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Listenis that a wagon? No, Diana, I believe it is thunder"

Thunder it was undoubtedly, and Diana, having e around the house, returned to announce that a very black cloud was rising rapidly in the northwest

"I believe we're going to have a heavy thunder-shower," she exclaimed in dismay, "Oh, Anne, e do?"

"We must prepare for it," said Anne tranquilly A thunderstorm seemed a trifle in comparison hat had already happened "You'd better drive the horse and buggy into that open shed Fortunately y Heretake oose to put on ht, as she always is"

Diana untied the pony and drove into the shed, just as the first heavy drops of rain fell There she sat and watched the resulting downpour, which was so thick and heavy that she could hardly see Anne through it, holding the parasol bravely over her bare head There was not a great deal of thunder, but for the best part of an hour the rain came merrily down Occasionally Anne slanted back her parasol and waved an encouraging hand to her friend; But conversation at that distance was quite out of the question Finally the rain ceased, the sun came out, and Diana ventured across the puddles of the yard

"Did you get very wet?" she asked anxiously

"Oh, no," returned Anne cheerfully "My head and shoulders are quite dry and h the lathes Don't pityhow ardenwhat the flowers and buds would think when the drops began to fall I iue between the asters and the sweet peas and the wild canaries in the lilac bush and the guardian spirit of the garden When I go home I mean to write it down I wish I had a pencil and paper to do it now, because I daresay I'll forget the best parts before I reach home"

Diana the faithful had a pencil and discovered a sheet of wrapping paper in the box of the buggy Anne folded up her dripping parasol, put on her hat, spread the wrapping paper on a shingle Diana handed up, and wrote out her garden idyl under conditions that could hardly be considered as favorable to literature Nevertheless, the result was quite pretty, and Diana was "enraptured" when Anne read it to her