Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31

ates. A similar tornado s.,,ess
MI meek one-half Of the CITY Of g Jo,,, !.
LUIS one, % he learned ofto,r,.a S,.s''
swept around the soufh Of T~o,e1s
created a tidal wave vbich IA . --,
b s@alase TO the Sicily isles and. tba
n i,d Of the south coast. vet snant
IlSeil somewhere in the Nortb aoa
Dmeliers in inland cities were an,a1od
''nu lncredulous when the newsnor,orr
spoke OF It's extraordinary violence
truth is harder to swallow 4hon -
all the time. '-'''H d ne
op ciattered Enid with the steamino
beverage, Constance, the lantern hnar.
er, providing the rear guard
do believe it is blowing worse +bar
ever said Enid, striving desneratalv
TO De unconcerned. In reality tho on
cry wind was no longer able to bnboad
me waves With rising tide and the
gale assisting there would soon no
sea worthy Of Turner in his maddas+
mood, 80
GOOD gracious, dad" cried Con
staAce, how pale you are! And vo,,r
lorehead is wet. What have YOU been
doing?' oH
Brand hastily mopped his face with
handkerchief.
buflng some Of the heavy gusts"
| ne explained, 81 was compeIled to
stand on the trimming stage. And-tbe
mlcrometer valve required adjust
| ment."
She eyed him narrowly. The margin
OF suspicion was wider.
There is nothing else wrong?o she
asked
tie approached and kissed her ear.
Since when did my little girl begin
to doubt me?" he said quietly.
Her eyes filled. Even the hint of .
reproach from him was fntolerable.
For the life of her she could no longer
control the flood of terror which welled
up beyond restraint.
Forgive me, dad," she murmured,
but | thought, and I still think, that
we We're and are in a position of the
utmost peril. | can't help knowing
that it is high water about 2 o'clock.
1t is now only quarter to /. The
worst is not over. Do you think can
not read your dear face! Dad, if there
is danger don't send us away again.
Tears were streaming down her
white cheeks. Enid, holding the tray
in speechless bewilderment during this
outburst from her proud and self re-
liant sister, set it down on the writing
desk with a crash
''Oh, DEAR" she walled, 81 don't want
any cocoa il we're gug-gug- going to be
drownedw
Certainly if Stephen Brand had i'm
agined two minutes earlier that he was
about to laugh long and loudly in a gen
uine surrender to an uncomfortable
spasm of mirth he would have feared
lest his wits were leaving him. Yet
he laughed now until his vision was
blurred And the wonderful relief OF
it, What a tonic after the ordeal be
had endured!
It Glanced just then that an eman
ciDated wave embraced the granite col
unn. hit the cornice and deluged tht
lantern. its disintegrated mass striking
the glass with force enough to breal
anv ordinary window. The astoundet
girls could not refuse the evidence o
ewes and ears. Here was the franti
sea leaping to height of 40 feet an'
more, vet their father was treating tn
incident as the merriest joke Of man.
4 q month
g No better cure tor their hysteria coul'
be contrived Brand was obviously no
acting The hearty pulsations Of laugh
fer had restored his rudy color. Evi
IDENTIFY they were alarmed about moth
d ing.
= "Here. Enid, drink your parting cup!
he cried "HaFe no fear. 1t is onl
tbe dochan doris before many anothe
n feast"
Feeling somewhat ashamed OF them
&c selves, though smiling very wlstIulis
+hev obeyed him. He slipped his coco
!. with real nonchalance. Another Way
+,,rnad \ somersault over the Lantern
l0 Rrand's only anxiety was to blow q
+he stea1ning liquid and cool Il sun
10 GENTLY.
ie yo+ was he watching them and nan
, rnering out the right course 10 aeoi'
d To alone understood that to the noVle
VI the amazing ordeal from Whlch u
ST ,.ab4touse had successfully emerge
-Too &c naught compared with Il
at thunderous blows of the waves, u
ne astounding reverberations of the hollo
lis r;,1ar the continuous deluge of spra
st p+ +be lantern, which the lhIui
at a+od COZ would infict on them.
es ''' To urge any further effort TO see
lie as foIly They must remain with III
OF and be comforted. - ena snir
he Being reasonable girls, Oh Inc ,;a sp--
,ul under conditions less benulnpins'
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