Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-19
A Freak Of
Fate
scopyrish. 1917. western Newspaper unios-I
D, VICTOR REDcLFFE

AN'AaI aa'hf A0JNVhA
"Yes. It's a clean sweep. I've lost
all I have In the world. There's one
ray OF sunshine. though"
"And what's thatr
II have paid for everything had. I
don't owe a cent"
my brave optimlst. you deserve the
very best II you want TO rebuild aud
start over again I'll finance you TO the
limit"
Thank you. Mr.. Rogers" said Pey-
ton, hut TN through experimenting.
for time, anyway"
He was a splendid specimen of hu-
manity, not yet twenty-five. tall. erect.
clear-eyed and open-fnced. He and his
would-be patron viewed a scene Of
wide desolation. For as far as the eye
could reach was water. the roaring
Miami river. and every estuary swoi-
len beyond Its banks and shattered
houses and barns and great heaps Of
wreckage where the valley dipped. A
nood. followed by n bursting dam. had
swept 10 wreck and ruin half a town
and Its environs.
II CANA ma, M Crvd. pav,on had
osrs.rted his sr.sr, -, h,,.,na., ,o,,c,,y
10 had h,s I'D =, ,ya. .h,csan r.,s-
an, H. nod s.va., 30 na.r,v "a MO-
A poultry fancier and importer had
Just introduced Into this country u rare
species Of what were called cochin
phensants. They were wonderful lay
ers. they were n snort fowl. they were
incomnar nble hroiIers pevton hou,,h,
the entire outfit. Then he had lenscd n
few acres of lond and had nut nm some
buildings. The chicken quarters were
pulatIoi. There v,os one largo shcd so
comfortably built that IL had two sto-
rios and beid over aoo q, the h,oo,lad
fowl This had been boaIlv wrench.d
from its noorInps ami mingled with
other wreckoge
"You found M ,raca N, tho chiclen
hou.e,, inm,Irad Racers
ayes. norts of n strswn bar. and
there. and sucb n bodv M fowls even
live stock moss,, nm whors the rixcr
branches ran ,sa, hadn,, Tho haar, %
Iook Poor ,hInysi"
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he ,oc,d = hr,~ht evad bandsoma
vonny INDY who cvIdeniIv had heen an
ip,er,sstad listener IN niI no had said
and showed n IN her Intelligent ewes
Pev,on strolIed around 10 the same
nl,ec the oext day He found the or
hlhltor glad 10 see him. The Young
.ady was there also.
They became very well Acquainted
md 4: was . rapturous week for Clyde
peyton. Together they went the
rounds OF the fair again and again.
one day Clyde narrated his former
business venture and the clrcum-
terccs Of the flood that had beg
.urcd him. Miss Barnett gave him n
;;range glance that ne did not observe.
Her breath came quickly. IL seemed
To clyde ms though she was very indul-
gent and conslderate with him after
that. His heart beat high whenever
he recalled all her little kindnesses.
The next day his emotions went down
below freezing point when. in casual
conversation, the exhibitor remarked
incidentally:
ayes. Miss Barnett Is helress 10 a
very large fortune"