. A tenderfoot in southern California . 17 WHEN IT RAINS. CHAPTER II HERE are threethings in Califor-nia that are different from thesame three things any where^^. else on , are sunshine, moonshine, andrain. I might add the biggest liarsfor the fourth, but that is anotherstory. Ive seen it rain some in my time,but by gum, when it rains in Cali-fornia, its got all the rest of the 21 A TENDERFOOT country skinned to death. Whereone drop lights on you in a back eastrain-storm, a bucketful strikes you inthe same spot, out here. It rains in sheets, in blankets, andin comforters, and then so
. A tenderfoot in southern California . 17 WHEN IT RAINS. CHAPTER II HERE are threethings in Califor-nia that are different from thesame three things any where^^. else on , are sunshine, moonshine, andrain. I might add the biggest liarsfor the fourth, but that is anotherstory. Ive seen it rain some in my time,but by gum, when it rains in Cali-fornia, its got all the rest of the 21 A TENDERFOOT country skinned to death. Whereone drop lights on you in a back eastrain-storm, a bucketful strikes you inthe same spot, out here. It rains in sheets, in blankets, andin comforters, and then some. Everydrop certainly must be a comforter,for you never saw people so tickledto death over a rain-storm as theseCalifornians are. Every blamed man, woman andchild, acts like theyd struck a goldmine in their own back yard. The kids dance up and down andcry, Now we can get our redwagons; the wife will smile andsay, This will bring the automobilethe old man promised me , and theold man—if hes a farmer, hes outtalking it over with his nearest 22 A TENDE
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