A Trip on the Prairie. 219 



Without slacking pace I crossed the plateau, and as I 

 came to the other edge the storm burst in sheets and 

 torrents of water. In five minutes I was drenched through, 

 and to guide myself had to take advantage of the con- 

 tinual flashes of lightning ; and I was right glad, half an 

 hour afterward, to stop and take shelter in the log hut of 

 a couple of cowboys, where I could get dry and warm. 



