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CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE
By Eta J. Beede.
T D'XO', Luther, but you'll hev tergit
yea wife," remarked Mrs. Sargent.
sitting opponio ner son at ute nrean
at table, one beautiful Sunday morn
ing iu May.
"Why, uin't ye feelin' 's well'e com- j
mon, mother?" asked the son, some- j
what alarmed. His mother had never
liked to think of his bringing home, a j
wife, anii if he ever mentioned any
of the girls some criticism was sure to
follow.
"Wall, said she. with a si?h, "you
must remembcr't I'm gittin' 'long In
years, nu' you can't hev me alius. 1
eb'll he 74 come the sixteenth day of
next month, 'f I sh'd live."
"I don't see but your vittles's good's
ever. These benns is sweetened jest
right," said he, filling his plate the sec
ond time; "an' I declare If you hain't
put plums into the brown bread."
"Seems kinder 'stravigunt, but I
know'd't you liked 'em. Hev a dough
nut'.' Them's extiy good, 'f I do say it."
"Ietty Fisher's a pretty rirl." ven
tured Luther, drinking hiscotlee.
"Mercy sakes!" said the. mother. "1
shouldn't want ter git into that fam'ly.
Ola Grnn'ther Fisher vniz tew lazy tei
in joy good health, an' Tim's a chip o'
the ole block. None o' Susan's folks
ever hed any gumption, nuther. 1
know 'em all, root an' branch."
"Fanny Murray sings well," sug
gested Luther.
"An' that's all she docs do," sold Mrs.
Sargent, "sing an' play on the organ.
They say her mother don't put no work
on her't all, but lets her lay abed till
nine o'cloek in tho mornin'. an' keeps
her breakfast warm. She's spi'lln' the
gal 1 s'pose It's because all the rest
died."
"How do you like Kllen Lundy?"
"(,kh1 land! but Kllen'a a smart gal.
oonsiderin' what she sprung from.
Though her mother wuz Lucy Jane F.d
wards, in the day ov her, an' time Will
w hen "he held her head's htgh's any
body's. Kverylxxly wondered her mer
ryln' Joe Lundy, but she got dis'p'inted
poor soul. She set her life by John
Newton, an' 'spected ter merry him, but
he went orf down below to work, an'
fell in love with a down country gal
with a ricb father. It broke Lucy Jane
ell up. Folks aaid John wouldn't pros
per, an' he didn't. His hlldren all died
with the cBpthery. I heerd t'other day't
Alice Stuart wuz a comin' up to her
Aunt Malviny's agin this summer."
"Oh, Alice wouldn't look at me, she's
too high toned for country folks," asid
Luther.
"Well, she hain't no caH to put on airs.
Her father went inter trade down here
t the corner, an' failed up, an' yar par
lost ISO by him, clean cash. They say
Bophy Goodwin's a dretf ul capable gal,"
resumed Mrs. Sargent, changing the
eubject.
"Yea," assented the son, "Sophy's a
nioe girl, but she's so bashful. I never I
could get much acquainted with her. j
Like 'nuff she wouldn't care for such an
old bachelor's I am."
"Sho! yer par win older'n you be
when he got married, an' Sophy's out j
of a good fam'ly," continued the
mother. "No black sheep on neither
nule. Noah Goodwin's well-tcw-do,
though some thinks he's a leetle nigh,
lut folks her ter be ter hev anythin'."
Now Luther had been thinking of
Soph the daj- before, when he was
washing the buggy and oiling the hsr
naaat then, besides, when ho had
braided up Charlie's mane, he had whis
pered a s?cret into one of l;i beautiful ;
pointed ears.
"S pose you re goin to meetin to
day," he remarked, as he got up from
the table.
"Yes," was the response. "Mis'
Greene's trimmed me up a dretful tasty
bunnit with a lay look ribbon on it (I
didn't want no ole woman's bunnit),
nn' I told her't I sh'd be out to-biy to
christen it, if 'tWUl fair weather."
Klder Abbott lived at the corner, and
preached at tkc brick church evory oth
er Sunday morning and at the old
meeting house at the Falls, three nillcs
away, on the alternate Sunday after
noons,, This was his day at the cor
ner, and it being pleasant the house
was well filled. Sophy was there, wear
ing one of the triumphs of Miss
(ireene'i skill, a sun-burned leghorn of
the year before, which had been
bleached and pressed, the blue ribbon
turned and an ornument added. "No
body'll mistrust 'tain't bran new," said
the little milliner to the fair wearer,
"and the shape's so becomln'."
