The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-27
Flrst Storm 81 the Sasson.

rend the earth and split the pail Of
night"
Ills that y0uP'' queried my wife, as
she raised herself on her elbow.
What time is itPn There was a sort
Of hard and unsympathetie ring in my
wife's voice that sem r thrill Of
shivers along the column Of we'll
articulated vertebr@ that erves me
as a center pole, bat / gave vent 70 q
reply in q sort of melancholy, grave
yard-whistle tone of voice:
my beloved one, it Is now the
witching hour of twelve / replied.
.'and ali the world is wrapped in fitfnl
slumber, but the heavens are awake,
and clouds are booming forth & note
of welcome to their fellow clouds and
other darkening clouds send back a
roar Of Joy. A storm is fostering in
the lower west and soon win break,
for lances pierces 1t here ana there
and il doth below at their thrust. I'm
glad ! wooed fraternity TO night, else,
slumbering unconscious Of the storm
until IL breaks. my tiff.starched shirts
and the Haunting petticoats of yours,
now hanging on the line in sweet
b had beer made wet by heavens
oarelessness.o / thought the heaven
ly tone in which ] spoke the words
would melt the rising anger of my
wife. and that by hustling in the linen
on the line ] might secure a respite
from her wrath.
ssADd so a storm Is coming on she
said, apparently meditating on the
aLm.raa -wzn IL - kgWer4 aII1w oxfn
flashed only less lurid than the light
ming, as she slid out OF bed aud Game
close to me.
.Hap' she exclaimed. you've
been Ia lodge, haven't youp Got a
good deal of brotherly love and beer
mixed in with your amiable DISPOSE
ton, didn't your
II am here,n l replied in q tone of
voice a shade or two more meek, in
time TO set the house in order for the
battling of the elements.
lyon are terribly worried about the
storm, amt you nowP You used 20
stand unmoved and firm as a mount
tain while the lightning flashed and
the crash OF thunder res0unded all
around. It's curious how suddenly
you have become concerned about a
little thunderstorm, amt itg' and my
wife looked at me SO pityingly and
hopelessly that / in~stinctiyely put my
hands ON top of may head and lodged
/ knew not what.
II have changed in many respects
since our wedding day." ! sadly re-
piled. ~ have learned that it is dan
gerous to fool with a storm since then.
/ have been struck a number of times,
and you know a burnt child
cares to play with fire;'' and | lodged
the boot-jack just in time to prevent
being struck again.
"You know what it is to be struck
by double-geared lightning, don't
youpo queried my wife, playfully
chucking me under the chin with the
water pitcher and splitting its contents
down the bosom OF my shirt.
well. yes,n ! refsetiyely replied,
.tand / know what it is to be thunder
ed al and blown up and rained on,
too The silvery laughter that first
attracted my attention to my wife,
. when, q fair young girl, she watched
re chasing my silk hat down hill in
front of her parents mansion, smote
upon my ear, and a heavy roll Of
thunder that Jared the windows of
d cottage, followed almost immedi-
ately. Without waiting to see its eff
feet upon my wife, l darted into the
back yard to strip the clothes-line Of
its fruit. BY the time / returned, the
liQhtning was quite frequent 10 its
conduct, and the thunder had become
clamorous. My wife was not happy.
I saw in her features that she was
more or less afraid, and that made
me brave.
ssHa, hap / cried. "Heaven's ar
tillery resounds above the earth. The
p~yrotechnics Of heaven illume the
murky SKY, and over all the pail of.
death hangs low and threatening.
shut up! You MAKE me nervousl''
exclaimed my wife, shuddering. just
then there came a binding flash and
and a crash as If the house had fallen
down. My wife turned white as snow
in the face and gave a little shrek.
"Grand detonationsI Gorgeous dis
playlv / cried IN a rapt admiration.
"Roll on, ye deep mouthed thpn-
ders; We dazzling lightnings, blaze
s.Now YOU stop that, old smarty,''
my wife snorted. You'll 60 on with
your foolishness until the Lord will
send a bolt to-
"Flashl Roar-r-l Bang-ker-bungln
said the storm, and my wife screamed
in great alright, as she jumped on the
feather-bed and covered herself, head
and ears. / seized her by the hand
and cried:
"Seel the vengeance Of heaven Is
falling all around us. We proud NOR
tails who have presumed 70 invade the
prerogative Of the Most High andsget
up little storms Of your own, hearken
unto the voice of wrath and quail be-
for the power of the LORD. Strike,
lightning, strikel Roar, We thunders;
crash on and bring terror to them
that mock heaven with their monthsl'''
Peal On peal f0llowereds the almost
constant flashing Of the lightning, and
nv wife shook with terror, / reared
with gIee. Ii seemed to me that / was
boss pro tenn. and ] was happy. just
after a peculiarly dazzling dash. !
thrust a chunk Of ice under the
covers and somehow ii got mixed up
with my wife's black hair, and SHE
jumped clear out Of bed and screamed