Caught in the Rain. 



IT is exhilarating to test those faculties that usu- 

 ally lie dormant, as when, being caught in the 

 rain, you accommodate yourself with bewildering 

 promptness to the new order of things. It is to 

 be accounted good fortune, if the mere turning 

 from a well-worn rut and running over new 

 ground leads one to make merry by reason of 

 such trivial novelty. To particularize : I, with two 

 companions, was caught in the rain recently. All 

 were disposed to make the best of it, and found 

 that which contemplation would have painted in 

 sombre tints delightfully rose-colored. 



Somewhere ahead of us how far or near we 

 knew not there was reported to be an excellent 

 Indian field, and each was eager to collect some 

 curious carving, shapely weapon, or even homely 

 potsherds. We had come many miles and dreaded 

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