The Gavelyte, January 1910

I' 111•, 1: \ \ 1,: I.\ l }',, It t111Jk ·11111lhP1 h11111 lo 11 •,lf' h llw . ummit b•1L th,, !111111 had riot 11 y,•t br11k1•11 forth H· l hi l imt· 1 I wa. ni,ar ly ,I.irk. 1 lw li~htnir1, , :1 pl 1\ i11g nn tht• hills and tn•P and , ltnwing th" d,•t•p 1avi1w on thP rig-ht. and 1111 lht• Jt.ft t lw t111n•ri11g rn ,,11ntain.. ,\ · lht•\ .larteJ down the dP.1e11t, Hig .l,ek lf•nH11I f'd thaL thf• tr,rm ,vnuld l1rpak bl' or long but if i would hold off a while long •r th,.y w1111ld i: ·t past I h~,·Jl':,i Bend and tlw way woulrl b .-r1f fr,,m th rP on. Hut the ~torm , emt>d to tak on nc•w E-ne1g ·, IPa1,ing from th ll1\)t111tains lik a wild b •a.. t. lain ·am down in torrent· . Tlw \\ind, m1p– ping t n ('S and ruLbi ' h from their rout,, .'l·nl lhl m whir ling do\\ n the mountain ~id making sounds like the br ahrs in an ocPan . torm. With thi wa' th, nev~r-cea ·ing tla.'b ' of lightning and thP ·ontinual roar of thunder sounding like a great avalanchE:'. s they l'nter d th 13end they could hear the water comin down from above hut Jack with a crack of the whip and a yell at th . hor e , which was hardly audibl ru bed on. Two more lengths of th(' wagon and they would he af but at ti.at · in tant a bolt of lightning era, hed into a giant oak felling it aero: the pa s. Tbera wa no time to ... top. The. bor e were thrown; the wagon hehind l,eing turned clear over int,) the tree where it wa battered to piece. among, t the branches. Big ,Jaek was the firnt to come to himself and the fir t thing h noticed wa. hi. lantern ·till burning and hanging on the da bboard which had ueen broken off anu left fa.,tened to a limb. When he had reached hi lantern he began ~e.1,ching for the re t of the party. All were found uninjured until they came to 1r. Mc eil who wa un– con riou . When all were gathered together one wa found mi ing. The water wa. fa t filling in behind and 1t became nece ary for them to move. They were now "·ithout hor es or wagon, one of their party mi ing but they were compe!lerl to go forward. * * * * * * * * * An h•Jur latE:'r a hor'eman came galloping down a narrow pa sage out on to the 0111· onr µarty ha already pa' ed over. A he came out onto the pa,~ he topped hi· hor e and fla hed an electric light on the road. He let it n:>::-t for only an in tant. Then putting pur to hi hor e he ru bed on towards the Bend He tried to argue that they would have had time to pa ~ the bi>nd before the ~torm. Yet he i, unea y, and hurrierl on. At la t when h-' r<'1~, ... .i th~ B-'orl he found the water barl already receded; going down a...· fm,t a' it had ri2eP.