Show r I 1 ill bet a thousand to one that its terrible when it comes remarked the man with the lank hall hair and shrill voice as aa tho the car swung around the curve terrible when it comes inquired the man in the next seat scat lowering his paper and glar glaring luff over the top of it why that bound to happen replied the man maa with the lank hair and abys bound to happen aked af the man la t tb be nest seat impatiently rain breathed brea a shrill voiced one with a shudder and snow hall too frost alsol fourteen kinds of unseasonable weather all in a rowl row it means that something awful Is bound to happen shucks snorted tho mau man in the next seat slapping his paper in his lap you talk like a old dame with the herb habit cut it out and tako take a pill for your livers loafing talio a pill you can laugh said the man with the lank locks in a grieved tone toile but I 1 know what im talking about but I 1 dont mind telling about lt it resumed the man with the lank hal fajr after some slight remarks from the red haired man in me rear because it shows just what were up against on this part of the big map grandfather was saying last night that this year was a dead ringer for 1831 and youve all heard beard about the awful thing that happened then what youre not wise what ignorance anyhow according to grandfather 1831 started smarted off just juat like tills this year along in march when ordinarily dina rily the sleighing 7 was good here in town there came a bunch of heat that made all the front doors la in town blister and peel then it got cold a and nd snowed then it hailed balled and then it rained and along in june and july auy when ordinarily washington Is ilk like 9 a furnace it was waa raining and snowing 9 and hailing all in twenty four hours and the water was so deep on pennsylvania avenue ani and the thermometer so active that one day the mary washington wahington could steam at full speed from alexandria to the soldiers home without taking soundings and the next iceboat races would be in order oh it was a fierce bear year and we seen the worst ot of teh one yet you listen to me well what was the awful thing that happened inquired the man in the next seat with willi more impatience oh replied the person with the lank hair 1 I was getting down to that you see grandpa had bad just been married in january of 1831 and his wife was a good cook and he was naturally of an optimistic disposition he take much stock in the calamity conversation that was going round but finally it began to work on his nerves and he got so hed sit looking out of the window for hours at a time won dering just what form the impending disaster would take just like folks and particularly married men are doing now so 11 look here said aid the man in the next seat glaring at tho the shrill voiced conversationalist are you or are re you not going to tell us what happened in 1831 certainly replied the litak lank locked individual with an injured glance fiance around 1 I was just getting down to it well as I 1 was saying grand grandfather rather got so BO he eat he know knew something was going to happen all signs pointed to it and hed never known such signs to fall and sure enough it did and it was terrible it was worse than he had bad ever imagined grandpa was a poor I 1 say shouted the man in the next seat you tell us right away what that terrible thing was that happened I 1 dont propose to certainly interrupted the jong longwinded calamity conversationalist nervously certainly I 1 will right away As I 1 was saying grandfather was waa sitting in his bis office this particular dabin the summer cummer of 1831 feeling sort of shaky and blue and he be heard a horse come galloping madly doah the street and stop in front of his door and he just knew that something terrible had happened the man in the next seat beat pulled fiercely at his clear cigar but the lank locked talker boomed right along alone un noticing ly grandfather rushed to the front door of his bis office be said arid and out ou t there was a horse covered with foam and airall aman just falling to the ground from exhaustion and grandfather looked at the man and his tongue just clove to tho the roof of his bis mouth he knew something fearful had occurred goodday good day smith he be said after he trot cot his big voice the man who tell fell oft off the horse borso was a neighbor of grani grand pas pals tell me the worst at once A it abad bad I 1 but the ui nian man 0 on a me booras juer I 1 tolled rolled bin eyes and breathed hard bard toll teh mo me quick I 1 yelled grandfather fron df Is ie it t twana worse than that eded bineth shaking his head bead triplets by heckl yelled grand pa as he fell down in a fit and trip lea it was waa this kind of 0 weather fier a al ways vay means something aw awful ful la is going to happen you listen to me and the man with the lank locks and shrill voice gat heredi tip hid morn ing paper alq and napkin wrapped lunch ft ta roped in to make bura i they were ox oa 4 the beels and left thecae azid a loud shrieking silence lence el |