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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27
666

Cures Malaria. Chills and Fever.
Dengue or Bilious Fever. II
Kills the germs.
Quite an honor was bestowed on
one Of our former High School stud
onts recently, when Miss Vivian
Messenger, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Oscar Mcstayer, was chosen Toast
Mistress of the large class at state
Normal This position always goes
to one with exceptional wit, popu-
larty, and special ability in English.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27
LORFAUNILLE NOTES.

LoreauvilIe was defeated in a hot
~ contested battle of base ball by
Dclcambre last Sunday. the score
being to 0.
This Sunday Loreauville will cross
bats with the strong team from
Charenton and good, close game
is. assured The game will start at
3 80 sharp.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27
THE WEEKLY IBERIAN

Rev +. j. Solignac attended the
First Communion exercises in Del
cambre Tuesday
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Mr. Abe Hirsch and two sons went
to New Orleans Tuesday for few
days visit.
Mr.. Albert Carlos and children Of
Jeanerctte spent Thursday evening
at the home. Of Mr.. J. A. Gonsoulin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Chalaron,
Miss Inez Dietlein, Mr.. Rene La
coste and Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Diet
lein spent Sunday afternoon in Grow
ley
Miss Gretchen McDade left Satur-
| day for her home in Haughton. La
She was a teacher in the High School
/ here
Miss Marietta Murray returned
Friday from Bogalusa whore sha
was teaching in the High School.
| II - one liltHlClHt lidl s'tN al
| that's claimed for it" Thousands
have said it about Tanlac and so will
you if you try it. Sold by ES
TORGE DRUG COMPANY.
Miss Marguerite Weeks is home
from Crowley. where she was teach
en- in the High School.
Mr.. A. 3. Murray was a business
visitor in Baton Rouge and New
| Orleans in the interest Of the Real
| Estate Board
| Miss Ruth Gebert has returned
home from Franklin. where she was
teaching in the public school
| DR. and Mrs. Rene Broussard and
Mr.. J. A. GonsouIin attended the
graduation exercises in Jeanerette
last Thursday.
| Miss Ava Costing left for few
weeks visit in Beaumont.
Mrs. Carroll Dupuy left Tuesday
| for New Orleans where she joined
Mr.. Dupuy. who has been in Cuba.
Mr.. Overton Cade of Youngsvile
spent Monday here
| Mr. Harold Henshaw of Lake
Charles spent Monday here with
| Mr.. Robert Leblanc got back from
the high water region near Baton
Rouge Tuesday, where he has been
with the Guards
He reports the critical condition
as having passed, and the water re-
ccding.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Mrs. Julius Maier entertained the
Thursday Evening Bridge Club. Mrs.
Edgar Dupre and Mrs. George Cou-
sin captured the prizes A dainty
luncheon was served.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27
r nn

Mr.. and Mrs. Me Delcambre ard
daughters, Olga and Mildred. Mr..
Paul Romero and Mr.. f. ID. Brous-
sard attended the ball game in Lo-
reauviIle Sunday.
Among those from here who took
in the ball game in Jeanerette Sun
day were Messrs. Rufus Marin, Pex-
lie Dupuy, CASTOR Dupuy, Henry Pa
tout, Bill Lourd, l.. G.. Porter. Rich
ard Nidrine. George Riviere and War
rem Mestayer.
Mrs. Albert Levert entertained q
few of her friends at Bridge at her
home on st. John Plantation. Those
from here that went were: Mesdame:
George Sabatier, John Taylor, J. w
Sanders, Fl. l.. Smith, Walter Burke
c. w. Cultivate, l.. A. Valet, Har'
ry Smedes, G. A. Provost and G. A
Sandoz.
Mrs. Sandoz and Mrs. Provos
were the prize winners.
Friends of Master Burton Costa
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Costa
will be glad to hear that he is re
covering from an operation on nj
tonsils at Landry's Sanitarium las
Saturday.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

