Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-29

would spread if you dumped it into
mill pond In few minutes pretty
near one-half the sky was covered with
cloud that was as black as Pittsbure
coal smoke The way it spread remind
ed me of parcel of men laying car
pet on the stage of theater You
could see the upper edge of the cloud
rolling over and over in great thick
masses. All of sudden light breeze
sprang up that blew directly toward
the quarter where the cloud came from,
and l knew then that we were going tc
have big storm and that the wind was
drawing toward it. The next thing
saw was sort of funnel that seemed
to drop from the middle of the cloud.
The lower end kept twisting and
squirming like the tail of a snake when
you We got your boot heel on its head.
didn't wait any longer. but | just
dropped my hoe and made a bolt for my
cyclone pit There's no mistaking what
that funnel meant There was the big
gest kind of cyclone on its way. and
it was coming straight for me. | was
not on speaking terms with the captain
tLer. but as | came near his house and
cav him standing on his veranda and
lashing himself to one of the posts with
a rope sung out to him to come with
me if he valued his life He only said,
in a mighty cool and condescending
way i don't remember asking you for
any advice, my man. That made me
60 mad that | didn't waste any more
time or breath on him. but lifted the
cover off my pit. jumped into it with.
out stopping to use the ladder and
pulled the cover on again
by this time the cyclone was max
ing itself heard First there was low.
rumbling sort of sound, like railroad
train makes when it is a good way off
1t grew louder and louder. till it got to
be kind of shrieking roar. like hun
dred big church organs mixed up with
dozen or two steam whistles 1t was
as black as night in that pit. except
when the lightning flashed. for there is
always more or less lightning playing
around the funnel of cyclone. 1t
seems as if no expense was spared IN
making cyclone as various and enter,
tanning as possible inst when the roar
ing was at its loudest there came an
awful crash that made the earth shake
and then the sound began to weaken.
and in few minutes it had died away.
and the place was as still as mans
house when he comes back to it from
his wife's funeral
I" SO far. so good says | to myself
Now I'll Chamber out and see if there
is any thing left of my house and the
mules and the Norwegian But when
| tried to lift up the cover of the pitt
could stir it only few inches. and that
didn t let in any light couldn't un'
derstand what this meant; but. being a
smoker. of course | had my matches
with me So struck light and in
vestigated found that there was a
sort of board flooring above the cover
of the pit which prevented me from
lifting it. and consequently | knew that
the cyclone had dropped something just
over my head
LUCKILY there was crowbar among
the tools standing in the corner of the
pit. and hunted it up and got to work
as well as | could in the dark 1t didn t
take me very long to burst hole in
the flooring that spoke of, and after !
had made an opening and let in the
light | saw that there was house on
top of me | set to work again with the
crowba and presently was able to
climb out. and found myself in small
bedroom | didn't t stop to examine it.
but opened the first door | came to, and
there | was in Captain Martins room
face to face with the old man. The fur
niture was all upset. and the sides OF
the house were slanting one way and
another but there was no mistaklng
that it was house. and that Captain
Martin was there, looking none the
worse for having been through a cy-
clone.
{" so you've been and broke into my
house with crowbar. have your he
asked Perhaps you don't know. my
man, that you've committed burglary
and | can have you arrested for it.
&" Perhaps you don't know that
you re trespassing on my land. said |
Il never gave you no permission to put