| Show ii IECFnll Ti A QVJl YltIAW5lCItwA5FUUfl tie t DILADTTl The ruideatslaths flclnltj of Tenth and ShlpI T ttreti aro a 2 toted over the peculIar action of an nocd maplo tree which llDI Ob Tenth Street Jut In fro of Ke lejrs Mon t Boiall boy oproach this In with t mingled feelin of iwo and fear The colored people In the vicinity are thorougli alarmnl and loot upon Lbs staid old maple with suiratiUon They ale I Clare that the tree Is conjured and they warn all persons t kea I ke-a from It The first mm who dUcorered that this true Who acting strangely was Thomas 1 Crimson 1 levelhealed young butcher who holt forth In Uiu Seconds tret tnmkeL Out lllgtat l3t week sa CrlKun w walking out Tenth Street lie chaLCetl to stop In front of the tree to eugage In sUm coiuenatlon with 1 friend While talking he leaned against the trunk and WW surprlexl t feel n tingling tcrfitlon all through hb I back lie became olarmed and thought that ho had received n ttroko of laraljrb As he turnet around and ghijrcU upward ho I re numerous bright IljbU lllekerin all through tho branches of the tree This very string phenomenon cauoetl him to leave l Ho Doll Mr Kelly that nom thing wan tho matter with the tee and Kelly Investigated the matte As ho placed lib hands upon the tree hu felt a sharp sensation all through hU body Ho Immediate concluded that the tieo was a very unpleasant neighbor and I was Immediately neighborhood noised through the A sjndlcateof email boys discussing discus-sing tile mandamus ease gathered near this tr the other night Inc I ofthem placed hU liuuds against Umbarkand hcwasalmost knocked down Hn turn 1 neil fll leaving tbo other boys standln g aghast in astonishment A belated tmdlr who had imbibed toe much stumbled up agaInst the tree one nIght Ho felt thu bcasaUon and with a yell Ltrtcd oU asfastruh I legs could carry him A colored woman carrying a big basket of clothe caino in contact with the trot the other morning She was so shocked and surprised that Cile 1 1ot started otllinvlnir I her clothes stand lug In front of Kellya Dejuty Coroner ISarnhlll visited the trio ono ecnlug for thupuriio of holding an inquest on Its dead branches As he touched the lsaly of the tree his hand was v > fhoclm that be concluded the traIt was lea seaMHl by a demon Captain E Ia lllcc Jr of troop U recently givo the tree a military invet > tlgatio and he claims It it charged wltii electricity City Solicitor Turner dally pa ses the tree but liofcnjs he 1 Is not alarmed and fears no evil from It Through tho branches of thin tree and kuchlng tome of them aru lt I teen insulated electric wIn Tim insulation Iras probably become ut uratcd Stitil tater and tho Irau I being alto wet tim tleetrlcity ha been carried down the tree by tl lie water Into the ground As soon a the tree dies thu wood will becon a iiouccnductor again Thu current which passes dowlt the tree I K of course not enough 10 injure a T8uii as thin current front thu wire theniHhcs would not do that TheeontinuouH wet weather hA saturated thu tree othernL tlio shocks would not havo o cured llaililngton Xact |
