The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-02-22
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF FLORA.
Singular Eject of Shouting "Hello,
Mae" In some Parts Of
North Carolina.

II was waiting for q train at 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 store up the street a
little way and was crossing over to
another store l was sure recognized
Joe Mccain, q fellow travelling man,
although l wondered at his being
down in that country, SO l hollered at
him:
'Hel-lo-o-o-o. Mac!'
Three men were walking up the
railroad track at least hundred
yards away. They instantly stopped,
turned around. and each one Of them
shouted back:
"'HellO!'
Two men came hurrying out Of the
waiting room of the station and
asked what was wanted. A man who
was mailing a board on a fence two
blocks up the street dropped his ham,
mer and walked smartly toward the
station. A window in house across
the track was quickly raised, and q
man with a shock of red hair stuck
his head out and hollered:
"'Hello!'
-Four other citizens came hurried
ly out Of store on the other side OF
the railroad. and looked inquiringly
toward me, but Joe Mccain didn't
look around, and in q moment l saw
that he wasn't Joe Mccain at ALL
1.-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 q
man who was standing on the station
platform near me when I hailed the
man OF mistaken identity, and who
seemed much pleased at the result Of
me and said:
That was the frst time you've
tried 'em, see You didn't get
rise out of as many of 'em as you
will after you get used to it. If
had hollered EN- up, now, you'd have
thought there was dog fight in town.
the way they'd have bobbed out to see
what | wanted. You want to put
more lung in your boiler to see 'em
show up right smart
II began to think that the hamlet
was a fresh-air lunatic asylum, and
that here was another of It's patients
out for holiday. I guess l must
hQV0 1OnEod g.
quit his grinning and said:
"'You was trying EN-. Wasn't
your
Il told him wasn't trying any
body that l knew Of. and explained
why | had happened to raise the shout
that seemed to have turned everybody
crazy.
"'Oh!' said be, 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.
We'll, after she saved him she
married Scotch muckamuck of the
same surname as hers, and came with
him and q big colony of canny Scotch
to this side Of the water. They set.
tied on the North Carolina coast.
somewhere about the present site of
Fayetteville. and got along first rate
when the colonies began to fight
the mother country, Flora Macdonald
didn't like 1t. She and her folks re
turned to her native land, and quito
number Of her colonists went along
But there was plenty Of them
left when the war ended, and their de.
scendants are thick in all this part Of
North Carolina. Thus it is, 70 where
you may, hereabouts. you will find the
woods full Of Macs-Macleods Mac.
donalds. McBrldes. McNeils, Mac
phersoffs. McCrummonses, Macivers.
McDufies, Mackenzies. McDades
Macleans. Macintoshes and hosts of
other Macs. One man back here in
the place We just left is what YOU
might call triple Mac. His name is
Macdonald Macleod McIver.
80. II you step into almost anv
settlement around here in Moore conn.
ty, and along the Cape Fear river. and
holler "Mac!" Is you did bacl,
yonder. only louder. you'll be apt tc
have pretty much every able-bodied
man in the place answering the call
And that's why l thought you were
trying EN-. So. II you ever do trv
EN-. put more lung In your boiler. and
you'll get rise that would make |
Flora Macdonald weep tears of low
II she could only see It,
Il never tried 1t. but from what
saw at that little hamlet | don't he.
iieve the man was giving me very
much OF Z jolly"
Seeing Electricity.