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Show 'x ' f l DEATH FEOJIIIEAVEN. CELESTIAL DODV CRABHES THHOUOH OKLAHOMA HOME. Tratady of tfatora Tbat Umri &a fraqaantlj Than Woald aam l'ostlble Whin Nambar.of llMMti Is Con-tldarad. Con-tldarad. (Special Letter.) In Perry, 0. T , a remarkable fatality fatal-ity occurred on Nor. 12 last. Out on the icaot prairie which surrounds that town a settler nnmed Ilcndcraon had built oce of thoie humblo hornet which aro an architectural characteristic character-istic of n new country, Tbt houao was plain nnd unpretentious, but It waa aa good aa that of hit neighbor, and It 1 waa a homo for him, hla wife, and hla i little onca. Now the houao la roofless and forlorn, two of tho children are idead, and another, with nrma and lege broken, Ilea on a bed of Buffering. It all came- ao suddenly and In so unparalleled un-paralleled a manner. They were 'sleeping, and on them was that aento ot calm security which comes to ua all when night draws her sablo curtain 'down. Then, out ot tho peaceful, star- i lit aklcs, death camo to eomo and woe to all, Thero waa no roar of tbo I tempest to warn them; thero waa no crash ot heaven's artillery to prepare them for their fate. One moment tho hush of sleep was upon them; In tho next tbo deeper huah ot death had sealed their lips and stilled their hearts forever. As has been said, death tent his messenger from the sky. A meteoric, ahower coming from who - knowa what unknown and unfathom- ablo spaces, made that little home Its mark, and Its aim was true, One stone, largely composed of Iron and moro than a foot In diameter, craahed , through tbo roof, and the bed where ) the two children slept was In Its path. It left their mangled bodies behind as It burled Itself In the earth, and they never knew how death came to them, i Tho arms and legs of another child were broken by falling pieces of tbo roof, and tho cntlro family was burled In tho debris of the cabin. On tho pralrlo within n radius of a mllo wero found tlx plocct of what undoubtedly was one exploded meteor. So occurred n casualty of which Oklahomant will talk with awo and horror for nlno days or so. while men of sclenco will da of tho circumstances and fllo them sway for future reference. For a tlmo i rpcclacled strangers with knobby fore heads nnd protruding brows will prowl about the ruins of tho humble Henderson Hender-son cabin, hunting for fragments of black meteoric stono; then they will depart, and gottlps and science will unite In turning to a later wonder. After all, perhaps It should bo said that tho real marvel ot tbo Oklahoma Inttanco Is that It did not occur In tome more denaely Inhabited part ot the earth. Juit why tbo celestial can-. can-. npn ball should have choten for Its victims those who dwelt In a sparaely fettled wilderness, and why year after year elmllar ones should mtsa tho numcroualy populated parts of tho world, are questions that suggeat themselves and always aro unanswerable. unanswer-able. Nature's bombardment continues contin-ues eternally, and Its victims aro won- derfully ton. |