being 2 to 0.
This Sunday Loreauville will cross
bats with the strong team from
Charenton and good, close game
is. assured. The game viii start at
$3.50 sharp.
Mrs. julius Maier entertained the
Thursday Evening Bridge Club. Mrs.
Edgar Dupre and Mrs. George Cou-
sin captured the prizes. A dainty
luncheon was served.
Tanac is a splendid tonic for puny.
frail, delicate children. 1t is purely
vegetable and contains no minerals
or opiates Sold by ESTORGE DRUG
COMPANY.
Friends of Eckart White, little son
of DR.. and Mrs. J. II. White, will be
glad to know that his operation, per
formed Tuesday for adenolds and
effected tonsils. resulted successfully
and he is recovering nicely
Rev. Paradis will be assisted at
ii A. NJ, Sunday by. Rev. DAMS,
in conducting the regular services.
This will be Rev. Paradis' last
Sunday here until fall as he leaves
in a few days for his home in Min
nesota to spend the summer. Rev.
DAMS will have charge of the Pres
| byterian services during his absence
| Mrs. f. B. Bayard entertained at a
miscellaneous shower on Wednesday
in honor of Miss Eve Dugas, bride
elect of June.
The home was beautifully decorat
ed. The table where the refresh
ments were served was prettily ar
ranged with kewpie dolls dressed as
brides.
| Miss Dugas received quite a mum
Der Of pretty gifts. Those present
were: Mesdames Renee Broussard
Hubald Romero, Whitney Romero
Labauve, and Misses Tlsie and Ger
trude Bertrand, Lucy, Marie and
Bertha Courrege, Roberta Laperouse
Katie, May and Irene Burnham, Lii
| liam and blanche Hprpechp GusSl
Ledet, Lottie Kramer, Louise Lou
Were, Lula Lemaire. Rosetta Brous-
sard. Eve Dugas and Mr.. Lee Her
peche
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Tanlac is splendid tonic for puny.
frail. delicate children. 1t is purely
vegetable and contains no minerals
or opates. Sold by ESTORGE DRUG
COMPANY.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

PIANO FOR SALE.
Fine condition. Can be bought at
bargain. Ring 1877. 6-5
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Chalaron,
Miss Inez Dietlein, Mr.. Rene La
coste and Mr.. and Mrs Fritz Diet
lein spent Sunday afternoon in Grow
ley.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Miss Gretchen McDade left Satur
day for her home in Haughton. La
She was a teacher in the High School
here.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Mr.. Albert Carlos and children Of
Jeanerette spent Thursday evening
at the home Of Mr.. J. A. Gonsoulin
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Mr.. Abe Hirsch and two sons went
to New Orleans Tuesday for few
days visit
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

Miss Marietta Murray returned
Friday from Bogalusa whore she
was teaching in the High School.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

ct is one medicine that does all
that's claimed for it" Thousands
have said it about Tanlac and so will
you if you try it. Sold by ES
TORGE DRUG COMPANY.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-05-27

SOLID CAR OF BARBED WIkE
and Nails Just in. Buy from BERT
RAND LUMBER CO., LTD, and
save money.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14
GRAND CENTRAL
HOTEL
ST. CLOUD

HOURS 10 A. M. TO 4 P. M.
They Come Many Miles for consulate
ton.
DR.. Doran is a regular graduate
in medicine and surgery and is Ii
censed by the state of Minnesota.
According to his method he gives
all sick people an opportunity to OBJ
tain the best that medical science can
offer right at home He does not OPP
crate for chronic appendicitis, gall
stones, ulcers Of the stomach or other
chronic diseases.
He has to his credit many wonder
full results in disease of the stomach,
liver, bowels, blood, skin, nerves,
heart, kidney, bladder, bedwetting,
catarrh, leg ulcers and rectal ailments
If you have been ailing for any
length of time and do not get any
better, do not fail to call, as i'm
proper measures rather than disease
are very often the cause of your long
standing trouble.
Remember that consultation will be
free and that his treatment is differ
ent until Wednesday, Dec. 20, 8 p. m.
Married ladies must come with their
husbands, and children with their par
ents.
Office hours at The Grand Central
Hotel st. Cloud from 10 A. M. to p.
NJ.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