From the kindly face of Klder Ab
bott, above the high desk, tho eyes of
Luther Sargent wandered to the pretty
face of Sophy Goodwin, across the aisle.
She was listening devotedly to the ser
mon, which was on the observance of
the Snhbath, but he wasn't hearing a
word of it.
The Goodwins lived in a neat white
cottage, a little off from the road, about
half way between the corner and the
Falls. They usually went to church
both Sundays, in the morning, but sel
dom attended lire evening services.
In her pretty little room upstairs
Sophy sat by the open window reading
her Sunday school book, while in the
sitting-room below Mrs. Ooodwin sat
in ths great rocking chair, her spec
tacles pushed back on the top of her
head, and nodded now and then at the
CongregatJonallst spread out on her
ample lap. "Father" was stretched on
the lounge in the kitchen, and his
breathing indicated that his nap wa
not likely to be finished before milkinr
time. The boys, Sam and Dick, takim
ul vantage of the situation, had made ni
?arly start for the cows down in th
touth pasture. This unusual prompt
ness was due to a suggestion from Sam
Mint they take a swim in the pond.
As Sophy read en. In the biography of
the missionary, her eyes now and then
wandered from the book around the
neatly-kept room.f rom the yellow-painted
floor, almost covered with braided
mats, to the pink and white bed quilt,
and to the little pictures and keepsakes
here and there, then out through the
dimity curtains into the world beyond.
A beautiful world it was, in all the
tints of spring. The trees were Just
smoothing out their crumpled leaves,
ind down In the wood lot, the hobble
bushes gleamed like drifts of snow in
the shimmer of faintest pink and daz
zling green. Along the grassy bunks of
the brook, winding through the oppo
site field, great bunches of violets held
up their purple bonneted heads;
through the apple orchard the pirdc
buds were bursting into white blos
soms, and by the roadside patches of
bluets looked like tiny sheets of snow,
defying the spring sunshine. The door
yard was dotted with Mayweed and
flecked with dandelion gold, while
through the still air, now and then, a
sweet bird note sounded.
Just as the clock in the kitchen
struck Ave, Sophy saw Luther Sargent
drive down the hill and turn Into the
lane. She ran quickly downstairs to
tell her mother, snying: "What if he j
asks me to go to ride with him?"
"Well, it's a pleasant day. Slip off
that pin k calico, put on your new dress
an' best hat, an' go."
"What will father say to my going
Sunduy night?"
"Oh, I'll make It all right with your
father. You go to the door, an' show
Luther into the parlor. Roll up the
green paper curtain first; mind you
don't tear 'em," said Mrs. Goodwin, as
she dropped her gingham apron, dis
closing a white on underneath, a pre
caution which she always took in case
a neighbor might drop in.
In response to Sophy's "Walk In,"
Luther said: "Quees I won't step in
side. I'll stay by Charlie; he don't like
to stand very well. I jest drove round
to see if you wouldn't like, to go to ride
a little ways, the weather's so fine."
Mrs. Goodwin en me out, sat down on
the door rock, and Inquired how
Luther's mother was this summer, il
she had commenced1 to make cheese yet,
and how many acres of corn he was "cal- ;
c'latin' " to plant.
In a lew minutes Sophy was ready
"It seems to be cloudin' up n MtUe over
there in the west, but I s'pose then '
hain't no need o' your takln' an urn
brell," said Mrs. Goodwin, as the couple '
drove off.
Soon they were so busy talking of oth- !
erthlngathattheweatherwasforgotten
Sophy loved horses, and Charlie turned
back his pretty ears to listen to net
praises of his glossy coat and beautiful '
wavy mane.
Suddenly Lather exclaimed: "It's
sort o' breesdn' up!" and looking
around, ha saw a large black cloud, of a
peculiar shspe, rolling up in the sky
"Sure's prsaohin', Sophy, there's a
shower a comin'. It's furder back to
your house than 'tin to ourn. Guess
you'll hev to go homa.with me an' wait
till it's over"
Just than Charlie felt the whip on
his back, an unusual seneation, but ap- '
parently taking in the situation, h
started lor a rece with the storm. Soon
the dust whirled in clouds, the tender
new leaves were flying through the air. :
and the big drops began to fall.
" Tain't no use," said Luther, "we
sh'll hev to drive up to the next house '
here. You know Leander I'erry'a folkn,
don't ye? An' their barn door's open."
