Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-24
Down il the cy
clone Cellar
~ FRANK H. WILLIAMS

was q such q temnast,,on,
hseuipe1ament; perhaps Il was qlmnI,
Sssause she was born that wav i,
10y rate she was nightly tempestuons
When any Of her deeper emotlo 800 ~ 6
1872, .aso,ysa. AND when her father. stern
auOrOse Henry Simpson. accnsed IN NV \.
ssweetnearf Of being responsible for tbe
Loss q the Simpsons slowly acc,,n M
once. sne Aared UP at
IN. ~ course Jim Brown didn't take
mem she stormed. "You ouebt i
Al WY. nun better than that, father ~
Slm knew ] kept them ii nv daslr
ana that the desk was unlocseds 900
ier father stolidly. "And what does
IL az when | say something n Mn
81 apOut-tlem being gone-he disappears
Anat proves he took themp
lately. "uS uisconso-
=, AZ didn't take theml' she cried
just know he 6idn,fIo W
ehe looked around the modest,,, a..
hlsned little living room desperately II
my sne had some one to help herr n
Only her mother hadn't died-sba
would have understoodl
Betty looked at the foolish or,n ~
the race Of her senile Did grandfatbor
ana then at the happy smila q M
Iace OF her baby sister. And sbe J
signed deeply. Life was going hard
WIN her. Il only she could make NV !
pose. = = esSeu pur-
Please don't file an affidavit against =
MN Please don't fatherp sba o,,aa !,
Z Just know Jim didn't take Them !,
sast know everything win come out all
I'VE already filed the anidayit - =
answered her father shortly. 4 can,t /,
anord to lose all that money esn,t :
"e'p = = Jim has been your beau he
re turned away heavily. Tears n
started 70 Betty's eyes as she looked II
altef nlm. Her father was stern and
naru Much sorrow and a bitter IIsa ola
mao made him cruel There was ~
moving him when he had SET his po,nd -.
p---HNos " nat COWIQ she 0n9 ho1
mat night Betty wrote an I'm. -
FASHIONED letter to Jim--to an address ~,
~ nad given her before Ieaying--urg. ~,
ng him to come back and prove his 10,
And In this letter, too. she har
irged him to tell her why he had laft n
Or quite suddenly after her father hsd ~ !
artialIy accused Jim OF the theft he Il .
ad left the countryside without let ~
ng any one, save Betty, know where p,oc
was going. And he had not even Il,
"a Betty why he was going. -
IL was about a week later that 4ba
ved. 'y nuns
aC,vc,ono .... kisse
g the country folk for some bours oo,,,1
iOfe the unmistakable signs OF an
Oacning trouble sent the Simnson Da,,,
mily scurrying into the cyclone coI. MIL
near the home Even as Betty
ped her grandfather down the stairs Dead
2 me cellar which had been nre. "a
req years before at some little dis.
zee from the house, the menaclnO M,
raj OF the cyclone was visible down +hat ,
valley. .nat
,at+,,,. 49,, an Al
Z and as Betty pulled the storm Ln,ad
nat and locked It she saw that her 10 !,
ler mad lighted lantern and was Az, J
ring quickly and somewhat fear. ~os 49,.
around the cellar. What was corrs,
ng2 w course
city leaped down the remaining R 1a,H !
3 Of the ladder Into the cellar 49,,
What's the matterY' she crieo "a ,as~l
rather, who was holding the Ian. rvo III ~ =
nigh above his head. o,,t,a
ICE more stern Henry Simpson 49, 49, :,
around the small room before ", MN
ing Then he gazed fearfully into nine ~ -
rs eyes. 49, niue 70
here's the babyf" cried Henry tbree NJ n
son. .niee-qt
mic clutched at Betty's heart At oo oroes
She gazed around the tor ssa =
ara Il s,nn4 nS DaOy was The gu
mn AZ 81 tongue
aeo GU a1"n mere a nalf grip or
nave chmDed two rou
ntically Betty rushed to the side MOI as Oe e
room and Ieaped upon a box horse ,.Sse :. y
brought her eyes in line with y H. az :
portfolio, partially raised above : A-e
rel Of the earth. in which heavy ~
formed lookout She looked Tho ~
arfully. Ane W
e, half way between the cellar cloealu :,
e house was the baby, dancing other M
down in the gusts Of wind notor,ors1
heralded the near approach Of few ,ndso
lister. A pair Of the grand World ', Nh :
old overalls. which had been faca IL - !.
from the house. were partially Win tba
about the baby. And only an dangbtors
igiy short distance away--com- emf tba =
s.sn sa.s speed at winch Il was yelled.
was the cyclone. TlLa 80
Jumped from the box and ran In unnecos
he ladder, crying swiftly to her women ~ =,
$ she ran: NJ 800 ~ !
baby's out theref I'll 60 get schools IN,
Betty reached the foot Of the Doth,r.r ~
surprising thing happened. :
earthen wall behind the lad :
led to STIR Then Betty saw The Pet.
ne nafnfnd ht,rlo,, .rS4. ~eei