. St. Nicholas [serial]. ouds rolled over from thenorth-western horizon, like an armyof blankets torn and ragged. Withflashing lightning, the thunder-godlet loose his powers, and peal afterpeal went echoing loudly throughthe canons, up over hills, and downinto prairies where the quakingasp shivered, the willows waved,and the tall blue grass rolled as thewinds passed over, like a tempest-tossed sea. Only the stubbornaloes, the Spanish bayonet, andthe prickly pears, kept their posi-tion. But the storm was as briefas it was violent; and, graduallysubsiding, it passed to the south-east, leaving no
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ouds rolled over from thenorth-western horizon, like an armyof blankets torn and ragged. Withflashing lightning, the thunder-godlet loose his powers, and peal afterpeal went echoing loudly throughthe canons, up over hills, and downinto prairies where the quakingasp shivered, the willows waved,and the tall blue grass rolled as thewinds passed over, like a tempest-tossed sea. Only the stubbornaloes, the Spanish bayonet, andthe prickly pears, kept their posi-tion. But the storm was as briefas it was violent; and, graduallysubsiding, it passed to the south-east, leaving nothing but a bank TELLING THE STORY OF THE LITTLE FIRST MAN AND LITTLE FIRST WOMAN. of ClOlldS behind the llOrizOn. Ev- banks of the river. Some persons thought that erything was drenched by the heavy rain. The flow-they might have been little beavers, or little tur- ers hung their heads, or lay crushed from the weightties, who were so smart that they turned into a boy of water on their tender petals, vainly struggling to. AND THE LITTLE FIRST WOMAN. 135 rise and rejoice that the storm had passed sage-brush looked more silvery than ever,
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