The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF FLORA.
Singular Eject Of shouting "HeIIO
Msc' In some Parts Of
North & arOlina.

IL was waiting for a train at a way
side station in Moore county, N. c.,
one day" said John Gilbert, the trav'
cling groceryman. according to the
New York Sun, and in q man that
came out of q store up the street a
little way and was crossing over to
another store I was sure 1 recognized
Joe Mccain. . fellow travelling man,
although I wondered at his being
down in that country, SO I hollered at
him:
"'Hello-o-o.o. Mac!'
Three men we're walking up the
railroad track at least q hundred
yards away. They instantly stopped,
turned around. and each one Of them
shouted back:
"'Hello!'
1.-Two men anne hurrying out Of the
waiting room Of the station and
asked what was wanted. A man who
was mailing . board on q fence two
blocks up the street dropped his ham.
mel and walked smartly toward the
station. A window In a house across
sho Woo QuiShly IulScu, Bill q
man with . shock Of FED hair stuck
his head out and hollered:
"'Hello!'
-Four other citizens came hurried.
ly out OF a store on the other side Of
the railroad. and looked inQuiringly
toward me, but Joe Mccain didn't
look around, and in a moment | saw
that he wasn't Joe Mccain at all.
The train came along just then and
! got aboard, puzzled at the commo
ton that shout of mine at the sup
posed Joe Mccain had caused among
so many citizens OF the hamlet.
Il was followed into the car by o
man who was standing on the station
platform near me when | hailed the
man Of mistaken identity. and who
seemed much pleased at the result Of
II. He sat down in the seat ahead of
me and said:
That was the first time you've
tried EN-, | see. You didn't get a
rise out OF as many Of EN- as you
will after you get used to II. If
had hollered EN- up, now, you'd have
thought there was a dog fight In town.
the way they'd have bobbed out to sec
what | wanted. You want to put
more lung in your holler to see 'em
show up right smart
IL began to think that the hamlet
was a fresh.air lunatic asylum, and
that here was another of it's patients
ont for a holiday. | guess | must
have looked my thoughts, for the man
quit his grinning and said: .
You was trying EN-. Wasn't
you?'
Il told him | wasn't trying any,
body that | knew Of, and explained
why | had happened to raise the shout
that seemed to have turned everybody
crazy.
oh said he, that's funny. Then
I'll have TO tell you about it,
Its all on account OF Flora
Flora Macdonald, You know the
story Of Flora, OF course? The beau
tiful Scotch lassie, who saved Prince
Charley.
well, after she saved him she
married a Scotch ~muckamuck of tho
same surname as hers, and came will
him and a big colony OF canny Scotch
to this side OF the water. They set
tied on the North Carolina coast
somewhere about the present site o
Fayetteville, and got along first rate
When the colonies began to hgh
the mother country, Flora MACEDONIA,
didn't like 1t. She and her folks re
turned to her native land. and qrit
. number Of her ~colonists went along
but there was plenty OF then
left when the war ended, and their dc
s%cendants are thick in all this part o
! North Carolina. Thus II Is, go wher
you may, hereabouts. Won will find tn