white oats 45c. Average farm prices
No. 3 mixed corn in central Iowa Gle;
No. 2 hard winter wheat in central
Kansas 81. Closing future prices: Chi
>cago May wheat $1.20A; Chicago May
corn 71hc; Minneapolis May wheat
$1.1S%; Kansas City May wheat
$1.11K; Winnipeg May wheat $1.09B
HAY-Market remains steady Re-
ceipts generally moderate for season
Demand Of only fair volume and for
immediate needs. Prices show only
slight change Quoted Dec. 9th No.
timothy New York $3.50, Philadelphia
$22, Pittsburg $3.50, Chicago $22,
Minneapolis SIT, st. Louis $2050, Sa-
vannah $24.50. No. 1 alfalfa Omaha
$2O.25, Memphis $31, Minneapolis $23.
No. Prairie Minneapolis $3.50, Oma-
ha $3.50, st. Louis $3.50.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-But mar
kets steady to firm. Factor of great
est interest now is imports which have
caused an unsettled feeling. Chicago
and New York still out of line with
each other; Chicago is now receiving
some butter ordinarily shipped to New
York. Closing prices 80 score butter:
New York SIZE; Ph1la. 55kc; Boston
54c; Chicago 551ac. Cheese markets
firm but trading is slow, partly due
to usual seasonal dullness. Wiscon-
sin production holding up remarkably
well. Movement of goods from stor-
age light. Dealers view general situa-
ton with confidence Cheese prices
at Wisconsin primary markets Dec
9th: Twins 26%c; Daisies 27Ac;
Dauble Daisies 27c; Longhorns 27Ac;
Square prints 27hc.
LIVESTOCK AND Chicago
hog prices showed gains for the week
amounting to 25-40c per 100 lbs. Beef
cattle ranged from 1Oc lower to 15c
higher, butcher heifers 25 to 40c up
with butcher cows ranging from Csc
lower to Csc higher, feeder steers ad-
vanced Is to Csc and veal calves de-
clined rs to soc for the week. Fat
lambs steady to 15c higher, feeding
ietLioo 6oS hOI ulSuOlj Willie ldl GWcS
were unchanged and yearlings were
25c net lower. On Dec. 18th hogs
opened 10c higher but closed weak
and unevenyl lower than Saturdays
average. Beef sters steady to 15c
lower, stockers and feeders steady to
strong, other classes generally steady.
Fat lambs fully steady, sheep steady
to strong. December 18th Chicago
prices: Hogs, top, $S.55; bulk of sales
$S.15-S.5O; medium and good beef
steers $7.40-$12; butcher COWS and
heifers $3.25-$11.15; feeder. steers
$5.5O-sS; light and medium weight veal
calves $S.25-$10; fat lambs $685.
$3.50; feeding lambs $125O-$1475;
yearlings $9.5O-$13.25; fat ewes $4.75-
$7.75. Stocker and feeder shipments
from II important markets during the
week ending December 1st were cattle
and calves 102,73S; hogs 1881; sheep
90,772. In eastern wholesale fresh
meat markets beef ranged from 81
lower to 81 higher; veal strong to So
higher; lambs and mutton steady to
81 higher with light pork loins 81 to
81 lower and heavy loins generally 81
lower for the week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14
GRAINS ADVANCE SLOW
Grain Prices Strengthen, Closes
Higher for Week. =
u. S. Bureau of Markets, Washington. d. c.,
for week ended Dec IL. 1922.

u. S. Bureau of Markets. Washington, d. c.,
for week ended Dec. IL. 1922.
GRAIN-Grain market developed
strength after first two days and
closed higher for the week. Chicago
May wheat up 4asc; Chicago May corn
1%c. Oversold condition started
prices upward on sixth; further buy
ing stimulated by bullish Argentine
crop news, President Harding's mes
sage to congress, Julius Barnes speech
before Illinois chamber of commerce
on the Sth and foreign credit bill in
Produced in congress. Market con-
tinued firm on the 18th. Visible sup
ply wheat 33,516,OOO bushels compared
with 47,337 900 bushels same date last
year. Visible supply corn 11,336'00O
bushels compared with 15,950,000 bu-
shells same date last year. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No.
3 Red winter wheat $1.33; No. 2 hard
winter wheat $1.23; No. 2 mixed corn
73c: No. 2 yellow corn TAG: No. 8
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

DOES NOT USE THE KNIFE
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

BUTTER-Creamer extras, SIC;
firsts, 4Sc; seconds, 43c; storage ex,
tras, 45c; packing stock fresh, sweet,
zoe; stale goods, SC; grease, 1c.
EGGS-Country receipts, rots out,
per crate, $13.29; No. candled, good
cases, free from rots, small dirties
and checks out, per dozen, small, dirty
and held stock, rots and leakers out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

Proposed Amendments to Bill Killed.
Neutrality-suspicious. of prohibition
in the House made clean sweep in
knocking out amendments to the pro-
hibitionr section of the treasury bill
which they claimed were to weaken
enforcement of the Volstead law.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

Thief River FaIls-If an attempt is
made to push through the proposed
Red Lake drainage project it will not
be accomplished without strenuous
protest from farmers residing in Pen.
nington county, affected by the view.
ers' report. 1fE
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices

Minneapolis-No. dark northern,
1.22@1.2S; No. 1 northern, 1.2O@1.27;
No. dark hard, 1.1S@1.2O; No. 1 hard,
1.17@1.18; No. 1 amber durum, Ill
OLA; No. 1 durum, 97c@1O2; Corn
No. 2 yellow, 67Ac Oats No. white,
4Oc. Barley, 61c@64c. Rye No. 2, SIC.
Flaxseed No. 1, 2.61@2.63.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14
COUZENS APPOINTED SENATOR
Gov. Groesbeck Announces Choice as
Successor to NeWberry.

