Millard County Chronicle | 1926-01-28 | Page 4 | Put Implicit Faith in Power of Twins

Put I Implicit Faith in Power of 01 Twins Among certain savage age tribes In southeastern Africa twins are regard ed as ns the children of heaven und and tare lire believed Ilelle to possess the of at power con I trolling t the he elements In times of thought drought the people will dl Jig dig a n hole In the ground put the tIle mother of ot twins In It nail and pour some sonic of of- their precious water upon her They Y believe helle that this will cause Cluse rain to fall When hen a thunder thunderstorm torm occurs the I people appeal to a n twin to fo talk to heaven on their behalf In In- Inmany many uses cases 8 the tile mediator Is a n mere macro child hut the natives es have IH lJ Implicit faith fulth In hi hl his power to persuade the thunder and lightning to go awa away and leave them In peace As soon as ns time the storm has I abated the youngster Is reverently thanked for his Intervention I t