The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-23

'lut tOilONliE story DN VIII Il. SnPc-
ian. who handled the Pensacola storm
port for his paper. the Montgomery Adj
'ertiser. appeared in the Christmas Edi-
On Of the Advertiser. II is reproduced
The Journal by special permission OF
Advertissr.) a.
Luck broke well for me on the hur-
: ca assignment TO the trail Of the tropi-
cd hurricane.
An Associated Press Flash" had come
n tho News editor limiting of tine horror
~ the Gulf storm. II was sent while
t.' angry sea was stin battling to beat
| Gown the handiwork OF man, while the
| g'.e Still shTieked and tore at the houses
| i..l sheltered him, his women and his
| ,llien.
The few words in the flash said that
death was riding in the storm, but its
words were vague and hazy. They were
So indefinite that their accuracy was
iHtor suspicion. But If they were true.
mon were battling with the primal
."nents and dying in the strife-a great
i'TS story was shaping for pencil and
ieaZrdph CliCker.
| ! caught the assignment a scant haf
l'nr before train time and in light march
.nS order l took a midnight Pullman
BIT would We get through to the storm
struck coast: The railroad men doubt
o.. IT, The wires were down and a rail-
road without wires is a Samson shorn
'' lis strength. The philosophical thing
Goo go was to 20 to bed without worrying
..' possible breaks in the track and take
j. X as IL came.
i.It luck broke well | walked with
o.. sup shining brilliantly on the Flori-
'' pm" Hats. There IS uO sunshine so
-.'i and 50 warm as the golden glory
20 breaks unOn the wind swept and
l.tN soaked earth when "A storm has
broken ana passed. No day is so fair
u' sun light SO shot with gold as the
Might that breaks upon the earth
V'Fu II has quiycv'j in the dark terror
". The storm ami trcmblci in the roar
a"u the flash ot the elemental artillery.
u no other time does the earth so
Nv IT. Dependent and its trust in its
Jar OF lover. And al no Other time is
Tho earth like m enG,uorcd girl. who
rowing has doubted ami suffered and who
finding her doubts wIG" uf no StaunCher
fabric than her Jealous fancy smiles
through the wet traces 81 her recent
suffering and is happy. The caImness
OF COntcntmcnt tho peace which comes
after an ordeal encountered. endured
aud passed. is the calnnCsS the con-
eminent and the peace that shows
IN carth's face. when the sun all golden,
ones TO WOO IL from the memory of
'sH dark violence 81 the night.
The storm mad been so recent that
We rolled through the Sunlit plains
w Florida the engineer was suspicious
, MS track and alert for some ominoUs
-..r Of trouble. Miles, from the coast
o.. storm had LET the traces OF its
:... The eye could reach no place in
v...G no PROSTATE pine was seen. Fences
'rl had stood prim ana straight lay
t.-',d upon tile ground anu their de-
...i disgrace bespoke the violence of
-.lr We read i'm the loose blinds
.' ".ttered verandahs Of the occasional
i..... house. the smashing force OF the
g.. -.ut came UPWARDS from the sea.
....rd the Pullman we knew nothing
g. storm, beyond what was contain
The hurried ramon That came over
. F.Jc. and what we could read from
.. window IN the pine woods and on the
iH-.. What lay along the COaSt-what
sights the sun Shone upon where
EUu std met was beyond our knOwl-
'ou- hlckman met the train i'm the
. 3.., OF tI.,. faorning--for this train. the
'. O.. reach the depot after the storm.
g.. -" ,nf cf harmony with its schedule
' 'f other hIckTan and no hotel por~
g. guessed correctly the hour of its ar
..n ueets by the depot and
f.e ...Is hard by trees were blown
own ouG wires twisted in hopeless
u'- t.r@iblc information-the first
.IIi" .ss.v.uCc that the trip 50 hur-
.v t5,.r vaS not in Vain-caue from
iong Ea. Guan's cffability TO his rare
IN {ne newly arrived fare SAID ques-
looks n-. you've had a bad storm
Fad stcra Ross, bad storm" the
IN 2H-Hs'ri with enthusiastic
is III The NV distinction the. city had
49,. w IL! IN .,N maritime misfortune;
..- toss \"t Eao orter go down on
Ntl,r front bisShere what. you see
Hcthn' {" what's down on de water
pei water front Is des bodaciouS-
lr"ySd ships done wrecked here,
b.. 1ui everywhere. storm des grab |
ID dr'n ships ana smash en- In
E.SHi against ur town.
a." al. HNeS lost, Was the next question |
'''s asked as the bony animal in '