE began TO sob aloud. Father wa
I out at the gate almost Immediately
, and mother reached the door just a
, father came into the house leading tn
sobbing girl She was drenched witt
rain She had evidently stumble,
in the darkness. and fallen agaii
I and again. One hand was bleeding an,
, there was cut on her face. Neve
was there a more forlorn looking oh
+ ject.
Now tell us all about it, said fathe
? kindly.
' We'll. Old Tod got so lame he coul
Q hardly walk, and we were in the wood
? when the storm came. We had drive
r out into little open place. when th
o wind blew the cart over against ston
r wall Mrs. Doane fell out and the hors
r fell down. | couldn't make Mrs. Doan
I speak. and | couldn't get the horse NJ
Q SO walked all the way here. Oh. deai
a Gear!"
= she began to cry. and to beg father
2 hurry.
II In very few minutes father and hi
+ hired man were in a wagon on the
way to Mrs. Doane. They found he
a four miles from our house. lying on th
a ground, moaning with pain and onl
n partly conscious. Her right leg Wa
% broken, and she had been stunned /
striking her head on the wall The
l. had taken a mattress with them. an
they put the injured woman on II, an
y then. after seeing TO the horse startC
q on the way 10 our house.
/ To think Of that little girl walkir
l. those four long miles In all thi
3 STORM" said father. as they dro'