The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-16
TYBEE IN A STORM.
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ace was the first card confronting him.
That looked encouraging. AS he skim
ned the ace, he saw another. Some
thing seems to be doing" he thought
Il will be able to bust it, anyhow"
Then he skinned off the second ace,
and what should show but still an
other. That made three, and he had
pretty high hopes that three of them
would hold good. He skinned once
more and some side card presented it.
self. Once more and for the last time
he skinned, and what should happen
but that the fourth ace should present
itself to his inwardly exultant and out
wardly calm gaze. Great Scott, four
aces" he thought, won't l soak it to
the man that opens it in front of me-?
Gee, l wonder what's going to happen,
me getting such a hand" Then came
the bolt of lightning.
That was a hard luck story that
would still the voice of the biggest
kicker that was ever developed by a
poker game. The three who didn't
have as good as four aces didn't wait
to have it thrown into them by the
man who had that tabled, but seldom
seen, hand Strange to say, even the
holder thereof seemed to have forgot
ten his mission He and the rest
dropped their cards, knocked over
theiT>Stacks and did a hot foot for the
first floor. 1t was d new game, and
devil take the hindmost" was writ
on every face, as its owner scuttled for
the ground floor, making the stairways
look like toy things.
After it was all over, the players
went back to their room. The man
who had held the four aces found that
every other man who had been in the
game was from Missouri He had TO
show them. He picked up his hand
from where it had fallen, and, sure
enough, there were the four aces. They
congratulated themselves upon the IN
terruption. They decided that if the
lightning had not struck the hotel it
would have struck them when the m an
behind the four acres began to back
them. up.
Effect of the Lightning.
Mr. C. F. Moses and Clerk McCuen
We're standing at the desk at the time
the lightning struck. 1t ripped, sized
and tore down a telegraph wire, struck
the instrument and made things lively
in the office When Mr.. Moses found
himself he was twenty feet away, look
ing at the instrument. Mr.. McCuen
found himself with one leg out of the
window and the other still in the office.
Roth declared they had not the slight
reached their respective posts of safe
ty.
Over by the South End Pavilion the
tents were pitched. They had been
pegged down as securely as possible.
He who pitches his tent on the sand,
however does not build his house on
a rock, so, when the rains descend
and the winds blow, great is the fall
thereof. Like they were but wisps of
hay, the siXty-mile gale caught the
tents, and dashed them from their
pegs, leaving inmates and sheltered ef-
fects to the mercy of wind and rain.
Many of the occupants did not have
on superfluous clothing, and they COM
plain that the wind caught up the
sand and threw it against arms and
legs, that bathing suits had left bare
with a force that brought wildly to
mind the old sting that accompanied
the parental correction that is admin
istered through the agency of hick-
DRY. Off they darted for Bohans
where they got shelter from the storm
leaving tents Tapping around in the
wind and articles strewn over the
| beach.
Seven tents were blown down. These
were owned by Mr.. G. P. Connery
members of the Lawton Cadets, Mr.. E
c. Quinan and Mr.. C. c. Martin. II
Mr.. Connery's party were himself Mr.
John Carswell and Mr. Billy Reynolds
the Booze Artists Club" Mr.. Connery
called it, In the Lawtons' tent were
| VIM. 3. Adams. Walter Elton, Harry
Dreese, Bob Reilly and Bonnie Adams
| In the Quinan tent were Mr.. and Mrs
| Quinan, Mr.. Charles O'Neill and tht
| Misses Yokum.