Leander Perry had been "raised" in !
thut neighborhood, but had afterward
gone west, wnere he had remained sev-
eral years, with varying fortunes.
When asked why he returned to his old ;
home, he had said: "As Boon's I get a
Httle ahead, 'long 'uii come a cyclone
an' sweep away everything, so I reck
oned I'd come back to New England,
where they didn't hev such things."
lyeander came hurrying out of the
hum to greet his guest, saying : "Wall,
erf 1 wux out west I sh'd say we wuz in
fur a reg'lar cyclone."
Luther jumped out, but Sophy, feel
ing rather bashful, as she was not ac- ;
quainted with Mrs. Perry, sulci she
would rather sit in the buggy. So they
fastened Charlie in the farther corner
of the barn, next the shed. Soon, how
ever, the women folks came out, and
prevailed upon Sophy to go In with
them.
No sooner were they seated in the sitting-room
than the storm grew rapidly
worse. The rain srwept in blinding
sheets across the field, and it grew so
dark that they could bsrely see the out
lines of the swaying trees across the
road. The old house fairly rocked with
each gust of wind, then came a sharp
tla&h of light, followed by a terrific
crash that almost stunned them. When
they recovered sufficiently to look from
the windows the clouds were lifting,
end the returning light revealed the
Jooryard, scattered with bricks from I
the great chimney and broken branches
from the trees, while the great barn
was lying in a heap, only a littleoorner
next the shed still standing.
Charlie whinnied and stretched out
his neck as he heard his master's step
approaching, but his eyes protruded i
wildly, and he was trembling all over.
Hemmed in by piles of rafters and
broken boards, they found him un- i
harmed, however, save for a few
scratches. A big beam had fallen across
the seat of the buggy; "right where
you'd a been settin', Sophy," said Lu
ther, and they shuddered as they
thought of the narrow escape.
"Might as well a staid out west aster
come on here to git rid o' cyclones," re
marked Mrs. Ferry. "I reckon we
fetched 'em back with us."
"Wall. I'm mighty thankful we hedn't
mo live stock in that barn," said her bus
and. "I'd'no. though, but we've lost
-Id Ruth. I found her with a couple o'
.Ittens up on the haymow yisrterdy. I
neant to m drowned 'em, but it slipped
ny mind. What's that?" and approach
ng the object In question he found it j
o be the remains of a very small gray
altten. "We shall miss old Ruth, aha
waa augh a good mouser," he added.
Then his Uttle daughter, Susie, began
softly calling: "Ruthie, Ruthle, kitty,
kitty, kitty 1 " while her gentle blue eyea
filled with tear. In a few minutes,
however, there came slowly creeping
out from under the woodshed an old
three-colored cat with a black kitten
in her mouth.
Luther was obliged to borrow Mrs.
Perry's wagon to take Sophy home, and
on the way they counted five great
barns that lay like huge piles of kind
ling wood by the roadside.
"I've been all up'n arms 'bout ye!" ex
claimed Mrs. Goodwin, as she came
running out at the sound of wheels.
"But father said, of course, you'd drove
in some where'."
The Goodwin home, fortunately, was
on the outer edge of the storm, and so
knew little of its fury.
"1 must hurry home and see 'f moth
er's all right," said Luther, adding
something in s low voice to Sophy, at
which she blushed and nodded. When
he had driven away she said:
"1 guess I've spoilt my hat, an' I'm
fraid my dress'll cockle. What did fath
er say? I s'pose 'f I'd been killed he'd
thought 'twas a judgment for going
Sunday night."
"Law, child! Fie never said a word.
He nlhis sot a sight by the Sargents.
Never mind your hat, it's ben done over,
'taint's 'f 'tuns new. Now run right up
stairs mid take off them damp clothes.
I've got a fire in the kitchen to dry 'em
by. The tea Little's bilin' an' I'm goin'
to fix you up some hot drink."
When Sophy cume down, wearing her
second best dress, with a bright new
ribbon at her throat, the boys were just
coming in with their foaming pails of
milk.
"Whew, Soph!" exclaimed Sam.
"what ve dressed up so for. jest bed
time?"'
"Het her beau's comin' back, le's
watch," slyly whispered Dick, as Mrs.
Goodwin looked into the parlor to see
if there was plenty of oil in the big
lamp.
Luther found that his house was not
in the path of the cyclone, and, save fot
uneasiness on his account, his mothet
had not been disturbed by it. So, after
giving Charlie his supper, and hurried
ly doing the chores, he hitched Fan Into
the old wagon and drove back to finish
out his call on Sophy, ns he told his
mother. That good woman said to her
self, as she locked up and went to bed,
at early candlelight: "I vtim, 'f he
hain't started out'n airnest!"
