It's pouring rain, and a minute ago
It was just as clear as a bell!
Oh, here are my rubbers, and here's my umbrell'—
But, dear! dear me! I say,
The sun's out bright and the rain all gone—
Did you ever see such a day!
—Selected.
AN ODD EARTHQUAKE.
After Hiram sowed the field of rye, he left the big wooden roller standing in the lane. It was a big roller, almost five feet high! One sunny forenoon Roy and Dorothy raced up the lane with little black Trip and white Snowball at their heels.