The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-08-16
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sTRANcE PHENOMENON HAD
SIMPLE LIBERALIZATION.
effect Of Young Mrs. Holmes to Con.
ceaI Her Failure a. = Breadmaker
Excited the Nelghborhoo Crowd
y Quickly Disperses.

johnny JaCODS HI5I uASCOtS1SU AS' ts
"Come on, fellers!" he told the
crowd. There's a real earthquake in
the Holmes backyard" 5 IL
Thereupon ensued wild, riotops
rush to the rear premises Of the pretty
house tenanted by young Mr.. Holmes
and his equally young wife. Certain.
" it was curious. In a spot as large
as the top of q barrel the earth seeth.
ed and cracked, rose and fell again.
The boys looked on in awe, and john
ny Jacobs ran and called his mother
to the side fence to see. She went
into the house at once to pack the sill.
YER and telephoned her husband to
come home Immediately II he ever
again wished to see his family alive.
Better call a policeman" volun-
teered a nervous woman, who lived on
the other side Of the Holmes resi-
dence. Maybe he could do some.
thing" she ended vaguely.
The boys surveyed her In lordly mas
culine scorn. Maybe the lava will
flow way down the street." ventured
one of them, with hazy geographical
memories. The other boys looked
properly impressed and the earth con-
tinued it's remarkable upheavals. The
crowd increased.
Presently adults fringed the ring
around the point Of interest and Is
sued stern orders to Juveniles to keep
away.
IF it does prove a seismic convul-
sion of nature" oratorically declared
the little professor from down the
street, there is no telling where q big
crack may spring in the earth's sur
face and engulf us all. Most wonder.
full thing ever saw"
There was a decided roll of the
earth and finally it parted enough to
reveal a smooth white surface Of
mushroom texture. There was mad
excitement.
"a fungus of some Sort" proclaimed
the professor. ut seems OF huge d.
mensioas, too-we may be on the eve
Vt a great discovery"
"Hooray!' Shouted Johnny Jacobs.
I'll sell it to museum found 1t
drst."' s7s
More and more of the smooth,
rounded surface appeared and specu-
lation was rife. The crowd around
the remarkable spot was growing huge
in the dusk. Finally Mr.. Holmes him
self appeared, dragged by the man
from across the street, who spied him
coming home. The man was explain
ing deliberately and Mr.. Holmes
looked puzzled and trifle excited.
1t is an extraordinary person who can
maintain a calm exterior when his
back yard is the scene Of e new botan-
ical discovery in winter time, or, moro
important yet, an incipien:. earth
quake. The crowd made its way for
him. He viewed the ghostly white
surface that rose and fell and turned
pale. It was uncanny. Here was the
earth trembling at his very feet.
He hurried up the back steps and
pounded en- the door. It was opened
by young Mrs Holmes. Her eyes were
red and so was the tip Of her dear
little nose. She blinked at the crowd
and her lips trembled.
What's the trouble?" asked Mr..
Holmes, in surprise. Say, come OUT
and see the curious thing in our back.
yard. Either we have a volcano Or
earthquake all our own private per-,
sonal property or else there is q
mushroom coming up that last have
belonged to primeval times!" 1t was
then she burst into tears upon his
shoulder, reckless Of the crowd.
mo, 1t isn't" she sobbed. Il made
oread-and it acted f-f-funny, and it
didn't seem to rise at all-and Iididn't
want any one to know-so I b-b-buried
1t In the backyard, and now the horri-
Bile 1s-s-stutf is rising like Banquo's
ghost!" =. Il
Then everybody suddenly found It
was time to go home Chicago News.
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