Oil wells in the woods . increased till it was falling ingreat sheets and soon was ankle deep on the now arose and the storm which had been pend-ing began to rage with increasing violence. Lightningflashed in the very streets, accompanied with simultan-eous reports of sharp thunder, and it was long aftermidnight before the fury of the elements subsided. It was late in the afternoon of the following daybefore Weatherbee and I came to terms regardingthe lease, as he wanted to sell it to me pig-in-thebag style, but I refused to have anything to do withit unless I could examine what
Oil wells in the woods . increased till it was falling ingreat sheets and soon was ankle deep on the now arose and the storm which had been pend-ing began to rage with increasing violence. Lightningflashed in the very streets, accompanied with simultan-eous reports of sharp thunder, and it was long aftermidnight before the fury of the elements subsided. It was late in the afternoon of the following daybefore Weatherbee and I came to terms regardingthe lease, as he wanted to sell it to me pig-in-thebag style, but I refused to have anything to do withit unless I could examine what I wanted to buy. He finally yielded, and looking over the well-worded article of agreement I was able at once to under-stand his reluctance, as it was another of those trickleases which have done more to condemn the oil manin the eyes of the farmer than any other one thing. I said nothing, but paid the price we finally agreedon, but determined in my mind to change the termsof thenlease before putting a well on it. [328]. The horror of horrors. CHAPTER XXXIII THE HORROR OF HORRORS THE railroads had suffered so from washoutsthat when it came time for me to leave thecity I found myself compelled to remain overanother night. I did not mind this as my trip had been a success-ful one, and with the additional lease to annex to myJones block—the block in which I had acquired somuch faith, what matter if I did have to wait anotherday or two? I felt a certain charm in loitering around the citywhich had endeared itself to me by being the homeof the woman I loved better than my own life. Returning to the hotel I telegraphed my contractorin Ohio the result of my trip, instructing him to loseno time in ordering a rig and to begin operations sosoon as it was completed. Oil operators, with scarcely an exception, have agreat many superstitions when it comes to locatingtheir wells; especially is this true when new territoryis to be tested. Dreams, the witch hazel fork, clairvoyance, andmany s
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