Lansing, Mich.-Mayor James Cou
zens of Detroit was appointed by Gov
Alex j. Groesbeck as United States
senator from Michigan to fill the un
expired term of former Senator True
man H. Newberry, who resigned May.
or Couzens has accepted the appoint
ment, the governor said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

No decoration will be more effective
in dressing up the house at Christmas
time than lanterns and candle shades
of crepe paper and tinsel. A graceful
lantern is Illustrated here, made on a
wire frame over which the paper COW
ering is pasted and cut-out figures are
pasted to the sides. The long tassel
may be of tinsel or crepe paper. Fes.
tOons of flower petals, strung on cords,
finish this pretty decoration.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

per dozen, 22c; checks, rots and leak
ers out, per dozen, 21c. Quotations on
eggs include cases. s-E''S,'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

SO Sentenced by Cleveland Court.
Cleveland, Ohio-One man was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary and 80
other violators of traffic laws-the
greatest number ever sentenced here
in one day-were given workhohse
sentences ranging from five to 20 day
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14
So. st. Paul Livestock,

So. st. Publishers, $4OO@$7OO;
veal calves, $2.5O@$775; hogs, 1925
@$S.O0; sheep, $2.0O@$65O.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14

Among the things that delight little
folks are dolls and small animals
made of eiderdown flannel or Turkish
toweling, and painted with water color
paints. The doll and dressed-up kittie
pictured here, are among them. The
dolls face may be made of a piece of
ribbed stocking and the kittie's face
and clothes are painted on. :.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14
SPECIALIST

in internal medicine for the past
twenty-five years
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23
Uncle Sam to Keep Tab on Sun Spots

Uncle SAM and the Western
- Union Telegraph company, which
was damaged to the extent Of quar-
ter Of a million dollars by a sunspot
in May of last year. are now develop
ing a system Of precautions against
sunspots like that of the mariner and
farmer against the weather.
The sunspots shower the earth with
excess electrical current, producing
the electrical storms which now and
then paralyze telegraph, cable and
telephone service. Arrangements have
been made with the United States
Naval observatory for a regular bulle-
tin service on the condition O. sun
spots. Whenever new one appears
on the rim of the sun and starts to
move around where 1t will be in a
position to volley the earth with cleo
trical showers, notice is sent from the
observatory to the Western Union Of
ficials. In return for this service the
Western Union Is preparing to collect
information on a large scale on cleo
trical currents. their strength and d.
rection, and their apparent cOnnec-
ton with sunspots.
Sunspots occur In eleven-year cycles.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23
"Say, Rmania, How About That Debt?'

This Rumanian debt to the United
States is approximately $4OnOO.OOO
the debt having been incurre,i as a
result of advancement Of foodstuffs by
the United States in the period follow
ing the armistice, when the Ru.
manian populations were suffering.
In negotiating this credit. II is
stated. the Rumanian government
agreed that the obligation to the
United States should constitute, a first
lien on Rumanian resources and that
no future obligations undertaken by
the government should supersede It.
The government has now announced,
however, that a new consolidated loan
for $175.OOO,0O0 is to be float I'd, al
though no suitable arrangements have
been made with the United Suites to
cover its obligations here.
Another factor entering into the
situation Is understood to be the de-
lay on the part Of the Rumanian gov
eminent In appointing q debt cemmis-
sioner. or to make any move toward
coming to IN agreement win the
United States concerning the refund.
lng Of the debt
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS
Will Hit the Enemy at Thirty Miles

