Boone County Recorder . of rain, the roarof thunder and the flash of lightning,was blown about like thistledown. On-©ward midnight he found himself evera plantation and threw out his anchor—a grapnel at the end of a long rope. It happened that a colored man haddied in one »f the huts or this planta-tion. The funeral was to take placein the morning. A dozen frlendTor thedead man sat In the soft summer nightbefore the hut. telling ghost stories. Suddenly, in the darkness abovethem, they heard strange noises—aflapping as of great wingB. menacingCries. And theysaw dimly a formlessblack shape. All
Boone County Recorder . of rain, the roarof thunder and the flash of lightning,was blown about like thistledown. On-©ward midnight he found himself evera plantation and threw out his anchor—a grapnel at the end of a long rope. It happened that a colored man haddied in one »f the huts or this planta-tion. The funeral was to take placein the morning. A dozen frlendTor thedead man sat In the soft summer nightbefore the hut. telling ghost stories. Suddenly, in the darkness abovethem, they heard strange noises—aflapping as of great wingB. menacingCries. And theysaw dimly a formlessblack shape. All but one man ran. This one he cowered on his Btool, had the ill-luck to be seized by the grapnel. The grapnel, going at a greatpace, whirled him up four or five feetlnjthe_ajr_and jerked him along at therate of 15 miles or so an hour. Oh, massa, raassa, he and kicking In that strangeflight, is not de one! Is not decawpee! Dicks in de house, dah! Inde hq|ise dah! Nothing I AteAgreed With MAKES TRAINING IN STRATEGY. Popular Japanese Game Shows Bentof National Mind. A letter from Japan published In aGerman paper says: When one seeshow popular the game of shogi is heroIt to understand the superiori-ty of the Japanese as strategic offi-cers. The game is played en a boardand is in some respects like chess, butit has so many peculiarities that it isa thing in itself. Each player has 20pieces, the direction In which theymove is indicated by arrows on thetop or smaller end of the pieces. Acaptured piece is not laid aside, butbecomes the property of the captorand is impressed into bis service. Thisis characteristic of the people, whoknow so well how to utilize the worksand ideas of others. Another featureof the game is that when a piece suc-ceeds in crossing into the enemys ter-ritory its value becomes Increased andits Identity as to superiority is es-tablished by reversing it, turning it onit* head. Despite the complicated situ-ations the rudime
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