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neighbors the other side of the brook. A 

 black jug and a paper of brown sugar had 

 been seen in their possession. There was 

 such a whipping and shouting to the unman- 

 ageable, and apparently deaf cattle as almost 

 to drown the noise of the approaching tem- 

 pest, which now enveloped the distant hills 

 with a whitish mist, and was seen waving the 

 trees of the nearer forests. At this critical 

 moment an unlucky wight drove directly into 

 a slough, and there the load stuck fast,* and 

 was left to the fury of the tempest, w hich now 

 came furiously over their heads. Farmer 

 Thrifty had just finished the raking of his hay, 

 when the big drops began to fall : but before 

 the men could reach their outer garments the 

 rain came down in torrents, accompanied with 

 such vivid lightning as almost to take away 

 the sight, instantaneously followed by tremen- 

 dous peals of thunder. Some were for flying 



* See page 104. 