Sam and Dick slept in the open cham
ber, and long after they were supposed
to be sound asleep they crept noiseless
ly down the back stairs, tiptoed across
the kitchen and out round the corner ol
the house, under the parlor windows,
but the green paper shades were down
tight, and reflected no shadows. Softly
the boys stole upstairs again and tum
bled into bed.
"now sho'd you like to be rldln' out
with your gal, an' git ketched in a cy
clone?" giggled Sam. "Guees we'd got
ketched In a cyclone 'f dad'd knowed
't we'd been in swlmmin' Sunday
night," answered Dick. "Our Soph's
got a feller, 's t rue's you live," yawned
Sam, and dropped off to sleep.
One nfternoon, when his mother and
sister had gone strawberrying, the
mischievous Dick went inKi the parloi
and punched a hole in the pnper curtain
at the window next the orchard. Tin
next Sunday night the boys climbed
out on the roof of the shed, dropped
down into the grass, and crept along to
the parlor windows. Forabout It min
utes they took turns peeping In through
the hole In the curtain, hill the couple
inside were simply conversing in a very
staid and proper manner.
"There they set, straight's two sticks,
one on one side o' the room, an' one on
t'other!" impatiently, exclaimed Sam.
"This hain't no fun. Come on! Le'sgo
back to bed."
Luther had said to Sophy: "The
hot weather's a takin' holt o' mother
more'n common this year, but I guess
she can git along whilst the Fourth."
Mrs. Abe Johnson, the nearest neigh
bor, as soon as she heard the news,
dropped in to talk It over. " 'Fears to
me they've made quick work on't." said
Bhe. "(iuess Luther's a inakin' up lost
time. S'pose his mother needs help In
hayln'. You're pleased with It, hain't
ye?" and she drew a melancholy sigh.
"1 guess anybody'd be proud to git
Into that family," answered Mrs. Good
win, with a toss of her head. "One o'
Luther's great grandaires on his moth
er's side was governor o' the state."
And pour little Mrs. Johnson sighed
again, for she had an only daughter,
too, and hers hadn't married well."
On the glorious Fourth of July, 8o
phy, in a pretty white muslin dress
and a white leghorn hut with white rib
bons and a long white feather, eatu
out to meet Luther, who had just driven
up with Charlie, whose proudly arched
neck bore the waviest of manes. The
buggy had been repaired by honest
Zeke Felch, the wheelwright, who had
said: "I'll warrant it jest as good's
new."
As they drove along the beautiful
river road towards Elder Abbott's they
spoke of that Sunday night when they
were overtaken by the storm.
"I come pretty nigh Iosln' on ye, right
in the fust on 't, dldnt 17" said Luther.
"I guess we'll never forget the cy
clone," responded Sophy.
That evening the good neighbors
gathered at the Sargent homestead to
congratulate the newly-married couple,
for there hadn't been a wedding In the
neighborhood, "since they didn't know
when." The band boys came up from
the Corner and played a serenade, then
all were treated to lemonade and cake;
each young girl keeping a piece of ttfe
wedding cake to put under her pillow
and dream on.
A few of the friends had brought some
modest gifts to the bride, but little Su
sie Perry's present- delighted her moat
if all. It was a small black kitten, and
lis name waa Cyclone. Good House-teeplng.
CHRIST AT JACOB'S WELL.
tar School Lcassa Is tks latarast
tlsaal Series far Jaaaasy SU,
ISO Jabs 4 at-IS.
(Specially Arranged from Peloubst'a Notes.;
GOLDEN TEXT. Whosoever drtnketn
of the water that I shall slve him shall
never thirst. John 4:14.
THE SECTION Includes the whole chap
Ur, together with a reading of chap. 7:37-3
TIME. December. A D. 27. About elgtat
months after th last lesson.
THE LESSON.
We are drawing near to the close ot
the first year of our Lord's ministry,
the year of beginnings, and it is well
'to review rapidly the events of the year
and mark the steps of Jesus' progress
In the founding of His kingdom. 1. We
find His Heavenly origin. 2. He gains
His first disciples. 3. He works His
first miracle. 4. ne begins His first re
form. S. He makes His first recorded
discourse. C. He goes forth Mills first
tour. 7. He win His first converts in
Samaria.
