The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-21
The wATcHmAN AND soUTHRoN, AUGUST 81, 1907.

truly, Israel laQ Deuiuu II LII, east
of it the sea. West Of it the army
would approach. South only could it
flee into a torrid, arid, uninhabited
desert.
A round and tumbled mass, blue
black, but attended by copper colored
rack, detached itself from shelf1ike
stratum Of cloud and, elongating. seem
ed to descend TO the surface Of the sea.
Daylight went out instantly, and pro-
longed moan came from the distant
! east Binding flashes Of lightning IL
Illuminated the whirling mass and al
most absolute darkness fell after each
bolt. Out Of the inky midnight toward
the east came An ever increasing sound
Of maddened sea, gathering in vol
ume and fury and menace. kenkenes
flung himself On his face and waited.
He did not have long to wait
With noise Of mighty rending, re-
enforced by a continuous roll Of saw
age thunder, the storm struck. a
spinning cone Of wind caught a great
expanse of sand and, lifting the loose
covering, carried a huge twisting col
umn inland-dea-u and entombment
for any living thing it met. With IT
went a great blast Of spray, stones,
seaweed, masses of sedge uprooted
bodily, much wreckage, palm trees,
small huts which went to pieces as
they were carried along, wild and do
nestle animals, anything and every
thing that lay IN the path of the storm.
The rotary movement passed with
the first whirl, but hurricane, blow
ing with overcoming velocity, pressed
like a wall against anything that strove
to face it. Its hoarse raving filed Ken
kenes' ears with titanic sound. The
breath was snatched from his nosuils.
His eyelids, tightly closed, were stung
with sharply driven sand Though he
struggled to his feet and attempted to
proceed, he staggered and wandered
and was prone TO turn away from the
solid breast Of the mighty blast. he
could not hope to make headway blind
ed, yet he dared not lift his face to the
sand He could make a shelter over
his eye that be might watch his feet,
but he could not discover path and di-
rection in this manner.
The day was far advanced, and al
ready the army had outstripped him.
Might not Har-hat at this hour be de-
scending with his veterans, seasoned
against the simooms Of Arabia, upon
Israel, demoralized In the storm?
Desperate, the young man dropped
bis hands and flung up his head.
He was standing in soft light very
family diffused about him, but mar
rowing ahead Of him, Frightening, as it
contracted, into almost daytime bill
lance to the south. The Illuminated
strip e.ss not vide tne pIa: .au 20 Tie
west was DARK the farther east ike
wise storm oJ5sc1res1. Takin=; courage,
;ie raised tsis eyes for az II: tart The
drift. < sand 1-oald not pei nit q. io1-
ger coA1ensppllaioG, bat q tit Iee1ing
glimpse he discovered the source Of the
supernatural radiance. The pillar was
tinged like cloud In the sunset with
a mellow and benign fire.
Kenkenes did not marvel and was
not perplexed The miracles no longer
amazed him, but he had not become in
different or unthankful. Each forward
step he took was declaration of faith;
the thrill Of relief in his veins, psalm
Of thanksgiving The stones were as
many and as sharp, the way as I'M
tender, and the mighty tempest strove
against him as powerfully. but he fol-
lowed the ray. trusting implicitly.
Night fell unnoticed, for it merged
with the supernatural darkness of tie
day.
At the summit Of the slope which led
down to the waters edge he paused.
Below him was gentle declivity end
ing to the south in darkness. There
was not a glimmer Of radiance on the
sea. Far to the east could be heard the
sound of infuriated >surges, storming
the rocks, but dense darkness shrouded
all the distance. Only the beach direct
" under him was aiight The shadows
cast were blacker than daylight shad-
ows, and the radiance had a orch Of
gold. which gilded everything beneath
it. The poorest object was enriched,
the gaudiest subdued.
Had the number Of Israel been 10000
or even 100000 Kenkenes might have
had some conception Of the multitude.
The millions masSed below him on the
sand were not to be looked on except
as vast unit
The tribes We're divided, the herds
were collected at the rear or :nland
side, and the lepers were isolated, but
no order in detail was possible. Tents
were down, goods were being gathered
and much commot1on was apparent
Even at distance Kenkenes could see
that CONSERVATION and dismay were
rife among rsrael. The whole valley
was murnurous with subdued outcry.
and multitudinous lowing and bleat-
ing Of the herds swept up, blown Wild
ly by the hurricane.
The senses, too, are limited IN their
~x~>oc,, o1,on oc tho brain has hounds