The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-22
An Effect Of
A Cyclone
By WILLARD BLAKEMAN

ihe Win q growing expression of as
tohishment on his face. | could not
understand why he regarded me fins
LOT ana not remember to have ever
seen MIN before. passed into the no.
TEL Persons We're moving about none |
ol "hom interested me or l them. till |
ran up against another man. who |
looked at me with the same expression |
as the man ! had met in the doorway.
AS he passed me | turned and looked
back at him and saw him looking back
at me.
Not ten minutes after this hand
was clappcd on my shoulder, and
voice said:
inn Donegan. want YOU"
ms third surprise was a clow to the
others. Quite likely | reScmbled
man who was wanted for crime or per
maps supposed crime certainly never
broke a law in my life
True enough both the men who had
looked at me in surprise Sworc that I
was Jim ponegan. who few DAYS be-
fore was caught red handed in a rob
berry, but gOt away The only thing
about my case that seemed to puzzle
my accuserS was that should openly
show myself i'll Topeka But when
denied that was Donegan they con
) cludcd that was blufling
While | was being taken to Jail one
Of those Kansas cyclones came up and
! cut Swath right through the town,
taking in me and my captor What
became of him | don't know to this
day. AS for me. | was blown against
a tree box and chung to it till the storm
had passed, which involved only few
minutes. What especially interested
me was to make good my escape from
those who had mistaken me for some
one else. / was fearful lest my capto1
would get his hands on me again
Perhaps considering the damage tina
had been done by the storm. magni
| fed my own Importance. Nevertheless
thought of nothing but re-arrest
Holding to the path of the cyclone,
ran like a deer till I came to a hous
with hole In its side so big that
could walk right through It. Their
was bed inside that looked very II
viting for a tired man. was not tired
but it occurred to me that 1t would b
good place to hide. So jumped int
| he'd and covered up, all except m
II eyes, resolving that would pretend
have been killed by the cyclone.
Il I had not been in bed long before
II pretty girl came in and. seeing me. ra
out crying:
II "Who In the world was In bed In I'll
spare room when the storm Gamer
Ill A woman, a young fellow about Sc
| cnteen years old and little girl can
| into the room | lay staring at tt
/ ceiling, pretending to be dead.
seemed to me that this was the on
way to avoid answering questions
to how l came to be in bed in stran
| house.
n Hes not Dead said the girl vi
II had discovered me. Don't you see t
II color in his cheek" / concluded tn
i It would be better to play injured.
groaned and lowered my eyes to t
group bending over me.
where am II" asked.
\ "How In the world did you come
Y no herey exclaimed the woman In
tone Of amaZement.
Don't you remember anything" al
ed the girl.
81 remember being taken up by
wind and landed somewhere, but VII
| stopped | lost consciousness. In
looking in assumed wonder at the OF
side of the house, Can 1t be that "
blown through thereT
I'LL asked them If they couldn't CO
III I'D the opening and let me stay tn
till | felt able to go somewhere e.
They got blankets and tackled them
between me and the outside. III
they asked me what else they co
do for me. | told them that l wo
prefer to be let alone for time tl
could collect my faculties, declar
that 7 felt bruised all over. They s
gested that some bones might be br
ON Int as this would involve an Inn
diote examination | said my DO
were all right. The girl said t
though she could understand hoV
might have been blown in at the al
ture she couldn't understand nov
IL conld have been blown into bed
covered up. | said that just bel
tbev had come in ! had felt sci
zion of cold and had doubtless pu
the covers over me.
III "Do YOU remember tucking your
III in ~ asked the young lady.
Ill paid no attention to what was pl
Ill ~ sarcasm. | was well tucked
III for | had got under the covers witl
IL throwing them down.
III Well, played safe" long ono
~ n send for my brother, dreading
Xix tho while that the house would
LII searched for me. Had seen the q
U age that had been done would
81 have feared so much for myself
iii strin Of the town several hunC
III feet wide had been wrecked
IL many nersons injured. The nous