After His discourse with Nico
demus, Jesus spent the summer large
ly in Judea, winning followers, whom
His disciples baptized. Now He goes
toward Galilee. With this lesson ends
His Judean ministry and His first year. 1
L The Weary Teacher. Vs. 3. 0.
5. "A city called Sychar:"
The ancient Shcchem between Mounts
Ebal and Gerizim. "That Jacob gave
to his son Joseph:" See Gen. 33:l-20;
48:22.
6. "Jacob's well waa there:" The
well is 75 feet deep, seven feet six inches
diameter and is lined throughout with
rough masonry, as it is dug in alluvial
soil. "Jesus sat thus," or as
He was. "on." or by, "the well:" On
the low curbing around the well.
IL The One Unlikely Scholar. V. 7.
"Then cometh a woman of (out of) Sa
maria:" Not the city of Samaria, seven
miles away, but from the country of
Samaria, one of Samaritan race and re
ligion. "To draw water:" This was
the well of the cornfields, dug there for
the express purpose of providing water
for those employed in the sowing and
the reaping of those fields. Thisscbol
ar was one of the most unlikely; a dis
reputable woman, rather bold and free
In her manners, volubleof tongue, very
unlike most of the women who minis
tered to Jesus. And yet Jesus gave Ler
His time. His best thoughts. His care.
III. The Vte Approach. V. 7.
"Jesus saitb unto her, Give me to
drink:" lit u..i('e an appeal to com
mon human kindness that goes deeper
down than religion or moral antag
onism. 8. "For nis disciples were gone away
to buy:" They would bring
with them means with which to draw
water, or they expected that at this
time of day some one was sure to come
ere long who could draw the water.
IV. Great Obstacles Overcome. V. 9.
"How is it that thou, being a Jew:"
The difference in dress, or speech, or
manner, or all, made plain his nation
ality. "For the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans:" A remark
thrown In by the writer to give the
reason for her surprise. They have no
dealings of friendly intercourse.
V. The Lesson Concerning the Water
of Life. Vs. 10-15. 10. "If thou knewest
the gift of tJod:" HisSon, the Messiah,
and the salvation He was bringing to
man. 'Thou wouldest have asked of
llim:" Emphasize the "tbou." Spirit
ually, our positions are reversed. It is
thou who art weary, and footsore, and
parched, close to the well, yet unable
lo drink; it is 1 who can give thee the
water from the well and quench thy
lliirst forever. "And He would have
given, thee living water:" That is.
perennial, springing from an uniailing
source (Gen. L'0: 10), ever (lowing, fresh
(Lev. 14:5).
12. "Art thou greater than our fa
ther Jacob?" Cou you dig a better well
than he did, or find a better source of
water? Or can you get water with
out drawing it, while even Jacob bad
to undergo the labor of drawing?
13. "Drinking of this water:" The
natural water of the well, and all earth
ly satisfaction which it lypifled. "Shall
thirst again:" The supply may give
out. The soul is never satisfied with
earthly Things, and the time comes
when they leave the soul, in itsgreatest
need, dying of thirst.
14. "Shall never thirst:" Literally,
will certainly not thirst forever, for
the craving is satisfied as soon as ever
it recurs. "Blessed are they which hun
ger and thirst after righteousness," but
it declares that there is an unfailing
supply always at hand for the thirst.
"Springing up into everlasting life:"
Not merely in the future, but in the
present. Whosoever has this living wa
ter in the soul has already eternal life,
the kind of life that never fails to sat
isfy, never cloys and never ends.
VI. The Lesson Studied. Vs. 15-26.
15. "Sir, give me this water:" She un
derstands Christ's word sufficiently to
be earnestly attracted by the blessings
in His offer; but of course cannot real
ize the fullness of His meaning. This
is true of all seekers after God. Jesus,
seeing that this woman was a possible
disciple, proceeds with His Instruc
tion, lie nisL ucui-Micijr icvaua iu -io
mind the fact that she is a great sin
ner, and deeply in need of this cleans
ing and refreshing water of life. He
then gives her a lefcson In the true wor
ship of God, showing still more clearly
her need.
PRACTICAL, SUGGESTIONS.
Jesus was always ready for good
work In season and out of season
Many of our best opportunitiescome to
us at unusual and irregular times, as
mere incidents in our regular duties.
This world can never satisfy the soul
It ambitions, its thirsts after wealth
and glory and pleasure, are never sat
isfied by what this world can give.
Much less can the world satisfy the
spiritual thirsts of the soul. Ood ha
never made a soul so small that the
whole world could satisfy it thirsts.
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