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two buckets of water.  Near the bed was a lot of dirty clothing.
The owner of the shanty although 63 looked very  much 
younger, chewed tobacco and spat on the floor whenever he 
chose.  He had bought the little lot his house was on (size
about 73 by 140) for $30 paying for it $2 a month.  While the rain
was pouring down, 2 pigeons which were resting on the roof when we
came, flew down and walked into the house, later two little
chicks walked in also, besides, a little puppy.  We soon learned
that he had been in the Union army and was now drawing
$10 a month pension.  After the rain we proceeded to the
spring.  While there we had another little shower and it 
again looked very threatening.  We thought, however, that we
could reach a frame shanty before it would rain.  We had not
gone very far, though, before it began to pour.  Mr. W's
umbrella came in very handy; we stopped near a large
Gum tree, which partly kept the rain from us.  Soon we
noticed that hail was with the rain.  What peculiar shaped
and quite large pieces there were!  There were so many with
a central body and little arm - like projections; the projections
about as long probably a little longer than <s>as</s> the diameter of the central portion.  These
        