New-York tribune., 1916-06-18
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IOAH'S ARK
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conditions. should say the sun would now
shine for forty days and forty nights"
Hold on" exclaimed Mr.. Jonah; give the
moon a chance at night"
Captain Noah looked somewhat abashed He
had made slight mistake, but he did not like
to be corrected by Mr. Jonah. "A figure
of speech" he answered; III the moon is shin
ing how can it be raining? You too critical
my dear Mr. Jonah. In fact, you a nuisance"
What would have happened after this remark
am unable to state had not Marjorie arrived
on the scene Seeing that there some trou-
hle brewing. she ran forward and said to Captain
Noah. won't you let Mr.. Jonah take the wheel
for a little while? Mrs. Noah wants TO you
in the cabin" Rather ungraciously Captain Noah
turned the wheel over to Mr. Jonah and went
below decks.
al think its going to rain again." said Mar
jore.
"Do you?" answered Mr.. Jonah. at probably
will l left my umbrella and macintosh on the
island never yet went without either but
what it rained."
There's big, black cloud in the West" the
Weathercock called out; 'it looks like rain TO
ne"
Mr. Jonah went to the side of the Ark and
looked toward the West. at certainly looks like
it," he remarked; well probably have ter
rible thunderstorm" As if in answer TO his words,
a fash Of lightning streamed across the sky.
Then peal of thunder resounded. Captain Noah
rushed up on deck Were going to have nasty
weather" he cried, looking at the barometer; eve
had better fasten down the matches and make
everything secure" This done, and
everybody went inside. Even the Weathercock
was persuaded 10 come down from mis- perch and
enter the cabin.
The storm broke. Crash after crash resounded.
The rain fell in torrents and the lightning
flashed continually It grew late, and still the
storm did not abate. Marjorie at last became so
sleepy that in spite Of the bowling Of the storm
outside she told Mrs. Noah that she wanted to 20
to bed. Il took her but few minutes to undress,
and she fell asleep almost Immediately, so tired
was she after the days excitement. In spite Of
the thunder and lightning, she would have slept
soundy until morning had not something very
strange happened
And this is how it came about The Weather
cock, though he had had to come inside the cabin,
went out on deck every now and then 70 ascer-
tain the whereabouts Of the Ark. Of course, it
was very dark, and to ordinary person 1t would
have been impossible to tell where they were.
But the Weathercock was most unusual sort of
before he joined the Ark, and he seemed to know
pretty well the latitude and longitude without
consulting a map or a compass. Late in the
evening after coming in from deck, he quietly
slipped upstairs and knocked on Marjorie's door
But she was so fast asleep that she did not hear
him If it had not been for the dove. who was
light sleeper, | don't believe the Weathercock
would ever have been able to tell Marjorie his
important discovery. On hearing the knock on
the door the Dove flew down from her perch
and turned the kncb. The Weathercock gravcy
entered. and after whispering to the Dove, silent
" walked over TO where Marjorie lay sound
asleep.
At this moment tho Ark grated on something
and then came TO a standstill. So silently and
quietly did the great vessel stop that Captain
Noah, who by this time had grown very sleepy
did not notice it.