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Show THAT TIIHIO SilOHTi:. The First nl ( be Stusuu Bivaks (her lingual uu WoliK';:iby i. in. Wednesday, about o:30 p. in., dark, foreboding clouds lowered over the city. The country round a oo in was suuneniy emuigeo inuu the gladdening light of a genial, sun to the dismal, gloomy aspoct of frowning night. Suddenly the li,dit Hashed faintly and then thunder began to roll, finally ending end-ing in loud, roaring peals. The rain and hail broke loose from the murky clouds above and fell spattering spat-tering into the streets in torrent:'. The thunder then changed ils dee . ominous roar to quick, sharp, th teatcni ng cracks. The lightning now H .shed quicker and vivid and forked streaks seemed to split up the heavens in irregular lines of brighl fire. The storm was at its height. Then the clouds began to raise, the . light to break over all once more, the rain to pour less furiously, the thunder to die like e hoes in the far distance, and the first thunder shower of the season had passed in thirty minutes. |