gun 10 or so feet in length, when
the enemy Is as far off as 30 miles.
In the days of the Civil war when
small cannon shot iron balls weighing
- or 20 pounds, the range was usually
point blank, the enemy ship loomed
large as target and the gun-pointer
sighted by gazing along the barrel.
These two new instruments are
called the target cOmputor and pat
terry cOmputOr. They are directed by
two high-powcred telescopes located
al fixed observation stations in the
vicinity of the harbOr defense. On
sighting an enemy ship the observa-
lions are transmitted electrically to
the two calculating instruments,
where the exact location of the enemy
ship Is computed.
These n, instruments. the fruit or
several years constant work and ex-
pertinent. predict the advance location
of the moving enemy, make allowances
for the temperature of powder, type
Of shell. atmospheric pressure. direc
ton and velocity of the wind and the
drift Of the shell caused by the big
guns rifling. Under the present sys-
TEN all these factors are added. sub
tracted and otherwise checked up and
accounted for by human range finders.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23
Where Science Will Tell All About 1t

scum purposes. where many scientific
facts will be demonstrated. The two
upper floors will be devoted to offices.
The main demonstration feature will
be under a dome in the central lobby,
where the sun-spOt phenomena will be
demonstrated.
Foucault's experiment demonstra.
ton will be embodied In a 60-foot pen
dulum swinging in a wide arc. The
swinging pendulum will mark an In
variable direction In space, and as
the earth revolves beneath II rotation
will be plainly shown by the steady
change in direction Of the pendulum's
swing over the divided arc. Here the
pressure Of light, earthquake action.
magnetic storms, the gravitational pull
of small masses, the growth of plants.
living bacteria and other phenomena
will be the subjects Of other exhibits.
In the seven exhibition rooms sur
rounding the central rOtunda, the lat.
est results Of scientific and Industrial
research will be demonstrated.
The building. designed to cost
s5,OOO,OOO, was the gift Of the Carne-
gle corporation. The ground was
bought with a fund Of 100000 col.
lected by Conationa
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23
Dead Letter Sales" a Popular Sport

A TTENDING dead letter sales" is
"A popular sport in Washington. A
local auction house is crowded to the
doors when the government puts up at
auction an accumulation Of several
months unclaimed and unavailable
parcel-post matter.
Some people have an idea that
dead letter sale is conducted along
lottery lines. A glimpse into the auc-
ton room would bear out this impress
sion. No other goods are In sight. The
auctloneer, high above the crowd. Is
rafting off as fast as he can:
= Lot number twelve-at So. at 50,
Sc. at 81; yours for 81. Mr.. Brown"
Then without a pause for breath,
the auctiOneer is Keeling off the next
number and calling for bids. The bid
ders In the crowd are closely follow
ing the sale by their catalogues. but
these give only the most general de-
scription Of eaoN lot Of goods. APP
parently they are buying In the dark.
This Is not the case. however. The
day before the sale the articles to be
sold are on display. Long rows Of
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-23

store buildings. He walked up and
down In the little paths through the
brown weeds in the deserted streets,
all day long, talking 20 himself. AT
night when the prairie wind ratified
through the empty building, blowing
snow and sand down the halls, and in
little drifts upon the broken stairs, the
old mans lamp was seen by struggling
travellers burning far into the night.
He told his daily visitors that he was
keeping his books.
Thus the winter passed. The grass
came with the light mist of March.
BY May it had lost its color. By June
1t was brown, and the hot winds
came again in August, curving the
warped boards a little deeper on the
floor OF the hotel porch. Herders and
travellers, struggling back TO the green
country, saw him sitting there at twi-
light, looking toward the southwest, a
griZzled, unkempt old man, with q
shifting light in his eye. To such as
spoke to him he always made the
SdIue speech. les, IL lOOhS lIhe Gulll,
but 1t can't rain. The rain has gone
dry here. They say it rained at
Hutchinson, maybe so, l doubt it..
There is no God west Of Newton. He
dried up in 90. They talk irrigation.
That's an old story In hell. Where's
Johnson? Not here! Where's Nickolsf
Not here! Bemis? Not here Brad
ley? Not here! Hicks? Not here !
Where's handsome Dick Barringer,
Hon. Richard Barringer? Here! Here
he is, holding down a hot brick in a
cooling room of hell! Yes, it does
look like rain, doesn't it,"
Cattle roamed the streets in the
early spring, but the stumbling of the
animals upon the broken walks, did
not disturb him, and the winds and
the drouth soon drove them away.
The messenger with provisions came
every morning. The summer, with its
awful heat, began to glow. The light
ming and the thunder joked insolently
in the distance at noon; and the stars
in the deep, dry blue looked down and
Knocked the old mans prayers as he
sat, at night, on his rickety sentry box.
He tottered through the deserted
stores calling his roll. Night after