Werner's readings and recitations Volume No. 21 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...comes." Fortune favored the inventor. There came a week of heavy rain and, finally, one night a terrific wind. "Come in, come in! La, Nanky, w'at ye done to Bill's things?" "Bill ain't inwentin' much these days." "How comes?" "Well, Cis'ly Toorner, hit's a long story. Hit all come uv the cyclone a while back, an' Bill er-tryin' ter inwent somethin' ter beat it." "La' sakes, an' wouldn't hit work?" ' Work? I reckon ye never seen nuthin' work like hit. Hit like ter worked rne an' pa ter death." "Nanky, hush!" "Fact! Hit's piled up thar behind ther house now, but hit ain't nuthin' like it was, when hit war fixed up an' ready fer C3Tclones. Now, hain't nobody on airth skeerder 'n me uv win.' One night arter hit'd been er-rainin' ferer week, an' ther win' war blowin' powerful, I war settin' up, an' pa, he war in bed er-tryin' ter git ter sleep, when I heern a boomin' on the air outside. Ever hyar one uv them thar engines w'at burn coal stidder wood, boomin'? Well, they done got ter runnin' 'em on the railroad out thar back o' the house, an' the first one comes erlong that night on ther cut. I never war skeered so bad since the Lord made me. I run across ther room an' jerked paup in bed. 'Git up, git up!' I yelled. Jes' then BiH an' Tom come er-runnin' in, too, yellin' out, Cyclone! cyclone!' loud as they could. I war mighty nigh ready ter drop. 'Save pa! save pa!' I hollered. Pa he half knowed w'at war gwine on, an' he hollered, 'Help! help!' an' war gittin' out, when the boys got er holt er him, an' run across ther room an' shoved 'im foot foremost inter the inwention. Pa, he hollered, 'Heigh-ho, Hank!' an' was gone. I got thar jest in time ter see his white head go round the bend. An' t...