Deep
and sullen thunder began to mutter on the southwestern horizon. Then
came a mighty crash and a great blaze of lightning seemed to cleave the
sky straight down the center.
The lightning and thunder made Dick jump, and for a few moments he was
blinded by the electric glare. He heard a heavy sound of something
falling, and exclaimed:
"Are any of you hurt?"
"No," said Warner, who alone heard him, "but we're scared half to death.
When a drought breaks up I wish it wouldn't break up with such a terrible
fuss. Listen to that thunder again, won't you!"
There was another terrible crash of thunder and the whole sky blazed with
lightning. Despite himself Dick shrank again. The first bolt had struck
a tree which had fallen within thirty feet of them, but the second left
this bit of the woods unscathed.
A third and a fourth bolt struck somewhere, and then came the rush and
roar of the rain, driven on by a fierce wind out of the southwest.
The close, dense heat was swept away, and the first blasts of the rain
were as cold as ice. The little party was drenched in an instant,
and every one was shivering through and through with combined wet and
cold.
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