The Washington herald., 1908-08-09
4URRIBLE SKEER!!
Mysterious Light in the SN-Bing.
vile Thought the World Was
Coming to an End but II
Didn't. HOTiTing PeTiii-
eTlerS Below

Last Tuesday night was a red letter
night in the history Of B;ngville, the
horrible memory Of which viii linger
II the minds Of the Oldest as well as
OF the youngest inhabitaut for many
years to come Il viii be remembered
thai Tuesday night was a awful dark
night. On the piazza n front OF Hen
Westhersby's store was seated the
usual conglomer4ion Of town loafers
smoking, chewing terbaker, and Irdul-
gin II idle conversation About 9 p n
HOd QUIggley happened 10 glance up
az the sky II order 10 see what kind OF
weather there might be the next day,
when his eye caught sight OF a lumIn-
Gus red light which seemed 10 be how
erIng N the heavens over the central
portion OF the town. Hod he rubbed
his eyes and looked again. but the light
was still there, % he seys to the others,
What the tarnz-Ion Is that red light
ID IN the sky there anvhow-is i q
star OF what" Everybody looked
where Hod pointed and silence fell on
them present Il was the general opin-
ion that Il was not any star because
stars isn't red While they was look
ing at II the thing begin TO sort Of
wobble round and move across the
heavens, whereat q sickening silence
fell on the spectators Deacon An
drews said he calkilated It was some
token. Bill Hepburn. our artistic black
smith. who for the most part has led
Z wicked and Intoxicating life. asked IN
a nurse whisper if It might be that the
world was about TO come 70 4 end
Bills words struck CONSERVATION to ev-
cry heart present As soon as Bill
mentioned this awful suspicion the
others present came 10 the conclusion
that mebbee he might be right, and
fastened 10 their various homes TO
prepare for the worst
The news OF this awful red omen IN
the sky spread like wildfre over Binz-
vile. and IN q few minutes the entire
population was out IN the streets gay
ing with awe-stTuck wonder al the
light as II wiggled about way I'd yon-
der N the sky. Women moaned and
rung their hands, and some tainted.
while stTons. men lost there courage
and begin 70 recall al the wicked
things they had ever did in their past
7 iIidiit Sll1CONC SA[<CSLCQ litdt LLlC
crowd should 60 TO the parsonage oc-
cupied By Rev. Samuel Moore. beloved
pastor of the Bi1gviiie church. and
should ask him TO pray that the end
of the world might be STAYED of for
a few weeks II possible This sugges-
ton was adopted and everybody made
4 rush for the parsonage Rev. Moore.
who was Just ready to retire for the
night. was routed out and when he
learned the cause throwd open the
doors Of the church, lit the lamps and
tried to pacify the members OF his
flock as well as nearly everybody else
IN Bingville Such a scene has never
been witnessed in our midst before
Bill Hepburn asked TO be forgive for the
amount Of ticker he had consumed dur
ing his life and vowed ne would never
touch another drop as long as he lived
Deacon Andrews hunted uD Cv Hos
kins and give him back $40 which he
had cheated Cy out Of II a horse trade
sometime before Hen Weathersbv
prop. Of our general store, got up and
confessed that for many years he had
doctored his weighing scales and mixed
flour with his sugar. Others present
also admitted their faults. Every little
while the crowd would adjourn from the
church 10 take a look at the star Of
Doom, and by and by the star was seen
TO be descending
As 1t come lower and lower It was
finally discovered to be lantern sur