The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
cAN IMPROVISED SAIL

"ItH no use. Tom said ELLIS cray .
son, a. ho stood up greasy aud h''
from tiukerinF with tine ouRu, o.
can't make it go. Won hay, to walt
fOr u tow"
Tom Wcbtcr. ElHE cousin know
nothing about motor bouut for ho
had spent hiE llfc ON Kansas farm.
Now hc looked uurusIIy Jt the gam
'Iiug storm and tho broad vNUHuHU OF
the Hudson river. Their engine had
failed thCm Ha they were boz th, mii
die ot Iappuu L,p hUl. and there
was H milo and % hair ot water be-
tween their huut ana each shore. .
IAN the other boats seem tD have
run for cover. FlIs" Tom said aH ne
Elan,cd about .SuppusipE We can q
Ert a tow before tho storm ht,lksY'
"Wu don need to worry about
tunl' Ellis replied confidently 4
iuouH wind can kick up e. H"a ifhi
Irrc. uut nothing thar can swamp
tur Sea Gull BoGidoH. we're almost
cure to Rrt u tow
As hc spoke. however he poorcd At
the Sky and realized that almost
every boat ON the river must Dee SOUR
iylug FOR the nearest anchorage. ilo
had never seen such nm omiuuuv fky
impending storm. Thorc was q doHd
,ulm portcutouH with n strange,
electric prcmonitlou uf coming tur-
mott. Hugo black clouds were rolling
U'tuss tho western hills and spread
Ing darkness over the river
Ellis said rom quietly, ~ don't
know anything about boats. but I d.
luuW something about Ltorms ana
this one BIZ going to hc a terror. lHn't
there something We can do To- roH h
81 safer place.
Ellis nerves. were getting iumpy
ana he replied triflc sharply.
"If YOU ala know more about
hoatS and about this part ~ tho
country you would Ruuw thlt thorr
- nothing 10 be afraid Of \ long.
heavy northwest wind mignt Kick up
a sea here that would bother us. iut
the wind In q thunderstorm do,su
last long enough. Besldos, there IN
nothing We can do, IL forgot To
bring oars and We haven't any mast
ur sail "
IL grew darker and darker. sun
not q breath OF wind stirred, Tho
water was smooth nnd oily aud re-
flcctcd the hlncknoss OF the aky.
Great Scott" exclaimed ELLIS
after strained moment. n wish
something would start THIS calm
gets on "A fellows nerves"
Tom agreed quietly. Tho blackncss
doeponcd. the cluuuds swirled lower
and lower The boys were oppressed
hy sense of being shut In. as II the
sky were descending to crush them,
There was distinct rolling OF low
thunder behind tho hills IN the west
and they Rlimpsed faint flash of
lightning la that direction.
Suddenly Ellis shouted Look !'
he cried and pointed into the north
west.
Tom saw peculiar commotiou at
one point among the shifting. tumbl-
Ing clouds. They seemed to he whirl-
cd and tossed IN all directions, Then
out ~ the confusion sank "A black
inverted cone OF cloud 1t grew larg.
or and larger and dipped lower and
lower
Its the funnel ot "A cyclonc!" Tom
cried "ive seen EN- In kansas"
"a cyclone We don't have those
things I'm this part OF the country"
You're hs"!a- oae new" retorted
Tom, But It won't amount to much
probably. Too many hills for one
thing. hut that's what q Is
But there isn't amy wind"
"'rhore Will be-" said Tom grimly
In awod fascination the boys stood
watching the whirling black funnel
some two miles away, IL was slowiy
advancing towards the middle of the
river, its tip sinking closer and closer
To the water.
Look at the water below IT," cried
Tom suddenly.
The surface OF the river just under
the funnel was churncd into tumul-
tsous foam. Then a terrifying thing
hnppFnpd out of the boiling river