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Show SPICE OF LIFE The heavy black clouds had massed in the east and west, the lightning was flashing fiercely between the heavy incessant rolling of the thunder. thun-der. Francis was terribly frightened, and his fond mother had gathered her young hopeful and tried logically to calm his fears. "Don't be afraid, darling. There's nothing to fear. God sends the thunder thun-der storm to clear the air, water the flowers, and make it cooler for us. Now, don't cry, dear; it won't harm you, and everything will be better when it's over." The little fellow listened Intently, and as his mother finished he looked up at her gravely and said: "No, no, mother, you talk exactly the way you did last week when you took me to the dentist to have the tooth pulled." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. |